Summary: Follows ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber as she travels the U.S. making the case for a link between environmental toxins and cancer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIVWheeler, Dan
Summary: " Beth and Dan Wheeler had it all. Their growing family consisted of two beautiful daughters, a loving son-in-law, and a handsome grandson. They lived in their dream house on a beautiful, sprawling property. Dan was enjoying a thriving career as a popular television host on QVC. Suddenly in 2012, their world was rocked when Beth was diagnosed with stage IV cancer." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: WestBow Press, a division of Thomas Nelson & Zondervan 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WHESchwalbe, Will.
Summary: Recounts how the author and his mother read and discussed books during her chemotherapy treatments, describing how the activity involved a wide range of literary genres, furthered their appreciation for literature and strengthened their bond.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 616.994 SCHSummary: The amazing story of Joey and Rory Feek. Intimately filmed by the couple over a course of two and a half years. This documentary follows this beautiful couple through the birth of their daughter, and even shows Joey's struggle and ultimate surrender to cancer. However, they never lose hope. A love story for the ages.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOBishop, Bryan
Contents: Breaking bald, or: a not-so-mini biography -- Making ADHD pay, or: how I turned a disorder into a career -- Falling in love, or: "will you stop talking please? I'm trying to kiss you" -- Signs of trouble, or: "Christie, I'm sick" -- Diagnosis, or: "whatever you do, don't google 'low-grade glioma'" -- The worst phone call of my life, or: "Mom and dad? I have some bad news" -- Telling Adam, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BISHOP, BRYAN BISEdwards, Elizabeth
Summary: "She's one of the most beloved political figures in the country, and on the surface, seems to have led a charmed life. In many ways, she has. Beautiful family. Thriving career. Supportive friendship. Loving marriage. But she's no stranger to adversity. Many know of the strength she had shown after her son, Wade, was killed in a freak car accident when he was only sixteen years old. She would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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Summary: Marilu Henner was moving on with her life after a divorce when her old college classmate Michael Brown, whom she had not seen in over twenty years, called her out of nowhere. Within days of their reconnecting in 2003, they became inseparable. But only months later, Michael was diagnosed with bladder cancer, and then lung cancer. Marilu refused to lose the love of her life so easily. With the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 HENDrescher, Fran.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 DREDern, Laura
Summary: "Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other. Ever since Laura was born, the two have leaned on each other through the trials of everyday life and the tribulations that come with even the most storied Hollywood careers. They were always close,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DERArmstrong, Lance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 921 ArmstrongArmstrong, Lance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.62 ARMEdwards, Elizabeth
Summary: She's one of our most beloved political figures, and on the surface, seems to have led a charmed life. Beautiful family, thriving career, loving marriage. But she's no stranger to adversity. She would exhibit remarkable grace and courage after the death of her son in a car accident and again while fighting breast cancer and the infidelity of her husband. Here she draws on her experiences and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.931 EDWHitchens, Christopher.
Summary: "Courageous, insightful and candid thoughts on malady and mortality from one of our most celebrated writers"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HITCHENS, CHRISTOPHER HITWeber, Marc.
Summary: At the high point of a soaring career in the U.S. Army, Lt. Col. Mark Weber was tapped by General David Petraeus to serve in a high profile job within the Afghan Parliament as a military advisor. Within weeks, a routine physical revealed stage IV intestinal cancer in the thirty-eight-year-old father of three ... When [he] realized that he was not going to survive this final tour of combat, he...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 977.6054 WEBER, MARC B. WEBSchwalbe, Will.
Summary: Recounts how the author and his mother read and discussed books during her chemotherapy treatments, describing how the activity involved a wide range of literary genres, furthered their appreciation for literature, and strengthened their bond.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 SCHCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B SCHWALBE SCHHagberg Fisher, Eva
Summary: A luminous memoir about how friendship saved one woman's life, for anyone who has loved a friend who was sick, grieving, or lost-and for anyone who has struggled to seek help or accept it.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 HAGBERG FISHER, EVA HAGHolmes, Greg
Summary: When Greg Holmes was diagnosed with a rare and deadly form of cancer, his wife, a physician, devoted her time to researching alternative and holistic forms of treatment, seeking not only to battle the disease, but the debilitating after effects of radiation and chemotherapy. This book relates his struggle, and the methods the couple used to help treat his cancer. In the words of the author, "I...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paradox 2013
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOLMES, GREG HOLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Alt HolmesPausch, Randy.
Summary: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Audiobooks 2008
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 004.092 PAUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD 004.092 PAUScott, Stuart
Summary: The sports journalist describes his professional and personal achievements and reveals details about his struggle with the appendiceal cancer that eventually took his life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCOTT, STUART SCOD'Aguiar, Fred
Summary: Drawing from two cultural perspectives, an acclaimed British-Guyanese writer and award-winning poet combines personal reminiscence and philosophy to reflect on a year of personal and global crisis, as he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 D'AGUIAR, FRED D'AGBiden, Joseph R.
Summary: The former vice-president of the United States chronicles the difficult final year of his son's battle with cancer, his efforts to balance his responsibilities to the country and his family, and the lessons he learned.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BIDEN, JOSEPH R. BIDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B BIDEN BIDPausch, Randy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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Summary: Reflections of a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who lectured on "Really achieving your childhood dreams," shortly after having been diagnosed with terminal cancer. His advice concerned seizing the moment while living, rather than dying.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books 2008