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A memoir of Ashok Rajamani, who at the age of twenty-five suffered from an brain aneurysm, which he thankfully survived despite continuing physical and emotional problems.

"Tells a story of the incremental transformation of a man caught in the torments of his own creation, somewhere between Heaven and Earth"--Provided by publisher.

The author shares her childhood diaries, chronicling her experiences as an eleven-year-old anorexic.

Fifth grader Barbara Thorson has a sharp tongue, no friends, and says she is a giant killer. It is her way of dealing with the problems in her life, particularly her mother's terminal cancer, but her insistence that the giants are coming threatens the relationships she has wanted for so long. Includes an illustration gallery and a look at the creation of the comic.

The author provides an account of his life as a person with multiple personalities, discussing his efforts to understand what was happening to him, and his struggles to hang on to his family and some semblance of normalcy.

Presents selections from the diaries of mother and daughter Linda and Tara Rio that provide insights into their thoughts and feelings in the years before Tara developed an eating disorder and continuing through her treatment and therapy, and includes advice and commentary from Craig Johnson, Ph.D., president of the National Eating Disorders Association.

The author draws from his own experiences to discuss the potential for the human mind to regenerate the body, even in the face of crippling illness.

The author, diagnosed with bipolar disorder while still in high school, discusses her experiences after she decided to leave her job as a theatrical producer and travel the country in search of other young manic depressives, on medication, who are highly functional in society.

A biography of a young man afflicted with a disabling heart disease who becomes a leading football player and eventually becomes a prominent doctor.

FBI Special Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are assigned to protect Dr. MacLean, a physician with frontal lobe dementia that could compromise his ability to maintain doctor-patient confidentiality. With a patient list made up of Washington movers and shakers, MacLean's role as a keeper of secrets is jeopardized as well. Is there someone out there so desperate that they'd kill the doctor for what he knows? It is up to Jackson, Savich, and Sherlock to find out--no matter the cost--From publisher description.