health

"The author of the bestselling "The Reason I Jump" returns with a...memoir about life as a young adult with severe autism. With an introduction by David Mitchell, who translated this book with his wife, KA Yoshida, this...new work explores education, identity, family, society, and personal growth, opening a window into the mind of its nonverbal author and providing...insights into autism in general"--Provided by publisher.

The disabilities advocate addresses the most common questions he receives about his life with spinal muscular atrophy, discussing his physical challenges, his everyday life, and the help he receives with optimism and humor.

"A . . . memoir of chronic illness, misdiagnosis, addiction, and the myth of full recovery that details author Porochista Khakpour struggles with late-stage Lyme disease"--Provided by publisher.

"In the summer of 2012 a woman named Eva was found dead in the London townhouse she shared with her husband, Hans K. Rausing. The couple had struggled with drug addiction for years, often under the glare of tabloid headlines ... Hans' sister, the editor and publisher Sigrid Rausing, tries to make sense of what happened"--Provided by publisher.

Eric O'Grey, seeking to make a change with his health, adopts a dog, and together, they both lose weight.

Actor and comedian Russell Brand outlines 12 steps and their encompassing philosophies to overcoming addiction.

"In 2008, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. He was given four years to live. In 2010, in a state of lung-function collapse, Simon knew with crystal clarity that now was not his time to die. Against all prevailing medical opinion, he chose to ventilate in order to stay alive"--Publisher.

Author Amy Silverstein recounts her life with nine remarkable women, all of whom flew across the country to be with her in search of a new heart, and the memories of their girlhead that came flooding back upon their arrival.

Joselin Linder, frustrated with years of misdiagnoses, sets out to build a more complete picture of her family's baffling symptoms, and in doing so, she exposed a brand new genetic variant to researchers in the field of genomic medicine.