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The Life of St. Dominic With a Sketch of the Domincan Order
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Burns, Oates & Washbourne Ltd. Small hardcover, no DJ. Burns, Oates & Washbourne, Ltd, six edition, npd. In very good condition, boards show edgewear and some bumping, pages slightly tanning, name on back end paper marked out, crease down back board. A very nice copy of a hard to find book.. more information
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Then Came a Miracle
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Ada, MI, U.S.A.: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1981. Hardcover. Fleming H. Revell, 1982. In very good condition. She was a teenager when she jumped in a pool and broke her neck. They said she'd never walk. Inch by inch, she proved them wrong.. ISBN: 0800712757. MENTAL HEALING BODY MIND SPIRIT GENERAL. more information
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Breaking Clean
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Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2002. Hardcover. Knopf, 2002, stated first edition. In near fine condition. She tells of her life on a ranch, from youth to adult.. ISBN: 0375401318. RANCHERS RANCH LIFE MONTANA BIOGRAPHY. more information
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I Just Am
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Five Star Publications, 2006. Hardcover, pictorial boards. As new. Inscribed and signed by both authors on title page. Bryan was born with Down Syndrome, but he hasn't let it slow him down. Learn both about the disease and watch Bryan grow as you go through the photos page by page. He's a winner!. ISBN: 9781589850200. Signed by Author. Down Syndrome. more information
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The Days of Mars: A Memoir, 1940-1946
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. Hardcover. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1972, stated first edition. In very good condiiton with a good DJ, has edgewear. "In warime the only things that matter are a blanket, some food, and one's friends.". ISBN: 0151240558. TRAVELERS WRITINGS ESSAYS TRAVELOGUES. more information
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The Big-Little World of Doc Pritham
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Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill, 1971. Hardcover. McGraw Hill, 1971, first edition. In near fine condition, DJ shows edgewear. The memoirs of a doctor in a small town in Maine.. ISBN: 0070707510. First Edition. more information
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Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul
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Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 1996. Trade paperback, ex-library. Boston Press, 1996, first. In very good condition, usual library markings. Biographical sketches and pictures of transgender people of all types.. ISBN: 0807079405. GENDER IDENTITY TRANSSEXUALS TRANSVESTISM SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDIES PSYCHOLOG Y HUMAN SEXUALITY. more information
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Long Time, No See
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Champaign, IL, U.S.A.: University of Illinois Press, 2003. Hardcover, review copy. University of Illinois Press, 2003, first. In very good+ condition, review information glued to front fly leaf, bottom of the book stamped "Complimentary Copy, Not For Resale." Juevenile diabetes, blindness, and her tragedies and triumps.. ISBN: 0252028279. DIABETES MEDICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY METABOLISM. more information
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Home at Last : How Two Young Women with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities Achieved Their Own Home
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London, United Kingdom: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1995. Trade paperback, ex-library. Jessica Kingsley, 1995. In very good condition, usual library markings. How two young women with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities achieved their own home.. ISBN: 1853022543. HANDICAPPED HOUSING WOMEN GREAT BRITAIN SOCIAL SCIENCE S STUDIES. more information
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After Long Silence : A Memoir
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 2000. Trade paperback. Delta, 2000, first. In near fine condition. Helen was raised as a Roman Catholic. It wasn't until she was an adult practicing law in Boston that she discovered her parents were Jewish.. ISBN: 0385333706. CHILDREN HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS JEWISH 1939 1945 PERSONAL NARRATIVES HISTORY. more information
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"...And a Credit to His Race"
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Saturday Review Press, 1974. Hardcover, ex-library. E P Dutton, first, 1974. In good condition, usual library markings. The hard life and times of Joseph Louis Barrow, a.k.a. Joe Louis.. ISBN: 0841503478. First Edition. JOE LOUIS; FIGHTS; FIGHTER. more information
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Merry Widow
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Hardcover. Wm Morrow, 1970. In good condition, DJ wear. Widowed at 60, Mrs. Fletcher refused to sit on the shelf. This is her light-hearted account of the global adventures that ensued.. more information
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Autobiography of a Face
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Hardcover, ex-library. Houghton Mifflin, 1994. In near fine condition, usual library markings. She spent five years of her life being treated for cancer, then she spent the next fifteen years of her life being treated for nothing but looking different.. ISBN: 0395657806. UNITED STATES BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY GENERAL. more information
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Second Sight
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Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Univ of California Pr, 1993. Hardcover, ex-library. University of California Press, 1993. In very good condition, usual library markings, some color removed from DJ with tag. Imagine being blind for years and then regaining your sight!. ISBN: 0520081951. BLIND BIOGRAPHY HEALTH FITNESS VISION. more information
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"The Face of All the World is Changed"
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Hardcover, ex-library. Scott Zoller, 1990. In very good condition, usual library markings, preface has some soiling on page edge. An autobiography study with the focus on stuttering. An 88 year old lady looks back at her life and the effect stuttering had on it.. Hardcover. more information
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Against Medical Advice
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 2008. Hardcover. Near fine. Cory woke up one morning with his head shaking and he couldn't stop it. The symptoms kept getting worse. The medications weren't helping, in some cases they also were making it worse. It took the entire family to say "no" to the doctors and work on finding their own solution on which medicines were good and which were not. Signing him out of the hospital "against medical advice" was just the beginning.. ISBN: 0316024759. Sick Illness Treatments. more information
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One Small Sparrow
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Sisters, Oregon, U.S.A.: Multnomah Pub, 1995. Hardcover. Multnomah Books, first printing, 1995. In very good condition, DJ has a crease on inside rear flap. A father's story of his young son's illness, lack of insurance coverage for the surgery needed, and how the community and family responded.. ISBN: 0880707232. First Edition. COMMUNITY LIFE SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY. more information
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A House of Trees
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Hardcover, ex-library. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987. In very good condition, usual library markings. Memoirs of an Australian girlhood.. more information
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The Stranger Who Was Me
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Trade paperback. Morris Publishing, 2006. In near fine condition. Signed by author: Learn from the past. Savor today. Look to the future. L. Roland Imagine playing in the California foothills, coming home and finding your family had moved away while you were gone - and you're 11 years old. A true story.. ISBN: 0615130836. Signed by Author. First Edition. more information
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The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 1999. Hardcover. Little Brown & Co, 1999, first ediition. In very good condition, remainder mark. A village soccer team in a region in Italy where "there is little of interest to see and even less to do...". ISBN: 0316557366. ITALY DESCRIPTION TRAVEL SOCCER SPORTS. more information
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The Lost Boy : A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family
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Deerfield Beach, FL, U.S.A.: Health Communications, Incorporated, 1997. Trade paperback. Health Communications, 1997. In near fine condition. The sequel to "A Child Called It." A foster child's search for the LOVE of a family.. ISBN: 1558745157. CHILDREN ALCOHOLICS FAMILY VIOLENCE FOSTER HOME CARE ABUSED RELATIONSHIPS ABUSE CHILD SELF HELP ADULT SUBSTANCE ABUSERS. more information
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Nightmare
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Kampmann & Company, Incorporated, 1988. Hardcover. Richardson & Steirman, NY, 1987. In very good condition, front leaf has been torn out, pages yellowing. A true story of a young woman named Nancy Lynn Gooch who had a genius IQ and 56 warring personalities.. ISBN: 0931933544. more information
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The Wisdom of Big Bird (And the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch) : Lessons from a Life in Feathers
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group, 2003. Hardcover, ex-library. Villard, stated first edition, 2003. In near fine condition, usual library markings. An inspirational book about lessons from a life in feathers!. ISBN: 0375507817. First Edition. ENTERTAINERS UNITED STATES BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMIN G ARTS. more information
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Tough Mercy
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Trade paperback. Faith Printing Co., 1990. In very good condition, senior center address marked out, outside page edges marked review/examination copy. Lost in despair, we found ourselves at the orphanage. Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina was where Ted Chandler and two brothers were raised after their father died.... ISBN: 0962582700. First Edition. more information
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Falling Leaves : The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
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Hoboken, NJ, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 1998. Hardcover, ex-library. John Wiley & Sons, 1998. In good condition, usual library markings. Adeline's mother died giving birth to her, so she was considered inferior and insignificant by her siblings and her new stepmother.. ISBN: 0471247421. CHINA SOCIAL LIFE CUSTOMS WOMEN PHYSICIANS CHINESE AMERICANS CALIFORNIA BI OGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCE TRADITIONS ETHNOLOGY. more information
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