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Gone

A Memoir of Love, Body, and Taking Back My Life

by Linda K. Olson ...

A triple amputee physician’s memoir of resilience, love, and difficult decisions—essential reading for the amputee, Parkinson’s, and rehabilitation medicine communities.For the 2 million Americans living with limb loss, for every family navigating a Parkinson’s diagnosis, and for rehabilitation professionals who sit with patients and try to describe how full life can still look—this book was ... Read more

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A triple amputee physician’s memoir of resilience, love, and difficult decisions—essential reading for the amputee, Parkinson’s, and rehabilitation medicine communities.For the 2 million Americans living with limb loss, for every family navigating a Parkinson’s diagnosis, and for rehabilitation professionals who sit with patients and try to describe how full life can still look—this book was
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Gone

A Memoir of Love, Body, and Taking Back My Life

by Linda K. Olson ...

Narrated by Emily Durante ...

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6 hours 58 min

Linda Olson and her husband, Dave Hodgens, were young doctors whose story had all the makings of a fairy tale. But then, while they were vacationing in Germany, a train hit their van, shattering their lives—and Linda's body. When Linda saw Dave for the first time after losing her right arm and both of her legs, she told him she would understand if he left. His response: "I didn't marry your arms ... Read more

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Linda Olson and her husband, Dave Hodgens, were young doctors whose story had all the makings of a fairy tale. But then, while they were vacationing in Germany, a train hit their van, shattering their lives—and Linda's body. When Linda saw Dave for the first time after losing her right arm and both of her legs, she told him she would understand if he left. His response: "I didn't marry your arms
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The Long Shadow

Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth, and the Transition to Adulthood

by Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, Linda Olson ...

Series series American Sociological Association's Rose Series
A volume in the American Sociological Association's Rose Series in Sociology West Baltimore stands out in the popular imagination as the quintessential “inner city”—gritty, run-down, and marred by drugs and gang violence. Indeed, with the collapse of manufacturing jobs in the 1970s, the area experienced a rapid onset of poverty and high unemployment, with few public resources available to ... Read more

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A volume in the American Sociological Association's Rose Series in Sociology West Baltimore stands out in the popular imagination as the quintessential “inner city”—gritty, run-down, and marred by drugs and gang violence. Indeed, with the collapse of manufacturing jobs in the 1970s, the area experienced a rapid onset of poverty and high unemployment, with few public resources available to
... Read more
The Board and Superintendent Handbook

Current Issues and Resources

by Raymond Golarz, Daniel J. Olson, Linda Nortier, Valerie Schmitz, Denise Wellnitz ...

The Board and Superintendent Handbook: Current Issues and Resources is a practical guide for both board members and superintendents. The book includes contributions from experienced and new superintendents and board members on a wide range of topics that boards and superintendents must navigate together successfully in order to move districts in a positive direction for students, staff, parents, ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

The Board and Superintendent Handbook: Current Issues and Resources is a practical guide for both board members and superintendents. The book includes contributions from experienced and new superintendents and board members on a wide range of topics that boards and superintendents must navigate together successfully in order to move districts in a positive direction for students, staff, parents,
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Medicine Ways

Disease, Health, and Survival among Native Americans

by Donna L. Akers, Edward D. Castillo, Jean A. Keller, Todd Benson, Nancy Reifel, Jerome M. Levi, Brooke Olson, Felicia Schanche Hodge, Linda Burhansstipanov, Eric Henderson, Troy Johnson, Holly Tomren, Jeanette Hassin, Robert S. Young ...

Series series Contemporary Native American Communities
Improving the dire health problems faced by many Native American communities is central to their cultural, political, and economic well being. However, it is still too often the case that both theoretical studies and applied programs fail to account for Native American perspectives on the range of factors that actually contribute to these problems in the first place. The authors in Medicine Ways ... Read more

$61.99 CAD

Improving the dire health problems faced by many Native American communities is central to their cultural, political, and economic well being. However, it is still too often the case that both theoretical studies and applied programs fail to account for Native American perspectives on the range of factors that actually contribute to these problems in the first place. The authors in Medicine Ways
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Far and Away

Reporting from the Brink of Change

by Andrew Solomon ...

From the winner of the National Book Award and the National Books Critics’ Circle Award—and one of the most original thinkers of our time—“Andrew Solomon’s magisterial Far and Away collects a quarter-century of soul-shaking essays” (Vanity Fair). Travel narrative and global cultures come alive in this extraordinary collection.Far and Away chronicles Andrew Solomon’s writings about places ... Read more

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From the winner of the National Book Award and the National Books Critics’ Circle Award—and one of the most original thinkers of our time—“Andrew Solomon’s magisterial Far and Away collects a quarter-century of soul-shaking essays” (Vanity Fair). Travel narrative and global cultures come alive in this extraordinary collection.Far and Away chronicles Andrew Solomon’s writings about places
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Community Conversations

Mobilizing the Ideas, Skills, and Passion of Community Organizations, Governments, Businesses, and People, Second Edition

by Paul Born ...

Communities around the world are entering a new era of community building.Whether improving economic conditions and reducing poverty, re-energizing citizens and social programs, reducing crime, or revitalizing a troubled neighborhood, they are engaging people from all sectors as never before to work together as equals to improve their quality of life.At the heart of this engagement are community ... Read more

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Communities around the world are entering a new era of community building.Whether improving economic conditions and reducing poverty, re-energizing citizens and social programs, reducing crime, or revitalizing a troubled neighborhood, they are engaging people from all sectors as never before to work together as equals to improve their quality of life.At the heart of this engagement are community
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Deepening Community

Finding Joy Together in Chaotic Times

by Paul Born ...

Community shapes our identity, quenches our thirst for belonging, and bolsters our physical, mental, emotional, and economic health. But in the chaos of modern life, community ties have become unraveled, leaving many feeling afraid or alone in the crowd, grasping at shallow substitutes for true community. In this thoughtful and moving book, Paul Born describes the four pillars of deep community: ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

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Community shapes our identity, quenches our thirst for belonging, and bolsters our physical, mental, emotional, and economic health. But in the chaos of modern life, community ties have become unraveled, leaving many feeling afraid or alone in the crowd, grasping at shallow substitutes for true community. In this thoughtful and moving book, Paul Born describes the four pillars of deep community:
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Welcome to the Urban Revolution

How Cities Are Changing The World

by Jeb Brugmann ...

In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann turns traditional thinking about globalization on its head to show that the city isn't a backdrop to global change; it is a central driver of change—political, economic, social, and environmental. This powerful reappraisal of the global role of cities brilliantly synthesizes urban studies, economics, and sociology ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann turns traditional thinking about globalization on its head to show that the city isn't a backdrop to global change; it is a central driver of change—political, economic, social, and environmental. This powerful reappraisal of the global role of cities brilliantly synthesizes urban studies, economics, and sociology
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Between Riverside and Crazy (TCG Edition)

by Stephen Adly Guirgis ...

"Guirgis, like other storytellers who explore the sacred and profane, is most interested in how grace transforms us."—The New YorkerWritten with humor, tenderness, grit, and wonderment by acclaimed playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, Between Riverside and Crazy is an extraordinary new play: a dark comedy about a man trying to maintain control as the world unravels around him.City Hall is demanding ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

"Guirgis, like other storytellers who explore the sacred and profane, is most interested in how grace transforms us."—The New YorkerWritten with humor, tenderness, grit, and wonderment by acclaimed playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, Between Riverside and Crazy is an extraordinary new play: a dark comedy about a man trying to maintain control as the world unravels around him.City Hall is demanding
... Read more
A Social History of Women in Ireland, 1870–1970

An Exploration of the Changing Role and Status of Women in Irish Society

by Rosemary Cullen Owens ...

A Social History of Women in Ireland is an important and overdue book that explores the role and status of women in Ireland from 1870 until 1970, looking at politics, sociology, marriage patterns, religion, education and work among other topics. It provides a vital missing piece in the jigsaw of modern Irish history. Using a combination of primary research and published works, A Social History of ... Read more

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A Social History of Women in Ireland is an important and overdue book that explores the role and status of women in Ireland from 1870 until 1970, looking at politics, sociology, marriage patterns, religion, education and work among other topics. It provides a vital missing piece in the jigsaw of modern Irish history. Using a combination of primary research and published works, A Social History of
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Sons and Mothers

Stories from Mennonite Men

Edited by Mary Ann Loewen ...

The reflections in Sons and Mothers delve deep into the often close, but sometimes troubled, relationships that exist between mothers and sons. With remarkable honesty and grace, the contributors tell of the complicated, vulnerable, and inspirational women who formed them, and reveal struggles over faith, unfulfilled dreams, and aging.Patrick Friesen, Howard Dyck, Josiah Neufeld, and others share ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

The reflections in Sons and Mothers delve deep into the often close, but sometimes troubled, relationships that exist between mothers and sons. With remarkable honesty and grace, the contributors tell of the complicated, vulnerable, and inspirational women who formed them, and reveal struggles over faith, unfulfilled dreams, and aging.Patrick Friesen, Howard Dyck, Josiah Neufeld, and others share
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