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Summary: "A profoundly honest and intensely personal story of a woman who cares for her husband after the devastating terminal diagnosis of ALS. Marty, age 57, was given a preliminary diagnosis of ALS by his family doctor. Seven weeks later, the diagnosis was confirmed by a neurologist. Ten months and ten days later, Marty passed away. Dance Me to the End is an evocative memoir about the emotional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brindle & Glass 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ACHESON, ALISON ACHGleason, Steve
Summary: "In 2011, three years after leaving the NFL, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, a terminal disease that takes away the ability to move, talk, and breathe. Doctors gave him three years to live. He was thirty-three years old. As Steve says, he is now ten years past his expiration date. His memoir is the chronicle of a remarkable life, one filled with optimism and joy, despite the trauma and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GLEASON, STEVE GLEMoss, Marissa
Summary: After returning home from a year abroad, Marissa's husband, Harvey was diagnosed with ALS. The disease progressed quickly and Marissa was soon consumed with caring for Harvey while trying to keep life as normal as possible for their children. This is a story about the redemptive power of terminal illness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conari Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.83 MOSSchwartz, Morris S.
Summary: "From the eponymous subject of the beloved classic Tuesdays with Morrie comes an insightful, poignant masterpiece on staying vibrant and connected for life. Who am I really? What have I done? What is important and meaningful to me? What difference does it make that I have lived? What does it mean to be truly human, and where am I on that scale? Morrie Schwartz, the beloved subject of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 SCHAlbom, Mitch
Summary: The author visits with his former college professor, who gave him sound advice and guidance when he was younger. In the last months of his life, Morrie teaches Mitch abouth lessons in how to live once again.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 378.12 ALBRuncie, James
Summary: In this startling and intimate memoir of life before death and love after grief, the internationally best-selling author tells the story of his wife's battle with Lou Gehrig's disease and her death, while celebrating her life, in all its color, humor, and brightness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUNCIE, JAMES RUNMeltzer, Brad
Summary: "An illustrated biography of the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HAWFagan, Kate
Summary: "Kate Fagan and her father forged their relationship on the basketball court, bonded by sweaty high fives and a dedication to the New York Knicks. But as Kate got older, her love of the sport and her closeness with her father grew complicated. The formerly inseparable pair drifted apart. The lessons that her father instilled in her about the game, and all her memories of sharing the court with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FAGAN, KATE FAGAlbom, Mitch
Summary: Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.12 ALBCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.12 ALBCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 378.12 ALBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation AlbomGigliotti, Jim
Summary: "Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?" Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written in the stars that he would become a famous scientist in his own right. Although he was diagnosed with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HAWSpencer-Wendel, Susan
Summary: A moving and inspirational memoir by celebrated journalist Susan Spencer-Wendel who makes the most of her final days after discovering she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SPENCER-WENDEL, SUSAN SPEAlbom, Mitch
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 1998
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 378.12 ALBAlbom, Mitch
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 1997
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 378.12 ALBCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 378.12 ALBSummary: This made-for-TV movie tells the story of an old man, professor of sociology, Morrie Schwartz, who is dying from ALS. He tells a former student, Mitch Albom, about dying, living and what's important in life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TUEHarrison, Jim
Summary: In this sequel to Harrison's True North, Donald Burkett, a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man, is dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. While his wife, Cynthia, transcribes, Donald begins dictating his family history for the benefit of their children, stories that he never before has shared.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2007