Summary: A British-Pakistani rapper on the cusp of his first world tour, is struck down by an illness that forces him to face his past, his family, and the uncertainty of his legacy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MOGGroopman, Jerome E.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.001 GROGroopman, Jerome E.
Summary: While scientists look for a scienticfic basis for hope, many have learned that seeking hope is essential to life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2004
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 616.001 GROCall number: CD 616.001 Groop
Summary: A two-part documentary exploring the connection between one's emotional state and one's health. Health care professionals describe new holistic approaches to treating illness.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NEWScalise, Mike
Summary: "Winner of the Center for Fiction's Doheny Prize Mike Scalise hits his stride in this page-turner of a memoir featuring a sudden and strange sequence of medical disasters. From its gripping ruptured-brain-tumor emergency room opening, through a series of medical procedures and oddball doctors, Scalise creates a sharply observed, uproariously funny, and deeply moving account of acromegaly, the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sarabande Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCALISE, MIKE SCAScanlon, Elizabeth Garton
Summary: "When Lulu's feeling well, she climbs every tree in sight. But when Lulu's sick, all she has is her imagination and a shadow"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SCAWoolf, Virginia
Summary: In this poignant and humorous work, Virginia Woolf observes that though illness is part of every human being's experience, it has never been the subject of literature--like the more acceptable subjects of war and love. We cannot quote Shakespeare to describe a headache. We must, Woolf says, invent language to describe pain. And though illness enhances our perceptions, she observes that it...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Paris Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 WOOKane, Jeff.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSan Francisco 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.8 KANHeadley, Maria Dahvana
Summary: Aza Ray Boyle's life has been defined by a unique lung disease and her evolving friendship with Jason, but just before her sixteenth birthday, she's swept up into the sky-bound world of Magonia and discovers her true identity.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015