Bestsellers
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The Tennis Partner
- A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital....
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Honesty with Oneself
- By Dana Cradeur on 03-29-24
By: Abraham Verghese
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No Time Like the Future
- An Optimist Considers Mortality
- By: Michael J. Fox
- Narrated by: Michael J. Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A moving account of resilience, hope, fear, and mortality and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox....
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Thankful
- By Michelle J Swanson on 11-18-20
By: Michael J. Fox
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Vision
- A Memoir of Blindness and Justice
- By: David S. Tatel
- Narrated by: John Lescault, David S. Tatel
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A memoir by one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers—who spent years denying and working around his blindness, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his identity....
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A wonderful and inspiring listen, a clear and compelling story
- By Anonymous User on 06-13-24
By: David S. Tatel
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
- Unabridged Selections
- By: Alice Wong
- Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent - but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture....
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Missing stories
- By Anonymous User on 11-19-20
By: Alice Wong
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Autism in Heels
- The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
- By: Jennifer Cook O'Toole
- Narrated by: Jennifer O'Toole
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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This intimate memoir reveals the woman inside one of autism’s most prominent figures, Jennifer O'Toole. At the age of 35, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and for the first time in her life, things made sense....
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Somewhat relatable but not really.
- By M Bond on 02-26-23
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Mean Baby
- A Memoir of Growing Up
- By: Selma Blair
- Narrated by: Selma Blair
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In a memoir that is as wildly funny as it is emotionally shattering, Selma Blair tells the captivating story of growing up and finding her truth....
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Poor little privileged girl...
- By Tesa Fisher on 09-20-22
By: Selma Blair
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The Tennis Partner
- A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital....
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Honesty with Oneself
- By Dana Cradeur on 03-29-24
By: Abraham Verghese
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No Time Like the Future
- An Optimist Considers Mortality
- By: Michael J. Fox
- Narrated by: Michael J. Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A moving account of resilience, hope, fear, and mortality and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox....
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Thankful
- By Michelle J Swanson on 11-18-20
By: Michael J. Fox
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Vision
- A Memoir of Blindness and Justice
- By: David S. Tatel
- Narrated by: John Lescault, David S. Tatel
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A memoir by one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers—who spent years denying and working around his blindness, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his identity....
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A wonderful and inspiring listen, a clear and compelling story
- By Anonymous User on 06-13-24
By: David S. Tatel
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
- Unabridged Selections
- By: Alice Wong
- Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent - but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture....
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Missing stories
- By Anonymous User on 11-19-20
By: Alice Wong
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Autism in Heels
- The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
- By: Jennifer Cook O'Toole
- Narrated by: Jennifer O'Toole
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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This intimate memoir reveals the woman inside one of autism’s most prominent figures, Jennifer O'Toole. At the age of 35, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and for the first time in her life, things made sense....
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Somewhat relatable but not really.
- By M Bond on 02-26-23
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Mean Baby
- A Memoir of Growing Up
- By: Selma Blair
- Narrated by: Selma Blair
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In a memoir that is as wildly funny as it is emotionally shattering, Selma Blair tells the captivating story of growing up and finding her truth....
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Poor little privileged girl...
- By Tesa Fisher on 09-20-22
By: Selma Blair
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Look Me in the Eye
- My Life with Asperger's
- By: John Elder Robison
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label "social deviant"....
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Interesting autobiography; not autism-informative
- By Steener on 03-13-15
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Being Heumann
- An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
- By: Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner
- Narrated by: Ali Stroker
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism - from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington - Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect....
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A must read for everyone
- By Christopher A Cawthon on 09-28-20
By: Judith Heumann, and others
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Sitting Pretty
- The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body
- By: Rebekah Taussig
- Narrated by: Rebekah Taussig
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most....
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AMPLIFY this type of constructive, imaginative, and uplifting voice!!
- By Nish on 09-01-20
By: Rebekah Taussig
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Best Day Ever!
- A Little Book (by a Little Guy) with Some Big Ideas on How to Be Happy
- By: Richard Paul Evans, Nathan Glad
- Narrated by: Nathan Glad (with David Osmond)
- Length: 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Nathan Glad was not expected to survive birth. Born with OI (Osteogenesis Imperfecta), also known as Brittle Bone, he has faced remarkable life challenges. Despite it all, Nathan remains determinately happy. This book contains his 7 Hacks for Happiness.
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Joyful gratitude
- By Kay R on 12-10-24
By: Richard Paul Evans, and others
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Thinking in Pictures
- My Life with Autism
- By: Temple Grandin
- Narrated by: Deborah Marlowe
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In this unprecedented book, Grandin delivers a report from the country of autism....
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Interesting look Inside Autism
- By Anonymous User on 07-11-10
By: Temple Grandin
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Joni
- An Unforgettable Story
- By: Joni Eareckson Tada, Joe Musser, Bob Goff
- Narrated by: Joni Eareckson Tada
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The Christian classic detailing the remarkable events surrounding the 1967 diving accident that left Joni Eareckson Tada paralyzed. This special 45th anniversary edition of Joni commemorates the worldwide impact of her life story to people living with disabilities....
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Wonderful!
- By Anonymous User on 08-18-23
By: Joni Eareckson Tada, and others
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Disability Intimacy
- Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
- By: Alice Wong
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility comes another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms....
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Great mix of perspectives
- By Anonymous User on 08-13-24
By: Alice Wong
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The PDA Paradox
- The Highs and Lows of My Life on a Little-Known Part of the Autism Spectrum
- By: Harry Thompson, Felicity Evans - foreword
- Narrated by: Elliot Chapman
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Diagnosed with pathological demand avoidance (PDA) in his teenage years, Harry Thompson looks back with wit and humour at the ups and downs of family and romantic relationships, school, work and mental health, as well as his teenage struggle with drugs and alcohol....
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A great resource for PDAers & their loved ones
- By Rochelle Esser on 12-18-21
By: Harry Thompson, and others
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The Country of the Blind
- A Memoir at the End of Sight
- By: Andrew Leland
- Narrated by: Andrew Leland
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Witty, winning, and revelatory, The Country of the Blind is a personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn about blindness as a rich culture all its own.
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Lovely and accurate depiction of the world of the partially sighted or blind
- By Vanessa on 09-21-23
By: Andrew Leland
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Easy Beauty
- By: Chloé Cooper Jones
- Narrated by: Chloé Cooper Jones
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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So begins Chloé Cooper Jones’s bold, revealing account of moving through the world in a body that looks different than most. Jones learned early on to factor “pain calculations” into every plan, every situation.
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Understanding Disabilities Increased
- By Anonymous User on 06-10-22
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Haben
- The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
- By: Haben Girma
- Narrated by: Haben Girma
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage....
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Wonderful story, told in her own voice.
- By Anonymous User on 08-10-19
By: Haben Girma
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Ghost Boy
- The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body
- By: Martin Pistorius
- Narrated by: Simon Bubb
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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They all thought he was gone. But he was alive and trapped inside his own body for ten years....
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Best Book In Years
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 11-19-17
By: Martin Pistorius
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PDA in the Family
- Life After the Lightbulb Moment
- By: Steph Curtis
- Narrated by: Chris Curtis, Steph Curtis
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In this honest and open account of life with her PDA daughter, Sasha, Steph Curtis reveals the everyday struggles and explores the milestones of raising a child diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance....
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A Mirror to Our Journey: Insights into the PDA Experience
- By Anonymous User on 02-22-24
By: Steph Curtis
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Tough as They Come
- By: Travis Mills, Marcus Brotherton, Gary Sinise - foreword
- Narrated by: Travis Mills
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Thousands have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five have survived quadruple-amputee injuries. This is one soldier's story....
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So-so
- By Anonymous User on 02-16-19
By: Travis Mills, and others
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My Two Elaines
- Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer’s Caregiver
- By: Martin J. Schreiber, Cathy Breitenbucher - contributor
- Narrated by: Martin J. Schreiber, Mike Terry, Michelle Braun, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Break through the isolation and helplessness that caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients experience with this intimate story that offers practical advice, support, and hope....
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Helpful , Wish More Examples
- By Jesg on 06-16-24
By: Martin J. Schreiber, and others
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Hope Heals
- A True Story of Overwhelming Loss and an Overcoming Love
- By: Katherine Wolf, Jay Wolf, Joni Eareckson Tada - foreword
- Narrated by: Katherine Wolf, Jay Wolf
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Katherine and Jay Wolf were a young couple living the dream in Southern California, but all was nearly lost when Katherine suffered a shocking near-fatal brainstem stroke and struggled to find hope in a life that looked nothing like the one they had before....
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Excellent Book
- By Anonymous User on 09-29-22
By: Katherine Wolf, and others
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The Short Bus
- A Journey Beyond Normal
- By: Jonathan Mooney
- Narrated by: Jonathan Mooney
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A young man once called unteachable journeys across America to investigate the lives of those, like himself, who are forced to create new ways of living in order to survive....
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Wonderful book!
- By Anonymous User on 12-07-20
By: Jonathan Mooney
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Disfigured
- On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
- By: Amanda Leduc
- Narrated by: Amanda Barker
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour....
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Mixed bag
- By Kim Padan on 01-18-22
By: Amanda Leduc
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Thunder Dog
- The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero
- By: Michael Hingson, Susy Flory, Larry King - foreword
- Narrated by: Christopher Prince
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Follow Michael and his guide dog, Roselle, as their lives are changed forever by two explosions and 1,463 stairs. In this harrowing story of trust and courage, discover how blindness and a bond between dog and man saved lives and brought hope during one of America’s darkest days....
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Amazing story, some issues with the writing
- By Anonymous User on 04-08-22
By: Michael Hingson, and others
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Las enseñanzas de Gerardo: no me crean, verifíquenlo [Gerardo’s Teachings: Don’t Believe Me, Verify It]
- By: María M. Olivares Schmedling
- Narrated by: María M. Olivares
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Sumérgete en la extraordinaria vida de Gerardo Schmedling, un hombre cuyo poder espiritual inquebrantable desafió las adversidades de la parálisis de Guillain-Barré en su juventud y las secuelas que afectaron su movilidad de por vida.
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What Doesn't Kill You
- A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt
- By: Tessa Miller
- Narrated by: Tessa Miller
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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A riveting and candid account of a young journalist's awakening to a life of chronic illness, weaving together her personal story with reporting to shed light on how Americans live with long-term diagnoses today....
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Excellent book
- By LZ on 02-14-21
By: Tessa Miller
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The Hard Parts
- A Memoir of Courage and Triumph
- By: Oksana Masters, Cassidy Randall - contributor
- Narrated by: Emily Tremaine, Oksana Masters
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Oksana Masters was born in Ukraine—in the shadow of Chernobyl—seemingly with the odds stacked against her. She came into the world with one kidney, a partial stomach, six toes on each foot, webbed fingers, no right bicep, and no thumbs.
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Vulnerable, Tenacious, Inspiring and Relatable
- By Brian Nash on 10-04-24
By: Oksana Masters, and others
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Radio Head Gal
- A Memoir of Hearing Loss and Self-Worth
- By: Rebecca Knill
- Narrated by: Carolyn Durkalski
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Acclaimed TED speaker Rebecca Knill guides us through a life shaped by hearing loss. Throughout, Knill offers eye-opening insights into disability and celebrates the power of technology to level the playing field.
By: Rebecca Knill
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Time to Face This World: The Schizophrenic Diaries of Joseph A. Peragine Boxed Set
- Vol. 1-3
- By: Joseph Peragine
- Narrated by: Joseph A. Peragine
- Length: 24 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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My name is Joseph A. Peragine. I am a paranoid schizophrenic. On October 22, 2000, I tried to kill myself in a severely hallucinogenic state due to undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia.
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Just wow!
- By Anonymous User on 08-31-24
By: Joseph Peragine