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Book List - General Coping and Survivorship Issues

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  • The Activist Cancer Patient: How to Take Charge of Your Treatment
    by Beverly Zakarian, Ezra M., MD Greenspan (Introduction)
    Paperback
    Published by John Wiley & Sons
    Publication date: May 1, 1996
    Dimensions (in inches): 9.02 x 6.04 x .66
    ISBN: 047112026X
  • After Cancer: A Guide to Your New Life
    by Wendy Schlessel Harpham, Robert Jones (Editor)
    1 Edition
    Paperback, 368 pages
    Published by Harperperennial Library
    Publication date: August 1, 1995
    Dimensions (in inches): 7.98 x 5.28 x .88
    ISBN: 0060976780
  • Informed Decisions: The Complete Book of Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recovery
    by Gerald P., MD Murphy (Editor), Lois B. Morris (Editor), Dianne Lange
    Hardcover, 704 pages
    Published by Viking Pr
    Publication date: April 1, 1997
    Dimensions (in inches): 10.31 x 8.22 x 1.99
    ISBN: 0670853704
  • Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart & Rekindle the Spirit (Chicken Soup for the Soul Series)
    by Jack Canfield (Editor), Mark Victor Hansen, mar Hansen
    Rev Edition
    Paperback, 328 pages
    Published by Health Communications
    Publication date: April 1995
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.43 x 5.49 x .88
    ISBN: 155874262X
  • A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit (Chicken Soup for the Soul Series)
    by Jack Canfield (Editor), Mark Victor Hansen, mar Hansen
    Paperback, 352 pages
    Published by Health Communications
    Publication date: April 1, 1995
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.43 x 5.44 x .85
    ISBN: 1558743316
  • A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit (Chicken Soup for the Soul Series)
    by Jack Canfield (Editor), Mark Victor Hansen (Editor)
    Paperback, 376 pages
    Published by Health Communications
    Publication date: April 1, 1996
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.26 x 5.28 x .71
    ISBN: 1558743790
  • A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirits (Chicken Soup for the Soul Series)
    by Jack Canfield (Editor), Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch McCarty, Meladee McCarty
    Paperback, 352 pages
    Published by Health Communications
    Publication date: May 1997
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.46 x 5.51 x .89
    ISBN: 1558744592
  • Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Women (Chicken Soup for the Soul Series)
    by Jack Canfield (Editor), Mark Victor Hansen, Jennifer Read Hawthorne
    Paperback, 376 pages
    Published by Health Communications
    Publication date: October 1, 1996
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.40 x 5.46 x .89
    ISBN: 1558744150
  • Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love, and Learning (Chicken Soup for the Soul Series)
    by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger
    Hardcover, 352 pages
    Published by Health Communications
    Publication date: May 1, 1997
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.79 x 5.78 x 1.15
    ISBN: 1558744681
  • Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul: 101 Stories of Courage and Inspiration from Those Who Haved Survived Cancer (Chicken Soup for the Soul Series)
    by Jack Canfield (Editor), Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Aubery, na Mitchell
    Hardcover, 384 pages
    Published by Health Communications
    Publication date: August 1, 1996
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.73 x 5.76 x 1.12
    ISBN: 1558744037
  • Joy Choice : Happiness Is an Inside Job
    by Elizabeth B. Brown
    Paperback, 155 pages
    Published by Fleming H Revell Co
    Publication date: March 1995
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.45 x 5.53 x .44
    ISBN: 0800755316
  • Brain Tricks : Coping With Your Defective Brain
    by David L. Weiner
    Paperback, 358 pages
    Published by Prometheus Books
    Publication date: March 1, 1995
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.97 x 6.01 x 1.06
    ISBN: 0879759895
  • Coping When a Parent Dies (Coping With)
    by Janet Grosshandler, Janet Grosshandler-Smith
    1st Edition
    Library Binding, 136 pages
    Published by Rosen Pub Group
    Publication date: June 1995
    Dimensions (in inches): 9.24 x 6.21 x .65
    ISBN: 082391514X
  • Making Miracles Happen
    by Gregory White Smith, Steven W. Naifeh, Fredrica S. Friedman (Editor)
    1st Edition
    Hardcover, 336 pages
    Published by Little Brown & Company
    Publication date: August 1, 1997
    Dimensions (in inches): 9.48 x 6.31 x 1.04
    ISBN: 0316597880
  • Cancer and Hope: Charting a Survival Course
    by Judith Garrett Garrison, Scott Sheperd
    Published by Compcare Pubns
    Publication date: June 1989
    ISBN: 089638151X
  • I Can Cope: Staying Healthy With Cancer
    by Judi Johnson, Linda Klein
    2nd/Rev Edition
    Paperback, 352 pages
    Published by Chronimed Pub
    Publication date: February 1994
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.35 x 5.53 x .88
    ISBN: 1565610393
  • Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit
    by Norman Cousins
    Rep Edition
    Paperback, 368 pages
    Published by Penguin USA (Paper)
    Publication date: December 1, 1990
    Dimensions (in inches): 7.72 x 5.02 x 1.23
    ISBN: 0140139656
  • Cancer As Initiation : Surviving the Fire: A Guide for Living With Cancer for Patient, Provider, Spouse, Family, or Friend
    by Barbara Stone
    Paperback, 266 pages
    Published by Open Court Publishing Company
    Publication date: November 1, 1994
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.97 x 6 x .70
    ISBN: 0812692748
  • Beauty & Cancer: Looking and Feeling Your Best
    by Diane Doan Noyes, Peggy Mellody
    Reissue Edition
    Paperback
    Published by Taylor Pub
    Publication date: September 1992
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.98 x 6.98 x .51
    ISBN: 0878338098
  • Navigating Through a Strange Land: A Book for Brain Tumor Patients and Their Families
    by Tricia Ann Roloff
    Paperback
    Published by Indigo Pr
    Publication date: November 1994
    ISBN: 0964121417
  • Anatomy of an Illness As Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration
    by Norman Cousins
    Hardcover, 173 pages
    Published by W.W. Norton & Company
    Publication date: October 1979
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.52 x 5.78 x .85
    ISBN: 0393012522
  • The Alpha Book on Cancer and Living: For Patients, Family, and Friends
    by Brent G. Ryder
    Paperback, 486 pages
    Published by Alpha Inst
    Publication date: October 1, 1993
    Dimensions (in inches): 9.22 x 7.14 x 1.26
    ISBN: 0963236016
  • Afraid to Ask: A Book for Families to Share About Cancer
    by Judylaine Fine
    1st U.S. Edition
    Paperback
    Published by William Morrow & Co Paper
    Publication date: April 1986
    ISBN: 0688061966
  • When Someone You Love Has Cancer
    by Danarae Pomeroy
    Mass Market Paperback
    Published by Berkley Pub Group
    Publication date: January 1, 1996
    Dimensions (in inches): 6.75 x 4.15 x .52
    ISBN: 0425151298
  • Out of the Blue; Delight Comes Into Our Lives
    by Mark Victor Hansen, Barbara Nichols
    Hardcover, 336 pages
    Published by HarperCollins (paper)
    Publication date: May 1, 1996
    Dimensions (in inches): 9.51 x 6.47 x 1.17
    ISBN: 0060173769
  • Peace, Love and Healing: Bodymind Communication and the Path to Self-Healing : An Exploration
    by Bernie S. Siegel
    Rep Edition
    Paperback, 304 pages
    Published by HarperCollins (paper)
    Publication date: June 1, 1990
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.04 x 5.32 x .80
    ISBN: 0060917059
  • Love, Medicine and Miracles: Lessons Learned About Self-Healing from a Surgeon's Experience With Exceptional Patients
    by Bernie S. Siegel
    Rei Edition
    Paperback, 256 pages
    Published by HarperCollins (paper)
    Publication date: June 1, 1990
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.01 x 5.36 x .62
    ISBN: 0060919833
  • How to Live Between Office Visits: A Guide to Life, Love and Health
    by Bernie S. Siegel
    Reprint Edition
    Paperback
    Published by Harperperennial Library
    Publication date: April 1, 1994
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.94 x 5.69 x .78
    ISBN: 0060924675
  • About Dying
    by Sara Bonnett Stein
    Paperback
    Published by Walker & Co
    Publication date: April 1, 1985
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.73 x 8.72 x .20
    ISBN: 0802772234
  • The Heroic Path: One Woman's Journey from Cancer to Self-Healing
    by Angela Passidomo Trafford
    Paperback, 222 pages
    Published by Hay House
    Publication date: July 1994
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.47 x 5.48 x .65
    ISBN: 1561701106
  • Vanishing Cookies: Doing Ok When a Parent Has Cancer
    by Michelle B. Goodman
    Paperback
    Published by Benjamin Family Foundation
    Publication date: April 1991
    ISBN: 0969472404
  • Gifts of Time
    by Fred J. Epstein, Elaine Fantle Shumberg
    Reprint Edition
    Mass Market Paperback
    Published by Berkley Pub Group
    Publication date: October 1, 1994
    Dimensions (in inches): 6.76 x 4.20 x .68
    ISBN: 0425144038
  • Sometimes Mountains Move
    by Everett C. Koop, Elizabeth Koop, C. Everett Koop
    Revised Edition
    Paperback, 96 pages
    Published by Zondervan Pub House
    Publication date: June 1, 1995
    Dimensions (in inches): 6.68 x 4.17 x .27
    ISBN: 0310486726
  • The Fat Lady Hasn't Sung: An Inspiring Story of Love, Hope, and Triumph
    by Mary Walker
    Paperback
    Published by Hill Country Books
    Publication date: July 1995
    ISBN: 0964437465
  • Right Side Up!: Reflections for Those Living With Serious Illness
    by Marlene Halpin
    Paperback
    Published by Islewest Pub
    Publication date: July 1995
    ISBN: 0964191938
  • At the Will of the Body : Reflections on Illness
    by Arthur W. Frank
    Reprint Edition
    Paperback
    Published by Houghton Mifflin Co (Pap)
    Publication date: May 1, 1992
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.26 x 5.58 x .63
    ISBN: 0395624304
  • Living Posthumously: Confronting the Loss of Vital Powers
    by Andrew Bard Schmookler
    1st Edition
    Hardcover, 288 pages
    Published by Henry Holt & Co
    Publication date: February 1, 1997
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.58 x 5.93 x 1.04
    ISBN: 0805038574
  • Dying: A Book of Comfort
    by Pat McNees (Editor)
    Paperback - 331 pages (August 1998)
    Warner Books
    ISBN: 0446674001
  • The Body Silent
    by Robert F. Murphy
    Paperback Reprint edition (September 1990)
    W W Norton & Co
    ISBN: 0393307026
  • Claiming Disability: Knowledge and Identity (Cultural Front Series)
    by Simi Linton
    Paperback - 200 pages (January 1998)
    Other Editions: Hardcover
    New York Univ Pr
    ISBN: 0814751342
  • Fodor's Great American Vacations for Travelers With Disabilities/With Complete Accessibility Information on Hotels, Restaurants and Attractions)
    Paperback (June 1994)
    Fodors Travel Pubns
    ISBN: 067902591X
  • The Americans With Disabilities Act (Oceana's Legal Almanac Series - Law for the Layperson)
    by Margaret C. Jasper
    Hardcover (May 1998)
    Oceana Publications
    ISBN: 0379113287
  • Atlas of Brain Function
    by William W., Jr. Orrison
    Paperback (November 1994)
    Thieme Medical Pub
    ISBN: 0865775281
  • Acknowledged A Man
    by Barbara Del Buono, Allen B. Chatt, Paul Hultman
    Library Binding - 400 pages 1 edition (April 15, 1999)
    Ellingsworth Pr
    ISBN: 0960569812
  • Recovering at Home After a Stroke: A Practical Guide for You and Your Family
    by Florence Weiner, Mathew H. M. Lee, Harriet Bell, Howard A. Rusk ins
    Paperback - 270 pages (April 1994)
    Body Pr
    ISBN: 0399518436
  • Confronting Traumatic Brain Injury: Devastation, Hope, and Healing
    by William J. Winslade
    Hardcover - 240 pages (May 1998)
    Other Editions: Paperback
    Yale Univ Pr
    ISBN: 0300070268
  • Conquering the Darkness: One Woman's Story of Recovering from a Brain Injury
    by Deborah A. Quinn
    Paperback - 420 pages (April 1998)
    Paragon House
    ISBN: 1557787638
  • Over My Head: A Doctor's Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out
    by Claudia L. Osborn
    Hardcover - 256 pages (April 1998)
    Andrews McMeel Publishing
    ISBN: 0836254198
  • Awareness of Deficit After Brain Injury: Clinical and Theoretical Issues
    by George P. Prigatano (Editor), Daniel L. Schacter (Editor)
    Hardcover - 271 pages (March 1991)
    Oxford Univ Press
    ISBN: 0195059417
  • Kara Mia: The Story of Sudden Loss & Slow Recovery in a Teenager With Qt Syndrome
    by Maryann Anglim, Walter Allan
    Paperback - 208 pages (April 1997)
    Seahorse Pr
    ISBN: 0965650103
  • Brain - Our Universe Within (Video)
    Starring: Brain - Our Universe Within, et al.
    Edition Details:
        NTSC format (for use in US and Canada only)
        Color, NTSC
        Number of tapes: 3
        ASIN: 6304887558
  • How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
    by Sherwin B. Nuland
    Paperback
    Published by Vintage Books
    Publication date: January 1, 1995
    Dimensions (in inches): 8.03 x 5.19 x .70
    ISBN: 0679742441

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