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I Am Myself
I Am Myself
Theresa Borrelli

In I Am Myself, Thersea Borrelli recounts her journey from a diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome in childhood, to a state of acceptance. At first, Theresa developed an attitude that was defensive, and critical of the doctors who treated her. Slowly, as a young adult, she began to assimilate, acknowledge and reconcile her disorder, for which there is no cure. Though about Tourette Syndrome, I Am Myself offers the reader a universal experience, relatable to the challenges that all of us face at one time or another. This is a memoir that will change your perspective on confronting and overcoming obstacles, …

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Giants On My Shoulders
Giants On My Shoulders
Ben Clement

An extraordinary account of the life of unknown club boxer, Frank Steele, who sparred with legendary boxing greats like Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier and Ernie Shavers. Impoverished from birth and poorly educated, Frank did the best he could to parlay his boxing prowess and brute strength into fame and fortune. Hired as Foreman’s chief sparring partner to help prepare the champ for the Ali "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in Africa, he was fired after doing his job too well -- beating up Foreman and knocking his headgear into the audience. When Ali heard about the incident, he …

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The Volunteer
The Volunteer
“O’Doherty gives a graphic account of the making of an IRA man. Perhaps the book’s greatest strength, and no doubt the feature that, as O’Doherty predicts, will irritate, is the emotional tone in which the story is told. He tells it how he saw and felt it at the time. When he is a stubborn, impetuous youth, he recounts as a stubborn, impetuous youth. When he is a blinkered perpetrator of callous violence, he recounts as a blinkered perpetrator of callous violence. When he becomes an older-but-wiser committed pacifist, the tone shifts yet again to reflect that incarnation.
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My Life's Journey with Bipolar Disorder
My Life's Journey with Bipolar Disorder
Joann M. Stuhr
My Life’s Journey With Bipolar Disorder is the memoir of an extraordinary woman. Joann M. Stuhr writes about the path her life has taken from its farm roots in Iowa to New York, the Pacific Northwest, and on to Europe and Japan. Throughout it all, she had a secret. Joann was living with the condition we now recognize as bipolar disorder. How she coped and lived a successful life as a math teacher and a computer programmer is only part of her fascinating story. She wrote this book "to help others with bipolar disorder to erase the stigma."
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