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Dynamite Mike McGee    by Lona Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 51580 words. Published by Double Edge Press  on April 6, 2011. .

As an iconic racing figure in the 1970’s, few seeing Dynamite Mike McGee in the winner’s circle knew of the challenges he had faced. Born with dwarfism and a myriad of birth defects, Mike was not expected to live out his first week. Defying all odds, Mike went on to build and race cars. He married and fathered a child. A simple mishap resulting in brain damage changed his life forever.
Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook, From the Emergency Room to Selecting a Rehabilitation Facility    by Garry Prowe
Price: $9.99 USD. 51980 words. Published on April 12, 2011. .

This is an easy-to-read guidebook for families thrust into the confusing world of brain injury. It teaches readers the basics of brain injury. It guides them step-by-step through the recovery process. It provides the practical information they need to handle insurance, financial, legal, family and personal issues. Finally, it tells how one couple created a fulfilling new life after a brain injury.
Shared Emptiness    by John Brinling
Price: $4.99 USD. 224010 words. Published on April 27, 2011. .

A portrait of the harrowing despair and remarkable courage of a middle-class family tormented beyond endurance by a mindless act of violence. Chris Carter, at 24, a medical student, had it all. Good looks, intelligence, a winning personality, a loving family. His girlfriend, Louise, was his dream girl, and he had everything ahead of him, everything to live for.... Until he was mugged....
Till the Cows Come Home - A must-read for anyone dealing with Brain Injury    by J.T. Blakemore
Price: $4.99 USD. 85090 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on September 20, 2011. .

This is the story of how J.T. Blakemore took an ill-advised ride in a ’59 Hot Rod Chevy in 1963 and regained consciousness twenty-eight days later. He was 21 years old. “You might say I threw my life away for a dozen cans of beer. The prognosis was simple: brain damage. The effects were not so simple. Not by a long shot.”
SEIZE HOPE: Just a Brainstorm on an otherwise Sunny Day    by Mary Ady-Fontaine
Price: $9.99 USD. 33050 words. Published on October 10, 2011. .

A non-fiction book about Epilepsy unlike all others: this is an upbeat read; the theme of this book is HOPE. Readers both recently diagnosed or life-long living with a Seizure Disorder; you quickly realize the value of an Author pouring our her soul on the pages with first hand experiences: a how to guide to living life well, not defined by Epilepsy. Internet-linked.
Within    by Clare Marshall
Price: $2.99 USD. 50950 words. Published on May 6, 2012. .

Trinity Hartell’s life changed after the accident. But then she starts writing. Perhaps it’s a coincidence that the psychotic, murderous protagonist of her novel bears a striking similarity to the charming Wiley Dalton, a mayoral candidate in the upcoming election. Or, perhaps not...