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Gift Oddly Wrapped: The spiritual journey of seeking sacred, ironic gift rather than dwelling on the pain.    by Patrick A. Jones
You set the price! 11090 words. Published on February 9, 2009. .

We all know people who suffer greatly, yet gracefully. Explore in poetry and reflection the depths of intimate, personal faith ~ journeying with God and each other to transform the pain of loss into the joy of co-creating with God. Patrick's contemplative soul startles us to see grace's abundance. Suggested price: $3-5. Additional generosity helps those strapped also get a copy. Thank you!
Healing through Humor: Change Your Focus, Change Your Life!    by Annette Langer
Price: $2.99 USD. 38430 words. Published on December 5, 2010. .

What's funny about a brain injury or breast cancer? You'll be surprised. These true-life stories show the "funny side" of some not-so-funny challenges and demonstrate the upside to the struggles with illness and injury and the triumphs in overcoming them. Journey the path to self-empowerment and survival, even in the face of seemingly impossible circumstances, with a good laugh along the way.
Awake Again - All the way back from Head Injury    by Martin Krieg
Price: $4.99 USD. 66000 words. Published on January 19, 2011. .

After being pronounced clinically dead and wavering between life and death from a head injury, Martin Krieg regained consciousness but was paralyzed and completely helpless. This book tells what it feels like to be in this state and how he used self help books and his two coast to coast bike rides to rehabilitate himself so well that he is now building the will for a TransAmerica bicycle highway
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.
Professor Cromer Learns to Read: A Couple’s New Life after Brain Injury    by Janet Cromer
Price: $9.99 USD. 93500 words. Published on June 28, 2011. .

When a harrowing heart attack and cardiac arrest robbed Alan's brain of vital oxygen, he lost his abilities to read, write, walk, talk, think, and remember. In a flash, the successful physics professor became a brain injury survivor struggling to relearn everything he once knew. So began a seven year journey of intensive rehabilitation, combined with shaping a new identity, marriage, and life.
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.
On Autumn's Wing, A Story of Birth Trauma, Brain Injury and Miracles.    by Heather Winkeljohn
Price: $3.99 USD. 34500 words. Published on November 6, 2011. .

This is the story of a hemiplegic child, Autumn. She was a normal baby until delivered by vacuum extraction. Autumn lost seventy-five percent of her left brain from a massive stroke. The book chronicles the family's experience, struggles, and accomplishments from birth to the present. It's a story of valuable lessons but raises questions about our health care, legal system and use of the vacuum.
Love Your Traumatic Brain Injury    by Alexander and I
Price: $7.00 USD. 7100 words. Published on April 18, 2012. .

Enter the mind and body of a twenty-year-old boy waking up in a traumatic brain injury. Falling into dreams that steal yesterdays in your sleep. This memoir cuts cleanly through these first few days waking in a foreign world, with a foreign self, and reappearing family ghosts you once knew. This is an effort to expand the whole truth; for you to know the worst and provide for it.
Come Walk with Me    by Cannie J McNamara
Price: $3.99 USD. 11040 words. Published on May 15, 2012. .

The beginning of a journey through the mind of a brain injured person. Struggling with the inability to communicate, words began to flow through my mind in verse. I put pen to paper to express my feelings of frustration, humor, love, joy, sorrow and despair. This, the first book of the Come Walk with Me series, is the beginning of that journey. Maybe you'll see my journey reflected in you.