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GERALD ASTOR  "...And a Credit to His Race"
Saturday Review Press. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0841503478) . Hardcover, ex-library. E P Dutton, first, 1974. In good condition, usual library markings. The hard life and times of Joseph Louis Barrow, a.k.a. Joe Louis.
USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 001740
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BIGGER, JAMA K.  Then Came a Miracle
Ada, MI, U.S.A. Fleming H. Revell Company. 1981. (ISBN: 0800712757) . Hardcover. Fleming H. Revell, 1982. In very good condition. She was a teenager when she jumped in a pool and broke her neck. They said she'd never walk. Inch by inch, she proved them wrong.
USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 005414
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BLUNT, JUDY  Breaking Clean
Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A. Alfred a Knopf Inc. 2002. (ISBN: 0375401318) . Hardcover. Knopf, 2002, stated first edition. In near fine condition. She tells of her life on a ranch, from youth to adult.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP¥ 889] Book number: 013873
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BRYHER  The Days of Mars: A Memoir, 1940-1946
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1972. (ISBN: 0151240558) . Hardcover. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1972, stated first edition. In very good condiiton with a good DJ, has edgewear. "In warime the only things that matter are a blanket, some food, and one's friends.".
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP¥ 1334] Book number: 015794
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TED CHANDLER  Tough Mercy
First Edition. (ISBN: 0962582700) . Trade paperback. Faith Printing Co. 1990. In very good condition, senior center address marked out, outside page edges marked review/examination copy. Lost in despair, we found ourselves at the orphanage. Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina was where Ted Chandler and two brothers were raised after their father died..
USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 013871
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JOAN COLEBROOK  A House of Trees
. Hardcover, ex-library. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987. In very good condition, usual library markings. Memoirs of an Australian girlhood.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP¥ 889] Book number: 009356
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AUGUSTA THEODOSIA DRANE  The Life of St. Dominic With a Sketch of the Domincan Order
Burns, Oates & Washbourne Ltd. Small hardcover, no DJ. Burns, Oates & Washbourne, Ltd, six edition, npd. In very good condition, boards show edgewear and some bumping, pages slightly tanning, name on back end paper marked out, crease down back board. A very nice copy of a hard to find book.
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 | £UK 30 | JP¥ 4446] Book number: 013923
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FEINBERG, LESLIE  Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul
Boston, MA, U.S.A. Beacon Press. 1996. (ISBN: 0807079405) . Trade paperback, ex-library. Boston Press, 1996, first. In very good condition, usual library markings. Biographical sketches and pictures of transgender people of all types.
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1067] Book number: 007224
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FINKE, BETH  Long Time, No See
Champaign, IL, U.S.A. University of Illinois Press. 2003. (ISBN: 0252028279) . Hardcover, review copy. University of Illinois Press, 2003, first. In very good+ condition, review information glued to front fly leaf, bottom of the book stamped "Complimentary Copy, Not For Resale." Juevenile diabetes, blindness, and her tragedies and triumps.
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1067] Book number: 007559
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FITTON, PAT; O'BRIEN, CAROL; WILSON, JEAN  Home at Last : How Two Young Women with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities Achieved Their Own Home
London, United Kingdom, Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 1995. (ISBN: 1853022543) . Trade paperback, ex-library. Jessica Kingsley, 1995. In very good condition, usual library markings. How two young women with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities achieved their own home.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 005413
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GRACE NIES FLETCHER  Merry Widow
. Hardcover. Wm Morrow, 1970. In good condition, DJ wear. Widowed at 60, Mrs. Fletcher refused to sit on the shelf. This is her light-hearted account of the global adventures that ensued.
USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 005425
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FREMONT, HELEN  After Long Silence : A Memoir
New York, NY, U.S.A. Delacorte Press. 2000. (ISBN: 0385333706) . Trade paperback. Delta, 2000, first. In near fine condition. Helen was raised as a Roman Catholic. It wasn't until she was an adult practicing law in Boston that she discovered her parents were Jewish.
USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 001007
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GREALY, LUCY  Autobiography of a Face
New York, NY, U.S.A. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1994. (ISBN: 0395657806) . Hardcover, ex-library. Houghton Mifflin, 1994. In near fine condition, usual library markings. She spent five years of her life being treated for cancer, then she spent the next fifteen years of her life being treated for nothing but looking different.
USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 005437
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HINE, ROBERT V.  Second Sight
Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A. Univ of California Pr. 1993. (ISBN: 0520081951) . Hardcover, ex-library. University of California Press, 1993. In very good condition, usual library markings, some color removed from DJ with tag. Imagine being blind for years and then regaining your sight!.
USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 011725
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BRYAN LAMBKE, TOM LAMBKE  I Just Am
Five Star Publications. 2006. (ISBN: 9781589850200) . Hardcover, pictorial boards. As new. Inscribed and signed by both authors on title page. Bryan was born with Down Syndrome, but he hasn't let it slow him down. Learn both about the disease and watch Bryan grow as you go through the photos page by page. He's a winner!. Signed by Author.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP¥ 1334] Book number: 019626
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JEFF LEELAND  One Small Sparrow
Sisters, Oregon, U.S.A. Multnomah Pub. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0880707232) . Hardcover. Multnomah Books, first printing, 1995. In very good condition, DJ has a crease on inside rear flap. A father's story of his young son's illness, lack of insurance coverage for the surgery needed, and how the community and family responded.
USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 0706R453677
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YEN MAH, ADELINE  Falling Leaves : The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
Hoboken, NJ, U.S.A. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. 1998. (ISBN: 0471247421) . Hardcover, ex-library. John Wiley & Sons, 1998. In good condition, usual library markings. Adeline's mother died giving birth to her, so she was considered inferior and insignificant by her siblings and her new stepmother.
USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 009346
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MCGINNISS, JOE; LITTLE BROWN  The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Little Brown & Co. 1999. (ISBN: 0316557366) . Hardcover. Little Brown & Co, 1999, first ediition. In very good condition, remainder mark. A village soccer team in a region in Italy where "there is little of interest to see and even less to do..".
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP¥ 889] Book number: 015797
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JAMES PATTERSON, HAL FRIEDMAN  Against Medical Advice
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Little Brown & Co. 2008. (ISBN: 0316024759) . Hardcover. Near fine. Cory woke up one morning with his head shaking and he couldn't stop it. The symptoms kept getting worse. The medications weren't helping, in some cases they also were making it worse. It took the entire family to say "no" to the doctors and work on finding their own solution on which medicines were good and which were not. Signing him out of the hospital "against medical advice" was just the beginning.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP¥ 1334] Book number: 018996
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PELZER, DAVE  The Lost Boy : A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family
Deerfield Beach, FL, U.S.A. Health Communications, Incorporated. 1997. (ISBN: 1558745157) . Trade paperback. Health Communications, 1997. In near fine condition. The sequel to "A Child Called It." A foster child's search for the LOVE of a family.
USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 | £UK 3.75 | JP¥ 534] Book number: 005951
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PETERSON, EMILY; GOOCH, NANCY L.  Nightmare
New York, NY, U.S.A. Kampmann & Company, Incorporated. 1988. (ISBN: 0931933544) . Hardcover. Richardson & Steirman, NY, 1987. In very good condition, front leaf has been torn out, pages yellowing. A true story of a young woman named Nancy Lynn Gooch who had a genius IQ and 56 warring personalities.
USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 000616
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L ROLAND  The Stranger Who Was Me
First Edition. (ISBN: 0615130836) . Trade paperback. Morris Publishing, 2006. In near fine condition. Signed by author: Learn from the past. Savor today. Look to the future. L. Roland Imagine playing in the California foothills, coming home and finding your family had moved away while you were gone - and you're 11 years old. A true story. Signed by Author.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 015989
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SPINNEY, CAROLL; MILLIGAN, JASON  The Wisdom of Big Bird (And the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch) : Lessons from a Life in Feathers
New York, NY, U.S.A. Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0375507817) . Hardcover, ex-library. Villard, stated first edition, 2003. In near fine condition, usual library markings. An inspirational book about lessons from a life in feathers!.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP¥ 889] Book number: 009343
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IDA E WHITTEN  "The Face of All the World is Changed"
. Hardcover. Hardcover, ex-library. Scott Zoller, 1990. In very good condition, usual library markings, preface has some soiling on page edge. An autobiography study with the focus on stuttering. An 88 year old lady looks back at her life and the effect stuttering had on it.
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1067] Book number: 011726
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DOROTHY CLARKE WILSON  The Big-Little World of Doc Pritham
Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A. McGraw-Hill. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0070707510) . Hardcover. McGraw Hill, 1971, first edition. In near fine condition, DJ shows edgewear. The memoirs of a doctor in a small town in Maine.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP¥ 889] Book number: 000728
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