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"An injured ex-athlete discovers that giving up on the game of life is not an option... As far as former NFL star Jake Masters is concerned, dreams are risky propositions. Years ago he came achingly close to achieving his ambition of playing in the Super Bowl--before a spinal injury ended his career. Confined to a wheelchair, unwilling to take a chance on another risky surgery that could restore his mobility, Jake now stays cocooned behind the imposing...
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Plain and simple miracles volume 1
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English
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When a tornado strikes the farms surrounding Cody's Creek, Anna Schwartz's life is changed forever. She suffers a spinal cord injury and suddenly finds herself learning to live as a paraplegic. Three people--Chloe Roberts, Jacob Graber, and Ruth Schwartz--join forces to help Anna through her darkest days. Chloe is an Englischer who writes for the local paper. Jacob has recently arrived in town and stays on as a hired hand at her uncle's. And Ruth...
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Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Taussig only saw disability depicted as something monstrous, inspirational, or angelic. She longed for more stories that allowed disability to be complex and ordinary, uncomfortable and fine, painful and fulfilling. Here she writes about the rhythms and textures of what it means to live in a body that doesn't fit. Taussig reflects on everything from the complications of kindness and charity,...
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Surprised by love volume 3
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English
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"Recovering from a horse and buggy accident that took the lives of his family, Jeremiah Zook is struggling to regain both his spirit and his body. While his legs remain stubbornly opposed to moving, he exercises his hands by writing, and finds the perfect outlet for his grief in inspirational letters to the Amish newspaper. When Keturah Esch, a woman who works at the Green Valley Farmer's Market, responds with gratitude, Jeremiah has no idea that...
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"They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life--steady boyfriend, close family--who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after a motorcycle accident. Will has always lived a huge life--big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel--and now...
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To Christina Olson, the entire world was her family's remote farm in the small coastal town of Cushing, Maine. Born in the home her family had lived in for generations, and increasingly incapacitated by illness, Christina seemed destined for a small life. Instead, for more than twenty years, she was host and inspiration for the artist Andrew Wyeth, and became the subject of one of the best known American paintings of the twentieth century.
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Dark Tower volume 2
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English
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Taking place mere hours following the events seen in The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three continues with Roland of Gilead on his solitary quest for the Dark Tower, leading him to a seemingly endless stretch of beach along the Western Sea -- a terrain filled with unearthly monstrosities that mean certain death if he lets his guard down. But there are other mysteries along this desolate shoreline as well: three arcane doorways standing freely in...
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Terror began in January, by the light of the full moon. The first scream came from the snowbound railwayman who felt the werewolf's fangs ripping at his throat. The next month there was a scream of agony from the woman attacked in her cozy bedroom. Now scenes of unbelievable horror unfold each time the full moon shines on the isolated Maine town of Tarker's Mills. Only one thing is sure-- when the full moon rises, a paralyzing fear sweeps through...
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Hogarth
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[2018]
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English
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"Rendered paraplegic after a traumatic event four years ago, Cameron Harris has been living his new existence alongside his sister Tanya in their battered Biloxi, Mississippi, neighborhood where only half the houses made it through Katrina. One stiflingly hot August afternoon as Cameron sits waiting for Tanya during their daily run to the Biz-E-Bee convenience store, he suddenly and inexplicably rises up and out of his wheelchair. In the aftermath...
14) Eden mine
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"From an act of political violence that tears apart a family's faith and community, S. M. Hulse crafts a compelling novel that mines the deep rifts that come when the reach of the government clashes with individual freedom"--
For generations the Fabers have lived near Eden Mine, but Jo and Samuel will be the last: their family home has been seized by the state through eminent domain. Samuel said he was going to find work, but he is last seen by a...
15) Perfect world: 4
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Perfect world (Manga) volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Barriers of the heart. Afraid that their relationship is only doing more harm to them than good, Itsuki decides to break up with Tsugumi. The breakup leaves Tsugumi reeling, and while she tries to come to terms with Itsuki ending their relationship, she just can't seem to swallow her lingering feelings. When she's at her lowest, Koreda comes to support her, and Tsugumi begins to see a side of Koreda she's never seen before. Meanwhile, Itsuki begins...
16) Perfect world: 2
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Perfect world (Manga) volume 2
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"After reuniting at a work party, Tsugumi begins dating her high school classmaste and first crush, Itsuki, who has since sustained a spinal cord injury and now uses a wheelchair. While at first reluctant to let someone into his heart, Itsuki begins to open up to her. Tsugumi realizes that there's still so much to Itsuki that she has yet to learn, but the deeper the love grows, the tougher the realities they face become."--Provided by publisher.
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Xulon Press
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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"From where I sit today I am forced to look at life from a place I never expected or wanted to be; totally paralyzed from the shoulders down, sitting in a chair that I drive by blowing and sucking in a straw, typing this book one letter at a time with a mouth stick. I never wanted to be here. I never wanted to be in a wheelchair and I never wanted to be a writer. Nevertheless, here I sit typing, because of one seemingly small decision to dive off...
18) Perfect world: 7
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Perfect world (Manga) volume 7
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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An office party reunites Tsugumi with her high school crush Itsuki. He's realized his dream of becoming an architect, but along the way, he experienced a spinal injury that put him in a wheelchair. Now Tsumugi's rekindled feelings will butt up against prejudices she never considered -- and Itsuki will have to decide if he's ready to let someone into his heart... Yet they may soon discover that, without each other, the world feels imperfect.
19) Perfect world: 8
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Series
Perfect world (Manga) volume 8
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
English
Description
After Itsuki and Tsugumi spend a night together in a car at the evacuation site, both Koreda and Nagasawa rush from Tokyo to their sides. Itsuki seeks refuge with Nagasawa, and while the former couple are separated again, Koreda's concerns only continue to grow after hearing about their night in the car. And when things seem like they couldn't get any more complicated, another figure from Itsuki's past arrives...
20) Perfect world: 5
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Perfect world (Manga) volume 5
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"After her breakup with Itsuki, Tsumugi leaves Tokyo for her childhood home in Matsumoto. She tries to look ahead in her relationship with Koreda and distance herself from her past relationship with Itsuki, but in spite of her best efforts, fate continues to bring the two of them together. While caring for her ailing father, Tsugumi meets Kaede, who uses a wheelchair, and Keigo, her boyfriend who wants to build her a barrier-free house. Itsuki seems...
