Editorial : From Publishers Weekly As a doctor of the oldest old, those patients over 85, San Antonio, Tex., geriatric physician Winakur cares for the fastest growing demographic segment of our society. He also had to usher his own aged father through the last painful, debilitating years of his life, when he slipped into dementia and became a stranger to himself and his family. In this affecting, thoughtfully composed memoir, Winakur remembers his father as he fully was, a gifted artist whose Depression-era mother would not allow him to go to art school. He was consigned to run the family's pawnshop in Baltimore until the race riots of 1968 destroyed the store and his livelihood. While the author describes his father as someone who seemed to get little enjoyment late in life, it was his father who instilled in his son a love of bird watching. As the author and his father achieve toward the end an intimate, fragile truce, Winakur recalls the long medical journey that brought him to devote himself t
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Shark Assault: An Amazing Story of Survival by Peter Jennings *Read Online »PDF
Editorial : I found myself tugged irrevocably into Moore’s compelling account of enduring the shark attack, wrapped expertly in the detail of author Jennings’ research and storytelling. (Ted Barris, bestselling author of The Great Escape: The Untold Story)
A compelling and highly recommended addition to community library collections. (Midwest Review of Books)
Read it. Heed the warnings. Note her strength against this dire adversity and her ability to move forward without remorse. It is an unbelievable tale (Bookpleasures)
Riveting and inspirational … a compelling real-life story about the magnificent power of optimism. (Lloyd Robertson, former CTV News anchor)
It is rare to see someone experience the trauma of so many surgeries yet be so strong, positive and full of hope as Nicole Moore. She is an inspiration. (Dr. Laura Snell, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Sunnybrook Health Sciences C
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Count Silvernose: A Story from Italy by Holiday House *Online Library »DOC
Editorial : From School Library Journal Grade 1-4?A Bluebeard variant from Italy. The two younger daughters of an old washerwoman are lovely, foolish, and useless, while the oldest is homely, clever, and strong. She is also fiercely protective of her sisters, and when each is carried off by the mysterious Count Silvernose and later reported dead, Assunta resolves to discover the truth. She finds her sisters alive, tormented by imps and demons in a fiery pit. She rescues them and outwits the wicked Count, who ends up in the pit himself. Kimmel's smooth, richly detailed narrative differs significantly from the source cited, building on its basic framework and adding original interpretation and characterization. Assunta is a memorable and powerful heroine and more than a match for the shallow, smooth-talking Count. Rayyan's impressive watercolors resemble a Renaissance sketchbook. Many of the double-page spreads lead the eye from sepia-washed sketches to a central, vibrantly colored, and sometimes sc