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Table Of Contents 1. Cover

2. Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents

4. A student who never stopped learning

5. After the Wreck I Picked Myself Up. Spread My Wings, and Flew Away

6. Against All Odds

7. A Life of Grace

8. Brain: The Complete Mind

9. Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Developing… Social Skills, Self Control, Job Seeking Skills

10. Brain Lash

11. Behind the Smile

12. Brain Tumor

13. Brain Basics

14. Brain Tumours

15. Brain Injury Safety Education& Prevention

16. Crash Test

17. Coping with Life after Injury

18. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries

19. Conquering the Darkness

20. Courage After Coma

21. Counselling in Rehabilitation

22. Communication Without Speech

23. Children’s Activity Book

24. Drugs (Know the Facts, Cut Your Risk)

25. Drug Safety

26. Epilepsy

27. For the Love of My Children

28. Franklins Bicycle Helmet

29. Go Fly a Bike

30. Glowing Hearts 3

31. Getting on with the Rest of Your Life After Stroke

32. Head Cases

33. Head Injury Recovery in Real Life

34. In an Instance

35. In Search of Wings

36. I had Brain Surgery, What’s Your Excuse?

37. I Can’t Remember Me

38. Invisible and Disabilities

39. Ketchup On The Baseboard

40. Life Beyond Hearing Loss

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41. Look Inside Your Brain

42. Lets Learn About Epilepsy

43. Look, Listen and Live

44. My Stroke of Insight

45. Mick Harte Was Here

46. My Grandma Doesn’t Wear A Helmet

47. Over My Head

48. Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

49. Pain (Learning to deal with it)

50. Personal Safety

51. Patient Resource Handbook

52. Remind Me Why I’m Here

53. Second Chance

54. Stress Without Distress

55. The Brain That Changes Itself

56. The Man Who Lost Himself

57. The Fun Book

58. The Human Brain Book

59. The Day My Life Changed

60. The Incredible Human Flip Chart

61. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat

62. The Chronic Pain Patient

63. The Man With a Shattered Word

64. The joy of Stress

65. The Challenge of Stress

66. The Brain and Behavior

67. Trauma

68. The Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

69. Until the Cows Come Home

70. Understanding Transient Ischemic Attack

71. Unlocking The Myths

72. Understanding Your Senses

73. View From the Bedpan

74. Whiplash

75. You Can’t Use Your Brain if You’re a Jelly Fish

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Title: A Student Who Never

Stopped Learning

Author: Grazia Murdoch-Riolo

Publisher: Grazia Murdoch-

Riolo

# of Copies: 2

Summary: This story is to educate people, and to give hope to those

who suffer. To show them the other side of the mountain where

another life can be lived. Where we can learn to live a life of faith, with

love for God, and without discouragement, even when the prognosis is

very poor or the situation is tragic. This story has another purpose- to

deliver a message to people, to educate parents of children with a

disability.

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Title: After the Wreck I Picked Myself Up.

Spread My Wings, and Flew Away

Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Jenna Abbott separates her life into two categories: before

the wreck and after the wreck. Before the wreck, she was leading a

normal life with her mom in suburban New York. After the wreck, Jenna

is alone, trying desperately to forget what happened that day on the

bridge. She’s determined not to let anyone get close to her- she never

wants to feel so broken and fragile again.

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Title: Against All Odds

Author: Graig W. Meyers, M.S.

Publisher: Book Masters

# of Copies: 1

Summary: God having provided me with colors to paint a masterpiece

of opportunity following my tragedy, I feel indebted to touch dawn’s

bright awakening with an effervescent spirit, and not gaze westward to

mourn the day’s passing.

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Title: A Life of Grace

Author: Jillian King

Publisher: Epic Press

# of Copies: 1

Summary: In this story, A life of Grace, children will learn about brain

injury and its consequences, how to interact with friends who sustain a

traumatic brain injury and the importance of and reasoning behind,

protecting their head whenever possible.

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Title: Brain: The Complete Mind

Author: Michael S. Sweeney

Publisher: National Geographic

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Take a minute to think about what your brain is doing- right

now- as you are reading this text: Millions and millions of neurons are

utilizing countless synapses to process the words.

Using today’s modern technology combined with the cumulative

knowledge of thousands of years of research brain takes you to the

place where consciousness originates.

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Title: Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Developing…

Social Skills, Self Control, Job Seeking Skills

Author: William H. Burke, Michael Wesolowski,

Mark Guth

Publisher: HDI Publishers

# of Copies: 1 of each (3 books)

Summary: These books are informational and help books for people

with an ABI.

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Title: Brain Lash

Author: Gail L. Denton, Ph D

Publisher: Demos Health

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Brain lash, an easy accessible guide that complements

medical treatment for anyone with mild brain injury. Written by a

psychotherapist who has experienced mild traumatic brain injury

firsthand, its down-to-earth, practical advice covers virtually every

aspect of the recovery process.

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Title: Behind the Smile

Author: Marie Osmond

Publisher: WARNER BOOKS

# of Copies: 1

Summary: At age 39, known for her signature smile and upbeat

attitude, Marie Osmond was living with what seemed to be the picture-

perfect life. She was beautiful, talented, happily married, and co-

hosting the successful Donny and Marie show. She had postpartum

depression. This is a personal story of her struggle and life.

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Title: Brain Tumor

Author: Brain Tumor Foundation of

Canada

Publisher: Brain Tumor Foundation of

Canada

# of Copies: 1

Summary: This handbook was compiled by the Brain Tumor Foundation

of Canada to assist patients and families affected by brain tumors.

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Title: Brain Basics

Author: OBIA

Publisher: Bayshore Home Health

# of Copies: 1

Summary: The Brain Basics training program is to provide frontline

Health Care workers and others with an introduction to the world of

brain injury and to equip them with information that will allow them to

work effectively with persons who have sustained an Acquired Brain

Injury.

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Title: Brain Tumours

Author: NBTF

Publisher: National Brain Tumor Foundation

# of Copies: 1

Summary: This book teaches you about the brain and tumors.

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Title: Brain Injury Safety Education& Prevention

Author: George Peter Gatsis

Publisher: Black Diamond Effect

# of Copies: 7

Summary: A comic book about being safe, protecting your brain and

being aware of yourself.

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Title: Crash Test

Author: Chris Bye

Publisher: Bastian Books

# of Copies: 2

Summary: During their years growing up together in St. Catharine’s,

Ontario, Chris and Rick Bye wanted nothing more than to be race-car

drivers. Their dream actually came true as both men persevered to

develop successful racing careers, competing at such venues as

Daytona, Mosport, and Mt. Tremblant. Then Rick, on his way to

participate in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, had a nearly fatal

accident. While driving his race-car hauler on I-77 near Statesville,

North Carolina, he slammed into two semi trucks waiting for traffic to

clear. Chris suddenly found himself at his brother’s side-not for another

race but to help him recover from severe brain damage. Crash Test is

Chris’s inspiring story of crisis, transformation, and triumph, showing

how two men’s tenacity, tested on the racetrack, brought them

through what would become the race of their lives.

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Title: Coping with Life after Injury

Author: MADD (Mothers Against

Drunk Driving)

Publisher: (Editor) Janice H. Lord

# Of Copies: 2

Summary: MADD’s mission is to stop impaired driving and to support

victims of this violent crime. This book is an informational book about

coping with an injury, coping with a spinal cord injury, and closed head

injury.

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Title: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from

Traumatic Brain Injuries

Author: (101 authors) Amy Newark and Dr.

Carolyn Roy-Bornstein

Publisher: Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication

Data

# Of Copies: 3

Summary: Stories about surviving and thriving are paramount

importance. This book is inspiring and motivating-a great boost for the

spirit, as well as a source of useful information.

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Title: Conquering the Darkness

Author: Deborah A. Quinn

Publisher: PARAGON HOUSE

# of Copies: 1

Summary: She was living a fairy tale life, happily married and financially

secure, until that fateful day when her car careened off the road leaving

her husband dead and her in a coma. Seriously injured, she had to

struggle to learn how to function again while others seeking to grab her

business and fortune saw her as easy prey.

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Title: Courage After Coma

Author: Mufty Mathews

Publisher: Uneek Experience

# of Copies: 1

Summary: On November 30, 1987, on a dark, cold night, the phone call

every parent dreads came to us. Wendy, our 27 year old daughter, was

in a car accident; something shattered her skull and crashed into her

brain.

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Title: Counselling in Rehabilitation

Author: William Stewart

Publisher: CROOM HELM

# of Copies: 1

Summary: The emphasis is on the personal, emotional and social

aspects of disease and disability, rather than on practical physical

procedures.

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Title: Communication without Speech

Author: Anne Warrick

Publisher: ISAAC

# of Copies: 1

Summary: In the summer of 1996, ISAAC’s biennial conference was held

in Vancouver, Canada. At that conference the idea of a book about

augmentative communication, one which could be used by parents,

relatives, community workers, neighbours and friends in every village

and city in the world, was born.

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Title: Children’s Activity Book

Author: Operation Lifesaver

Publisher: Canada Safety Council

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Teaching children about railroad safety.

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Title: Drugs (Know the Facts, Cut Your Risks)

Author: CPLT

Publisher: National Library of Canada

Summary: This book cannot answer every possible question about

drugs. It can provide readers with some basic guidance, helping them to

see things that they might otherwise miss, to understand them, and to

act on them.

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Title: Drug Safety

Author: Community Safety Net

Publisher: City Of Quinte West

# of Copies: 1

Summary: To educate children on drug safety.

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Title: Epilepsy and…

Seniors, Professionals and caregivers, Living,

Teens, Safety, Overview, Women, Parents, Teacher

Author: Edmonton Epilepsy Association

Publisher: E.E.A

# of Copies: 2 of each book (19 books)

Summary: These books are guides to help people who know someone

with epilepsy. It tells the reader facts, lifestyles, questions and answers,

safety, seizures, and tips.

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Title: For the Love of my Children

Author: Lin Damboise

Publisher: Lin Damboise

# of Copies: 1

Summary: My true life story begins as being the only boy of three

children. We grew up on a farm near a small town. After I finished

school I started working in the mines, got married and had two girls.

Five weeks after we had our second girl, I had a mining accident which

left me in a coma for almost a month. When I woke up I was paralysed

on my left side, and had lost my speech. My wife could not handle it

and took the kids and left. Eventually I learned I learned to walk and

talk again.

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Title: Franklin’s Bicycle Helmet

Author: Kids can Press

Publisher: CORUS

# of Copies: 1

Summary: A book about Franklin learning to be a safe bike rider and

wearing the right helmet for him.

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Title: Go Fly a Bike

Author: Bill Haduch

Publisher: Dutton Children’s Books

# of Copies: 1

Summary: The ultimate book about bicycle fun, freedom and science.

An informational book about your bike and how to take care of yourself

and the bike.

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Title: Gloving Hearts 3

Author: Jeffrey Tiessen& Kimberly Tiessen

Publisher: Gluckstein

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Short stories about mothers and their children with

disabilities.

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Title: Getting on with the Rest of Your Life

After Stroke

Author: Michael Cloutier

Publisher: Canadian Stroke Network

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Think of this program as learning to fly. First there is “Lift-

Off” where participants will learn the ingredients to getting off the

ground; then there is Gaining Altitude when participants will put into

practice in their community and in their own lives some of the learned

skills; the final stage is “full flight” when the participants have a plan for

meaningful activity for the rest of their life.

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Title: Head Cases

Author: Michael Paul Mason

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

# of Copies: 2

Summary: Manson deftly conveys the

frustrations and inequities of traumatic brain injury… He performs a

valuable service by calling attention to the plight of the brain injured.

Manson has provided a needed, and sobering, account of reality.

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Title: Head Injury Recovery in Real Life

Author: Larry E. Schutz & Michael E. Schutz

Publisher: Plural Publishing

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Some people may wonder why recovery from head injury

needs to be the subject of a book. It is commonly assumed that an

injury to the brain heals up; however, that idea is a myth. Brain damage

is permanent. For many years, the National Head Injury Foundation

issued its newsletter under this motto: After head injury life is never

the same. They felt it was important for members to understand that

the healing process is less complete than most expect it to be.

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Title: In an Instant

Author: Lee and Bob Woodruff

Publisher: Thorndike Press

# Of Copies: 2

Summary: In January 2006, the Woodruffs had it all. With a happy

marriage and four beautiful children, Lee was a public relations

executive and Bob had just named co-anchor of ABC’s World News

Tonight. Then, while Bob was embedded with the military in Iraq, he

suffered a traumatic brain injury that nearly killed him. In an Instance is

the frank and compelling account of how Bob and Lee’s lives came

together, were blown apart, and then were miraculously put back

together again- and how they survived the tragedy that gripped a

nation.

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Title: In Search of Wings

Author: Beverley Bryant

Publisher: Wings

# of Copies: 1

Summary: In search of wings tells the devastating true story of a

gymnastics judge’s coping with TBI after an auto accident that affected

her cognitive skills and memory.

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Title: I Had Brain Surgery, What’s Your Excuse?

Author: Suzy Becker

Publisher: Workman Publishing

# of Copies: 1

Summary: An irreverent, inspiring story of an artist overcoming a

terrifying medical condition and reclaiming her funny bone.

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Title: I Can’t Remember Me

Author: Judy Martin-Urban, Courtney Martin

Larson

Publisher: LangMarc Publishing

# of Copies: 1

Summary: This touching true story begins in Indiana in 1997, shortly

after Courtney graduated from college. Left with a life-threatening

brain injury, her brave struggle back to her family and a productive life

is most inspiring. With love and help of family, friends and faith, life can

take on a new meaning.

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Title: Invisible Illnesses and Disabilities

Author: Sharon E. Smith

Publisher: Lifestyles Press

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Sharon Smith’s book is a common-sense, hands-on approach

to gaining wellness that everyone who has suffered a disability needs to

read. The book is rich in suggestions to improve your life, regain your

self-esteem, and climb out if the doldrums that so often accompany

long-term that are imperceptible to others.

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Title: Ketchup on the Baseboard

Author: Carolyn Rocchio

Publisher: Lash&Associates Publishing

# of Copies: 1

Summary: On November 23, 1982, the Rocchio Family changed forever.

Tim Rocchio was in a horrific car accident. This catastrophic event

changed the course of this family’s future.

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Title: Life beyond Hearing Loss

Author: CHS/SCO

Publisher: Canadian hearing Society

# of Copies: 1

Summary: The Canadian Hearing Society is the leading provider of

services, products and information.

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Title: Look inside Your Brain

Author: A Poke and Learning Book

Publisher: A Poke & Look Learning Book

# of Copies: 1

Summary: A children’s book about their brain and how it works.

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Title: Lets Learn about Epilepsy

Author: The Epilepsy Company

Publisher: Edmonton Epilepsy Association

# of Copies: 1

Summary: An activity book about epilepsy for children.

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Title: Look, Listen and Live

Author: Daniel Di Tota

Publisher: Operation Lifesaver

# Of Copies: 2

Summary: Children have always had a fascination with trains. Their

curiosity has often drawn them to dangerous areas near railway

equipment and property. This activity book is part of Operations

Lifesaver’s anti-trespassing program. With your help, it is designed to

educate children about the association dangers.

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Title: My Stroke of Insight

Author: Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.

Publisher: Viking

# of Copies: 1

Summary: I was, by anyone’s standard, no longer normal. In my own

unique way, I had become severely mentally ill. And I must say, there

was both freedom and challenge for me in recognizing that our

neurological perception of the external world, and our relationship to

it, is a product of our neurological circuitry. For all those years of my

life, I really had been a figment of my own imagination.

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Title: Mick Harte Was Here

Author: Barbara Park

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

# of Copies: 1

Summary: My father started to cry then. I think that’s when it first hit

me we were in way over our heads in this one. This was one of those

tragedies that needed a family that knew what it was doing. Like the

Kennedys or the Queen of England and her whole bunch. Not a family

like ours that comes unglued if someone doesn’t follow the morning

bathroom schedule.

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Title: My Grandma Doesn’t Wear A Helmet

Author: Shoshanna Brett Anisman

Publisher: Trafford

# of Copies: 1

Summary: My Grandmas name was Roz but I called her Bubbie. She was

the coolest Grandma ever and I can prove it. I’m going to tell you a

fantastical story that will explain it all.

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Title: Over my head

Author: Claudia L. Osborn

Publisher: Andrews McMeel

Publishing

# Of Copies: 2

Summary: This is an exceptionally well-written and engaging account of

one woman’s experiences, thoughts, feelings and relationships as she

slowly navigates a terrible corner in her life, and ultimately finds a “new

identity.”

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Title: Objects in Mirror are Closer than they

Appear

Author: Sol mogerman

Publisher: iUniverse

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Sol was unexpectedly hit head-on by a drunk driver on an icy

mountain road in the fall of 1985 as he was coming home from his

evening job as a professional musician. As a result of this accident, he

suffered a brain injury (stroke) that affected his ability to play music

and changed his life forever.

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title: Pain (Learning to Live Without it)

Author: Dr. David Corey and Stan Solomon

Publisher: Macmillan of Canada

# of Copies: 1

Summary: A definitive book on managing chronic pain, which is any

pain which lasts for six months or more. Thorough, simply written, and

with clear illustrations, it emphasizes the importance of the sufferer’s

own active involvement in a step-by-step program. This-up-to-date

book demon striates how to handle pain.

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Title: Personal Safety

Author: Community Safety Net

Publisher: City of Quinte West

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Teaches kids about personal safety.

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Title: Patient Resource Handbook

Author: Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada

Publisher: Searching Canada Inc.

# of Copies: 1

Summary: At Brain Tumour Foundation Canada, we are dedicated to

reaching every Canadian affected by a brain tumour with support,

education and information, and to funding brain tumour research.

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Title: Remind Me Why I’m Here

Author: Dianna Lund

Publisher: iUniverse, Inc

# of Copies: 1

Summary: In the spring of 1996, Diana Lund was top-ranked project

manager in her min-thirties when a car accident instantly changed her

personality and her life’s direction. Thrust into short-term memory loss

and cognitive deficit, self-perception kept colliding into reality.

Neurologists underestimated her difficulties; they sent her back to

work, to manage multi-million dollar contracts, in a mentally

compromised state.

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Title: Second Chance

Author: Michael J. Pasloski

Publisher: Canadian Cataloguing

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Michael has some stories to tell. He is a musician,

businessman, husband, and father. A good and stable life- until he was

critically injured in a car accident near Kamsack, Saskatchewan, on

January 21, 1997.

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Title: Stress Without Distress

Author: Hans Selye

Publisher: McCELLAND AND STEWART

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Hans Selye knows more about stress than any other scientist

alive. Here, taking off the lab coat and speaking simply to all of us, he

offers a lifetime of learning about how survive in a pressure-ridden

society.

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title: The Brain That Changes Itself

Author: Norman Doidge, M.D

Publisher: Penguin Books

# Of Copies: 2

Summary: The discovery that our thoughts can change the structure

and function of our brains- even into old age- is the most important

breakthrough in neuroscience in four centuries. In the revolutionary

look at the brain, bestselling author, psychoanalyst Norman Doidge,

M.D., introduces both the brilliant scientist championing this new

science of neuroplasticity and astonishing progress of the people whose

lives they’ve transformed. Introducing principles we can all use as well

as a riveting collection of case histories- stroke patients cured, a

women with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, learning

and emotional disorders overcome, IQ’s raised, and aging brains

rejuvenated- The Brain that Changed itself has “implications for all

human beings, not to mention culture, human learning and human

history.”

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Title: The Man Who Lost Himself

Author: June Callwood

Publisher: Canadian Cataloguing in Publication

Data

# Of Copies: 2

Summary: In 1988, when Terry Evanshen’s jeep was T-boned by a van

running a red light, the CFL Hall of Famer sustained such a severe brain

damage it was a wonder he survived. When he finally came out if a

coma, he did not know who his wife was. Her face meant nothing to the

former football hero. All of his memories- were gone. He had no idea

who he was.

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Title: The Fun Book: 102 Ways for Girls To Have

Fun

Author: Melina Gerosa

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

# of Copies: 1

Summary: A great read with lively, original ideas to have fun.

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Title: The Human Brain Book

Author: Rita Carter

Publisher: DK

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Reveals with extraordinary clarity every aspect of the human

brain’s anatomy and how it functions.

Hundreds of incredible images allow you to explore the brain in

unprecedented detail.

Includes the latest cutting-edge research and ideas about the brain.

Discover how the brain works with clear, illustrated explanations that

demystify complex processes, such as memory, perception, and

consciousness.

Find out how and why the brain malfunctions with analysis of the most

common diseases and disorders to affect the brain.

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Title: The Day My Life Changed

Author: Carmel Reilly

Publisher: Magpie Books

# of Copies: 1

Summary: An inspiring collection of first-hand personal accounts of

people whose lives have changed dramatically, sometimes suddenly, as

the result of particular incidents or events. Carmel Reilly brings

together the moving testimonies of ordinary people from all over the

world who have triumphed over adversity and succeeded in changing

the courses of their lives. She has complied a wonderful collection of

uplifting stories of those who have reached crossroads or turning points

in their lives.

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Title: The Incredible Human Body Flip Chart

Author: N/A

Publisher: Tormont Publications Inc.

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Your body is one of the most amazing machines you’ll find

anywhere! Find out what’s inside of you, and learn about how your

different organs work.

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Title: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

(and Other Clinical Tales)

Author: Oliver Sacks

Publisher: Summit Books New York

# of Copies: 1

Summary: In The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks cast his

net wide and explores a greater variety of neurological disorders and

their no less extraordinary effects upon the minds and lives of those

affected.

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Title: The Chronic Pain Patient

Author: Philip L. Gildenburg, Richard A. DeVal

Publisher: KARGER

# of Copies: 1

Summary: This book describes a practical approach to the management

of a difficult, common, and frustrating problem: the patient who

complains of chronic pain and yet has no identifiable illness or

structural pathology.

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Title: The Man with a Shattered World

Author: A.R Luria

Publisher: Harvard University Press

# of Copies: 1

Summary: This is a compelling portrait of a man’s heroic struggle to

regain his mental faculties. A soldier named Zasetsky, wounded in the

head at the battle of Smolensk in 1943, suddenly found himself in a

frightening world: he could recall his childhood but not his recent past;

half his field of vision had been destroyed; he had great difficulty

speaking, reading, and writing.

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Title: The Joy of Stress

Author: Peter G. Hanson, M.D.

Publisher: Hanson Stress Management Org.

# of Copies: 1

Summary: An important book on a crucial subject (stress) for men and

women alike. Its good medicine, that makes for very tasty reading.

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title: The Challenge of Pain

Author: Ronald Melzack&Patrick Wall

Publisher: Penguin Books

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Until the middle of this century research into the field of

pain theory. Over the past two decades pain research has been

transformed into a speciality in its own right, and is now one of the

most rapidly advancing fields of science and medicine.

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Title: The Brain and behavior

Author: Frank Grubbs M.S.

Publisher: The Transitional Learning

Community

# of Copies: 1

Summary: A work and informational book about the brain and its

behavior.

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Title: Trauma

Author: Basil A. Pruitt

Publisher: Lippincott Williams& Wilkins

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Informational book about trauma, injury, infection, and

critical care.

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Title: The Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (work book)

Author: Douglas J. Mason, PSY. D.

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

# of Copies: 1

Summary: A blow to the head or the dramatic acceleration and

deceleration that occur in a serious car crash can cause a traumatic

brain injury. At their most serious, these events are critical and life

threatening, but even a mild incident can cause problems with

memory, communication, and mental focus.

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Title: Until the Cows Come Home

Author: J.T. Blakemore

Publisher: Airleaf

# of Copies: 1

Summary: For those of us who sometimes feel that the light at the end

of the tunnel really is an oncoming train, J.T. Blackmore is living proof

that we don’t have to simply stand on the tracks and be run down. This

is the story of a man who faces down a great deal of adversity and lives

to tell the tale.

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Title: Understanding Transient Ischemic Attack

Author: Heart and Stroke Foundation

Publisher: Heart and Stroke Foundation

# of Copies: 1

Summary: An informational book about TIA.

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Title: Unlocking the Myths: Keys to Success

Author: Simcoe York Children

Publisher: Thomson Rogers

# of Copies: 1

Summary: For parents, teachers and caregivers who are living with or

working with a young person whose behavior has been affected by a

brain injury, this resource guide provides a wealth of proven strategies

that will facilitate a happier, and more productive quality of a life for

everyone concerned.

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title: Understanding Your Senses

Author: Rebecca Treays

Publisher: Usborne Science

# of Copies: 1

Summary: This book opens your eyes to how you detect the world

around you. Find out how tiny babies’ senses develop, uncover the

trickery of optical illusions, step into the unreal world of virtual reality,

and learn about the super senses of some animals.

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Title: View from the Bedpan

Author: Beverley June Richmond

Publisher: Epic Press

# of Copies: 2

Summary: Days after being run over by a truck, newspaper advertising

rep Bev Richmond awakens to find herself flat on her back in Intensive

Care with orthopedic and brain injuries. View from the bedpan is

Richmond’s amusing, informative, and inspiring journey through

hospitalization and healing.

In this candid, touching book, read about outpourings of support and

divine intervention. Witness the struggle for survival and the mastery of

the commode. Meet nurses, hospital personnel, and a revolving cast of

roommates.

Learn about hospital routines, the art of summoning a nurse, the

mystery of the closed door. Explore pain, hallucinations, and phobias,

as well as the many challenges affecting long-term hospital patients.

Benefit from the seventy-five helpful strategies for patients and

caregivers alike.

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Title: Whiplash

Author: Dr. Arthur Ameis

Publisher: SEAL BOOKS

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Written especially for someone living with a neck injury, this

concise, comprehensive and totally up-to-date guide tells you what you

need to know about living with whiplash. From testing to treatment,

from exercise to recovery.

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title: You can’t use your Brain If You’re a Jellyfish

Author: Fred Ehrlich, M.D.

Publisher: Blue Apple Books

# Of Copies: 3

Summary: This fun and informative look at brains-insect brains, bird

brains, dog and cat and monkey brains, and our brains- and how they

work is sure to intrigue young readers. As he has done in so many other

books, Dr. Fred Ehrlich takes a complex subject and makes it not only

understandable but fascinating, and sometimes even funny.

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Title: Your Amazing Brain and How it Works

Author: Marge Engelman

Publisher: Attainment Company, Inc.

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Information about the brain in a fun, easy way.

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Title: Young Cyclist’s Guide

Author: Ontario Cycling Association

Publisher: Ontario Government

# of Copies: 1

Summary: Teaching kids about being safe and learning about their

bikes.

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