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In 2019, a Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent who reported in over 150 countries, many in violent upheaval, was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor, which gave him the strength to face more personal conflicts, in this unforgettable final dispatch that reveals how facing the unknown can change our relationship to the world around us.
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During a warm August morning on a Wisconsin golf course, Tim delights in playing his favorite course alone. But confusion and terror throw him into turmoil. Back at his hotel, his wife, Serena, and his 10-year-old son, Liam, are waiting for him, unaware that he is in trouble. Their dog, Sammie, rests comfortably beside Liam. A couple weeks later, Tom's cell phone rings, but the number isn't familiar. He answers, preparing to hang up if it's a nuisance...
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"At the age of 29, Brittany Maynard was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. This was not, however, the end of her journey, but the beginning. Brittany's struggle to accept the diagnosis, and choose a path toward death, led eventually to the decision to take her own life before it could be taken from her. And on November 1, 2014, Brittany did just that. The video she posted on YouTube weeks before her death introduced twenty million viewers to her...
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"Profound essays on nurturing life while facing a terminal diagnosis, from the dedicated humanitarian and young mother whose writings The New York Times called "nothing less than a master class in how to be fully human". "I am holding both my hope and my grief together in the same hands. It is a loose hold, looser than I am accustomed to. My love is so much bigger than me." Nonprofit leader and minister Tallu Schuyler Quinn has spent her adult life...
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"Twenty-seven-year-old Nora McInerny Purmort bounced from boyfriend to dopey 'boyfriend' until she met Aaron--a charismatic art director and comic-book nerd who once made Nora laugh so hard she pulled a muscle. When Aaron was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, they refused to let it limit their love. They got engaged on Aaron's hospital bed and had a baby boy while he was on chemo. In the period that followed, Nora and Aaron packed fifty...
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" 'When a doctor looks you in the eye and tells you a malignant tumor is growing in your brain, your world instantly changes.' Mindy Elwell shows how, from initial diagnosis through treatment planning and post-surgical recovery. She is a sage guide, an endearing new friend, one willing to shed light on what to expect throughout your journey, knowing first hand the importance of this battle against a deadly disease, and the long road toward regaining...
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