Special Needs

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schw... More

A candid, moving and inspirational memoir about a high-flying business man who is forced to re-evaluate his life and values when he suddenly loses everything and goes to work in Starbucks. Michael Gill had it made. He was educated, wealthy and well-connected. He had a creative and lucrative advert... More

Gottlieb's lovingly written, emotionally gripping book of letters to his grandson offers unique--and universal--insights into what it means to be human.When his grandson was born, Daniel Gottlieb began to write a series of heartfelt letters that he hoped Sam would read later in life. He planned to c... More

A highly original and captivating memoir which has captured the hearts of readers everywhere. New Book... More

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When Edwin Cameron announced to a stunned local and international media that he - one of South Africa's most prominent citizens - was himself living with the virus cutting swathes through the population of the continent, the impact was immediate. In Witness to AIDS, Edwin Cameron's compelling memoir... More

In 1976 Gelya Frank began writing about the life of Diane DeVries, a woman born with all the physical and mental equipment she would need to live in our society--except arms and legs. Frank was 28 years old, DeVries 26. This remarkable book--by turns moving, funny, and revelatory--records the relati... More

This book is a unique testimony to the 'other world' of blindness, describing not the overcoming of suffering, but rather the reality of a world where perceptions of sound, silence and space are greatly changed.This book is a unique testimony to the 'other world' of blindness, describing not the ove... More

An inspiring story of one man's courageous triumph over blindness and depression Back in 1961, with swinging London and The Beatles about to break upon the world, little had changed in rural Ireland, where two small boys were playing cowboys and Indians. Tom, the more adventurous of the two scrambl... More

World-class hero Lance Armstrong tells his inspiring story, from the dark night of advanced testicular cancer through his dramatic victory in the 1999 Tour de France. This trade paperback edition features new material on Tour de France 2000 and the 2001 Olympics.The #1 "New York Times" bestseller wi... More

"A butterfly to me symbolizes the beautiful, majestic, mystical life. Take life on its own terms as it unfolds. The meaning of life has to be created by every individual like a child borne of mother`s womb. One has to give life a purpose. It has to be created, chiselled, polished and made to shine w... More

The multitude oftragedies arising from HIV and AIDS is a problem facing every country on earth.As a means of exploring how this problem is viewed in different settings aroundthe world, this unique volume presents case studies of carefully selectedcountries representative of each region. Students, te... More

Hailed by the "New York Times" as "a fascinating, spicy, learned tale," this runaway national bestseller takes an extraordinary look into literary genius, madness, and the making of the"Oxford English Dictionary."The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extr... More

Gunilla Gerland tells her autobiographical story of growing up feeling like an outsider due to an undiagnosed form of autism.Gunilla Gerland tells her autobiographical story of growing up feeling like an outsider due to an undiagnosed form of autism.... More

In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital as renowned for its famous clientele--Sylvia Plath, Rober... More