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On My Own Two Feet: The Journey from Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life

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Imperfect: An Improbable Life

Jim Abbott, Tim Brown · 283 pages

A one-handed pitcher who became one of the select few to pitch a no-hitter in Major League Baseball explains how he rose above his disability to excel at the sport he loved in high school, college, and adulthood.

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Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

Michael J. Fox · 296 pages

There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But readers of Always Looking Up will soon add another to the list: Optimist. Michael writes about the hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as opportunities. Instead of building walls around himself, he developed a personal policy of engagement and discovery: an emotional, psychological, intellectual,

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I Can Jump Puddles

Alan Marshall · 256 pages

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If at Birth You Don't Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny

Zach Anner · 338 pages

"Comedian Zach Anner opens his frank and devilishly funny book, If at Birth You Don't Succeed, with an admission: he botched his own birth. Two months early, underweight and under-prepared for life, he entered the world with cerebral palsy and an uncertain future. So how did this hairless mole-rat of a boy blossom into a viral internet sensation who's hosted two travel shows, impressed Oprah, driv

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The Story of My Life

Helen Keller · 240 pages

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Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero

Michael Hingson · 256 pages

Excellent! This is such a great book about a wonderful man who is blind and his guide dog, who together survived the terrorist attack on our nation 9/11/2001.

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Still Me

Christopher Reeve · 316 pages

For the first time Christopher Reeve tells the full story of both his paralysis, and his journey to recovery.Through his leading role in the three 'Superman' films, Christopher Reeve became so closely identified with the superhero that he wasn't just seen as the actor who played Superman, he was Superman. Which is why the tragic riding accident which left him paralysed from the neck down shocked t

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Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey from War‐Torn Syria in a Wheelchair

Nujeen Mustafa · 312 pages

This book tells the inspiring true story of a remarkable young hero: Nujeen Mustafa, a teenager born with cerebral palsy, whose harrowing journey from war-ravaged Syria to Germany in a wheelchair is a breathtaking tale of fortitude, grit, and hope that lends a face to the greatest humanitarian issue of our time, the Syrian refugee crisis.For millions around the globe, sixteen-year-old Nujeen Musta

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Joni: An Unforgettable Story

Joni Eareckson Tada, Joe Musser · 224 pages

Autobiography of Joni Eareckson, who at 17 was left a quadriplegic as a result of a diving accident, and who today as an accomplished artist drawing with a pen held in her teeth, describes her struggles and her abiding faith in Christ.

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Ghost Boy

Martin Pistorius, Megan Lloyd Davies · 288 pages

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Life Without Limits

Nick Vujicic

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And There Was Light

Jacques Lusseyran

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Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance

Simone Biles · 250 pages

In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, Simone presents the story of how she overcame early childhood challenges to become the most decorated US female gymnast and the only female gymnast to ever win three consecutive World Championship titles.

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Beyond the Bear: How I Learned to Live and Love Again after Being Blinded by a Bear

Dan Bigley, Debra McKinney · 218 pages

A 25-year-old backcountry wanderer, a man happiest exploring wild places with his dog, Dan Bigley woke up one midsummer morning to a day full of promise. Before it was over, after a stellar day of salmon fishing along Alaska's Kenai and Russian rivers, a grizzly came tearing around a corner in the trail. Dan barely had time for "bear charging" to register before it had him on the ground, altering

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Jean-Dominique Bauby · 141 pages

The author, former editor of French Elle magazine, describes the rare stroke to the brain stem that left his mind intact in a nearly totally paralyzed body.

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Every Second Counts

Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins · 246 pages

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Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games

Lopez Lomong · 240 pages

This is a story about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a Nike sponsored athlete on the US Olympic Team. He shares his commitment to keep moving forward and find God in each step.

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