#paperback #fox #nonfiction #mostlysunny #memoir #multiplesclerosis

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Kansas

How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Rainiest Days

Now a New York Times bestseller. Sometimes you have to make your own sunshine. When Janice Dean debuted on Imus in the Morning, she was bubbly, clever, and charismatic. When Imus mocked her intelligence and looks, she gave as good as she got. She had achieved the dream she'd had since kindergarten: being a reporter on TV. So why wasn't she happy? She had just moved to New York from Canada with no family, no friends, and no boyfriend. Her boss was a notorious jerk, and the gap between her on-air persona and real life had never been bigger. In the decade that followed, how did she turn it all around? Now she is the beloved full-time meteorologist on Fox and Friends, surrounded by wonderful people, and has a line of children's books and a beautiful family. When she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she was ready. She survived attacks, adversity, and a business controlled by ruthless men. She knows how love, counting your blessings, and having a good therapist can get you through more than you would expect. In this honest yet optimistic book, Janice reveals obstacles she's faced that could have severely impacted any professional woman's career, from online trolls to health issues to abusive and sexist bosses. In Mostly Sunny she talks about it all, including the fateful meeting with her firefighting husband after he lost his colleagues on 9/11 and how the pressure on women in television led her to a cosmetic procedure that could have ended her career. But no matter what storms blow her way, Janice refuses to let setbacks and challenges rain on her parade or cloud her outlook. Thanks to supportive coworkers and an upbeat attitude, she's mastered turning countless would-be losses into victories. The funny, sweet, and wise Janice Dean you see on TV is now the real Janice Dean, and she's on every page of her book, sharing her secrets and making your own forecast a little brighter.

Mostly Sunny

1f9ea88a-16cb-4d3e-b953-54a460f65793-1

#paperback #ms #invisibleillness #multiplesclerosis #disabilityrepresentation #disabilityrep #schoolshooting 

New Jersey

A Novel

A compelling and provocative debut novel told in intersecting timelines over a tumultuous, defining year in one woman's life. Simone is trying her best not to think of what she's lost. Diagnosed with MS, she awaits the results of another anxiety-inducing MRI. She's just walked away from Connor, "a fixer" but possibly the love of her life. And nearing the holidays, the sights and sounds of winter in South Dakota only prick memories of better years gone by. Then, on a December morning at the university where she works, jarring gunshots pierce the halls. In a temporary safe place and terrified, Simone listens and pretends this will all be over soon. As she waits for silence, her mind racing, Simone's past year comes into focus. Falling in love and missing it. Finding strength in family and enduring friendships. Planning for the future, fearing it, and hoping against hope in dark places. Her life has been changing at the speed of light, and each crossroad brought Simone here, to this day, to endure the things she can't control and to confront those that she can.

Speed of Light

c1aba536-930a-45ff-b9cf-38ce8c9d21ca-1

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Pennsylvania

Science

A Guide to Integrating Lifestyle, Alternative, and Conventional Medicine

For everyone in the MS community, the only source for reliable, evidence-based information on the relevance, safety, and effectiveness of various alternative and lifestyle medicine approaches to MS treatment and the best ways to safely integrate them with conventional medicine In addition to conventional medicine, many people with MS also use some form of alternative medicine and there is growing evidence and interest in the effects of lifestyle factors, such as diet and exercise, on MS. Yet, until now, it has been difficult to obtain unbiased and practical information about the MS-relevant aspects of these non-medication approaches. Written by a renowned specialist in MS and alternative medicine, ''Optimal Health with Multiple Sclerosis'' provides the accurate and unbiased information people with MS, their friends and family, health care professionals, and educators need to make responsible decisions and achieve the very best outcome. Find other options that may provide symptomatic relief when conventional therapies are limited Learn about potentially dangerous interactions between alternative therapies and medical treatments used in the management of MS Identify alternative and lifestyle therapies that are effective, low risk, and inexpensive Recognize ineffective, dangerous, or costly alternative therapies

Optimal Health with Multiple Sclerosis

999b8609-1c64-4f6a-a305-5f60b687ba62-1

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

A Rock and Roll Cinderella Story

A founding member of the all-woman rock band "Zuzu's Petals" recounts their passion to make it in the business, her struggle with multiple sclerosis, and her reevaluation of her quest to "hit it big" after she fell in love.

Petal Pusher

59745e86-a5b8-4818-8495-9e682d63743d-1

#paperback #memoir #MontelWilliams #MS #MultipleSclerosis 

Some age at the top of the pages. Otherwise in near perfect condition!

Georgia

In 1999, after almost twenty years of symptoms, Montel Williams, a decorated naval officer and Emmy Award-winning talk show host, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He was struck with denial, fear, depression, and anger, and now he's battling back. Graced with strong values, courage, and hard-won wisdom, he shares his insights in this powerful book on the divergent roads a life can take, and recounts how he rose to meet the challenges he's faced. Surprising, searing, and deeply personal, Climbing Higher is as honest and inspiring as its author.

Climbing Higher

0a0fceba-279b-4b4b-93b0-8a080304eb43-1

Judy Graham

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

A Self-Help Guide to Living with MS

A totally revised and updated edition of the first book to offer a holistic approach to slowing the progression of MS • Provides guidance on special diets and nutritional supplements, exercise, alternative therapies, and the effects of negative and positive thoughts on MS • Explains how to reduce toxic overload from mercury and chemicals • Includes life wisdom and coping strategies from others who suffer with MS Judy Graham is an inspiration. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was just 26 years old, 35 years later Judy Graham is still walking, working, and has successfully birthed and raised a son who is now an adult. In this totally revised and updated edition of her groundbreaking Multiple Sclerosis, first published in 1984, she shares the natural treatments that have helped her and many others with MS stabilize or even reverse the condition. Beginning with the effects of diet, she explains that many people with MS have been eating the wrong foods and shows which foods are “good” and “bad,” how to recognize food sensitivities, and how to correct nutritional deficiencies using dietary supplements. She also looks at reducing the body’s toxic overload, whether from mercury amalgam fillings, chemicals, or medications. She presents the exercises with proven benefits for MS she has found most reliable and appropriate, such as yoga, pilates, and t’ai chi, and explores alternative therapies that provide relief and support to the body’s efforts to control MS, including acupuncture, reflexology, shiatsu, reiki, and ayurveda. Most important are the insights she provides on the effects of negative thoughts on MS. She demonstrates how a positive mental attitude can actually slow down or even reverse the progression of this disease. Judy Graham is living proof that, as devastating as a diagnosis of MS is, life can still be lived to its fullest.

Managing Multiple Sclerosis Naturally

05af2272-f85a-4afe-8405-58f6b639ac47-1

#hardcover #youngadult #fiction #mentalhealth #multiplesclerosis #depression

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Wisconsin

Paperback

In the aftermath of a car accident that kills her boyfriend and throws her carefully planned future into complete upheaval, high school senior Wren retreats to the deep woods of Maine to live with the artist father she barely knows and meets a boy who threatens to pull her from her safe, hard-won exile.

Lovely, Dark and Deep

61012d22-26b2-490c-b428-610a8b4f813f-1

Eric Small

Loren Martin Fishman

B. Phil

Florida

A Journey to Health and Healing

Yoga for people with multiple sclerosis? Absolutely Today, people with a wide range of medical problems use yoga successfully. Because of its emphasis on relaxation, breathing, and deliberate movement, it can be especially beneficial for individuals dealing with a neurologic disease like multiple sclerosis.

Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis, coauthored by Dr. Loren Martin Fishman and Eric Small, a yoga teacher who first embraced these techniques as a way to manage his own symptoms of multiple sclerosis, is a comprehensive guide to applying the principles of yoga to the management of MS. The first section is a straightforward but gentle introduction to yoga - a therapeutic approach to the practice itself. The second part is functionally oriented. Different yoga poses that work toward a common goal, such as combating fatigue, reducing spasticity, and increasing range of motion, are included and illustrated. This user-friendly guide



 * Describes how yoga works
 * Includes photographs and descriptions of each pose
 * Explains effects, advantages, and contraindications
 * Contains starter poses that will help the uninitiated or physically challenged to gently achieve a posture
   
   
   
   Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis: A Journey to Health and Healing is an excellent guidebook and tool for people with MS, people who undertake yoga on their own, and for all members of the medical and yoga communities. "

Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis

4ae3cb1c-ab24-4083-bf24-c3119b9c215a-1

Charles Hunter

Frances Hunter

Name written on inside page - library stamp on inside page 

Texas

Don't Limit God

dd2d78c1-6545-4c6e-899a-211689827fce-1

Stephen Hauser

California

The Education of a Doctor

A doctor's powerful and deeply human memoir about the mysteries of the brain and his 40-year quest to find a treatment for multiple sclerosis.

Stephen L. Hauser is an acclaimed physician and neuroimmunologist who has spent his career performing cutting-edge research on multiple sclerosis (MS), a devastating brain disease that affects millions of people worldwide. His work has revolutionized our understanding of the genetics, immunology and treatment of MS, and led to the development of B cell therapies--the most effective therapy for all forms of MS and the only therapy currently in place for progressive MS patients.

The Face Laughs While The Brain Cries is a riveting memoir that follows Dr. Hauser from his unorthodox upbringing among the colorful cast of characters responsible for his development into a tenacious and innovative researcher, to the life-changing medical breakthroughs he has made against extremely long odds. Along the way, readers will learn the incredible stories of many of his patients, whose bravery, strength, and optimism in the face of a debilitating illness were instrumental to the progress that has been made in the fight against MS. This heartwarming book, written in accessible prose and related with equal measures of humor, empathy, and excitement, is sure to inspire.

Save this search

Janice Dean

Mostly Sunny

Elissa Grossell Dickey

Speed of Light

Allen C. Bowling

Optimal Health with Multiple Sclerosis

Laurie Lindeen

Petal Pusher

Montel Williams; Lawrence Grobel

Climbing Higher

Judy Graham

Managing Multiple Sclerosis Naturally

Amy McNamara

Lovely, Dark and Deep

Eric Small; Loren Martin Fishman; B. Phil

Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis

Charles Hunter; Frances Hunter

Don't Limit God

Stephen Hauser

The Face Laughs While the Brain Cries