by Teresa Rhyne (2014)
"What would cause a cheese-loving, meat-eating lawyer to become a vegan? Her dog. Teresa Rhyme and Seamus the beagle both survived cancer once, so when Seamus develops yet another cancer, Teresa vows to fight again. Unsure of the best way to battle the unseen enemy, she embarks on some experiments to create a healthier life for her family. She finds better food for Seamus, and a plant-based diet becomes her own guide, but she realized that's not enough for her--and it's not enough for the animals. As she searches for a more compassionate lifestyle, she struggles to find her place somewhere between a hypocrite in leather high heels and a hippie in a hemp skirt, all while coping with the threat of Seamus slipping away. When she encounters two other dogs who need help, including one rescued from animal testing, turning away seems impossible after everything she's discovered. Will turning her life upside down to rescue two more beagles be the best medicine for everyone?"--Back cover.
Sandra Butler and Barbara Rosenblum
Cancer in Two Voices is the remarkable and deeply inspiring collaboration between Barbara Rosenblum and Sandra Butler which began when Barbara was diagnosed with breast cancer. Through journal entries and letters. they share the experience of living with cancer and being the partner who survives.
Scott Brown with Wendy Wissinger Miller
Diagnosed with cancer at age ten, Heather Miller's sixteen-month long battle against the disease led to surprising friendships with members of the Pittsburgh Steelers, as well as a legacy of courage, smiles, and love of life that continues to inspire others after her death.
Jeanne Kremers
Jeanne Kremers tells the story, both heartbreaking and heartwarming, of her family's battles with cancer. Cancers plaguing the family had now reached her, with her own breast cancer diagnosis. Kremers learned that, though the hardships of the disease can affect the body, it does not have to affect the soul, and she offers hope for anyone facing cancer.
Clarence G. Lasby
Previous Eisenhower biographers have touched on his heart condition, but Clarence Lasby is the first to examine the impact of the president's health on the nation. He offers a dramatic revisionist account of the events surrounding the president's 1955 heart attack and subsequent efforts by the president and his staff to minimize its political impact. Drawing on newly opened medical records and personal papers of Eisenhower's physicians, Lasby challenges virtually everything we have believed about the president's heart attack. Most disturbingly, he has discovered that the president's personal physician, Dr. Howard Snyder, misdiagnosed the attack as a gastrointestinal problem and waited ten hours before sending Eisenhower to the hospital. Lasby also sets the record straight on how the president and his aides "managed" the public's understanding of events, and he offers evidence that Eisenhower, Dr. Snyder, and press secretary James Hagerty withheld and recast information to serve the president's political priorities. Equally important, Lasby's book offers a touching portrait of a proud man faced with a debilitating disease. It examines Ike's private struggle to lead a full life despite his condition and analyzes his decision to seek a second term even against the advice of cardiologist Paul Dudley White. It also shows how a man who had always carefully joked after his health now became obsessed with it.