May 14, 2013
New Arrivals · Large Print Biography
These titles were recently added to the collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
I, Rhoda : a memoir
May 7, 2013
Harper, Valerie, 1939-
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2013.
391 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail
April 15, 2013
Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2013.
623 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Proof of heaven : a neurosurgeon's journey into the afterlife
April 11, 2013
Alexander, Eben.
281 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
"Thorndike Press large print basic"--Title page verso.
Near-death experiences, or NDEs, are controversial. Thousands of people have had them, but many in the scientific community have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those people. A highly trained neurosurgeon who had operated on thousands of brains in the course of his career, Alexander knew that what people of faith call the “soul†is really a product of brain chemistry. NDEs, he would have been the first to explain, might feel real to the people having them, but in truth they are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then came the day when Dr. Alexander’s own brain was attacked by an extremely rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion—and in essence makes us human— shut down completely. For seven days Alexander lay in a hospital bed in a deep coma. Then, as his doctors weighed the possibility of stopping treatment, Alexander’s eyes popped open. He had come back. Alexander’s recovery is by all accounts a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself. This story sounds like the wild and wonderful imaginings of a skilled fantasy writer. But it is not fantasy. Before Alexander underwent his journey, he could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in heaven, God, or the soul. That difficulty with belief created an empty space that no professional triumph could erase. Today he is a doctor who believes that true health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul are real and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition.
The still point of the turning world
March 22, 2013
Rapp, Emily.
335 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
"Like all mothers, Emily Rapp had ambitious plans for her first and only child, Ronan. He would be smart, loyal, physically fearless, and level-headed, but fun. He would be good at crossword puzzles like his father. He would be an avid skier like his mother. Rapp would speak to him in foreign languages and give him the best education. But all of these plans changed when Ronan was diagnosed at nine months old with Tay-Sachs disease, a rare and always-fatal degenerative disorder. Ronan was not expected to live beyond the age of three; he would be permanently stalled at a developmental level of six months. Rapp and her husband were forced to re-evaluate everything they thought they knew about parenting. They would have to learn to live with their child in the moment; to find happiness in the midst of sorrow; to parent without a future. The Still Point of the Turning World is the story of a mother's journey through grief and beyond it. Rapp's response to her son's diagnosis was a belief that she needed to "make my world big"--to make sense of her family's situation through art, literature, philosophy, theology and myth. Drawing on a broad range of thinkers and writers, from C.S. Lewis to Sylvia Plath, Hegel to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Rapp learns what wisdom there is to be gained from parenting a terminally ill child. In luminous, exquisitely moving prose she re-examines our most fundamental assumptions about what it means to be a good parent, to be a success, and to live a meaningful life"-- Provided by publisher.
Nothing daunted : the unexpected education of two society girls in the West
March 11, 2013
Wickenden, Dorothy.
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2013.
511 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm.
A captivating full-length book derived from a widely read and much beloved New Yorker piece about Wickenden's grandmother and her grandmother's best friend who left their affluent East Coast lives to "rough it" as teachers in the wilds of Colorado in 1916.
Visiting Tom : a man, a highway, and the road to Roughneck Grace
March 1, 2013
Perry, Michael, 1964-
Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2012.
319 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Originally published: New York : Harper, c2012.
Tom is 82-year-old Tom Hartwig, an old-timer best known locally for building and firing homemade cannons. Toiling in a shop that Perry describes as an "antique store stocked by Rube Goldberg, curated by Hunter Thompson, and rearranged by a small earthquake," Tom works from scratch to make everything from shovel handles to parts for quarter-million-dollar farm equipment. He has an endless reservoir of stories dating back to the days of his prize Model A. Visiting Tom is dominated by the elderly man's equanimity and ultimately by unvarnished tenderness. Tuesdays with Morrie meets Shop Class as Soulcraft as Michael Perry, a middle-aged father of daughters, finds guidance and inspiration in visits with his octogenarian, cannon-shooting neighbor. Visiting Tom celebrates the wisdom, heart, and sass of a vanishing generation that embodies the indomitable spirit of small-town America.
Comet's tale : how the dog I rescued saved my life
February 18, 2013
Wolf, Steven D., 1954-
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2013.
365 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Citizen soldier : a life of a Harry S. Truman
February 11, 2013
Donald, Aïda DiPace.
361 p. (large print) : ill. ; 22 cm.
She matters : a life in friendships
February 8, 2013
Sonnenberg, Susanna, 1965-
389 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Originally published: New York : Scribner, 2013.
"Unabridged"--Title page verso.
Uggie : my story
January 17, 2013
Uggie, 2002-
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2013.
311 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Originally published: New York : Gallery Books, 2012.
Uggie is the beloved Jack Russell Terrier best known for his roles in The Artist and Water for Elephants.
The queen of Katwe : a story of life, chess, and one extraordinary girl's dream of becoming a grandmaster
January 10, 2013
Crothers, Tim.
Waterville, NY : Thorndike Press, c2013.
365 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Originally published: New York : Scribner, 2012.
All gone : a memoir of my mother's dementia, with refreshments
January 7, 2013
Witchel, Alex.
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2013.
279 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Encore performance : how one woman's passion helped a town tap into happiness
November 21, 2012
Grubic Riordan, Vicki.
Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2012.
368 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Originally published: New York : Atria Books, 2012.
" ... True story of a woman who learned that it's never too late to live the life you want. As a young girl, Vicki Riordan found her calling as a tap dancer and at eighteen she opened her own studio. But Vicki soon decided to put her tap shoes into early retirement to focus on marriage and start a family. When her marriage abruptly ended and Vicki was left with no means to support herself and her two young sons, she returned to her passion and began teaching adult tap. The Tap Pups program was born and at the age of sixty-two, Vicki opened what has become the largest adult tap studio in America."--Provided by publisher.
Escape from Camp 14 : one man's remarkable odyssey from North Korea to freedom in the West
November 21, 2012
Harden, Blaine.
Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Large Print, 2012.
302 p. (large print) : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Originally published in New York by Viking in 2012.
Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. This is the gripping, terrifying story of his escape from this no-exit prison--to freedom in South Korea.
Buddy : how a rooster made me a family man
November 16, 2012
McGrory, Brian.
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2012.
417 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
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