63 Results for : quadriplegic
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Like Any Normal Day: A Story of Devotion , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 451min
Winner of the 2013 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, Like Any Normal Day is a profound, powerful narrative of a golden boy's tragedy, a woman's unlived life, and a brother's complicated devotion. In the mid-1970s, brothers Buddy and Jimmy Miley were close, both on the verge of impressive athletic careers. A promising high school quarterback, Buddy's potential was cut short by an injury that left him quadriplegic. Immobile and imprisoned in his body for decades, Buddy would watch life pass by from his wheelchair, living at home under his mother's and brother's care and wondering what his life could have been. Buddy and Jimmy visited special hospitals and traveled to Lourdes in search of a miracle, never losing hope as they searched for a cure. But as Buddy suffered increasing pain and realized that he would never be able to walk again - and never prove himself capable of being loved by Karen, a woman he'd first met in high school - he asked Jimmy to help him end his life. Beautifully written, both heart-wrenching and hopeful, Mark Kram Jr.'s Like Any Normal Day explores the important bonds between families and the depths of what we're willing to do for those we love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Fouhey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022968/bk_adbl_022968_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Cold Moon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 906min
On a freezing December night, with a full moon hovering in the black sky over New York City, two people are brutally murdered, the death scenes marked by eerie, matching calling cards: moon-faced clocks investigators fear ticked away the victims' last moments on earth. Renowned criminologist Lincoln Rhyme immediately identifies the clock distributor and has the chilling realization that the killer, who has dubbed himself the Watchmaker, has more murders planned in the hours to come. Rhyme, a quadriplegic long confined to his wheelchair, immediately taps his trusted partner and longtime love, Amelia Sachs, to walk the grid and be his eyes and ears on the street. But Sachs has other commitments now, namely, her first assignment as lead detective on a homicide of her own. As she struggles to balance her pursuit of the infuriatingly elusive Watchmaker with her own case, Sachs unearths shocking revelations about the police force that threaten to undermine her career, her sense of self, and her relationship with Rhyme. As the Rhyme-Sachs team shows evidence of fissures, the Watchmaker is methodically stalking his victims and planning a diabolical criminal masterwork. Indeed, the Watchmaker may be the most cunning and mesmerizing villain Rhyme and Sachs have ever encountered. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Mantegna. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000693/bk_sans_000693_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Walking on Water: A Voyage Around Britain and Through Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 717min
On 5 September 1984, 18-year-old Geoff Holt dived into an idyllic tropical sea and his life changed forever. A broken neck cut short a promising career as a yachtsman and left him paralysed, with his horizons reduced to an uncertain future in a wheelchair. On 5 September 2007, after a journey of 109 days and 1,445 miles, Geoff Holt crossed the finish line in the Solent and reached the summit of his Personal Everest: the first quadriplegic yachtsman to sail single-handed around Great Britain. Walking on Water is Geoff’s very personal story of his life before and after the accident: how he learned to live with his disability, how he achieved remarkable success in spite of it and, in particular, how he rediscovered the sea and helped to promote sailing opportunities for disabled people. It is also the story of how he conceived, organised and completed the dangerous and demanding Personal Everest voyage. Moving, uplifting and written with humour, it is above all a journey through a remarkable life – a powerful affirmation of the potential of the human spirit. This audio edition includes a very special introduction by the author Geoff Holt. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Geoff Holt (introduction), Nick Pomfret. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pevr/000001/bk_pevr_000001_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Don't Suck, Don't Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 280min
Friend, asshole, angel, mutant, singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt "came along and made us gross and broken people seem...I dunno, cooler, I guess." A quadriplegic who could play only simple chords on his guitar, Chesnutt recorded 17 critically acclaimed albums before his death in 2009, including About to Choke, North Star Deserter, and At the Cut. In 2006, NPR placed him in the top five of the 10 best living songwriters, along with Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Paul McCartney, and Bruce Springsteen. Chesnutt's songs have also been covered by many prominent artists, including Madonna, the Smashing Pumpkins, R.E.M., Sparklehorse, Fugazi, and Neutral Milk Hotel. Kristin Hersh toured with Chesnutt for nearly a decade and they became close friends, bonding over a love of songwriting and mutual struggles with mental health. In Don't Suck, Don't Die, she describes many seemingly small moments they shared, their free-ranging conversations, and his tragic death. More memoir than biography, Hersh's book plumbs the sources of Chesnutt's pain and creativity more deeply than any conventional account of his life and recordings ever could. Chesnutt was difficult to understand and frequently difficult to be with, but, as Hersh reveals him, he was also wickedly funny and painfully perceptive. This intimate memoir is essential listening for anyone interested in the music or the artist. Cover photo by Danny Clinch. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kristin Hersh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/026941/bk_adbl_026941_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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After You, by Jojo Moyes: Summary & Analysis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 30min
After You by Jojo Moyes is the sequel to the 2009 best seller Me Before You. It follows Louisa "Lou" Clark's struggle with grief after the death of the remarkable man who taught her how to live. Will Traynor, a 35-year-old quadriplegic, hired 26-year-old Louisa Clark as a personal assistant. As they grew close, he gave her six months to change his mind about assisted suicide. Will, a wealthy businessman, grew up privileged in the historic castle towering over rural Stortfold. His father was in charge of the castle while her dad was a groundskeeper. Will had to live with his parents after his accident. He exposed her to classical music, philosophy, fine art, food, and wine. In turn she brought him out of isolation and softened his anger. They became best friends and fell in love. But their love was not enough to stop him from ending his life, with Lou at his side.... Please note: This is a summary and analysis of the book, not the original book. Inside this Instaread summary and analysis of After You: Summary of book Introduction to the important people in the book Analysis of the themes and author's style About the author: With Instaread you can get the summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, summarize, and analyze it for your convenience. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Gilboe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/046817/bk_acx0_046817_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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GIMP: When Life Deals You a Crappy Hand, You Can Fold or You Can Play, Hörbuch, Digital, 272min
Mark Zupan was a college soccer star, out drinking one night with friends. Tired from a game and from a few too many beers, he decided to take a nap in the back of his best friend's pickup truck. Still asleep when the pickup started and drove off, he was suddenly jolted awake when the truck crashed. Mark was thrown into a river and trapped in the freezing water, barely clinging to a tree branch, for 14 hours. When Mark was finally rescued, he discovered the terrible truth: he'd broken his neck and was now a quadriplegic, facing life in a wheelchair and only limited use of all four limbs. Always a winner and a fighter, Mark refused to accept that his injury doomed him to a lifetime of passive acceptance. He fought to regain as much mobility as possible, and his indomitable spirit has helped him create a life that's truly exceptional. Now an Olympic athlete (playing Quad Rubgy, aka "murderball") who has starred in a movie, Mark's memoir tells the fascinating story behind his rise to fame. But this is also the story of his everyday life, how he works out every day, still goes out drinking with his friends, has sex with his girlfriend, and even crowd surfs at Pearl Jam shows. Inspiring, defiant, and revealing, Mark's memoir will appeal not only to fans of the film Murderball, but also to anyone ready to be motivated by a touching, captivating, and heartfelt story about triumphing over the odds. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Zupan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001341/bk_harp_001341_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Truck: A Love Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 622min
The author of Population: 485 returns, delivering a truckload of humor, heart, and...gardening tips? Think Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, complete with stock cars, sexy vegetables, and a laugh track. "All I wanted to do was fix my old pickup truck," says Michael Perry. "That, and plant my garden. Then I met this woman...." Truck: A Love Story recounts a year in which Perry struggles to grow his own food ("Seed catalogs are responsible for more unfulfilled fantasies than Enron and Penthouse combined"), live peaceably with his neighbors (one test-fires his black powder rifle in the alley; another's best Sunday shirt reads "100 PERCENT WHUP-ASS"), and sort out his love life. But along the way, he sets his hair on fire, is attacked by wild turkeys, takes a date to the fire department chicken dinner, and proposes marriage to a woman in New Orleans. As with Population: 485, much of the spirit of Truck: A Love Story may be found in the characters Perry meets: a one-eyed land surveyor, a paraplegic biker who rigs a sidecar so that his quadriplegic pal can ride along, a bartender who refuses to sell light beer, an enchanting woman who never existed, and half the staff of National Public Radio. By turns hilarious and heartfelt, a tale that begins on a pile of sheep manure, detours to the Whitney Museum of American Art, and returns to the deer-hunting swamps of northern Wisconsin, Truck: A Love Story becomes a testament to the surprising and unintended consequences of love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Perry. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/008341/bk_adbl_008341_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Spirit Hunger: Filling Our Deep Longing to Connect with God , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 408min
We all have a desperate need for God - not just for following him or being committed to him, but to be intimately connected to him. We long for purpose, for affirmation, for attention, for nurture. But Gari Meacham writes that we fall short of being desperate for God, or we miss the longed-for romance with God we hear about in scripture. We’re uncertain how to distinguish our longings from our fears. When, says Meacham, did our longings turn to hauntings? And when did we buy into the counterfeit yearnings for control, and the insecurity, perfectionism and other attitudes that quench Spirit Hunger? The answer to Spirit Hunger is to engage God like never before. In this book Meacham shows, through her story and the stories of others, how to turn worry into belief, problems and heartaches into a life of intimate prayer, and sighs for intimacy into closeness with God. She discusses her discoveries about prayer including why asking is sometimes hard, how we can notice and track God’s movements as we seek his answers, and why it’s sometimes such a struggle to believe after we’ve prayed. Meacham writes, "With the authenticity of my own life stories - marriage to a professional baseball player, struggles with severe food bondage, and a father who was a quadriplegic - I came to the crisp realization that my prayer life and my belief needed to match. Spirit Hunger provides a clear path towards matching these heart cries - leading away from crumbs and counterfeit, to a hungering for God." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gari Meacham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/zond/001414/bk_zond_001414_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Career Book 2: 16 Career-Readiness Strategies for Parents of Middle School Students with Special Needs , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 124min
Jim Hasse, a global career development facilitator who has cerebral palsy, summarizes the essential career development strategies to follow for career coaching your middle school youngster with special needs. Career Book 2 outlines nine strategies for helping your youngster grow in self-confidence and seven strategies for discovering disability's competitive edge in tomorrow's job market - all based on the road map recommended by the US National Career Development Guidelines and on Jim's 29 years of corporate experience (10 of them as vice president for corporate communication at Foremost Farms USA). He's an accredited business communicator and owner of Hasse Communication Counseling, LLC. He and his wife, Pam, live in Madison, Wisconsin. Chris Chappell, a C6-7 quadriplegic, is a dedicated disability advocate. From peer mentoring, to career counseling, life-coaching, to legislative crusading, Chris has been on the front lines of SCI (Spinal Cord Injury/Paralysis) advocacy for more than 15 years. In addition to his corporate career as vice president of investments at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and graduate relations coordinator at Craig Hospital, Chris has a successful commercial voiceover and audiobook narration business (Dublot, LLC). Chris and his family reside in Littleton, Colorado. From the author: "Individuals tend to define success in at least four ways: recognition, accomplishment, belonging and influence. That's probably not a concern for your child at the moment. But, keep these four definitions of success in mind. Ask yourself which best describes your child as he or she participates in various activities. That may give you some insight into which environments at school, at home, or at play can best support your middle school child as self-confidence builders." (Jim Hasse, contributor, Parenting Special Needs magazine) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Chappell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035502/bk_acx0_035502_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Limbo , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 242min
How would you spend your time if you died and found yourself in limbo? Most see purgatory as a kind of in-between afterlife for people who didn’t rate heaven and don’t deserve hell. The author’s limbo is a ghost town that includes animals that had been killed by humans: a dog, some cats, cows, chickens, and wild creatures, too. The animals are content with their lot in the afterlife, but the humans have an infinity of time on their hands and not enough to do. They think about the big issues, of course: the nature of God, how they screwed up in life, and how they can escape limbo and get into heaven. But no one can spend all their time thinking higher thoughts, so mostly they do what they did in life: they gossip, they get on each other’s nerves, and they play poker. Darla runs the village politics like a PTA mom. Emmanuel, who has a wonderful singing voice, most enjoys fellowship with the cows. The preacher, still in his hospital gown, gathers a congregation and makes it up as he goes along. Warren, a former college professor, seeks something to study in a bookless afterlife. You’ll meet the Naked Man, Lily, Traveling Jack, the Chinese Lady, and Trey, a quadriplegic who is freer in death than he was in life. Seventeen-year-old Alyse, the newest person to join the village, decides to bring everyone together by throwing the limbo equivalent of a neighborhood block party. In the end, you’ll share in their laughter and tears, and you might just ponder how you’d spend your time in limbo. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Carter Aimone. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/105301/bk_acx0_105301_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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