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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Diagnosed at age 29, Fox is engaged in Parkinson's advocacy work, raising global awareness of the disease and helping find a cure through The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, the world's leading non-profit funder of PD science. Here he shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach mortality. Running through...
2) A Parkinson's primer: an indispensable guide to Parkinson's disease for patients and their families
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Relying on his experiences over the past 12 years, the author writes about the basics of Parkinson's Disease-- its causes, symptoms, and effects. He examines current treatments as well as therapies in development. Includes interviews with 22 Parkinson's patients and their partners. This book is a clear, candid, nontechnical, personal guide written from the patient's perspective, intended not only for the newly diagnosed patient, but for all Parkinson's...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Vanity Fair columnist Michael Kinsley escorts his fellow Boomers through the door marked "Exit." The largest age cohort in history--the notorious baby boomers--is approaching the end and starting to plan their final moves in the game of life. Now they are asking: What was that all about? Was it about acquiring things or changing the world? Was it about keeping all your marbles? Or is the only thing that counts after you've gone the reputation you...
5) Ali: a life
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he told us himself). Muhammad Ali was one of the twentieth century’s most fantastic figures and arguably the most famous man on the planet. “I am America,” he once declared. “I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me—black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own. Get used to me.” He was...
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