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41) The healer
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An unforgettable and inspiring journey that takes a family from the center of crisis to the edge of salvation when a mother's faith and the hands of a healer are a young boy's only hope.
44) 100 yards
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Rich Porter had it all: talent, good looks, and a bright future as a quarterback until tragedy struck. His mother goes missing while volunteering in the Philippines and Rich cannot locate her. He receives more bad news when he is diagnosed with a brain tumor. At the hospital, a young boy with the same condition and a kind nurse do their best to bring hope to Rich. They show him that the game of his life is a struggle for every yard, but, with the...
45) The end is nigh
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"It's not the end of the world, but it's very close. In fact, Ash is one of the very few lucky survivors. He's determined to find a friend in this crumbling, shifting wasteland, even if he has to assemble one himself! Ash also collects squishy tumors and retro game cartridges that you can play! You can make yourself a friend! Ash will never stop trying as long as you're still in it!"--Container.
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"Horace Winter has lived an unexceptional life. Ever since that long-ago day, when the Very Bad Thing happened, he prefers to spend time with his butterfly and moth book instead of with other human beings. But when Horace retires from his job as assistant bank manager and, he struggles to adjust to a life without routine, he receives a devastating prognosis and is forced to confront the life he has (or hasn't) led. As he does, he meets Amanda. and...
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It is the day before Elliot has to have surgery to remove a brain tumor. Facing what could be his last night. Elliot's path intersects with Chloe, a young photographer who invites him to her art show. Elliot welcomes the distraction and as the night descends, Chloe takes him on an intimate and exhilarating journey through the city. As morning approaches and Chloe learns of Elliot's condition, the magic of the evening unravels, and they must together...
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"Due to a rare brain tumor, Vera Garcia's soccer career is suddenly sidelined at the start of her senior year. When her single mother Eliza, terrified at the thought of losing her only daughter, clings too tightly, both Vera's identity and her freedom are in jeopardy. They make it to St. Petersburg, Florida for surgery, just as Hurricane Phoenix's trajectory turns directly toward them. As it churns closer and closer, past and present collide in a...
55) Brain tumors
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Presents general information about brain tumors, including what they are, the different types of brain tumors, how they are diagnosed, how they are treated, and the types of rehabilitation done by people who have suffered from them.
58) You disappear
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Danish
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A teacher's world is turned upside down when her husband, a successful headmaster, is caught embezzling from their own school. Did he do this of his own free will, or has his personality been altered by the tumor lurking in his brain? As the teacher assists an attorney in providing a legal defense, recent neuroscience forces her to rethink who her husband really is.
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"The remarkable true story of one woman's journey back from the brink. Newly widowed and faced with a deadly brain tumour, she was given two years to live. She wanted more . . . When her six-year-old daughter found her collapsed on the kitchen floor, Rachel had no idea how much her life was about to change. A brain scan revealed a dark shadowy mass, a huge abnormal growth of tissue that, whilst benign, was still growing and would surely kill her....
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