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After the Cheering Stops
Former NFL wife Cyndy Feasel tells the tragic story of her family’s journey into chaos and darkness resulting from the damage her husband suffered due to football-related concussions and head trauma—and the faith that saved her. “If I’d only known what I loved the most would end up killing me and taking away everything I loved, I would have never done it.” – Grant Feasel Grant Feasel spent ten years in the NFL, playing 117 games as a center and a long snapper mostly for the Seattle Seahawks. The skull-battering, jaw-shaking collisions he absorbed during those years ultimately destroyed his marriage and fractured his family. Grant died on July 15, 2012, at the age of 52, the victi...
At First Light
What makes 2nd Lieutenant Phil Larimore’s story special is what happened in World War II’s closing days and the people—and horses—he interacted with in this Forrest Gump-like tale that is emotional, heartbreaking, and inspiring. Growing up in the 1930s in Memphis, Tennessee, Phil Larimore is the ultimate Boy Scout—able to read maps, put a compass to good use, and traverse wild swamps and desolate canyons. His other great skill is riding horses. Phil does poorly in school, however, leading his parents send to him to a military academy. After Pearl Harbor, Phil realizes he is destined for war. Three weeks before his eighteenth birthday, he becomes the youngest candidate to ever gradu...
The Bullied Brain
Why do we say we have zero tolerance for bullying, but adult society is rife with it and it is an epidemic among children? Because the injuries that all forms of bullying and abuse do to brains are invisible. We ignore them, fail to heal them, and they become cyclical and systemic. Bullying and abuse are at the source of much misery in our lives. Because we are not taught about our brains, let alone how much they are impacted by bullying and abuse, we do not have a way to avoid this misery, heal our scars, or restore our health. In The Bullied Brain readers learn about the evidence doctors, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists and neuroscientists have gathered, that shows the harm done by bully...
Tip of the Spear
The inspiring true story of a US Special Forces soldier who was medically retired after stepping on an IED, and his incredible return to active duty. Sergeant First Class (SFC) Ryan Hendrickson is a brave, determined, and courageous soldier -- a Green Beret clearing the way for his twelve-man team while conducting combat operations against the Taliban. As the "tip of the spear," his role is to ensure the route taken by U.S. and Afghan troops are free of IEDs -- improvised explosive devices. Many soldiers do not survive their last step; those who do often lose at least one limb. While rescuing an Afghan soldier outside a mud-hut compound in 2010 -- knowing that he was in "uncleared" territory...
Love, Zac
"Love, Zac is not just a vital contribution to the national conversation about traumatic brain injury in athletes, it’s so beautifully written it belongs on the shelf alongside classic works of literary journalism.” —Jeanne Marie Laskas, New York Times bestselling author of Concussion In December 2015, Zac Easter, a twenty-four-year-old from small-town Iowa, decided to take his own life rather than continue his losing battle against traumatic brain injuries he had sustained as a high school football player and which led him to develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). For this deeply reported and powerfully moving true story, award-winning writer Reid Forgrave was given access to...
Het gepeste brein
Pesten doet niet alleen iets met je leven, maar óók met je brein, laat Jennifer Fraser zien in 'Het gepeste brein'. Heel de littekens in je hersenen en bescherm jezelf. In Het gepeste brein laat Jennifer Fraser zien dat pesten zich op allerlei manieren én op alle leeftijden voordoet. De impact is groot en wordt ernstig onderschat. Slachtoffers van pesten lopen het risico op allerlei emotionele en lichamelijke klachten en de gevolgen zijn vaak levenslang. In dit boek verzamelt Jennifer Fraser een overdonderende hoeveelheid bewijs van artsen, psychiaters, neurowetenschappers en -psychologen over de schade die pesten aanricht: het laat namelijk zichtbare littekens achter in onze hersenen. Pe...
괴롭힘은 어떻게 뇌를 망가뜨리는가
조선, 중앙, 동아, 한겨레, 경향… 출간 동시 전 언론사가 주목한 책! “나는 반드시 읽어야 할 책이 있다고 생각하지 않지만, 이 책은 예외다. 지금 한국사회에 절실한 책이다. ” _정희진 이화여대 초빙교수, 〈정희진의 공부〉 편집장 괴롭힘 및 학대 치유 전문가인 제니퍼 프레이저는 『괴롭힘은 어떻게 뇌를 망가뜨리는가(원제: The Bullied Brain)』에서 괴롭힘 피해 당사자이자 학대 피해자의 부모, 교육자로서 솔직하고 용기 있게 자신의 경험을 드러내며, 괴롭힘과 학대가 뇌에 미치는 영향을 과학적·사회적·개인적 측면에서 ...
The Blessing Effect
It's a Monday morning for the Towers family.As Peter Towers drives his three children to school, his encouragement remains the same as he drops them off: "Hey, kids. Seek out those who look like they don't have any friends and be a blessing to them. You can change someone's life today."But something happens when Zack, Tyler, and Emma Powers actually act on their dad's prompting to "reach out and bless someone today." When that happens, they find out how the Blessing Effect can literally change the future!
The Swiss Courier
It is August 1944 and the Gestapo is mercilessly rounding up suspected enemies of the Third Reich. When Joseph Engel, a German physicist working on the atomic bomb, finds that he is actually a Jew, adopted by Christian parents, he must flee for his life to neutral Switzerland. Gabi Mueller is a young Swiss-American woman working for the newly formed American Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner to the CIA) close to Nazi Germany. When she is asked to risk her life to safely "courier" Engel out of Germany, the fate of the world rests in her hands. If she can lead him to safety, she can keep the Germans from developing nuclear capabilities. But in a time of traitors and uncertainty, whom can she trust along the way? This fast-paced, suspenseful novel takes readers along treacherous twists and turns during a fascinating--and deadly--time in history.
The Shot Caller
When you feel like you've made too many missteps to go forward, how do you find the strength to carry on? Join Casey Diaz as he tells the remarkable story of God's heart for second chances. The son of El Salvadorian immigrants, Casey Diaz was brought to Los Angeles at the age of two. An abusive, impoverished family life propelled Casey into the Rockwood Street Locos gang at just eleven years old. Casey was willing to do anything to be number one, but years of chasing rival gang members led to a dramatic ambush and arrest by the LAPD. By age sixteen, Casey was sentenced to more than twelve years in solitary confinement in California's toughest prison as one of the state's most violent offende...
