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  • The Lives They Left Behind

    Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic

    The acclaimed portrait of institutionalized patients whose abandoned possessions recall their forgotten lives“A deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness.” —Oliver SacksWhen Willard State Hospital closed its doors in 1995, after operating as one of New York State’s largest mental institutions for over 120 years, a forgotten attic filled with suitcases belonging to former patients ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • The Eden Express

    “One of the best books about going crazy . . . required reading for those who want to understand insanity from the inside.”—The New York Times Book ReviewMark Vonnegut set out in search of Eden with his VW bug, his girlfriend, his dog, and his ideals. But genetic predisposition and “a whole lot of **** going down” made Mark Vonnegut crazy in a culture that told him “mental illness is a myth” and ... Read more

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  • Life in the Victorian Asylum

    The World of Nineteenth Century Mental Health Care

    by Mark Stevens ...
    A vivid portrait of the day-to-day experience in the public asylums of nineteenth-century England, by the bestselling author of Broadmoor Revealed.Life in the Victorian Asylum reconstructs the lost world of nineteenth-century public asylums. This fresh take on the history of mental health reveals why county asylums were built, the sort of people they housed, and the treatments they received, as ... Read more

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  • Mortician Diaries

    The Dead-Honest Truth from a Life Spent with Death

    After 50 years in the funeral business 80-year-old grandmother-undertaker June Knights Nadle has seen it all at least all of what goes on before during and after lifes ultimate challenge. In Mortician Diaries she combines equal doses of charm humanity humor and reality to tell it like it is on this taboo subject. A kind of Prairie Home Companion set in a mortuary the book features memorable ... Read more

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  • Unmeasured Strength

    A Story of Survival and Transformation

    Unmeasured Strength is a survivor's awe-inspiring story of how Lauren Manning overcame tragedy and re-created herself as a wife, mother, and woman.In this update to the 2011 New York Times bestselling book, the reader will find:- Timely new information about Manning's struggles within the healthcare system- Additional details about the author's childhood- And an emotional new essay from the author ... Read more

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  • Memoirs of a Psych Nurse and Other Stories

    These are stories from my varied Nursing career. Some are funny,some are sad and some are downright scary. All of them are true.The individuals in my stories, very in age from twelve to sixty-five years. However, many of them are about adolescents whom I dearly loved interacting with.I've come to know and respect hundreds of patients/clients and have learned so much from them. I wish to thank each ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Quiet Room

    A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness

    "A book of rare power, passion, and intelligence. Travel with Lori into the heart of schizophrenia, and you will never be the same." —Diane Sawyer, award-winning television news anchorMoving, harrowing, and ultimately uplifting, Lori Schiller's memoir is a classic testimony to the ravages of mental illness and the power of perseverance and courage.At seventeen Lori Schiller was the perfect child ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Face to Face with Evil

    Conversations with Ian Brady

    ON 15 MAY 2017, IAN BRADY DIED IN HOSPITAL, ENTIRELY UNREPENTANT OF HIS EVIL CRIMES. WITH HIM ALMOST CERTAINLY DIED THE SECRET OF WHERE THE BODY OF TWELVE-YEAR-OLD KEITH BENNETT, THE LAST OF HIS AND MYRA HINDLEY'S YOUNG VICTIMS, LIES.Ian Brady was one of the most notorious and reviled serial killers in Britain. With his co-conspirator, Myra Hindley, he committed what became known as 'the Moors ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Now I See You

    A Memoir

    At nineteen years old, Nicole C. Kear's biggest concern is choosing a major--until she walks into a doctor's office in midtown Manhattan and gets a life-changing diagnosis. She is going blind, courtesy of an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and has only a decade or so before Lights Out. Instead of making preparations as the doctor suggests, Kear decides to carpe diem and make the most of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 740 Park

    The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building

    by Michael Gross ...
    For seventy-five years, it’s been Manhattan’s richest apartment building, and one of the most lusted-after addresses in the world. One apartment had 37 rooms, 14 bathrooms, 43 closets, 11 working fireplaces, a private elevator, and his-and-hers saunas; another at one time had a live-in service staff of 16. To this day, it is steeped in the purest luxury, the kind most of us could only imagine, ... Read more

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  • Our Little Secret

    The True Story of a Teenager Killer and the Silence of a Small New England Town

    The true story of a teenage killer and the silence of a small New England town.For twenty years Daniel Paquette's murder in New Hampshire went unsolved. It remained a secret between two high school friends until Eric Windhurst's arrest in 2005. What was revealed was a crime born of adolescent passion between Eric and Daniel's stepdaughter, Melanie- redefining the meaning of loyalty, justice, and ... Read more

    Was $7.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

  • With or Without You

    A Memoir

    by Domenica Ruta ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A haunting, unforgettable mother-daughter story for a new generation—the debut of a blazing new lyrical voiceNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY**Domenica Ruta grew up in a working-class, unforgiving town north of Boston, in a trash-filled house on a dead-end road surrounded by a river and a salt marsh. Her mother, Kathi, a ... Read more

    $6.99 USD