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The author, a former prosecutor, shares his personal battle against a mysterious illness that took a major tole on his career, personal life, and health. The truth behind his illness involved exposure to toxic chemicals in his office building.

After her younger sister, Piper, is in a hiking accident that leaves her in a coma, Savannah finds evidence that her fall from a mountain may be related to their school's Survival Club--and it may not have been accidental. As she tries to figure out who would want to hurt Piper, Savannah joins the club on their weekend camping trip to the same mountain where Piper fell. Savannah tries to learn what happened to Piper in a club where everyone is a suspect and everyone is keeping secrets.

Sixteen year old Hazel, who has cancer, meets Augustus at a kids-with-cancer support group and as they fall in love they both wonder how they will be remembered.

When an enigmatic stranger shows up out of the blue, the folks of sleepy Southport become suspicious of her past. Katie tries to keep herself from becoming involved with anybody in town, but as time goes on, she slowly falls in love with Alex, a widowed store owner and father of two. However, when her dark past finally catches up with her Katie must make the painful choice between either fleeing or facing her fears and fighting for her newfound life.

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common, except they both have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to make a Bucket List of all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die. In the process of completing the list, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.

A look at heart disease in America, including the stories of people who have been stricken with it, new things that doctors are learning about it, and important strategies and personal tactics for improving heart health.

Presents an illustrated look at the life of Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist, Terry Fox.

"A fresh, fierce, and timely meditation on data, pain, time, and the limited capacity of literature to comprehend life and death in a sensate and vulnerable body." --.

As Morrie Schwartz, a sociology professor, is dying from ALS, he tells a former student, Mitch Albom, about dying, living and what's important in life.