personal narratives

"[Presents the] narrative of [Morris Brown Jr.,] a young Civil War soldier, as told though his letters from the battlefield"--Provided by publisher.

"[Presents, in graphic novel format, the memoirs of] Ryan Higa, one of the top creators on YouTube ... This is the story of how ... [he] went from being a relatively happy kid to being depressed and angry and filled with dark thoughts ... [thinking that he] had only one way out of this cruel world. This is the story of how ... [he] found a better way"--Provided by publisher.

"A collection of spoken narratives by male-to-female transgendered people and mahu who live on the island of O'ahu. The ... stories in this book not only reveal the experiences of those who cross the boundaries of sex and gender, but also illuminate what it means to do so in the unique cultural context of Hawai'i."--Back cover.

Ryan Troutman presents his story of living with a traumatic brain injury following a horrific car accident at the age of sixteen.

Relates the firsthand stories of people who lived through the earthquake in Haiti in 2010.

An account of five women and the opportunities and frustrations they face in the year following their graduation from an elite university. Princeton graduate Caroline Kitchener weaves together her experiences from her first year after college with that of four of her peers in order to delve more deeply into what the world now offers a female college graduate, and how the world perceives them.

"[In this] story of a man with a conscience working at the CIA (1966-1990) during the height of the Cold War between Washington and Moscow, Mel Goodman settles old scores as he offers first-hand accounts of the inner workings of the CIA and how high-level officials compromise national security by pressuring those below them to support their career-advancing political agendas"--Provided by publisher.

"New York Times bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to the current landscape in which too many families struggle alone to manage afflicted love ones, Powers limns our fears and myths about mental illness and the fractured public policies that have resulted. Braided with that history is the moving story of Powers's beloved son Kevin--spirited, endearing, and gifted--who triumphed even while suffering from schizophrenia until finally he did not, and the story of his courageous surviving son Dean, who is also schizophrenic. A blend of history, biography, memoir, and current affairs ending with a consideration of where we might go from here, this is a thought-provoking look at a dreaded illness that has long been misunderstood"--Provided by publisher.

Unnecessary death rarely happens at the hands of doctors, but it does happen. Sometimes the cause is medical error. But sometimes the cause is politics. The issues underlying many medical catastrophes are numerous: a power struggle between providers, uncertainty over who?s in charge, hesitation to practice good medicine for fear of being fired, specialization run amok, part-time doctoring. Doctors often prefer to ignore the problems, but patient safety demands that they be aired.