Illness Fiction

Hearing impaired and way too smart for her West Bronx high school, Tamika Mik Sykes copes by reading lips and selling homework answers. She's a tough girl who never gets close to anyone, until she meets Fatima, a teenage refugee who sells newspapers on Mik's block.

Smetti di avere il mal di testa, è un audiolibro che ti da l’opportunità di saperne di più, per allontanare definitivamente un problema come il mal di testa...

A poor tailor is too ill to finish the beautiful coat and waistcoat he has been stitching for the mayor of Gloucester to wear at his wedding on Christmas morning. He sends his cat, Simpkin, out in the snowy evening to buy some food and, most importantly, the cherry-colored silk he needs to finish his coat and waistcoat. While Simpkin is out, the tailor discovers all the mice Simpkin has hidden under the teacups and accidentally frees them all. They run out of the house, but not before they overhear him speak aloud his fears that he will not be able to complete his work.

Could gratitude and positivity be the secret to helping your child feel stronger and recover faster? When facing illness or injury, it's perfectly natural for children to feel sad and down. However, The Gratitude Prescription for Kids reveals how finding reasons to be grateful and adopting a positive mindset can become their greatest healing superpowers yet! Could gratitude and positivity be the secret to helping your child feel stronger and recover faster?

With a sense of fun and whimsy, this book honestly explores the pain, frustration, and occasional joy of the all-too-common struggle of infertility. It is relatable and cathartic to those who are going through, or have gone through, the process. And it is accessible to their friends and family who haven't but want to understand.

A soothing sleep story, taking a journey to a the Pacific Northwest.

This audiobook will educate you on why there are so many people in this country dying, going blind or losing limbs to diabetes? Diabetes is a lifelong manageable disease that can be controlled and the goal is not to let it control you. Diabetes is not and should not be a death sentence for anyone, however, due to the lack of information and education, many people do die from the disease. It is after all the third largest killer in the U.S. and the number one killer of African Americans!

You and Me and Cancer Makes Three is a poetical journey about survival from cancer. An uplifting and enduring tale of his journey with cancer. John held his hands around his own mortality, yet leaves the clinic whole, with much more than he ever expected: he discovers the true meaning of friendship, redemption, and hope as told in his poetry.

Meet Mummy Squidgy and Little Squidgy. Their adorable bedtime stories will help your little one slip off to sleep before you know it. Using a soothing presentation and tried and tested language techniques, this story takes Little Squidgy on a journey toward Christmas morning. Along the way, he meets various Christmas characters who help him go to sleep.

Listeners are introduced to Sage's sisters - both aliens - who help a young boy named Theo who has lost all of his hair due to medical treatments. There is a surprise ending and the sisters reinforce empathy, esteem, and equity.

Join Sam the Sleepy Sheep and friends in this charming, magical bedtime story, which is also a completely natural, safe, and fun way to get children to go to sleep. The authors, Rory Z Fulcher and Dr. Kate Beaven-Marks, designed the story of Sam the Sleepy Sheep, so that it is easy-to-understand for children (and parents) of all ages.

Noblewoman and cultivator Li Yao is called to a small village to investigate a mysterious illness that has drained residents of their chi. Accompanying her are her suitors, Xiang An and Shen Wei, both more trouble than they're worth in Li Yao's eyes. Perhaps not all is as it seems.

In the 1950s, mental illness was in the closet, a condition rarely discussed beyond immediate family members. A young mother struggles with bipolar disorder, abusing alcohol and prescription drugs before seeking psychiatric help. Their solution: mind-altering shock and insulin treatments. Her husband, fighting to keep the love of his life, focuses on her recovery, working two jobs to cover the costs of a decade-long cycle of depression.