Vision Loss

A memoir by one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers—who spent years denying and working around his blindness, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his identity. David Tatel has served nearly 30 years on America’s second highest court, the United...

Fatal Vision is the electrifying true story of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the handsome, Princeton-educated physician convicted of savagely slaying his young pregnant wife and two small children, murders he vehemently denies committing...

David Kessler, one of the most renowned experts on death and grief, takes on three uniquely shared experiences that challenge our ability to explain and fully understand the mystery of our final days. In the tapestry of life and death, we may begin to see connections to the past that we missed in life. While death may look like a loss to the living, the last hours of a dying person may be filled not with emptiness, but rather with fullness.

Teresa Shields Parker knows what it's like to be super morbidly obese. Once weighing 430 pounds, she's been through every magic fix imaginable. The thing she found that worked, really worked, was a key she had available to her all along.

An enthralling first novel about a teenage girl who finds refuge -- but perhaps not -- in an 1840s Shaker community. After 15-year-old Polly Kimball sets fire to the family farm, killing her abusive father, she and her young brother find shelter in a Massachusetts Shaker community called the...

I have always had difficulty seeing. It started as a child with difficulty seeing at night. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would one day be diagnosed with a rare condition that could eventually take my vision completely. This book touches on some of the struggles I, and others suffering with visual difficulties, go through. It is my hope this will give an understanding to others and help those dealing with their own issues to find peace knowing they are not suffering alone.

At age 54, Chris Monnette is diagnosed with neovascular macular degeneration, an incurable retinal disease that slowly robs him of his eyesight. As each cell in his macula dies and his vision diminishes, he is forced, literally and figuratively, to see the world through different eyes. Raised in the shadow of an emotionally stifled father, Chris learns early on to mirror the belief that vulnerability equals weakness. A piercingly honest meditation on the emotional legacy of stoicism, Seeing Clearly is much-needed proof that being a man and being vulnerable are one and the same.

Told with unflinching honesty, Myopia explores the beauty and pain of parenting a child with unique challenges and the gifts of resilience, acceptance, and spiritual growth that arise from suffering. Mohan’s journey teaches us that life’s hardest trials often contain the greatest treasures, revealing strength we never knew we possessed. For anyone who has faced life’s deepest sorrows and is searching for a way to endure—and even thrive—this memoir is a testament to the power of love, the wisdom of loss, and the enduring light that guides us through the darkest times.

This memoir offers stories, poems, and essays that allow you (the listener) to see how the author's loss of, and regaining vision gave her insight about events, people, and herself. In the book's selections, you hear not only of frustrations and fears, but also of joy, of contentment, and of peace. As she looks into her own life, you sense hope - and may also gain renewed vision of your life.

Author Jeremy Goodman has a method that will help you become the best version of yourself. He is on a mission to help as many people as he can overcome weight loss struggles and help them reach their health and fitness goals. He has a deep passion for helping people and his personal experience and knowledge can help make a difference in your life.

The book chronicles my personal journey to motherhood—a journey fraught with pitfalls and heartbreaks but ultimately leading to victory. It is a voyage marked not only by struggles and losses but also by lessons learned and the joy of overcoming.