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Note to families dealing with a child who has a brain tumor: The book listed below, "Childhood Brain & Spinal Cord Tumors: A Guide for Families, Friends & Caregivers" is a must read. IF you can not EASILY afford it, the Candlelighters Foundation will send you a free copy. Click HERE for details - then click on books.
Dying Can Change Your Life
A FREE book about one man's experiance with a brain tumor.
"Sometimes Your Head" A FREE illustrated book for children dealing with brain tumors. Please click here to let us know how you like this book after you read it. (Note: the book is in .pdf format - which requires the free adobe reader, and it may take a few minutes to download.)
Can I Take My Panda Daddy? -(Written by his father), is a beautiful, sad and inspiring memoir about a four year old boy with a malignant brain stem tumor.
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100 Questions about brain tumors
Dr. Virginia Stark-Vance | |
6.57 | |
40,740 | |
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It's MY Crisis And I'll Cry If I Need To: EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge (Updated Edition)
Yocheved Golani | |
5.98 | |
21,045 | |
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What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living
Samuel Lee Oliver | |
5.72 | |
32,111 | |
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STEPPING OVER MYSELF: FINDING MY WAY AND MY LIFE AFTER A BRAIN TUMOR
AYIS CAPERONIS | |
5.68 | |
323 | |
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The Angel Letters: Lessons That Dying Can Teach us About Living
Norman J. Fried | |
5.66 | |
25,157 | |
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Dance When the Brain Says No
Mary Kathleen Price | |
5.63 | |
722 | |
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Handbook of Brain Tumor Chemotherapy
Herbert Newton | |
5.58 | |
31,991 | |
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Sad but O.K. : My Daddy Died Today : A Childs View of Death
Barbara Frisbie | |
5.57 | |
40,326 | |
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Reversal: When a Therapist Becomes a Patient
Eric Anthony Galvez | |
5.57 | |
19,684 | |
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The Disability Experience: A Healing Journey
Arthur Soissons-Segal, Ph.D. | |
5.56 | |
37,509 | |
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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Lance Armstrong | |
5.55 | |
39,682 | |
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Notes Left Behind: 135 Days with Elena
Keith Desserich | |
5.55 | |
7,672 | |
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That's Unacceptable!
Rebecca Libutti | |
5.54 | |
43,316 | |
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Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Improving Care and Quality of Life
Maria Hewitt | |
5.54 | |
37,163 | |
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Vista Point (CD)
Not By Chance | |
5.54 | |
43,695 | |
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Surviving `Terminal Cancer`: Clinical Trials, Drug Cocktails, and Other Treatments Your Oncologist Won`t Tell You about
Ben Williams, PhD | |
5.53 | |
48,796 | |
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Living with a Brain Tumor: Dr. Peter Black`s Guide to Taking Control of Your Treatment
Dr. Peter Black | |
5.53 | |
24,941 | |
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Not By Chance (CD)
Not By Chance | |
5.53 | |
43,356 | |
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Making the Radiation Therapy Decision
David J. Brenner | |
5.53 | |
41,313 | |
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Neuroanatomy Made Easy and Simple
S. David Gertz | |
5.52 | |
40,318 | |
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The Disability Experience: A Healing Journey
Arthur Soissons-Segal,Ph.D. | |
5.51 | |
35,872 | |
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Making Miracles Happen
Gregory White Smith | |
5.51 | |
39,797 | |
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Dr. Folkmans War: Angiogenesis and the Struggle to Defeat Cancer
Robert Cooke | |
5.50 | |
40,280 | |
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The Comfort of Home: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide for Caregivers
Maria M. Meyer | |
5.50 | |
39,544 | |
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Brain Tumor Invasion : Biological, Clinical, and Therapeutic Considerations
Tom Mikkelsen | |
5.50 | |
39,041 | |
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Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple
Stephen Goldberg | |
5.50 | |
42,855 | |
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Magic Cancer Bullet: How a Tiny Orange Pill May Rewrite Medical History (The Story of Gleevec)
Dan Vasella | |
5.50 | |
39,493 | |
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Brain Tumors: Leaving the Garden of Eden, a Survival Guide to Diagnosis, Learning the Basics, Getting Organized, & Finding Your Medical Team
Paul Zeltzer, MD | |
5.49 | |
35,785 | |
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Childhood Brain & Spinal Cord Tumors: A Guide for Families, Friends & Caregivers
Tania Shiminski-Maher | |
5.49 | |
40,115 | |
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Glioblastoma Multiforme
James M. Markert, MD | |
5.49 | |
36,054 | |
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Stella~s Story: Fighting for Life Against a Malignant Brain Tumor
Kay Loveland | |
5.49 | |
36,264 | |
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Navigating Through a Strange Land : A Book for Brain Tumor Patients and Their Families
Tricia Ann Roloff | |
5.49 | |
41,490 | |
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The Complete Bedside Companion : A No-Nonsense Guide to Caring for the Seriously Ill
Rodger McFarlane | |
5.49 | |
40,176 | |
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The Busy Peoples Guide To Low Fat Cookbook (Author is the spouse of a brain tumor patient - using this book as a fundraiser)
Dawn Hall | |
5.48 | |
41,783 | |
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CNS Cancer
Erwin G. Van Meir | |
5.47 | |
1,895 | |
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Brain Tumors: Finding the Ark. Meeting the Challenges of Treatment Choices, Side Effects, Childrens Issues, Healthcare Costs and Long Term Survival
Dr. Paul Zeltzer | |
5.47 | |
24,132 | |
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The Radiation Sonnets: For My Love, in Sickness and in Health
Jane Yolen | |
5.47 | |
36,905 | |
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Cancer As a Turning Point : A Handbook for People With Cancer, Their Families, and Health Professionals
Lawrence LeShan | |
5.45 | |
40,468 | |
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When Cancer Entered Our Family: How We Lived, Laughed, Cried and Survived
Moyra McDill | |
5.45 | |
22,573 | |
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Brain Surgeon: A Doctor's Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles
Keith Black | |
5.45 | |
3,715 | |
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The Practical Management of Low-Grade Primary Brain Tumors
Jack P. Rock | |
5.45 | |
41,942 | |
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The Gliomas
Mitchel S. Berger MD | |
5.45 | |
42,020 | |
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Guide to Complementary and Alternative Cancer Methods
American Cancer Society | |
5.44 | |
41,657 | |
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Force a Miracle
Darryl C. Didier | |
5.40 | |
38,905 | |
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Natural Compounds in Cancer Therapy
John C. Boik | |
4.28 | |
48,590 | |
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