When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Published by Random House on Jan. 12, 2016 Genre(s): Nonfiction, Memoir, Medical Format: Audiobook Pages: 230 Goodreads synopsis:  For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living? At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor making a living treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. Just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes...

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander Published by Arthur A. Levine Books Genre(s): Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction Format: Paperback Pages: 59 Goodreads synopsis:  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander's classic compendium of magical creatures, has delighted generations of wizarding readers. With this beautiful, large-scale new edition illustrated in full color, Muggles too will have the chance to discover where the Runespoor lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why shiny objects should always be kept away from the Niffler. Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to Comic Relief and J.K. Rowling's international charity, Lumos, which will do magic beyond the powers of any wizard. If you feel that this is insufficient...

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The Year of Magical Thinking

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Published by Vintage on Sep. 1, 2015 Genre(s): Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography Format: Paperback/Audiobook Pages: 227 Goodreads synopsis:  From one of America's iconic writers, this is a portrait of a marriage and a life - in good times and bad - that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. This is a stunning book of electric honesty and passion. Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill. At first they thought it was flu, then pneumonia, then complete septic shock. She was put into an induced coma and placed on life support. Days later - the night before New Year's Eve - the Dunnes were just sitting down to dinner...

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