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NONFICTION: Biographies and Guides on Using Prosthetic Limbs
Here you will find a selection of nonfiction titles that are guides for people that use prosthetic arms or legs after limb loss or because of a congenital condition.
Here we also have biographies and memoirs from people who use prosthetic limbs. Note that we can include athletes with prosthetics, but this list also features people that work in other professional fields as well.
You can also include history books that cover the use and invention of prosthetic limbs in medicine.
I am not a medical expert, I trust the readers to consult their doctors and chose the books they need to address their personal situations.
Here we also have biographies and memoirs from people who use prosthetic limbs. Note that we can include athletes with prosthetics, but this list also features people that work in other professional fields as well.
You can also include history books that cover the use and invention of prosthetic limbs in medicine.
I am not a medical expert, I trust the readers to consult their doctors and chose the books they need to address their personal situations.
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30 Years Behind Bars: Trials of a Prison Doctor
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Karen Gedney (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 145 ratings
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Unbroken: My story of survival from 7/7 Bombings to Paralympics success
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4.45 avg rating — 128 ratings
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Every Day Is a Gift: A Memoir
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4.55 avg rating — 3,209 ratings
score: 99,
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HOW TO USE A PROSTHETIC LEG AND ARM: A Comprehensive Guide to Using Prosthetic Limbs for Maximum Mobility and Confidence
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 98,
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
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3.84 avg rating — 23,375 ratings
score: 97,
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The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph
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4.61 avg rating — 1,908 ratings
score: 96,
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Mending Broken Soldiers: The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs
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Guy R. Hasegawa (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 95,
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Amputation in Literature and Film: Artificial Limbs, Prosthetic Relations, and the Semiotics of "Loss"
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Erik Grayson (Editor)
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 94,
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Artificial Limbs (21st Century Skills Innovation Library: Innovation in Medicine)
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3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 93,
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Phantom Pain: North Carolina's Artificial-Limbs Program for Confederate Veterans
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score: 92,
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Three-Quarter Man: Pranks, Passion and Paralympics
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4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 91,
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11 books ·
14 voters ·
list created July 10th
by Georgina Warren (votes) .
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amputation, amputee, arms, disabilities, disability, feet, hands, legs, limb-loss, limbs, medicine, memoir, military, nonfiction, paralympics, physical-therapy, prosthetics, running, sports, veterans
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