Therapist Abraham shows how art can provide people with Alzheimer's a way to express their thoughts & emotions, when they can no longer communicate well verbally & words have lost their meaning. Abraham believes it is our moral obligation to provide elders with this tool, lest they be prematurely deemed beyond interaction. ...

When two planetoids are discovered to be hurtling directly at Earth, scientists (Larry Keating & Richard Derr) must quickly construct a ' Space Ark' which will take 40 lucky people
- chosen by lottery
- to a new, Earth-like planet. As the collision date draws ever nearer & catastrophes strike in the outside world (including tidal waves in New York), the travellers must cope with a revolt on the part of those left behind.

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We often hear stories of a disaster on a mountain, but we do not follow the climber home, through his injury, & the devastation it may wreak on home & heart. The courage to venture on is the same courage a climber seeks while venturing up a mountain. This book tells this side of the story. ...