Books, books and books!

Different… I'd been into Noosa Library last week and had loaded the last blog. On my own PC I have to change things and work pretty hard through it, but in the library it seemed easy! I just transferred everything from my USB - which had been set up as Arial 12, not my usual Calibri 11 - and when I looked this morning it seemed that the real blog was bigger than the last one! Was that Noosa Library or is it my own PC?? Funny! 

This week I’m looking for funds and planning on getting my second book published!

Books about recovery from brain aneurysms are very good when written by the author who suffered their own, or told by a carer whose family member or friend suffered or died. It helps with understanding. For those who write and whose recovery is longer or difficult, it can help this.

My own book Aneurysms with Aphorisms was finished this year after two years out of my surgery and stroke. It will soon be provided as a paper book, but it is currently available on-line on Amazon and Kindle. The Kindle copy doesn’t have the pics which will be in the printed paper book, but if you can buy a copy ($6.47) read how writing about my discovery, surgery and recovery helped me. If any of you would like to help me fund the publishing, please contact me at louisa@australiamail.com – thank you!

There is also a list below of books available. Most of these look at brain aneurysm recovery from a personal view, and a few look at brain rules to help.

The Brain Aneurysm by Vini G. Khurana & Robert F. Spetzler, 2006, USA

Fire on the Brain by Donna Magee, 2007, USA

Brain Injury Survivor's Guide: Welcome to Our World by Larry Jameson and Beth Jameson, 2007, USA

A Dented Image: Journeys of Recovery from Subarachnoid Haemorrhage by Alison Wertheimer, 2008, UK

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina, 2008, Australia 

Walking in Fear...How I was introduced to my Brain Aneurysms by Susan M. James, 2008, USA

My Story: My Life After Brain Aneurysm by Teodora Shinn and Paul R. Shinn, 2009, USA

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor, 2009, UK

Negotiating the Speedbumps: Living with Traumatic Brain Injury by Holly L. Springer, 2010, USA

As I Am by Patricia Neal, 2011, USA

Brain Storm by Amy Barber, 2011, USA

What I Learned When I Almost Died: How a Maniac TV Producer Put Down His BlackBerry and Started to Live His Life by Chris Licht, 2011, USA

The Other Side of the Rainbow by Mickey Antu-Urias, 2011, USA

Humdinger! noun: an extraordinary person or event by Stephanie Ione Haskins and Paula Lanier Seaman, 2011, USA

Rebooting my Brain: How a Freak Aneurysm Reframed My Life by Maria Ross, 2012, USA

In a Flash: Miracles Here and Beyond by Kim Justus, 2012, USA

Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor, 2015, USA