August 2013
My year off : recovering life after a stroke / Robert McCrum [Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Biography.]
My stroke of insight : a brain scientist's personal journey / Jill Bolte Taylor [Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation].
The brain that changes itself : stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science / Norman Doidge [Psychology & Psychiatry; Neuropsychology]
Incognito: the secret lives of the brain / David Eagleman [Neuropsychology; Neurosciences; Brain - psychology]
Doing up buttons / Christine Durham [Head -- wounds and injuries -- biography] (viclink ILL)
September
The good life / Hugh Mackay [Quality of life; philosophy]
A three dog life: a memoir / Abigail Thomas [Brain -- wounds and injuries -- patients -- family relationships] (viclink ILL)
So beautiful : our journey / Jeff Hulls [Cerebrovascular disease -- patients -- family relationships] (viclink ILL)
Person to person : the problem of being human : a new trend in psychology / Carl R. Rogers and Barry Stevens [Psychology]
Super brain : unlease the explosive power of your mind to maximise health, happiness and spiritual well-being / Deepak Chopra and Rudolph E. Tanzi [Mind and body; Neurosciences]
October
The intimacy & solitude self-therapy book / Stephanie Dowrick [Self-perception; Self-actualisation (Psychology)]
Running free : breaking out from locked-in syndrome / Kate Allatt and Alison Stokes [Cerebrovascular disease -- patients] (viclink ILL)
New beliefs, new brain : free yourself from stress and fear / Lisa Wimberger [Meditation -- Therapeutic use.]
Healing into possibility : the transformational lessons of a stroke / Alison Bonds Shapiro ; foreword by James S. Gordon [Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation]
Return to Ithaca : a woman's triumph over the disabilities of a severe stroke / Barbara Newborn [Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation]
Falling & laughing : the restoration of Edwyn Collins / Grace Maxwell [Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Biography.]
**interview - The Restoration of Alternative Rock Star Edwyn Collins - All In the Mind, Radio National
November
Intimacy & solitude : balancing closeness and independence / Stephanie Dowrick [Interpersonal relationships; Intimacy (Psychology)]
The man who mistook his wife for a hat / Oliver Sacks [Neurology -- anecdotes; Psychoanalysis -- Case studies]
December
Your body doesn't lie : behavioral kinesiology / Dr John Diamond [Movement]
Change your thinking : positive and practical ways to overcome stress, negative emotions and self-defeating behaviour using CBT / Sarah Edelman [Behaviour therapy; Self-help techniques]
January
365 meditations for a peaceful heart and a peaceful world / Marcus Braybrooke [Meditations]
The human mind and how to make the most of it / Robert Winston [Thought and thinking; Emotions]
The happy life : the search for contentment in the modern world / David Malouf [Quarterly Essay; Happiness]
Wanting everything : the art of happiness / Dorothy Rowe [Happiness (Psychology)]
Status anxiety / Alain de Botton [Social psychology; Anxiety]
February
What makes your brain happy and why you should do the opposite / David DiSalvo [Happiness; Neurosciences]
MindSight : transform your brain with the new science of kindness / Daniel Siegel [Mind and body therapies; Mindfulness-based cognitive therapies]
March
Thinking, fast and slow / Daniel Kahneman [Thought and thinking; Self-actualization (Psychology)]
The confidence gap : from fear to freedom / Dr Russ Harris [Self-confidence; Meditation - Therapeutic use]
The happiness trap : stop struggling, start living / Dr Russ Harris [Happiness; Conduct of life]
Teach us to sit still : a sceptic's search for health and healing / Tim Parks [Mind and body therapies]
The accidental mind / David J. Linden [Brain evolution; Neuropsychology]
May
June
Callings : finding and following an authentic life / Gregg Levoy [Self-actualization (Psychology); Spirituality]
Learning to fall : the blessings of an imperfect life / Philip Simmons [Self-actualization (Psychology); Spirituality]
Free thinking : on happiness. emotional intelligence, relationships, power, spirit / Stephanie Dowrick [Self-actualization (Psychology); Happiness]
On learning from the patient / Patrick Casement [Psychotherapy]
Waiting List
One hundred names for love : a stroke, a marriage, and the language of healing / Diane Ackerman [Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Biography.] (viclink ILL)
Hemisheres : inside a stroke / Karen Lazar [Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Biography.]
Brain attack : the journey back : a unique collection of creative writing about stroke recovery / foreword by Michael D. Hill ; research and edited by Liz Pearl. [Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Biography.]
In the blink of an eye / Hasso and Catherine von Bredow [Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Biography.]
Stroke : could it be just a bad dream? : a guide for stroke victims and carers / Lounell Cameron.[Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Biography.] (only available through universities)
Left of tomorrow / Wendy J. Lyons.[Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Biography.] (viclink ILL)
When half is whole : my recovery from stroke / Lorna Hewson [Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Biography.] (only available through universities)
Different strokes : an intimate memoir for stroke survivors, families, and caregivers / Steven Boorstein ; foreword by John Newcombe ; introduction by Jie Mao. [Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Biography.]
Connecting pathways : a triumphant journey through stroke / Libby Levey. [Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Biography.] (SLV)
How I rescued my brain : a psychologist's remarkable recovery from stroke and trauma / David Roland. [Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Biography / Rehabilitation.]
Recommended reading
Different strokes website (UK)
Stroke scheme (Ireland)
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