The yellow world : how fighting for my life taught me how to live
Book |
Ballantine Books,
New York :
2012.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welland Main | 362.1969940092 Espin | Adult Non-fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
"In The Yellow World Espinosa tackles the subjects of life, death and love with wry humor and sharp insight, relating the discoveries he made during his 10-year battle with cancer as a teenager in a narrative that is both funny and touching"--Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780345538123 (paperback) :
- Physical Description: xiv, 153 pages ; 21 cmprint
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2012.
- General Note: Translation from the Spanish of: Mundo amarillo.This translation originally published: United Kingdom : Particular Books, 2012."First published in Spain as El Mundo Amarillo by Random House Mondadori, S.A., 2008"--Title page verso."A Ballantine Books Trade Paperback Original."
- Formatted Contents Note: [1] Beginning ... -- The Yellow World -- Where Were You Born? -- What Is the Yellow World? -- [2] Carrying On ... --- List of Discoveries to Make Your World Yellow -- 1. Losses are positive -- 2. The word pain doesn't exist -- 3. The energy that appears after thirty minutes is what you need to solve a problem -- 4. Ask five good questions every day -- 5. Show me how you walk and I'll show you how to laugh -- 6. When you are sick, they keep tabs on your life, a medical record. When you are well, you should do the same: keep a life record -- 7. There are seven tricks to being happy -- 8. What you hide the most reveals the most about you -- 9. Put your lips together and blow -- 10. Don't be afraid of being the person you have become -- 11. Find what you like looking at, then look at it -- 12. Start counting at six -- 13. The search for the south and the north -- 14. Listen to yourself when you're angry -- 15. Positive wanking -- 16. The difficult thing isn't accepting how you are, but how everyone else is -- 17. The power of contrasts -- 18. Hibernate for twenty minutes -- 19. Look for your hospital roommates outside the hospital -- 20. Do you want to share an REM with me? -- 21. The power of the first time -- 22. A way never to get angry -- 23. The best way to know if you love someone -- Twenty-three Discoveries That Connect Two Ages : From Fourteen to Twenty-four -- [3] Living ... -- The Yellows -- How Do You Find Yellows and How Do You Identify Them? -- Yellow Q&A -- Conclusions About Yellows -- [4] And Relax ... -- The Yellow End -- Epilogue -- Afterword / by Eloy Azorín.