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A memoir by Benjamin Mee, tells the true account of how the author and his family used their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo, replete with 200 exotic animals facing destruction, in the English countryside. Mee, along with his children, had to balance caring for his wife, who was dying of brain cancer, with dealing with escaped tigers, raising endangered animals, working with an eclectic skeleton crew and readying the zoo for a reopening.
2) The healer
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An unforgettable and inspiring journey that takes a family from the center of crisis to the edge of salvation when a mother's faith and the hands of a healer are a young boy's only hope.
3) 100 yards
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Rich Porter had it all: talent, good looks, and a bright future as a quarterback until tragedy struck. His mother goes missing while volunteering in the Philippines and Rich cannot locate her. He receives more bad news when he is diagnosed with a brain tumor. At the hospital, a young boy with the same condition and a kind nurse do their best to bring hope to Rich. They show him that the game of his life is a struggle for every yard, but, with the...
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It is the day before Elliot has to have surgery to remove a brain tumor. Facing what could be his last night. Elliot's path intersects with Chloe, a young photographer who invites him to her art show. Elliot welcomes the distraction and as the night descends, Chloe takes him on an intimate and exhilarating journey through the city. As morning approaches and Chloe learns of Elliot's condition, the magic of the evening unravels, and they must together...
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A teacher's world is turned upside down when her husband, a successful headmaster, is caught embezzling from their own school. Did he do this of his own free will, or has his personality been altered by the tumor lurking in his brain? As the teacher assists an attorney in providing a legal defense, recent neuroscience forces her to rethink who her husband really is.
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"Jezebel": In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back. "Dark victory": A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity. "All this, and heaven too": A duchess' irrational behavior toward the governess of her children triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever....
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"Jack Tuller's career as a budding San Francisco musician was altered in 1994 when he was diagnosed with a terminal condition and given six months to live. Jack Has a Plan tells the story of the following 25 years as Jack dodges one bullet after the next. He somehow turns his predicament into a Left Coast art-performance project complete with experimental movies, diaries, and funky dance moves. Finally, Jack engineers a graceful exit from life's stage....