Library
Welcome to the Enable New Zealand Library, containing an extensive, specialised, and modern collection of books and DVD's.
The DVD selection is growing rapidly with subjects ranging from children with autism to documentaries on wheelchair rugby. The selection covers New Zealand made resources and the best available DVD's on disability from around the world.
You can find out what resources are available through the library using the request a resource, browse the Library catalogue on line, or ring 0800 17 1981 to have personal assistance in selecting the most useful resources for you.
We would also be very happy to hear from you if you have any recommendations for the library.
What's new in the library
Hoop Dreams on Wheels: Disability and the Competitive Wheelchair Athlete
Author:
Ronald J. Berger
Abstract:
Hoop Dreams on Wheels is written in an accessible story-telling style to be read by a general audience as well as by students of disability, sports, the body and social problems. The main component of the book, the life histories of the players, provides an understanding of the interrelationship between biography and history in society and the ways in which personal troubles are related to public issues
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Book
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Book
Living With a Black Dog: His Name is Depression
Author:
Matthew Johnstone
Abstract:
Mathew Johnstone's book provides insights into what it is like to live with depression - the Black Dog - and the strength and support that can be found within and around us to tame it. Stunningly illustrated and deeply inspiring, this book is a must-have for anyone who has ever lived with a Black Dog or knows someone who has.
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Book
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Book
The Chocolate Seller on Broadway and his kids: The story of Mark Grantham
Author:
Chris Grantham
Abstract:
The one and a half square metres of footpath space on Broadway, Newmarket, Auckland from which Mark Grantham sells his chocolate bars for charity has to be one of the smallest retail sites in New Zealand. One regular customer jokingly refers to it as Mark’s ‘office’, because it is where Mark – severely disabled with cerebral palsy since birth – has plied his trade for the last seventeen years.
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Book
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Book
