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English
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"How do you hold onto hope in a difficult time? In the small city of Wharton, Connecticut, lives are beginning to unravel. A woman loses the love of her life. A son struggles with addiction. A widow misses her late spouse. A husband betrays his wife. At the heart of these interlinking stories is one couple: Freddie and Greg Tyler. Greg has just been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a brutal form of cancer. He has never been dependent or weak, and...
2) How to find a four-leaf clover: what autism can teach us about difference, connection, and belonging
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Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2024.
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ix, 270 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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A special-education teacher with thirty years of experience working with autistic people gives readers a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the neurodiverse community and looks at ways we can develop more meaningful connections with others.
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English
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"For Julie, an elementary school librarian and mother of two boys, there was no time for debilitating anxiety. Yet, the aftershocks of her first panic attack left her grappling with questions about the causes of her mental health crisis and where it would lead next. What follows is a hopeful, honest account of love, loss, a husband who isn't a mindreader, disastrous family outings, and finding a path (with help from loved ones and a few key new friends)...
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English
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As the soon-to-be wife of youth pastor Joshua Harris, Shannon Harris found that nothing in her secular upbringing had prepared her to enter the world of conservative Christianity. When Joshua wrote I Kissed Dating Goodbye, it became a bestseller and helped inspire a national purity movement. Now Shannon's identity became "pastor's wife." Asked to live within a narrow definition of womanhood for almost two decades, she found her worldview was narrowed,...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
[2024]
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x, 289 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"Annie Liontas suffered multiple concussions in her thirties. In Sex with a Brain Injury, she writes about what it means to be one of the "walking wounded," facing her fear, her rage, her physical suffering, and the effects of head trauma on her marriage and other relationships. Forced to reckon with her own queer mother's battle with addiction, Liontas finds echoes in their pain. Liontas weaves history, philosophy, and personal accounts to interrogate...
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Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2023]
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171 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"When university biologist Anne Marbot learns that the 19-year-old she raised as "Lucie" is a transgender man named Alex, she's overwhelmed by questions. How can this be? Who put these ideas in your head? What if you regret it? Am I overreacting? How will your grandparents react? Why didn't I see it coming? Why is this so easy for others? Am I a bigot? What does gender really mean, anyway? How can I be the parent my child needs? It soon becomes clear...
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ClassicFlix
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Three time loser Eddie has had enough of life behand bars. Determined to make good after an early parole from prison, Eddie finds devoted sweetheart Joan waiting for him. Fate then deals the now newly married couple a cruel blow when Eddie is unjustly convicted of bank robbery and murder all the while proclaiming his innocence. The couple decides on a course of action when Ediie gets a death sentence.
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[Varahonar Film Co.]
Pub. Date
[2000]
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1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Persian
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Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind in Tehran, unaware of his widowed father's intentions to disown him in order to win the hand and dowry of a local woman. Engaged to be married, the widowed man has kept Mohammad a secret from his fiancée, certain the boy's disability will destroy his only chance for happiness. With the wedding swiftly approaching, Mohammad's future hangs precariously...
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Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
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vi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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In 2019, a Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent who reported in over 150 countries, many in violent upheaval, was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor, which gave him the strength to face more personal conflicts, in this unforgettable final dispatch that reveals how facing the unknown can change our relationship to the world around us.
10) Deaf like me
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Gallaudet College Press
Pub. Date
1985
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285 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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The parents of a child born without hearing describe their efforts to reach across the barrier of silence to teach their daughter to speak and enjoy a normal life.
11) Mother, nature: a 5,000-mile journey to discover if a mother and son can survive their differences
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Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2023]
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220 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"In this poignant memoir from the New York Times bestselling author of To Shake the Sleeping Self, a forty-year-old gay man and his eccentric conservative mother travel the country together and find surprising answers to our generational and cultural rifts. When his mother, Barbara, turned seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins was reminded of a palpable, sobering truth: Our parents won't live forever. For years, he and Barbara had talked about taking a trip together,...
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Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2022]
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xii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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English
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"When my first child was identified with a hearing loss, I traveled through stages of grief and arrived at a place of acceptance. And no one should have to walk this path alone. A collection of personal heartfelt stories from my blog, My Battle Call, this book is for anyone moving through grief or difficult times hoping to find a path forward. Even when the future seems unsure, this collection of stories provides a dose of hope and encouragement....
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Publisher
Anderly Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"Senior Sociopaths is the first book to examine antisocial behavior in the over-50 crowd. This is a far bigger problem than anyone realizes. In America, 14 million people over age 50 could be diagnosed with antisocial, narcissistic, borderline or histrionic personality disorders, or psychopathy. They are not locked up in jails or mental institutions. They live among us, scamming and abusing almost everyone in their lives. This book is written for...
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Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
1995
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x, 278 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"Mother father deaf" is the phrase commonly used within the Deaf community to refer to hearing children of deaf parents. These children grow up between two cultures, the Hearing and the Deaf, forever balancing the worlds of sound and silence, as a sense of self and family forms. Paul Preston is one of these children, and in this book he takes us to the place where Deaf and Hearing cultures meet, where families like his own embody the conflicts and...
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
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223 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"A NY best-selling doctor and TikToker offers a collection of quick-read insights to help a newly diagnosed generation understand ADHD"--
"What is ADHD? Who has it? What does it tell us about our brains and how we think and act? Can it limit opportunities and connection? Does it offer cerebral superpowers? What does it mean for me? World-renowned ADHD expert, best-selling author, and TikTok sensation Dr. Edward M. Hallowell (aka Dr. Ned) reveals...
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Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
140 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"What if you stopped feeling ashamed of constantly being late or of getting so hyperfocused on a task that you drop everything else you had to do? How can you as a partner, parent, or friend better understand your neurodivergent loved one's way of moving through the world? In Dirty Laundry, life partners Rich Pink and Rox Emery unapologetically guide you through the ups and downs of life with ADHD. Every chapter starts with a common symptom of ADHD,...
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