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John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label "social deviant." No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent evenings drunk. No wonder he gravitated to machines, which could be counted on. His savant-like ability to visualize electronic circuits landed him a gig with KISS, for whom he created their legendary fire-breathing...
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Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2016]
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xxii, 296 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"When John Elder Robison published Look Me in the Eye, his darkly funny bestselling memoir about growing up with Asperger's Syndrome, he was launched into international prominence as an autism expert. But in spite of his success, he still struggled to decode the secret language of social interactions, and often felt like a misfit who understood car engines better than people. So when a group of Harvard neuroscientists told John about TMS (Transcranial...
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In his bestselling memoir, Look Me in the Eye, the author described growing up with Asperger's syndrome at a time when the diagnosis didn't exist. He was intelligent but socially isolated; his talents won him jobs with toy makers and rock bands but did little to endear him to authority figures and classmates, who were put off by his inclination to blurt out non sequiturs and avoid eye contact. By the time he was diagnosed at age forty, he had already...
5) Raising Cubby: a father and son's adventures with Asperger's, trains, tractors, and high explosives
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English
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"The slyly funny, sweetly moving memoir of an unconventional dad's relationship with his equally offbeat son--complete with fast cars, tall tales, homemade explosives, and a whole lot of fun and trouble Misfit, truant, delinquent. John Robison was never a model child, and he wasn't a model dad either. Diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at the age of forty, he approached fatherhood as a series of logic puzzles and practical jokes. When his son,...
7) Blues verité
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Publisher
[s.n.]
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
8) Kidz bop 14
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Publisher
Razor & Tie Records
Pub. Date
2008
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1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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English
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Tells the story of black, eleven-year old Pecola Breedlove. She prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blonde, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigolds in the Breedloves' garden do not bloom, Pecola's life changes in painful, devastating ways.
10) Papa ain't salty
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Publisher
Blue Orchid
Pub. Date
pc2005
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2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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This lecture's case involves an illness that's been around for millennia but which many of today's physicians have never seen. It involves a 10-year-old boy suffering from a rash that doesn't bother him, red-appearing eyes, and a cough. And the true culprit is one that could easily have been prevented.
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Responding to what he calls the culture of the Big Me, David Brooks challenges us, and himself, to rebalance the scales between our 2résumé virtues3 achieving wealth, fame, and status; and our 2eulogy virtues3 kindness, bravery, honesty, and faithfulness. Looking to the world's great thinkers and inpsiring leaders, he explores how through internal struggle and a sense of their own limitations, they built a strong inner character. With wisdom,...
13) The Eyes of Me
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MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2009.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (72 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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An extraordinary look at four blind teenagers. The parallel stories of two freshmen and two seniors unfold over the course of one dynamic year at the Texas School for the Blind in Austin. Distilled from over 250 hours of footage, this experiential documentary captures a textured portrait of its characters' lives. Nominated for a **News & Documentary Emmy Award** for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Graphic Design and Art Direction. Official Selection...
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English
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Since its first publication in 1995, Lies My Teacher Told Me has become one of the most important--and successful--history books of our time. Having sold nearly two million copies, the book also won an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship and was heralded on the front page of the New York Times in the summer of 2006. For this new edition, Loewen has added a new preface that shows how inadequate...
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One hot summer's day, John Cole decides to leave his life behind. He shuts up the bookshop no one ever comes to and drives out of London. When his car breaks down and he becomes lost on an isolated road, he goes looking for help, and stumbles into the grounds of a grand but dilapidated house. Its residents welcome him with open arms - but there's more to this strange community than meets the eye. They all know him by name, they've prepared a room...
17) W is for wasted
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English
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" Of the #1 New York Times-bestselling Kinsey Millhone series, NPR said, "Makes me wish there were more than 26 letters." Two dead bodies changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I'd never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue. The first was a local PI of suspect reputation. He'd been gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. It looked like a robbery gone bad. The other was on the beach six weeks later. He'd...
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"In every life there is a turning point...For Michael Stirling, London's most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton. After a lifetime of chasing women...he took one look at Francesca Bridgerton and fell so fast and hard into love it was a wonder he managed to remain standing...Now Michael is the earl and Francesca is free, but still she thinks of him as nothing other than her dear friend and confidant"--...
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"Until Camryn Neff can return to her 'real' life in Chicago, she's in Wishing Tree to care for her twin sisters. She's not looking for forever love, not here. But handsome hotelier Jake Crane is a temptation she can't resist, so she suggests they pair up for the season. No golden rings, no broken hearts. At his side, she sees her hometown through Christmas-colored eyes. The cheer is cheerier, the joy more joyful. She thought she had put her future...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file)
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English
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The art of self acceptance... Most females and an inceasing number of males dislike their bodies. Most have one or more body parts from thighs to eyes, or ears to rears they would like to change. Mass media teach that looking good and being happy go together. This video counters by showing viewers how to "accept your individual skeleton," focus on positive, and respect your body. Viewers watch a cast of characters struggle with the myth of the perfect...
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