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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise April 2018
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12 Rules for Life: an Antidote to Chaos
by Jordan B Peterson
A renowned psychologist and cultural critic discusses the importance of clear and honest thinking and offers 12 directives for living happily and keeping out the abundant chaos and nihilism in the modern, ever-changing world.
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Flipping Houses for Dummies
by Ralph R. Roberts
Provides advice on purchasing undervalued properties, fixing them up, and selling for a profit, discussing such topics as putting together a flipping strategy, securing funding, house hunting, and evaluating properties
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Everything Happens for a Reason: and other Lies I've Loved
by Kate Bowler
A divinity professor and young mother with Stage IV cancer shares her perspectives on friendship, love and death while describing her efforts to remain true to her faith in spite of impossible hardships. By the author of Blessed.
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| The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed by Temple Grandin and Richard PanekWhat it's about: Celebrated animal science professor Temple Grandin discusses how technological advancements in neuroscience have contributed to the study of autism.
Why you might like it: Grandin's clear writing style and optimistic outlook make the technical subject matter understandable even if you don't have a scientific background.
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| The Autism Revolution: Whole-Body Strategies for Making Life All It Can Be by Martha Herbert and Karen WeintraubWhat it is: an in-depth and unorthodox examination of the diagnosis and treatments of autism.
Is it for you? Renowned neurologist Martha Herbert rejects the view that autism is solely a genetically determined disorder, emphasizing the impact of environmental factors, diet, and stress on the brain.
Reviewers say: The Autism Revolution is "an important book with broader implications than its specific subject" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism by Naoki HigashidaWhat it's about: In this captivating memoir, Naoki Higashida, a man with nonverbal autism, expressively conveys the frustration of relying on a keyboard to communicate with others. Who it's for: Readers who enjoy artful and eloquent writing.
Book buzz: Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 is a follow-up to the international phenomenon The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism, which Higashida wrote as a teenager. |
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| Autism Adulthood: Strategies and Insights for a Fulfilling Life by Susan SenatorWhat it is: a straightforward guide that addresses the challenges of parenting adult children with autism.
What sets it apart: While there are plenty of resources on caring for young children with autism, books on caring for adult children with autism are more difficult to find.
You might also like: Teresa Sullivan's matter-of-fact memoir Mikey and Me, which candidly chronicles her relationship with her autistic sister. |
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| Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve SilbermanWhat it's about: Award-winning journalist Steve Silberman explores the science, history, and politics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in this thoroughly researched and authoritative guide.
Who it's for: Silberman's engaging, narrative writing style is suitable for science enthusiasts and general readers alike.
Did you know? Child psychiatrist Leo Kanner coined the term "autism" in 1943. |
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