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An essential guide to understanding autism - for autistic people and their families, friends and workmates.When Chanelle Moriah was diagnosed with autism at 21, life finally began to make sense.Hungry for information, Chanelle looked for a simple resource that could explain what autism is and how it can impact the different areas of an autistic person's life, but found that there was little written from the perspective of someone who is autistic.So ...

From the author of the bestselling I Am Autistic and This Is ADHD comes an essential resource for dyslexic people - written by someone who is dyslexicAn essential guide to understanding dyslexia — for dyslexic people and their families, friends and workmates.Dyslexia is a common condition that affects approximately one in ten people — both adults and children — but information on how to manage it is not as accessible as you might think.

A TONIGHT SHOW SUMMER READS FINALISTAn electrifying first novel from "a riveting new voice in American fiction" (George Saunders): A young woman returns to her childhood home in the American South and uncovers secrets about her father's life and deathBillie James' inheritance isn't much: a little money and a shack in the Mississippi Delta. The house once belonged to her father, a renowned black poet who died unexpectedly when Billi...

A landmark abolitionist primer on migration, sex work, policing, and the “anti-trafficking industry”—and a powerful argument about who is really leading the way toward justice: migrant sex workers themselves.In this impassioned corrective to decades of misguided, carceral approaches to migration and sex work, long-time organizers Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam deftly expose the harms of criminalization in the name of “anti-trafficking” and lift up migrant sex worke...

The Middle Dutch term schaec referred to abduction with marital intent. This book explores this phenomenon to understand wider attitudes towards marriage-making in the fifteenth-century Low Countries. Whilst exchanging words of consent was all that was required legally, making marriage was a social process that evoked public concern and familial scrutiny. Abductions embodied contrasting evaluations of what mattered when selecting a spouse and resulted in polarized trials in which ...

What does one do with a soul mate?Mattias never thought he would ever face that situation, but with the way he is around Jessica, she couldn't be anything else but his fated one.Which brings him to his little dilemma.Will he throw caution to the wind and embrace this gift the ancestors have granted him, or will he do a Trixie and run like hell?

Sometimes the friend who helps you find your way has four paws, a golden coat, and absolutely no idea how much you need him.When Chanelle begins walking a Golden Retriever named Kona in New York City, she thinks she knows what the arrangement is: she takes care of Kona. But through years of walks, adventures, unexpected encounters, and some of the hardest moments in her own life, she begins to discover that Kona may be taking care of her, too.Then the world...

Every parent knows that moment. Your child sees someone who moves differently; and the question comes. You freeze. You're not a bad parent. Nobody ever gave you the words.Bradley's Big Question is a gentle, rhyming story that shows kids what happens when they ask with kindness; and gives parents the confidence to let them. Written by Chanelle and Brennan Wimbish - a couple that lives these moments every day, from both sides. One partner uses a wheelchair. They've been the ...

What happens in the brave spaces of pedagogical partnership? This collection includes ten chapters in which faculty-student pairs, or teams, tell their own stories of partnership in various contexts, including individual undergraduate courses across the disciplines, a graduate medical school, and institution-wide programs. The colleges and universities in which these stories unfold are small and large, public and private, and research- and teaching-focused institutions situated in Aotearoa...

*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT FICTION**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING*Named a Best Book of 2017 by The San Francisco ChronicleNamed one of Electric Literature's 15 Best Short Story Collections of 2017A stunningly original debut collection about lives across history marked by violence and lon...

An engaging introduction to debating skills.Kids are used to disagreeing with rules - not that anyone ever listens. But what if there was a way of disagreeing that worked? What if kids could change adults’ minds? Welcome to debating! Here, kids follow along as two debaters on opposing sides tackle five hot-button issues. They go step-by-step through the debate process, from constructing an argument to rebutting an opponent. Then, readers get to pick a side - and they just might sur...

Darius Salisbury is the fourth son of an English Earl and the boss of his own company. But being fabulously wealthy and the heir to land and titles has its drawbacks.Darius has found that he is the target for every gold-digging woman on the planet, all desperate to land themselves the ultimate catch and live a life of unparalleled luxury.So, he hatches a plan. Throwing a Christmas masquerade ball seems like a great idea. He can remain anonymous for the entire evening and use ...