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John Elder Robison

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “deeply felt and often darkly funny” (People) memoir about growing up feeling different—and finally being diagnosed with autism at 40“Lean, powerful in its descriptive accuracy, and engaging in its understated humor . . . Emotionally gripping.”—Chicago TribuneEver since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an...

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John Elder Robison

The “hilarious, poignant, weird, shocking, and inspiring” (Parents) memoir of an unconventional dad’s relationship with his equally offbeat son, from the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye“[A] touching, sympathetic, and often insightful book . . . part parenting guide, part courtroom drama, part catalog of the travails and surprising joys of life with the high-functioning form of autism called Asperger’s syndr...

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John Elder Robison, Marcel Just

An extraordinary memoir about the cutting-edge brain therapy that dramatically changed the life and mind of John Elder Robison, the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the EyeNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POSTImagine spending the first forty years of your life in darkness, blind to the emotions and social signals of other people. Then imagine that someone suddenly switch...

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John Elder Robison

The New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye shares endearing stories about his childhood, adolescence, and young adult years, offering a fascinating glimpse into an autistic mind and actionable advice for others struggling to fit in.“An essential guidebook that will help all the creative, quirky, geeky, and wonderfully different kids to become successful in life.”—Temple GrandinIn his bestselling memoir,

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John Elder Robison

An experienced entrepreneur reveals how the one percent build lasting wealthMost financial advice tells you to save, invest, and wait.Getting to One Percent introduces a different approach: generating wealth through “productive property.” Think buildings, machines, businesses, tools—anything that produces value every day, whether you’re working or not.John Robison, a veteran entrepreneur, and the bestselling author of Look Me In the Eye...

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John Elder

Picking Up the Flute sets to music a former professor's musings on retirement, marriage, literature, and the natural world. From his home in historic Bristol, Vermont to Ireland's Connemara coast, travel through John Elder's exquisite topography and relish his explorations of nature, poetry, and geology.John Elder's memoir through music is permeated by his unique combination of prose and learning how to play the Irish flute. Elder revisits his time teaching at Middlebury Co...

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Under the Sign of Nature

"Set aside your Bella Tuscanys and Year in Provences for a different kind of travel book. Pilgrimage to Vallombrosa puts a walking stick in your hand and Marsh’s Man and Nature in your knapsack, exploring how Italians have managed their natural and cultural heritage in ways that sustain both. John Elder’s poetic meditations on land and life demonstrate that only by searching beyond our familiar boundaries can we discover better ways of living back at hom...

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D.D. Elder John Henry Henderson Jr.

This book focuses on the powerful prayer of Jesus found in John chapter 17, often called the High Priestly Prayer. Spoken just before the cross, this prayer reveals the heart of Jesus and His deep love for God and for all believers.The book helps readers understand what Jesus prayed for Himself, His disciples, and future followers. It explains how prayer connects believers to God and strengthens faith. Readers will learn how eternal life begins by knowing God personally and why uni...

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John Elder

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John Elder

Picking Up the Flute sets to music a former professor' s musings on retirement, marriage, literature, and the natural world. From his home in historic Bristol, Vermont to Ireland' s Connemara coast, travel through John Elder' s exquisite topography and relish his explorations of nature, poetry, and geology. John Elder' s memoir through music is permeated by his unique combination of prose and learning how to play the Irish flute. Elder revisits his time teaching at Middlebury Coll...

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John Elder Robison

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John Elder Robison

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them)—had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent evenings pickling himself in sherry. It was no wonder he gravitated to machines, whi...

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Andreas Weber

Nautilus Award Gold Medal Winner, Ecology & EnvironmentIn Matter and Desire, internationally renowned biologist and philosopher Andreas Weber rewrites ecology as a tender practice of forging relationships, of yearning for connections, and of expressing these desires through our bodies. Being alive is an erotic process—constantly transforming the self through contact with others, desiring ever more life.In clever and surprising ways, Weber recognize...

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John Elder Robison, Marcel Just

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John Elder Robison

An extraordinary memoir about the cutting-edge brain therapy that dramatically changed the life and mind of John Elder Robison, the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the EyeNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POSTImagine spending the first forty years of your life in darkness, blind to the emotions and social signals of other people. Then imagine that someone suddenly switch...