Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true?Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland---throwing our understanding of these and other stories into doubt. Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world. In his first book since his #1 bestseller, David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell has written a gripping guidebook for troubled times.
Little, Brown and Company
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9780316478526
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Hardcover
Programming for Children and Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder
By Klipper, Barbara
Those who understand the unique sensitivities of young people with autism spectrum disorder, now the second most commonly diagnosed serious developmental disability, know that ordinary library programming guides are not up to the task of effectively serving these library users. Klipper has presented at conferences and trained librarians from around the country in autism awareness, and the grant-funded Sensory Storytime programming she developed at The Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut is a model for reaching children with autism spectrum disorder. Her complete programming guide, ideal for audiences ranging from preschool through school-age children, teens, and families, Provides background information on the disorder to help librarians understand how to program for this special audienceFeatures step-by-step programs from librarians across the country, adaptable for both public and school library settingsSuggests methods for securing funding and establishing partnerships with community organizationsIncludes a list of additional resources that will prove valuable to librarians and parents/caregivers alikeKlipper's deep knowledge and experience on the subject makes her guidance on serving these library users and their families invaluable.
Amer Library Assn Editions
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9780838912065
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Paperback
Simple Autism Strategies for Home and School
By Cobbe, Sarah
Offering a unique overview of a child's point of view of life with autism, this guidebook will help parents and teachers better understand how this condition is experienced in day to day life. Organised by topic for easy reference, it explores the issues that can arise in everyday situations from toilet training to homework.Learning points, situation-specific activities, and further resources offer practical guidance, while discussion tools such as original poetry illustrate the perspectives of children with autism. Concise and accessible, this book takes a creative approach to understanding autism, and will be an invaluable reference book.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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9781785924446
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Paperback
Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light
By Ellis, Helen
When Helen Ellis and her lifelong friends arrive for a reunion on the Redneck Riviera they unpack more than their suitcases: stories of husbands and kids, lost parents and lost jobs powdered onion dip and photographs you have to hold by the edges; dirty jokes and sunscreen with SPF higher than they hair-sprayed their bangs senior year, and a bad mammogram. It's a diagnosis that scares them, but could never break their bond. Because women pushing fifty won't be pushed around.In these twelve gloriously comic and moving essays, Helen Ellis dishes on married middle-age sex, sobs with a theater full of women as a psychic exorcises their sorrows, gets twenty shots of stomach bile to the neck to get rid of her double chin, and gathers up the courage to ask, "Are you there, Menopause? It's Me, Helen.
Doubleday
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9780385546157
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Hardcover
Becoming an Autism Success Story
By Lesko, Anita
Diagnosed with autism at age fifty, Anita Lesko always knew something was different -- but never let that stop her. In her incredible story, she describes how she went from an uncoordinated "misfit" kid to the successful and thriving adult she is today! Lesko shares ALL her secrets to success, including: Horse therapy to teach coordination and social skills Visualization and neuroplasticity to "rewire" the brain for success Hard work and early jobs to build skills And most importantly, patience and perseverance. Some of the highlights of Anita's life story include: Graduating college and going on to become a certified registered nurse anesthetist Getting married to her husband in an all-autism wedding Excelling as equestrian and jumping fences up to six feet tall and even flying in an F-15 fighter jet! Through the framework of her impressive life, Lesko proves that you can do anything you set your mind to -- and teaches you how to do it yourself.
Future Horizons
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9781941765975
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Paperback
Finding Meaning
By Kessler, David
In this groundbreaking new work, David Kessler - an expert on grief and the coauthor with Elisabeth Kbler-Ross of the iconic On Grief and Grieving - journeys beyond the classic five stages to discover a sixth stage: meaning.In 1969, Elisabeth Kbler Ross first identified the stages of dying in her transformative book On Death and Dying. Decades later, she and David Kessler wrote the classic On Grief and Grieving, introducing the stages of grief with the same transformative pragmatism and compassion. Now, based on hard-earned personal experiences, as well as knowledge and wisdom earned through decades of work with the grieving, Kessler introduces a critical sixth stage. Many people look for "closure" after a loss. Kessler argues that it's finding meaning beyond the stages of grief most of us are familiar with - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance - that can transform grief into a more peaceful and hopeful experience. In this book, Kessler gives readers a roadmap to remembering those who have died with more love than pain; he shows us how to move forward in a way that honors our loved ones. Kessler's insight is both professional and intensely personal. His journey with grief began when, as a child, he witnessed a mass shooting at the same time his mother was dying. For most of his life, Kessler taught physicians, nurses, counselors, police, and first responders about end of life, trauma, and grief, as well as leading talks and retreats for those experiencing grief. Despite his knowledge, his life was upended by the sudden death of his twenty-one-year-old son. How does the grief expert handle such a tragic loss He knew he had to find a way through this unexpected, devastating loss, a way that would honor his son. That, ultimately, was the sixth state of grief - meaning. In Finding Meaning, Kessler shares the insights, collective wisdom, and powerful tools that will help those experiencing loss. Finding Meaning is a necessary addition to grief literature and a vital guide to healing from tremendous loss. This is an inspiring, deeply intelligent must-read for anyone looking to journey away from suffering, through loss, and towards meaning.
Scribner
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9781501192739
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Hardcover
American Baby
By Glaser, Gabrielle
The shocking truth about postwar adoption in America, told through the bittersweet story of one teenager, the son she was forced to relinquish, and their search to find each otherDuring the Baby Boom in 1960s America, women were encouraged to stay home and raise large families, but sex and childbirth were taboo subjects. Premarital sex was common, but birth control was hard to get and abortion was illegal. In 1961, sixteen-year-old Margaret Erle fell in love and became pregnant. Her enraged family sent her to a maternity home, and after she gave birth, she wasn't even allowed her to hold her own son. Social workers threatened her with jail until she signed away her parental rights. Her son vanished, his whereabouts and new identity known only to an adoption agency that would never share the slightest detail about his fate.
Viking
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9780735224681
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Hardcover
El cuidado de su beb y nio pequeo
By Turbo, Richard
The latest edition of Caring for Your Baby and Young Child is now available in Spanish!All parents want to provide the very best care for their children. This essential resource from the most respected organization on child health is the one guide pediatricians rout
Publisher: n/a
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9781610020787
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Print book
Love Worth Making
By Snyder, Stephen
The next Mating in Captivity, this is a paradigm-shifting guide to thinking about and enjoying sex and intimacy in committed, long-term relationships, from one of the nation's top sex therapists. These are astonishing times for sex. With a click of the mouse you can learn the names for sex acts your grandparents never knew existed. But are people any happier in bed? Probably not. Research from the Kinsey Institute suggests that 25% of American women in heterosexual relationships are markedly distressed about their sex lives. There's no shortage of books these days on sex technique. But that's not what most people are interested in. What they really want is to have great sex in a committed relationship, in which case all the technical expertise in the world won't help you very much.
St. Martin's Press
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9781250113115
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A Better Man
By Ian, Black, Michael
A poignant look at boyhood, in the form of a heartfelt letter from comedian Michael Ian Black to his teenage son before he leaves for college, and a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love. "I know, I know. I tell you I love you every day," Black writes. "Multiple times a day. It's probably annoying to you that I say it so much, but I think it's important. Our reluctance as men to express love is part of what I want to talk to you about in these pages." In time for Father's Day, A Better Man is a thoughtful, witty, ambitious, and self-deprecating examination of the meaning of manhood and the "toxic masculinity" that is being blamed for so much of the violence across America today.
Talking to Strangers
By Gladwell, Malcolm
Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true?Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland---throwing our understanding of these and other stories into doubt. Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world. In his first book since his #1 bestseller, David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell has written a gripping guidebook for troubled times.
Programming for Children and Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder
By Klipper, Barbara
Those who understand the unique sensitivities of young people with autism spectrum disorder, now the second most commonly diagnosed serious developmental disability, know that ordinary library programming guides are not up to the task of effectively serving these library users. Klipper has presented at conferences and trained librarians from around the country in autism awareness, and the grant-funded Sensory Storytime programming she developed at The Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut is a model for reaching children with autism spectrum disorder. Her complete programming guide, ideal for audiences ranging from preschool through school-age children, teens, and families, Provides background information on the disorder to help librarians understand how to program for this special audienceFeatures step-by-step programs from librarians across the country, adaptable for both public and school library settingsSuggests methods for securing funding and establishing partnerships with community organizationsIncludes a list of additional resources that will prove valuable to librarians and parents/caregivers alikeKlipper's deep knowledge and experience on the subject makes her guidance on serving these library users and their families invaluable.
Simple Autism Strategies for Home and School
By Cobbe, Sarah
Offering a unique overview of a child's point of view of life with autism, this guidebook will help parents and teachers better understand how this condition is experienced in day to day life. Organised by topic for easy reference, it explores the issues that can arise in everyday situations from toilet training to homework.Learning points, situation-specific activities, and further resources offer practical guidance, while discussion tools such as original poetry illustrate the perspectives of children with autism. Concise and accessible, this book takes a creative approach to understanding autism, and will be an invaluable reference book.
Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light
By Ellis, Helen
When Helen Ellis and her lifelong friends arrive for a reunion on the Redneck Riviera they unpack more than their suitcases: stories of husbands and kids, lost parents and lost jobs powdered onion dip and photographs you have to hold by the edges; dirty jokes and sunscreen with SPF higher than they hair-sprayed their bangs senior year, and a bad mammogram. It's a diagnosis that scares them, but could never break their bond. Because women pushing fifty won't be pushed around.In these twelve gloriously comic and moving essays, Helen Ellis dishes on married middle-age sex, sobs with a theater full of women as a psychic exorcises their sorrows, gets twenty shots of stomach bile to the neck to get rid of her double chin, and gathers up the courage to ask, "Are you there, Menopause? It's Me, Helen.
Becoming an Autism Success Story
By Lesko, Anita
Diagnosed with autism at age fifty, Anita Lesko always knew something was different -- but never let that stop her. In her incredible story, she describes how she went from an uncoordinated "misfit" kid to the successful and thriving adult she is today! Lesko shares ALL her secrets to success, including: Horse therapy to teach coordination and social skills Visualization and neuroplasticity to "rewire" the brain for success Hard work and early jobs to build skills And most importantly, patience and perseverance. Some of the highlights of Anita's life story include: Graduating college and going on to become a certified registered nurse anesthetist Getting married to her husband in an all-autism wedding Excelling as equestrian and jumping fences up to six feet tall and even flying in an F-15 fighter jet! Through the framework of her impressive life, Lesko proves that you can do anything you set your mind to -- and teaches you how to do it yourself.
Finding Meaning
By Kessler, David
In this groundbreaking new work, David Kessler - an expert on grief and the coauthor with Elisabeth Kbler-Ross of the iconic On Grief and Grieving - journeys beyond the classic five stages to discover a sixth stage: meaning.In 1969, Elisabeth Kbler Ross first identified the stages of dying in her transformative book On Death and Dying. Decades later, she and David Kessler wrote the classic On Grief and Grieving, introducing the stages of grief with the same transformative pragmatism and compassion. Now, based on hard-earned personal experiences, as well as knowledge and wisdom earned through decades of work with the grieving, Kessler introduces a critical sixth stage. Many people look for "closure" after a loss. Kessler argues that it's finding meaning beyond the stages of grief most of us are familiar with - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance - that can transform grief into a more peaceful and hopeful experience. In this book, Kessler gives readers a roadmap to remembering those who have died with more love than pain; he shows us how to move forward in a way that honors our loved ones. Kessler's insight is both professional and intensely personal. His journey with grief began when, as a child, he witnessed a mass shooting at the same time his mother was dying. For most of his life, Kessler taught physicians, nurses, counselors, police, and first responders about end of life, trauma, and grief, as well as leading talks and retreats for those experiencing grief. Despite his knowledge, his life was upended by the sudden death of his twenty-one-year-old son. How does the grief expert handle such a tragic loss He knew he had to find a way through this unexpected, devastating loss, a way that would honor his son. That, ultimately, was the sixth state of grief - meaning. In Finding Meaning, Kessler shares the insights, collective wisdom, and powerful tools that will help those experiencing loss. Finding Meaning is a necessary addition to grief literature and a vital guide to healing from tremendous loss. This is an inspiring, deeply intelligent must-read for anyone looking to journey away from suffering, through loss, and towards meaning.
American Baby
By Glaser, Gabrielle
The shocking truth about postwar adoption in America, told through the bittersweet story of one teenager, the son she was forced to relinquish, and their search to find each otherDuring the Baby Boom in 1960s America, women were encouraged to stay home and raise large families, but sex and childbirth were taboo subjects. Premarital sex was common, but birth control was hard to get and abortion was illegal. In 1961, sixteen-year-old Margaret Erle fell in love and became pregnant. Her enraged family sent her to a maternity home, and after she gave birth, she wasn't even allowed her to hold her own son. Social workers threatened her with jail until she signed away her parental rights. Her son vanished, his whereabouts and new identity known only to an adoption agency that would never share the slightest detail about his fate.
El cuidado de su beb y nio pequeo
By Turbo, Richard
The latest edition of Caring for Your Baby and Young Child is now available in Spanish!All parents want to provide the very best care for their children. This essential resource from the most respected organization on child health is the one guide pediatricians rout
Love Worth Making
By Snyder, Stephen
The next Mating in Captivity, this is a paradigm-shifting guide to thinking about and enjoying sex and intimacy in committed, long-term relationships, from one of the nation's top sex therapists. These are astonishing times for sex. With a click of the mouse you can learn the names for sex acts your grandparents never knew existed. But are people any happier in bed? Probably not. Research from the Kinsey Institute suggests that 25% of American women in heterosexual relationships are markedly distressed about their sex lives. There's no shortage of books these days on sex technique. But that's not what most people are interested in. What they really want is to have great sex in a committed relationship, in which case all the technical expertise in the world won't help you very much.
A Better Man
By Ian, Black, Michael
A poignant look at boyhood, in the form of a heartfelt letter from comedian Michael Ian Black to his teenage son before he leaves for college, and a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love. "I know, I know. I tell you I love you every day," Black writes. "Multiple times a day. It's probably annoying to you that I say it so much, but I think it's important. Our reluctance as men to express love is part of what I want to talk to you about in these pages." In time for Father's Day, A Better Man is a thoughtful, witty, ambitious, and self-deprecating examination of the meaning of manhood and the "toxic masculinity" that is being blamed for so much of the violence across America today.