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Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After
Growing up, Chloé Hayden felt like she'd crash-landed on an alien planet where nothing made sense. Eye contact? Small talk? And why are you people so touch-oriented? She moved between 10 schools in 8 years, struggling to become a person she believed society would accept, and was eventually diagnosed with autism and ADHD. When a life-changing group of allies showed her that different did not mean less, she learned to celebrate her true voice and find her happily ever after. This is a moving, at times funny story of how it feels to be neurodivergent as well as a practical guide, with advice for living with meltdowns and shutdowns, tips for finding supportive communities and much more. Whether you're neurodivergent or supporting those who are, Different, Not Less will inspire you to create a more inclusive world where everyone feels like they belong.
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Watermark
In this brief, intense, gemlike book, equal parts extended autobiographical essay and prose poem, Joseph Brodsky turns his eye to the seductive and enigmatic city of Venice. A mosaic of forty-eight short chapters--each recalling a specific episode from one of his many visits there (Brodsky spent his winters in Venice for nearly twenty years)--Watermark associatively and brilliantly evokes one city's architectural and atmospheric character. Brodsky writes in Watermark that water "stores our reflections for when we are long gone." This reissued edition of one of Brodsky's most important titles, on the occasion of the late Nobel laureate's eightieth birthday, allows the reader to visit the canals of Brodsky's Venice and rediscover the reflection of the writer himself.
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Mid-Century Modern Designers
An homage to the design pioneers who defined the Mid-Century aesthetic through their work in furniture, glassware, ceramics and textilesMore than 50 years later, the fascination with mid-century design is stronger than ever before. Explore the popular movement's distinctive style in this A-Z guide to the 300 influential designers who helped to define it.From popular icons such as Alvar Aalto, Lina Bo Bardi, Tony Duquette, Charles & Ray Eames, Pierre Jeanneret, Florence Knoll, and Gio Ponti to the movement's lesser-known figures, the book showcases an expansive, richly illustrated portrait of Mid-Century Modernism across the globe.Detailed texts about each designer appear alongside hundreds of images of post-war designs, from furniture to glassware, lighting to textiles, ceramics to tableware, revealing the vibrant cross-pollination of ideas among the designers who defined the era's aesthetic.
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West with the Night (Warbler Classics)
In West with the Night Beryl Markham chronicles her unconventional, free-spirited girlhood in Kenya and her adventures as a rescue pilot, mail carrier, and bush pilot, scouting game for safaris all over Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. The book earned high praise upon its publication in 1942 but fell out of print and into obscurity. When it was republished in 1983 the book became an international bestseller and is now considered both a classic of its genre and a significant literary achievement. National Geographic Adventure ranks it number 8 in a list of 100 best adventure books.
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Transformer: Awakening From A Spiritual Coma - A Nick Shakoour Autobiography
WHAT IF YOU MET GOD? HOW WOULD YOU BE TRANSFORMED AFTERHAVING DOUBTED HIS EXISTENCE? BUCKLE UP AND RIDE ALONGSIDE NICK AS YOU ESCAPE CIVIL WARUPRISINGS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, FIND REFUGE IN A NEW COUNTRY, DIVE INTO A CHAOTIC ACTING CAREER, AND UNEXPECTEDLY ENCOUNTERTHE CREATOR OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!GOD IS REAL, BUT HE'S NOT WHO YOU MIGHT THINK...
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In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares
*FINALIST: Book of the Year for the 2024 CrimeCon CLUE Awards**WINNER: Gold Award for Best New Voice, Nonfiction, of the 2024 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award* *WINNER: Silver Award, True Crime, of the 2023 IPPY Book Awards*Dogged determination and DNA leads Detective Lindsey Wade and her team to the truth behind a thirty-two-year old cold case. In 1986, a young girl in Tacoma, Washington, Jennifer Bastian, went out for a bike ride in a local park and never came home. Later her body was found, mutilated and lifeless, but the case went cold, and Jennifer's killer was free.The senseless killing of an innocent girl left an indelible black cloud over Tacoma for three decades and was seared into the memory of young Lindsey Wade, also from Tacoma, who went on to become the detective who would crack the case.Horrifying crimes against women and girls motivated Wade's twenty-one-year law enforcement career and ignited her relentless pursuit of justice for victims. Journey with Detective Wade as she investigates shocking sex crimes and homicides in the Tacoma area, where she has been crucial in bringing new DNA evidence into each cold case. From serial rapists to cold-blooded killers, Wade never backs down from the challenges these investigations present--even adding Ted Bundy's DNA to the national database. At the heart of every lead and DNA test throughout the book, Lindsey's desire to find Jennifer Bastian's murderer never relents.
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When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
This riveting paperback explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra, and shines a piercing light on perceptions of powerful women today. Female rulers are a rare phenomenon--but thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, women reigned supreme. Regularly, repeatedly, and with impunity, queens like Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra controlled the totalitarian state as power-brokers and rulers. But throughout human history, women in positions of power were more often used as political pawns in male-dominated societies. Why did ancient Egypt provide women this kind of access to the highest political office? What was it about these women that allowed them to transcend patriarchal obstacles? What did Egypt gain from its liberal reliance on female leadership, and could today's world learn from its example? In this captivating narrative, celebrated Egyptologist Kara Cooney delivers a fascinating tale of female power, exploring the reasons why it has seldom been allowed through the ages--and why we should care.
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Jumping Through Hoops: Performing Gender in the Nineteenth-Century Circus
The fascinating story of how nineteenth-century circus women performed impossible feats and changed American culture.Jumping Through Hoops reveals the hidden history of early female circus performers: boundary-breaking women like Lavinia Warren, known as The Queen of Beauty; Millie-Christine McKoy, the Two-Headed Nightingale; and Patty Astley, the mother of the modern circus. These astounding female and gender-nonconforming artists wrestled snakes, performed magic tricks with electricity, and walked across waterfalls on tightropes, shattering taboos by performing in public at a time when "respectable" women were mostly confined to their homes.Betsy Golden Kellem deftly explores how major forces in the long nineteenth century combined to create the uniquely American spectacle of the traveling circus. During the transformation of the circus from scrappy "mud shows" to a major international business, these extraordinary circus women challenged contemporary ideas of femininity, creating new possibilities for women far beyond the big top.
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Stream Big: The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Screen
Told through the diverse and fascinating careers of nine streamers, this is a "timely and insightful dive into the players and politics of one of the twenty-first century's most influential modes of media" (Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine), examining how Twitch has revolutionized technology, entertainment, business, and pop culture. With 2.5 million viewers at any given moment, the streaming platform Twitch is in the lead and often well beyond mainstream networks like CNN and Fox during primetime. On Twitch, the Amazon-owned tech behemoth, the biggest personalities, like Kai Cenat, Félix "xQc" Lengyel, and Hasan "HasanAbi" Piker, can earn millions per year by firing up their internet connection and going live. Veteran technology and gaming journalist Nathan Grayson "captures the multitudes contained within Twitch while offering a captivating window into content creators' lives" (Publishers Weekly), especially those who helped make the platform into a billion-dollar global business. From Twitch's early days of rapid growth to acquisition by Amazon to the defection of creators and rival platforms, Grayson makes the radical argument that many social technology companies are far more dependent on their creators than the creators are on their platforms. Told through nine exceptional Twitch creators whose on-screen personalities helped the company grow into a powerhouse, this is the explosive and "necessary" (Mark Bergen, author of Like, Comment, Subscribe) story of when entertainment meets the internet in the era of social and video content domination.
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Diary of a Confused Educator
Diary of a Confused Educator charts the journey of Ashanti Branch-award-winning teacher, mentor and founder of the Ever Forward Club and #theMillionMask Movement-over the past two decades. When Ashanti began teaching math in Oakland high schools, he thought getting students to study pass tests would be the his biggest challenge. Instead, he discovered something deeper: a system that left too many young people feeling unseen, unheard and unsupported.This is a book about about the young men and women, and the lessons that shaped Ashanti's path from overwhelmed educator to global change maker. Through humour, compassion and vulnerability, he recounts trying to meet his students where they are-beyond the masks they wear to hide their true selves. It shows us what happens when one person dares to listen, to connect, and to believe that every young person deserves a space in which they are safe enough to discover, and be, themselves.
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Carlo Acutis: Blessed Are the Righteous
Carlo Acutis was an ordinary teenager who enjoyed soccer, computers, and video games, but he was also committed to Mass, confession, and prayer. He used his computer skills to help people understand the teachings of the Church and to teach about the Eucharist. He was beatified by Pope Francis on October 10, 2020.. Saints are real-life heroes of faith who inspire us to become more like Christ. In this series of beautifully illustrated books for early and young readers ages four to nine, these true stories come to life and connect the children of today with the virtues known as the Beatitudes, which Jesus spotlighted in his Sermon on the Mount.
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