This insightful book investigates the experiences of seven women with autism as they transition from childhood to adulthood, and how they make sense of that journey. Taken from the autobiographies of women including Liane Holliday-Willey and Temple Grandin, these accounts shine a light on issues unique to women with autism. Heather Stone Wodis provides a detailed and thoughtful exploration of their

\'A moving YA book. And an important one\' - The Telegraph on Lies We Tell Ourselves What if discovering who you really are means letting go of who you\'ve

You think this is dignified? A bunch of students playing with someone\'s medical records? Why did 20th century Ireland lock up so many people? After all the scandals about Ireland\'s institutions - the industrial schools, the mother and baby homes, the Magdalene laundries - why have we still barely investigated the largest institutions of them all: the psychiatric hospitals? Today, Grangegorman is

Reveal the untapped potential of sensitive

What would it take to achieve a genuinely food-secure world--one without hunger or malnutrition, where everyone gets to consume the right quantity and quality of food to live a healthy, active, and productive life? Bringing about such a future requires transforming how our food is grown, managed, and distributed. From production to consumption, food systems must be sustainable, halting environmental

- Examines the foundational texts and principles of Hermeticism and alchemy, showing how they offer a foundation for a psycho-spiritual creative practice - Takes the reader on a Hermetic journey through each of the seven traditional planets, offering meditative discourses that speak directly to the intuitive soul - Provides examples from traditional alchemical art and the author\'s own intricate esoteric

A man tells a woman that they have met before - that they became lovers but then agreed to separate for a year. The year is now up, and he has come back for her. At first, she remembers nothing, but as he relates their past together, real or imaginary, snapshots of memory appear - and she begins to believe him. As more details begin to re-emerge from the woman\'s mind, the reader is shunted backwards

The last years of King Herod the Great\'s reign are turbulent, the public splendour of his many architectural projects belying the rotten core of his private

An unforgettable journey brings the people, customs and wildlife of 20 places around the world vividly to

Jessica Khoury brings her masterful world-building and emotional depth to this soaring fantasy series. In a world where everyone is born with wings, stone monsters prowl the skies, hunting those who dare to fly too high.In the Clandoms, everyone is born with wings, though not all the clans are treated equally. Ellie Meadows longed to become a Goldwing -- the knights who protect the people -- but because

Since the confirmation of Deng Xiaoping s policy of Opening and Reform in 1978, the People s Republic of China has undergone a liberalization of culture that has led to the production of numerous forms of avant-garde, experimental, and museum-based art. With a fast-growing international market and a thriving artistic community, contemporary Chinese art is riding a wave of prosperity, though issues

From the bestselling coauthor of Radical Beauty comes this powerful new guide on tackling shame, overcoming self-doubt, dispelling insecurities, and eating well for life. The author of the Beauty Detox series and coauthor of Radical Beauty with Deepak Chopra offers upbeat advice on how to cultivate self-compassion and keep your busy life in balance by keeping your body in balance and your emotions

This Companion is designed for upper-level undergraduates and masters students. It explores the music and contexts of Schubert\'s venerated song cycle Winterreise (1827) - twenty-four settings of poems by Wilhelm Muller depicting a solitary wanderer\'s alienation, disorientation, and despair suffered amidst a bleak, frigid

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How do you become an effective primary school teacher? What do you need to be able to do? What do you need to know?Flexible, effective and creative primary school teachers require subject knowledge, an understanding of their pupils and how they learn, a range of strategies for managing behaviour and organising environments for learning, and the ability to respond to dynamic classroom situations.The

The call to Christian discipleship is a call to adventure. Holy Habits explores the nature of that adventure through a rich mix of biblical material and inspiring stories. The nurturing role of the 10 Holy Habits of Discipleship as seen in Acts 2 is then explored. The 10 habits are: Biblical teaching Fellowship Breaking of bread Prayer Giving Service Eating together Gladness and generosity Worship

A super-rich eminent plastic surgeon, driven insane by grief over the death of his beloved mother who was the light of his life and a celebrity in her own right. Two young, pretty, innocent schoolgirls out riding their bicycles. An FBI criminal profiler assisting a hugely built Chief Superintendent, his handsome young Inspector and attractive female detective constable. These are just some of the characters

The Maamtrasna Murders of 1882--in which three men who spoke only Irish were wrongfully sentenced to death after a trial conducted fully in English--stand as one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in Irish history. In this book, Margaret Kelleher uses the Maamtransa case, notorious for its failure to interpretive and translation services to monoglot Irish speakers, as a starting point for an investigation