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Author : Jeni Decker
Release Date : 17 January 2012
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Pages : 225
ISBN 13 : 9781616084851

Ratings: 2.5

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I Wish I Were Engulfed in Flames Book Summary

The author recounts episodes from her life as a mother of two autistic children, from handling temper tantrums at home and in public to humorous anecdotes about Santa Claus, obsessions, and family life.

I Wish I Were Engulfed in Flames

Author : Jeni Decker
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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The author recounts episodes from her life as a mother of two autistic children, from handling temper tantrums at home and in public to humorous anecdotes about Santa Claus, obsessions, and family life....

A Road Back from Schizophrenia

Author : Arnhild Lauveng
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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File Size : 45,6 Mb
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A gripping memoir that challenges our perceptions and understanding of schizophrenia....

Extreme Caregiving

Author : Lisa Freitag
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Genre : Medical
Total View : 7539 Views
File Size : 44,7 Mb
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Parents who care for children with special needs, particularly those whose children have multiple disabilities or intellectual delays, are pioneers in home health care and caregiving, yet their experience and expertise are rarely recognized. This book collects parent narratives, personal experience, and academic research to portray the lives of parent ...

The Scenic Route

Author : Leigh Merryday Porch
Publisher : Penguin
Genre : Family & Relationships
Total View : 6743 Views
File Size : 49,5 Mb
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Reflections on autism, parenting, and embracing destinations unknown. In The Scenic Route, Leigh Merryday Porch offers insight into how parents of children with autism can redefine hope in a world that often has a narrow view of what hope is supposed to look like for their kids. As an educator ...

Finding Lina

Author : Helena Hjalmarsson
Publisher : Skyhorse + ORM
Genre : Family & Relationships
Total View : 9736 Views
File Size : 40,7 Mb
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A mother’s life is changed by the indomitable spirit of an autistic daughter, in this “passionate book for families with special-needs children” (Kirkus Reviews). Lina was a normal and precocious toddler—charming, chatty, and joyful—but at the age of three came the first seizure, followed, to her parents’ ...

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Author : David Sedaris
Publisher : Little, Brown
Genre : Humor
Total View : 5472 Views
File Size : 43,9 Mb
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"David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art," (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book. Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a ...

The Oasis Project

Author : Art Adkins
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Genre : Fiction
Total View : 2814 Views
File Size : 45,7 Mb
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Shirley Waterbury does not believe her family's death was accidental. She knows her father was too meticulous and too cautious and knew the sea too well to attempt to sail during an approaching hurricane, however, no one will investigate a tragedy classified as an accident. Enter Slade Lockwood, a decorated ...

Shell Shock Cinema

Author : Anton Kaes
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Genre : Art
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File Size : 41,8 Mb
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'Shell Shock Cinema' shows how classical German cinema of the Weimar Republic was haunted by the horrors of World War I & the trauma of Germany's humiliating defeat. Anton Kaes argues that even films which do not depict war reveal a wounded nation in post-traumatic shock....