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Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language
Published: 2010-08-24
Paperback: 288 pages
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Do you cringe when a talking head pronounces “niche” as NITCH? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with “and”? Do you think British spellings are more “civilised” than the American versions? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’re m...
The Shape of the Eye: A Memoir
Published: 2013-04-18
Paperback: 336 pages
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"[An] elegantly written, unsentimental memoir."?PEOPLE MAGAZINE [PEOPLE's Pick of the Week] When Laura Estreich is born, her appearance presents a puzzle: does the shape of her eyes indicate Down syndrome, or the fact that she has a Japanese grandmother? In this powerful memoir, Geor...
My Baby Rides the Short Bus: The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities
Published: 2009-10-01
Paperback: 336 pages
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The stories in this collection provide parents of special needs kids with a dose of both laughter and reality. Featuring works by so-called alternative parents who have attempted to move away from mainstream thought, this anthology carefully considers the implications of raising children w...
The Elephant in the Playroom: Ordinary Parents Write Intimately and Honestly About Raising Kids with Special Needs
Published: 2008-02-26
Paperback: 256 pages
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A view from within the whirlwind of parenting a child with special needs Four years ago, Denise Brodey’s young son was diagnosed with a combination of special needs. As she struggled to make sense of her new, chaotic world, what she found comforted her most was talking with other pare...
Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, ... With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory [Hardcover]
Published: 2008
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Arranged Marriage: Stories
Published: 1996-05-01
Paperback: 307 pages
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Although Chitra Divakaruni's poetry has won praise and awards for many years, it is her "luminous, exquisitely crafted prose" (Ms.) that is quickly making her one of the brightest rising stars in the changing face of American literature. Arranged Marriage, her first collection of stories, ...
Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind (P.S.)
Published: 2006-04-11
Paperback: 268 pages
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After enduring years of hunger, deprivation, and devastating loss at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, ten-year-old Loung Ung became the "lucky child," the sibling chosen to accompany her eldest brother to America while her one surviving sister and two brothers remained behind. In this poignan...
The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism
Published: 2012-09-04
Paperback: 272 pages
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*A 2011 National Book Award Finalist* A spellbinding story of renunciation, conversion, and radicalism from Pulitzer Prize-finalist biographer Deborah BakerWhat drives a woman raised in a postwar New York City suburb to convert to Islam, abandon her country and Jewish faith, and embrace a...
The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities
Published: 2013-07-02
Paperback: 304 pages
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A pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur Genius Award-Winner points the way to building a new food system that can feed- and heal- communities. The son of a sharecropper, Will Allen had no intention of ever becoming a farmer himself. But after years in professional basketball and as an ex...
Read Pink Hemingway's Girl
Published: 2013-09-24
Paperback: 352 pages
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“She remembered when Hemingway had planted a banyan tree at his house and told her its parasitic roots were like human desire. At the time she’d thought it romantic. She hadn’t understood his warning.”In Depression-era Key West, Mariella Bennet, the daughter of an American fisherma...
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