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Born On A Blue Day

Inside The Extraordinary Mind Of An Autistic Savant

BY DANIEL TAMMET
Daniel Tammet has severe autism but can live an independent life. He sees numbers as shapes, colors, and textures, and he can perform extraordinary calculations in his head, speak new languages fluently, from scratch, in a week. In 2004, he memorized and recited more than 22,000 digits of pi, setting a record. He has savant syndrome, an extremely rare condition that gives him the most unimaginable mental powers, much like those portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the film Rain Man.

Free Press 2007 256 PP. Paper

$15.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Bringing God Home

Exploring Family Spirituality - Php 362

BY MARY KAY REHARD
The L'Arche and Taize communities have influenced Quaker Mary Kay Rehard in her vocation as mother and religious educator. In this pamphlet, she writes of those influences and the insights and practices that help create healthy family environments and nurture the spirituality of children and their parents.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2002 39 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Connection Parenting

Parenting Through Connection Instead Of Coercion, Through Love Instead Of Fear

BY PAM LEO
"Connection Parenting" is based on author Pam Leo's seven week parenting series, "Meeting the Needs of Children," that she has been teaching for over sixteen years. The premise is that a strong parent-child bond is the key to children's optimal human development and our most effective parenting tool. "Grounded in field-tested experience for three decades, Pam's illuminating insights into the components of creating and preserving the sacred bond between parent and child picks up where basic attachment parenting and Continuum Concept recommendations end. This readable book offers practical, compassionate parenting tools..." - Lisa Reagan

Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing 2007 216 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Just Moms

Conveying Justice In An Unjust World

COMPILED BY MELANIE SPRINGER MOCK, REBEKAH SCHNEITER
Conveying the principles and the practice of justice to young children is no small task.In this poignant, honest, and sometimes witty collection of stories, 27 mostly Quaker women share their adventures and misadventures modeling social-justice principles for their children and communities. Just Moms is about moms bending their own rules and redefining success as they work to raise kids who value peace, equality, truth, simplicity, and love. Just Moms is about finding hope in what looks like a perfect mess.

Barclay Press 2011 204 PP. Paper

$20.00 (in stock)

Living With Oneself And Others

Working Papers On Aspects Of Family Life

BY NEW ENGLAND YEARLY MEETING MINISTRY & COUNSEL
Discussion, queries, and advices on marriage, family life, separation, divorce, remarriage, and living without a partner. Awaiting a reprint as of December 2007.

New England Yearly Meeting 2001 76 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

Not Even Wrong

A Father's Journey Into The Lost History Of Autism

BY PAUL COLLINS
In Not Even Wrong, Paul Collins melds a memoir of his son's autism with a journey into this realm of permanent outsiders. Examining forgotten geniuses and obscure medical archives, and beginning to see why he himself has spent a lifetime researching talented eccentrics, Collins shows how these stories are relevant and even necessary to shed light on autism.

Bloomsbury 2005 256 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Sexuality

A Part Of Wholeness

BY ELIZABETH WATSON
Questions and recommendations by a gifted Friend, for thoughtful consideration by inviduals and meetings. Searching proposals address our relationships with each other. Recommended to overseers.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1983 25 PP. Paper

$3.00 (in stock)

Unstrange Minds

Remapping The World Of Autism

BY ROY GRINKER
This global exploration of autism by an award-winning scientist-and father of an autistic child-shows that an apparent "epidemic" signals surprising new promise for better diagnosis and treatment.

Basic Books 2008 352 PP. Paper

$15.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Family Life