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'Lost in Translation' by Nicole Mones - beautifully written, subtle and engaging. Not at all like the movie (in a good way).0
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First one was great, this started off well.The love he receives is the love that is saved0 -
The Longest Ride - Nicholas Sparks0
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1998-06-30 Minneapolis
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2025-05-03 NOLA (Jazz Fest)0 -
I want to start reading this one. It's on my Kindle and I am planning on starting it soon. Reviews have been amazing for it.
You’ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within.
Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Questions such as: “Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?” “Why do you line up your toy cars and blocks?” “Why don’t you make eye contact when you’re talking?” and “What’s the reason you jump?” (Naoki’s answer: “When I’m jumping, it’s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky.”) With disarming honesty and a generous heart, Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights—into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory—are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again.
In his introduction, bestselling novelist David Mitchell writes that Naoki’s words allowed him to feel, for the first time, as if his own autistic child was explaining what was happening in his mind. “It is no exaggeration to say that The Reason I Jump allowed me to round a corner in our relationship.” This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they’d be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond. Naoki’s book, in its beauty, truthfulness, and simplicity, is a gift to be shared.0 -
Just finished this one:
Now reading:"The stars are all connected to the brain."0 -
Another jammer just mentioned I should check out Ishmael by Daniel Quinn...so that's what I am starting todayLots of love, light and hugs to you all!0
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ShimmyMommy wrote:Another jammer just mentioned I should check out Ishmael by Daniel Quinn...so that's what I am starting todayWe were but stones your light made us stars0
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he.who.forgets wrote:ShimmyMommy wrote:Another jammer just mentioned I should check out Ishmael by Daniel Quinn...so that's what I am starting today
I hope so...I love books with interesting thingsLots of love, light and hugs to you all!0 -
Excerpts from The Social Construction of Reality by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann0
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1998 ~ Barrie
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo2014 - Detroit2019 - Chicago X 20 -
Digital Twilight wrote:Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Just ordered Kafka on the shore of Murakami. Inspired by Stone. :geek:What's your part, who you are?
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 10 -
Jnich2424 wrote:I want to start reading this one. It's on my Kindle and I am planning on starting it soon. Reviews have been amazing for it.
You’ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine.
Wow, thank you, I would definitely be into this one, have a close family member suffering from mild autism.What's your part, who you are?
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
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wasa1971 wrote:uninnocent- wrote:I started reading How to Win Friends and Influence People, but had to take a break. So I'm halfway through that.
I also cannot read any self-help books. :roll:What's your part, who you are?
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
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F Me In The Brain wrote:Up next....one from our very own:
Still need to check "Bioluminescence" in the dictionary.What's your part, who you are?
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
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http://undpress.nd.edu/book/P00504 good read .
just finished the air war over Malta which was great amazing that they had more bombs dropped on them than London and the island is smaller than London .must go there again lovely place ..0 -
Frank Edwards - 'Strange People - Strange, sub-human, Superhuman People who have baffled the World'
The Monkey girl and the alligator boy
The woman who came back from the dead
People who could see without eyes
The man who was hanged three times
The man with the radar brain
The boy who returned from the grave
The man with the burning breath
The man with four eyes
The mentalist who solved murders
The man who never slept
The elephant boy and the dog-faced boy
The man who could see through the Earth
The man who would not die
The girl who could read un-opened letters
and much, much more!0 -
ShimmyMommy wrote:he.who.forgets wrote:ShimmyMommy wrote:Another jammer just mentioned I should check out Ishmael by Daniel Quinn...so that's what I am starting today
I hope so...I love books with interesting things
I have finished it...wow...the depth of it was excellent...now off to find "My Ishmael"Lots of love, light and hugs to you all!0 -
Almost done with the last lecture.0
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