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"This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It's also my love letter to autistic people. For too long, we have been forced to navigate a world where all the road signs are written in another language."--
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"A celebrated veterinary behaviorist describes the practice of One Medicine, which hinges on the belief that humans and other animals have minds that work the same way, experience similar emotions and share the same neurochemistry,"--NoveList.
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"Chrissie is eight years old and she has a secret: she has just killed a boy. The feeling of it made her belly fizz like soda pop. Across her neighborhood, Chrissie's playmates and their parents are tearful and terrified. But Chrissie rules the roost - she's the best at wall-walking, she knows how to get free candy, and now she has a secret, thrilling power she doesn't get to experience much at home, where food is scarce and attention scarcer. Twenty...
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Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1997.
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English
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Dr. Nicholas Dodman reveals the fascinating, and often frustrating, and certainly most independent, animal companions, and shows how we can coexist peacefully with even the stubbornest of cats. This book shows how minor adjustments in diet, exercise regimen, and environment can effect dramatic breakthroughs in resolving almost any feline problem.
10) Your child: what every parent needs to know about childhood development from birth to preadolescence
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
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Parkstone International
Pub. Date
2012
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Español
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¿Fumar?, ¿por qué?, ¿para qué? ¡Miles de personas fallecen cada año por su adicción al tabaco! ¡Recupere el placer de no fumar! Abandonar la adicción es el objetivo a conseguir, debido a que esto lleva implícito la recuperación de la salud, además de otras muchas cosas. En estas páginas le ofrecemos mecanismos sencillos para que lo consiga sólo con el esfuerzo estrictamente necesario. No le marearemos con técnicas y consejos, sino...
16) Finding Robert
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Square One Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"Diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder in the early 1990s, Robert Stevens was an exceptionally intelligent child who could not function in a mainstream environment. Under a psychiatrist's care, and on several powerful medications, his parents did not know whether they were seeing their son or the results of the medications he was taking. Desperate, the Stevens...
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Ballantine Pub. Group
Pub. Date
1999.
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English
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As tragedies in Oregon, Arkansas, and Colorado have shown, children as young as eight years old are capable of murder and violence. Experts ranging from law enforcement officials to guidance counselors are confused and conflicted about how to approach this tragic phenomenon. Best-selling novelist Jonathan Kellerman returns to his roots as a scientist and child psychologist to dissect a problem that is attacking our society: dangerous children who,...
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The Atlantic Monthly Press
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English
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When Ghosts from the Nursery was published in 1997, it was lauded for providing scientific evidence that violence can originate in the womb and become entrenced in a child's brain by preschool. This revised edition continues to shift the conversation among parents and policy makers toward more preventative measures, incorporating significant advances in the field of neurobiological research over the past decade.
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After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed "The Angel of Death" by the media. But Cullen was no mercy killer, nor was he a simple monster. He was a favorite son, husband, beloved father, best friend, and celebrated caregiver. Implicated in the deaths of as many as 300 patients, he was also perhaps the most prolific serial killer in American history. Cullen's murderous career in the world's most trusted profession...
