Science shows that connecting with others is the key to happiness. Jason, a 29-year-old man with Aspergers syndrome, talks about his challenges, and Dr. John Cacioppo talks about the impact of loneliness. From THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE, premiering January 4, 2010.
Walking the Line Between Good and Evil: The Common Thread of Heroes and Villains
Mythology, science fiction, and comic books are chock full of stories of heroes and their battles against the ills of society, the eternal struggle between good and evil. We are meant to view these two main characters, the Hero and the Villain, as opposites on the spectrum of ethics and morality. But are they really so different when you look at their individual traits and behaviors? Contrary to …
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TITLE AUTHOR GENRE/SUBJECT
The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood Science Fiction/Futuristic
Emma Jane Austen Historical Fiction/ Marriage
Persuasion Jane Austen Historical Fiction/Marriage
Pride & Prejudice Jane Austen Historical Fiction/Marriage
Summer Sisters Judy Blume Chic book/Family/Friendships
The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer-Bradley Arthurian Legend/Feminist
The Tortilla Curtain T.C. Boyle Cultural Differences/Immigration
The Boy in Striped Pajamas John Boyne Historical Fiction/Holocaust
The Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks Historical Fiction/Black Plague
Angels and Demons Dan Brown Adventure/History
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown Adventure/Art History
Kindred Octavia Butler African American/Science Fiction
Possession A.S. Byatt Romance/Literary Detective story
Falling Angels Tracy Chevalier Historical Fiction
The Virgin Blue Tracy Chevalier Historical Fiction
The Awakening Kate Chopin Historical Fiction
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho Allegory/Life Lessons!
The Hours Michael Cunningham Chick Book
Sister of My Heart Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Indian/Friendship/Courage
The Red Tent Anita Diamant Way chick book!
The House of Sand and Fog Andre Dubus III Cultural Differences/American
Dream gone wrong
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter Kim Edwards Details life’s mysterious turns
Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel Love story/Mexican Revolution
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides Identity/Family Relations
The Virgin Suicides Jeffrey Eugenides Teenage Angst
The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde Adventure/Mystery
White Oleander Janet Fitch Teenage Angst/Rotten Mom
Breaking Point Alex Flinn Coming of Age/Peer Pressure
Cold Mountain Charles Frazier Civil War
A Lesson Before Dying Ernest Gaines African American/Fathers &
Sons
Memoirs of A Geisha Arthur Golden Chick book/Japanese Culture
The Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory Historical Fiction/Renaissance
Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson Japanese Internment Camps
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The Curious Incident of the Mark Haddon Detective story; Autism
Dog in the Night Time
The Book of Ruth Jane Hamton Chick Book
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini Afghanistan Pre&Post Russian Occupation.
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini Violence against women;friendship
The Bone People Keri Hulme Complicated Relationships
A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving Total tear-jerker!
Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen Chick book/teen angst
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd African-American/Female power
The Mermaid Chair Sue Monk Kidd Romance/Religion
You Don’t Know Me David Klas Parent Relationships/Abuse
The Historian Elizabeth Kostova Literary Mystery/Adventure
The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri Indian Immigrant Experience
She’s Come Undone Wally Lamb Self-perception/Eating Disorders
Inexcusable Chris Lynch Truth, Lies and Responsibility
Life of Pi Yann Martel Adventure
The Road Cormac McCarthy Science Fiction/Father-Sons
Atonement Ian McEwan Family/Love Story/Psychological
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry Old West/Adventure
Beloved Toni Morrison African-American/Slavery
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison African-American/ Teen Angst
Ahab’s Wife Sena J. Nesland Feminist counterpart to Moby Dick
The Time Traveler’s Wife Audrey Niffenegger Time travel/Love Story
The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien Vietnam—What is truth?
We Were the Mulvaneys Joyce Carol Oates Family violence
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl Joyce Carol Oates Peer Pressure/Relationships
The Dante Club Matthew Pearl Mystery
In the Heart of the Sea: Nathaniel Philbrick Adventure/Shipwreck
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
The Pact Jodi Picoult Suicide/Teen angst
Salem Falls Jodi Picoult False accusations
My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult Sibling/Family relationships
The Tenth Circle Jodi Picoult Family relationships/revenge
Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult Bullying
Change of Heart Jodi Picoult Death Penalty/Religion
His Dark Materials (trilogy): Philip Pullman Series (if you like Potter…)
The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and the Amber Spyglass
The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold Teen angst/violence/revenge
The Pilot’s Wife Anita Shreve Marital relations gone wrong
East of Eden John Steinbeck Marital relations gone wrong
The Myth of You & Me Leah Stewart Friendship
The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan Japanese mother-daughter relationship
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya
Sisterhood Rebecca Wells Chick book about chicks
Little Altars Everywhere Rebecca Wells Same as above
The Book Thief Markus Zusak A child’s struggle in Germany/WWII era
She is prone to be a bit touchy sometimes and she’s always all insecure but she’s very pretty and very smart, and i’m not exactly the best pants in the drawer. The aspergers isn’t an issue for me, i just don’t know what might upset her and I need a little help with girls.
I’ve had a really tough childhood. I didn’t have that much friends during school. I had a best friend, but turned her back on me for no reason. Kids use to yell at me for not doing things right, or I do things really slow and they would tell me to hurry up! Also peer pressure. I’m always backstabbed by friends!
In this series of video clips (being uploaded today), Anthony Naiman is showing Nicholas Krishnan, a young man with autism) how to assemble, disassemble, and pack away some of Anthony’s father’s sound equipment. Many thanks to Anthony and his very caring family for being so kind to Nicholas!
Cuts spell end for special school
A north Devon special school is facing closure after the county council withdraws funding of nearly £400,000.
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Learning to drive is a daunting and stressful experience even for the calmest of individuals but much more so when you have Autism. It can also be much more important for people with Autism than for neuro-typical people as it represents the independence they often find so difficult to achieve in the rest of their lives. Many autistic people cannot cope with crowds, noisy and unreliable public transport, or even being looked at by strangers. Autistic Driving School will follow a range of young characters with autism at different stages along the journey towards learning to drive. Stories will include first lessons, new teachers, the build up to theory and practical tests and a woman who has passed her test but is too scared to drive on her own. Taking a driving test is something that everyone can relate to. It is a stressful rite of passage for all young people but even more so for autistic people with low self-confidence and poor social skills. * BBC Three * 1 x 60mins * TX: 29/04/10
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