John Robison: 10 books
Surfing Illustrated
A Visual Guide to Wave Riding
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
Expert instruction you need to take your skills from kook to boss
Author John Robison uses hundreds of pictures-- comical, cartoon-like drawings--to clearly illustrate every aspect of surfing: wave dynamics, riding techniques, etiquette, logistics, and more. This entertaining, easy-to-understand...
Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe
carried on in the secret meetings of free masons, illuminati, and reading societies.
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2015
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Being at a friend's house in the country during some part of the summer 1795, I there saw a volume of a German periodical work, called Religions Begebenheiten, i. e. Religious Occurrences: in which there was an account of the various schisms in the Fraternity of Free...
Switched On
A Memoir of Brain Change and Emotional Awakening
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
An extraordinary memoir about the cutting-edge brain therapy that dramatically changed the life and mind of John Elder Robison, the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST
Imagine spending the first forty...
Be Different
Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian with Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
In Be Different, New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye shares a new batch of endearing stories about his childhood, adolescence, and young adult years, giving the reader a rare window into the Autistic mind.
In his bestselling memoir, Look Me in the Eye, John Elder Robison...
by John Elder Robison, Augusten Burroughs
Language: German
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Als Ausdruck seiner ehrlichen Zuneigung tätschelt er andere Kinder mit Knüppeln, grinst erleichtert, wenn ein Unbekannter stirbt und hält Halloween mit kleinen Explosionen im Vorgarten kinderfrei: Verhaltensweisen, die immer ein strenges „Schau mich an!“ seiner Eltern zur Folge...
Look Me in the Eye
My Life with Asperger's
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2007
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “As sweet and funny and sad and true and heartfelt a memoir as one could find.” —from the foreword by Augusten Burroughs
Ever since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination...
Raising Cubby
A Father and Son's Adventures with Asperger's, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosives
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
**The slyly funny, sweetly moving memoir of an unconventional dad’s relationship with his equally offbeat son—complete with fast cars, tall tales, homemade explosives, and a whole lot of fun and trouble **
John Robison was not your typical dad. Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at the age...
by John Elder Robison
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Con disarmante onestà ed acutezza John Robison sostiene che l’Asperger sia soprattutto una questione di differenze, lontane dalla mera invalidità. Il volume propone storie di vita dell’Autore al fine di fornire al lettore una finestra sulla mente degli affetti da questa sindrome. Altrettanto...
Been There. Done That. Try This!
An Aspie's Guide to Life on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
If you only buy one book to improve your life this year, make it this one.
Temple Grandin, Liane Holliday Willey, Anita Lesko, Stephen M. Shore, and many other Aspie mentors, offer their personal guidance on coping with the daily stressors that Aspies have identified as being the most significant,...
Diversifying Diplomacy
My Journey from Roxbury to Dakar
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Today, diverse women of all hues represent this country overseas. Some have called this development the “Hillary Effect.” But well before our most recent female secretary of state there was Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve in that capacity, and later Condoleezza Rice. Beginning at...