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Recognizing Autism in Women & Girls provides the perspective needed to see how autism manifests in gendered ways allowing for a more accurate diagnosis. In addition to describing each point in the diagnostic manual to include feminine presentations, Dr. Marsh has created “Five Fictional Female Figures” who've been misdiagnosed because they also display symptoms of other similar conditions. She describes their behaviors, both obvious and hidden, from early childhood to adulthood, and demonstrates how these behaviors meet diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder.

Too many people miss out on life-changing opportunities because of a dire shortage of self-confidence. Don't let that person be you...Dealing with worry, stress, panic, fear, negative thinking, anxiety, and worry is never easy, but, fast relief is available. In Gain Confidence & Self Esteem, you're going to master the fundamental strategies for becoming the best version of yourself. How to Overcome Anxiety & Worry Through Mindfulness is an easy to follow guide to a calmer and happier life, leaving you more capable of dealing with the situations life throws at us.

Dealing with worry, stress, panic, fear, negative thinking, anxiety, and worry (to name just a few of the factors that can affect people these days) is never easy, but help is available. Michelle Galler has produced a simple, easy-to-follow, and unique guide to a calmer and happier life, leaving you more capable of dealing with the situations life throws at us.

Who knows better about developing the talents of those with autism than Temple Grandin? This updated and expanded third edition of Developing Talents considers the continuing dismal employment statistics for individuals with autism. The authors take an in-depth look at entrepreneurship and many other options.

Diane picked up her mother’s phone. “How do you feel about your mother being let out of prison today after 65 years?” the reporter asked. Diane stared at her mother. “My grandmother is alive?” That one phone call hurled shock waves throughout the entire family. 1955 - Anna Bergman Craine’s life changes in an instant when she commits a crime of passion and is sentenced to life in prison. Leaving behind two young children, she is left alone in the world, never to hear from family or friends again.

Temple offers helpful dos and don’ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her insider perspective as well as a great deal of research. Most excitingly, she argues that raising and education for kids on the autism spectrum must focus on their long-overlooked strengths to foster their unique contributions.

When an estranged couple reunites, can they rediscover what they once shared, or will unforgiveness destroy them? CPA Susan Hill can't believe her eyes. Her former fiancé is back in town, and he has a child in tow - his daughter perhaps? Could she be the reason he called off their wedding so suddenly all those years ago and left town without explanation? Writer Blake Mitchell is finally ready to face his past and pick up the shattered pieces his sudden departure caused. He's been raising his little sister on his own and wants the only woman he's ever loved back in his life. 

Kayla Langmoore saw her life at the end of a hangman’s rope. Until fate, or providence, stepped in, taking the form of a Coleman. The same Coleman she was there to rob. Instead of swinging from a tree, the owner of the ranch allows her to work for him with one promise: Stay away from Ben. 

Claire Martin's life is perfect, or at least she tells herself it is. She owns a successful clothing boutique, has a steady, dependable boyfriend, and a beautiful grown daughter who is about to be married. Sure, Claire's husband of 20 years left her for a younger woman four years ago, but that is all in the past. Now, Claire is looking forward to her daughter's Bahama wedding and spending a week in paradise. The only thing Claire dreads is her ex-husband and his wife will also be on the island. Claire is determined to make the best of it, though.

Carly Stevens loves to have fun, but her carefree lifestyle has finally caught up with her. Broke and in debt, she heads to Montana to spend the summer with her sister, Andi Brennan, at the Brennan ranch. Her sister agrees she can stay on two conditions - she works to pay down her debt and changes her wild-girl ways. Reluctantly, Carly agrees, but it isn't long before she breaks her promise and finds herself in a bind, and Randy comes to her rescue. Carly begins to see the "crusty old cowboy" in a different light.

Katherine’s story begins with tragedies, but God touched her heart at a crusade and led her to Uganda as a missionary to the children. Leaving her prestigious job and home, she went to a land of mud huts and polluted water. In the midst of sickness and poverty, she loved and cared for the orphans of the war-torn country as she faced witch doctors and Muslim agitators. Katherine shares her life story to help us know we can all make a difference - if only we let God.... 

Veterinarian Pete Harding doesn't date single moms. After showing up to a blind date to find he left before she arrived, Keira is reminded why she doesn't date. She had true love once, but a tragic accident ripped him from her and their son, who is now four and only wants a puppy for Christmas this year. Although off limits since she is a single mom, Pete determines to help Keira find the perfect puppy for her son. Keira wonders about Pete. He says he doesn't date women with children, yet she can't help but notice he behaves like a man who has more on mind than finding a puppy.

Andi Stevens drives away from her home town of Seattle to begin a new life with her fiancé in Buffalo, New York. When her car breaks down in the mountains of Montana, she knocks on the door of a cabin for help. What she finds is Luke Brennan, the most handsome man she's ever met. Andi quickly falls in love with the ranch and the beauty of Montana. And no matter how hard they fight it, she and the brooding cowboy form a bond that becomes stronger by the day.

Are you thinking about getting a new boxer puppy? Or, have you recently rescued a dog that is part or full boxer? The Complete Guide to Boxer Dogs is your go-to guide for everything you need to know to prepare to successful raise and train a happy, healthy boxer from puppy to old age. If you have never been around a boxer, you will be amazed at the number of noises that they make. In fact, once you master boxer language, chances are that you will have many conversations with your new best friend.

Teresa O'Kane had always longed to see the world. She owned scads of travel books and maps and was about to buy yet another bookcase to hold the many Lonely Planet guides and travel essays that she had accumulated over the years when she turned to her husband and said, "I'm tired of storing our dreams. Let's live them!" Within a month, they bought one-way tickets to Morocco, leased out their home, and set out on a journey of the African continent top to bottom from Casablanca to Cape Town.

Still haunted by her brother's disappearance and the high-profile murder trial that gripped the nation, New York homicide detective Kara Walker deals with survivor's guilt by tracking down killers. But as the anniversary of her brothers abduction approaches, Kara receives news of her mother's death and is drawn back to her rural hometown in the Olympic Peninsula to tie up loose ends. She soon makes a shocking discovery that brings into question the facts surrounding her brother's case, her mother's obsession, and the man who pled not guilty.

There's nothing that 17-year-old Kallie Grande-White hungers for more than to be a famous model like her mother - except maybe actually food. But that's a small inconvenience, especially with the Model Middle America reality show holding auditions for the Next Top Heartland Teen Heartthrob Model right in Kallie's hometown. Nothing's going to stand in Kallie's way as she claws her way to the top. But when Kallie downs half a dozen of her PhD-in-nuclear-nanotechnology grandmother's radioactive doughnuts in a momentary fit of rage, everything changes - starting with her own body!

The only thing worse than a used car salesman showing up on your doorstep is finding one dead. After a scandalous divorce, Elise returns from the big city to her southern home town only to trip over the body of the town playboy. He leaves behind a heap of trouble that includes missing money, missing pets, and mourning lovers, and the suspects just keep piling up.

Temple Grandin is the most famous person with autism in the world. Whether you know her from the HBO movie Temple Grandin, her decades of work in the meat and cattle industry, or her unmatched contribution to the autism world, surely you know a thing or two about Temple. Well, prepare to meet a whole new side of her! Temple's close friend and author, Anita Lesko, conducts personal and unique interviews.

Maggie Harrison is a devoted wife and mother, until one day, without planning to, she drives away, leaving behind her indifferent husband and two sulking teenagers. Maggie goes off on a quest of self-exploration, enjoying adventures, meeting new people, and rediscovering her passions. For the first time in years, she dreams of what she wants out of life, and realizes that her deteriorating marriage can no longer continue as it is. Can she and Andrew repair their broken relationship, or is their marriage over?