NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 9, 2007
"Transcends the disability-memoir genre."
NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2001
"A valuable addition to the growing literature on this neurological condition."
This insightful memoir by the mother of a boy with a high-functioning form of autism includes a history of the disorder, a look at present-day activists, and psychological profiles of well-known people the author believes were autistic.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 21, 1995
"Readers may come to Sacks's work as voyeurs, but they will leave it with new and profound respect for the endless labyrinth of the human mind."
In seven case histories, Sacks (The Man Who Mistook His Wife Fora Hat, 1985, etc.) once again presents the bizarre both clinically and lyrically, challenging assumptions about the landscape of human reality.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 9, 2004
"Still, this opens a window into the world of autism to provide an unforgettable view."
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 8, 2009
"A lucid, sweetly sentimental testament to growing up different."
Pulitzer Prize–winning music critic Page (Journalism and Music/Univ. of Southern California) reflects on his bizarre childhood and the late Asperger's diagnosis that brought a certain measure of clarity to his memories.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2007
"The view from inside this little-understood disorder offers both cold comfort and real hope, which makes it an exceptionally useful contribution to the literature."
Affecting, on occasion surprisingly comic memoir about growing up with Asperger's syndrome.
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