The Shape of the Eye: A Memoir
10 best books like The Shape of the Eye: A Memoir (George Estreich): Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, Flawed, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, The Once and Future King, The Library of Babel, Justice Hall, Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival, A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me, Next to Normal
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
Andrew Solomon’s startling proposition in Far from the Tree is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition—that difference is what unites us. He writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down's syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, or multiple severe disabilities;...
| Author | Cecelia Ahern |
| ISBN | 1250074118 |
You will be punished…
Celestine North lives a perfect life. She’s a model daughter and sister, she’s well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she’s dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan.
But then Celestine encounters a situation where she makes an instinctive...
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
A New York Times bestseller
Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction
A groundbreaking book that upends conventional thinking about autism and suggests a broader model for acceptance, understanding, and full participation in society for people who think differently.
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| Author | T.H. White |
| ISBN | 0441627404 |
This book terrified me, on many levels. It's 667 pages long, to begin with. It's been a while since I read a serious chunkster like that (besides Harry Potter, which somehow in my mind doesn't really count...).
Besides that, I am just not a fan of "Authur" stories, despite my deep love of the Disney...
In Borges's short story, the world consists of a gigantic library which contains every possible book that can ever be written. So, somewhere, there must logically be the book, the one that reveals the Library's secret! Unfortunately, there is no filing system, and no one has any idea of how to find the...
Hours after Holmes and Russell return from solving the murky riddle of The Moor, a bloodied but oddly familiar stranger pounds desperately on their front door, pleading for their help. When he recovers, he lays before them the story of the enigmatic Marsh Hughenfort, younger brother of the Duke of Beauville,...
Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival
| Author | Peter Stark |
| ISBN | 0062218298 |
In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Skeleton in the Zahara, Astoria is the thrilling, true-adventure tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an epic, now forgotten, three-year journey to forge an American empire on the Pacific Coast. Peter Stark offers a harrowing saga in which a band of explorers battled...
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
| Author | Flannery O'Connor |
| ISBN | 0813519772 |
A Good Man Is Hard to Find is Flannery O'Connor's most famous and most discussed story. O'Connor herself singled it out by making it the title piece of her first collection and the story she most often chose for readings or talks to students. It is an unforgettable tale, both riveting and comic, of the confrontation...
Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me
| Author | Sarah Leavitt |
| ISBN | 1551111179 |
"In this powerful memoir ... Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer's disease transformed her mother, Midge, and her family forever. In spare black-and-white drawings and clear, candid prose, Sarah shares her family's journey through a harrowing range of emotions: shock, denial, hope, anger, frustration...
| Author | Brian Yorkey |
| ISBN | 1559363703 |
Prepare for a long review, folks.
This play is utterly...staggering. Mind-boggling. AMAZING. It's honestly quite hard for me to put into words, but I'll try. The characters in this are so complex it's hard to articulate. We'll start with the main character: Diana Goodman.
Diana...
30 Days to Understanding the Bible, the innovative teach-yourself guide that's helped so many readers get more out of the Bible, just got even better! Now Max Anders' remarkable resource for Bible learning is available in a new, expanded edition, with all the features that made the original so popular...
| Author | Andrew Wyeth |
| ISBN | 0821225693 |
Why did I let this book rest on the shelf for several years before actually reading it? It's not an autobiography in the traditional sense, but I finished it feeling as if I'd actually met Wyeth. He describes his inspiration, thoughts, and techniques, as well as setting and season of a good many of his paintings....
Seamless: Understanding the Bible as One Complete Story
| Author | Angie Smith |
| ISBN | 1430032308 |
In seven sessions, Seamless covers the people, places and promises of the Bible, tying them together into the greater story of Scripture. Participants will gain an overarching understanding of the fundamental layout and meaning of God's Word. Seamless helps replace insecurity that holds participants...
This is probably my favorite poem. ❤️
Thank you Lily for telling me about this poem. I have read this poem so many times and I know all the words by heart *smiles*
I want to read more poems like this one.
Also, Joseph Morgan's voice fits perfectly this poem and it makes me want to listen...
A Survival Guide for Those Who Have Psychic Abilities and Don't Know What to Do with Them
| Author | Lisa Anne Rooney |
| ISBN | 0738756512 |
A Beginner's Guide to Understanding and Communicating with the Other Side
For many people, natural psychic abilities are more disruptive than they are helpful, and sometimes they're downright terrifying. This empowering book shares tips and techniques for learning to use your psychic...
| Author | William Stobb |
| ISBN | 0143120182 |
New from the author of Nervous Systems, winner of the National Poetry Series. William Stobb has won acclaim for wide-ranging poetry that features tender realism, jazzy dissonance, luminous descriptions, and, in the words of Donald Revell, a "strange and elegantly accomplished serenity of tensions...
| Author | Margaret Atwood |
| ISBN | 0887846297 |
The appearance of Margaret Atwood's first major collection of poetry marked the beginning of a truly outstanding career in Canadian and international letters. The voice in these poems is as witty, vulnerable, direct, and incisive as we've come to know in later works, such as Power Politics, Bodily...
Art Students League of New York on Painting: Lessons and Meditations on Mediums, Styles, and Methods
| Author | James L. Mcelhinney |
A New York Times Gift Pick: Coffee Table Books About New York
A lushly illustrated, comprehensive guide to painting in all media from the prestigious visual arts education institution Art Students League of New York.
The Art Students League of New York is America’s signature...
My Big Book of Art and Illusion
| Author | Silke Vry |
| ISBN | 3791371436 |
Children of all ages will be so utterly absorbed by this collection of artistic illusion, they might not realize they are also learning about great art. With dozens of beautiful reproductions and an engaging, informative text, this children's book is a fascinating look at artistic illusions through...
The Lucky Few: Finding God's Best in the Most Unlikely Places
| Author | Heather Avis |
| ISBN | 0310345464 |
When life looks radically different than the plan we have for ourselves, it's the lucky few that recognize God's plan is best. That's what adoptive mom Heather Avis learned, and that's the invitation of this book.
As the mother of three adopted children - two with Down syndrome - Heather Avis...
An Uncomplicated Life: A Father's Memoir of His Exceptional Daughter
| Author | Paul Daugherty |
| ISBN | 0062359940 |
A father’s exhilarating and funny love letter to his daughter with Down syndrome whose vibrant and infectious approach to life has something to teach all of us about how we can better live our own.
Jillian Daugherty was born with Down syndrome. The day they brought her home from the hospital,...
| Author | Jeannie Vanasco |
| ISBN | 1941040772 |
The night before her father dies, eighteen-year-old Jeannie Vanasco promises she will write a book for him. But this isn't the book she imagined. The Glass Eye is Jeannie's struggle to honor her father, her larger-than-life hero but also the man who named her after his daughter from a previous marriage,...
