“I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.”-Temple Grandin Dr. Temple Grandin, a PHD in animal science and named in TIME... Read More

Today’s educational system attempts to insure that children who need extra help don’t “fall through the cracks.” In the past, students with mild developmental disorders went through public school with little attention paid to... Read More

Since the formation of the United States, immigrants from every part of the world have left their native countries in search of a better life in America. Memoirs filled with the pain and joy of these sometimes risky transitions bombard... Read More

Well written stories by individuals who overcome unbelievable obstacles are addictive and inspiring. These powerful memoirs help put life’s small victories and failures into perspective as they celebrate the invincibility of the human... Read More

In 1980, after eleven years of sailing around the world, Lin Pardey and her boatbuilder husband, Larry, needed time-out from the life aquatic. The couple settled in Bull Canyon, California, a rural locale that featured open spaces and... Read More

“In combat you do not live and learn,” quips World War II veteran Al Brown, “you learn and live.” Fortunately for the then-20-year-old Floridian, in 1944 Brown learned and learned quickly. Many of the soldiers he met and wrote... Read More

A cancer diagnosis changes everything: work, relationships with family and friends, one’s perspective on what makes a good or bad day. Jim Higley didn’t expect the summer after his own diagnosis and subsequent surgery to be the best... Read More

Sukree Boodram was born into a large and prosperous farming family in Guyana, West Indies. She was a happy and academically gifted child who enjoyed an uneventful early life in Guyana’s sylvan countryside. In "Breakout"’s opening... Read More