El secreto de mi turbante

The memoir of Jaycee Dugard who was kidnapped on June 10, 1991, when she was 11 years old, and was missing for over 18 years before her reappearance in 2009.

Nuala Gardner relata la historia verídica de la lucha seguida por su familia para conseguir que su hijo Dale fuera correctamente diagnosticado de autismo y recibiese el tratamiento y la escolarización adecuados.Por su experiencia como matrona y enfermera, Nuala percibe desde el principio que Dale es diferente. Al llegar su momento, el niño no rompe a hablar. Nuala observa que no mantiene contacto visual; que realiza movimientos repetitivos; que regurgita la comida; que se empeña en andar de puntillas.Nos describe el hosco silencio de Dale, su incapacidad para asimilar el lenguaje y...

Crónica sobre los desafíos a los que debió enfrentarse como profesor en colegios de Nueva York, durante treinta años.

Excerpt from Autobiography of Thomas Guthrie: And Memoir by His Sons, Rev. David K. Guthrie and Charles J. Guthrie Our first care was naturally with the Autobiography. Being unfinished and never revised, it became a question whether it should be published separately and as a frag ment, or incorporated with a completed memoir. The former was deemed the better course. For the sake of convenience, it has been broken up into chapters, and a few short notes appended but no alterations have been made in the text save such as seemed unavoidable from the circumstances, that Dr. Guthrie was prevented...