A Japanese researcher in psychology sets out to measure loneliness while drawing on her own experience of autism. A quirky boy growing up in 1950s Ottawa sows the seeds of his future Hollywood stardom. In the US, a non-verbal man explores body language, gesture by eloquent gesture, in his mother's yoga classes. Nine Minds delves into the extraordinary lives of nine neurodivergent men and women from around the globe. From a Fields Medal-winning mathematician to a murder detective, a pioneering surgeon to a bestselling novelist, each is remarkable in their field, and each is changing how the world sees those on the spectrum. Exploding the tired stereotypes of autism, Daniel Tammet - acclaimed author and an autistic savant himself - reaches across the divides of age, gender, sexuality and nationality to draw out the inner worlds of his subjects. Telling stories as richly diverse as the spectrum itself, this illuminating, life-affirming work of narrative nonfiction celebrates the power and beauty of the neurodivergent mind, and the daring freedom with which these individuals have built their lives.

‘For a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, then I began to think, and everything changed’ Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.

ข้าสู้ลิ้มรสทุกข์ทั้งแปดในโลกหล้านี้มิได้ใฝ่หาพระพุทธองค์ แต่ใฝ่หาเจ้าหลินซงจวิน จิ้งหลิน คือ เทพผู้กำจัดมารพิทักษ์คุณธรรมแต่แล้ววันหนึ่งเขากลับสังหารบิดาผู้ปกครองสามภพจนถูกสวรรค์นำกำลังล้อมปราบในขณะที่ทุกคนคิดว่าเขาดับสูญไปแล้วนั่นเองแท้ที่จริงเขากลับเร้นกายอยู่ในเรือนอย่างสันโดษกับปลาไนสีนามว่า ชางจี้ ที่ปรารถนาจะ ‘กิน’ เขาทว่าคืนวันอันสุขสงบก็คงอยู่ได้ไม่นานเมื่อศัตรูล่วงรู้ที่เร้นกายของจิ้งหลินเข้าจนเป็นเหตุให้สวรรค์ระแคะระคายและของวิเศษสำคัญหายด้วยเหตุนี้ จิ้งหลินกับชางจี้ที่กลายร่างเป็นมนุษย์จึงต้องออกเดินทาง เพื่อตามหา กระดิ่งทองแดงของวิเศษที่เกี่ยวพันถึงความทรงจำที่หายไปของทั้งสอง

The classic series, now available in a deluxe omnibus edition! The manga adaptation of the landmark animated series that changed the mecha genre. Each volume contains three of the original graphic novels and includes pages of stunning, full-color art. Once Shinji didn't care about anything; then he found people to fight for--only to learn that he couldn't protect them, or keep those he let into his heart from going away. As mankind tilts on the brink of the apocalyptic Third Impact, human feelings are fault lines leading to destruction and just maybe, redemption and rebirth. Reads R to L (Japanese style) for teen plus audiences.

Geoff Rickly’s debut novel Someone Who Isn’t Me is a feverish journey through the psyche of someone who no longer recognizes himself. When Geoff hears that a drug called ibogaine might be able to save him from his heroin addiction, he goes to a clinic in Mexico to confront the darkest and most destructive versions of himself. In this modern reimagining of the Divine Comedy, survival lurks in the darkest corners of Geoff’s brain, asking, will he make it? Can anyone?