"A lively transcontinental adventure teeming with clever humor and cross-cultural insights." -- Kirkus Reviews"...[A] hilarious and heartwarming read." -- Midwest Book ReviewWhen American Claire Craig Evans married a charming British man, there was a cost for the snappy banter and countless offers of tea: she had to uproot life as she knew it and relocate to the UK.Who wouldn't want to move to an enchanted island where mysterious women with dewy complexions made jam...

Dr. Tony Attwood and Craig Evans are proud to introduce their first book together. Previously, they brought you “Autism Hangout”, a question-and-answer style video series in which Dr. Tony directly addresses the most pressing questions of those touched by autism. Now, this unstoppable duo has refreshed these conversations and converted them into book form, creating an invaluable resource to keep helpful information present and available to the public. Th...

Whether or not to seek an official diagnosis is a key daily stressor for people with Asperger's Syndrome and this ebook is packed with advice from Aspie mentors who have all been there, done that, and offer suggestions on the pros and cons of being tested for Asperger's/HFA. Anita Lesko, Henny Kupferstein, Jeanette Purkis, and more offer guidance based on their personal experiences of seeking formal diagnosis and the ebook ends with professional analysis and recommendations from world expe...

This volume examines a multitude of characters in Matthew's gospel and provides an in-depth look at the different approaches currently employed by scholars working with literary and reader-oriented methods.Beginning with an introduction on 'the properties of character' and the several aspects involved in the creation of person, the contributors provide a close reading of numerous characters and character types in the Gospel of Matthew. Including Mary, King Herod, J...

Choosing the right career is a key daily stressor for people with Asperger's Syndrome and this ebook is packed with advice from Aspie mentors who have all been there, done that, and offer career guidance that really work. Lars Perner, Anita Lesko, Debbie Denenburg, and more offer guidance based on their personal experiences of choosing a career and the ebook ends with professional analysis and recommendations from world expert Dr. Tony Attwood.This inspirational advice comes from t...

Intimacy, dating, sex and marriage are key daily stressors for people with Asperger's Syndrome and this ebook is packed with advice from Aspie mentors who have all been there, done that, and offer suggestions for relationship strategies that really work. Jennifer Cook O'Toole, Jeanette Purkis, Richard Maguire and more offer guidance based on their personal dating and relationship experiences and the ebook ends with professional analysis and recommendations from world expert Dr. Tony Attwoo...

This Element examines technology-assisted grooming of children for sex – henceforth, online grooming – as an illegal practice of communicative manipulation and, as such, something that research within the academic field of forensic linguistics is ideally placed to help counter. The analysis draws upon online grooming datasets of different sizes and provenance, including from law enforcement, and deploys different analytic techniques from primarily discourse analysis. Three features of onli...

Meditations on grace from a biblical scholarGrace is not limited to God. If one of God's characteristics is grace, it should be one of ours also.Grace runs throughout Christian Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation. But as we read the Bible, we might miss the depth of what grace truly is and what it means for us.In What Grace Is, biblical scholar Craig A. Evans invites us to look at grace throughout the Bible, going deep in examples from the book of Genesis...

Why?By: Craig H. EvansImagine it’s the Spring of 2077 and you asked your AI to search a list of the day’s best-selling Memoirs/Biographies. At the very top is a book about a man who it was reported had done much good for the world. Your friends are talking about his story, his families and about another man whose actions brought them all much pain and suffering. What you’d be about to read is our book “Why?”, a true memoir from the future.During a long life replete ...

FOR CRAIG EVANS, INNOCENCE WAS TAKEN AS A CHILDAbandonment, physical abuse, and psychological torture swallowed his youth. Depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and agoraphobia were the result of suffering. But through surviving cancer, a new self-discipline was born; that of iron will and perseverance. Craig transformed himself from the broken pieces to find powerful courage to soar through fear, then above it.In From Shattered To Soaring...

Personal management issues such as organization and decision-making are a key daily stressor for people with Asperger's Syndrome and this ebook is packed with advice from Aspie mentors who have all been there, done that, and offer suggestions for coping strategies that really work. Mary Robison, Anita Lesko, Lars Perner and more offer guidance based on their personal experiences of coping with personal management issues and the ebook ends with professional analysis and recommendations from...

Difficulties with feeling empathy or being perceiving to have a lack of empathy is a key daily stressor for people with Asperger's Syndrome and this ebook is packed with advice from Aspie mentors who have all been there, done that, and offer strategies that really work to improve empathetic attunement. Dr. Patrick Suglia, Paul Isaacs, Anita Lesko, and more offer guidance based on their personal experiences and the ebook ends with professional analysis and recommendations from world expert ...