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Dr. Jordan, a renowned psychologist with years of experience working with adults with HFASD, lists 28 fundamental social and relationship difficulties that people on the spectrum frequently suffer. These include interpreting nonverbal clues, comprehending nuanced emotions, forging enduring connections, and navigating the frequently perplexing realm of workplace dynamics. However, this audiobook is more than just a list of difficulties; it also provides a strong road map for conquering them.

Growing up on the whitewashed Central Coast in the 1980s and attending an elite school as a scholarship student from the wrong side of the tracks, Lebanese-Cypriot Simone Amelia Jordan felt like an outcast among her peers for years. Her lifeline was hip-hop, then in its golden age. From girlhood, Simone recognised the art form's pro-Black consciousness, and the rappers' resonant words inspired her to embrace her own identity and back herself.

In the chilling corridors of Perfect Skin Dermatology, an unsettling truth festers. During a visit to his dermatologist, Joe meets nurse Helen Hives, and together they are caught in a twisted web, where routine medical procedures morph into ghastly experiments. As patients vanish, then reappear as beings that only echo their true forms, Joe and Helen must navigate vast underground lairs, battle genetically modified creatures, and devise a rescue plan before it’s too late.

Sage is an ordinary girl and a werewolf, moving between worlds, desperate to make sense of her life. When her supernatural friend, Lucy, is found murdered in the human domain, she’s determined to join the investigation, led by handsome warlock, Oren Rinallis. Sage is neither magical nor immortal, but she knows right from wrong, and can scent a killer like no other – unless she and Oren kill each other first …

From a Los Angeles hospital bed, equipped with little more than a laptop and a stack of records, James “J Dilla” Yancey crafted a set of tracks that would forever change the way beatmakers viewed their artform. The songs on Donuts are not hip hop music as “hip hop music” is typically defined; they careen and crash into each other, in one moment noisy and abrasive, gorgeous and heartbreaking the next.

Practical filmmaking tips, tricks, and philosophies specific to the art and craft of directing commercials for television and the web. Filmmaker Jordan Brady has directed more than 1,000 spots and shares his insights from more than 20 years filming for advertising.

Chryseum Reformatory Academy aka the Asylum. This is where the rich send their screwed-up sons and daughters, delivering them to a prison in the Catskills of New York. The Asylum doesn’t cure. It camouflages, protecting old money from apples rotting on the family tree. They call me a psychopath, a lunatic, unhinged. But here, I am god. Now, say your prayers at the door, pet, because this is my senior year, my school, my world.

In 1765, Michael Fallon, an Irishman on the run from brutal English overlords, makes his way to Charleston, South Carolina, as an indentured servant. Bound over to Thomas Carver, a successful merchant, he quickly shows a knack for trade—and a disturbing attraction to Carver's beautiful, sensual daughter, Elizabeth. With luck and intelligence—and not without bloodshed—he rises into the rice-planting aristocracy of the Carolina Lowcountry, where a frontier spirit pulses beneath the superficial trappings of an agrarian society that is heading rapidly toward revolution.

Love isn't always pretty - especially not when you fall for a Beast. I ran like hell from the tragedy in my past. I didn't slow down, and I didn't look back. But I couldn't outrun the memories...or escape the nightmares. I came to North Carolina to be alone. Hayden Graham attracts problems like a magnet. She's a complication I don't need. This time, the mess she's in has put her life in danger. What she needs is a hero to rescue her. But I'm no knight in shining armor. I'm a wounded animal - a Beast. She tastes like Heaven. She only adds to my Hell.

Nathan Washington loved his job as a tracker, training his faithful bloodhounds. He had no idea the enigmatic woman he saved two years ago - and had not forgotten - would become part of his life again. When he learned she was in danger, he joined his friends, the Saints, to find her once again. But she was right under his nose.

Naomi Hannah has been blind since birth. Struggling with living in a small, claustrophobic town, Naomi contemplates ending her life. But then she stumbles across the body of a young woman who has been brutally murdered. She senses someone else there at the scene - watching her. Naomi may not be able to see the killer's face, but she is still the only person who can identify him. In a town this small, the murderer must be close, perhaps even before her very eyes....

Detective Matt Dixon had a scarred face earned in the line of duty and a scarred heart when his cheating fiancé left him. Quiet and surly, he was determined to not let love in again. Until he met Lily Swanson. The first woman in a year that did not focus on his scar. Tempted to know her, he thought he had lost his chance when she disappeared into the night. When he and his partner are called to investigate a murder, he finds her again.

Former Special Forces brother-in-arms now working together to provide an elite security service in the Southern city of Richland. Tony Alvarez, former Special Forces captain, now owns his own security agency. Once destroyed by loss and grief, his business is his life. Working to keep others safe, he safeguards his heart as well. Until he met her. Sherrie Mullins had been rescued by Tony a year earlier as part of a mission. But to her...he was the prince she had always wanted.

Spending New Year’s Eve with her best friend Ben is nothing out of the ordinary for Robin Sawyer; he’s someone she knows inside-out. So when she asks him what his New Years’ resolution is, his response takes her completely by surprise, leaving her breathless.... And a little curious.

Step into the ONLY audiobook designed to tackle the real, everyday challenges that highly sensitive young adults face. Backed by therapist Scarlett Jean, MSW, LCSW, this guide offers trusted insight and support.

Doer is the science-based guide to overcoming procrastination. For good! Uncover the root cause of your procrastination. Far more than a productivity hack - unlock deep insights about your psychology. Learn the skill of getting important things done. Rooted in psychology, these lessons help you develop strategies to overcome procrastination. You’ll gain practical knowledge you can put into action right away. Stop fearing your to-do list. Rather than a mounting to-do list, you’ll get evidence-based guidance to get you unstuck. Create meaningful and sustainable change. We know what doesn...

DI Macleod heads for the Black Isle as winter sets in to unravel the mystery of two lovers in a burned out bothy. With his feisty partner DC McGrath, he must unravel the connection between a family living under a cultish cloud and a radio station whose staff are being permanently retired. In the dark of winter, can Macleod shine a light on the shadowy relationships driving a killer to their murderous tasks?

Luke Costas, the Saints' resident computer guru, preferred quiet nights and burying himself in digital investigating. But he wasn't alone. A mystery cyber-contact assisted when possible, becoming more and more integrated into Luke's thoughts...and dreams. One night he discovered a woman standing in his living room. And his dream became a reality. Charlie had been on the run for months after witnessing an assassination. Tired of going it alone she turned to the one person she knew could help her unravel the horrific conspiracy of a medical organization harvesting organs for sale.

Following her turbulent divorce from her celebrity-chef ex-husband, Hannah Newsome is set on bringing about the change she knows her life needs. She’s a professionally trained chef in her own right, but the years she spent married have left her personal ambitions thrown to the wayside. When an opportunity to cook for an on-location camp of mountain loggers comes up, she can hardly find a reason not to take it. She knows that it may be a little below her skillset, but she also knows that this might just be the fresh start she’s been after.

Do you finally want to say goodbye to social anxiety and discover something that actually works for you?! If so, then this book is for you. You see, improving your social skills and confidence doesn’t have to be complicated or difficult, even if you’ve tried other solutions that haven't worked. The truth is, it’s much simpler and easier than you think. Self-help researcher and author, Jordan Platz, provides you with a step-by-step blueprint to improving your social skills and confidence without sacrificing your personality or individuality.