Lauded by autism leaders and practitioners as "relatable, insightful, joyful and inspiring," What's Not Allowed? A Family Journey with Autism" tells the tale of Erik from womb to emerging adult. Written with compassion, humor and keen observation, we are taken inside the shoes of autism and invited to link arms with the Hedley family as they nurture Erik from boy to man. Heartfelt stories highlight themes around autism support and allow us an intriguing glimpse into the mind of autism. The tales are those of any and every family living with autism; they pose questions, poke at philosophies and offer insight into shaping potential. What matters? What sculpts? What are we trying to achieve? "What's Not Allowed?" offers an uplifting "go-is-me" approach to mining the best version of each of us, autism or not.

Medusa, the Gorgon, is free—temporarily. Penned up in Tartarus, the gods—Zeus and Hera—show her mercy. Medusa is given two weeks in which to track down their wayward daughter, Eris. Transformed into a beautiful young woman, Medusa is given only one warning: not to use her powers of transforming those to stone. She agrees and adopts the name Meddy Gorgonne. In a stroke of chance, she finds lodgings with the Goldstein’s, Sam and Trudy, and tries to figure out how modern Portland works. Cars, showers, television—all are mysteries to her at first, although she adapts. Meddy is somewhat naïve about life and especially about love, as she slowly falls for Sam, a teen who is suffering from Usher’s Syndrome, a disease that will blind and deafen him in time. What is more troubling to Meddy is that her powers of turning people to stone have returned, and she is at a loss as to why. With the police slowly closing in and time running out on how to get Eris to return to Olympus, Meddy discovers that sometimes old is new, and that time-worn traditions can surmount modernity. But will they be enough for her to stay with Sam, or will she be forced to return to Tartarus for eternity?

An ex-PI looks into the world of corruption within the insurance industry. She peeks the insider views of her local and state government by her claims. The structure of this layman did not set well with the upper elite. The lesson she learns cripples her interracial marriage and sets a wall of fire against her and her White husband. This PI learns the meaning of "the blue flu," a well-established phrase that the police use within their ranks. It is a shield of closed mouths that forgets proper procedure in any case. It is a shield of cover-up that excludes the public when corruption is found. This scandal goes deep and this interracial couple suffers for opening the floodgates to political chaos. I trust the public will be educated in the process of filing insurance claims. I trust that interracial couples will be treated with respect in their dealings with insurance issues and not held back because of their skin color or preference of the one they choose to love. A true story of faith, bias, and blackballing.

A laugh-out-loud look at all the fun things grown-ups never let you do . . . now in paperback! Jenny Offill, author of 11 Experiments That Failed, describes how tough it is to be a kid, when even the (seemingly) best ideas are met with resistance. The text is short, spare, and fall-on-the-floor funny—not to mention utterly child-friendly. Here, accompanied by Nancy Carpenter's hilariously clever illustrations, is a day-in-the-life look at a kid as she torments her brother, her pet, her classmates, and, of course, her mother. The theme of this Dragonfly Book is Just for Fun.

When I was 13 years old I witnessed an accident that would change my life forever (well I thought I saw an accident). I was walking towards a grocery store near my home, in Jamaica, when I saw a truck smashed into the cook house killing many people. Well, as you know, I was only 13 years old, I got very hysterical, and I ran home screaming because of what I had just witnessed, while trying to explain to my mother what I saw. Once my mother could understand all that I was trying to explain to her about the accident, my mother and I went back to the Cook House to see what had happened with regard to this accident. However, when we got to the Cook House, where I had seen the accident happened, we found that everything was okay everything was in place - and there were no sign of an accident, nor had anyone died.