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Autism Heroes

Portraits of Families Meeting the Challenge

Barbara Firestone, Ph.D.
Photographs by Joe Buissink

"Few have the combination of compassion, rigorous knowledge, passion for the field, and accomplishments in helping literally thousands of children with autism spectrum disorders as does Barbara Firestone. She is also an extraordinary listener, and a great observer of people, making her perspectives and collection of family stories coupled with Joe Buissink's photography extremely rich, inspiring, and instructive."
Michael O'Hanlon
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Parent of a Child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder

Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-837-5, 240pp, 2007, £19.99, $34.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

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Dasha's Journal

Dasha's Journal

A Cat Reflects on Life, Catness and Autism

T.O. Daria

'A heartwarming book providing insights into how autistic persons perceive and interact with the world as only a cat can. As Dasha "meows" about her human members of the family we learn how autism is a different, rather than a disordered way of being. This book is a delightful and informative read.'
- Stephen M. Shore, EdD, Executive Director of Autism Spectrum Disorder Consulting, Board of Directors for the Autism Society of America and the Asperger's Association of New England

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-586-2, 176pp, 2008, £12.99, $17.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs, Psychology

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Families of Adults with Autism

Families of Adults with Autism

Stories and Advice for the Next Generation

Edited by Jane Johnson and Anne Van Rensselaer

Families of Adults with Autism is a collection of real-life stories of people on the autism spectrum growing up, as told by their parents and siblings.
The individual accounts explore the challenges that families of people with autism have faced, and the techniques they have used to improve the quality of their children's lives, from mega-doses of vitamins and dietary changes to intensive interaction. The contributors also relate how they have worked with their children or siblings to help them to function at their highest possible level, be it showing an awareness of their environment, holding down a full-time job in a local store, competing in the Special Olympics, or achieving international recognition as an artist.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-885-6, 192pp, 2008, £13.99, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Counselling, Disability, Fiction & Memoirs

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Malpas the Dragon

Malpas the Dragon

Ann Cattanach
Illustrated by Michael Renouf

Malpas the dragon flew all around the world, breathing fire, screaming, moaning and farting. He made everybody afraid.
Malpas was treated badly by his parents. They taught him to be a very rude, angry dragon, but this meant that he was also unloved and lonely. Every day he cried stone tears that he sent to his only friend, Haley. But Haley knew the tears were special. She gave them as gifts to lonely children to help warm their hearts.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-572-5, 28pp, 2007, £8.99, $13.95

Categories: Counselling, Fiction & Memoirs, Working with Children and Families

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My dearest Birdie

My dearest Birdie

Letters to Australia 1874 to 1886

Richard Gowlland and Jessie Gowlland
Edited by Juliet Phillips
Edited by Richard Joscelyne

In February 1874, Jack Gowlland RN, newly promoted to the rank of Commander, and his sister Celia left England to travel across the Continent to Brindisi. From there they sailed via the newly opened Suez Canal to Australia. Celia never returned to England. Jack drowned surveying Sydney Harbour within months of his return to his post as head of the New South Wales Hydrographical Survey, and Celia married one of his closest friends within a year.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-635-7, 2007, £12.99, $22.95

Category: Fiction & Memoirs

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A Will of His Own

A Will of His Own

Reflections on Parenting a Child with Autism - Revised Edition

Kelly Harland

"Kelly Harland's wonderfully clear, unsentimental and yet moving account of her daily struggles with Will brings a whole new perspective to our understanding [of autism]. Her descriptions of the continually changing hopes and aspirations that she and her husband have for him will have echoes for every parent, especially those of children affected by this complex, multi-faceted condition."

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-869-6, 160pp, 2007, £12.99, $18.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

All Fiction & Memoirs titles in alphabetical order

Adam's Alternative Sports Day

An Asperger Story

Jude Welton

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-300-4, 112pp, 2004, £9.95, $14.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

ADD and Me

Forty Years in a Fog

Ken Patterson

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-777-4, 240pp, 2004, £12.95, $18.95

Categories: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Fiction & Memoirs

The Adventures of the Little Tin Tortoise

A Self-Esteem Story with Activities for Teachers, Parents and Carers

Deborah M. Plummer

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-406-3, 92pp, 2005, £17.99, $29.95

Categories: Educational Psychology, Fiction & Memoirs, Self Esteem

Allergy Busters

A Story for Children with Autism or Related Spectrum Disorders Struggling with Allergies

Kathleen A. Chara and Paul J. Chara, Jr.
With Karston J. Chara
Illustrated by J.M. Berns

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-782-8, 64pp, 2004, £7.95, $12.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Alone Together

Making an Asperger Marriage Work

Katrin Bentley

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-537-4, 128pp, 2007, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Counselling, Fiction & Memoirs

Alzheimer

A Journey Together

Federica Caracciolo

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-408-7, 112pp, 2005, £8.99, $14.95

Categories: Dementia, Fiction & Memoirs

Anne Droyd and Century Lodge

Will Hadcroft

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-282-3, 288pp, 2004, £9.95, $15.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Asparagus Dreams

Jessica Peers

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-164-2, 224pp, 2003, £12.95, $23.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Asperger Syndrome - A Love Story

Sarah Hendrickx and Keith Newton

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-540-4, 144pp, 2007, £12.99, $18.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Counselling, Fiction & Memoirs

Asperger's Syndrome and High Achievement

Some Very Remarkable People

Ioan James

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-388-2, 224pp, 2005, £13.99, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs, Psychology

ASPoetry

Illustrated poems from an Aspie Life

Wendy Lawson
Illustrated by Alice Blaes Calder

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-418-6, 128pp, 2006, £9.99, $14.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

At Home in the Land of Oz

Autism, My Sister, and Me

Anne Clinard Barnhill

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-859-7, 224pp, 2007, £13.99, $17.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Autism Heroes

Portraits of Families Meeting the Challenge

Barbara Firestone, Ph.D.
Photographs by Joe Buissink

Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-837-5, 240pp, 2007, £19.99, $34.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Baj and the Word Launcher

Space Age Asperger Adventures in Communication

Pamela Victor

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-830-6, 112pp, 2006, £9.99, $14.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

A Blessing and a Curse

Autism and Me

Caiseal Mór

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-573-2, 208pp, 2007, £12.99, $18.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Blue Bottle Mystery

An Asperger Adventure

Kathy Hoopmann

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-978-3, 96pp, 2000, £7.95, $12.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs, Special Education

Breaking Autism's Barriers

A Father's Story

Bill Davis as told to Wendy Goldband Schunick

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-979-0, 400pp, 2001, £13.95, $20.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Bringing Up a Challenging Child at Home

When Love is Not Enough

Jane Gregory

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-874-8, 192pp, 2000, £13.95, $25.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Buster and the Amazing Daisy

Nancy Ogaz

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-721-7, 112pp, 2002, £8.95, $13.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Congratulations! It's Asperger Syndrome

Jen Birch

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-112-3, 288pp, 2003, £17.99, $39.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Crystalline Lifetime

Fragments of Asperger Syndrome

Luke Jackson

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-443-8, 80pp, 2006, £9.99, $14.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Dancing with Dementia

My Story of Living Positively with Dementia

Christine Bryden

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-332-5, 208pp, 2005, £13.99, $19.95

Categories: Counselling, Dementia, Fiction & Memoirs, Practical Theology

Dasha's Journal

A Cat Reflects on Life, Catness and Autism

T.O. Daria

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-586-2, 176pp, 2008, £12.99, $17.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs, Psychology

David's Secret Soccer Goals

Caroline Levine

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-772-9, 40pp, 2004, £6.95, $9.95

Categories: Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Fiction & Memoirs

Different Croaks for Different Folks

All About Children with Special Learning Needs

Midori Ochiai
Illustrated by Hiroko Fujiwara
Translated by Esther Sanders

Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-392-9, 96pp, 2005, £12.99, $17.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Fiction & Memoirs, Special Education, Working with Children and Families

A Different Kind of Boy

A Father's Memoir About Raising a Gifted Child with Autism

Daniel Mont

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-715-6, 224pp, 2001, £12.95, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Eating an Artichoke

A Mother's Perspective on Asperger Syndrome

Echo R. Fling

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-711-6, 240pp, 2000, £13.95, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Elijah's Cup

A Family's Journey into the Community and Culture of High-functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome (Revised edition)

Valerie Paradiž

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-802-3, 240pp, 2005, £12.95, $16.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Everyday Heaven

Journeys Beyond the Stereotypes of Autism

Donna Williams

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-211-3, 176pp, 2004, £12.95, $18.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Families of Adults with Autism

Stories and Advice for the Next Generation

Edited by Jane Johnson and Anne Van Rensselaer

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-885-6, 192pp, 2008, £13.99, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Counselling, Disability, Fiction & Memoirs

Finding a Different Kind of Normal

Misadventures with Asperger Syndrome

Jeanette Purkis

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-416-2, 192pp, 2006, £12.99, $18.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs, Working with Offenders

Fragile Success

Ten Autistic Children, Childhood to Adulthood
2nd edition

Virginia Walker Sperry, M.A.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-955-4, 304pp, 2001, £16.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome

A User Guide to Adolescence

Luke Jackson

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-098-0, 224pp, 2002, £12.95, $17.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Goodbye, Mr. Wonderful

Alcoholism, Addiction and Early Recovery

Chris McCully

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-265-6, 256pp, 2004, £13.95, $22.95

Categories: Fiction & Memoirs, Mental Health

Growing Up Severely Autistic

They Call Me Gabriel

Kate Rankin

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-891-5, 176pp, 2000, £12.95, $23.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Haze

Kathy Hoopmann

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-072-0, 160pp, 2003, £9.95, $14.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

I'm not Naughty - I'm Autistic

Jodi's Journey

Jean Shaw

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-105-5, 128pp, 2002, £11.99, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Karina Has Down Syndrome

One Family's Account of the Early Years with a Child who has Special Needs

Cheryl Rogers and Gun Dolva

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-820-5, 120pp, 1999, £9.95, $19.95

Categories: Fiction & Memoirs, Intellectual Disabilities

Laughter and Tears

A Family's Journey to Understanding the Autism Spectrum

Ann Hewetson

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-331-8, 224pp, 2005, £12.95, $19.95

Categories: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Learning to Live with Huntington's Disease

One Family's Story

Sandy Sulaiman

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-487-2, 176pp, 2007, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Counselling, Disability, Fiction & Memoirs

Life Behind Glass

A Personal Account of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Wendy Lawson

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-911-0, 128pp, 2000, £13.95, $20.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

A Life Well Lived

Maxwell Jones - A Memoir

Dennie Briggs

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-740-8, 208pp, 2002, £16.95, $32.95

Categories: Fiction & Memoirs, Psychiatry

Like Colour to the Blind

Soul Searching and Soul Finding

Donna Williams

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-720-8, 340pp, 1998, £15.99, $26.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Lisa and the Lacemaker

An Asperger Adventure

Kathy Hoopmann

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-071-3, 128pp, 2002, £7.95, $12.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Living with Emetophobia

Coping with Extreme Fear of Vomiting

Nicolette Heaton-Harris

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-536-7, 160pp, 2007, £12.99, $17.95

Categories: Fiction & Memoirs, Mental Health, Psychiatry and Psychology

Loving Mr Spock

Understanding an Aloof Lover - Could it be Asperger's Syndrome?

Barbara Jacobs

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-472-8, 240pp, 2006, £12.99

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Lucy's Story

Autism and Other Adventures

Lucy Blackman

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-042-3, 288pp, 2001, £16.99, $29.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Making Sense of the Unfeasible

My Life Journey with Asperger Syndrome

Marc Fleisher

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-165-9, 160pp, 2003, £12.95, $23.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Malpas the Dragon

Ann Cattanach
Illustrated by Michael Renouf

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-572-5, 28pp, 2007, £8.99, $13.95

Categories: Counselling, Fiction & Memoirs, Working with Children and Families

Marching to a Different Tune

Diary About an ADHD Boy

Jacky Fletcher

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-810-6, 128pp, 1999, £11.99, $19.95

Categories: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Fiction & Memoirs

My dearest Birdie

Letters to Australia 1874 to 1886

Richard Gowlland and Jessie Gowlland
Edited by Juliet Phillips
Edited by Richard Joscelyne

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-635-7, 2007, £12.99, $22.95

Category: Fiction & Memoirs

My Son Fred – Living with Autism

How Could You Manage? I Couldn't. I Did It Anyway

Maud Deckmar
Translated by Ewa Wulkan

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-312-7, 224pp, 2004, £12.95, $18.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Natural Genius

The Gifts of Asperger's Syndrome

Susan Rubinyi

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-784-2, 120pp, 2006, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Nobody Nowhere

A music CD

Donna Williams

Compact Disc, ISBN: 978-1-85302-899-1, 2000, £12.95 + VAT = £15.22, $22.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Nobody Nowhere

The Remarkable Autobiography of an Autistic Girl

Donna Williams

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-718-5, 224pp, 1998, £12.95, $18.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Not Just Anything

A Collection of Thoughts on Paper

Donna Williams

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-228-1, 144pp, 2004, £8.95, $13.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Of Mice and Aliens

An Asperger Adventure

Kathy Hoopmann

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-007-2, 76pp, 2001, £7.95, $12.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Passionate Medicine

Making the transition from conventional medicine to homeopathy

Edited by Robin Shohet

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-298-4, 192pp, 2005, £9.95, $28.95

Categories: Fiction & Memoirs, Health Care

Pretending to be Normal

Living with Asperger's Syndrome

Liane Holliday Willey

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-749-9, 176pp, 1999, £12.95, $17.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Relative Grief

Parents and children, sisters and brothers, husbands, wives and partners, grandparents and grandchildren talk about their experience of death and grieving

Clare Jenkins and Judy Merry

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-257-1, 208pp, 2005, £12.95, $19.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Fiction & Memoirs

Running with Walker

A Memoir

Robert Hughes

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-755-2, 240pp, 2003, £12.95, $17.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Snapshots of Autism

A Family Album

Jennifer Overton

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-723-1, 224pp, 2003, £12.95, $18.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Somebody Somewhere

Breaking Free from the World of Autism

Donna Williams

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-719-2, 240pp, 1998, £12.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Special Stories for Disability Awareness

Stories and Activities for Teachers, Parents and Professionals

Mal Leicester
Illustrated by Taryn Shrigley-Wightman

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-390-5, 160pp, 2006, £17.99, $29.95

Categories: Disability, Education, Fiction & Memoirs, Self Esteem, Working with Children and Families

Succeeding with Autism

Hear my Voice

Judith H. Cohen

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-793-4, 224pp, 2005, £13.95, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Sunbathing in the Rain

A Cheerful Book on Depression

Gwyneth Lewis

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-505-3, 224pp, 2006, $14.95

Categories: Fiction & Memoirs, Mental Health

That's Life with Autism

Tales and Tips for Families with Autism

Edited by Donna Satterlee Ross and Kelly Ann Jolly

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-829-0, 208pp, 2006, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

A Thorn in My Pocket

Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story

Eustacia Cutler

Hardback, ISBN: 9781932565164, 228pp, 2005, £15.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

A Toss of the Dice

Stories from a Pediatrician's Practice

Natasha T. Hays

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-788-0, 176pp, 2004, £12.95, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs, Parenting, Psychology

Touch and Go Joe

An Adolescent's Experience of OCD

Joe Wells

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-391-2, 128pp, 2006, £9.99, $14.95

Categories: Fiction & Memoirs, Mental Health, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Psychiatry and Psychology

Trevor Trevor

Diane Twachtman-Cullen

Paperback, ISBN: 9780966652901, 41pp, 2003, £9.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Voices from the Spectrum

Parents, Grandparents, Siblings, People with Autism, and Professionals Share Their Wisdom

Edited by Cindy N. Ariel and Robert A. Naseef

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-786-6, 272pp, 2005, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Washing My Life Away

Surviving Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Ruth Deane

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-333-2, 96pp, 2005, £11.95, $17.95

Categories: Fiction & Memoirs, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Occupational Therapy, Psychiatry

A Will of His Own

Reflections on Parenting a Child with Autism - Revised Edition

Kelly Harland

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-869-6, 160pp, 2007, £12.99, $18.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Wishing On the Midnight Star

My Asperger Brother

Nancy Ogaz

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-757-6, 144pp, 2003, £8.95, $13.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs

Wounded Bird of Paradise

Mary Essinger

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-256-4, 144pp, 2004, £9.95, $15.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Fiction & Memoirs


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