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1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon
Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year. 'Outstanding...a stunningly good read' Observer. 'Mark Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally dissociated ...
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2. Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Mind
by Daniel Tammet
Daniel Tammet captivated readers with his bestselling memoir, Born On A Blue Day, and its vivid depiction of a life with autistic savant syndrome. In ... More
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3. Born on a Blue Day
by Daniel Tammet
'I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, becasue the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the ... More
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4. Blackstock's Collection: The Drawings of an Artistic Savant
by Gregory L Blackstock, Darold A Treffert, M.D. (Foreword by), Karen Light-Pina (Introduction by)
Modern life is an ever-accelerating barrage of people, buildings, vehicles, creatures, and things. How much can a curious mind take in? And what can ... More
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5. Islands of Genius: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired, and Sudden Savant
by Daniel A Treffert, Daniel Tammet (Foreword by)
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6. Fragments
by James F David
They are called "idiot savants", mentally and emotionally challenged individuals, each of whom posses an amazing gift. Daphne is a piano virtuoso. ... More
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7. Strip Search
by William Bernhardt
Returning to the suspenseful terrain of his acclaimed Las Vegas cop adventure "Dark Eye," Bernhardt reunites the unique detective team of Susan ... More
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8. Runt
by Niall Griffiths
On leaving school a sixteen-year-old boy goes to live with his uncle on a remote Welsh hill-farm. His aunt has recently committed suicide after ... More
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9. The Music of Light: The Extraordinary Story of Hikari and Kenzaburo Oe
by Lindsley Cameron
The fascinating story of Hikari Oe, the brain-damaged son who inspired the Nobel Prize-winning work of novelist Kenzaburo Oe--acclaimed author of ... More
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10. Jonathan Lerman: The Drawings of a Boy with Autism
by Lyle Rexer, Caren Lerman (Afterword by), Jonathan Lerman
Lerman, a young artists with autism, seized the attention of the art world at the 2002 Outsider Art Fair. This selection of 50 drawings, with text by ... More
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11. The Marvelous Adventures of Pierre Baptiste: Father and Mother, First and Last
by Patricia Eakins, Donald Treadgold
List of all editionsThe first-person narrative of a savant slave, Patricia Eakins's The Marvelous Adventures of Pierre Baptiste is one of the most imaginative novels in ... More
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12. Extraordinary People: Understanding "Idiot Savants"
by Darold A Treffert, M.D.
The world's foremost expert on the amazing phenomenon of the Savant Syndrome describes this exceedingly rare condition in which persons with severe ... More
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14. The Mind of a Savant: Language, Learning and Modularity
by Neilson Voyne Smith, Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli
Savants are people who are mentally and often physically impaired but who have one dazzling talent. Cases of savants, like Christopher who is ... More
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15. Autism and Talent
by Francesca Happe (Editor), Uta Frith (Editor)
"Originating from a theme issue first published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences."
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16. Musical Savants: Exceptional Skill in the Mentally Retarded
by Leon K Miller, Ron Miller, Sr.
List of all editionsUsing the case study of "Eddie" as his framework, Professor Miller challenges the prevailing notion that musical savants are essentially phenomenal ... More
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18. The Signs of a Savant: Language Against the Odds
by Gary Morgan, Neil Smith, Ianthi Tsimpli
Every once in a while nature gives us insight into the human condition by providing us with a unique case whose special properties illuminate the ... More
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19. The Soul of Autism: Looking Beyond Labels to Unveil Spiritual Secrets of the Heart Savants (Easyread Large Edition)
by William Stillman
In "Autism and the God Connection," Stillman presented extraordinary accounts of spiritual giftedness in autistic children and adults, persons often ... More
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