Bøger af Luke Jackson

Drawing from his own experiences and gaining information from his teenage brother and sisters, Luke Jackson wrote this enlightening, honest and witty book in an attempt to address difficult topics such as bullying, friendships, when and how to tell others about AS, school problems, dating and relationships, and morality.

A collection of poems of various quality, drunkenly dredged from the depths of a depressed mind.

Trek - Diary of a drifting man, is a personal account of a walking journey that spans five hundred kilometres. An entirely true story, Trek intends on capturing the struggles of a significant feat of endurance, whilst also showing the way in which people can be truly kind to strangers.Sunstroke, broken bones and exhaustion, this short account should keep your interest from cover to cover.

Armstrong TX is not on the main rodeo circuit, which explains how a beatup bronc rider like Larry Miller was able to wangle an invitation, all expenses paid. He didn't last out the ten seconds of his first ride but ended in the infirmary where he met Martha Daniels who has short hair, slim hips, and a mouth that tastes like peaches. He met her again at the Longhorn Dance Hall, where she invited him to go with her to church that Sunday. But when he showed up at her door, the only one home was her thirteen-year old son Tim, all arms and legs and the common sense of a month-old spaniel. While searching for Martha, Larry must continue to compete in the rodeo, keep Tim out of misadventures, fight off the advances of two nymphomaniac housewives, and break up a drug distribution ring. Unfortunately, Artie Daniels, Martha's ex-husband, doesn't pay for the dope he buys or return the money he borrows to pay for it. Threats come from every direction, but Larry does make one important new friend, Lionel, a 6' 3" 250 pound enforcer for a loan shark. More important, he finds a way to come to grips with his own aging body and his need for a new career.

n 1873, when Reuben Lee arrived in the Wyoming Territory by train from Philadelphia, tired, hungry and virtually penniless, he had no idea that in a few short weeks he would be called "The Gunfighter." In his own mind, Reuben was a failure. While his brother lay a hero on the field at Gettysburg, Reuben had spent the war years adding endless columns of figures. The small amount he embezzled barely bought him a coach class ticket to Morgan City WY. And in Morgan City, Reuben found clean white shirts and high starched collars were no substitute for calloused hands and a pair of sturdy work boots. Ollie Swenson gave him a job, grudgingly. But then Ollie had begrudged everyone and everything since his wife died. Selling otherwise worthless land to Ollie and his group of Swedish immigrants had seemed a good idea to Pontius Morgan at the time, but now their fences were ruining "his" grazing land. He offered to buy them out for ten cents on the dollar, and when they wouldn't sell, he turned to other methods.

Spying for the Confederacy, Jean-Pierre Mercier, a bilingual McGill student, survives the Battle of Baltimore to join the correspondents who have flocked to Washington to report on the forthcoming War Between the States. A balloon ride brings him to Bull Run. Appalled by the carnage among the green troops, he follows a Confederate deserter into the hills of Kentucky where he meets the young Protestant girl who will later become his wife. Resuming his mission, he spys on the Union troops at Mill Run and Shiloh, then travels down the Mississippi to New Orleans and then across the Southern States by train. Captured at Chancellorsville, he is sent to the Federal prison at Point Lookout. Once he is free, he heads for home, riding to New York with a trainload of draft protestors. The man who returns to Montreal, hardened by travel, war, and the constant need to live by his wits, is far different from the boy who left.

Accompanied by his faithful Morgan, Reuben Lee finds the hidden village of the Havasupai where two white women are held captive. Reuben instantly falls in love with Helen, the golden-haired teen-age daughter. Reuben persuades Helen to escape accompanied by her friend Spring Morning. The Havasupai chase the trio up to the canyon's rim and through the forest. Helen's childishness brings the threesome close to calamity time after time, but is offset by Spring Morning's courage and maturity. They reach the town of Sojourn where Reuben must compete for Helen's attention with a horde of single men. But the Havasupai attack and destroy the town. Reuben and the girls live off the land avoiding the Apache. Approaching a burnt-out wagon train to see if they can aid the survivors, they narrowly avoid a group of bandits robbing the corpses. Soon Reuben discovers that the town of Hostler's Rest is not what it seems and that Spring Morning is the woman he has loved all along.

Luke Jackson serves up a sparkling guide to young adulthood on the autism spectrum in this sequel to his best-selling Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome. Offering personal insights, he covers everything from bullying and drugs to finding a job, navigating relationships, and sex. A must read for all young adults with autism.

This illustrated collection of Luke Jackson's insightful and often poignant poems offers a glimpse of the emotional and visual sensibilities of people on the autism spectrum in their adolescent years - perhaps the most challenging time for anyone with Asperger Syndrome (AS).

What is the GF/CF diet? Does it work? What's it like to go on it? In this user guide to the gluten and casein free diet, Luke Jackson, who is 12 years old and has Asperger Syndrome, tells you everything you need to know - both good and bad.