Nov 302011
 

Father’s Day: Across America with an Unusual Dad and His Extraordinary Son

Father's Day: Across America with an Unusual Dad and His Extraordinary Son

Buzz Bissinger’s twins were born three minutes—and a world—apart. Gerry, the older one, is a graduate student preparing to become a teacher. His brother Zach is a savant, challenged by serious intellectual deficits but also blessed with rare talents: an astonishing memory, a dazzling knack for navigation, and a reflexive honesty that can make him both socially awkward and surprisingly wise.

One summer, striving to understand the twenty-four-year-old son who remains, in many ways, a

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Sep 112011
 

When I Grow Up: A Young Person’s Guide to Interesting and Unusual Occupations

When I Grow Up: A Young Person's Guide to Interesting and Unusual Occupations

What do you want to be when you grow up? Consider all your options. How about being a game designer and creating computer action games similar to the ones you play? Or, if you like chocolate, you could become a chocolatier and make delectable treats. There’s even the possibility of studying fascinating bugs for a living—as an entomologist. The choices are endless. So come read about fourteen professionals and the unusual and satisfying work that they do. Maybe some of these career paths will

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