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Margaret Rooke - Creative, Successful, Dyslexic: 23 High Achievers Share Their Stories - 9781785920608 - V9781785920608
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Creative, Successful, Dyslexic: 23 High Achievers Share Their Stories

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Description for Creative, Successful, Dyslexic: 23 High Achievers Share Their Stories Paperback. Life with dyslexia can be challenging, but it can also fuel your creativity and drive. Filled with first-person stories contributed by well-known people, from Eddie Izzard to Darcey Bussell CBE, this inspiring book proves that dyslexia doesn't have to be a barrier to success. Editor(s): Rooke, Margaret. Num Pages: 256 pages, 46 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BK; BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
23 very well-known people from the arts, sport, and business worlds talk about how dyslexia affected their childhood, how they were able to overcome the challenges and use the special strengths of dyslexia to achieve great success in adulthood. Darcey Bussell CBE, Eddie Izzard, Sir Richard Branson, Meg Mathews, Zoe Wanamaker CBE, Richard Rogers, Benjamin Zephaniah, Steven Naismith, Lynda La Plante CBE, Sir Jackie Stewart OBE, Sophie Conran and others share their stories, and their advice. All reveal the enormous difficulties they faced, the strength required to overcome them, the crucial importance of adult support, and how ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785920608
SKU
V9781785920608
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Margaret Rooke
Margaret Rooke has 20 years' experience as a writer on national newspapers, magazines and regional newspapers. She has been a columnist for the Saturday Telegraph Magazine, Contributing Editor for Options magazine and Senior Feature Writer at Woman's Own. She has also previously written three books with Dr Mike Smith when he was BBC Radio 2 medical expert. Dyslexia is a ... Read more

Reviews for Creative, Successful, Dyslexic: 23 High Achievers Share Their Stories
This is an enlightening read...I have read this with a number of pupils with dyslexia, secondary school age, all of whom have either listened to it as it was read, or who have read it with minimal support...each individual was inspired in their own way and it has certainly helped them to look beyond the difficulties they currently experience, to ... Read more

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