Laurel Chiten

Twitch and Shout

Laurel Chiten

Lowell Handler, Evan Handler

They blink, they grimace, they jerk, they moan. No matter how hard they try, their bodies, minds, and voices won't do what they're told. People with Tourette Syndrome (TS) , a rare and incurable genetic disorder, are the subject of the irreverently titled Twitch and Shout, a riveting, unsettling, and frequently funny inside look at what it's like to live with this often misunderstood neurological condition. Twitch and Shout not only sheds light on the nature of this puzzling disorder, it also examines the way society all too often heaps scorn and abuse on those who stray, however involuntarily, outside the limits of conventional behavior.

Touched

Laurel Chiten

John Mack

An exploration of the alien abduction phenomena told by some of those who experience it firsthand and the psychiatrist who believes they are telling the truth.

The Jew in the Lotus

Laurel Chiten

Tells how Roger Kamenetz, author of the best-selling 1994 book by the same title, found his way back to Judaism - the tradition of his birth.