Bio-Dad

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When Barry Stevens sets out to find the sperm donor who brought him into this world, various related issues are brought into focus; eugenics, profit, and what makes a family a family. When does one cross the line between wanting the best for themselves and the people they share their life with, and biological immorality?

Stevens discovers the legacy of a fertile Jewish refugee, and a clinic for women who could not have children by traditional means. He comes upon some amazing characters who help bring light to the many issues involved, and members of his own family who he did not know existed. When Stevens gathers a crowd of similarly confused, and possibly related people to join him on his hunt, the truth begins to take shape as his family tree starts to do the same.

My Kidnapper

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If your inbox read '1 New Message', and you saw the name of the man who had kidnapped you, what would you do? Filmmaker Mark Henderson had to answer this unusual question after his 2003 kidnapping by a group of Marxist guerillas in Colombia. After 5 years, Mark finally decided that he, along with 3 of his fellow captors, would go to investigate Antonio's causes and means. The only woman to suffer through the 101 day trial, Reinhilt Weigel from Germany had come home to further trials by the government who rescued her, as well as feelings of doubt and fear that were putting a halt to her life as she'd known it.

Since the event, Antonio has been able to forge a new life with a female who also participated in the kidnapping. Many questions that our protagonists find unable to ask the rebels themselves, they learn the answers to during their travels through towns they were sequestered away within. When the penalty for disturbing the status quo is death - and you made it out alive - the kidnapped learn how hard it is to hold someone responsible for not helping you gain your own freedom sooner.

The Boy With the Incredible Brain - Daniel Tammet

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A fascinating character - for most people brought to life by Rain Man in 1988 - savants are fortunate to possess amazing and unexplainable intellectual skills, but generally lack the self-awareness and communication abilities necessary to let us in on the way their brains work. Daniel Tammet has the best of both worlds, being a social and talkative young man who connects with data through a stunning numeric and visual system. Daniel's participation in testing with academic and psychological experts explains a great deal that was previously unexplored, about the brain's relationship between seeing, feeling, and equating.