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The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success

2015-05-12T20:37:00Z

Written By: Kevin Dutton
Publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Reprint edition

In this engrossing journey into the lives of psychopaths and their infamously crafty behaviors, the renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton reveals that there is a scale of "madness" along which we all sit. Incorporating the latest advances in brain scanning and neuroscience, Dutton demonstrates that the brilliant neurosurgeon who lacks empathy has more in common with a Ted Bundy who kills for pleasure than we may wish to admit, and that a mugger in a dimly lit parking lot may well, in fact, have the same nerveless poise as a titan of industry.

Dutton argues that there are indeed "functional psychopaths" among us--different from their murderous counterparts--who use their detached, unflinching, and charismatic personalities to succeed in mainstream society, and that shockingly, in some fields, the more "psychopathic" people are, the more likely they are to succeed. Dutton deconstructs this often misunderstood diagnosis through bold on-the-ground reporting and original scientific research as he mingles with the criminally insane in a high-security ward, shares a drink with one of the world's most successful con artists, and undergoes transcranial magnetic stimulation to discover firsthand exactly how it feels to see through the eyes of a psychopath.

As Dutton develops his theory that we all possess psychopathic tendencies, he puts forward the argument that society as a whole is more psychopathic than ever: after all, psychopaths tend to be fearless, confident, charming, ruthless, and focused--qualities that are tailor-made for success in the twenty-first century. Provocative at every turn, The Wisdom of Psychopaths is a riveting adventure that reveals that it's our much-maligned dark side that often conceals the trump cards of success.

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The Difficult Child: Expanded and Revised Edition

2015-04-21T19:02:00Z

Written By: Stanley Turecki (Author), Leslie Tonner (Author)
Publisher: Bantam; 2 Revised edition

How to help--and cope with--the difficult child.

Expanded and completely revised, the classic and definitive work on parenting hard-to-raise children with new sections on ADHD and the latest medications for childhood disorders.

Temperamentally difficult children can confuse and upset even experienced parents and teachers. They often act defiant, stubborn, loud, aggressive, or hyperactive. They can also be clingy, shy, whiny, picky, and impossible at bedtime, mealtimes, and in public places. This landmark book has been completely revised to include the latest information on ADHD, medications, and a reassuring approach to all aspects of childhood behavioral disorders.

In this parenting classic, Dr. Stanley Turecki, one of the nation's most respected experts on children and discipline--and himself the father of a once difficult child--offers compassionate and practical advice to parents of hard-to-raise children. Based on his experience with thousands of families in the highly successful Difficult Children Program he developed for Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, his step-by-step approach shows you how to:
Identify your child's temperament using a ten-point test to pinpoint specific difficulties

Manage common--often "uncontrollable"--conflict situations expertly and gently
Make discipline more effective and get better results with less punishment
Get support from schools, doctors, professionals, and support groups
Understand ADHD and other common diagnoses, and decide if medication is right for your child
Make the most of the tremendous potential and creativity that many "difficult" children have

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Living a Rich Life as a Stay-at-Home Mom: How to Build a Secure Financial Foundation for You and Your Children

2015-03-12T07:00:00Z

Written By: Anita Fowler (Author), Karen Jensen (Author), Lela Richardson (Editor)
Publisher: Kindle Edition and now in paperback!

With the rising costs of living, stretching the paycheck seems to be getting harder and harder. "Living a Rich Life as a Stay-at-Home Mom," outlines clear, simple, and effective strategies that make financial management easier.

Here is an interview Dr. Laura conducted with the two authors:

1. Aside from real or imagined financial necessity, why do you think so many mothers don't see their importance as stay-at-home moms?
Anita: Mainstream media has launched a full-scale attack on the stay-at-home mom. We rarely watch a TV show or hear anything widely read or listened to that is supportive of stay-at-home moms. That's why so many mothers don't see their importance as stay-at-home moms.
Karen: There is no career path, no fame, no fortune that is worth sacrificing the well-being of your children. But sadly, society gives very little honor to the vital role of a mother raising her children.

2. In your opinion, why are so many men today eager to have their wives work, when in the not-so-distant past, men took pride in providing for their families?
Anita: Today's men have been told that women can and should be expected to do everything they do. They've grown up being inundated with messages that glorified a woman who can seemingly do everything. As a result, many husbands see the responsibility of providing for family as equal for both partners.
Karen: Men feel that if their wife has a job, they won't have to worry as much. Having two incomes allows more flexibility to spend money on things you want instead of just the necessities. Also, women themselves are to blame. Many women don't allow their man to step up and take his role as provider.

3. What are the most typical budgeting mistakes families make?
Karen: The first mistake is to not have a budget. You have to have a plan for how you will control your money or else your money will start controlling you. The second is going into consumer debt. You can never be financially stable when you spend more than you make.The third is the incorrect assumption that having more money will solve financial problems. If a family has an overspending problem, more money will only lead to more overspending. Learning to live within your means, being content to have the essentials, waiting until you can afford something before you buy it...these are the answers that will solve financial difficulties.
Anita: Also, many families do not prioritize savings and retirement.

4. What resistance have you experienced with respect to your book's message?
Anita and Karen: So far we haven't seen much resistance at all. Most people have been very supportive and helpful. Our most common comment is that the book is applicable to everyone, not just stay-at-home moms.

5. What did you learn writing this wonderful book?
Anita: We learned that the most important thing is family. We learned that money and fame are not our goals. Instead, we want to share something we believe is very important - how to make a SAHM situation work financially for every family, even in tough economic times.
Karen: We also learned about different types of investments, different ways to budget and good ways to help children build credit scores. Mostly, however, we learned what a huge undertaking it is to write a book!

6. What do you now wish you had included that isn't in the book?
Karen: We covered the financial aspects of it quite well, but perhaps we would include more about the stay-at-home aspects of it. The importance of a mother's influence on her children cannot be overstated.
Anita: We also would have added more practical ideas for how stay-at-home moms can spend quality time with their families doing things that are meaningful, but not expensive.

7. What is the most difficulty YOU'VE experienced being stay-at-home-moms?
Anita and Karen: Pregnancy, newborns, nursing, sleep deprivation, mundane tasks, sick kids, and (for Anita) post-partum depression. Being a stay-at-home mom is BY FAR the most difficult job we've had. But the rewards of the work are BY FAR the greatest!

8. What is your advice for mothers who get nothing but negativity from friends or family for becoming stay-at-home-moms?
Anita and Karen: Combat their negativity with positive reasons why you do what you do. Share the meaningful moments. If they don't support you in your decision, that's their problem, not yours. Let them go. You'll find new friends who will support you.

9. What are the most frequent questions you're asked by stay-at-home "wannabes?"
Anita: How can we afford for me to stay home?
Karen: That's why we wrote the book, "Living a Rich Life as a Stay-at-Home Mom." Our heartfelt desire is that anyone who really wants to make it work as a stay-at-home mom can make it work by reading and implementing the principles taught in our book.

10. In your opinion, what do you see as the benefits for a woman to be a stay-at-home-mom?
Anita and Karen: We want to be with our children as much as possible while we have them. We want to be the ones to teach them new things and see all their firsts. We want to be there when they come home from school, excited to show us the art projects they made that day. Soon enough they will grow up and leave. Soon enough we will have time to pursue a career if that's what we decide to do. For now, we love the job of being our kids' mom. There is nothing in this world more important to us than our children, and we want to make sure they know that.

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Counterclockwise: My Year of Hypnosis, Hormones, Dark Chocolate, and Other Adventures in the World of Anti-aging

2015-01-19T16:57:00Z

Written By: Lauren Kessler

From the Press Release
Book Description:
In this age of lunchtime lifts, wrinkle-erasing injections, furrow fillers, and lip plumpers, there's no question that anyone who aims to look younger easily can. But Lauren Kessler wants something more than to follow the cosmetic path to youthfulness. She wants to live with energy, stamina, vitality, resilience, and health for a very, very long time. Her goal: to reverse her biological age from the inside out.

Guided by both intense curiosity and healthy skepticism, a sense of adventure and a sense of humor, Kessler sets out to discover just what's required to prolong those healthy, vital, and productive years called the "health span." In her yearlong journey, Kessler investigates and fully immerses herself in the hope and hype of the anti-aging movement. In a voice that speaks to every woman who feels her date of birth and sense of self have little in common, Kessler explores her own fears, attitudes, and assumptions about aging. Counterclockwise is a thoughtful, hilarious, and informative tale of what’s really possible when you get serious about taking charge of how well and how quickly you age.

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The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander

2015-01-13T17:05:00Z

Written By: Barbara Coloroso

From the Press Release
Book Description:
It's the deadliest combination going: bullies who terrorize, bullied kids who are afraid to tell, bystanders who watch, and adults who see the incidents as a normal part of childhood. All it takes to understand that this is a recipe for tragedy is a glance at headlines across the country. In this updated edition of The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander, which includes a new section on cyberbullying, one of the world's most trusted parenting educators gives parents, caregivers, educators—and most of all, kids—the tools to break the cycle of violence.

Drawing on her decades of work with troubled youth, and her wide experience in the areas of conflict resolution and reconciliatory justice, Barbara Coloroso explains:

The three kinds of bullying, and the differences between boy and girl bullies
Four abilities that protect your child from succumbing to bullyingSeven steps to take if your child is a bully
How to help the bullied child heal and how to effectively discipline the bully
How to evaluate a school's antibullying policy
And much more

This compassionate and practical guide has become the groundbreaking reference on the subject of bullying

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A Christmas Carol

2014-12-15T17:41:00Z

Written By: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Alcazar AudioWorks

From the Press Release
Book Description:

Charles Dickens' 1843 Christmas masterpiece tells the tale of the spiritual redemption of a man who has lost his humanity. The iconic miser, Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas and rejects all his opportunities to celebrate. He has no compassion for those less fortunate than himself and is cruel to everyone.

On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by ghosts. The first is his only friend, Marley, who warns him to change his ways. Scrooge is then visited by three Christmas ghosts who try their very best to scare Scrooge straight. Scrooge's transformation is the embodiment of the Christmas spirit and his story a tradition for nearly two hundred years.

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The Gift of the Magi

2014-12-09T21:59:00Z

Written By: O. Henry
Publisher: Thought Audio

From the Press Release
Book Description:

This is a short story about a poor, young, married couple who both sell their most prized possession in order to purchase a holiday gift for the other. A lesson in sacrifice and the true meaning of giving is beautifully told in this classic tale with a heart wrenching ending.

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The Art of Raising a Puppy

2014-12-01T15:00:00Z

Written By: The Monks of New Skete
Publisher: HighBridge Company

From the Press Release
Book Description:

The Monks of New Skete have been involved in every facet of dog care for over 25 years: breeding and raising German Shepherds, training dogs of all breeds, and counseling dog owners on the many aspects of life with their dogs. What sets their program apart is the monks' compassion, respect, affection, and understanding of canine behavior and how they incorporate that into their training.

In The Art of Raising a Puppy-over 250,000 books sold since 1991-the brothers tell you everything you need to know about the crucial first months with your new best friend, from the decision to adopt a pup through the process of finding a dog breeder, preparing for your pup's arrival, succeeding at house-training and preliminary obedience exercises, and building the foundations of training. This is an essential source of wisdom, information, and inspiration for anyone who has a puppy or is considering bringing one home.

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Children, Parents, Lollipops: Tales of Pediatrics

2014-11-25T22:12:00Z

Written By: Vladimir A. Tsesis
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

From the Press Release
Book Description:
"Children universally take it for granted that their parents love them and will never abandon them. Children need not only food, water, and shelter but also a loving family to provide these things to them. Dealing with a child not only as a patient but also as a person helps a pediatrician become a part of the flowing river of life with its constant stories, the content and complexity of which are many times more fantastic and thrilling than the most sophisticated science-fiction novel."' (from Children, Parents, Lollipops: Tales of Pediatrics)

This is a poignant look at the life of a primary care doctor, who has lovely stories to tell and rejoices in the telling. Oh, to have such a doctor ministering to every family with small children'. With his wisdom, Dr. Tsesis gives new meaning to the cliché 'good medicine.’

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Just a Guy: Notes from a Blue Collar Life

2014-11-11T21:59:00Z

Written By: Bill Engvall
Publisher: Macmillan Audio

From the Press Release
Book Description:
Bill Engvall has been making people laugh professionally for more than 20 years, and along with Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, and Ron White, is a founding member of the superstar Blue Collar Comedy Tour. In this audiobook, Engvall explains what it means to be 'just a guy' using all-new stories from his own life. Bill has always lived with his heart in the right place and his brain often missing in action-it's not his fault, he's just a guy.

Fans will recognize the family-friendly humor that they know from his live act, his Blue Collar CDs and DVDs, and his solo Comedy Central specials.

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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

2014-10-27T13:59:00Z

Written By: Randall Munroe
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

From the Press Release
Book Description:

From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd comes this hilarious and informative book of answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.

Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent of the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there were a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last?

In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations, and consults with nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by signature xkcd comics. They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion.

The book features new and never-before-answered questions, along with updated and expanded versions of the most popular answers from the xkcd website. What If? will be required reading for xkcd fans and anyone who loves to ponder the hypothetical.

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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

2014-10-21T20:59:00Z

Written By: Cheryl Strayed
Publisher: Random House (Audio)

From the Press Release
Book Description:
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe'and built her back up again.

At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State'and to do it alone. She had no experience as a long-distance hiker, and the trail was little more than 'an idea, vague and outlandish and full of promise.' But it was a promise of piecing back together a life that had come undone.

Strayed faces down rattlesnakes and black bears, intense heat and record snowfalls, and both the beauty and loneliness of the trail. Told with great suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild vividly captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her....

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Watch Out, Hollywood!: More Confessions of a So-called Middle Child

2014-10-14T20:59:00Z

Written By: Maria T. Lennon
Publisher: Harper Collins

From the Press Release
Book Description:

Tween heroine Charlie C. Cooper-reformed bully, misguided fashionista, and so-called middle child-is back! This sequel to Confessions of a So-called Middle Child will delight fans of Louise Rennison, Mean Girls, and Harriet the Spy.

Charlie's adventures offer a fresh look at middle school, bullying, and mean girls. In Book Two, Charlie navigates sudden celebrity and auditions for a television series, but a little white lie may endanger the one friendship Charlie can truly count on - and her connection to swoon-worthy crush Bobby! Poignant and seriously funny, Charlie's account of her dilemma is one all tweens will relate to.

Charlie knows what it feels like to be stuck in the middle, but it's finally her time to shine. After saving her friend Marta in the old Houdini tunnels of Los Angeles, Charlie's become a local hero, gained sudden celebrity, and *MIGHT* just become a TV star! But will Charlie let her newfound fame go to her head? Watch out, Hollywood!

(for young adults 8 - 12)

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Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

2014-10-07T20:59:00Z

Written By: Mark Miodownik
Publisher: Tantor Media

From the Press Release
Book Description:
Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? These are the sorts of questions that Mark Miodownik is constantly asking himself. A globally renowned materials scientist, Miodownik has spent his life exploring objects as ordinary as an envelope and as unexpected as concrete cloth, uncovering the fascinating secrets that hold together our physical world.

From the teacup to the jet engine, the silicon chip to the paper clip, the plastic in our appliances to the elastic in our underpants, our lives are overflowing with materials. Full of enthralling tales of the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives, Stuff Matters will make you see stuff in a whole new way.

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Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea

2014-09-30T15:10:00Z

Written By: Michael J. Touglas
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

From the Press Release
Book Description:
Here is the dramatic hour-by-hour account of the struggles faced by the eight crewmembers of the Fair Wind and the Sea Fever as they were ambushed by a horrific surprise storm. Facing hurricane-force winds and massive ninety-foot waves, few were left alive to tell the tale.

On the morning of November 21, 1980, two small boats set out for Georges Bank, a lucrative but perilous lobster fishing ground off the coast of Cape Cod. The National Weather Service had forecast typical fall weather, and the young, rugged crewmen aboard the Sea Fever and the Fair Wind had no reason to expect that this trip would be any different from the dozens they'd made earlier in the season. But the only weather buoy in the area was malfunctioning, and the National Weather Service had failed to reveal this critical detail. And as the two small boats headed out to sea, a colossal storm was brewing to the southeast, a furious maelstrom that would batter the boats with sixty-foot waves and hurricane-force winds. Gripping and heart-pounding, Fatal Forecast is unforgettable true story about the collision of two spectacular forces: the brutality of nature and the human will to survive.

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When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!

2014-09-23T14:59:00Z

Written By: Yogi Berra, Dave Kaplan
Publisher: HighBridge Company

From the Press Release
Book Description:
Three-time MVP and Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, celebrated athlete and true American hero, speaks about life, baseball, and "the forks in the road."

Filled with the baseball legend's inimitable and unwittingly wise aphorisms from "It ain't over till it's over" to "You can't think and hit at the same time," these reflections focus on the valuable lessons he learned on and off the field.

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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town

2014-09-16T20:59:00Z

Written By: Beth Macy
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA

From the Press Release
Book Description:
One man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by taking on China and demonstrating the greatness of American business.

With over $500 million a year in sales, the Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. Run by the same powerful Virginia family for three generations, it was also the center of life in Bassett, VA-an unincorporated town that existed solely for the people who built the company's products. But beginning in the 1980s, the Bassett company suffered from an influx of cheap Chinese furniture as the first waves of Asian competition hit, and ultimately was forced to send its production offshore to Asia.

Only one man fought back. That man is John Bassett III, a descendant of the Bassetts who is now chairman of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co, which employs more than 700 Virginians and has sales of over $90 million. In "Factory Man", Beth Macy brings to life Bassett's deeply personal furniture and family story. As she shows how he uses legal maneuvers, factory efficiencies, and sheer grit, cunning, and will to save hundreds of jobs, she also discovers the hidden and shocking truth about industry and America.

About the Author:
Beth Macy won the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, a joint project of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard for "her extraordinary reporting and narrative skills" and her work on Factory Man. The daughter of a factory worker, she writes about outsiders and underdogs. Her articles have appeared in national magazines and the Roanoke Times, where her reporting has won more than a dozen national awards, including a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard. She lives in Roanoke, Virginia.

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The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

2014-09-09T20:59:00Z

Written By: Donalyn Miller
Publisher: Tantor Media

From the Press Release
Book Description:
Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore. Instead, she helps students navigate the world of literature and gives them time to read books they pick out themselves. Her love of books and teaching is both infectious and inspiring. The book includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and teachers find the books that students really like to read.

About the Author:
Donalyn currently facilitates the community blog, The Nerdy Book Club and co-writes a monthly column for Scholastic's Principal-to-Principal Newsletter. Her articles about teaching and reading have appeared in publications such as The Reading Teacher, Educational Leadership and The Washington Post.

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The Making of A Man: How Men and Boys Honor God and Live With Integrity

2014-08-19T14:16:00Z

Written By: Tim Brown
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

From the Press Release
Book Description:

NFL All-Pro, sports analyst, and businessman Tim Brown teaches men and boys principles and priorities for life.

Every young boy dreams about growing up to be his vision of a man, but what does that look like? What is manhood, really, and how do guys get there? For some boys their dreams are to be an astronaut, a fireman, or a professional athlete. When legendary coach Lou Holtz told Tim Brown he might be the best football player he'd ever seen it started Tim on a fast track to the Heisman Trophy and playing sixteen seasons for the Los Angeles and Oakland Raiders. While Tim quickly achieved athletic success, he had to work harder off the field to live a life of honor and integrity—two essential cornerstones of manhood.

Much more than a sports biography, The Making of a Man reveals Tim's struggles with life and God, his ultimate triumph, and the foundation of faith and family that even today helps him to be one of the most respected men in the world of sports. He shares the importance of a life well-lived and a lasting legacy with stories and lessons on:

Practicing thankfulness
Living with humility
Taking responsibility
Facing temptation

These strong principles, woven into the fabric of Tim's remarkable career, not only provide a compelling narrative but challenge all men to measure their life by a higher standard....

About the author:
Tim Brown is one of the greatest wide receivers to ever play in the National Football League. As Notre Dame's Heisman Trophy winner in 1987, Tim played 16 seasons for the Los Angeles and Oakland Raiders earning nine Pro Bowl selections, and setting team and league records. He has gone on to serve as a television analyst for Fox Sports, NBC, ESPN, and Sirius XM Satellite radio, and devotes his time and efforts to numerous charitable causes. Tim and his wife, Sherice, have four children.

James Lund is an award-winning collaborator, editor, and author who enjoys helping people develop their voices and messages. He has worked with best-selling authors, ministry leaders, and public figures including Max Lucado, George Foreman, Tim Brown, Randy Alcorn, Kathy Ireland, Jim Caviezel, and Shaunti Feldhahn. Book sales from Jim's projects total more than 3 million copies. Three of these books have earned the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Gold Medallion Award..

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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

2014-08-12T15:39:00Z

Written By: Paul Tough
Publisher: Tantor Media

From the Press Release
Book Description:

Paul Tough, reverses three decades of thinking about what creates successful children, solving the mysteries of why some succeed and others fail-and of how to move individual children toward their full potential for success.

The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: Success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues for a very different understanding of what makes a successful child. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, economics, and psychology, Tough shows the qualities that matter most have less to do with IQ and more to do with character: skills like grit, curiosity, conscientiousness, and optimism.

How Children Succeed introduces us to a new generation of scientists and educators who are radically changing our understanding of how children develop character, how they learn to think, and how they overcome adversity. It tells the personal stories of young people struggling to stay on the right side of the line between success and failure. And it argues for a new way of thinking about how best to steer an individual child-or a whole generation of children-toward a successful future.

About the author:
Paul Tough is the author, most recently, of "How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character," which has been translated into 25 languages and has spent more than a year on the New York Times hardcover and paperback best-seller lists. His first book, "Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America," was published in 2008. He is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, where he has written extensively about education, parenting, poverty, and politics. His writing has also appeared in the New Yorker and GQ and on the op-ed page of the New York Times. He has worked as an editor at the New York Times Magazine and Harper's magazine and as a reporter and producer for the public-radio program "This American Life." He was the founding editor of Open Letters, an online magazine. He lives with his wife and son in New York.

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We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals

2014-08-05T20:59:00Z

Written By: Gillian Gill
Publisher: Random House (Audio)

From the Press Release
Book Description:

It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century-and one of history's most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and seemed doomed to find failure as a monarch and misery as a woman until she married her German cousin Albert and accepted him as her lord and master. Gillian Gill turns this familiar story on its head, revealing a strong, feisty queen and a brilliant, fragile prince working together to build a family based on support, trust, and fidelity, qualities neither had seen much of as children. The love affair that emerges is more captivating and relevant than that depicted in any previous account.

The epic relationship began poorly. The cousins first met as teenagers for a few brief, awkward, chaperoned weeks in 1836. At seventeen, charming rather than beautiful, Victoria already "showed signs of wanting her own way." Albert, the boy who had been groomed for her since birth, was chubby, self-absorbed, and showed no interest in girls, let alone this princess. So when they met again in 1839 as queen and presumed prince-consort-to-be, neither had particularly high hopes. But the queen was delighted to discover a grown man, refined and accomplished. "Albert is beautiful!" Victoria wrote, and she proposed just three days later.

As Gill shows, the marriage of Victoria and Albert was great not because it was perfect but because it was passionate and complicated. We Two is a revolutionary portrait of a queen and her prince, a fascinating modern perspective on a couple who have become a legend.

About the author:
Gillian Gill, who holds a PhD in modern French literature from Cambridge University, has taught at Northeastern, Wellesley, Yale, and Harvard. She is the author of Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale, Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries, and Mary Baker Eddy. She lives in suburban Boston.

Quentin Blake is a well-known artist whose work has made him popular on both sides of the Atlantic. He has illustrated most of Roald Dahl’s children’s books as well as many others. He lives in London, where he teaches illustration at the Royal College of Art.

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Matilda

2014-07-22T15:15:00Z

Written By: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin Audio

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Book Description:

The Trunchbull is no match for Matilda!

Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it!

About the author:
Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. He spent his childhood in England and, at age eighteen, went to work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. When World War II broke out, he joined the Royal Air Force and became a fighter pilot. At the age of twenty-six he moved to Washington, D.C., and it was there he began to write. His first short story, which recounted his adventures in the war, was bought by The Saturday Evening Post, and so began a long and illustrious career.

After establishing himself as a writer for adults, Roald Dahl began writing children’s stories in 1960 while living in England with his family. His first stories were written as entertainment for his own children, to whom many of his books are dedicated.

Roald Dahl is now considered one of the most beloved storytellers of our time. Although he passed away in 1990, his popularity continues to increase as his fantastic novels, including James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The BFG, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, delight an ever-growing legion of fans.

Learn more about Roald Dahl on the official Roald Dahl Web site: www.roalddahl.com

Quentin Blake is a well-known artist whose work has made him popular on both sides of the Atlantic. He has illustrated most of Roald Dahl’s children’s books as well as many others. He lives in London, where he teaches illustration at the Royal College of Art.

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Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men

2014-07-15T20:59:00Z

Written By: Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D.
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

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Book Description:

Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, they are less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. Fully one-third of men ages twenty-two to thirty-four are still living at home with their parents, about a 100 percent increase in the past twenty years. Boys nationwide are increasingly dropping out of school; fewer are going to college.

Family physician and research psychologist Dr. Leonard Sax argues that a combination of social, cultural, and biological factors, ranging from environmental estrogens to the over-prescription of ADHD drugs, is creating an environment that is literally toxic to boys. Here, he presents his practical solutions, from new ways of controlling boys' use of video games to innovative education reforms.

About the author:
Leonard Sax M.D., Ph.D., graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and then went on to the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned both a Ph.D. in psychology, and an M.D. For 19 years, Dr. Sax was a practicing family physician in Maryland, just outside Washington DC. In 2005, Doubleday published his first book Why Gender Matters. His second book, Boys Adrift, was published in 2007; an expanded softcover edition was published in 2009. His third book Girls on the Edge was published in 2010; an updated softcover edition was released in July 2011. He has appeared on the TODAY Show, CNN, National Public Radio, PBS, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, New Zealand Television, and many other national and international media. He now lives with his wife and daughter in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where his favorite activities are hiking in the woods, and singing Taylor Swift songs with his daughter. You can reach Dr. Sax directly, or link to his Facebook page, via his web site www.leonardsax.com.

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The Genius of Dogs

2014-07-08T21:00:00Z

Written By: Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods
Publisher: Penguin Audio

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Book Description:

Brian Hare, dog researcher, evolutionary anthropologist, and founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center, and Vanessa Woods offer revolutionary new insights into dog intelligence and the interior lives of our smartest pets.

In the past decade, we have learned more about how dogs think than in the last century. Breakthroughs in cognitive science, pioneered by Brian Hare have proven dogs have a kind of genius for getting along with people that is unique in the animal kingdom.

Brian Hare's stunning discovery is that when dogs domesticated themselves as early as 40,000 years ago they became far more like human infants than their wolf ancestors. Domestication gave dogs a whole new kind of social intelligence. This finding will change the way we think about dogs and dog training-indeed, the revolution has already begun.

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Through My Eyes

2014-06-24T20:59:00Z

Written By: Tim Tebow (with Nathan Whitaker)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

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Book Description:

Over the course of the last five years, Tim Tebow established himself as one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of college football and a top prospect in the NFL. During that time he amassed an unparalleled resume, winning two BCS national championships, becoming the first sophomore in NCAA history to win the Heisman trophy, and in the face of massive public scrutiny, being drafted in the first round of the NFL draft by the Denver Broncos.

In Through My Eyes, Tebow brings readers everywhere an inspirational memoir about life as he chose to live it, revealing how his faith and family values, combined with his relentless will to succeed, have molded him into the person that he is today. As the son of Christian missionaries, Tebow has a unique story to tell from the circumstances of his birth, to his home-schooled roots, to his record-setting collegiate football career with the Florida Gators and everything else that took place in between.

At every step, Tebow's life has defied convention and expectation. While aspects of his life have been well-documented, the stories have always been filtered through the opinions and words of others. Through My Eyes is his passionate, firsthand, never-before-told account of how it all really happened.

About the Authors:
Tim Tebow is an NFL quarterback, who was a first-round draft pick in 2010. He was the first-ever sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy and won the NCAA National Football Championships twice with the University of Florida Gators. His charitable organization, the Tim Tebow Foundation, was established in 2010 to bring faith, hope, and love to those in need.

Nathan Whitakeris the coauthor of three New York Times bestsellers including Quiet Strength, which he co-wrote with Tony Dungy. He lives in Florida.

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Wonderful Ways to Love a Grandchild

2014-06-17T20:59:00Z

Written By: Judy Ford
Publisher: Listen & Live Audio

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Book Description:

Honoring the unique role that grandparents play, this delightfully heartwarming and down-to-earth book offers more than sixty inspiring suggestions for how you can actively participate in your grandchildren's lives, whether they live down the block or across the country. Parenting expert, Judy Ford, gives practical tips for developing your identity as a grandparent and for ways to complement and not conflict with parents. A must have for all grandparents and an important follow-up to Judy Ford's Wonderful Ways To Love A Child!

About the Author:
Judy Ford, a trained professional with heart, soul, and life experience, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She is also a best-selling author, mother, friend, and some say inspirational role model. She has been studying love and relationships for over three decades specializing in love, loss, and the things that matter most.

Articles on her work have appeared in Oprah Magazine, Family Circle, Women's World, Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, Glamour, Woman's Day, among others. Her media appearances have included Oprah, CNN, and National Public Radio. She lives in the Seattle area, where she maintains a psychotherapy practice and keeps a regular speaking schedule. With compassion and candor, her work speaks to the heart, inspiring us to love life, to persevere through its challenges and to share our gifts with others.

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Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons

2014-06-10T20:59:00Z

Written By: Tim Russert
Publisher: Random House (Audio)

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Book Description:
What does it really mean to be a good father? What did your father tell you that has stayed with you throughout your life? Was there a lesson from him, a story, or a moment that helped to make you who you are?

After the publication of Tim Russert's number one New York Times bestseller about his father, Big Russ & Me, he received an avalanche of letters from daughters and sons who wanted to tell him about their own fathers, most of whom were not superdads or heroes, but ordinary men who were remembered and cherished for some of their best moments-of advice, tenderness, strength, honor, discipline, and occasional eccentricity. Most of these daughters and sons were eager to express the gratitude they had carried with them through the years. Others wanted to share lessons and memories and, most important, pass them down to their own children.

This book is for all fathers, young or old, who can learn from the men in these pages how to get it right, and to understand that sometimes it is the little gestures that can make the big difference for your child. For some in this book, the appreciation came later than they would have liked. But as Wisdom of Our Fathers reminds us, it is never too late to embrace it. From the father who coached his daughter in sports (and life), attending every meet, game, performance, and tournament, to the daughter who, after a fifteen-year estrangement, learned to make peace with her difficult father just before he died, to the son who came, at last, to appreciate the silent way his father could show affection, Wisdom of Our Fathers shares rewarding lessons, immeasurable gifts, and lasting values.

About the Author:
Before his untimely death, Tim Russert was the moderator and managing editor of Meet the Press, and the Washington bureau chief of NBC News. He was married to Maureen Orth, and they had one son, Luke.

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Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong

2014-06-03T20:59:00Z

Written By: Juliet Macur
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

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Book Description:
In June 2013, when Lance Armstrong fled his palatial home in Texas, downsizing in the face of multimillion-dollar lawsuits, Juliet Macur was there, talking to his girlfriend and children and listening to Armstrong's version of the truth. She was one of the few media members aside from Oprah Winfrey to be granted extended one-on-one access to the most famous pariah in sports.

At the center of Cycle of Lies is Armstrong himself, revealed through face-to-face interviews.

But this unfolding narrative is given depth and breadth by the firsthand accounts of more than one hundred witnesses, including family members whom Armstrong had long since turned his back on, the adoptive father who gave him the Armstrong name, a grandmother, an aunt. Perhaps most damning of all is the taped testimony of the late J.T. Neal, the most influential of Armstrong's many father figures, recorded in the final years of Neal's life as he lost his battle with cancer just as Armstrong gained fame for surviving the disease.

In the end, it was Armstrong's former friends, those who had once occupied the precious space of his inner circle, who betrayed him. They were the ones who dealt Armstrong his fatal blow by breaking the code of silence that shielded the public from the grim truth about the sport of cycling, and the grim truth about its golden boy, Armstrong.

Threading together the vivid and disparate voices of those with intimate knowledge of the private and public Armstrong, Macur weaves a comprehensive and unforgettably rich tapestry of one man's astonishing rise to global fame and fortune and his devastating fall from grace.

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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

2014-05-28T20:59:00Z

Written By: Scott Adams
Publisher: Brilliance Audio

From the Press Release
Book Description:
Scott Adams has likely failed at more things than anyone you've ever met or anyone you've even heard of. So how did he go from hapless office worker and serial failure to the creator of Dilbert, one of the world's most famous syndicated comic strips, in just a few years? In How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Adams shares the strategy he has used since he was a teen to invite failure in, to embrace it, then pick its pocket. No career guide can offer advice for success that works for everyone. As Adams explains, your best bet is to study the ways of others who made it big and try to glean some tricks and strategies that make sense for you. Adams pulls back the covers on his own unusual life and shares what he learned for turning one failure after another into something good and lasting. Adams reveals that he failed at just about everything he's tried, including his corporate career, his inventions, his investments, and his two restaurants. But there's a lot to learn from his personal story, and a lot of humor along the way. While it's hard for anyone to recover from a personal or professional failure, Adams discovered some unlikely truths that helped to propel him forward. For instance:

Goals are for losers. Systems are for winners.
"Passion" is bull. What you need is personal energy.
A combination of mediocre skills can make you surprisingly valuable.
You can manage your odds in a way that makes you look lucky to others.

You won't find a road map to success in this audiobook. But Adams hopes you can laugh at his failures while discovering some unique and helpful ideas on your own path to personal victory.

About the Author:
Scott Adams is the creator of Dilbert, one of the most popular and widely-distributed comic strips of the past quarter century. He has been a full-time cartoonist since 1995, after 16 years as a technology worker for companies like Crocker National Bank and Pacific Bell. His many bestsellers include The Dilbert Principle and Dogbert’s Top Secret Management Handbook. He lives outside of San Francisco.

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The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

2014-05-20T20:59:00Z

Written By: Adam Braun
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Book Description:
Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career. But while traveling as a college student, he met a young boy begging on the streets of India. When Braun asked the boy what he wanted most in the world, he simply answered, "A pencil."

This small request became the inspiration for Pencils of Promise, the organization Braun would leave a prestigious job at Bain & Company to start with just $25 at the age of twenty-four. Using his unique "for-purpose" approach, he helped redefine the space in which business, philanthropy, and social media intersect. And a mere five years later, Pencils of Promise has now built more than two hundred schools around the world, proving that anyone can create a movement that matters.

The Promise of a Pencil chronicles Braun's journey through more than fifty countries to find his calling, as each chapter explains the steps that every person can take to ignite their own passion and potential. His trailblazing story takes readers behind the scenes with business moguls and village chiefs, world-famous celebrities and hometown heroes. Driven by compelling stories and shareable insights, this is a vivid and inspiring book that will give readers the tools to unlock their own extraordinary journey of self-discovery.

If you have ever wanted a more purpose-driven life, if you have ever felt like you could become more than your current circumstances allow, it's time to ask yourself, "What do I want most in the world?" And through the lessons shared in this book, turn those ideas into reality....

About the Author:
Adam Braun is the Founder and CEO of Pencils of Promise, an award-winning nonprofit organization that has built more than 200 schools across Africa, Asia, and Latin America and delivered over 15 million educational hours to children in poverty. PoP was founded with just $25 and has grown under Braun's stewardship with his unique approach that blends nonprofit idealism with for-profit business principles. He has been featured as part of the Forbes 30 Under 30 and Wired Magazine's 50 People Changing the world. To learn more visit pencilsofpromise.org and adambraun.com.

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The Travel Mom's Ultimate Book of Family Travel

2014-05-13T20:39:00Z

Written By: Emily Kaufman
Publisher: Random House (Audio)

From the Press Release
Book Description:
A vacation has the special power to bring a family closer together- breaking away from familiar routines, allowing time to enjoy each others' company, and experiencing the world together. All it takes is the right mindset and some planning. "The Travel Mom" shows you how.

In one invaluable guide, you'll get a host of ideas for some of the most popular options in family travel-from cruises and all-inclusive resorts to RV camping and extended-family reunions.

"The Travel Mom" also tackles the sticky realities of family vacations. In a warm, mom-to-mom tone, she gives you tricks and tips you'll appreciate from the first rainy day, missed flight, or scary look at the travel budget. Simple strategies like packing a customized "boredom bag" with snacks and games can save a long road trip. And her off-the-beaten-track and off-season suggestions are unbeatable to keep things interesting and affordable.

A great resource for busy moms everywhere, The Travel Mom's Ultimate Book of Family Travel will guarantee their family vacation is worth all the time, money, and emotion they put into it.

About the Author:
Emily Kaufman, aka "The Travel Mom," is the travel contributor for ABC’s Good Morning America. In addition to GMA, she has appeared on The View, Good Day Live, and CNN and is a regular contributor to Women’s Day magazine. Emily spends most of her time traveling the world in search of terrific family vacations with her children, 13-year-old Gabby and 15-year-old Charlie, and her husband, Sid. She resides in Southern California, but basically lives on a plane.

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Puppies for Dummies

2014-05-06T14:47:00Z

Written By: Sarah Hodgson
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

From the Press Release
Book Description:
Bringing home a puppy? This fun, friendly guide to puppyhood prepares you for this tough but terrific time. From the basics -- housebreaking, feeding, training -- to the latest on traveling with a puppy and the new designer breeds, you get everything you need to help your puppy grow up to be a healthy, playful, well-mannered dog.

Discover how to:

Choose the perfect puppy for you
Socialize your puppy
Stimulate your puppy's growing mind
Use the latest training tools
Keep peace between kids and puppies

About the Author:
Sarah Hodgson has been New York's and Connecticut's favorite dog trainer for over 25 years and is a prolific author, columnist, media personality, and inventor. Her trademark upbeat, proven, and positive training techniques teach owners how to help their puppies become well-behaved familycompanions. Visit Sarah at WhenDogsTalk.com.

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Sailing Alone Around the World

2014-04-29T13:35:00Z

Written By: Joshua Slocum
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

From the Press Release
Book Description:
Challenged by an expert who said it couldn't be done, Joshua Slocum, a fearless New England sea captain, set out in April 1895 to prove that a man could sail alone around the world. A little over three years and forty-six thousand miles later, the proof was complete. This is Slocum's own account of his remarkable adventures during the historic voyage of the Spray.

Whether Slocum was more accomplished as a writer or sailor is hard to say. His writing style is fast paced, witty, and exhilarating, an absorbing match to his harrowing adventures--adventures that included being chased by Moorish pirates off Gibraltar; escaping a fleet of hostile canoes; being submerged by a great wave off the Patagonian coast; an encounter with Black Pedro, "the worst murderer in Tierra del Fuego"; and foiling a nocturnal attack by savages by strewing carpet tacks on the Spray's deck.

"[A] literate and absorbing yarn...A convincing tale of the intelligence, skill, and fortitude that drove a master navigator."-New York Times

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Carpe Diem: Put A Little Latin in Your Life

2014-04-22T20:59:00Z

Written By: Harry Mount
Publisher: Tantor Media

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Book Description:
Have you even found yourself irritated when a sine qua non or a mea culpa is thrown into the conversation by a particularly annoying person? Or do distant memories of afternoons spent struggling to learn obscure verbs fill you with dread?

Never fear!

In this delightful guided tour of Latin, which features everything from a Monty Python grammar lesson to Angelina Jolie's tattoo and all the best snippets of prose and poetry from two thousand years of literary history, Harry Mount wipes the dust off those boring primers and breathes life back into the greatest language of them all.

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The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

2014-04-15T20:59:00Z

Written By: Gretchen Rubin
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

From the Press Release
Book Description:
Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. 'The days are long, but the years are short,' she realized. 'Time is passing, and I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter.' In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project.

In this lively and compelling account of that year, Rubin chronicles her adventures during the twelve months she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific research, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier.

Rubin didn't have the option to uproot herself, nor did she really want to; instead she focused on improving her life as it was. Each month she tackled a new set of resolutions: give proofs of love, ask for help, find more fun, keep a gratitude notebook, and forget about results. She immersed herself in principles set forth by all manner of experts, to see what worked for her and what didn't.

Her conclusions are sometimes surprising -- she finds that money can buy happiness, when spent wisely; that novelty and challenge are powerful sources of happiness; that 'treating' yourself can make you feel worse; that venting bad feelings doesn't relieve them; that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest difference and they range from the practical to the profound.

Gretchen Rubin is the author of a bestselling biography of Winston Churchill, "Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill," and one of John Kennedy, "Forty Ways to Look at JFK." Her first book, "Power Money Fame S..: A User's Guide," is social criticism in the guise of a user's manual. "Profane Waste" was a collaboration with artist Dana Hoey. She is also the author of "Happier at Home."

Before turning to writing, Rubin had a career in law. A graduate of Yale and Yale Law School, she clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.

Gretchen Rubin writes about her daily adventures in happiness at her blog, Happiness-Project.com.

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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction

2014-04-08T20:59:00Z

Written By: David Sheff
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

From the Press Release
Book Description:
David Sheff's story is a first: a teenager's addiction from the parent's point of view, a real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the gradual emergence into hope.

Before meth, Sheff's son, Nic, was a varsity athlete, honor student, and award-winning journalist. After meth, he was a trembling ghost-like human who stole money from his eight-year-old brother and lived on the streets. With haunting candor, Sheff traces the first warning signs, the attempts at rehabilitation, and, at last, the way past addiction. He shows us that, whatever an addict's fate, the rest of the family must care for one another, too, lest they become addicted to addiction.

"Sheff does not spare himself or anyone else from keen professional scrutiny any more than he was himself spared the pains and joys of watching a loved one struggling with addiction and recovery....this is an honest, hopeful book, coming at a propitious moment in the meth epidemic."-Publishers Weekly

David Sheff's books include Game Over, China Dawn, and All We Are Saying. His many articles and interviews have appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wired, Fortune, and elsewhere. His piece for the New York Times Magazine, My Addicted Son, won an award from the American Psychological Association for Outstanding Contribution to Advancing the Understanding of Addiction. It led to his #1 New York Times Best Seller, Beautiful Boy, which was named the best nonfiction book of 2008 by Entertainment Weekly. Sheff and his family live in Inverness, California.

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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

2014-04-01T20:59:00Z

Written By: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Random House (Audio)

From the Press Release
Book Description:
The Appalachian Trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America--majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you're going to take a hike, it's probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you'll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way-and a couple of bears. Already a classic, A Walk in the Woods will make you long for the great outdoors (or at least a comfortable chair to sit and read in).

"It's a great adventure, on a human scale, with survivable discomforts, and, happily, everybody goes home afterwards." -Times Picayune.

Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa. For twenty years he lived in England, where he worked for the Times and the Independent, and wrote for most major British and American publications. His books include travel memoirs (Neither Here Nor There; The Lost Continent; Notes from a Small Island) and books on language (The Mother Tongue; Made in America). His account of his attempts to walk the Appalachian Trail, A Walk in the Woods, was a huge New York Times bestseller. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his wife and his four children.

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Marry Smart: Advice for Finding THE ONE

2014-03-25T20:59:00Z

Written By: Susan Patton
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

From the Press Release
Book Description:
You're single and you know what you want in your life. And if your dreams include getting married and having children, this fresh new approach to finding the right one at the right time shows the way to make those dreams a reality.

A graduate of one of the first classes of women at Princeton University, Susan Patton has heard smart young women admit they aspire to marriage and motherhood but have no model for pursuing those goals; reflecting on the choices she made in her early twenties, she's boldly turned the tables on our "career first" conditioning and suggests that you seek out the golden opportunities right in front of you, right now.

In Marry Smart, she shares the wisdom of her experience with warmth, humor, and very straight talk. But this is not your mother's dating guide- Marry Smart celebrates the vital achievements of traditional marriage and motherhood, and gives you the essential life strategies, including how to:

• strike while the greatest number of single young men is available to you
• attract a man who is your intellectual and emotional equal
• date to find a mate-and how to spot a diamond in the rough
• find total satisfaction in your roles as a wife and mother

Whether or not you are in college, whether your future plans are clear or still undecided, Marry Smart is a must-read for all young women who want to get the most out of love and life.

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Semper Fi (The Corps, Book 1)

2014-03-18T20:59:00Z

Written By: W.E.B. Griffin
Publisher: Brilliance Audio

From The Marine Gazette
Book Description:
From Shanghai to Wake Island, the Corps was America's first line of defense as the winds of war exploded into the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. This is the story of the men of the Marine Corps, their loves and loyalties, an elite fraternity united by courage and honor, as they steel themselves for battle, prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice... "Action-packed...Difficult to put down."

About the Author:
W.E.B. Griffin is the author of more than thirty epic novels in five series, all of which have been listed on the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly and other best-seller lists. Mr. Griffin grew up in the suburbs of New York City and Philadelphia. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1946. After basic training, he received counter-intelligence training at Fort Holabird, Maryland. He was assigned to the Army of Occupation in Germany. In 1951, Mr. Griffin was recalled to active duty for the Korean War. On his release from active duty in 1953, Mr. Griffin was appointed Chief of the Publications Division of the U.S. Army Signal Aviation Test & Support Activity at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Mr. Griffin's novels, known for their historical accuracy, have been praised by The Philadelphia Inquirer for their "fierce, stop-for-nothing scenes." Mr. Griffin divides his time between the Gulf Coast and Buenos Aires.

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How Doctors Think

2014-03-11T15:33:00Z

Written By: Jerome Groopman, M.D.
Publisher: Tantor Media

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A New Yorker staff writer, bestselling author, and professor at Harvard Medical School unravels the mystery of how doctors figure out the best treatments---or fail to do so. This book describes the warning signs of flawed medical thinking and offers intelligent questions patients can ask.

About the Author:
Jerome Groopman, M.D., holds the Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is chief of experimental medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He has published more than 150 scientific articles. He is also a staff writer at The New Yorker and has written editorials on policy issues for the New Republic, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. His previous books include the New York Times bestseller The Anatomy of Hope, Second Opinions, and The Measure of Our Days. Groopman lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

2014-03-04T21:59:00Z

Written By: Daniel James Brown
Publisher: Brilliance Audio

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The Boys in the Boat is the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Daniel James Brown's robust book tells the story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first from eastern and British universities and finally the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin, 1936.

The emotional heart of the story lies with one rower, Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not for glory, but to regain his shattered self-regard and to find a place he can call home. The crew is assembled by an enigmatic coach and mentored by a visionary, eccentric British boat builder, but it is their trust in each other that makes them a victorious team. They remind the country of what can be done when everyone quite literally pulls together-a perfect melding of commitment, determination, and optimism.

Drawing on the boys' own diaries and journals, their photos and memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, The Boys in the Boat is an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times-the improbable, intimate story of nine working-class boys from the American west who, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what true grit really meant.

About the Author:
Daniel James Brown grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Diablo Valley College, the University of California at Berkeley, and UCLA. He taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford before becoming a technical writer and editor. He now writes narrative nonfiction books full time. His primary interest as a writer is in bringing compelling historical events to life vividly and accurately.

He and his wife live in the country outside of Seattle, Washington, with an assortment of cats, dogs, chickens, and honeybees. When he isn't writing, he is likely to be birding, gardening, fly fishing, reading American history, or chasing bears away from the beehives.

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Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them

2014-02-24T15:49:00Z

Written By: Joshua Greene
Publisher: Brilliance Audio

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A pathbreaking neuroscientist reveals how our social instincts turn Me into Us, but turn Us against Them - and what we can do about it. Never before have those we disagree with been so present in our lives. The more globalization dissolves national borders, the more clearly we see that human beings are deeply divided on moral lines - about everything from tax codes to sexual practices to energy consumption - and that, when we really disagree, our emotions turn positively tribal.

Harvard professor Joshua Greene is a rising star in the exciting new field of 'moral neuroscience,' and his research reveals that "morality" evolved from the human need to navigate between two different competing brains, the calculating rational brain and the more tribal, emotional one. The brain's disagreements with itself are the root cause of fierce moral divisions across cultures today. Our emotions quickly and effectively handle situations with friends or colleagues or neighbors within our own 'tribe.' But we're neurologically handicapped when dealing with groups outside our own, and in finding common ground with the tribe just over the horizon. Greene's challenge in Moral Tribes lies in answering the question, "how can we rationally compromise with our rivals when it feels so emotionally wrong?"

About the Author:
Joshua D. Greene is the John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and the director of the Moral Cognition Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University. He studies the psychology and neuroscience of morality, focusing on the interplay between emotion and reasoning in moral decision-making. His broader interests cluster around the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience.

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The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing

2014-02-19T21:59:00Z

Written By: John Perry
Publisher: HighBridge Company

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John Perry's insights and laugh-out-loud humor bring to mind Thurber, Wodehouse, and Harry Frankfort. This charming and accessible audio educates, entertains, and illuminates a universal subject. Procrastinators will be relieved to learn that actually you can accomplish quite a lot while procrastinating. In fact, the book itself is the result of Perry avoiding grading papers, refereeing academic proposals, and reviewing dissertation drafts. It also has a practical side, offering up advice that listeners can put to use. Who knew that placing "Learn Chinese" at the top of your to-do list would inspire you to get the less monumental tasks below it done? Witty, wise, and beautifully written, The Art of Procrastination is the perfect book for all the lollygaggers out there.

About the Author:
John Perry teaches philosophy, is a professor emeritus at Stanford, and a half-time professor at the University of California, Riverside. He co-hosts a radio program, Philosophy Talk, with my friend and Stanford colleague Ken Taylor. Perry has three grown children, ten grandchildren and lives in California with his wife of fifty years. Learn more at Philosophy Talk, Structured Procrastination, and his work in philosophy.

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Following Atticus: Forty Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship

2014-02-11T21:59:00Z

Written By: Tom Ryan
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

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A middle-aged, overweight, and acrophobic newspaper editor Tom Ryan and a little dog, Atticus M. Finch, are an unlikely pair of mountaineers, but after a close friend dies of cancer, the two pay tribute to her by attempting to climb all forty-eight of New Hampshire's four-thousand-foot peaks twice in one winter. Tom and Atticus set out on an adventure of a lifetime that takes them across hundreds of miles and deep into an enchanting but dangerous winter wonderland. Little did they know that their most difficult test would lie ahead, after they returned home...

Following Atticus is ultimately a story of transformation: how a five-pound puppy pierced the heart of a tough-as-nails newspaperman, opening his eyes to the world's beauty and its possibilities. An unforgettable saga of adventure, friendship, and the unlikeliest of family, it's an inspiring tale of finding love and discovering your true self.

About the Author:
Tom Ryan is the founder of the Newburyport Massachusetts newspaper The Undertoad and served as its publisher and editor for over a decade. In 2007 he sold the newspaper and moved to the White Mountains of New Hampshire with his dog, Atticus M. Finch. Over the last five years, Tom and Atticus have climbed more than 450 4,000-foot peaks.

After raising thousands of dollars for Angell Animal Medical Center in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, the pair was inducted into the Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) Hall of Fame as corecipients of the "Human Hero of the Year Award." Tom currently writes the popular "The Adventures of Tom & Atticus" column in the NorthCountry News and Mountainside Guide and the blog "The Adventures of Tom and Atticus."

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Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes, and Politics

2014-02-04T22:00:00Z

Written By: Charles Krauthammer
Publisher: Random House (Audio)

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From America's pre-eminent columnist, named by The Financial Times the most influential commentator in the nation, the long-awaited collection of Charles Krauthammer's essential, timeless writings.

A brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenges conventional wisdom at every turn, Krauthammer has for decades dazzled readers with his keen insight into politics and government. His weekly column is a must-read in Washington and across the country. Now, finally, the best of Krauthammer's intelligence, erudition and wit are collected in one volume.

Readers will find here not only the country's leading conservative thinker offering a passionate defense of limited government, but also a highly independent mind whose views-on feminism, evolution and the death penalty, for example-defy ideological convention. Things That Matter also features several of Krauthammer's major path-breaking essays-on bioethics, on Jewish destiny and on America's role as the world's superpower-that have profoundly influenced the nation's thoughts and policies. And finally, the collection presents a trove of always penetrating, often bemused reflections on everything from border collies to Halley's Comet, from Woody Allen to Winston Churchill, from the punishing pleasures of speed chess to the elegance of the perfectly thrown outfield assist.

With a special, highly autobiographical introduction in which Krauthammer reflects on the events that shaped his career and political philosophy, this indispensible chronicle takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the fashions and follies, the tragedies and triumphs, of the last three decades of American life.

About the Author:
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and named by The Financial Times as the most influential commentator in America, Charles Krauthammer has been honored from every part of the political spectrum for his bold, lucid and original writing -- from the famously liberal People for the American Way (which presented him their First Amendment Award) to the staunchly conservative Bradley Foundation (which awarded him their first $250,000 Bradley Prize).

Since 1985, Krauthammer has written a syndicated column for The Washington Post for which he won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. It is published weekly in more than 275 newspapers worldwide.

Krauthammer is a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard and The New Republic, and a weekly panelist on Inside Washington. He is also a contributor to FOX News, appearing nightly on FOX's evening news program, Special Report with Bret Baier.

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Never Cry Wolf: Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves

2014-01-28T19:38:00Z

Written By: Farley Mowat
Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

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More than half a century ago, the naturalist Farley Mowat accepted an assignment to investigate why wolves were killing Arctic caribou. Mowat's account of the summer he lived in the frozen tundra alone - studying the wolf population and developing a deep affection for these wild creatures (who were no threat to caribou or man) - is today celebrated as a classic of nature writing, at once a tale of remarkable adventure and an indelible record of the myths and magic of wolves. Never Cry Wolf was made into a major motion picture by Walt Disney Productions.

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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

2014-01-20T16:55:00Z

Written By: Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA

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When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive.

Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.

I Am Malala is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.

I Am Malala will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world.

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Night Film

2014-01-14T21:59:00Z

Written By: Marisha Pessl
Publisher: Random House (Audio)

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Brilliant, haunting, breathtakingly suspenseful, Night Film is a superb literary thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster debut Special Topics in Calamity Physics.

On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Though her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise. As he probes the strange circumstances surrounding Ashley's life and death, McGrath comes face-to-face with the legacy of her father: the legendary, reclusive cult-horror-film director Stanislas Cordova-a man who hasn't been seen in public for more than thirty years.

For McGrath, another death connected to this seemingly cursed family dynasty seems more than just a coincidence. Though much has been written about Cordova's dark and unsettling films, very little is known about the man himself.

Driven by revenge, curiosity, and a need for the truth, McGrath, with the aid of two strangers, is drawn deeper and deeper into Cordova's eerie, hypnotic world.

The last time he got close to exposing the director, McGrath lost his marriage and his career. This time he might lose even more.

Night Film, the gorgeously written, spellbinding new novel by the dazzlingly inventive Marisha Pessl, will hold you in suspense until you turn the final page.

About the Author:
Marisha Pessl's bestselling debut novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, won the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize (now the Center for Fiction's Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize), and was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by the New York Times Book Review. Pessl grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and currently resides in New York City.

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The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. J.K. Rowling)

2014-01-08T21:59:00Z

Written By: Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. J.K. Rowling)
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA

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Written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, this is a brilliant mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide.

After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office.

Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, plus it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man.

You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you've never seen them under an investigation like this.

About the Author:
Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy.

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Confessions of a So-Called Middle Child

2013-12-16T16:00:00Z

Written By: Maria T. Lennon
Publisher: Harper Collins

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Confessions of a So-Called Middle Child is a comedy about a 12-year-old girl named Charlie Cooper who gets kicked out of her school in Malibu, is forced to see a therapist to stop bullying, scheming and pranking her way through life.

Charlie is NO role model. In fact she's a mess. And that's important. Why? Because kids need to see how others struggle with the same issues AND make the same wrong choices that they do.

Birth order. Middle kids often feel like they get no attention and are pretty much doomed to failure when they have an older sibling who is always right. Charlie is the classic middle child. But here she's paving her own way.

Labels suck. When you label a kid 'Bully" it sticks. It's hard to get that fresh start with labels all over you.

About the Author:
Maria T. Lennon is a stay at home mom with four kids, two girls and two boys. Her first daughter had no problems at all in school or on the playground. But, from the moment her second one was born, Lennon knew she was different.

As a toddler, she would push others down at the park, eye their sand toys and, when they weren't looking, take them.

At school, Lennon watched year after year the cliques of girls, the way they withheld invitations but talked about them nonstop. The way they teased and taunted the less popular ones by calling them things like "fat" and then putting a "JK" at the end of each mean word to absolve themselves. JK stands for just kidding. But they weren't kidding. Lennon found it so sad.

Boys were never as mean.

Lennon wanted to write a series of books about how girls treat each other, and she wanted it to be a comedy. Kids hate lessons buried in books. But in this book Charlie is so real and such a mess kids just may get the lesson without realizing it.

Her hope is that girls and women treat each other better.

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Suspect

2013-12-10T20:59:00Z

Written By: Robert Crais
Publisher: Brilliance Audio

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LAPD cop Scott James is not doing so well, not since a shocking nighttime assault by unidentified men killed his partner Stephanie, nearly killed him, and left him enraged, ashamed, and ready to explode. He is unfit for duty - until he meets his new partner. Maggie is not doing so well, either. The German shepherd survived three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan sniffing explosives before she lost her handler to an IED and sniper attack. They are each other's last chance. He was a young cop on the rise, she was bred to guard and protect. Now they are shunned and shunted to the side. They are suspect. And together they will set out to investigate the one case that no one wants them to touch: the identity of the men who murdered Stephanie. Nine months and sixteen days later, they remained free. They were still out there. What they begin to find is nothing like what Scott has been told, and where it will lead them will take them both through the darkest moments of their own personal hells. Whether they will make it out again, no one can say.

For twenty-five years, Robert Crais has written extraordinary novels of crime and suspense. But in Suspect, he may have written his most remarkable novel of all:

He is "a master of crime fiction" (Associated Press);

"his novels get better with every new book" (Portland Oregonian);

"Crais is hands-down the world's greatest crime writer" (The Huffington Post).

Thrilling, emotional, intense, with some of the best characters and well-crafted writing in all of crime fiction, Suspect is further proof that "Crais just keeps getting better" (Publishers Weekly).

About the Author:
Robert Crais is the author of the best-selling Elvis Cole novels. He was the 2006 recipient of the Ross Macdonald Literary Award. A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River in a blue collar family of oil refinery workers and four generations of police officers. He purchased a second-hand paperback of Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister when he was fifteen, which inspired his lifelong love of writing, Los Angeles, and the literature of crime fiction. Robert Crais lives in the Santa Monica mountains with his wife, three cats, and many thousands of books.

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Joyland

2013-12-03T22:00:00Z

Written By: Stephen King
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.

Now in his 60s, Devin recalls the details of how he spent 1973, working as a Happy Helper at Joyland, a slightly seedy North Carolina amusement park where, several years before his arrival, a young girl was murdered on a ride called Horror House.

Narrated by Michael Kelly who follows King's lead in fashioning a proper voice for each and every character, creating a delightfully unpretentious and winning listening experience. With this performance, it seems as if Kelly is himself responding to the advice given to new carnival employees by the sweetly paternal Joyland director, Bradley Easterbrook: Remember, the old man tells them, you're here to sell fun.

Joyland is a brand-new novel and has never previously been published.

About the Author:
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Doctor Sleep and Under the Dome, now a major TV miniseries on CBS. His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller as well as the Best Hardcover Book Award from the International Thriller Writers Association. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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Rush

2013-11-26T22:00:00Z

Written By: Jonathan Friesen
Publisher: Recorded Books

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Award-winning author and former schoolteacher Jonathan Friesen has a knack for crafting exciting stories teenagers want to read. Rush features 18-year-old Jake King, an adrenaline junkie who jumps at the chance to join an elite group of firefighters who rappel into wildfires. Known as the Immortals, these heroes have a habit of dying young. But Jake's sort-of girlfriend thinks there's more to the Immortals' high death rate than bad luck.

Eighteen-year-old Jake's latest stunt got him kicked out of school, but that's small potatoes to a kid who scales bare mountain rock in the pouring rain and dives off treacherous waterfalls without blinking. It's all for the rush, which erases the itching numbness of normal life. Though he has avoided the firefighting life of his father and older brother-and much of their town-now it seems like the only way to salvage his troubled life. Just like that, he is hired on to a hotshot helicopter rappelling crew alongside men so badass they debate dinner choices while beating back blazes. Quickly Jake clashes with Mox, the leader of an elite group called the Immortals, as well as a secret society called the Rush Club-a grim brotherhood of daredevils that Jake is simultaneously attracted to and repelled by. The irony is that in the midst of the firefighting season Jake develops a healthy respect for danger as his relationship with longtime friend Salome evolves, and he finally feels as though he has something to lose.

Friesen's thrill ride benefits from its unusual setting and its pulse-pounding action. [Grades 9-12; young adult novel]

About the Authors:
Jonathan Friesen is an author, speaker, and youth writing coach from Mora, Minnesota. His first young adult novel, Jerk, California, received the ALA Schneider Award. When he's not writing, speaking at schools, or teaching, Jonathan loves to travel and hang out with his wife and three kids. Read more at JonathanFriesen.com

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The Emotional Life of Your Brain

2013-11-19T21:55:00Z

Written By: Dr. Richard J. Davidson with Sharon Begley
Publisher: Brilliance Audio

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Book Description:

Why are some people so quick to recover from a setback while others wallow in despair? Why are some so highly attuned to others that they seem psychic, while others put both feet in it over and over again? Why are some people always up and others always down?

In this hotly anticipated book, award-winning, pioneering neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson answers these questions by offering an entirely new model of our emotions - their origins, their power, and their malleability. Davidson has discovered that each of us is composed of six basic "Emotional Styles": Resilience, Outlook, Social Intuition, Self-Awareness, Sensitivity to Context, and Attention. Our own personal emotional fingerprint results from where on the continuum of each style we fall. He explains the patterns of brain activity that underlie each style in order to give us a new model of the emotional brain, one that will even go so far as to affect the way we treat conditions. And, finally, he provides strategies we can use to determine our own Emotional Style and to change our own brains and emotions - if that is what we want to do. Written with bestselling author Sharon Begley, this original and exciting book gives us a new and useful way to look at ourselves, develop a sense of well-being, and live more meaningful lives

About the Authors:
Richard J. Davidson is a professor and director of the W. M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior and the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Sharon Begley is the senior health and science correspondent at Reuters. She is the bestselling author of Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain.

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Visitation Street

2013-11-11T15:53:00Z

Written By: Ivy Pochoda
Publisher: Harper Collins

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Summer in Red Hook, Brooklyn, an isolated blue-collar neighborhood where hipster gourmet supermarkets push against tired housing projects and the East River opens into the bay. Bored and listless, fifteen-year-olds June and Val are looking for fun. Forget the boys, the bottles, the coded whistles. Val wants to do something wild and a little crazy: take a raft out onto the bay. But on the water during the humid night, the girls disappear. Only Val survives, washing ashore in the weeds, bruised and unconscious.

This shocking event echoes through the lives of Red Hook's diverse residents. Fadi, the Lebanese bodega owner, hopes that his shop is a place to share neighborhood news, and he trolls for information about June's disappearance. Cree, just beginning to pull it together after his father's murder, unwittingly makes himself the chief suspect in the investigation, but an enigmatic and elusive guardian is determined to keep him safe. Val contends with the shadow of her missing friend and a truth she's buried deep inside. Her teacher Jonathan, a Juilliard dropout and barfly, wrestles with dashed dreams and a past riddled with tragic sins.

(In Visitation Street, Ivy Pochoda combines intensely vivid prose with breathtaking psychological insight to explore a cast of solitary souls, pulled by family, love, betrayal, and hope, who yearn for a chance to break free.)

About the Author:
Ivy Pochoda grew up in Brooklyn, New York in a house filled with books. In high school she fell in love with playwriting, poetry, and classical languages. She attended Harvard University, where she studied classical Greek. She also holds an MFA from Bennington College in Fiction.

She is the author of the novel The Art of Disappearing, which was published in 2009 by St. Martin's Press. A former professional squash player, she now works as a ghostwriter. Her short fiction has appeared in H.O.W. Journal and Canteen and she has contributed to The Rumpus and the Huffington Post book section. Her nonfiction articles have appeared in The New York Times, Fantastic Man, Time Out New York, House & Garden, Maxim, Minx, and BABY. She was the 2009 James Merrill House Writer in Residence. Visitation Street is her second novel.

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The Keeper of Lost Causes

2013-11-05T21:59:00Z

Written By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
Publisher: Penguin Audio

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The Keeper of Lost Causes, the first installment of Adler- Olsen's Department Q series, features the deeply flawed chief detective Carl MØrck (pronounced: murrk), who used to be a good homicide detective-one of Copenhagen's best. Then a bullet almost took his life. Two of his colleagues weren't so lucky, and Carl, who didn't draw his weapon, blames himself. So a promotion is the last thing Carl expects.

But it all becomes clear when he sees his new office in the basement. Carl's been selected to run Department Q, a new special investigations division that turns out to be a department of one. With a stack of Copenhagen's coldest cases to keep him company, Carl's been put out to pasture. So he's as surprised as anyone when a case actually captures his interest. A missing politician vanished without a trace five years earlier. The world assumes she's dead. His colleagues snicker about the time he's wasting. But Carl may have the last laugh, and redeem himself in the process.

Because she isn't dead . . . yet.

About the Author:
Jussi (pronounced: yousee) Adler-Olsen is Denmark's premier crime writer. His books routinely top the bestseller lists in northern Europe, and he's won just about every Nordic crime-writing award, including the prestigious Glass Key Award. Now, Dutton is thrilled to introduce him to America.

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The Defining Decade

2013-10-29T21:00:00Z

Written By: Meg Jay Ph.D.
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA

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Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twenty-something years don't matter. Some say they are a second adolescence. Others call them an emerging adulthood. Dr. Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist, argues that twenty-somethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation, much of which has trivialized what is actually the most defining decade of adulthood.

Drawing from a decade of work with hundreds of twenty-something clients and students, THE DEFINING DECADE weaves the latest science of the twenty-something years with behind-closed-doors stories from twenty-somethings themselves. The result is a provocative read that provides the tools necessary to make the most of your twenties, and shows us how work, relationships, personality, social networks, identity, and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood-if we use the time wisely.

THE DEFINING DECADE is a smart, compassionate and constructive book about the years we cannot afford to miss.

About the Author:
Meg Jay, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who specializes in adult development, and twenty-somethings in particular. She is an assistant clinical professor at University of Virginia, and maintains a private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Jay earned a doctorate in clinical psychology, and in gender studies, from University of California, Berkeley. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Psychology Today, and NPR.

Follow Dr. Jay on Twitter @drmegjay or find The Defining Decade on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thedefiningdecade. You can also visit Dr. Jay's website, www.drmegjay.com.

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The Kite Runner

2013-10-22T14:42:00Z

Written By: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan grow up in different worlds: Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, is a Hazara -- a shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.

The Kite Runner is a novel about friendship and betrayal, and about the price of loyalty. It is about the bonds between fathers and sons, and the power of fathers over sons -- their love, their sacrifices, and their lies. Written against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before, The Kite Runner describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed. But through the devastation, Khaled Hosseini offers hope: through the novel's faith in the power of reading and storytelling, and in the possibilities he shows us for redemption.

About the Author:
Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and moved to the United States in 1980. His first novel, The Kite Runner, was an international bestseller, published in thirty-eight countries. In 2006 he was named a goodwill envoy to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. He lives in northern California.

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Guilty Wives by James Patterson, David Ellis

2013-10-14T14:16:00Z

Written By: James Patterson, David Ellis
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA

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No husbands allowed.

Only minutes after Abbie Elliot and her three best friends step off of a private helicopter, they enter the most luxurious, sumptuous, sensually pampering hotel they have ever been to. Their lavish presidential suite overlooks Monte Carlo, and they surrender to the sun and pool, to the sashimi and sake, to the Bruno Paillard champagne. For four days they're free to live someone else's life. As the weekend moves into pulsating discos, high-stakes casinos, and beyond, Abbie is transported to the greatest pleasure and release she has ever known.

What happened last night?

In the morning's harsh light, Abbie awakens on a yacht, surrounded by police. Something awful has happened--something impossible, unthinkable. Abbie, Winnie, Serena, and Bryah are arrested and accused of the foulest crime imaginable. And now the vacation of a lifetime becomes the fight of a lifetime--for survival. GUILTY WIVES is the ultimate indulgence, the kind of nonstop joy-ride of excess, friendship, betrayal, and danger that only James Patterson can create.

About the Author:
James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 240 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. Mr. Patterson also writes the bestselling Women's Murder Club novels, set in San Francisco, and the top-selling New York detective series of all time, featuring Detective Michael Bennett. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.

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The 9th Girl by Tami Hoag

2013-10-08T17:12:00Z

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On a frigid New Year's Eve in Minneapolis, a young woman's brutalized body falls from the trunk of a car into the path of oncoming traffic. Questions as to whether she was alive or dead when she hit the icy pavement result in her macabre nickname, Zombie Doe. Unidentified and unidentifiable, she is the ninth nameless female victim of the year, and homicide detectives Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska are charged with the task of not only finding out who Zombie Doe is but who in her life hated her enough to destroy her. Was it personal, or could it just have been a crime of opportunity?

Their greatest fear is that not only is she their ninth Jane Doe of the year but that she may be the ninth victim of a vicious, transient serial killer they have come to call Doc Holiday. Crisscrossing America's heartland, Doc Holiday chooses his victims at random, snatching them in one city and leaving them in another, always on a holiday. If Zombie Doe is one of his victims, he has brought his gruesome game to a new and more terrifying level. But as Kovac and Liska begin to uncover the truth, they will find that the monsters in their ninth girl's life may have lived closer to home. And even as another young woman disappears, they have to ask the question: Which is the greater evil - the devil you know or the devil you don't?

About the Author:
Tami Hoag is the #1 international bestselling author of more than thirty books published in more than thirty languages worldwide, including her latest thrillers--Deeper Than The Dead, and Secrets To The Grave. Set in the late '80's, this series explores crime fighting in the early days of modern forensic science and criminal profiling. Renowned for combining thrilling plots with character-driven suspense, Hoag first hit the New York Times Bestseller list with Night Sins, and each of her books since has best a bestseller. She leads a double life in Palm Beach County, Florida where she is also known as a top competitive equestrian in the Olympic discipline of dressage.

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The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It

2013-10-01T15:06:00Z

Written By: Kelly McGonigal
Publisher: Random House (Audio)

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Book Description:

Based on Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal's wildly popular course "The Science of Willpower," The Willpower Instinct is the first book to explain the new science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity.

Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, The Willpower Instinct explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters. For example, listeners will learn:

Willpower is a mind-body response, not a virtue. It is a biological function that can be improved through mindfulness, exercise, nutrition, and sleep.
Willpower is not an unlimited resource. Too much self-control can actually be bad for your health.
Temptation and stress hijack the brain's systems of self-control, but the brain can be trained for greater willpower.
Guilt and shame over your setbacks lead to giving in again, but self-forgiveness and self-compassion boost self-control.
Giving up control is sometimes the only way to gain self-control. Willpower failures are contagious--you can catch the desire to overspend or overeat from your friends--but you can also catch self-control from the right role models.

About the Author:
KELLY McGONIGAL, PHD, is an award-winning psychology instructor at Stanford University, as well as a health educator for the School of Medicine's Health Improvement Program. She is also the author of Psychology Today's "Science of Willpower" blog and lives in Palo Alto, California.

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

2013-09-24T21:00:00Z

Written By: Laura Hillenbrand
Publisher: Random House (Audio)

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On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.

The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.

Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.

In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.

Hillenbrand’s New Yorker article, “A Sudden Illness,” won the 2004 National Magazine Award, and Laura is a two-time winner of the Eclipse Award, the highest journalistic honor in thoroughbred racing. She and actor Gary Sinise are the co-founders of Operation International Children (www.operationinternationalchildren.org), a charity that provides school supplies to needy children through American troops. She lives in Washington, D.C.

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The Penny Pinchers Club

2013-09-12T20:59:00Z

Written By: Sarah Strohmeyer
Publisher: Recorded Books

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Book Description:

Author Sarah Strohmeyer's bubbly farce finds a shopaholic New Jersey wife worried about hanging on to her husband and trying to curb her lavish lifestyle. Katarina Kat Griffiths, a 40-something interior designer, joins the eccentric supersavers of the Rocky River Penny Pinchers Club to get out of debt, put her daughter, Laura, through college and save her marriage to Emerly College economics professor Griff Griffiths.

Suspecting that Griff is having an affair with the more economically sound Bree, his sexy assistant, Kat vows to save her marriage, even if it means giving up her Lexus and her Starbucks triple venti lattes. Hilarity ensues as Kat discovers, among other things, two Mint Tingle condoms in the pocket of her husband's khakis right before their 20th anniversary as well as his secret $10,000 bank account. When newly divorced Liam Novak, Kat's first love, returns to town, complications ensue. While Strohmeyer's plot may appear overly cutesy, she finds ample humor in her family-centric story, and the list of Top 15 Dos and Don'ts from The Penny Pinchers Club is spot-on.

About the author:
Some novelists begin their careers by winning literary contests or writing their first manuscripts while pursuing a masters degree. Sarah Strohmeyer began hers by placing Barbie in forty contemporary and historical settings with photos taken by her friend (and photographer) Geoff Hansen. BARBIE UNBOUND: A PARODY OF THE BARBIE OBSESSION became a cult hit. It was, briefly, the most shoplifted book in America.

After that, she wrote the Bubbles Yablonsky mystery series featuring a bubble-headed blonde ditzy - or is she? - hairdresser with a gift for gossip who becomes a newspaper reporter - sort of a memoir. She has also written several novels about women.

Today, she lives in Vermont with her husband, son, and daughter, along with their five-year-old basset hound.

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Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception

2013-09-03T14:52:00Z

Written By: Philip Houston, Michael Floyd, Susan Carnicero, Don Tennant
Publisher: Macmillan Audio

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Book Description:

Three former CIA officers-among the world's foremost authorities on recognizing deceptive behavior-share their proven techniques for uncovering a lie.

Imagine how different your life would be if you could tell whether someone was lying or telling you the truth. Be it hiring a new employee, investing in a financial interest, speaking with your child about drugs, confronting your significant other about suspected infidelity, or even dating someone new, having the ability to unmask a lie can have far-reaching and even life-altering consequences.

As former CIA officers, Philip Houston, Michael Floyd, and Susan Carnicero are among the world's best at recognizing deceptive behavior. Spy the Lie chronicles the captivating story of how they used a methodology Houston developed to detect deception in the counterterrorism and criminal investigation realms, and shows how these techniques can be applied in our daily lives.

Through fascinating anecdotes from their intelligence careers, the authors teach readers how to recognize deceptive behaviors, both verbal and nonverbal, that we all tend to display when we respond to questions untruthfully. For the first time, they share with the general public their methodology and their secrets to the art of asking questions that elicit the truth.

Spy the Lie is a game-changer. You may never read another book that has a more dramatic impact on your career, your relationships, or your future.

About the Authors:
Philip Houston, a twenty-five-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency and a recipient of the Career Intelligence Medal, is a nationally recognized authority on deception detection, critical interviewing, and elicitation. He has conducted thousands of interviews and interrogations for the CIA and other federal agencies, and is credited with developing a detection of deception methodology currently employed throughout the U.S. intelligence and federal law enforcement communities.

Michael Floyd is a leading authority on interviewing, detection of deception, and elicitation in cases involving criminal activity, personnel screening, and national security issues. In a career spanning more than thirty-five years, he has served in both the CIA and the National Security Agency, and founded Advanced Polygraph Services, where he conducted high-profile interviews and interrogations for law enforcement agencies, law firms, and private industry.

Susan Carnicero, a former security officer with the CIA specializing in national security, employment, and criminal issues, is an eminent authority on interviewing, detection of deception, and elicitation. Trained as a forensic psychologist, she is the developer of a behavioral screening program used extensively in both the public and private sectors, and is currently involved in conducting high-level screening interviews within the U.S. government.

Don Tennant is a former National Security Agency analyst and business/technology journalist. As editor in chief of Computerworld, he won a variety of national journalism awards, including the Timothy White Award for Editorial Integrity and the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award from American Business Media.

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Fear Your Strengths: What You Are Best at Could Be Your Biggest Problem

2013-08-26T15:06:00Z

Written By: Robert E. Kaplan, Robert B. Kaiser
Publisher: Gildan Media

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Book Description:

Once you've discovered your strengths, you need to discover something else: your strengths can work against you.

Many leaders know this on some intuitive level, and they see it in others. But they don't see it as clearly in themselves. Mainly, they think of leadership development as working on their weaknesses. No wonder. The tools used to assess managers are not equipped to pick up on overplayed strengths-when more is not better.

Nationally recognized leadership experts Bob Kaplan and Rob Kaiser have conducted thousands of assessments of senior executives designed to determine when their strengths serve them well-versus betray them. In this groundbreaking audiobook, they draw on their data and practical experience to identify four fundamental leadership qualities, each positive in and of itself but each of which, if overemphasized, can seriously compromise your effectiveness. Most leaders, they've found, are "lopsided"-they favor certain qualities to the exclusion of others without realizing it. The trick is to keep all four in balance.

Fear Your Strengths provides tools to help you become aware of your leadership leanings and excesses and provides insights for combatting the mindset that encourages them. It offers a practical psychology of leadership, a better way for leaders to calibrate their performance so that you can make sure your strengths don't overpower you but rather move you-and your organization-forward.

About the Authors:
Robert E. Kaplan is founding partner of Kaplan DeVries Inc., a foremost consulting and research firm that specializes in assessment for selection and development.

Robert B. Kaiser is president of Kaiser Leadership Solutions and a thought leader with over 150 publications and presentations to his credit.

Kaplan and Kaiser are the authors of The Versatile Leader and codevelopers of the Leadership Versatility Index, a patented assessment tool.

The Center for Creative Leadership is a top-ranked global provider of executive education that annually serves more than 20,000 individuals and 2,000 organizations, including more than 80 of the Fortune 100 companies.

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How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk

2013-08-20T20:59:00Z

Book Description:

The renowned #1 New York Times bestselling authors share their advice and expertise with parents and teens in this accessible, indispensable guide to surviving adolescence.

Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish transformed parenting with their breakthrough, bestselling books Siblings Without Rivalry and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk. Now, they return with this essential guide that tackles the tough issues teens and parents face today.

Filled with straightforward advice and written in their trademark, down-to-earth style sure to appeal to both parents and teens, this all-new volume offers both innovative, easy-to-implement suggestions and proven techniques to build the foundation for lasting relationships. From curfews and cliques to sex and drugs, it gives parents the tools to help their children safely navigate the often stormy years of adolescence.

About the Authors:
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish are internationally acclaimed, award-winning experts on adult-child communication. Both lecture nationwide, and their group workshop programs are used by thousands of groups throughout the world to improve communication between children and adults.

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Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

2013-08-12T15:45:00Z

Written By: John J. Ratey (Author), Eric Hagerman(Contributor)
Publisher: Gildan Media

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Book Description:

Did you know that in a landmark study, aerobic exercise was shown to be as effective as antidepressants? That women who exercise, lower their chances of developing dementia by 50 percent? That a revolutionary fitness program helped put one U.S. school district of 19,000 kids first in the world in science? That, in fact, exercise sparks new brain-cell growth? The evidence is incontrovertible: aerobic exercise physically transforms our brains for peak performance.

In Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, John J. Ratey, MD, takes you on a fascinating journey through the mind-body connection, presenting startling new research to prove that exercise is truly the best defense against everything from mood disorders to ADHD to addiction to menopause to Alzheimer's. He explains that the brain works just as muscles do-growing with use, withering with inactivity-and shows why getting your heart and lungs pumping can mean the difference between a calm, focused mind and a harried, inattentive self.

Filled with cutting-edge science and amazing case studies, Spark is the first audio book to explore the connection between exercise and the brain. And with a simple, targeted regimen to get your body moving and your mind in peak condition, it will forever change the way you think about your morning run-and, for that matter, the way you think.

About the Author:
John Ratey, M.D. is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of numerous bestselling and groundbreaking books, including Driven to Distraction and A User's Guide to the Brain. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he has a private practice. Eric Hagerman is a former editor of Popular Science and Outside. His work has been featured in The Best American Sports Writing 2004, Men's Journal, and PLAY.

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The Secrets of Happy Families: Surprising New Ideas to Bring More Togetherness, Less Chaos, and Greater Joy

2013-08-06T20:06:00Z

Written By: Bruce Feiler
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

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Book Description:

Don't worry about family dinner.
Let your kids pick their punishments.
Ditch the sex talk.
Cancel date night.

These are just a few of the surprising innovations in this bold first-of-its-kind playbook for today's families. Bestselling author and New York Times family columnist Bruce Feiler found himself squeezed between caring for aging parents and raising his children. So he set out on a three-year journey to find the smartest solutions and the most cutting-edge research about families. Instead of the usual family "experts," he sought out the most creative minds-from Silicon Valley to the set of Modern Family, from the country's top negotiators to the Green Berets-and asked them what team-building exercises and problem-solving techniques they use with their families. Feiler then tested these ideas with his wife and kids. The result is a fun, original look at how families can draw closer together, complete with two hundred never-before-seen best practices.

Feiler's life-changing discoveries include a radical plan to reshape your family in twenty minutes a week, Warren Buffett's guide for setting an allowance, and the Harvard handbook for resolving conflict. The Secrets of Happy Families is a timely, counter-intuitive book that answers the questions countless parents are asking: How do we manage the chaos of our lives? How do we teach our kids values? How do we make our family happier?

Written in a charming, accessible style, The Secrets of Happy Families is smart, funny, and fresh, and will forever change how your family lives every day.

About the Author:
Bruce Feiler is one of America's most popular voices on family, faith, and survival. He writes the "This Life" column about contemporary families for the Sunday New York Times and is the author of five consecutive New York Times bestsellers, including WALKING THE BIBLE and THE COUNCIL OF DADS. He is the writer/presenter of the PBS series "Walking the Bible" and the forthcoming "Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler."

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The Art of Insight: How to Have More Aha! Moments

2013-07-30T20:59:00Z

Written By: Charles Kiefer, Malcolm Constable
Publisher: Gildan Media

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Book Description:

We have all experienced it: the jolt of an insight arriving like a thunderclap, the metaphorical light bulb over your head as you drive to work, take a shower, or unload the dishwasher. These all-too-elusive "aha moments" come sporadically and without warning. But what if insights could be accessed more reliably in everyday life? Charles Kiefer and Malcolm Constable have the tools to make this possibility a reality.

Based on the authors' years of research, reflection, and experiences with colleagues, friends, and business clients, The Art of Insight presents practical methods for recognizing and cultivating an insight state of mind. All too often, decision making is a forced experience that promotes recycling of old ideas and old ways of thinking. Kiefer and Constable's Insight Thinking Methods are designed to foster fresh thoughts and perspectives. But this is not a rigid set of rules-it's a creative pursuit. Guided by their user-friendly practices and helpful exercises, you'll develop your own personal approach to cultivating a mindset where insights come readily so that new or longstanding problems are solved with confidence and ease.

It is the simple truth that one insight can change your life, and the next can change your organization or even the world. A go-to-guide that can make the complicated effortless, The Art of Insight offers a path to becoming a more effective thinker and decision maker.

About the Author:
Charles Kiefer is the founder of Innovation Associates, whose programs and services in insight, entrepreneurial thinking and learning-based change permanently improve a large organization’s ability to innovate.

Malcolm Constable is an accomplished writer and entrepreneur who has been using insight thinking methods for the past five years with clients in the boardroom and on the golf course.

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Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy

2013-07-22T15:23:00Z

Written By: Emily Bazelon
Publisher: Random House

From the Press Release
Book Description:

Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and educators know all too well.

No writer is better poised to explore this territory than Emily Bazelon, who has established herself as a leading voice on the social and legal aspects of teenage drama. In Sticks and Stones, she brings readers on a deeply researched, clear-eyed journey into the ever-shifting landscape of teenage meanness and its sometimes devastating consequences. The result is an indispensable book that takes us from school cafeterias to courtrooms to the offices of Facebook, the website where so much teenage life, good and bad, now unfolds.

Along the way, Bazelon defines what bullying is and, just as important, what it is not. She explores when intervention is essential and when kids should be given the freedom to fend for themselves. She also dispels persistent myths: that girls bully more than boys, that online and in-person bullying are entirely distinct, that bullying is a common cause of suicide, and that harsh criminal penalties are an effective deterrent. Above all, she believes that to deal with the problem, we must first understand it.

Blending keen journalistic and narrative skills, Bazelon explores different facets of bullying through the stories of three young people who found themselves caught in the thick of it. Thirteen-year-old Monique endured months of harassment and exclusion before her mother finally pulled her out of school. Jacob was threatened and physically attacked over his sexuality in eighth grade-and then sued to protect himself and change the culture of his school. Flannery was one of six teens who faced criminal charges after a fellow student's suicide was blamed on bullying and made international headlines. With grace and authority, Bazelon chronicles how these kids' predicaments escalated, to no one's benefit, into community-wide wars. Cutting through the noise, misinformation, and sensationalism, she takes us into schools that have succeeded in reducing bullying and examines their successful strategies. The result is a groundbreaking book that will help parents, educators, and teens themselves better understand what kids are going through today and what can be done to help them through it.

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Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don't, and How to Make Any Change Stick

2013-07-15T16:25:00Z

Written By: Jeremy Dean
Publisher: Gildan Media

From the Press Release
Book Description:

Say you want to start going to the gym or practicing a musical instrument. How long should it take before you stop having to force it and start doing it automatically?

The surprising answers are found in Making Habits, Breaking Habits, a leading psychologist's popular examination of one of the most powerful and underappreciated processes in the brain. Although people like to think that they are in control, the vast majority of human behavior occurs without any decision-making or conscious thought.

Drawing on hundreds of fascinating studies, psychologist Jeremy Dean busts the myths to finally explain why seemingly easy habits, like eating an apple a day, can be surprisingly difficult to form, and how to take charge of your brain's natural "autopilot" to make any change stick.

Witty and intriguing, Making Habits, Breaking Habits shows how behavior occurs more than just a product of what you think. It is possible to bend your habits to your will-and be happier, more creative, and more productive.

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The Ring Makes All the Difference: The Hidden Consequences of Cohabitation and the Strong Benefits of Marriage

2013-07-02T20:59:00Z

Written By: Glenn T. Stanton
Publisher: Moody Publishers; New Edition edition

From the Press Release
Book Description:

Unmarried cohabitation is among the Western world's fastest growing family trends and more than three-quarters of American cohabitors moving in together have some plans of marrying in the future. More than 60 percent of marriages are preceded by one or both partners having cohabited prior.

But is cohabitation a smart test-drive for marriage? "Few things are so widely believed today but so strongly and consistently disproven," says Glenn T. Stanton, author of the new book: The Ring Makes All the Difference: The Hidden Consequences of Cohabitation and the Strong Benefits of Marriage.

Stanton isn't afraid to speak honestly about what his research shows from those who have lived together and the status of their relationship. "Cohabitation is a burgeoning problem and its effects are not understood very well by those who choose it. It is clear that it favors the man because it involves less commitment and has more emotional effects on the woman. There is nothing people do to actually increase their likelihood of divorce than cohabit before marriage--while thinking they are boosting their chances of marital success," Stanton says.

Stanton says cohabitating with the goal of test-driving marriage isn't like spring training for a successful baseball season. In fact, couples who enter marriage who have cohabitated are 50 to 80 percent more likely to divorce than couples who never cohabitated.

Stanton cites an impressive work from leading cohabitation scholars who affirm the belief that cohabitating prior to marriage lowers the odds of divorce has no evidence going for it yet it is a strongly held belief.

Defining it even further, Stanton says a new finding presented in the book is that cohabitation tends to harm women more deeply because of these factors: false hope, unequal commitment, and more power for men due to decreased relational commitment.

Stanton tackles topics that are of interest to readers-both those who are or are thinking of cohabitating and those who aren't sure about it. He addresses: how cohabitating relationships differ from marriage, why mom and dad's marriage license matters to children, the relationship on the guy's terms, and how marriage elevates every important measure of a person's well-being while cohabitation does not.

The book is a careful, practical look at what Stanton believes we know about couples who choose to live together outside of marriage-and how this knowledge can help create current and future relationships that are as healthy, fulfilling, and long-lasting as possible.

About the Author:
Glenn T. Stanton is the director for Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs and is directing a major research project on international family formation trends at the Institute of Marriage and Family in Ottawa. He debates and lectures extensively on the issues of gender, sexuality, marriage and parenting at universities and churches around the country. He served the George W. Bush administration for many years as a consultant on increasing fatherhood involvement in the Head Start program. Glenn is an author and contributor to many books and is quoted as a leading spokesperson on marriage and family issues. Glenn and his wife have five children and live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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When Your Parent Becomes Your Child: A Journey of Faith Through My Mother's Dementia

2013-06-24T14:53:00Z

Written By: Ken Abraham
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

From the Press Release
Book Description:

Dementia is one of the world's fastest growing illnesses. Without a major medical breakthrough, the estimated 24 million people living with some form of the disease could easily jump as high as 84 million by the year 2040. It is rapidly becoming everyone's problem. But statistics and numbers don't matter when it's your parent.

When Your Parent Becomes Your Child tells the story of the Abraham family who began to recognize and to deal with the common issues found in caring for their matriarch, Minnie: memory loss, physical decline, personal hygiene, dangers of driving and living alone, aberrant behavior and uncharacteristic attitudes.

As he chronicles his own mom's degenerative condition, New York Times best-selling writer Ken Abraham not only educates but offers inspiration to help readers cope with and manage their family circumstances. "In retrospect, it's easy to recognize that I was in denial," says Abraham, "but when you are in the midst of it, especially in the beginning stages of your parent becoming your child, denial is the last thing on your mind. I didn't want to admit that something was wrong with my mom."

With humor and spiritual reminders of God's command to honor our parents, Abraham encourages readers, helping them shoulder the additional, often difficult responsibilities. And though patients will not recover this side of heaven, he suggests many practical things that families can do to make the experience safer, kinder and more endurable for everyone involved.

Ken Abraham is a New York Times best-selling author known around the world for his collaborations with high-profile public figures. A former professional musician and pastor, he is a popular guest with both secular and religious media. His books include One Soldier's Story with Bob Dole, Payne Stewart with Tracey Stewart, Falling in Love for All the Right Reasons with Dr. Neil Clark Warren and Let's Roll! with Lisa Beamer.

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Mean Girls at Work: How to Stay Professional When Things Get Personal

2013-06-19T07:00:00Z

Written By: Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster
Publisher: McGraw-Hill

From the Press Release
Book Description:

A woman's guide to the new frontier of professional development-making the best of the worst situations with other women in the workplace.

More than ninety percent of women of different social strata claim that envy and jealousy toward other women colors their lives. Ninety percent of women in diverse jobs also report that competition in the workplace is primarily between other women, rather than between women and men. With women comprising over fifty percent of the workforce, a new dynamic has emerged. Women find themselves working with each other in large numbers on all levels of the corporate structure for the first time. While one would think this would create harmony and a supportive workplace atmosphere, it often fosters power struggles.

Enter Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster. In their previous books, Working for You Isn't Working for Me and Working with You is Killing Me, these bestselling authors came to the rescue, offering solutions for anyone trapped in energy-zapping relationships with coworkers, bosses, or subordinates. With Mean Girls at Work: How to Stay Professional When Things Get Personal, they approach yet another significant challenge head-on: covert competition between women at work.

Women-to-women relationships are naturally intense. When they are good they're very good, when they're bad, they can be horrible. The challenge for today's professional woman is to develop skills and strategies that enable her to thrive in the workplace - even among covertly competitive colleagues. Unfortunately, so many women today get caught in the "one has to lose so one can win" game. Crowley and Elster prove that success is about achieving results, rather than winning power struggles.

Crowley and Elster give women the knowledge, strength, and skills to navigate rough waters, discussing solutions to scenarios in which a female colleague might:

Exclude you from important emails;
Gossip about anyone and everyone;
Make you look bad by failing to meet deadlines;
Need too much personal attention;
Communicate in an unprofessional manner-or maybe choose not to interact with you at all.

Mean Girls at Work offers 70 distinct scenarios ranging from a colleague excluding you from a meeting to coworkers spreading lies about you. Each scenario describes a behavior, how the recipient of this conduct might feel, what she'll be tempted to do in reaction (but shouldn't!), and what she needs to do to stay professional and manage the situation. Their three steps (Don't Go There, Go Here, and Going Forward), will empower women to support each other in succeeding at work and help them to troubleshoot any stressful situation involving a female boss, colleague, employee or client.

You don't have to suffer in silence when you're involved in a complicated work battle. Mean Girls at Work will inspire you to gain a greater understanding of how to transform a negative relationship into a positive one.

About the Authors:
Katherine Crowley, a Harvard trained psychotherapist, and Kathi Elster, a management consultant and executive coach, create the yin and yang of their company, K Squared Enterprises. Since 1989, they've combined their complementary expertise to develop a unique method for dealing with difficult people and challenging conditions at work. Their inside-out approach transforms the way businesses uncover and resolve their greatest interpersonal dilemmas.

Bestselling authors, educators, public speakers, executive coaches, and veteran consultants, Katherine and Kathi are seasoned guides in the area of professional fulfillment through self-awareness and self-management.

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Be a Better Dad Today: Ten Tools Every Father Needs

2013-06-10T16:02:00Z

Written By: Gregory Slayton
Publisher: Regal

From the Press Release
Book Description:

Gregory Slayton is an American professor, businessman, philanthropist former Ambassador and father of four. But, his greatest passion for fathers to be the best dad they can be comes from his own personal story, featured in Be a Better Dad Today.

The last time Gregory Slayton spoke with his father, Slayton was fighting for his life in a hospital room. After his father called, he soon cut short the conversation with his son, promising to call back. For 25 years, he never did. His father died in 2007, alone and in great pain.

Be a Better Dad Today reminds fathers that they can fulfill their parental responsibilities and overcome whatever issues they may have inherited or grown up with. Slayton has studied the art and practice of fatherhood on six different continents over the past 25 years. Some of the many relevant topics related to fatherhood include:

Is the Role of Fatherhood in Crisis? 40% of all children are the victims of “Father Failure.” Be a Better Dad Today provides statistics on teen pregnancy, mental illness, incarceration, school drop-out and teen-suicide—all pointing to the critical need for every father to be involved in the life of their children.

The "Ten Tools of Fatherhood":

Family First/Fun
All-in Marriage
True Moral Compass and True Humility
Heartfelt Love
Empowering Servant Leadership
Relationship Tools that Work
Heaven’s Help
Other Good Dads
Optimistic, Never-Surrender Attitude
Dynamic, Whole-Person Support

This Isn't Your Dad's Generation: Slayton offers advice on how fathers can stay connected with their children despite their busy schedules. He also features special circumstances like single dads, blended families and long-distant dads.

Military Dads Returning from Deployment: With military fathers returning to their families, Slayton provides tips on how fathers can reconnect with their children, the impact of their absence and how to deal with post-war anxiety as a father.

With humor, empathy and relatable advice, Be a Better Dad Today speaks to all fathers, no matter their situation. Slayton even speaks to fathers who haven’t really played much of a role in their children’s lives at all. Be a Better Dad Today is an inspirational and practical guidebook that will show fathers how to become the best dad they can be—for their family’s sake as well as their own.

To underscore his commitment to strengthening fatherhood and families, Professor Slayton has committed to donate 100 percent of his royalty profits from the book to fatherhood charities. Additional information is available at BeABetterDadToday.com

About the Author:
The Honorable Gregory W. Slayton is the Managing Director of Slayton Capital – and was an early investor and/or Board member for companies such as Google, Salesforce.com, Bloom Energy and WYSE Technologies. He teaches on occasion at Dartmouth, Harvard and Stanford and is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership at UIBE Business School in Beijing.

Gregory Slayton was appointed by President George W. Bush as the United States Consul General and Chief of Mission to Bermuda, a position he held for four years from his swearing in by Secretary of State Rice on August 15, 2005 until August, 2009. Slayton and his wife, Marina, founded the Slayton Family Foundation in 1999. They currently reside in New Hampshire with their four children.

Notable Quotes from Be a Better Dad Today:

Among my other roles so far I have been a CEO, a venture capitalist, an ambassador and an Ivy League professor. In every role I have ever had—even in roles in which I have won prestigious awards or achieved marked success—I knew there were others out there who would probably do as good a job, or maybe even a better one, than me. But in my job as a dad to my children, like all dads for their kids, I am literally irreplaceable. This is true for you as a dad as well (Chapter 1)

A Noble Family Vision is like a roadmap of what you and your family want to be like in 10 or 20 or 30 years. Having one can be the difference between getting there safe and sound…or not. (Chapter 2)

Like any skilled workman, a father needs a strong set of reliable tools to help him complete his job. These are the Ten Tools of Fatherhood—and they are effective in every home in which they are put to work. (Chapter 3)

Fatherhood can be a lot of work, but it should also be a lot of fun. After all, you’re on the journey of a lifetime (quite literally) with the people you most love in the whole world. Having fun with your family every day doesn’t take lots of money or hours of free time. It just takes a willingness to enjoy the simple pleasures of life together and to celebrate the big things together as well. It also takes a conscious decision to put your family first each and every day. (Chapter 3)

Many people think long and hard about the material things they will pass on to their kids when they die. . . But there is something much more important that we as fathers need to pass on to our children: a strong set of ethics and time-tested values, or what I call a “True Moral Compass.” This is the most important legacy we can ever give our kids. (Chapter 3)

Active understanding builds directly on careful listening. It is the art of not just hearing the words being used but also understanding the message behind those words. This is a skill that is based on careful listening that develops over time. In fact, it is a skill that grows directly out of careful listening, and it is a vital skill for all effective dads. (Tool #6: Relationship Tools)

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of praying diligently and sincerely for your wife and children. I do not pretend to understand exactly how prayer works, but I have seen the power of prayer change hearts (first and foremost, my own) and circumstances. It is by earnest, heartfelt prayer that we link arms, so to speak, with our almighty Father. (Tool #7: Heaven’s Help)

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Hope for Parents of Troubled Teens: A Practical Guide to Getting Them Back on Track

2013-06-04T18:48:00Z

Written By: by Connie Rae, LMHC
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (January 1, 2012)

From the Press Release
Book Description:

What can a parent do when their teen is rebellious, distant, or depressed? Parents often feel helpless, not knowing how to understand what their teen is going through, let alone what actions they can take. Licensed counselor Connie Rae has seen it all, both in her professional practice and in her personal life with a son who struggled through a drug addiction. In her book Hope for Parents of Troubled Teens, she offers encouragement and practical advice on what to say and do, and mistakes to avoid.

In her reassuring tone, Connie provides parents with time-tested advice, including how to:

• Handle the inevitable conflicts that arise and effectively communicate with their child
• Effectively deal with rebellious behavior
• Recognize when their teen is abusing alcohol or drugs and how to help
• Understand their teen's temperament and developmental process
• Help teens gain a healthy, biblically grounded self-esteem

Whether a parent is preparing for the challenges of the adolescent years ahead or the situation looks bleak already, Connie helps open up the world of the teenage mind and provide the steps they need to protect and restore the relationship with their child. In addition, she concludes each chapter with recommended practical steps and a prayer.

About the Author:
Connie Rae, LMHC (MS, Central Washington University) is a licensed counselor who has worked with families and youth-at-risk for more than 25 years. Connie has been a speaker at conferences, seminars, and workshops, and has taught classes in family issues. She and her husband raised four children and adopted a fifth as a teenager. They live in Washington.

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Called to Serve: Encouragement, Support, and Inspiration for Military Families

2013-05-14T16:04:00Z

Written By: Tony Monetti and Penny Monetti
Publisher: Discovery House Publishers (April 1, 2011)

From the Press Release
Book Description:

Defending the Military Family and Faith
Combating the Stressors Attacking Military Personnel and Their Families

The 2.9 million US military personnel serving in 150 countries face extraordinary emotional and spiritual challenges. Lieutenant Colonel Tony Monetti, a combat veteran command pilot, and his wife, Penny, have lived those challenges during their twenty years of life as a military family.

Sharing real-life stories drawn from their years of military experience, the Monettis have released Called to Serve to offer encouragement, humor, and tools to combat relational threats from the perspective of the "Warrior" and the "Spouse."

Thirty-one compelling and encouraging chapters address the top stressors affecting military personnel and their families. Each account, tied to relevant Scripture, whets the spiritual palate, encouraging the reader to seek additional encouragement from the Bible.

About the Authors:
Lieutenant Colonel Tony Monetti has written numerous articles for military publications.

Penny Monetti is the author of Choose to Dance and speaks nationwide, presenting family-strengthening workshops. In March 2011, she completed training to become a certified counselor in stress and trauma care. She is also working toward certification as a biblical counselor.

With twenty-three years of accrued experience, the Monettis and their three children know military life.

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What a Difference a Mom Makes

2013-05-06T17:38:00Z

Written By: Dr. Kevin Leman
Publisher: Revell (September 1, 2012)

From the Press Release
Book Description:

Think Father-Son Bonding Is the Only Thing that Matters? Think Again.

Dr. Kevin Leman, Award Winning, New York Times Bestselling Author, Tells Why A Mom's Relationship with Her Son Matters Uniquely- And How to Make It Stronger At Every Age

"You've always dreamed of having that precious little daughter - one who is a little replica of you. And then you show up at the doctor's office for your sonogram. "What's that?" you say pointing at a little something you can't quite place on the blurry black-and-white image. And the doc says, "That's a penis." You frown, not understanding. "My daughter's got a penis?" Then realization dawns. "A boy?" Inside you start to panic. What do I do with a boy? I don't know a thing about boys! Ah, but you will."

For some moms, sons are confusing right from that first diaper change on. But by the time a mom makes it through the treasures a boy brings home in his pockets during grade school, the extra dirt her boy seems to find every time he goes outside, and the changes that puberty and driving privileges bring, she's sure of only one thing- she does not understand boys!

But if any of that tempts a mom to leave the big stuff to Dad, she's missing out on an amazing opportunity, says Dr. Kevin Leman. "Of all the people in the world, you, Mom, make the biggest difference in your son's world." Leman says "He'll never reveal it to you straight out, so I'll say it plainly. Your boy wants to please you. And that driving need will stay with him for a lifetime."

By recognizing the deepest desire of her son, a mom can speak into her son's life in ways that help him develop good relationships with other women, understand his own sexuality, fight his own battles, and command respect.

And along the way, it is possible, Leman believes, to learn some key coping skills for parenting your son and keeping a sense of humor. True, moms may never understand why some things are funny to your son that are just disgusting to you, but you can still embrace the chance to leave an indelible imprint on your son's life with fun and grace.

About the Author:

Dr. Kevin Leman is an internationally known psychologist, humorist, and New York Times bestselling author of Have a New Kid by Friday. He is the author of many books, including The Birth Order Book, Making Children Mind without Losing Yours, Have a New Husband by Friday, and Have a New Teenager by Friday. He is a radio and television personality, and speaker who has taught and entertained audiences worldwide with his wit and commonsense psychology. He has made house calls for hundreds of radio and television programs, including Fox & Friends, The Early Show, CNN’s American Morning and Focus on the Family. He has also served as a contributing family psychologist to Good Morning America.

Dr. Leman and his wife, Sande, live in Tucson, Arizona. They have five children and two grandchildren.

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Would You Eat Your Cat? Key Ethical Conundrums and What They Tell You about Yourself

2013-04-30T19:00:00Z

Written By: Jeremy Stangroom
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (November 19, 2012)

From the Press Release
Book Description:
Where do you stand on capital punishment? What about your moral obligation to stem climate change? Most people who've taken Philosophy 101 or an ethics class might be able to confidently state whether they are more libertarian or authoritarian, or that they have a sound rationale for their stance on issues like suicide, pornography, and torture. But Jeremy Stangroom's Would You Eat Your Cat? Key Ethical Conundrums and What They Tell You about Yourself covers sticky moral ground that will inspire readers to delve deeply into their own belief system.

What if a confession of a one-night stand that started as a reconnection on Facebook-which would never be repeated or even considered by the offending spouse again-would cause the end of an otherwise happy marriage that might have continued for many decades? In his colorful and conversational prose, Stangroom argues that if one is a utilitarian in the tradition of the philosopher Jeremy Bentham, one would consider the greatest good for the greatest number of people above all, and might decide on that basis that a confession in the above situation would cause more pain than pleasure for the most people, and would thus refrain. A subscriber to the deontological ethics of Immanuel Kant, however, would believe that there are moral norms that exist independent of the pain/pleasure outcome of the people involved, and that one is duty-bound to obey what is right, regardless of consequence. Finally, a believer in the virtue ethics based on Aristotelian ideals would argue that the best action is the one that contributes to the cultivation of a virtuous character, e.g. the qualities of justice, fortitude, courage, temperance, and prudence. In the above example, the virtues ethicist may decide that if the deception of one's spouse were a singular instance, one's behavior may not merit condemnation and a confession would not be necessary.

Using creative parallel universe scenarios (a young man whose consensual photographs of his nude teenage girlfriend might be argued to be off-limits even for his private viewing many years later, when their relationship is over and she has become a celebrity) and real-life moral quandaries-is the driver who drove home under the influence and arrived without incident equally culpable to the one who drove home in the same state and had an accident that resulted in another's death?-Stangroom walks readers through a variety of view-altering situations that are answered, in the back of the book, by rationales and a philosophical explanation for each possible response.

In a shifting prism that makes black-and-white suddenly appear instead to be many shades of gray, Stangroom has us evaluate our instinctive or long-held views of right and wrong. Where do you stand on the barometer of morality?

Would You Eat Your Cat? is sure to shake up any dinner party and inspire hours of lively and thoughtful debate. This unique collection of classic and modern problems and paradoxes is sure to challenge your best ideas and give your ethical foundations a solid review.

About the Author:
Jeremy Stangroom is an elected Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion. He is a cofounder of The Philosophers' Magazine and its New Media editor. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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Before It's Too Late: Why Some Kids Get Into Trouble--and What Parents Can Do About It [Paperback]

2013-04-01T08:00:00Z

Written By: Stanton E. Samenow, Ph.D.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press

From the Inside Flap
Book Description:
Is it "just a phase," or could your child be headed for serious trouble?

If you sense that your child is seriously troubled, you may feel bewildered, helpless, ineffective. How can you stop your child from throwing away his or her life? How can you avoid thinking that you’ve failed as a parent? In this newly revised and expanded edition of the classic guide Before It’s Too Late, clinical psychologist Stanton E. Samenow explains how to break the useless cycle of blame and take corrective action. Topics include:

How to understand the personality of the antisocial child
How to tell the difference between a “phase” and a pattern of misbehavior
How to identify the seven common manifestations of antisocial behavior
How to cope more effectively as the parent of an older antisocial child
How to avoid the six common mistakes that prevent parents from taking action
How to step in—early and effectively—before bad behavior becomes entrenched

About the Author:
Stanton E. Samenow, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who has served on three presidential task forces on crime and drug issues. He is the author of Inside the Criminal Mind and a collaborator with Dr. Samuel Yochelson on the landmark three-volume work The Criminal Personality. Married and the father of two sons, Dr. Samenow is in private practice in Alexandria, Virginia.

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The MoneySmart Family System: Teaching Financial Independence to Children of Every Age

2013-04-01T07:55:00Z

Written By: Steve and Annette Economides
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

From the Publisher
Book Description:
New York Times Best Selling authors Steve and Annette Economides, the parents of America's Cheapest Family are back with another practical, actionable and fun book. This time they're out to save every parent at least $200,000 on child-rearing costs.

The MoneySmart Family System reveals how Steve and Annette raised their family of five MoneySmart kids using simple, yet revolutionary strategies. Together they've destroyed the myth that it costs more than $250,000 to raise a kid from birth to seventeen years old. Regardless of household income, every parent can learn to control the flow of money to their kids. And to use that money to empower rather than entitle or bail-out their children.

Raising kids can be costly, but following Steve and Annette's advice, parents can use the money they're already spending, not only to buy their kids the things they need, but to give them a financial education that will stand them head and shoulders above their peers.

Thousands of parents have learned about the Economides' kids and their money management skills on their many national TV appearances. This book pulls back the curtain on how these kids were taught from a young age to pay their own way in life. Surprisingly, the results are not grumpy, but grateful kids-confident in their ability to work, earn, save and buy anything they want from cars to college educations-all with cash.

There are tips, strategies and worksheets for every stage of family life (from toddlers to adults). You'll learn about:

A powerful alternative to ineffective allowance systems.
Using everyday items like clothing, toys or activities to financially train children.
Using chores to prepare your kids for productive work in the real world.
The pitfalls of thinking that pets can teach children responsibility.
The dangers of making it too easy for our kids.
What items parents should and shouldn't pay for-such as: cosmetics, braces, technology, mall trips, sports fees and school supplies.
The value of allowing teens to pay for their auto insurance and cars.
Preparing kids for their first paying job.
Building a great resume that earns college scholarships and a debt-free education.
Methods to reduce your financial exposure while providing real help when your adult child requests a bail-out.
How the 5/50/500 rule can be beaten before it destroys your retirement nest egg.

By living what they teach, Steve and Annette have raised MoneySmart kids while spending 77% less than the experts at the USDA estimated. The MoneySmart Family System will empower every family to beat the experts too; while raising happy, healthy and financially responsible kids. Steve and Annette strongly believe that it's never too early, too late or too hard to start learning financial responsibility.

About the Authors:
Steve and Annette Economides (www.AmericasCheapestFamily.com) are New York Times bestselling authors, parents of five kids and internationally recognized personal finance experts and frequent guests on "Good Morning America," "The Today Show," ABC's "20/20," Fox TV's "Your Life with Neil Cavuto," "The Dr. Phil Show," and in Good Housekeeping, People, and Real Simple.

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30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans [Paperback]

2013-04-01T07:55:00Z

Written By: Karl Pillemer, Ph.D.
Publisher: Plume

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Book Description:
After a chance encounter with a remarkable ninety-year-old woman, renowned gerontologist Karl Pillemer decided to find out what older people know about life that the rest of us don’t. His quest led him to speak with a thousand Americans over the age of sixty-five—many of whom can remember the Depression and World War II. While some of their tales reaffirmed timeless wisdom, others surprised Pillemer with the unexpected. Now with a new preface by Jane Brody, 30 Lessons for Living distills their moving stories and hard-won advice. To learn how to live without regret, persevere through hard times, find fulfillment, and age fearlessly and well, there is no one better to ask than the people who have done it themselves.

This beautiful paperback edition features deckled edges and french flaps -- a perfect gift for any occasion.

About the Author:
Karl Pillemer, Ph.D., is the founder and director of the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging. An internationally renowned gerontologist, his research examines how people develop and change throughout their lives. He has authored five books and over 100 scientific publications, and speaks throughout the world on aging-related issues.

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The Divorce Culture: Rethinking Our Commitments to Marriage and Family

2013-04-01T07:50:00Z

Written By: Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
Publisher: Knopf

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Book Review:
When Barbara Dafoe Whitehead published her article "Dan Quayle Was Right" in the April 1993 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, she caught many pundits, polemicists, and readers on their heels. Her argument provided a bracing wake-up call from the largely complacent attitude held toward the effects of divorce and single-parent families on the lives of children. Through thorough statistics, Whitehead demonstrated the real cost of divorce in terms of the diminished lives of America's children. That original argument is expanded to book length in The Divorce Culture. Her book is a recapitulation of her original (and important) case that the state of families ought to be of vital concern to all of us. Now, however, her fresh approach is hardened into a more partisan temper, and her book provides little beyond moralism to chart a course for improvement. If Whitehead's point is that a moral reform is the only means of saving the family, then she at least owes a bit more sweat over the shape that that movement for moral reform ought to take, as well as some analysis of its likelihood of success. After all, if her diagnosis is correct, her prescription is of the greatest importance.

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Joy of Sex [Deluxe Edition] [Paperback]

2013-04-01T07:45:00Z

Written By: Alex Comfort
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley

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Book Description:
Famous for helping couples discover how sex can be playful, erotic, passionate, exhilarating, and most of all, pleasurable.

The Joy of Sex revolutionized how we experience our sexuality. An international bestseller since it was first published in 1972, Dr. Alex Comfort’s classic work dared to celebrate the joy of human physical intimacy with such authority and candor that a whole generation felt empowered to enjoy sex. Now fully updated, revised, and reillustrated, The Joy of Sex once again sets the standard as the world’s most trusted sex manual.

Substantial revisions from sex expert and relationship psychologist Susan Quilliam include new information on:

• Key scientific discoveries in the fields of psychology, physiology, and sexology
• The Internet and couple-friendly pornography
• The importance of sex to our growth as people and partners
• Maintaining a fulfilling sex life as we get older

Above all, The Joy of Sex emphasizes the importance of happy and healthy sexuality in our lives.

About the Author:
Dr. Alex Comfort, M.B., D.Sc., was one of the world's leading experts in the field of human sexuality and renowned for his frank and funny writings on love and sex. A pioneer in the study of old age, co-founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, anarchist, social commentator, novelist and poet, he wrote over 50 books and countless scientific papers. A member of the Royal Society of Medicine and an Associate Member of the American Psychiatric Association, he died in March 2000, aged 80.

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Phantom Illness: Shattering the Myth of Hypochondria [Paperback]

2013-04-01T07:05:00Z

Written By: Carla Cantor
Publisher: Mariner Books

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Book Review:
Carla Cantor's long, dark road to hypochondria began when she crashed a car she was driving, killing a friend of hers. She couldn't forgive herself, and a few years later began imagining that she was suffering from lupus. Many years and two hospitalizations later, she wrote this book not only about her experiences, but about hypochondria in general (now more politely referred to as a "somatoform disorder"). No matter what one chooses to call them, psychosomatic disorders--imagined illnesses--present a huge burden to medical systems, and only by taking them seriously can we hope to alleviate their costs. By putting a human face on this often laughed-at syndrome, and by showing ways out of it, Cantor provides a great service not only to "somatizers" and their loved ones, but to the entire healthcare system.

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