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Drop the flashcards—grit, character, and curiosity matter even more… How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough

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

by Paul Tough
4.4 stars – 1,180 reviews
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“Drop the flashcards—grit, character, and curiosity matter even more than cognitive skills. A persuasive wake-up call.”—People

Why do some children succeed while others fail? 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 that the qualities that matter more have to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, optimism, and self-control.

How Children Succeed introduces us to a new generation of researchers and educators, who, for the first time, are using the tools of science to peel back the mysteries of character. Through their stories—and the stories of the children they are trying to help—Tough reveals how this new knowledge can transform young people’s lives. He uncovers the surprising ways in which parents do—and do not—prepare their children for adulthood. And he provides us with new insights into how to improve the lives of children growing up in poverty. This provocative and profoundly hopeful book will not only inspire and engage readers, it will also change our understanding of childhood itself.

“Illuminates the extremes of American childhood: for rich kids, a safety net drawn so tight it’s a harness; for poor kids, almost nothing to break their fall.”—New York Times

“I learned so much reading this book and I came away full of hope about how we can make life better for all kinds of kids.”—Slate

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The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Middle School

by David Borgenicht, Ben Winters, Robin Epstein
4.6 stars – 129 reviews
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Homework, hormones, heartache…middle school has no shortage of perils. Never fear, the authors of the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario series return with a survival guide for those who are facing—or just about to face—this big transitional time in school and life. The handbook is packed with funny-but-useful tips for the trickiest situations that crop up in middle school, like taking charge of a too-busy homework schedule, dealing with a cold shoulder from a friend who has suddenly become just too cool, avoiding common e-mail and cell phone disasters, and more.

BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance: One woman holds the key to making the fallen angels whole again… The Shifter’s Wish by R.A. Boyd

The Shifter’s Wish: New Rose Ghost Shifters (Ghost Shifters of New Rose Book 1)

by R.A. Boyd
4.5 stars – 38 reviews
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A new take on shifter lore.

Widow Cass Stephens wants to mourn in peace. A freak snowstorm, and the fear of no snacks, drives her out into the cold and into the arms of two sexy shifters who may or may not want to rob her of her can opener.

Jax and Damon have been cursed. They need Cass to complete their Alpha Triad and awaken the dormant beasts within them. And they really need that can opener.

Acceptance from their Clan is enough stress, but Cass’s presence brings unease to the surrounding packs and they’re willing to start a war to stop the Triad from forming. Cass will either prove she’s strong enough to be part of the most powerful Triad the shifter world has ever known or die at the hands of those who are afraid to find out.

Content warning: This book is for grown-ups. They do grown-up stuff. Explicit love scenes, threesomes, cursing, and violence. Oh, and sexy shifter fun. If this isn’t your thing, please skip this book. But if you love M/F, M/M/F, fun times, and men who lurv their woman then hop on in!

Falling in love with the Prince of Wales? Ha! Not unless her middle name is Cinderella. Or so she thinks … Royal Icing by Aven Ellis

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Royal Icing (Modern Royals Series Book 3)

by Aven Ellis
4.9 stars – 26 reviews
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Poppy Davies has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be a baker for the upcoming royal wedding. But falling in love with the Prince of Wales? Ha! Not unless her middle name is Cinderella.

Or so she thinks …

Welsh baker Poppy Davies is happily living her best life in London. Passionate about her work, there is nothing more she could possibly want-except to land the coveted job of baking the official biscuits for the upcoming royal wedding for Prince Christian, second in line to the throne. It’s an assignment that could change the entire trajectory of her professional career.

But what about her personal life?

An accidental meeting with Prince Alexander of Wales, the future king, changes everything. Poppy won’t deny the sexy, dark-haired prince is madly attractive, but his reputation as a playboy—and the fact that she’s the least likely woman he’d ever be interested in—puts this in the TV movie category, not real life.

Yet Poppy can’t deny the spark between herself and Xander. As their relationship grows, so does the looming realities of a royal romance in the public eye. Can a baker be accepted as the girlfriend of the heir to the throne—and can she keep true to herself in the role? And will Xander come to believe that he truly is a man worthy of the sacrifice a romance with him requires?

Royal Icing is the third book in the feel-good Modern Royals romantic comedy series but can be read as a standalone. If you like smart heroines, swoon-worthy princes, and laugh-out-loud humor, then you’ll love this heartwarming novel.

Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage: An eye opening look into the decades long struggle that so many brave suffragettes took part in… Remember The Ladies by Gina L. Mulligan

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Remember The Ladies

by Gina L. Mulligan
4.5 stars – 94 reviews
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In 2020, celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage with a gripping novel the San Francisco Book Review said “Brilliantly recaptures the moment” and NYT Bestselling Author Kristina McMorris called “A memorable debut.” Amelia Cooke is a one-of-a-kind, high-stakes congressional lobbyist in 1887, a time before women could vote. When she’s hired by the National Women’s Suffrage Association to lobby for a suffrage amendment, Amelia feels empowered to give women a voice. What she doesn’t foresee is her ex-lover, Senator Edward Stillman. Stillman is charismatic, driven, and desperate to crush the amendment and Amelia. But in a political game where bribery, threats, extortion, and seduction prevail, who will win and at what cost?

Set in the extravagant Gilded Age, Remember the Ladies explores the conflict between the sexes with delightful writing and elegant descriptions, which brings the reader back to a time when the struggle for women’s equality had just begun.

Remember the Ladies by [Gina L. Mulligan]

Think of the eroticism of Anne Rice with loads of sardonic wit… Blood Sex and Violence: A Vampire’s Rebuttal by Emil Jersey

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by Emil Jersey
4.9 stars – 8 reviews
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“…the eroticism of Anne Rice with loads of sardonic wit.” ~Amazon Review
“A vampire novel like none before it!” ~ Batya Dulos, Editor, Run Rabbit Books
What if you were born special and your specialty is pleasure?
Meet Jersey, born ish-mikhan (“fix-it man”), and his specialty is sex.

In this book, Jersey shares his experiences from age seven to the present. Let Jersey show you how great life can be when you’re a vampire and favored by all.

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Born a vampire, Author Emil Jersey brings his unique perspective as the “fix-it man” for his kind.
Born with the propensity to sexually service his superiors, the Vampire’s Rebuttal walks the reader through his life from age seven (when his masters first discovered he was special in this way), to the present (and beyond).

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We’re Still Living in the World That Inspired Animal Farm—75 Years Later

From Time.com: Seventy-five years after George Orwell’s Animal Farm was published, Téa Obreht writes, we may want to heed the story’s lessons now more than ever…  Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free!

It’s been 75 years since the comrades of the once (and future) Manor Farm first took up the anthem “Beasts of England” and surprised themselves by routing out the tyrant farmer, Mr. Jones, from his holdings. Seventy-five years since the seemingly inalterable tenets of Animalism were scrawled in white paint on the side of the barn, and the enthusiastic dreamer Snowball strove for his short-lived utopia before running afoul of the Berkshire boar Napoleon’s autocratic ambitions.

In the decades since the publication of George Orwell’s seminal work of anti-Stalinist satire, we have seen the collapse of the regime that disturbed and inspired its author; the beginning and end of the Cold War, with all its attendant horrors; and the rise and fall of any number of would-be Napoleons, both at home and abroad. Animal Farm, once a work so controversial that it seemed unlikely to find a publisher, has served for so long, and in so many school curriculums, as the predominant introduction to the concept of totalitarianism that it is in danger of being perceived as trite.

With Animal Farm, Orwell—then a 42-year-old democratic socialist known primarily for essays and journalism exploring social injustice and class iniquities across Europe—hoped only to dissuade his countrymen from what he recognized as a dangerous infatuation with Joseph Stalin. It is indisputable that an author’s intentions for his or her work usually don’t survive publication, let alone the author’s death. Nothing of Animal Farm’s success during Orwell’s lifetime could really augur the varied purposes it would come to serve, or the global behemoth it would quickly become. Pushing back on a critique that Orwell was too light-handed in his reproach of totalitarianism, Julian Symons wrote, “In a hundred years’ time perhaps, Animal Farm may be simply a fairy story, today it is a political satire with a good deal of point.”

That was then, and this is now. Luckily, having spent the last seven and a half decades heeding its warnings and taking its lessons to heart, we have pulled ahead of the dangers Animal Farm hinted we might one day face. As a species, we have defied Orwell’s wildest expectations. Wouldn’t he be thrilled to know that we no longer have need of a text that so explicitly decries authoritarianism, fearmongering, tribalism, historical erasure, factual manipulation and war as an engine of national pride?

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Hannah (Farraday Country Book 8)

by Chris Keniston
4.7 stars – 491 reviews
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An equine therapist on her family’s horse ranch, Hannah Farraday isn’t looking for a fairytale romance; But when a chance encounter brings police officer Dale Johnson roaring into her world, can this knight in shining armor make her believe in happily ever after?

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Tuckers bluff isn’t done playing matchmaker for the Farradays. Welcome to Hannah, book 8 in the Farraday Country series set in cattle-ranching west Texas, with all the friends, family and fun that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling author Chris Keniston.

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Twilights in Colorado (Colorado Crazy Book 4)

by Milan Watson
4.7 stars – 54 reviews
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Everyone deserves a second chance, but Riley Anderson deserves the world.

Riley Anderson has just been released from prison. Under the shadow of his past he finds work at the White River Ranch. He’s looking for a fresh start, but he has his parents and younger brother to think of as well. But the folks of White Horse Creek aren’t as eager to welcome an ex-convict into their fold.

Sky Lepenbaum has spent her life living up to her parents’ expectations. But she’s realizing that her privileged life of luxury, her career in the modeling industry and superficial friends is not what she wants from life. When she takes off to visit a friend in White Horse Creek, it was supposed to be a holiday.

When Riley and Sky meet both deny the attraction. Riley has a past and Sky’s life is in New York. They come from different worlds and yet they find something stronger than their pasts drawing them closer.

Does Riley believe he deserves a second chance? Can Sky leave a life of luxury behind and start a new life in small town Colorado? Find out now in the fourth installment of the Colorado Crazy Series and catch up with old favorites.

Twilights in Colorado is a ranch romance guaranteed to tease your senses and make you dream of cowboys again.

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Running Back in Time: Discovering the Formula to Beat the Aging Process and Get Younger (Younger Than Ever Book 2)

by Dr. Zeev Gilkis
4.9 stars – 28 reviews
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Dream big. Set ambitious goals. Attain unusual achievements.At the age of 68, while still recovering from his second knee injury, Dr. Zeev Gilkis decided to give himself an unusual present for his 70th birthday.

He dreamed of running a full Marathon, and completing the seventh decade of his life seemed to him the ideal timing to do so.

Perhaps this ambitious goal wouldn’t have been so unusual, had he been a very physically active person in his younger years. But Zeev is a cancer survivor who began his ‘career’ in sports relatively late, in his mid-sixties.

As two years is a long time, he set a milestone for his 69th birthday: to go mid-way – running a half marathon.

Along with his plans and dreams he kept a diary where he recorded the ups and downs, practical tips and original thoughts that crossed his mind in this long, challenging journey.

Join Zeev in this adventure and discover that age doesn’t matter. You too can achieve anything you truly dream of.

In his first two books: Unlock Bliss, A Memoir of Getting Happier and The Secret of Life, A Memoir of Getting Younger, Dr. Zeev Gilkis shares with readers the story of his struggle with cancer, some important and original thoughts and insights into life and happiness, such as that “Age doesn’t matter!” among many others.

In a very simple writing style, he describes some of the key processes in the brain, the role of the immune system and how to care for it, the story of how he got into sports in his sixties, and much more good stuff.

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Tides of Love (Garrett Brothers Book 1)

by Tracy Sumner
4.0 stars – 124 reviews
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Gilded age suffragettes and the Southern men who love them! #1 in the Garrett Brothers’ sizzling, small-town trilogy!

An earth-shattering secret revealed in his recently deceased mother’s diary causes harsh words between Noah Garrett and his brother. Desolate and totally bewildered, Noah leaves Pilot Isle and has no contact with his family or even Elle Beaumont, the girl who has been his shadow all through childhood.

Now, ten years later, Noah is a renowned biologist and returns to Pilot Isle to head up a research lab. Coming back home opens up old wounds and uncovers buried feelings. Hoping to have a few days to cope with all the old emotions welling up within him, Noah really isn’t ready to face anyone yet. However, it’s just his luck that the first person he literally bumps into is Elle. The only difference is, Elle is no longer a thin red-headed mischievous imp who is constantly in trouble and always needing to be rescued. This Elle is a gorgeous, passionate young woman who sets Noah’s blood on fire.

Marielle Claire Beaumont has loved Noah since she was a child. As a sad little girl who’d recently lost her mother and couldn’t speak English, Elle met Noah when he saved her from taunts at school. Ever since then Elle has loved Noah unconditionally and followed him around like a little puppy. Her world was shattered when he left so suddenly. His silence all these years has been very difficult, and Elle is stunned when she slams into him so unexpectedly. It’s not long before she’s disrupting Noah’s life again as sparks of passion fly in every direction between the two.

A passionate suffragette. A renowned biologist. Years of pent-up passion and second chances set in the turn-of-the-century Outer Banks…

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