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The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family.

The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.

The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.]]> 288 Jeannette Walls 074324754X Amy 0 4.32 2005
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Such a great story of the crazy things that happened to the author living as a transient with her family in the US and her escape from it to NYC. I liked how the author didn't judge the characters, but let you decide. the story is actually funny and hard to believe. Knowing the author's outcome gives you hope and makes you happy.
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It contains more factual history of the influences on Christianity from an objective point of view.
]]> 26123 Learned Optimism is both profound and practical–and valuable for every phase of life.]]> 319 Martin E.P. Seligman 1400078393 Amy 0 3.96 1990
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It's not what happens to you, but what you do with it. Not your basic How To Be Happy book. Seligman has many years of research to back up the premise. Changing your perspective using 3 Ps.
]]> 529579 The Next 100 Years draws on a fascinating exploration of history and geopolitical patterns dating back hundreds of years. Friedman shows that we are now, for the first time in half a millennium, at the dawn of a new era—with changes in store,

� The U.S.-Jihadist war will conclude—replaced by a second full-blown cold war with Russia.
� China will undergo a major extended internal crisis, and Mexico will emerge as an important world power.
� A new global war will unfold toward the middle of the century between the United States and an unexpected coalition from Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and the Far East; but armies will be much smaller and wars will be less deadly.
� Technology will focus on space—both for major military uses and for a dramatic new energy resource that will have radical environmental implications.
� The United States will experience a Golden Age in the second half of the century.

Written with the keen insight and thoughtful analysis that has made George Friedman a renowned expert in geopolitics and forecasting, The Next 100 Years presents a fascinating picture of what lies ahead. For continual, updated analysis and supplemental material, go to ]]> 272 George Friedman 038551705X Amy 0 3.64 2008
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geopolitical forecast for world events and how it will effect the us. The United States is in an adolescent stage as a world power.
]]> 3228917 Learn what sets high achievers apart � from Bill Gates to the Beatles � in this #1 bestseller from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review).

In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"—the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?

His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.

Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.]]> 309 Malcolm Gladwell 0316017922 Amy 0 4.19 2008
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The reasons for success are not so elusive after reading this pragmatic approach to obtaining success.
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