Dan's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 02 May 2025 06:36:11 -0700 60 Dan's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Seveneves 22816087
A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.

But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain . . .

Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.

A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.]]> 872 Neal Stephenson Dan 0 fiction 4.01 2015 Seveneves
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]]> <![CDATA[The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)]]> 7670
Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outer fringes of space to collect organisms and dust for study. One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona.

Twelve miles from the landing site, in the town of Piedmont, a shocking discovery is made: the streets are littered with the dead bodies of the town's inhabitants, as if they dropped dead in their tracks.
--back cover]]> 327 Michael Crichton 0060541814 Dan 0 fiction 3.92 1969 The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)
author: Michael Crichton
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average rating: 3.92
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]]> <![CDATA[Comet in Moominland (The Moomins, #1)]]> 7603179 175 Tove Jansson 0312608888 Dan 0 did-not-finish 4.21 1946 Comet in Moominland (The Moomins, #1)
author: Tove Jansson
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> <![CDATA[Play by Play: 25 Years of Royals on Radio]]> 910336 Denny Matthews 1886110786 Dan 0 biography 3.43 1999 Play by Play: 25 Years of Royals on Radio
author: Denny Matthews
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average rating: 3.43
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]]> The Trumpet of the Swan 24335 The Trumpet of the Swan, about a cygnet who finds his voice, is now a full-length animated film from Sony. Now younger readers can experience the joy of reading about Louie the trumpeter swan and his friends in these adorable readers with original full-color illustrations.

Louie is very popular. Who wouldn't love a swan who can read, write, and play the trumpet? When Louie goes to camp, he meets a boy named A.G. who doesn't like birds, and since Louie is a bird, that means he doesn't like Louie. When A.G. pulls a dangerous stunt out on the lake, he realizes that Louie is a hero, after all.]]> 252 E.B. White 0064408671 Dan 3 4.10 1970 The Trumpet of the Swan
author: E.B. White
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average rating: 4.10
book published: 1970
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Moomins and the Great Flood (The Moomins, #1)]]> 3300083 The Moomins and the Great Flood is the first book about the Moomins, originally published in 1945. It's the story about Moominmamma and Moomintroll's search for the missing Moominpappa and how they found their way to the Moominvalley.]]> 52 Tove Jansson 9515015502 Dan 2 4.08 1945 The Moomins and the Great Flood (The Moomins, #1)
author: Tove Jansson
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average rating: 4.08
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Story of Babar (Babar, #1)]]> 356321
In this classic that has delighted three generations of readers, Babar escapes from the hunter who killed his mother and comes to town. Here, with the help of an old friend, he will learn a lot of new things and one day, once returned to the great forest, he will be acclaimed King of the elephants!

A story beautifully told accompanied by fascinating and hilarious illustrations!
A must read for kids of any age!]]> 48 Jean de Brunhoff 0394805755 Dan 2 4.08 1931 The Story of Babar (Babar, #1)
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average rating: 4.08
book published: 1931
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[A Better Share: How Couples Can Tackle the Mental Load for More Fun, Less Resentment, and Great Sex]]> 216052753 Relationship expert Dr. Morgan Cutlip helps couples view the mental load--the endless and mostly invisible work of managing a household and family--as a shared enemy to conquer versus a problem they have with each other, offering practical solutions for navigating the most common pain points couples struggle with.

When most couple are dating or engaged, they probably aren't thinking about the mental load or are even really aware of what it is. They aren't standing across from each other on their wedding days promising to "remember where every item in the house is so that I can tell you exactly where to find it" or vowing to "tell you to 'just relax' when you can't sleep because your mind is in hyperdrive thinking about everything you need to do." That would be a real buzzkill. But a few years down the road--after the reality of family life hits--many couples find themselves at each other's throats because they don't know how to navigate the mental and emotional work of managing a household together. They worry that they'll always be fighting about who should do the dishes or pick up the balloons for the party, but don't know how to begin talking about their frustrations without pointing fingers.

±ő˛ÔĚýA Better Share, Dr. Morgan Cutlip offers practical advice that goes beyond getting one's spouse to pick up the slack and focuses on the unique perspectives and experiences of each partner, enabling both to feel seen and heard. She helps readers leave behind resentment and anxiety and begin to

understand why the mental load primarily falls on women and how it impacts sexual desire;share perspectives, expectations, ownership, and accountability; anduse actionable plans for divvying up tasks and teaching the next generation how to share the mental load.Ěý

Through research and stories based on real couples,ĚýA Better ShareĚýguides readers out of the endless stress and resentment cycle and into a relationship where sharing is caring, having fun together is a priority, and great sex isn't a thing of the past.]]> 272 Morgan Cutlip 1400239672 Dan 0 parenting-or-marriage 4.65 A Better Share: How Couples Can Tackle the Mental Load for More Fun, Less Resentment, and Great Sex
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]]> <![CDATA[Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two]]> 175395 231 Joseph Bruchac 0142405965 Dan 5 3.90 2005 Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
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average rating: 3.90
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rating: 5
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]]> The Happy Day 877658 36 Ruth Krauss 0060233966 Dan 2 3.56 1949 The Happy Day
author: Ruth Krauss
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average rating: 3.56
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rating: 2
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]]> Petals 39989056
During a long winter two foxes, a father and son, try to survive the merciless cold but the father gets sick. In need of firewood, the young son ventures into the forest to grab what sticks he can carry and crosses paths with a tall and peculiar bird wearing a singular top hat. Making quick friends, the bird helps the young fox bring wood to his father and upon seeing the state of their house and their health, the bird decides to stay and help them with the winter.

A beautiful and deeply touching story about friendship, selflessness, and death that shows us the true power of community and working together for a better place. Written and illustrated by Gustavo Borges and colored by Cris Peter, this wonderful tale is brought to life with vivid imagination and artwork that is accessible to all readers!

Ěý±Ő±Ő> 48 Gustavo Borges 1684152348 Dan 4 4.07 2015 Petals
author: Gustavo Borges
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average rating: 4.07
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You]]> 38821039 Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller!

Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don't really know what you're doing.

That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of 25. She stared at a long list of logistics--from hiring to firing, from meeting to messaging, from planning to pitching--and faced a thousand questions and uncertainties. How was she supposed to spin teamwork into value? How could she be a good steward of her reports' careers? What was the secret to leading with confidence in new and unexpected situations?

Now, having managed dozens of teams spanning tens to hundreds of people, Julie knows the most important lesson of all: great managers are made, not born. If you care enough to be reading this, then you care enough to be a great manager.

The Making of a Manager is a modern field guide packed everyday examples and transformative insights, including:

* How to tell a great manager from an average manager (illustrations included)
* When you should look past an awkward interview and hire someone anyway
* How to build trust with your reports through not being a boss
* Where to look when you lose faith and lack the answers

Whether you're new to the job, a veteran leader, or looking to be promoted, this is the handbook you need to be the kind of manager you wish you had.]]> 288 Julie Zhuo 0735219567 Dan 0 currently-reading 4.18 2019 The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
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]]> <![CDATA[Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific]]> 41021227 Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC

Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts to ever come out of the Second World War. Robert Leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the US Marine Corps in January 1942. In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his journey, from boot camp on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place. Recounting his service with the 1st Marine Division and the brutal action on Guadalcanal, New Britain and Peleliu, Leckie spares no detail of the horrors and sacrifice of war, painting an unsentimental portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and all too often die in the defence of their country.

From the live-for-today rowdiness of Marines on leave to the terrors of jungle warfare against an enemy determined to fight to the last man, Leckie describes what it's really like when victory can only be measured inch by bloody inch. Unparalleled in its immediacy and accuracy, Helmet for My Pillow is a gripping account from an ordinary soldier fighting in extraordinary conditions. This is a book that brings you as close to the mud, the blood, and the experience of war as it is safe to come.

Helmet for My Pillow is a grand and epic prose poem. Robert Leckie's theme is the purely human experience of war in the Pacific, written in the graceful imagery of a human being who - somehow - survived - Tom Hanks]]> 322 Robert Leckie Dan 0 history 4.25 1957 Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
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]]> <![CDATA[The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq]]> 174156150
When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, its message was Iraq, under the control of strongman Saddam Hussein, possessed weapons of mass destruction which, if left unchecked, posed grave danger to the world. But when no WMDs were found, the US and its allies were forced to examine the political and intelligence failures that had led to the invasion and the occupation, and the civil war that followed. One integral question has remained Why had Saddam seemingly sacrificed his long reign in power by giving the false impression that he possessed hidden stocks of dangerous weapons?

The Achilles Trap masterfully untangles the people, ploys of power, and geopolitics that led to America’s disastrous war with Iraq, and, for the first time, details America’s fundamental miscalculations during its decades-long relationship with Saddam Hussein. Beginning with Saddam’s rise to power in 1979 and the birth of Iraq’s secret nuclear weapons program, Steve Coll traces Saddam’s motives by way of his inner circle. He brings to life the diplomats, scientists, family members, and generals who had no choice but to defer to their leader—a leader directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, as well as the torture or imprisonment of hundreds of thousands more. This was a man whose reasoning was impossible to reduce to a simple explanation, and the CIA and successive presidential administrations failed to grasp critical nuances of his paranoia, resentments, and inconsistencies � even when the stakes were incredibly high.

Calling on unpublished and under-reported sources, interviews with surviving participants, and Saddam’s own transcripts and audio files, Coll pulls together an incredibly comprehensive portrait of a man who was convinced the world was out to get him, and acted accordingly. A work of great historical significance, The Achilles Trap is the definitive account of how corruptions of power, lies of diplomacy, and vanity � on both sides � led to avoidable errors of statecraft, ones that would enact immeasurable human suffering and forever change the political landscape as we know it.]]> 576 Steve Coll 0525562265 Dan 4 4.37 2024 The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
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]]> Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1) 50
Brian had been distraught over his parents' impending divorce and the secret he carries about his mother, but now he is truly desolate and alone. Exhausted, terrified, and hungry, Brian struggles to find food and make a shelter for himself. He has no special knowledge of the woods, and he must find a new kind of awareness and patience as he meets each day's challenges. Is the water safe to drink? Are the berries he finds poisonous?

Slowly, Brian learns to turn adversity to his advantage--an invading porcupine unexpectedly shows him how to make fire, a devastating tornado shows him how to retrieve supplies from the submerged airplane. Most of all, Brian leaves behind the self-pity he has felt about his predicament as he summons the courage to stay alive.

A story of survival and of transformation, this riveting book has sparked many a reader's interest in venturing into the wild.]]> 208 Gary Paulsen 0689840926 Dan 3 3.77 1987 Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
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average rating: 3.77
book published: 1987
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn’t Have to Heal From]]> 64005330 Ěý
But what if obedience is not the goal of Christian parenting? What if it’s our job as parents to instead help our kids get to know God and discover that God can be trusted?Ěý And what if faith is not constructed brick by brick, but rather woven strand by strand?
Ěý
Much like a spider’s web, in which anchor strands and internal threads combine to form a unique web, Woven can help children anchor to who God is and have faith practices that are rich, textured, and all their own. Kids need space to explore the Bible, ask big questions, and even change their understanding of God and faith along the way. With Woven , families can nurture the kind of faith that can flex and grow, be broken and repaired. This is the sort of faith that can stand up to the life a child will live, the doubts they will encounter, and the questions that will come up along the way. Ěý
Ěý
So many parents want to pass along their faith, but know that God is so much bigger than the list of do’s and don’ts they were taught about as children. They want to pass along a faith their child doesn’t have to heal from. Woven is the guidebook parents have been looking for. With a deep reverence for scripture and suggested activities to help your family grow in faith together, Woven is for parents who want to go beyond a list of do’s and don’ts and pass along a resilient faith based on genuine love for and trust in God.]]> 256 Meredith Miller 1546004351 Dan 0 did-not-finish 4.54 2023 Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn’t Have to Heal From
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]]> <![CDATA[ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD]]> 180352087 Hi, friend! Welcome to the ADHD club.

You're here because, like me, you've been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder—which, by the way, just might be the worst name for a condition ever—and you're trying to figure out how to make your life a little more manageable. Or because, like my wife, Kim, you love, teach, or work with someone who has ADHD, and you're trying to figure out how to best support them.

The world isn't built for ADHDers, and navigating it can wear us down. But we'll let you in on a little secret: having ADHD doesn't have to be a burden. It can actually be a superpower that propels you to creative heights and allows you to achieve more than you ever thought possible.

We want to give you a new perspective on ADHD, whether it's your own brain or a friend or family member's that you're trying to understand. We hope you come away with strategies you can employ to make things a little easier. (We also hope you laugh out loud, at least once or twice.)

Most of all, we want you to silence that voice that whispers that you're broken or a mess or a failure. None of that is true. You have ADHD—and that makes you awesome.

—Penn Holderness]]> 292 Penn Holderness 1400338611 Dan 0 currently-reading 4.21 2024 ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD
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]]> The Measure 58884736
"A story of love and hope as interweaving characters display: how all moments, big and small, can measure a life. If you want joy, love, romance, and hope—read with us." —Jenna Bush Hager
A luminous, spirit-lifting blockbuster that asks: would you choose to find out the length of your life?

Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice.

It seems like any other day. You wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and head out.

But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. The contents of this mysterious box tells you the exact number of years you will live.

From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise?

As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they’ll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge?

The Measure charts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose decisions and fates interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, pen pals finding refuge in the unknown, a couple who thought they didn’t have to rush, a doctor who cannot save himself, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything.

Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is an ambitious, invigorating story about family, friendship, hope, and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.]]> 353 Nikki Erlick 0063204207 Dan 0 3.96 2022 The Measure
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]]> The History of the Computer 60111427 A strikingly illustrated overview of the computing machines that have changed our world—from the abacus to the smartphone—and the people who made them, by the New York Times-bestselling author and illustrator of Women in Science

Computers are everywhere and have impacted our lives in so many ways, but who created them, and why? How have they transformed the way that we interact with our surroundings and each other?

Packed with accessible information, fun facts, and discussion starters, this charming and art-filled book takes you from the ancient world to the modern day, focusing on important inventions, from the earliest known counting systems to the sophisticated algorithms behind AI. The History of the Computer also profiles a diverse range of key players and creators—from An Wang and Margaret Hamilton to Steve Jobs and Sir Tim Berners-Lee—and illuminates their goals, their intentions, and the impact of their inventions on our everyday lives.

This entertaining and educational journey will help you understand our most important machines and how we can use them to enhance the way we live. You’ll never look at your phone the same way again!]]> 127 Rachel Ignotofsky 1984857428 Dan 0 computing-history 4.35 2022 The History of the Computer
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]]> <![CDATA[Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals]]> 54785515 The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.

Nobody needs to be told there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and ceaseless battle against distraction; we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient and life hacks to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks.

Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern obsession with “getting everything done,� Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing that many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society—and that we could do things differently.]]> 271 Oliver Burkeman 0374159122 Dan 0 did-not-finish 4.20 2021 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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]]> Dare to Lead 40109367 In her #1 NYT bestsellers, Brené Brown taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead.

Leadership is not about titles, status and power over people. Leaders are people who hold themselves accountable for recognising the potential in people and ideas, and developing that potential. This is a book for everyone who is ready to choose courage over comfort, make a difference and lead.

When we dare to lead, we don't pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don't see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it and work to align authority and accountability. We don't avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into the vulnerability that’s necessary to do good work.

But daring leadership in a culture that's defined by scarcity, fear and uncertainty requires building courage skills, which are uniquely human. The irony is that we're choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the same time we're scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines can't do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection and courage to start.

Brené Brown spent the past two decades researching the emotions that give meaning to our lives. Over the past seven years, she found that leaders in organisations ranging from small entrepreneurial start-ups and family-owned businesses to non-profits, civic organisations and Fortune 50 companies, are asking the same questions:

How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders? And, how do you embed the value of courage in your culture?

Dare to Lead answers these questions and gives us actionable strategies and real examples from her new research-based, courage-building programme.

BrenĂ© writes, â€One of the most important findings of my career is that courage can be taught, developed and measured. Courage is a collection of four skill sets supported by twenty-eight behaviours. All it requires is a commitment to doing bold work, having tough conversations and showing up with our whole hearts. Easy? No. Choosing courage over comfort is not easy. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and work. It's why we're here.’]]> 332 BrenĂ© Brown 147356252X Dan 0 did-not-finish 4.17 2018 Dare to Lead
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]]> <![CDATA[Flat Stanley (Flat Stanley, #1)]]> 348564
Supports the Common Core State Standards]]> 96 Jeff Brown 0060097914 Dan 0 3.86 1964 Flat Stanley (Flat Stanley, #1)
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average rating: 3.86
book published: 1964
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]]> <![CDATA[Anatole and the Cat (Anatole, #2)]]> 802349
Clever Anatole must act to protect his job, and his life! He must do what no mouse has done before--find a way to bell the cat. Bonne chance, Anatole!]]> 40 Eve Titus 037583902X Dan 0 4.04 1957 Anatole and the Cat (Anatole, #2)
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rembrandt Heist: A Criminal Genius, a Stolen Masterpiece, and an Enigmatic Friendship]]> 224003949 A true crime tale of unbelievable friendship, loyalty, criminal genius, and a staggeringly audacious plot to steal one of the world’s most valuable paintings—and return it.

On April 14, 1975, Myles Connor, already a known art thief, entered the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in disguise along with a cohort. The pair went directly the Dutch Gallery and proceeded to removeĚýPortrait of Elsbeth van RijnĚýfrom its place on the wall. After a brief scuffle with the guards—with Myles deterring his partner from shooting a bystander—the pair was gone, leaving behind no traceable evidence amidst the mayhem.

Who was Myles Connor and what were his motivations? Most thieves are in it for the money, but Myles was far from most thieves. His motive was freedom. The summer before the heist, he was arrested by the FBI when he attempted to sell three highly valuable paintings by Andrew and N.C. Wyeth to an undercover agent. Incredibly, Myles did this while out on bail for possession of yetĚýmorestolen art. When he was arrested and placed in the back seat of a state police vehicle, the FBI agent said to him, “We’ve got you now. Let’s see you get out of this one.â€� Without batting an eye, Connor calmly replied, “Just you watch me.â€�

Again released on bail, Connor met with an old friend of his father’s, Massachusetts State Police Major John Regan. Regan worked for the District Attorney at the time, future Congressman William Delahunt. Connor asked Regan if there was any way out of the fix he was in, and the straightlaced cop told him bluntly, “It’s going to take a Rembrandt to get you out of this one.� With that, a master plan was hatched.

But there was a flip side to this story. One involving Connor’s best friend—Al Dotoli—who lived a life in the music industry, far from the world of art heists. Dotoli’s own masterpiece of a plan hinged on the Rembradt’s return.

Filled with unforgettable personalities and non-stop action and intrigue,ĚýThe Rembrandt HeistĚýwill lay out the anatomy of this notorious art theft while describing not just the criminal genius that is Myles Connor, but also the complexity of personal relationships between lifelong friends. All along, the reader will learn about a breathtaking painting by the world’s most famous artist and the incredible true story about howĚýPortrait of Elsbeth van RijnĚýended up on the wall at the MFA in the first place.]]> 336 Anthony M. Amore 1639369953 Dan 0 history 0.0 The Rembrandt Heist: A Criminal Genius, a Stolen Masterpiece, and an Enigmatic Friendship
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]]> Redwall (Redwall, #1) 7996 A quest to recover a legendary lost weapon by bumbling young apprentice monk, mouse Matthias.

Redwall Abbey, tranquil home to a community of peace-loving mice, is threatened by Cluny the Scourge savage bilge rat warlord and his battle-hardened horde. But the Redwall mice and their loyal woodland friends combine their courage and strength.]]> 352 Brian Jacques 1862301387 Dan 0 did-not-finish 4.14 1986 Redwall (Redwall, #1)
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]]> Frederick 1307531 Ěý
Winter is coming, and all the mice are gathering food . . . except for Frederick. But when the days grow short and the snow begins to fall, it’s Frederick’s stories that warm the hearts and spirits of his fellow field mice. Winner of a 1967 Caldecott Honor,Ěý Frederick Ěýhas been cherished by generations of readers.
Ěý
“A splendid achievement.� � School Library Journal , starred review
Ěý
“±ő˛ÔĚ� Frederick, Ěýa mouse who is a poet from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail demonstrates that a seemingly purposeless life is indeed far from that—and that we need not live by bread alone!â€� —Eric Carle]]> 40 Leo Lionni 0394810406 Dan 0 4.16 1967 Frederick
author: Leo Lionni
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> Slaughterhouse-Five 4981 Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming “unstuck in time.�

An instant bestseller, Slaughterhouse-Five made Kurt Vonnegut a cult hero in American literature, a reputation that only strengthened over time, despite his being banned and censored by some libraries and schools for content and language. But it was precisely those elements of Vonnegut’s writing—the political edginess, the genre-bending inventiveness, the frank violence, the transgressive wit—that have inspired generations of readers not just to look differently at the world around them but to find the confidence to say something about it.

Fifty years after its initial publication at the height of the Vietnam War, Vonnegut's portrayal of political disillusionment, PTSD, and postwar anxiety feels as relevant, darkly humorous, and profoundly affecting as ever, an enduring beacon through our own era’s uncertainties.]]> 275 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Dan 0 did-not-finish 4.10 1969 Slaughterhouse-Five
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name: Dan
average rating: 4.10
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]]> <![CDATA[Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety]]> 54930681 Feeling Great is based on 40 years of research and more than 40,000 hours treating individuals with severe mood problems. The goal is not just a rapid and complete elimination of negative feelings but the development of joy and enlightenment.

In Feeling Great, Dr. David Burns reveals that our negative moods do not result from what's wrong with us, but rather--what's right with us. And when you listen and suddenly hear what your negative thoughts and feelings are trying to tell you, suddenly you won't need them anymore, and recovery will be just a stone's throw away.

Dr. Burns will provide you with inspiring and mind-blowing case studies along with more than 50 amazing tools to crush the negative thoughts that rob you of happiness and self-esteem.

Are you tired of feeling

Down, depressed, or unhappy?

Anxious, panicky, or insecure?

You can change the way you feel!

You owe it to yourself to FEEL GREAT!]]> 735 David D. Burns 1683733010 Dan 0 did-not-finish 4.26 2020 Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety
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]]> <![CDATA[Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business]]> 775597 Caps for Sale is a timeless classic beloved by millions...one of the most popular picture books ever published!

Children will delight in following the peddler’s efforts to outwit the monkeys and will ask to read it again and again. Caps for Sale is an excellent easy-to-read book that includes repetition, patterns, and colors, perfect for early readers.

ThisĚýtale of a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity and also teaches children about problem and resolution.]]> 48 Esphyr Slobodkina 0064431436 Dan 3 4.17 1940 Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
author: Esphyr Slobodkina
name: Dan
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1940
rating: 3
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]]> Blueberries for Sal 133526 Caldecott Honor Book

What happens when Sal and her mother meet a mother bear and her cub? A beloved classic is born!

Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk! Sal and her mother are picking blueberries to can for the winter. But when Sal wanders to the other side of Blueberry Hill, she discovers a mama bear preparing for her own long winter.Ěý Meanwhile Sal's mother is being followed by a small bear with a big appetite for berries! Will each mother go home with the right little one?

With its expressive line drawings and charming story, Blueberries for Sal has won readers' hearts since its first publication in 1948.]]> 56 Robert McCloskey 0670175919 Dan 4 4.21 1948 Blueberries for Sal
author: Robert McCloskey
name: Dan
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1948
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back]]> 30128 Shel Silverstein's first children's book, Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back—a whimsical tale of self-discovery and marshmallows—is turning fifty with a return toĚýthe vintage full-color cover.

Is a famous, successful, and admired lion a happy lion? Or is he a lion at all? Written and drawn with wit and gusto, Shel Silverstein's modern fable speaks not only to children but to us all!

First published in 1963, this book had rave reviews from the New York Times, Time magazine, and Publishers Weekly, as well as a starred review from Kirkus. Now celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, Lafcadio is being reissued with a full-color cover featuring vintage art from Shel Silverstein discovered in the archives.

Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back is the book that started Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator. He is also the creator of picture books such as A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree and of classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!.

And don't miss Runny Babbit Returns, the new book from Shel Silverstein!]]> 112 Shel Silverstein 0060256753 Dan 3 4.18 1963 Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Dan
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1963
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Frog and Toad Are Friends (Frog and Toad, #1)]]> 537296 Celebrate the power of friendship in these five adventurous stories starring Frog and Toad—a Caldecott Honor Book!

From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other—just as best friends should be.ĚýFrog and Toad Are Friends is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help.

The classic Frog and Toad stories by Arnold Lobel have won numerous awards and honors, including a Newbery Honor (Frog and Toad Together), a Caldecott Honor (Frog and Toad are Friends), ALA Notable Children’s Book, Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book), School Library Journal Best Children’s Book, and Library of Congress Children’s Book.]]> 64 Arnold Lobel Dan 4 4.25 1970 Frog and Toad Are Friends (Frog and Toad, #1)
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name: Dan
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1970
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry the Dirty Dog (Harry the Dog)]]> 857448 There's never been another dog as delightful—or dirty—as Harry.

Whether he's a white dog with black spots, or a black dog with white spots, Harry is sure to steal your heart (and your scrub brush, too, if you're not careful).

First published in 1956, this beloved classic is a collaboration between Gene Zion and two-time Caldecott Honor winner Margaret Bloy Graham. The artist has added splashes of color to the cheerful scenes for this welcome new edition.

Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham collaborated on four picture books featuring the enormously popular white dog with black spots. Harry the Dirty Dog was followed by No Roses for Harry!, Harry and the Lady Next Door, and Harry by the Sea. Gene Zion, who died in 1975, will always be remembered for his playful children's stories. Margaret Bloy Graham has illustrated two Caldecott Honor Books: Gene Zion's All Falling Down (1952) and Charlotte Zolotow's The Storm Book (1953). She also wrote and illustrated such favorites as Be Nice to Spiders. Margaret Bloy Graham completed the artwork for this new edition of Harry the Dirty Dog at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.]]> 32 Gene Zion 0060268654 Dan 5 4.20 1954 Harry the Dirty Dog (Harry the Dog)
author: Gene Zion
name: Dan
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1954
rating: 5
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]]> Anatole (Anatole, #1) 802348 40 Eve Titus 0375839011 Dan 5 4.22 1956 Anatole (Anatole, #1)
author: Eve Titus
name: Dan
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1956
rating: 5
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]]> Floof (Floof, 1) 195820796
Floof is floofy.
Floof has many hobbies.
Floof has very important work to do and Floof also has a lot of friends.
Floof is about to have a very busy day�
Ěý
An irresistible new picture bookĚýfor cat-lovers, cute-lovers, and anyone who has ever been a little bit mischievous!Ěý±Ő±Ő> 32 Heidi McKinnon 152352586X Dan 3 4.16 2022 Floof (Floof, 1)
author: Heidi McKinnon
name: Dan
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> Curious George Takes a Job 502406
One day George escapes from the zoo, He rides on top of a bus, he gets busy in a kitchen and takes a job washing windows. Then he sees some men painting ... and of course George is very curious. And that's when the trouble begins!]]> 48 H.A. Rey 1844285081 Dan 0 4.29 1947 Curious George Takes a Job
author: H.A. Rey
name: Dan
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1947
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)]]> 68428 What if the whole world were a dead, blasted wasteland?

Mistborn
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.

Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Then Kelsier reveals his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.

But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets. She will have to learn trust if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed.

Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale-spinner and author of the acclaimed debut Elantris, dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the prophesied hero failed to defeat the Dark Lord? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises that begins with the book in your hands. Fantasy will never be the same again.]]> 541 Brandon Sanderson Dan 0 fiction 4.48 2006 Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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]]> Curious George 420297 48 H.A. Rey 039515023X Dan 0 4.17 1941 Curious George
author: H.A. Rey
name: Dan
average rating: 4.17
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]]> Millions of Cats 621739
An American classic with a refrain that millions of kids love to Ěý Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats .

Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman who were very lonely. They decided to get a cat, but when the old man went out searching, he found not one cat, but millions and billions and trillions of cats! Unable to decide which one would be the best pet, he brought them all home.

How the old couple came to have just one cat to call their own is a classic tale that has been loved for generations. Winner of a Newbery Honor, this collector's edition—featuring a heavy interior stock, spot gloss and embossing on the cover, and a thread-sewn binding—will bring this beloved tale to a whole new generation of readers.]]> 32 Wanda Gág 0142407089 Dan 0 4.09 1928 Millions of Cats
author: Wanda Gág
name: Dan
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1928
rating: 0
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]]> Danilo Was Here 212117198
Danilo Osorio Jr.’s baseball skills were once the pride of his father and entire hometown of El Chorrillo, Panamá. But that was then, and this is now�

Following 1989's Operation Just Cause, a US military invasion that left his neighborhood decimated, Danilo couldn’t care less about baseball or the father who abandoned him for opportunities in the States. Now Danilo’s focus is taking care of his mamá and sister and trying to save them all from needing to relocate to a refugee camp.

When Danilo unintentionally catches the eye of a baseball recruiter and is offered the opportunity to visit and train in California—the same place as his father’s last known address—he is tasked with deciding to go or stay. But if playing baseball could help him find his father and secure the extra funds his family needs, Danilo is willing to travel anywhere, even to the very country responsible for destroying his home.

Between his tough-as-nails baseball coach, ultracompetitive teammates, and overly enthusiastic host family, Danilo’s plans encounter some curveballs. And when his turn to bat finally comes, he’ll have to decide what and who he’s actually fighting for.]]> 304 Tamika Burgess 006315966X Dan 0 fiction 4.21 2025 Danilo Was Here
author: Tamika Burgess
name: Dan
average rating: 4.21
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]]> The Funny Thing 566611 The Funny Thing is Gág’s follow-up to her well-loved classic, Millions of Cats. It tells the story of a curious “aminal� that eats children’s dolls. A kindly man named Bobo cannot stand by and allow this to happen. He entices it to eat the concoction “jum-jills.� A happy ending is assured when the Funny Thing discovers he loves them and never eats another doll.]]> 32 Wanda Gág 0816642419 Dan 0 4.05 1929 The Funny Thing
author: Wanda Gág
name: Dan
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1929
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]]> <![CDATA[The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living]]> 29093292 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780735211735.

A beautifully packaged daily devotional of Stoic wisdom, featuring new translations of the most celebrated Stoics with historical context and practical tips from bestselling author Ryan Holiday.

Stoic philosophy has long been the secret weapon of history’s greatest and wisest leaders--from emperors to artists, activists to fighter pilots. Today, people of all stripes are seeking out Stoicism’s unique blend of practicality and wisdom as they look for answers to the great questions of daily life.

Where should they start? Epictetus? Marcus Aurelius? Seneca? Which edition? Which translator? Presented in a page-per-day format, this daily resource combines all new translations done by Stephen Hanselman of the greatest passages from the great Stoics (including several lesser known philosophers like Zeno, Cleanthes and Musonius Rufus) with helpful commentary.

Building on the organizational structure in Ryan Holiday’s cult classic The Obstacle is the Way, this guide also features twelve monthly themes (and helpful glossary) for clarifying perception, improving action, and unlocking the power of will. Aimed at the high-octane, action-oriented doers of our wired world, this book brings new daily rituals and new perspectives to produce balanced action, insight, effectiveness, and serenity.]]> 416 Ryan Holiday Dan 0 did-not-finish 4.33 2016 The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
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average rating: 4.33
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]]> <![CDATA[And When She Opened the Closet, All The Clothes Were Polyester: A FoxTrot Collection]]> 1291606 Bill Amend's , syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, humorously depicts suburban living through the cavortings of the Fox family. Kids Peter, Paige, and Jason, along with parents Roger and Andy, suffer through the same fads, fixations, and familial land mines that readers know so well.

As the 25th FoxTrot comic collection, And When She Opened the Closet, All the Clothes Were Polyester! features strips published from February 2006 through December 2006—including Amend's very last daily strip. Jason continues to channel his unique brand of geekiness—primarily at Paige's expense, while Peter continues to lord over them both. Parents Roger and Andy try to keep up with their children's antics, usually to no avail.

Bill Amend was nominated for the National Cartoonists Society's prestigious Reuben Award in 2006 and 2007.

Author's web site:

]]> 168 Bill Amend 0740768387 Dan 0 4.29 2007 And When She Opened the Closet, All The Clothes Were Polyester: A FoxTrot Collection
author: Bill Amend
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average rating: 4.29
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[I Am a Bunny (A Golden Sturdy Book)]]> 328439
I am a bunny. My name is Nicholas. I live in a hollow tree.

In the spring, Nicholas picks flowers and chases butterflies, and in the summer, watches the frogs in the pond. In the autumn, he sees the animals preparing for the winter. When winter comes, Nicholas watches the snow falling from the sky, then curls up in his hollow tree and dreams about spring. In print for well over 50 years, this beautifully illustrated, gentle story has been a favorite Golden Book for generations.]]> 26 Ole Risom 0375827781 Dan 5 4.35 1963 I Am a Bunny (A Golden Sturdy Book)
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name: Dan
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1963
rating: 5
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]]> Where the Wild Things Are 19543 38 Maurice Sendak 0099408392 Dan 2 4.25 1963 Where the Wild Things Are
author: Maurice Sendak
name: Dan
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1963
rating: 2
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]]> Hot Dog 58065383 From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated--and overwhelmed--pup who finds his calm with some sea, sand, and fresh air.

It's summer in the city, and this hot dog has had enough! Enough of sizzling sidewalks, enough of wailing sirens, enough of people's feet right in his face. When he plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner endeavors to get him the breath of fresh air he needs. She hails a taxi, hops a train, and ferries out to the beach.

Here, a pup can run!

With fluid art and lyrical text that have the soothing effect of waves on sand, Doug Salati shows us how to find calm and carry it back with us so we can appreciate the small joys in a day.
]]> 40 Doug Salati 0593308433 Dan 5 4.29 2022 Hot Dog
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name: Dan
average rating: 4.29
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible]]> 113935 291 Brian Tracy 1576753077 Dan 0 did-not-finish 4.24 1989 Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible
author: Brian Tracy
name: Dan
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1989
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]]> <![CDATA[Permission Granted--Take the Bible into Your Own Hands]]> 22939434 208 Jennifer Grace Bird 0664260403 Dan 0 religion-skepticism 3.79 2015 Permission Granted--Take the Bible into Your Own Hands
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average rating: 3.79
book published: 2015
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]]> <![CDATA[Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams]]> 34466963 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781501144318.

Neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker provides a revolutionary exploration of sleep, examining how it affects every aspect of our physical and mental well-being. Charting the most cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs, and marshalling his decades of research and clinical practice, Walker explains how we can harness sleep to improve learning, mood and energy levels, regulate hormones, prevent cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes, slow the effects of aging, and increase longevity. He also provides actionable steps towards getting a better night's sleep every night.]]> 368 Matthew Walker Dan 0 did-not-finish 4.37 2017 Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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]]> <![CDATA[The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)]]> 38447
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.]]> 311 Margaret Atwood 038549081X Dan 0 did-not-finish 4.15 1985 The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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average rating: 4.15
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]]> <![CDATA[Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living]]> 35068719 The deeply personal story of why award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced extreme frugality in order to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life and retire to a homestead in the woods at age thirty-two with her husband and daughter.

In 2014, Elizabeth and Nate Thames were conventional 9-5 young urban professionals. But the couple had a dream to become modern-day homesteaders in rural Vermont. Determined to retire as early as possible in order to start living each day—as opposed to wishing time away working for the weekends—they enacted a plan to save an enormous amount of money: well over seventy percent of their joint take home pay. Dubbing themselves the Frugalwoods, Elizabeth began documenting their unconventional frugality and the resulting wholesale lifestyle transformation on their eponymous blog.

In less than three years, Elizabeth and Nate reached their goal. Today, they are financially independent and living out their dream on a sixty-six-acre homestead in the woods of rural Vermont with their young daughter. While frugality makes their lifestyle possible, it’s also what brings them peace and genuine happiness. They don’t stress out about impressing people with their material possessions, buying the latest gadgets, or keeping up with any Joneses. In the process, Elizabeth discovered the self-confidence and liberation that stems from disavowing our culture’s promise that we can buy our way to "the good life." Elizabeth unlocked the freedom of a life no longer beholden to the clarion call to consume ever-more products at ever-higher sums.

Meet the Frugalwoods is the intriguing story of how Elizabeth and Nate realized that the mainstream path wasn’t for them, crafted a lifestyle of sustainable frugality, and reached financial independence at age thirty-two. While not everyone wants to live in the woods, or quit their jobs, many of us want to have more control over our time and money and lead more meaningful, simplified lives. Following their advice, you too can live your best life.]]> 256 Elizabeth Willard Thames 0062668153 Dan 0 biography 3.70 2018 Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living
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]]> <![CDATA[The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster: A Revealing Portrait of the Forgotten Man Behind "Swanee River," "Beautiful Dreamer," and "My Old Kentucky Home"]]> 29894507
Rather than defining Foster by his now-controversial minstrel songs, JoAnne O’Connell reveals a prolific composer who concealed his true feelings in his lyrics and wrote in diverse styles to satisfy the changing tastes of his generation. In a trenchant reevaluation of his NewYork Bowery years, O’Connell illustrates how Foster purposely abandoned the style for which he was famous to write lighthearted songs for newly popular variety stages and music halls. In the last years of his life, Foster’s new direction in songwriting stood in the vanguard of vaudeville and musical comedy to pave the way for the future of American popular music. His stylistic flexibility in the face of evolving audience preferences not only proves his versatility as a composer but also reveals important changes in the American music and publishing industries.

An intimate biography of a complex, controversial, and now neglected composer, The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster is an important story about the father of American music. This invaluable portrait of the political, economic, social, racial, and gender issues of antebellum and Civil War America will appeal to history and music lovers of all generations.]]> 496 Joanne O'Connell 144225386X Dan 0 biography 3.88 The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster: A Revealing Portrait of the Forgotten Man Behind "Swanee River," "Beautiful Dreamer," and "My Old Kentucky Home"
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]]> Press Here 9677870
Harness the power of imagination and interactivity: Press the yellow dot on the cover of this book, follow the instructions within, and embark upon a magical journey! Each page of this surprising book instructs the reader to press the dots, shake the pages, tilt the book, and who knows what will happen next! Children and adults alike will giggle with delight as the dots multiply, change direction, and grow in size! Especially remarkable because the adventure in Press Here occurs on the flat surface of the simple, printed page, this unique picture book about the power of imagination and interactivity will provide read-aloud fun for all ages!

Books for kids ages 4-8]]> 56 Hervé Tullet 0811879542 Dan 0 4.42 2010 Press Here
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average rating: 4.42
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]]> <![CDATA[There's Treasure Everywhere (Calvin and Hobbes, #10)]]> 70489 176 Bill Watterson 0836213122 Dan 0 4.71 1996 There's Treasure Everywhere (Calvin and Hobbes, #10)
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name: Dan
average rating: 4.71
book published: 1996
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead]]> 13588356 Researcher and thought leader Dr. Brené Brown offers a powerful new vision that encourages us to dare greatly: to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and to courageously engage in our lives.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.� —Theodore Roosevelt

Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable, or to dare greatly. Whether the arena is a new relationship, an important meeting, our creative process, or a difficult family conversation, we must find the courage to walk into vulnerability and engage with our whole hearts.

In Daring Greatly, Dr. Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability. Based on twelve years of research, she argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection. The book that Dr. Brown’s many fans have been waiting for, Daring Greatly will spark a new spirit of truth—and trust—in our organizations, families, schools, and communities.]]> 287 Brené Brown 1592407331 Dan 0 did-not-finish 4.29 2012 Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
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]]> <![CDATA[Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance]]> 27213329
Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success. Rather, other factors can be even more crucial such as identifying our passions and following through on our commitments.

Drawing on her own powerful story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently bemoaned her lack of smarts, Duckworth describes her winding path through teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience, which led to the hypothesis that what really drives success is not genius, but a special blend of passion and long-term perseverance. As a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Duckworth created her own character lab and set out to test her theory.

Here, she takes readers into the field to visit teachers working in some of the toughest schools, cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally, she shares what she's learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers; from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to the cartoon editor of The New Yorker to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll.

Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that not talent or luck makes all the difference.]]> 277 Angela Duckworth 1443442313 Dan 0 did-not-finish 4.07 2016 Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
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]]> <![CDATA[We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (and Maybe You Should Too)]]> 113877344 "It's an inspiring book that will—hopefully—push us toward a larger cultural conversation in which 'atheism' isn't seen as a dirty word." �The Humanist

America doesn't need more God. It needs more atheists. Here's an impassioned call for nonbelievers to be honest with themselves and their families about their lack of belief—and help change the American cultural conversation.

Even though a growing number of Americans don't believe in god, many remain reluctant to say so out loud. Kate Cohen argues that not only is it rewarding for those of little faith to announce themselves, it's crucial to our country's future.

As she details the challenges and joys of fully embracing atheism—especially as a parent�Washington Post contributing columnist Kate Cohen does not dismiss religion as dangerous or silly. Instead, she investigates religion's appeal in order to explain the ways we can thrive without it.

Americans who don't believe in god call themselves atheists, agnostics, humanists, skeptics, and freethinkers. Sometimes they are called "nones," based on the box they checked on a survey identifying their religion. And sometimes they call themselves Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or Buddhist.

Whatever you call yourself, if you don't believe there's a supernatural being in charge of the universe, it's time to join the chorus of We of Little Faith.]]> 248 Kate Cohen 156792736X Dan 5 4.16 We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (and Maybe You Should Too)
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]]> Strega Nona 581409 44 Tomie dePaola 8424133498 Dan 4 4.26 1975 Strega Nona
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]]> <![CDATA[The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea]]> 1873060
Over the next week, Pindar introduces Joe to a series of “go-givers:� a restaurateur, a CEO, a financial adviser, a real estate broker, and the “Connector,� who brought them all together. Pindar’s friends share with Joe the Five Laws of Stratospheric Success and teach him how to open himself up to the power of giving.

Joe learns that changing his focus from getting to giving—putting others� interests first and continually adding value to their lives—ultimately leads to unexpected returns.

Imparted with wit and grace, The Go-Giver is a heartwarming and inspiring tale that brings new relevance to the old proverb “Give and you shall receive.”]]> 133 Bob Burg 159184200X Dan 2 4.31 2007 The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea
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The story was pretty cringy, the principles are pretty good though
]]> <![CDATA[Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma]]> 56470360 A picture book biography about the musician Yo-Yo Ma, immigration, and using music to build bridges.

Before Yo-Yo Ma became one of the most renowned and celebrated cellists, he wanted to play the double bass. But it was too big for his four-year-old hands. Over time, Ma honed his amazing talent, and his music became a reflection of his own life between borders, cultures, disciplines, and generations.

Since then, he has recorded over a hundred albums, won nineteen Grammy Awards, performed for eight American presidents, and received the National Medal of the Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, just to name a few accomplishments.

Staying true to himself, Yo-Yo Ma performed at the US-Mexico border at the Rio Grande on April 13, 2019, as part of his multi-continent “Bach Project� tour to prove a point—through music, we can build bridges rather than walls between different cultures.]]> 40 Joanna Ho 0062994549 Dan 0 biography 4.12 Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma
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]]> <![CDATA[The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough]]> 62919758
“Offers a hopeful beacon and a steady path for anyone struggling to find their footing in a world of impossible standards.� —Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive and The Power of Regret

In the tradition of Brené Brown’s bestseller The Gifts of Imperfection , this illuminating book by an acclaimed professor at the London School of Economics explores how the pursuit of perfection can become a dangerous obsession that leads to burnout and depression—keeping us from achieving our goals.

Today, burnout and depression are at record levels, driven by a combination of intense workplace competition, oppressively ubiquitous social media encouraging comparisons with others, the quest for elite credentials, and helicopter parenting. Society continually broadcasts the need to want more, and to be perfect.

Gathering a wide range of contemporary evidence, Curran offers “a clear-eyed look at how perfectionism and its capitalistic â€obsession with boundless growthâ€� has contributed to mass discontent and insecurityâ€� ( Publishers Weekly ). He shows what we can do as individuals to resist the modern-day pressure to be perfect, and in so doing, win for ourselves a more purposeful and contented life.

Filled with “many useful lessons and valuable insights…This book offers an alternative path to a fulfilling, productive life� ( Kirkus Reviews ) and the relief of letting go to focus on what matters most.]]> 288 Thomas Curran 1982149531 Dan 0 personality-leadership 4.00 The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough
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]]> Grammar (Basher Book 40) 25552124 128 Mary Budzik 0753437708 Dan 0 science 4.00 2011 Grammar (Basher Book 40)
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]]> FoxTrot: The Works 354225
This treasury edition, The Works , combines two FoxTrot collections, FoxTrot and Pass the Loot . All the daily strips and color Sundays are collected in one large volume for FoxTrot fans everywhere.]]> 256 Bill Amend 0836218485 Dan 0 4.25 1990 FoxTrot: The Works
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]]> <![CDATA[What Makes a Marriage Last: 40 Celebrated Couples Share with Us the Secrets to a Happy Life]]> 46159108
What makes a marriage last? Who doesn’t want to know the answer to that question? To unlock this mystery, long-married icons Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue turned to forty celebrated couples whose long marriages they’ve admired—from award-winning actors, athletes and newsmakers, to writers, comedians, musicians, and a former U.S. president.

Marlo and Phil are a beloved couple who have been married for forty years, yet have rarely spoken publicly about their relationship, and have never written a book together. Now, for the first time, they also include the secrets to what has kept their own marriage alive and loving.

Inspiring and insightful, What Makes a Marriage Last offers practical and hard-won wisdom for couples of all ages. Learn about soul-deep passion from Sting and Trudy Styler; how Billy and Janice Crystal keep the love and laughter alive; and why Judges Judy and Jerry Sheinlin’s divorce didn’t last but their marriage did. Also included in this impressive collection: Arlene and Alan Alda, Elton John and David Furnish, John McEnroe and Patty Smyth, George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth, Lisa and Mehmet Oz, Bob Woodward and Elsa Walsh, and Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, who take the prize as the book’s longest married couple—seventy-four years, and counting.

What Makes a Marriage Last includes forty-three black-and-white and color photos throughout the book and on the endpapers.]]> 640 Marlo Thomas 0062982591 Dan 0 currently-reading 3.95 2020 What Makes a Marriage Last: 40 Celebrated Couples Share with Us the Secrets to a Happy Life
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]]> Raising Mentally Strong Kids 197885967 Parenting is about to get easier--and a whole lot more effective�. In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is now available for overwhelmed parents who are trying their best but feel like they’re falling short. #1 New York Times bestselling author and neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen and child psychologist Dr. Charles Fay have teamed up to reveal what’s missing from most parenting books. It’s the fact that you need to address both the brain and the mind of your child (and yourself) in order to effectively raise good and strong humans. In this groundbreaking book where neuroscience meets love and logic, parents are given practical tools to help children of all ages go from behavioral problems like defiance, meltdowns, and power struggles to confident, kind, and resilientBetter prepared to make good decisionsMore focused and motivatedBetter able to have healthy relationships, and more�. Let Dr. Amen and Dr. Fay help you learn how to be the parent you've always dreamed you could be—and raise great kids who are on their way to reaching their full potential, including their best possible mental health.]]> 355 Daniel G. Amen 1496484800 Dan 0 parenting-or-marriage 4.16 Raising Mentally Strong Kids
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]]> <![CDATA[Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection]]> 145625059
Conflict is the top reason couples seek help—but it's also an opportunity for greater intimacy, deeper connection, and lasting love according to this essential guide from the world's leading relationship scientists and bestselling authors of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work and Eight Dates.

How we fight predicts the future of our relationships. Most of us blunder into conflict without knowing what we are really fighting about and then quickly become overwhelmed by physiological responses we can’t control and emotions we don’t anticipate. The truth is the happiest and most successful couples fight—all the time. Conflict is human, and necessary.

Through decades of research, Drs. John and Julie Gottman, founders of the world-famous Love Lab, have identified the five common mistakes we make when we are at odds. In Fight Right , we learn the five secrets that help us to get back on track and harness conflict to build stronger, healthier relationships. With kindness, clarity, and a deep understanding of the struggles couples are going through, the Gottmans show us that we each have a unique conflict culture, borne of how we were raised and how we experienced past relationships, and they take us through all the possible combinations, from Avoiders, to Validators, to Volatiles, and how they can best work together.

Fight Right is an essential resource that will help couples escape the win-or-lose mentality in favor of a collaborative calming down, staying connected, and really understanding, so that our fights can bring us closer.]]> 352 Julie Schwartz Gottman 0593579658 Dan 3 4.54 2024 Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection
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]]> No, David! 1062516 David Shannon was five years old, he wrote and illustrated his first book. On every page were these words:

No, David!

...And a picture of David doing things he was not supposed to do. But some things never change...

Here's the semi-autobiographical story of writer and artist David Shannon, the once little kid who broke all his mother's rules. He chewed with his mouth open (and full of food), he jumped on the furniture, and he broke his mother's vase! As a result, all David ever heard his mother say was "No, David!", and this is his story.

David Shannon grew up in Spokane, Washington. He has written and illustrated numerous popular books for children, including How Georgie Saved Baseball, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; The Amazing Christmas Extravaganza, an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists: and most recently A Bad Case of Stripes, a selection of the Junior Library Guild. In 1996, he also Illustrated Audrey Wood's The Bunyans, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an ABC Children's Bookseller' Choice award Winner. David Shannon lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Heidi, and their dog, Fergus.

Edition ISBN: 9780590930024
Edition MSRP: $17âąâą USD / $19âąâą CAN]]> 32 David Shannon 0590930028 Dan 0 4.16 1998 No, David!
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]]> <![CDATA[Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life]]> 27209485 The counterintuitive approach to achieving your true potential, heralded by the Harvard Business Review as a groundbreaking idea of the year.
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The path to fulfillment, whether at work or at home, is almost never a straight line. Ask anyone who has achieved their biggest goals or who thrives in their relationships, and you’ll hear stories of many unexpected detours along the way. What separates those who rise to these challenges and those who get derailed? The answer is agility—emotional agility.

Emotional agility is a four-step approach that allows us to navigate life’s twists and turns with self-acceptance, clear-sightedness, and an open mind. In her more than twenty years of research, Susan David has found that no matter how intelligent, resilient, or creative people are, when they ignore how situations or interactions make them feel, they miss opportunities to gain insight, getting hooked by thoughts, emotions, and habits that prevent them from reaching their full potential. Emotionally agile people experience the same stresses and setbacks as anyone else, but they know how to adapt, aligning their actions with their values and making small changes that lead to a life of growth.

Drawing on her extensive professional research, her international consulting work, and her own experiences growing up in Apartheid-era South Africa and losing her father at a young age, David shows how anyone can become more emotionally agile and thrive in an uncertain world. Written with authority, wit, and empathy, Emotional Agility will help you live your most successful life, whoever you are and whatever you face.

Take the FREE Emotional Agility Insights Quiz here: ]]> 288 Susan David 1592409490 Dan 0 personality-leadership 3.94 2016 Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
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]]> <![CDATA[The Available Parent: Radical Optimism for Raising Teens and Tweens]]> 10767676
Teenagers are left feeling unheard and misunderstood, and parents are left feeling bewildered by the changes in their child at adolescence and their sudden lack of effectiveness as parents. The parent has become unavailable, the teen responds in kind, and a negative, often destructive cycle of communication begins. Well, the truth of the matter is, you can physically be right next to someone and still not really be available to them. If you need them to be something they’re not, if you are harsh, criticizing and judging, if your anxiety is center stage, then you are not truly available.

The available parent of a teenager is open to discussion, offering advice and problem-solving, but not insisting on it. He allows his child to make some mistakes, setting limits, primarily where health and safety are concerned. He never lectures � he is available but not controlling. The available parent is self-aware, and keeps his own emotions in check when dealing with his teen. He is unconditionally loving and accepting, and open to new and different ways of thinking. As such, he is neither cruel nor dismissive, ever. The available parent is]]> 252 John Duffy 1573446572 Dan 3 4.06 2011 The Available Parent: Radical Optimism for Raising Teens and Tweens
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]]> <![CDATA[Quit Like a Millionaire: No Gimmicks, Luck, or Trust Fund Required]]> 43345855 From two leaders of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement, a bold, contrarian guide to retiring at any age, with a reproducible formula to financial independence

A bull***t-free guide to growing your wealth, retiring early, and living life on your own terms

Kristy Shen retired with a million dollars at the age of thirty-one, and she did it without hitting a home run on the stock market, starting the next Snapchat in her garage, or investing in hot real estate. Learn how to cut down on spending without decreasing your quality of life, build a million-dollar portfolio, fortify your investments to survive bear markets and black-swan events, and use the 4 percent rule and the Yield Shield--so you can quit the rat race forever. Not everyone can become an entrepreneur or a real estate baron; the rest of us need Shen's mathematically proven approach to retire decades before sixty-five.]]> 336 Kristy Shen 0525538690 Dan 0 parenting-or-marriage 4.21 2019 Quit Like a Millionaire: No Gimmicks, Luck, or Trust Fund Required
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]]> <![CDATA[I Do (I Think): Conversations About Modern Marriage]]> 206742142 From Just Between Us cohost and bestselling author Allison Raskin comes a witty, incisiveĚýtake on modern marriageĚýand how a new generation can navigate its uncertainties andĚýquestions.

Marriage rates may be on the decline, but that doesn’t mean marriage is disappearing from society. In fact, as modern relationship norms and structures continue to evolve, the public discourse about marriage has never been louder—or more conflicted. Divorce rates, the appeal of cohabitation, seemingly infinite options for futureĚýpartners, the patriarchal roots of marriage and gender roles, and economic uncertainty are just a few factors that leave a new generation of single and dating adults wondering. What doesĚýmarriage even look like now? Why do people still do it? And, most importantly, is it “for meâ€�?

With conversational wit and compassion, bestselling author Allison Raskin draws on new research, interviews with licensed experts, and the stories of real-life couples to break down the many pieces of today’s “marriage conversation”—and to make the leap of faith a little less scary for Gen Z and millennial adults like herself. What emerges is a thoughtful investigation into our cultural assumptions about commitment, compatibility, divorce, meaningful partnership, the future of marriage—and what it really means to join your bank accounts.]]> 304 Allison Raskin 1335012516 Dan 0 did-not-finish 3.84 I Do (I Think): Conversations About Modern Marriage
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]]> <![CDATA[Yukon Ho! (Calvin and Hobbes, #3)]]> 70491 126 Bill Watterson 0751509345 Dan 0 4.64 Yukon Ho! (Calvin and Hobbes, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Choose FI: Your Blueprint to Financial Independence]]> 45182635
A common resolution set at the beginning of a new year is to “get my financial house in order.� But how can you build a house, let alone pour any kind of foundation, without a blueprint? There are dozens of books and blogs trying to push their advice and tell you how to spend and invest your money. And then, there are three suburban dads just trying to make the world a little bit better.

Meet Brad Barrett and Jonathan Mendonsa of the award-winning Choose FI podcast and Chris Mamula of the popular blog “Can I Retire Yet?�. They have walked the talk and now want to share their knowledge with you. Together, these three regular guys will show you how they did something extraordinary. They are all financially independent and doing meaningful work that fulfills them. All three left their corporate 9 to 5 jobs and are reaping the benefits of extra time with their families.

Mirroring the format of the popular Choose FI podcast, this book pulls from the collective knowledge of those who have decided to build a lifestyle around their passions instead of allowing their finances to dictate their future. These stories demonstrate universal principles, giving you the opportunity to pick the elements that are the most applicable to your financial situation and “choose your own adventure.�

FI or Financial Independence is the new debt-free and getting back to 0 is just the beginning of a wonderful journey. Whether you have mountains of debt now or are recently debt free and wondering what to do next, Choose FI : Your Blueprint to Financial Independence will give you the information to guide your next move.]]> 334 Chris Mamula 0960058915 Dan 0 personality-leadership 4.11 2019 Choose FI: Your Blueprint to Financial Independence
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]]> <![CDATA[A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam]]> 417640 Neil Sheehan was a Vietnam War correspondent for United Press International & the NY Times & won a number of awards for reporting. In 1971 he obtained the Pentagon Papers, which brought the Times the Pulitzer gold medal for meritorious public service. A Bright Shining Lie won the National Book Award & the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction. He lives in Washington DC.
Maps
The funeral
Going to war
Antecedents to a confrontation
The Battle of Ap Bac
Taking on the system
Antecedents to the man
A second time around
John Vann stays
Acknowledgments
Interviews
Documents
Source Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author]]> 896 Neil Sheehan 0679724141 Dan 0 history 4.23 1988 A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
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]]> <![CDATA[We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam]]> 42512 We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young.

In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was chopped to pieces. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-Ray and Albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War.
How these men persevered--sacrificed themselves for their comrades and never gave up--makes a vivid portrait of war at its most inspiring and devastating. General Moore and Joseph Galloway, the only journalist on the ground throughout the fighting, have interviewed hundreds of men who fought there, including the North Vietnamese commanders. This devastating account rises above the specific ordeal it chronicles to present a picture of men facing the ultimate challenge, dealing with it in ways they would have found unimaginable only a few hours earlier. It reveals to us, as rarely before, man's most heroic and horrendous endeavor.]]> 480 Harold G. Moore 034547581X Dan 0 history 4.33 1991 We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
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]]> The Bride of The Far Side 263699 104 Gary Larson 0751505927 Dan 0 4.48 1985 The Bride of The Far Side
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]]> <![CDATA[Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius]]> 906398 133 C. Michael Mellor 0939173700 Dan 0 biography 4.41 2006 Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius
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]]> <![CDATA[The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet]]> 55145261 A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John Green

The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his ground-breaking, critically acclaimed podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Halley's Comet to Penguins of Madagascar - on a five-star scale.

Complex and rich with detail, the Anthropocene's reviews have been praised as 'observations that double as exercises in memoiristic empathy', with over 10 million lifetime downloads. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully curated collection about the shared human experience; it includes beloved essays along with six all-new pieces exclusive to the book.]]> 304 John Green 0525555218 Dan 3 4.37 2021 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
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]]> <![CDATA[In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives]]> 7841446
Few companies in history have ever been as successful and as admired as Google, the company that has transformed the Internet and become an indispensable part of our lives. How has Google done it? Veteran technology reporter Steven Levy was granted unprecedented access to the company, and in this revelatory book he takes readers inside Google headquarters—the Googleplex—to show how Google works.

While they were still students at Stanford, Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin revolutionized Internet search. They followed this brilliant innovation with another, as two of Google’s earliest employees found a way to do what no one else had: make billions of dollars from Internet advertising. With this cash cow, Google was able to expand dramatically and take on other transformative projects: more efficient data centers, open-source cell phones, free Internet video (YouTube), cloud computing, digitizing books, and much more.

The key to Google’s success in all these businesses, Levy reveals, is its engineering mind-set and adoption of such Internet values as speed, openness, experimentation, and risk taking. After its unapologetically elitist approach to hiring, Google pampers its engineers—free food and dry cleaning, on-site doctors and masseuses—and gives them all the resources they need to succeed. Even today, with a workforce of more than 23,000, Larry Page signs off on every hire.

But has Google lost its innovative edge? With its newest initiative, social networking, Google is chasing a successful competitor for the first time. Some employees are leaving the company for smaller, nimbler start-ups. Can the company that famously decided not to be evil still compete?

No other book has ever turned Google inside out as Levy does with In the Plex.]]> 432 Steven Levy 1416596585 Dan 4 3.83 2011 In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
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This book is old now, but I leaned a lot about Google and how it started. It would be good to hear what happened the past 10 years since then. The book got bogged down in a couple parts like about Google Books and all the legal challenges. Parts like that could have been more concise. But overall, I’m glad I read the audiobook.
]]> Brother's Keeper 52130749 Can two children escape North Korea on their own?

North Korea. December, 1950.

Twelve-year-old Sora and her family live under an iron set of rules: No travel without a permit. No criticism of the government. No absences from Communist meetings. Wear red. Hang pictures of the Great Leader. Don't trust your neighbors. Don't speak your mind. You are being watched.

But war is coming, war between North and South Korea, between the Soviets and the Americans. War causes chaos--and war is the perfect time to escape. The plan is simple: Sora and her family will walk hundreds of miles to the South Korean city of Busan from their tiny mountain village. They just need to avoid napalm, frostbite, border guards, and enemy soldiers.

But they can't. And when an incendiary bombing changes everything, Sora and her little brother Young will have to get to Busan on their own. Can a twelve-year-old girl and her eight-year-old brother survive three hundred miles of war zone in winter?]]> 314 Julie Lee 0823444945 Dan 5 4.32 2020 Brother's Keeper
author: Julie Lee
name: Dan
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Something Under the Bed is Drooling (Calvin and Hobbes #2)]]> 17886577 128 Bill Watterson 0836218256 Dan 0 4.72 1988 Something Under the Bed is Drooling (Calvin and Hobbes #2)
author: Bill Watterson
name: Dan
average rating: 4.72
book published: 1988
rating: 0
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]]> Last Stop on Market Street 22521973
CJ begins his weekly bus journey around the city with disappointment and dissatisfaction, wondering why he and his family can't drive a car like his friends. Through energy and encouragement, CJ's nana helps him see the beauty and fun in their routine.

This beautifully illustrated, emotive picture book explores urban life with honesty, interest and gratitude.

Last Stop on Market Street has won multiple awards and spent time at the number one spot in the New York Times Bestseller List.]]> 32 Matt de la Peña 0399257748 Dan 0 4.30 2015 Last Stop on Market Street
author: Matt de la Peña
name: Dan
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> Make Way for Ducklings 29291 Make Way for Ducklings has been described as "one of the merriest picture books ever" (The New York Times). Ideal for reading aloud, this book deserves a place of honor on every child's bookshelf.]]> 64 Robert McCloskey 0670035386 Dan 0 fiction 4.24 1941 Make Way for Ducklings
author: Robert McCloskey
name: Dan
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1941
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Crictor (Reading Rainbow Books)]]> 1097582 32 Tomi Ungerer 0064430448 Dan 0 fiction 4.11 1958 Crictor (Reading Rainbow Books)
author: Tomi Ungerer
name: Dan
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1958
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)]]> 34898 96 Ruth Stiles Gannett 0440421217 Dan 0 fiction 4.09 1948 My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)
author: Ruth Stiles Gannett
name: Dan
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1948
rating: 0
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]]> Nina: A Story of Nina Simone 57286019 This picture book biography tells the story of little Eunice who grew up to become the acclaimed singer Nina Simone and her bold, defiant, and exultant legacy.

Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in small town North Carolina, Nina Simone was a musical child. She sang before she talked and learned to play piano at a very young age. With the support of her family and community, she received music lessons that introduced her to classical composers like Bach who remained with her and influenced her music throughout her life. She loved the way his music began softly and then tumbled to thunder, like her mother's preaching, and in much the same way as her career. During her first performances under the name of Nina Simone her voice was rich and sweet but as the Civil Rights Movement gained steam, Nina's voice soon became a thunderous roar as she raised her voice in powerful protest in the fight against racial inequality and discrimination.]]> 56 Traci N. Todd 1524737283 Dan 0 biography 4.49 2021 Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
author: Traci N. Todd
name: Dan
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)]]> 776407 180 A.A. Milne 0525444440 Dan 4 4.37 1928 The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)
author: A.A. Milne
name: Dan
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1928
rating: 4
read at: 2022/06/03
date added: 2024/12/22
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]]> <![CDATA[Laugh Again: Experience Outrageous Joy]]> 407222 256 Charles R. Swindoll 0849936799 Dan 0 religion-theology 4.14 1992 Laugh Again: Experience Outrageous Joy
author: Charles R. Swindoll
name: Dan
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1992
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Scientific Progress Goes "Boink" (Calvin and Hobbes, #6)]]> 70488 Scientific Progress Goes "Boink" is guaranteed to set scientific inquiry back an eon—and advance the reading pleasure of all Calvin and Hobbes fans.]]> 128 Bill Watterson 0836218787 Dan 0 4.67 1991 Scientific Progress Goes "Boink" (Calvin and Hobbes, #6)
author: Bill Watterson
name: Dan
average rating: 4.67
book published: 1991
rating: 0
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]]> Foxtrotius Maximus 354223
Jason Fox rules . . . his computer code, at calc and trig, and in whatever fantasy he happens to be headlining at the moment. Just because the rest of the Fox family-from older brother Peter and sister Paige to parents Roger and Andy-haven't quite accepted his Dominion Over All isn't cause for concern. Math geeks, Jason is convinced, will govern the earth, and he will lead the way. FoxTrotius A FoxTrot Treasury , picks up on Jason's megalomania and runs with it . . . and it doesn't stop until you are out of breath from laughing so hard.

FoxTrotius Maximus combines the works , , and That means longtime FoxTrot readers and new fans alike are treated to Jason and his friend Marcus's never-ending antics, Andy's ongoing allergy fun, Peter's latest hot haircut, and a host of pop-culture trends and topics including music piracy, video games, and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Timely, topical, and terribly funny!

All hail, FoxTrotius Maximus !


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Author's web ]]> 192 Bill Amend 0740746618 Dan 0 4.34 2004 Foxtrotius Maximus
author: Bill Amend
name: Dan
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A History Of Computer Operating Systems: Unix, Dos, Lisa, Macintosh, Windows, Linux]]> 5917028 60 Jon Watson 1934840459 Dan 0 computing-history 4.67 A History Of Computer Operating Systems: Unix, Dos, Lisa, Macintosh, Windows, Linux
author: Jon Watson
name: Dan
average rating: 4.67
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]]> <![CDATA[Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves]]> 212294434 A groundbreaking book that reveals the hidden architecture of our conversations and how even small improvements can have a profound impact on our relationships in work and life—from a celebrated Harvard Business School professor and leading expertĚýon the psychology of conversation.

We know we struggle with difficult conversations, but we’re often not very good at the easy ones, either. Though we do it all the time, Harvard professor Alison Wood Brooks argues that conversation is one of the most complex, demanding, and delicate of all human tasks, rife with the possibility of misinterpreting and misunderstanding. And yet conversations can also be a source of great joy, each one offering an opportunity to express who we are and learn who others are—to feel connected, loved, and alive.

In Talk, Brooks shows why conversing a little more effectively can make a big difference in the quality of our close personal relationships as well as our professional success. Drawing on the new science of conversation, Brooks distills lessons that show how we can better understand, learn from, and delight each other. The key is her TALK

T Choose topics and manage them well
A Ask more questions
L Use humor to keep conversations fizzy
K Prioritize their partners conversational needs

Through experiments ranging across the conversational spectrum—from speed daters who ask too few questions (or too many), to future business leaders averse to topic forethought, to traffic stops that reveal the essence of kind language—Brooks takes us inside the world of conversation, giving us the confidence and the advice to approach any interaction with more creativity and compassion.

Addressing our face-to-face conversations as well as those we have by phone, email, text, and social media, Talk is a thoughtful guide for anyone seeking to better establish and sustain their relationships. From managing our emotions and sparking creativity to navigating conflict and being more inclusive, the right conversation skills just might be the key to leading a more purposeful life.]]> 336 Alison Wood Brooks 0593443497 Dan 0 personality-leadership 3.96 Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves
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name: Dan
average rating: 3.96
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]]> <![CDATA[The Christian Man: A Conversation About the 10 Issues Men Say Matter Most]]> 42771925
No one understands what you're going through more than men's expert Patrick Morley, author of the landmark bestsellerĚý The Man in the Mirror,Ěý with over 4 million copies .Ěý And now, Morley has carefully researched and writtenĚý The Christian Man Ěýespecially for men like you.ĚýBy the end of this must-read book, you will know how to intentionally release the power of God on the issues that matter most to you.You'll be able to walk with confidence in the one identity that matters Ěý The Christian Man .]]> 256 Patrick Morley 0310356008 Dan 0 parenting-or-marriage 4.12 The Christian Man: A Conversation About the 10 Issues Men Say Matter Most
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name: Dan
average rating: 4.12
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]]> <![CDATA[Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation]]> 43313 Library Journal)]]> 424 John Ehle 0385239548 Dan 0 history 4.13 1988 Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
author: John Ehle
name: Dan
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1988
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rembrandt Conspiracy (The Lost Art Mysteries)]]> 55959519
Something’s brewing at the National Portrait Gallery Museum in Washington, D.C. twelve-year-old Art is sure of it.ĚýBut his only proof that a grand heist is about to take place is iced mocha, forty-two steps, and a mysterious woman who appears like clockwork in the museum.

When Art convinces his best friend, Camille, that the heist is real, the two begin a thrilling chase through D.C. to uncover a villainous scheme that could be the biggest heist since the Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum theft in 1990. With a billion dollars� worth of paintings on the line, the clock is ticking for Art and Camille to solve the conspiracy.]]> 272 Deron R. Hicks 0358569761 Dan 4 4.00 2020 The Rembrandt Conspiracy (The Lost Art Mysteries)
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name: Dan
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> That's Not My Squirrel... 29565463


Meet five mischievous squirrels in this exciting addition to the much-loved That's not my� series. Babies love the best-selling That's not my� books with their bold illustrations, patches to stroke, and a mouse to spot on every page, all designed to develop sensory and language awareness.]]> 10 Fiona Watt 1409596435 Dan 0 4.18 2016 That's Not My Squirrel...
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name: Dan
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Boxcar Children 100th Anniversary Edition (The Boxcar Children Mysteries)]]> 210693118 Book #1 from the series: The Boxcar Children Mysteries

After becoming orphans, four siblings run away to live in an abandoned boxcar but find their adventure halted by the possibility of being caught in this classic tale! “A compelling story� (Publishers Weekly) with over 63,000 five-star ratings, read by an Earphones Award–winning narrator.

Four orphaned siblings, determined to stay together as a family, decide to inhabit an abandoned boxcar and turn it into their new home in the woods. When one of the siblings falls ill, the others go out to seek a doctor to save their sister. Meanwhile, their wealthy grandfather has offered a sizable reward to anyone who has information about his grandchildren, hoping that they can all be reunited once more. As the children continue to evade being found out, will they ever know peace?]]> 176 Gertrude Chandler Warner 0593905024 Dan 0 fiction 4.71 1924 The Boxcar Children 100th Anniversary Edition (The Boxcar Children Mysteries)
author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
name: Dan
average rating: 4.71
book published: 1924
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]]> <![CDATA[To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery]]> 75593713
No one can make the mysteries of the universe more comprehensible and fun than Neil deGrasse Tyson. Drawing on mythology, history, and literature—alongside his trademark wit and charm—Tyson and StarTalk senior producer Lindsey Nyx Walker bring planetary science down to Earth and principles of astrophysics within reach. In this entertaining book, illustrated with vivid photographs and art, readers travel with him through space and time, starting with the Big Bang and voyaging to the far reaches of the universe and beyond. Along the way, science greets pop culture as Tyson explains the triumphs—and bloopers—in Hollywood’s all part of an entertaining ride through the cosmos.

The book begins as we leave Earth, encountering new truths about our planet’s atmosphere, the nature of sunlight, and the many missions that have demystified our galactic neighbors. But the farther out we travel, the weirder things get. What’s a void and what’s a vacuum? How can light be a wave and a particle at the same time? When we finally arrive in the blackness of outer space, Tyson takes on the spookiest phenomena of the parallel worlds, black holes, time travel, and more.

For science junkies and fans of the conundrums that astrophysicists often ponder, To Infinity and Beyond is an enlightening adventure into the farthest reaches of the cosmos.]]> 319 Neil deGrasse Tyson 1426223307 Dan 0 science 4.26 2023 To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
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name: Dan
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2023
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]]> <![CDATA[Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions]]> 209786389
A fundamental principle of our legal system is a presumption of innocence, but once someone has been found guilty there is very little room to prove doubt. Framed shares ten true stories of men who were innocent but found guilty and forced to sacrifice friends, families, wives, and decades of their lives to prison while the guilty parties remained free. In each of the stories, John Grisham and Jim McCloskey recount the dramatic hard-fought battles for exoneration. They take a close look at what leads to wrongful convictions in the first place, and the racism, misconduct, flawed testimony, and the corrupt court system that can make them so hard to reverse.

Told with page-turning suspense as only John Grisham can deliver, Framed is the story of overcoming adversity when the battle already seems lost, and the deck is stacked against you.]]> 368 John Grisham 0385550448 Dan 0 world-issues 4.08 2024 Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments]]> 204640564 A moving celebration of the history of American football from the New York Times bestselling author of Why We Love Baseball After his bestselling home run books Why We Love Baseball and The Baseball 100, Joe Posnanski turns from the national pastime to the number one sport in America. Why We Love Football is Posnanski’s newest must-have deep dive into the archives and legends of the sport, and the result is a rousing tale of the 100 greatest moments in football lore. This is the best kind of sports writing. Entertaining, enlightening, heartbreaking, hilarious, and always fascinating, these stories of the sport offer a panoramic look across its history. From hidden gems and classic tales to famous moments told from previously unheard perspectives, this book is the football book for even its most ardent fans. From Patrick Mahomes's magic to the Ice Bowl, from Doug Flutie's Hail Mary pass to a plethora of football "miracles," Why We Love Football is an unforgettable, conversational masterpiece you won’t ever want to end, and a can't-miss take on football from one of the greatest sportswriters of our time.]]> 416 Joe Posnanski 0593475526 Dan 0 world-issues 4.33 Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments
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