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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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From J. H. Markert, the author Peter Farris calls the "clear heir to Stephen King," Mister Lullaby brings our darkest dreams and nightmares to life.
In the vein of T. Kingfisher and Christopher Golden, the boundary protecting our world from the monsters on the other side is weakening—and Mister Lullaby is about to break through.
The small town of Harrod’s Reach has seen its fair share of the macabre, especially inside...
In the vein of T. Kingfisher and Christopher Golden, the boundary protecting our world from the monsters on the other side is weakening—and Mister Lullaby is about to break through.
The small town of Harrod’s Reach has seen its fair share of the macabre, especially inside...
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Come inside a jury room as one juror leads a starkly divided room to consensus. Join a young CIA officer as he recruits a reluctant foreign agent. And sit with an accomplished surgeon as he tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment. In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg blends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to show how we can all learn to identify and leverage the hidden...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In a tech-saturated world, a return to outdoor play is exactly what our children need. Founder of 1000 Hours Outside shows parents how to help their kids discover the fun-not to mention the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual benefits-that awaits them beyond the four walls of their home"--
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Publisher
Zara Fagen
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Remove the clutter in your child's education by taking a deeper look at how you invest your time and energy. You don't have to choose between excellence and sanity while homeschooling-- you can have both! "Minimalist Homeschooling" will have you rethinking your priorities and your perspective to create a simple homeschool based on the minimalist mindset. Uniquely, "Minimalist Homeschooling" offers 15 thought-provoking worksheets so readers can purge...
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Publisher
Familius
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"As parents, we want our children to take responsibility for their schoolwork, their chores, and their choices. We want them to grow into independent adults, but when we see them struggling, we sometimes have a tendency to step in and problem-solve, telling them exactly what to do or even doing things for them ourselves. The problem is the more controlling we are with our children, the more out of control they feel. When our children feel out of control,...
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Publisher
Balance
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In her powerful new book, Christine Porath explores how the rise of technology and modern workplace practices have fractured our communications yet left us always "on" digitally. Through now common practices like hot-desking and remote work (even without the added isolation of social distancing we experienced during the pandemic), our human interactions have decreased, and so too have our happiness levels. This lack of a "human factor" is sparking...
Publisher
Arbinger Institute
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
"Applies the self-deception solution to behavior intervention efforts, whether those efforts are at home, at a formal treatment program, or within the informal context of a relationship between friends or associates. The Choice in Intervention shows how the common conceptions of violence and nonviolence are lacking and redefines both in a fundamental and compelling way. It shows how violence is not merely a behavior but a "way of being" and how most...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest woman, she's also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family's estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains. In the aftermath of her death, that estate--along with a nine-figure fortune and the complicated legacy of being a McTavish--pass...
12) WHERE YOU END
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to the twisted world of the Bird twins, where one sister's lies sends the other into the dangerous past"--
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
The question of our time: can we reclaim our lives in an age that feels busier and more distracting by the day? We have all found ourselves checking email at the dinner table, holding our breath while waiting for Outlook to load, or sitting hunched in front of a screen for an hour longer than we intended. Mobile devices and the web have invaded our lives, and this is a big idea book that addresses one of the biggest questions of our age: can we...
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Galvanized by her work in our nation's jails, psychiatrist Christine Montross illuminates the human cost of mass incarceration and mental illness. Dr. Christine Montross has spent her career treating the most severely ill psychiatric patients. Several years ago, she set out to investigate why so many of her patients got caught up in the legal system when discharged from her care--and what happened to them therein. Waiting for an Echo is a riveting,...
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Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Mia and Finn are busy turning a derelict house into their dream home when Mia unexpectedly falls pregnant. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a chilling message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC. Following the clue up into the eaves, the couple make a gruesome discovery: their dream home was once a house of horrors. In the wake of their traumatic discovery, the baby arrives and Mia can't shake her...
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Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Hardly ever, when faced with daunting questions, do we have the keys to combine both head and heart in a balanced and fulfilling way. Labor economist and Stanford Professor Emerita Myra Strober and social innovation leader Abby Davisson know that in ourdaily lives money and love are interdependent. Whereas most decision-making guides focus only on one or the other, Money and Love shows us and our loved ones how to consider them jointly using the...
17) Two dead wives
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English
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Living in a small village while she recovers from illness, Stacie Jones, shielded from the outside world by her father, finds her reclusive life shattered when she is linked to a scandalous and sad case of a missing woman with a shocking secret.
Author
Publisher
Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
In this mind-blowing psychological thriller SJ Watson, the internationally bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep, explores themes of memory and identity as a young documentary filmmaker travels to a quiet fishing village to shoot a new film, only to encounter a dark mystery surrounding the disappearance of a local girl.
For generations Blackwood Bay, a quaint village in northern England, has been famous only for the smuggling that occurred along...
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Publisher
Currency
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Anyone-even you!-can learn how to harness the power of humor in business (and life), based on the popular class at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Many people understand humor's power intuitively. But when it comes to using it with intention, far fewer know how. As a result, humor is vastly underleveraged in most workplaces today, impacting our performance, relationships, and health, and contributing to a permanent and unsightly frown known...
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