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50 days ago
Ever since their first publication in the 1940s, the Betsy-Tacy stories have been loved by each generation of young readers. Maud Hart Lovelace gwas the beloved author of the Betsy-Tacy books as well as many other books for adults and children. . And they learn that they themselves wouldn't want to be anything else. They learn that new Americans are sometimes the best Americans. And they do! The girls fall in love with the King of Spain, perform in the School Entertainment, and for the first time, go all the way over the Big Hill to Little Syria by themselves. After all, getting two numbers in your age is the beginning of growing up--exciting things are bound to happen. Betsy, Tacy, and Tib can't wait to be ten.
53 days ago
An amazing read with many practical applications for everyday life. Robert Bjork, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Psychology, UCLAI only wish I'd never before used the words breakthrough or breathtaking or magisterial or stunning achievement or your world will never be the same after you read this book. John Farrell reads with a voice that is at once firm yet highly identifiable. What emerges is both a testament to the remarkable potential we all have to learn and perform and an indictment of any idea that our individual capacities and limitations are fixed at birth.Dr. I am even willing to 'guarantee' that you will not read a more important and useful book in 2009, or pretty much any other year. Tom Peters, coauthor of In Search of Excellence and author of Re-imagine! Daniel Coyle digs deep into the core of the insatiable desire to become better. Journalist Coyle travels the world to discover the truth about talent in this fascinating account that studies how individuals can ...
59 days ago
In CONNECTED, the authors explain why emotions are contagious, how health behaviors spread, why the rich get richer, even how we find and choose our partners. A happy neighbor has more impact on your happiness than a happy spouse. And in showing how these networks matter in our individual lives, the authors also make the deeper point that "network thinking" is the key to understanding how all our lives fit together."-Duncan Watts, author of Six DegreesYour colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you don't know her. Intriguing and entertaining, CONNECTED overturns the notion of the individual and provides a revolutionary paradigm-that social networks influence our ideas, emotions, health, relationships, behavior, politics, and much more. These startling revelations of how much we truly influence one another are revealed in the studies of Drs. The world becomes smaller and more meaningful after reading this engaging book."--Sudhir Venkatesh ...
