EDUCATED by Tara Westover

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university. For more New York Times Best Seller of Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction best sellers, see New York Times Best Seller of Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction

Educated: A Memoir

by: Tara Westover
No. 1 Best Seller on Thursday, August 30, 2018.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University

Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times

“A coming-of-age memoir reminiscent of The Glass Castle.”O: The Oprah Magazine

“Tara Westover is living proof that some people are flat-out, boots-always-laced-up indomitable.”USA Today

“The extremity of Westover’s upbringing emerges gradually through her telling, which only makes the telling more alluring and harrowing.”—The New York Times Book Review

Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her “head-for-the-hills” bag. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged metal in her father’s junkyard.

Her father distrusted the medical establishment, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when an older brother became violent.

When another brother got himself into college and came back with news of the world beyond the mountain, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. She taught herself enough mathematics, grammar, and science to take the ACT and was admitted to Brigham Young University. There, she studied psychology, politics, philosophy, and history, learning for the first time about pivotal world events like the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.

Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty, and of the grief that comes from severing one’s closest ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one’s life through new eyes, and the will to change it.

More books by Tara Westover

1. Una educación / Educated: A Memoir (Spanish Edition)

by: Tara Westover
Release date: Dec 24, 2018
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Cómo una educación puede salvar una vida

Uno de los libros más importantes del año según The New York Times, la BBC, el Daily Express, el Library Journal Entertainment Weekly, y en las listas de más vendidos.

«Podéis llamarlo transformación. Metamorfosis. Falsedad. Traición. Yo lo llamo una educación.»

Nacida en las montañas de Idaho, Tara Westover ha crecido en armonía con una naturaleza grandiosa y doblegada a las leyes que establece su padre, un mormón fundamentalista convencido de que el final del mundo es inminente. Ni Tara ni sus hermanos van a la escuela o acuden al médico cuando enferman. Todos trabajan con el padre, y su madre es curandera y única partera de la zona.

Tara tiene un talento: el canto, y una obsesión: saber. Pone por primera vez los pies en un aula a los diecisiete años: no sabe que ha habido dos guerras mundiales, pero tampoco la fecha exacta de su nacimiento (no tiene documentos). Pronto descubre que la educación es la única vía para huir de su hogar. A pesar de empezar de cero, reúne las fuerzas necesarias para preparar el examen de ingreso a la universidad, cruzar el océano y graduarse en Cambridge, aunque para ello deba romper los lazos con su familia.
Westover ha escrito una historia extraordinaria -su propia historia-, una formidable epopeya, desgarradora e inspiradora, sobre la posibilidad de ver la vida a través de otros ojos, y de cambiar, que se ha convertido en un resonante éxito editorial.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times

“A coming-of-age memoir reminiscent of The Glass Castle.”O: The Oprah Magazine

“Tara Westover is living proof that some people are flat-out, boots-always-laced-up indomitable.”USA Today

“The extremity of Westover’s upbringing emerges gradually through her telling, which only makes the telling more alluring and harrowing.”—The New York Times Book Review

Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her “head-for-the-hills” bag. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged metal in her father’s junkyard.

Her father distrusted the medical establishment, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when an older brother became violent.

When another brother got himself into college and came back with news of the world beyond the mountain, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. She taught herself enough mathematics, grammar, and science to take the ACT and was admitted to Brigham Young University. There, she studied psychology, politics, philosophy, and history, learning for the first time about pivotal world events like the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.

Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty, and of the grief that comes from severing one’s closest ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one’s life through new eyes, and the will to change it.

2. L’educazione (Italian Edition)

by: Tara WestoverSilvia Rota Sperti
Release date: May 31, 2018
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Tara, la sorella e il fratello sono nati in una famiglia di mormoni anarco-survivalisti delle montagne dell’Idaho. Non sono stati registrati all’anagrafe, non sono mai andati a scuola, non hanno mai visto un dottore. Sono cresciuti senza libri, senza sapere cosa succede all’esterno o cosa sia successo in passato. Fin da piccolissimi hanno aiutato i genitori nei loro lavori: d’estate, stufare le erbe per la madre ostetrica e guaritrice; d’inverno, lavorare nella discarica del padre, per recuperare metalli. Fino a diciassette anni Tara non ha idea di cosa sia l’Olocausto o l’attacco alle Torri gemelle. Con la sua famiglia, si prepara alla prossima fine del mondo, accumulando lattine di pesche sciroppate e dormendo con il sacco d’emergenza sempre a portata di mano. Il clima in casa è spesso pesante. Il padre è un uomo dostoevskiano, carismatico quanto folle e incosciente, fino a diventare pericoloso. Il fratello è chiaramente disturbato e diventa violento con le sorelle. La madre cerca di aiutarla ma rimane fedele alle sue credenze e alla sottomissione femminile prescritta.
Poi Tara fa una scoperta: l’educazione. La possibilità di emanciparsi, di vivere una vita diversa, di diventare una persona diversa. Una rivelazione.
Il racconto di una lotta per l’auto-invenzione. Una storia di feroci lealtà famigliari e del dispiacere che viene nel recidere i legami più stretti. Tara Westover dimostra una capacità di penetrazione che distingue i grandi scrittori. Ha creato una storia universale di formazione che mira al cuore di ciò che l’educazione ha da offrire: la prospettiva di vedere la propria vita con occhi nuovi e la volontà di cambiarla.

3. Befreit: Wie Bildung mir die Welt erschloss (German Edition)

by: Tara WestoverEike Schönfeld
Release date: Sep 07, 2018
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Von den Bergen Idahos nach Cambridge – der unwahrscheinliche “Bildungsweg” der Tara Westover.
Tara Westover ist 17 Jahre alt, als sie zum ersten Mal eine Schulklasse betritt. Zehn Jahre später kann sie eine beeindruckende akademische Laufbahn vorweisen. Aufgewachsen im ländlichen Amerika, befreit sie sich aus einer ärmlichen, archaischen und von Paranoia und Gewalt geprägten Welt durch – Bildung, durch die Aneignung von Wissen, das ihr so lange vorenthalten worden war. Die Berge Idahos sind Taras Heimat, sie lebt als Kind im Einklang mit der grandiosen Natur, mit dem Wechsel der Jahreszeiten – und mit den Gesetzen, die ihr Vater aufstellt. Er ist ein fundamentalistischer Mormone, vom baldigen Ende der Welt überzeugt und voller Misstrauen gegenüber dem Staat, von dem er sich verfolgt sieht. Tara und ihre Geschwister gehen nicht zur Schule, sie haben keine Geburtsurkunden, und ein Arzt wird selbst bei fürchterlichsten Verletzungen nicht gerufen. Und die kommen häufig vor, denn die Kinder müssen bei der schweren Arbeit auf Vaters Schrottplatz helfen, um über die Runden zu kommen. Taras Mutter, die einzige Hebamme in der Gegend, heilt die Wunden mit ihren Kräutern. Nichts ist dieser Welt ferner als Bildung. Und doch findet Tara die Kraft, sich auf die Aufnahmeprüfung fürs College vorzubereiten, auch wenn sie quasi bei null anfangen muss … Wie Tara Westover sich aus dieser Welt befreit, überhaupt erst einmal ein Bewusstsein von sich selbst entwickelt, um den schmerzhaften Abnabelungsprozess von ihrer Familie bewältigen zu können, das beschreibt sie in diesem ergreifenden und wunderbar poetischen Buch.
” Befreit wirft ein Licht auf einen Teil unseres Landes, den wir zu oft übersehen. Tara Westovers eindringliche Erzählung — davon, einen Platz für sich selbst in der Welt zu finden, ohne die Verbindung zu ihrer Familie und ihrer geliebten Heimat zu verlieren — verdient es, weithin gelesen zu werden.” J.D. Vance Autor der “Hillbilly-Elegie”

4. Una educación / Educated: A Memoir (Spanish Edition)

by: Tara Westover
Release date: Dec 24, 2018
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Cómo una educación puede salvar una vida

Uno de los libros más importantes del año según The New York Times, la BBC, el Daily Express, el Library Journal Entertainment Weekly, y en las listas de más vendidos.

«Podéis llamarlo transformación. Metamorfosis. Falsedad. Traición. Yo lo llamo una educación.»

Nacida en las montañas de Idaho, Tara Westover ha crecido en armonía con una naturaleza grandiosa y doblegada a las leyes que establece su padre, un mormón fundamentalista convencido de que el final del mundo es inminente. Ni Tara ni sus hermanos van a la escuela o acuden al médico cuando enferman. Todos trabajan con el padre, y su madre es curandera y única partera de la zona.

Tara tiene un talento: el canto, y una obsesión: saber. Pone por primera vez los pies en un aula a los diecisiete años: no sabe que ha habido dos guerras mundiales, pero tampoco la fecha exacta de su nacimiento (no tiene documentos). Pronto descubre que la educación es la única vía para huir de su hogar. A pesar de empezar de cero, reúne las fuerzas necesarias para preparar el examen de ingreso a la universidad, cruzar el océano y graduarse en Cambridge, aunque para ello deba romper los lazos con su familia.
Westover ha escrito una historia extraordinaria -su propia historia-, una formidable epopeya, desgarradora e inspiradora, sobre la posibilidad de ver la vida a través de otros ojos, y de cambiar, que se ha convertido en un resonante éxito editorial.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times

“A coming-of-age memoir reminiscent of The Glass Castle.”O: The Oprah Magazine

“Tara Westover is living proof that some people are flat-out, boots-always-laced-up indomitable.”USA Today

“The extremity of Westover’s upbringing emerges gradually through her telling, which only makes the telling more alluring and harrowing.”—The New York Times Book Review

Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her “head-for-the-hills” bag. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged metal in her father’s junkyard.

Her father distrusted the medical establishment, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when an older brother became violent.

When another brother got himself into college and came back with news of the world beyond the mountain, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. She taught herself enough mathematics, grammar, and science to take the ACT and was admitted to Brigham Young University. There, she studied psychology, politics, philosophy, and history, learning for the first time about pivotal world events like the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.

Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty, and of the grief that comes from severing one’s closest ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one’s life through new eyes, and the will to change it.

5. L’educazione (Italian Edition)

by: Tara WestoverSilvia Rota Sperti
Release date: May 31, 2018
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Tara, la sorella e il fratello sono nati in una famiglia di mormoni anarco-survivalisti delle montagne dell’Idaho. Non sono stati registrati all’anagrafe, non sono mai andati a scuola, non hanno mai visto un dottore. Sono cresciuti senza libri, senza sapere cosa succede all’esterno o cosa sia successo in passato. Fin da piccolissimi hanno aiutato i genitori nei loro lavori: d’estate, stufare le erbe per la madre ostetrica e guaritrice; d’inverno, lavorare nella discarica del padre, per recuperare metalli. Fino a diciassette anni Tara non ha idea di cosa sia l’Olocausto o l’attacco alle Torri gemelle. Con la sua famiglia, si prepara alla prossima fine del mondo, accumulando lattine di pesche sciroppate e dormendo con il sacco d’emergenza sempre a portata di mano. Il clima in casa è spesso pesante. Il padre è un uomo dostoevskiano, carismatico quanto folle e incosciente, fino a diventare pericoloso. Il fratello è chiaramente disturbato e diventa violento con le sorelle. La madre cerca di aiutarla ma rimane fedele alle sue credenze e alla sottomissione femminile prescritta.
Poi Tara fa una scoperta: l’educazione. La possibilità di emanciparsi, di vivere una vita diversa, di diventare una persona diversa. Una rivelazione.
Il racconto di una lotta per l’auto-invenzione. Una storia di feroci lealtà famigliari e del dispiacere che viene nel recidere i legami più stretti. Tara Westover dimostra una capacità di penetrazione che distingue i grandi scrittori. Ha creato una storia universale di formazione che mira al cuore di ciò che l’educazione ha da offrire: la prospettiva di vedere la propria vita con occhi nuovi e la volontà di cambiarla.

6. Befreit: Wie Bildung mir die Welt erschloss (German Edition)

by: Tara WestoverEike Schönfeld
Release date: Sep 07, 2018
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Von den Bergen Idahos nach Cambridge – der unwahrscheinliche “Bildungsweg” der Tara Westover.
Tara Westover ist 17 Jahre alt, als sie zum ersten Mal eine Schulklasse betritt. Zehn Jahre später kann sie eine beeindruckende akademische Laufbahn vorweisen. Aufgewachsen im ländlichen Amerika, befreit sie sich aus einer ärmlichen, archaischen und von Paranoia und Gewalt geprägten Welt durch – Bildung, durch die Aneignung von Wissen, das ihr so lange vorenthalten worden war. Die Berge Idahos sind Taras Heimat, sie lebt als Kind im Einklang mit der grandiosen Natur, mit dem Wechsel der Jahreszeiten – und mit den Gesetzen, die ihr Vater aufstellt. Er ist ein fundamentalistischer Mormone, vom baldigen Ende der Welt überzeugt und voller Misstrauen gegenüber dem Staat, von dem er sich verfolgt sieht. Tara und ihre Geschwister gehen nicht zur Schule, sie haben keine Geburtsurkunden, und ein Arzt wird selbst bei fürchterlichsten Verletzungen nicht gerufen. Und die kommen häufig vor, denn die Kinder müssen bei der schweren Arbeit auf Vaters Schrottplatz helfen, um über die Runden zu kommen. Taras Mutter, die einzige Hebamme in der Gegend, heilt die Wunden mit ihren Kräutern. Nichts ist dieser Welt ferner als Bildung. Und doch findet Tara die Kraft, sich auf die Aufnahmeprüfung fürs College vorzubereiten, auch wenn sie quasi bei null anfangen muss … Wie Tara Westover sich aus dieser Welt befreit, überhaupt erst einmal ein Bewusstsein von sich selbst entwickelt, um den schmerzhaften Abnabelungsprozess von ihrer Familie bewältigen zu können, das beschreibt sie in diesem ergreifenden und wunderbar poetischen Buch.
” Befreit wirft ein Licht auf einen Teil unseres Landes, den wir zu oft übersehen. Tara Westovers eindringliche Erzählung — davon, einen Platz für sich selbst in der Welt zu finden, ohne die Verbindung zu ihrer Familie und ihrer geliebten Heimat zu verlieren — verdient es, weithin gelesen zu werden.” J.D. Vance Autor der “Hillbilly-Elegie”

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TEXAS RANGER by James Patterson

Texas Ranger by James Patterson, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. Rory Yates’s job and reputation are at risk when he is accused of killing his ex-wife. For more New York Times Best Seller of Hardcover Fiction best sellers, see New York Times Best Seller of Hardcover Fiction

Texas Ranger

by: James Patterson
No. 1 Best Seller on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
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In James Patterson’s white-hot Western thriller, a Texas Ranger fights for his life, his freedom, and the town he loves as he investigates his ex-wife’s murder.

Across the ranchlands and cities of his home state, Rory Yates’s discipline and law-enforcement skills have carried him far: from local highway patrolman to the honorable rank of Texas Ranger. He arrives in his hometown to find a horrifying crime scene and a scathing accusation: he is named a suspect in the murder of his ex-wife, Anne, a devoted teacher whose only controversial act was ending her marriage to a Ranger.

In search of the killer, Yates plunges into the inferno of the most twisted and violent minds he’s ever encountered, vowing to never surrender. That code just might bring him out alive.

More books by James Patterson

1. The President Is Missing: A Novel

by: James PattersonBill Clinton
Release date: Jun 04, 2018
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#1 New York Times Bestseller
#1 USA Today Bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller
#1 Indie Bestseller

President Duncan for a second term!” –-USA Today
This book’s a big one.” —New York Times
“Towers above most political thrillers.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“The plotting is immaculate . . . the writing is taut.” –-Sunday Times (London)
“Ambitious and wildly readable.” —New York Times Book Review

The President Is Missing confronts a threat so huge that it jeopardizes not just Pennsylvania Avenue and Wall Street, but all of America. Uncertainty and fear grip the nation. There are whispers of cyberterror and espionage and a traitor in the Cabinet. Even the President himself becomes a suspect, and then he disappears from public view . . .

Set over the course of three days, The President Is Missing sheds a stunning light upon the inner workings and vulnerabilities of our nation. Filled with information that only a former Commander-in-Chief could know, this is the most authentic, terrifying novel to come along in many years.

2. The 17th Suspect (Women’s Murder Club)

by: James PattersonMaxine Paetro
Release date: Apr 30, 2018
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The newest Women’s Murder Club thriller–and instant #1 New York Times bestseller

A series of shootings exposes San Francisco to a methodical yet unpredictable killer, and a reluctant woman decides to put her trust in Sergeant Lindsay Boxer. The confidential informant’s tip leads Lindsay to disturbing conclusions, including that something has gone horribly wrong inside the police department itself.

The hunt for the killer lures Lindsay out of her jurisdiction, and gets inside Lindsay in dangerous ways. She suffers unsettling medical symptoms, and her friends and confidantes in the Women’s Murder Club warn Lindsay against taking the crimes too much to heart. With lives at stake, the detective can’t help but follow the case into ever more terrifying terrain.

A decorated officer, loving wife, devoted mother, and loyal friend, Lindsay’s unwavering integrity has never failed her. But now she is confronting a killer who is determined to undermine it all.

3. Juror #3

by: James PattersonNancy Allen
Release date: Sep 10, 2018
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A young attorney tries her first case . . . and it’s Murder One in a legal thriller from the world’s #1 bestselling writer.

Ruby Bozarth, a newcomer to Rosedale, Mississippi, is also fresh to the Mississippi Bar–and to the docket of Circuit Judge Baylor, who taps Ruby as defense counsel in a racially charged felony.

The murder of a woman from one of the town’s oldest families has Rosedale’s upper crust howling for blood, and the prosecutor is counting on Ruby’s inexperience to help him deliver a swift conviction. Ruby’s client is a college football star who has returned home after a career-ending injury, and she is determined to build a defense that will stick. She finds help in unexpected quarters from Suzanne, a hard-charging attorney armed to the teeth, and Shorty, a diner cook who knows more than he lets on.
Ruby never belonged to the country-club set, but once she nearly married into it. As news breaks of a second murder, Ruby’s ex-fiancé, Lee Greene, shows up on her doorstep–a Southern gentleman in need of a savior. As lurid, intertwining investigations unfold, no one in Rosedale can be trusted, especially the twelve men and women impaneled on the jury. They may be hiding the most incendiary secret of all.

4. The 18th Abduction (Women’s Murder Club)

by: James PattersonMaxine Paetro
Release date: Apr 29, 2019
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The #1 bestselling female detective of the past 50 years is back.


Detective Lindsay Boxer and her husband Joe Molinari team up to protect San Francisco from an international war criminal in the newest Women’s Murder Club thriller.

Three female schoolteachers go missing in San Francisco, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is on the case-which quickly escalates from missing person to murder.

Under pressure at work, Lindsay needs support at home. But her husband Joe is drawn into an encounter with a woman who’s seen a ghost–a notorious war criminal from her Eastern European home country, walking the streets of San Francisco.

As Lindsay digs deeper, with help from intrepid journalist Cindy Thomas, there are revelations about the victims. The implications are shocking. And when Joe’s mystery informant disappears, joining the ranks of missing women in grave danger, all evidence points to a sordid international crime operation.

It will take the combined skills of Lindsay, Joe, and the entire Women’s Murder Club to protect their city, and themselves, from a monster.

5. Ambush (Michael Bennett)

by: James PattersonJames O. Born
Release date: Oct 08, 2018
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Only Detective Michael Bennett stands in the way of two lethal cartels fighting for New York City’s multi-million-dollar opioid trade. And they know where Bennett, and his family, live.

An anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhattan proves to be a setup. An officer is taken down–and, despite the attackers’ efforts, it’s not Michael Bennett.

New York’s top cop is not the only one at risk. One of Bennett’s children sustains a mysterious injury. And a series of murders follows, each with a distinct signature, alerting Bennett to the presence of a professional killer with a flair for disguise.

Bennett taps his best investigators and sources, and they fan out across the five boroughs. But the leads they’re chasing turn out to be phantoms. The assassin takes advantage of the chaos, enticing an officer into compromising Bennett, then luring another member of Bennett’s family into even graver danger.

Michael Bennett can’t tell what’s driving the assassin. But he can tell it’s personal, and that it’s part of something huge. Through twist after twist, he fights to understand exactly how he fits into the killer’s plan, before he becomes the ultimate victim.

6. Target: Alex Cross

by: James Patterson
Release date: Nov 19, 2018
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A killer elite–six assassins–are on the loose. So is Alex Cross.

A leader has fallen, and Alex Cross joins the procession of mourners from Capitol Hill to the White House. Then a sniper’s bullet strikes a target in the heart of DC. Alex Cross’s wife, Bree Stone, newly elevated chief of DC detectives must solve the case or lose her position. The Secret Service and the FBI deploy as well in the race to find the shooter. Alex is tasked by the new President to lead an investigation unprecedented in scale and scope. But is the sniper’s strike only the beginning of a larger attack on the nation?

7. Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life

by: James PattersonChris TebbettsLaura Park
Release date: Nov 06, 2012
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Discover the #1 bestselling middle-grade comic that inspired a major motion picture: Children’s Choice Award winner James Patterson has never been more hilarious and heartwarming.

Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he’s got an ace plan for the best year ever: to break every rule in his school’s oppressive Code of Conduct. Chewing gum in class: 5,000 points! Running in the hallway: 10,000 points! Pulling the fire alarm: 50,000 points! But when Rafe’s game starts to catch up with him, he’ll have to decide if winning is all that matters, or if he’s finally ready to face the rules, bullies, and truths he’s been avoiding.
James Patterson’s debut middle-grade novel addresses some of middle schoolers’ biggest issues: bullies, first crushes, and finding out what makes each of us special, all with a hilarious main character and fantastic in-text illustrations that are sure to have young readers begging for more!

8. Triple Homicide: From the case files of Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, and the Women’s Murder Club

by: James Patterson
Release date: Jul 17, 2018
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James Patterson’s greatest detectives are together for the first time! Read 3 electrifying thrillers featuring Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, and the Women’s Murder Club.

DETECTIVE CROSS: An Alex Cross Story
An anonymous caller has promised to set off deadly bombs in Washington, DC. A cruel hoax or the real deal? By the time Alex Cross and his wife, Bree Stone, uncover the chilling truth, it may already be too late…. (previously available in print, ebook, and audio)

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER: A Women’s Murder Club Story
(with Maxine Paetro)
A woman checks into a hotel room and entertains a man who is not her husband. A shooter blows away the lover and wounds the millionairess, leaving her for dead. Is it the perfect case for the Women’s Murder Club–or just the most twisted? (previously available in print, ebook, and audio)

MANHUNT: A Michael Bennett Story (with James O. Born)
Someone attacked the Thanksgiving Day Parade directly in front of Michael Bennett and his family. The television news called it “holiday terror”–Michael Bennett calls it personal. The hunt is on…. (previously available in print, ebook, and audio)

9. Princess: A Private Novel

by: James PattersonRees Jones
Release date: May 15, 2018
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A secret and the British crown make a murderous combination in this page-turning suspense novel in the #1 bestselling Private series.

Private, the best investigation unit in the world, has agents who are the smartest, fastest, and most technologically advanced in the world–and they always uncover the truth. No wonder the most influential men and women on the planet seek their help on a daily basis.

But there’s only one client who can make its founder, Jack Morgan, drop everything and fly to London at full speed: Princess Caroline, third in line to the British throne.

She needs Morgan to find a friend who has mysteriously disappeared, a woman named Sophie Edwards. Though Princess Caroline insists it’s just a missing-persons case, Morgan knows she’s hiding something. The closer he gets to uncovering the truth, the more he realizes there are powerful people who will stop at nothing to keep Sophie from being found.

10. The President Is Missing: A Novel

by: James PattersonBill Clinton
Release date: Jun 04, 2018
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#1 New York Times Bestseller
#1 USA Today Bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller
#1 Indie Bestseller

President Duncan for a second term!” –-USA Today
This book’s a big one.” —New York Times
“Towers above most political thrillers.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“The plotting is immaculate . . . the writing is taut.” –-Sunday Times (London)
“Ambitious and wildly readable.” —New York Times Book Review

The President Is Missing confronts a threat so huge that it jeopardizes not just Pennsylvania Avenue and Wall Street, but all of America. Uncertainty and fear grip the nation. There are whispers of cyberterror and espionage and a traitor in the Cabinet. Even the President himself becomes a suspect, and then he disappears from public view . . .

Set over the course of three days, The President Is Missing sheds a stunning light upon the inner workings and vulnerabilities of our nation. Filled with information that only a former Commander-in-Chief could know, this is the most authentic, terrifying novel to come along in many years.

11. The 17th Suspect (Women’s Murder Club)

by: James PattersonMaxine Paetro
Release date: Apr 30, 2018
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The newest Women’s Murder Club thriller–and instant #1 New York Times bestseller

A series of shootings exposes San Francisco to a methodical yet unpredictable killer, and a reluctant woman decides to put her trust in Sergeant Lindsay Boxer. The confidential informant’s tip leads Lindsay to disturbing conclusions, including that something has gone horribly wrong inside the police department itself.

The hunt for the killer lures Lindsay out of her jurisdiction, and gets inside Lindsay in dangerous ways. She suffers unsettling medical symptoms, and her friends and confidantes in the Women’s Murder Club warn Lindsay against taking the crimes too much to heart. With lives at stake, the detective can’t help but follow the case into ever more terrifying terrain.

A decorated officer, loving wife, devoted mother, and loyal friend, Lindsay’s unwavering integrity has never failed her. But now she is confronting a killer who is determined to undermine it all.

12. Juror #3

by: James PattersonNancy Allen
Release date: Sep 10, 2018
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A young attorney tries her first case . . . and it’s Murder One in a legal thriller from the world’s #1 bestselling writer.

Ruby Bozarth, a newcomer to Rosedale, Mississippi, is also fresh to the Mississippi Bar–and to the docket of Circuit Judge Baylor, who taps Ruby as defense counsel in a racially charged felony.

The murder of a woman from one of the town’s oldest families has Rosedale’s upper crust howling for blood, and the prosecutor is counting on Ruby’s inexperience to help him deliver a swift conviction. Ruby’s client is a college football star who has returned home after a career-ending injury, and she is determined to build a defense that will stick. She finds help in unexpected quarters from Suzanne, a hard-charging attorney armed to the teeth, and Shorty, a diner cook who knows more than he lets on.
Ruby never belonged to the country-club set, but once she nearly married into it. As news breaks of a second murder, Ruby’s ex-fiancé, Lee Greene, shows up on her doorstep–a Southern gentleman in need of a savior. As lurid, intertwining investigations unfold, no one in Rosedale can be trusted, especially the twelve men and women impaneled on the jury. They may be hiding the most incendiary secret of all.

13. The 18th Abduction (Women’s Murder Club)

by: James PattersonMaxine Paetro
Release date: Apr 29, 2019
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The #1 bestselling female detective of the past 50 years is back.


Detective Lindsay Boxer and her husband Joe Molinari team up to protect San Francisco from an international war criminal in the newest Women’s Murder Club thriller.

Three female schoolteachers go missing in San Francisco, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is on the case-which quickly escalates from missing person to murder.

Under pressure at work, Lindsay needs support at home. But her husband Joe is drawn into an encounter with a woman who’s seen a ghost–a notorious war criminal from her Eastern European home country, walking the streets of San Francisco.

As Lindsay digs deeper, with help from intrepid journalist Cindy Thomas, there are revelations about the victims. The implications are shocking. And when Joe’s mystery informant disappears, joining the ranks of missing women in grave danger, all evidence points to a sordid international crime operation.

It will take the combined skills of Lindsay, Joe, and the entire Women’s Murder Club to protect their city, and themselves, from a monster.

14. Ambush (Michael Bennett)

by: James PattersonJames O. Born
Release date: Oct 08, 2018
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Only Detective Michael Bennett stands in the way of two lethal cartels fighting for New York City’s multi-million-dollar opioid trade. And they know where Bennett, and his family, live.

An anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhattan proves to be a setup. An officer is taken down–and, despite the attackers’ efforts, it’s not Michael Bennett.

New York’s top cop is not the only one at risk. One of Bennett’s children sustains a mysterious injury. And a series of murders follows, each with a distinct signature, alerting Bennett to the presence of a professional killer with a flair for disguise.

Bennett taps his best investigators and sources, and they fan out across the five boroughs. But the leads they’re chasing turn out to be phantoms. The assassin takes advantage of the chaos, enticing an officer into compromising Bennett, then luring another member of Bennett’s family into even graver danger.

Michael Bennett can’t tell what’s driving the assassin. But he can tell it’s personal, and that it’s part of something huge. Through twist after twist, he fights to understand exactly how he fits into the killer’s plan, before he becomes the ultimate victim.

15. Target: Alex Cross

by: James Patterson
Release date: Nov 19, 2018
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A killer elite–six assassins–are on the loose. So is Alex Cross.

A leader has fallen, and Alex Cross joins the procession of mourners from Capitol Hill to the White House. Then a sniper’s bullet strikes a target in the heart of DC. Alex Cross’s wife, Bree Stone, newly elevated chief of DC detectives must solve the case or lose her position. The Secret Service and the FBI deploy as well in the race to find the shooter. Alex is tasked by the new President to lead an investigation unprecedented in scale and scope. But is the sniper’s strike only the beginning of a larger attack on the nation?

Last updated on Thursday, August 23, 2018

BLACK KLANSMAN by Ron Stallworth

Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. The first black detective of the Colorado Springs Police Department goes undercover to investigate the Ku Klux Klan. For more New York Times Best Seller of Paperback Nonfiction best sellers, see New York Times Best Seller of Paperback Nonfiction

Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime

by: Ron Stallworth
No. 1 Best Seller on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
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The New York Times Bestseller!

The extraordinary true story and basis for the major motion picture BlacKkKlansman, written and directed by Spike Lee, produced by Jordan Peele, and starring John David Washington and Adam Driver.

When detective Ron Stallworth, the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department, comes across a classified ad in the local paper asking for all those interested in joining the Ku Klux Klan to contact a P.O. box, Detective Stallworth does his job and responds with interest, using his real name while posing as a white man. He figures he’ll receive a few brochures in the mail, maybe even a magazine, and learn more about a growing terrorist threat in his community.

A few weeks later the office phone rings, and the caller asks Ron a question he thought he’d never have to answer, “Would you like to join our cause?” This is 1978, and the KKK is on the rise in the United States. Its Grand Wizard, David Duke, has made a name for himself, appearing on talk shows, and major magazine interviews preaching a “kinder” Klan that wants nothing more than to preserve a heritage, and to restore a nation to its former glory.

Ron answers the caller’s question that night with a yes, launching what is surely one of the most audacious, and incredible undercover investigations in history. Ron recruits his partner Chuck to play the “white” Ron Stallworth, while Stallworth himself conducts all subsequent phone conversations. During the months-long investigation, Stallworth sabotages cross burnings, exposes white supremacists in the military, and even befriends David Duke himself.

Black Klansman is an amazing true story that reads like a crime thriller, and a searing portrait of a divided America and the extraordinary heroes who dare to fight back.

More books by Ron Stallworth

1. Gangsta Code

by: Ron Stallworth
Release date: May 19, 2021
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What is the “G-Code,” the Gangsta Code, and what is the meaning behind its expression in gangster rap lyrics? How does this code influence the attitude and actions of young people across the sociological spectrum of American society? We fear the unknown. To many in the mainstream-white as well as black-rap and hip-hop culture represent a vast and frightening unknown. That fear is greatly exacerbated because in most instances it involves sons and daughters, nieces and nephews…grandchildren. If, however, we step into the void of that unknown and acclimate ourselves to the unique conditions within it, the fear dissipates.

2. Bringing the Noise

by: Ron Stallworth
Release date: May 19, 2021
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“Bringing The Noise” is a term frequently used within the rap community to refer to the process of agitating the “system” (the institutions of government) or to instill a sense of “revolution.” Gangster-reality rap illustrates and illuminates the dark side of life for a large segment of America’s youth. From the rapper’s perception and experiences, it is more of a nightmare, literally screaming at us to listen. The criminal justice professional needs to become familiar with the culture and terminology of this modern-day language.

3. The Power of One Entrepreneur: Dennis Ballen: Bagel Shop Owner

by: Booker StallworthRon Wurzer
Release date: Jul 01, 2010
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Every year, a large number of new businesses are formed in the United States.  For the most part, these enterprises are small businesses formed by a single entrepreneur like Dennis Ballen.  These entrepreneurs affect their communities economically by creating new jobs, markets and innovations.

Overcoming struggles, managing crises and inspiring youth are all in a day’s work for Dennis Ballen, who exemplifies the power of one entrepreneur.

The lively, energetic 56-year old father of two from Redmond, Wash., is the owner and founder of Blazing Bagels. After being laid off from his job in office supply sales, Dennis took a single homemade cart and some bagels and turned them into a thriving company that now has three locations, employs
50 people and operates nearly around the clock producing bagels (from plain to pizza-flavored), baked goods and sandwiches not only for his retail locations, but also for wholesale clients like Whole Foods and PCC Natural Markets.
Blazing Bagels sells 29 varieties of bagels made with no artificial ingredients and prides itself on traditional Jewish deli products reminiscent of New York. Open seven days a week and most holidays too, Blazing Bagels has a devoted following that draws customers to Redmond from all over the Northwest, and it has a reputation that goes from coast to coast.

As Dennis’ entrepreneurial endeavors demonstrate, the power of one entrepreneur goes beyond the creation of individual profit.  In pursuing his own prosperity, Dennis has expanded the local economy of Redmond and Bellevue, opened up opportunities for those who typically have difficulty entering the mainstream workforce and provided inspiration and professional guidance for aspiring entrepreneurs of all ages.

As this report documents, through his entrepreneurship, Dennis improves the lives of people around him and his community as a whole. From providing employment to helping raise money for numerous charities to teaching young people about what it takes to be an entrepreneur, Dennis dedicates himself and his business to transforming not only his own life, but the lives of so many others he encounters. For more info visit ij.org.

4. Le Noir qui infiltra le Ku Klux Klan (ESSAIS ET DOCUM) (French Edition)

by: Ron StallworthNathalie Bru
Release date: Aug 22, 2018
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“Tout a commencé un jour d’octobre 1978. Inspecteur à la brigade de renseignement de la police de Colorado Springs, j’avais notamment pour mission de parcourir les deux quotidiens de la ville à la recherche d’indices sur des activités subversives.
Les petites annonces ne manquaient jamais de m’étonner. Parfois, entre stupéfiants et prostitution, on tombait sur un message qui sortait de l’ordinaire. Ce fut le cas ce jour-là.
Ku Klux Klan
Pour toute information :
BP 4771
Security, Colorado 80230
Moi qui voulais de l’inhabituel, j’étais servi. J’ai décidé de répondre à l’annonce. Deux semaines plus tard, le téléphone a sonné.
“Bonjour, je suis chargé de monter la section locale du Ku Klux Klan. J’ai reçu votre courrier.”
Merde, et maintenant je fais quoi”

5. Gangsta Code

by: Ron Stallworth
Release date: May 19, 2021
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What is the “G-Code,” the Gangsta Code, and what is the meaning behind its expression in gangster rap lyrics? How does this code influence the attitude and actions of young people across the sociological spectrum of American society? We fear the unknown. To many in the mainstream-white as well as black-rap and hip-hop culture represent a vast and frightening unknown. That fear is greatly exacerbated because in most instances it involves sons and daughters, nieces and nephews…grandchildren. If, however, we step into the void of that unknown and acclimate ourselves to the unique conditions within it, the fear dissipates.

6. Bringing the Noise

by: Ron Stallworth
Release date: May 19, 2021
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“Bringing The Noise” is a term frequently used within the rap community to refer to the process of agitating the “system” (the institutions of government) or to instill a sense of “revolution.” Gangster-reality rap illustrates and illuminates the dark side of life for a large segment of America’s youth. From the rapper’s perception and experiences, it is more of a nightmare, literally screaming at us to listen. The criminal justice professional needs to become familiar with the culture and terminology of this modern-day language.

7. The Power of One Entrepreneur: Dennis Ballen: Bagel Shop Owner

by: Booker StallworthRon Wurzer
Release date: Jul 01, 2010
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Every year, a large number of new businesses are formed in the United States.  For the most part, these enterprises are small businesses formed by a single entrepreneur like Dennis Ballen.  These entrepreneurs affect their communities economically by creating new jobs, markets and innovations.

Overcoming struggles, managing crises and inspiring youth are all in a day’s work for Dennis Ballen, who exemplifies the power of one entrepreneur.

The lively, energetic 56-year old father of two from Redmond, Wash., is the owner and founder of Blazing Bagels. After being laid off from his job in office supply sales, Dennis took a single homemade cart and some bagels and turned them into a thriving company that now has three locations, employs
50 people and operates nearly around the clock producing bagels (from plain to pizza-flavored), baked goods and sandwiches not only for his retail locations, but also for wholesale clients like Whole Foods and PCC Natural Markets.
Blazing Bagels sells 29 varieties of bagels made with no artificial ingredients and prides itself on traditional Jewish deli products reminiscent of New York. Open seven days a week and most holidays too, Blazing Bagels has a devoted following that draws customers to Redmond from all over the Northwest, and it has a reputation that goes from coast to coast.

As Dennis’ entrepreneurial endeavors demonstrate, the power of one entrepreneur goes beyond the creation of individual profit.  In pursuing his own prosperity, Dennis has expanded the local economy of Redmond and Bellevue, opened up opportunities for those who typically have difficulty entering the mainstream workforce and provided inspiration and professional guidance for aspiring entrepreneurs of all ages.

As this report documents, through his entrepreneurship, Dennis improves the lives of people around him and his community as a whole. From providing employment to helping raise money for numerous charities to teaching young people about what it takes to be an entrepreneur, Dennis dedicates himself and his business to transforming not only his own life, but the lives of so many others he encounters. For more info visit ij.org.

8. Le Noir qui infiltra le Ku Klux Klan (ESSAIS ET DOCUM) (French Edition)

by: Ron StallworthNathalie Bru
Release date: Aug 22, 2018
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“Tout a commencé un jour d’octobre 1978. Inspecteur à la brigade de renseignement de la police de Colorado Springs, j’avais notamment pour mission de parcourir les deux quotidiens de la ville à la recherche d’indices sur des activités subversives.
Les petites annonces ne manquaient jamais de m’étonner. Parfois, entre stupéfiants et prostitution, on tombait sur un message qui sortait de l’ordinaire. Ce fut le cas ce jour-là.
Ku Klux Klan
Pour toute information :
BP 4771
Security, Colorado 80230
Moi qui voulais de l’inhabituel, j’étais servi. J’ai décidé de répondre à l’annonce. Deux semaines plus tard, le téléphone a sonné.
“Bonjour, je suis chargé de monter la section locale du Ku Klux Klan. J’ai reçu votre courrier.”
Merde, et maintenant je fais quoi”

Last updated on Thursday, August 23, 2018

WE DON’T EAT OUR CLASSMATES! by Ryan T. Higgins,Ryan T. Higgins

We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins,Ryan T. Higgins, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. Penelope Rex must control her urge to eat the children in her class. For more New York Times Best Seller of Children’s Picture Books best sellers, see New York Times Best Seller of Children’s Picture Books

We Don’t Eat Our Classmates

by: Ryan T. HigginsRyan T. Higgins
No. 1 Best Seller on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
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It’s the first day of school for Penelope Rex, and she can’t wait to meet her classmates. But it’s hard to make human friends when they’re so darn delicious! That is, until Penelope gets a taste of her own medicine and finds she may not be at the top of the food chain after all. . . .

Readers will gobble up this hilarious new story from award-winning author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins.

More books by Ryan T. Higgins,Ryan T. Higgins

1. Mother Bruce

by: Ryan T. HigginsRyan T. Higgins
Release date: Nov 24, 2015
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Bruce the bear likes to keep to himself. That, and eat eggs. But when his hard-boiled goose eggs turn out to be real, live goslings, he starts to lose his appetite. And even worse, the goslings are convinced he’s their mother. Bruce tries to get the geese to go south, but he can’t seem to rid himself of his new companions. What’s a bear to do?

2. BE QUIET!

by: Ryan T. HigginsRyan T. Higgins
Release date: Apr 04, 2017
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All Rupert the mouse wants is to star in a beautiful, wordless picturebook. One that’s visually stimulating! With scenic pictures! And style! He has plenty of ideas about what makes a great book, but his friends just WON’T. STOP. TALKING.
Children and adults alike will chuckle at this comedic take on bookmaking from acclaimed author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins.

3. Hotel Bruce (Mother Bruce)

by: Ryan T. HigginsRyan T. Higgins
Release date: Oct 18, 2016
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When Bruce gets home from a southern migration trip with his goslings, he is tired. He is grumpy. And he is definitely not in the mood to share his home with the trio of mice who have turned his den into a hotel.

There’s a possum pillow fight wreaking havoc in one room, a fox luring guests into a stew in the kitchen, and a snuggly crew of critters hogging the bed. Bruce growls and grumbles and tries to throw them all out, but the entrepreneurial mice just can’t take a hint. Bruce is in a little over his head, especially once the goslings join the staff. Will this grumpy bear ever get his quiet, peaceful den back to himself?
Praise for Mother Bruce:
*”[W]ry text and marvelously detailed pictures juxtapose uproariously. . .Visually beautiful, clever, edgy, and very funny.”
Kirkus, starred review

*”Ryan T. Higgins’s illustrations are extraordinary. . . . [A] hilarious, artful picture book with a nod to foodies great and small” —Shelf Awareness, starred review

Kids Indie Next List, Top Ten

4. Bruce’s Big Move (Mother Bruce)

by: Ryan T. HigginsRyan T. Higgins
Release date: Sep 26, 2017
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After the events of Hotel Bruce, our favorite curmudgeonly bear shares his home with not only his four geese, but three rowdy mice besides! Fed up with their shenanigans, Bruce sets off to find a rodent-free household. But as usual, nothing goes quite according to plan. . .
A hilarious sequel for fans of the previous Bruce books, as well as a standalone discovery for new readers, Bruce’s next reluctant adventure is sure to keep kids giggling.

5. Santa Bruce (Mother Bruce)

by: Ryan T. HigginsRyan T. Higgins
Release date: Sep 04, 2018
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Bruce is a lot of things. He is a bear. He is a grump. He is a pretty decent cook. And he is a mother.
One thing Bruce is not?
Santa Claus.
But that doesn’t stop the whole forest from lining up to give him their Christmas wishes when he becomes the victim of mistaken identity-again.
Kids will howl with laughter as award-winning author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins delivers another hilarious story about this bear who just can’t catch a break.

6. 1 Grumpy Bruce: A Counting Board Book (Mother Bruce)

by: Ryan T. HigginsRyan T. Higgins
Release date: Oct 09, 2018
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1 grumpy bear

2 uninvited skunks
3 mice throwing a party
. . . and it only gets worse from there.
Long-suffering Bruce once again contends with an increasingly crowded household, this time in an original board book where young ones can count the never-ending party guests. Full of fun characters and humor, 1 Grumpy Bruce is just right for our littlest readers.

7. Twaddleton’s Cheese

by: Ryan T Higgins
Release date: Nov 13, 2008
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Things turn sour when the town of Twaddleton becomes obsessed with the cheese making business. Up to their noses in fermenting curd, the Twaddletoneez have to find some way to get rid of their overly abundant dairy product before it stinks out the town. So, the town cobbles together a great catapult for tossing a giant cheese wad out of Twaddleton, thus getting rid of their cheese problem. When the cheese wad finally comes crashing down many miles away, four innocent field mice mistake it for the moon and quickly get to work trying to put it back in the sky. Mayhem ensues…

8. Alphabet Soup: Horror Stories for the Tormented Soul

by: Tobias WadeDavid MaloneyMr. Michael SquidRyan CookDoverHawkKyle AlexanderGrant ButlerJack T. AndersonM HigginsBak HayongChris ThompsonJacob MandevilleJ. Y.Marni SueKaitlynn CooneyKelly ChildressMikey KnutsonNoah RexJohn BuffaloHarrison PrinceP. F. McGrailH.G. Gravy
Release date: Apr 01, 2018
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Thriller, horror, and suspense short stories. 

Multiple Award-Winning authors. 

A is for Addiction…
B is for Barnacles…
C is for Clairvoyance…

Discover the rest of these original horror stories from around the world. Each author chose a letter of the alphabet and was given complete artistic freedom to make something horrible happen. Some stories will be mysterious, others creepy or even profound, but all are crafted to thrill and terrify you to the last page. 

This is what happens when dozens of uncensored creative people are allowed to mine the depths of the human psyche for the most depraved, twisted, horrible things imaginable.   

Special edition with intricate full-page illustrations bring the stories to life! 


Excerpt: 
What it really meant was she was rotting away in a cage of her own flesh. The weight of her own body had crushed the flesh on her backside so that it had stopped circulating blood, had started to die. It meant that, after only twenty-six days of freedom, I had to go home and take care of her again. I came back to a familiar smell of piss and sweat and mold; but that was all mixed with a new taint, the sour and yet sickeningly-sweet smell of rotting flesh. She wasn’t in her usual chair. Instead, I found her collapsed on a mattress in a bedroom she hadn’t used for as long as I could remember, the springs creaking under her weight. She was dressed in a simple blue shirt, almost like a hospital gown, and lifting up the bottom edge, my eyes came level to where she was rotting.
– N is for Necrosis


About Haunted House Publishing: 
We’re passionate about publishing horror stories for adults, scary books for teens, and all sorts of dark fiction. We’ve got new horror kindle books every month, specializing in supernatural stories, supernatural book collections, and paranormal books for adults. We’ve got zombie books, demonic horror, ghosts and specters, angels and demons, gothic novels, and haunted houses and ghosts novels. We promise some of the top horror books 2018. 

10. Mother Bruce

by: Ryan T. HigginsRyan T. Higgins
Release date: Nov 24, 2015
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Bruce the bear likes to keep to himself. That, and eat eggs. But when his hard-boiled goose eggs turn out to be real, live goslings, he starts to lose his appetite. And even worse, the goslings are convinced he’s their mother. Bruce tries to get the geese to go south, but he can’t seem to rid himself of his new companions. What’s a bear to do?

11. BE QUIET!

by: Ryan T. HigginsRyan T. Higgins
Release date: Apr 04, 2017
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All Rupert the mouse wants is to star in a beautiful, wordless picturebook. One that’s visually stimulating! With scenic pictures! And style! He has plenty of ideas about what makes a great book, but his friends just WON’T. STOP. TALKING.
Children and adults alike will chuckle at this comedic take on bookmaking from acclaimed author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins.

12. Hotel Bruce (Mother Bruce)

by: Ryan T. HigginsRyan T. Higgins
Release date: Oct 18, 2016
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When Bruce gets home from a southern migration trip with his goslings, he is tired. He is grumpy. And he is definitely not in the mood to share his home with the trio of mice who have turned his den into a hotel.

There’s a possum pillow fight wreaking havoc in one room, a fox luring guests into a stew in the kitchen, and a snuggly crew of critters hogging the bed. Bruce growls and grumbles and tries to throw them all out, but the entrepreneurial mice just can’t take a hint. Bruce is in a little over his head, especially once the goslings join the staff. Will this grumpy bear ever get his quiet, peaceful den back to himself?
Praise for Mother Bruce:
*”[W]ry text and marvelously detailed pictures juxtapose uproariously. . .Visually beautiful, clever, edgy, and very funny.”
Kirkus, starred review

*”Ryan T. Higgins’s illustrations are extraordinary. . . . [A] hilarious, artful picture book with a nod to foodies great and small” —Shelf Awareness, starred review

Kids Indie Next List, Top Ten

13. Bruce’s Big Move (Mother Bruce)

by: Ryan T. HigginsRyan T. Higgins
Release date: Sep 26, 2017
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After the events of Hotel Bruce, our favorite curmudgeonly bear shares his home with not only his four geese, but three rowdy mice besides! Fed up with their shenanigans, Bruce sets off to find a rodent-free household. But as usual, nothing goes quite according to plan. . .
A hilarious sequel for fans of the previous Bruce books, as well as a standalone discovery for new readers, Bruce’s next reluctant adventure is sure to keep kids giggling.

14. Santa Bruce (Mother Bruce)

by: Ryan T. HigginsRyan T. Higgins
Release date: Sep 04, 2018
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Bruce is a lot of things. He is a bear. He is a grump. He is a pretty decent cook. And he is a mother.
One thing Bruce is not?
Santa Claus.
But that doesn’t stop the whole forest from lining up to give him their Christmas wishes when he becomes the victim of mistaken identity-again.
Kids will howl with laughter as award-winning author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins delivers another hilarious story about this bear who just can’t catch a break.

15. 1 Grumpy Bruce: A Counting Board Book (Mother Bruce)

by: Ryan T. HigginsRyan T. Higgins
Release date: Oct 09, 2018
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1 grumpy bear

2 uninvited skunks
3 mice throwing a party
. . . and it only gets worse from there.
Long-suffering Bruce once again contends with an increasingly crowded household, this time in an original board book where young ones can count the never-ending party guests. Full of fun characters and humor, 1 Grumpy Bruce is just right for our littlest readers.

Last updated on Thursday, August 23, 2018

GIRL, WASH YOUR FACE by Rachel Hollis

Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. For more New York Times Best Seller of Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous best sellers, see New York Times Best Seller of Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous

Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be

by: Rachel Hollis
No. 1 Best Seller on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don’t have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that’s a lie.

As the founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis developed an immense online community by sharing tips for better living while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own life. Now, in this challenging and inspiring new book, Rachel exposes the twenty lies and misconceptions that too often hold us back from living joyfully and productively, lies we’ve told ourselves so often we don’t even hear them anymore.

With painful honesty and fearless humor, Rachel unpacks and examines the falsehoods that once left her feeling overwhelmed and unworthy, and reveals the specific practical strategies that helped her move past them. In the process, she encourages, entertains, and even kicks a little butt, all to convince you to do whatever it takes to get real and become the joyous, confident woman you were meant to be.

With unflinching faith and rock-hard tenacity, Girl, Wash Your Face shows you how to live with passion and hustle–and how to give yourself grace without giving up.

More books by Rachel Hollis

1. Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals

by: Rachel Hollis
Release date: Mar 12, 2019
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Rachel Hollis, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Girl, Wash Your Face and host of the top-rated Rise podcast, urges women to stop apologizing for their desires, hopes, and dreams and instead to go after them with passion and confidence.

Rachel Hollis has seen it too often: women being afraid of their own goals. They’re afraid of embarrassment, of falling short of perfection, of not being enough. But the biggest fear of all is of being judged for having ambition at all.

Having been taught to define themselves in light of other people—whether as wife, mother, daughter, friend, or team member—many women have forgotten who they are and what they were meant to be. In Girl, Stop Apologizing, entrepreneur and online personality (TheChicSite.com) Rachel Hollis encourages women to own their hopes, desires, and goals and reminds them they don’t need permission to want more. With a call to women everywhere to stop talking themselves out of their dreams, Hollis identifies the excuses to let go of, the behaviors to adopt, and the skills to acquire on the path to growth, confidence, and the biggest possible version of their lives.

2. Real Life Dinners: Fun, Fresh, Fast Dinners from the Creator of The Chic Site

by: Rachel Hollis
Release date: Jun 05, 2018
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Fun, fresh, and fast recipes for family dinners from the founder of The Chic Site, a lifestyle website, and the author of Upscale Downhome and New York Times bestseller Girl, Wash Your Face.

Real life isn’t a series of stylized air-brushed photos. It’s crazy, chaotic, beautiful, and funny, and it can knock you right off balance. But cooking and eating as a family has always been at real life’s core. Making sure your family is fed makes a day a success, and truly taking the time to give them something wholesome and delicious is the ultimate pleasure.

Based on meals Hollis makes for her hungry husband, three sons, and baby daughter, Real Life Dinners bursts with over 80 photos and recipes including:

Breakfast Quesadillas
Toast Nine Ways
Freeze-Ahead Breakfast Sandwiches
Taco Tuesday
Crispy Sweet Potato Bake
Lemon-Pesto Chicken
Slow Cooker Loaded Potato Soup
Rach’s Spice Blends

Rachel Hollis’ Real Life Dinners is a cookbook that fits into your real daily life.

3. Party Girl (The Girl’s)

by: Rachel Hollis
Release date: Dec 09, 2014
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Landon Brinkley’s dreams are all coming true. She’s landed an internship with the fabulous Selah Smith, event planner for the Hollywood elite, taking her from small-town Texas to the bright lights of LA. Landon soon finds herself in a world in which spending a million dollars on an event—even a child’s birthday party—is de rigueur and the whims of celebrity clients are life-and-death matters. At first, the thrill of working on A-list parties and celebrity weddings is enough to get Landon through the seventy-five-hour workweeks and endless abuse at the hands of her mercurial boss. But when the reality of the business reveals itself, she’s forced to make a choice: do whatever it takes to get ahead, or stay true to herself.

Drawing on the author’s real-life experiences as an event planner to the stars, Party Girl takes readers on an adventure among Hollywood’s most beautiful—and most outrageous—people, revealing the ugly side of Hollywood’s prettiest parties.

Revised edition: This edition of Party Girl includes editorial revisions.

4. Upscale Downhome: Family Recipes, All Gussied Up

by: Rachel Hollis
Release date: Oct 18, 2016
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Recipes for affordable meals presented so polished you’d never know their “lowbrow” origins, complete with tips and tricks that prove fabulous hosting doesn’t have to break the bank.

Rachel Hollis, blogger and founder of “The Chic Site,” which reaches over 600,000 users a month, delivers this swoon-worthy cookbook packed with delicious and easy comfort food that’s sure to wow at both family suppers and the fanciest dinner parties.

Rachel puts a finger-licking gourmet twist on classic American favorites in sections that include recipes for:

*Casseroles: balsamic bacon-wrapped meatloaf, bacon and green chili mac n’cheese
*Potluck: loaded baked potato salad, seven layer salad
*Dips: grilled guacamole, corn dip, chili cheese dip, pizza dip
*Sips: strawberry rosemary moonshine, Grandma’s sweet tea
*Somethin’ Sweet: banana pudding parfaits, Mema’s carrot cake

Packed with big flavor and simple enough for a beginner home cook to master, Upscale Downhome focuses on great-tasting food and beautiful presentation that is guaranteed to impress. This is the kind of food that we all like to eat, served up with a chic twist.

5. Sweet Girl (The Girl’s)

by: Rachel Hollis
Release date: May 05, 2015
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Max Jennings is in a bad mood. It’s not anything you did; it’s just that secrets from her past make it her natural state of being. But she’s not going to talk about it or share her feelings, so don’t bother asking.

Max’s bad mood means that very few people actually truly understand her or know that her secret dream is to be a pastry chef. When a rare opportunity to work for world-famous Avis Phillips presents itself, Max jumps at the chance. Avis and her staff aren’t stingy with the tough love, so Max spends every spare minute practicing her craft. As she bakes brownies and custards, cookies and galettes, she builds an unlikely friendship with a man she once loathed and finds herself falling into something she’s spent the last six years avoiding. Will she let her painful past stand in the way, or will she muster the strength to forgive herself and realize her full potential?

6. Smart Girl (The Girl’s)

by: Rachel Hollis
Release date: Jan 26, 2016
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Brilliant designer Miko Jin is a hopeless romantic. She’s spent most of her life falling in love over and over again…with the men she finds in the pages of her favorite novels.

When Miko meets Liam Ashton, it’s love at first sight. At least, for her. Sure, the two of them are polar opposites, and yes, he seems to be dating someone new each week. But Miko knows what true love is and that you can’t rush it—after all, what she lacks in real-world experience, she makes up for in book smarts. With novels as her guide, and her best friends by her side, she knows she can get Liam to love her back. But just like any good romance novel, fate has a few plot twists in store. Will Miko get her own happy ending? Will she find the strength to stand up for what she deserves even if it means breaking her own heart?

7. [Girl, Wash Your Face Audiobook]

by: Rachel Hollis
Release date: May 19, 2021
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Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don’t have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: That’s a lie. As the founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis developed an immense online community by sharing tips for better living while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own life. Now, in this challenging and inspiring new book, Rachel exposes the 20 lies and misconceptions that too often hold us back from living joyfully and productively, lies we’ve told ourselves so often we don’t even hear them anymore. With painful honesty and fearless humor, Rachel unpacks and examines the falsehoods that once left her feeling overwhelmed and unworthy, and reveals the specific practical strategies that helped her move past them. In the process, she encourages, entertains, and even kicks a little butt, all to convince you to do whatever it takes to get real and become the joyous, confident woman you were meant to be. With unflinching faith and rock-hard tenacity, Girl, Wash Your Face shows you how to live with passion and hustle – and how to give yourself grace without giving up.

9. Reconstructing the Old Country: American Jewry in the Post-Holocaust Decades

by: Eliyana R. AdlerEliyana R. AdlerSheila E. JelenSheila E. JelenHasia DinerEli LederhendlerDavid SluckiMarkus KrahGennady EstraikhEllen KellmanHolli LevitskySamantha Baskind contributorGil RibakRachel DeblingerAnn KomaromiDavid JungerRachel Rothstein
Release date: Nov 20, 2017
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The 1950s and early 1960s have not traditionally been viewed as a particularly creative era in American Jewish life. On the contrary, these years have been painted as a period of inactivity and Americanization. As if exhausted by the traumas of World War II, the American Jewish community took a rest until suddenly reawakened by the 1967 Six-Day War and its implications for world Jewry. Recent scholarship, however, has demonstrated that previous assumptions about the early silence of American Jewry with regard to the Holocaust were exaggerated. And while historians have expanded their borders and definitions to encompass the postwar decades, scholars from other disciplines have been paying increasing attention to the unique literary, photographic, artistic, dramatic, political, and other cultural creations of this period and the ways in which they hearken back to not only the Holocaust itself but also to images of prewar Eastern Europe.

Reconstructing the Old Country: American Jewry in the Post-Holocaust Decades brings together scholars of literature, art, history, ethnography, and related fields to examine how the American Jewish community in the post-Holocaust era was shaped by its encounter with literary relics, living refugees, and other cultural productions which grew out of an encounter with Eastern European Jewish life from the pre-Holocaust era. In particular, editors Eliyana R. Adler and Sheila E. Jelen are interested in three different narratives and their occasional intersections. The first narrative is the real, hands-on interaction between American Jews and European Jewish refugees and how the two groups influenced one another. Second were the imaginative reconstructions of a wartime or prewar Jewish world to meet the needs of a postwar American Jewish audience. Third is the narrative in which the Holocaust was mobilized to justify postwar political and philanthropic activism.

Reconstructing the Old Country will contribute to the growing scholarly conversation about the postwar years in a variety of fields. Scholars and students of American Jewish history and literature in particular will appreciate this internationally focused scholarship on the continuing reverberations of the Second World War and the Holocaust.

10. Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals

by: Rachel Hollis
Release date: Mar 12, 2019
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Rachel Hollis, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Girl, Wash Your Face and host of the top-rated Rise podcast, urges women to stop apologizing for their desires, hopes, and dreams and instead to go after them with passion and confidence.

Rachel Hollis has seen it too often: women being afraid of their own goals. They’re afraid of embarrassment, of falling short of perfection, of not being enough. But the biggest fear of all is of being judged for having ambition at all.

Having been taught to define themselves in light of other people—whether as wife, mother, daughter, friend, or team member—many women have forgotten who they are and what they were meant to be. In Girl, Stop Apologizing, entrepreneur and online personality (TheChicSite.com) Rachel Hollis encourages women to own their hopes, desires, and goals and reminds them they don’t need permission to want more. With a call to women everywhere to stop talking themselves out of their dreams, Hollis identifies the excuses to let go of, the behaviors to adopt, and the skills to acquire on the path to growth, confidence, and the biggest possible version of their lives.

11. Real Life Dinners: Fun, Fresh, Fast Dinners from the Creator of The Chic Site

by: Rachel Hollis
Release date: Jun 05, 2018
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Fun, fresh, and fast recipes for family dinners from the founder of The Chic Site, a lifestyle website, and the author of Upscale Downhome and New York Times bestseller Girl, Wash Your Face.

Real life isn’t a series of stylized air-brushed photos. It’s crazy, chaotic, beautiful, and funny, and it can knock you right off balance. But cooking and eating as a family has always been at real life’s core. Making sure your family is fed makes a day a success, and truly taking the time to give them something wholesome and delicious is the ultimate pleasure.

Based on meals Hollis makes for her hungry husband, three sons, and baby daughter, Real Life Dinners bursts with over 80 photos and recipes including:

Breakfast Quesadillas
Toast Nine Ways
Freeze-Ahead Breakfast Sandwiches
Taco Tuesday
Crispy Sweet Potato Bake
Lemon-Pesto Chicken
Slow Cooker Loaded Potato Soup
Rach’s Spice Blends

Rachel Hollis’ Real Life Dinners is a cookbook that fits into your real daily life.

12. Party Girl (The Girl’s)

by: Rachel Hollis
Release date: Dec 09, 2014
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Landon Brinkley’s dreams are all coming true. She’s landed an internship with the fabulous Selah Smith, event planner for the Hollywood elite, taking her from small-town Texas to the bright lights of LA. Landon soon finds herself in a world in which spending a million dollars on an event—even a child’s birthday party—is de rigueur and the whims of celebrity clients are life-and-death matters. At first, the thrill of working on A-list parties and celebrity weddings is enough to get Landon through the seventy-five-hour workweeks and endless abuse at the hands of her mercurial boss. But when the reality of the business reveals itself, she’s forced to make a choice: do whatever it takes to get ahead, or stay true to herself.

Drawing on the author’s real-life experiences as an event planner to the stars, Party Girl takes readers on an adventure among Hollywood’s most beautiful—and most outrageous—people, revealing the ugly side of Hollywood’s prettiest parties.

Revised edition: This edition of Party Girl includes editorial revisions.

13. Upscale Downhome: Family Recipes, All Gussied Up

by: Rachel Hollis
Release date: Oct 18, 2016
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Recipes for affordable meals presented so polished you’d never know their “lowbrow” origins, complete with tips and tricks that prove fabulous hosting doesn’t have to break the bank.

Rachel Hollis, blogger and founder of “The Chic Site,” which reaches over 600,000 users a month, delivers this swoon-worthy cookbook packed with delicious and easy comfort food that’s sure to wow at both family suppers and the fanciest dinner parties.

Rachel puts a finger-licking gourmet twist on classic American favorites in sections that include recipes for:

*Casseroles: balsamic bacon-wrapped meatloaf, bacon and green chili mac n’cheese
*Potluck: loaded baked potato salad, seven layer salad
*Dips: grilled guacamole, corn dip, chili cheese dip, pizza dip
*Sips: strawberry rosemary moonshine, Grandma’s sweet tea
*Somethin’ Sweet: banana pudding parfaits, Mema’s carrot cake

Packed with big flavor and simple enough for a beginner home cook to master, Upscale Downhome focuses on great-tasting food and beautiful presentation that is guaranteed to impress. This is the kind of food that we all like to eat, served up with a chic twist.

14. Sweet Girl (The Girl’s)

by: Rachel Hollis
Release date: May 05, 2015
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Max Jennings is in a bad mood. It’s not anything you did; it’s just that secrets from her past make it her natural state of being. But she’s not going to talk about it or share her feelings, so don’t bother asking.

Max’s bad mood means that very few people actually truly understand her or know that her secret dream is to be a pastry chef. When a rare opportunity to work for world-famous Avis Phillips presents itself, Max jumps at the chance. Avis and her staff aren’t stingy with the tough love, so Max spends every spare minute practicing her craft. As she bakes brownies and custards, cookies and galettes, she builds an unlikely friendship with a man she once loathed and finds herself falling into something she’s spent the last six years avoiding. Will she let her painful past stand in the way, or will she muster the strength to forgive herself and realize her full potential?

15. Smart Girl (The Girl’s)

by: Rachel Hollis
Release date: Jan 26, 2016
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Brilliant designer Miko Jin is a hopeless romantic. She’s spent most of her life falling in love over and over again…with the men she finds in the pages of her favorite novels.

When Miko meets Liam Ashton, it’s love at first sight. At least, for her. Sure, the two of them are polar opposites, and yes, he seems to be dating someone new each week. But Miko knows what true love is and that you can’t rush it—after all, what she lacks in real-world experience, she makes up for in book smarts. With novels as her guide, and her best friends by her side, she knows she can get Liam to love her back. But just like any good romance novel, fate has a few plot twists in store. Will Miko get her own happy ending? Will she find the strength to stand up for what she deserves even if it means breaking her own heart?

Last updated on Thursday, August 23, 2018

BAD BLOOD by John Carreyrou

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. The rise and fall of Theranos, the biotech startup that failed to deliver on its promise to make blood testing more efficient. For more New York Times Best Seller of Business Books best sellers, see New York Times Best Seller of Business Books

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

by: John Carreyrou
No. 1 Best Seller on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
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A National Besteller

“Chilling…Reads like a West Coast version of All the President’s Men. —The New York Times Book Review

The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.

In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes’s worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn’t work.

A riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.
 

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1. Bad blood [hardcover] and 7 habits of highly effective people personal workbook 3 books collection set

by: John CarreyrouStephen R Covey
Release date: May 19, 2021
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Bad blood [hardcover] and 7 habits of highly effective people personal workbook 3 books collection set. Description:- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook Stephen Covey’s THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE took the self-help market by storm in 1990 and has enjoyed phenomenal sales ever since. With over 15 million copies in print, the book has become a classic. Now a touchstone for millions of individuals, as well as for families and businesses, the integrated, principle-centered 7 Habits philosophy has helped readers find solutions to their personal and professional problems, and achieve a life characterized by fairness, integrity, honesty, and dignity. Covey’s tried and true step-by-step approach can now be even more thoroughly explored in this new workbook.

2. Bad blood [hardcover] and 7 habits of highly effective people personal workbook 3 books collection set

by: John CarreyrouStephen R Covey
Release date: May 19, 2021
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Bad blood [hardcover] and 7 habits of highly effective people personal workbook 3 books collection set. Description:- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook Stephen Covey’s THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE took the self-help market by storm in 1990 and has enjoyed phenomenal sales ever since. With over 15 million copies in print, the book has become a classic. Now a touchstone for millions of individuals, as well as for families and businesses, the integrated, principle-centered 7 Habits philosophy has helped readers find solutions to their personal and professional problems, and achieve a life characterized by fairness, integrity, honesty, and dignity. Covey’s tried and true step-by-step approach can now be even more thoroughly explored in this new workbook.

Last updated on Thursday, August 23, 2018

UNHINGED by Omarosa Manigault Newman

Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House by Omarosa Manigault Newman, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. The reality TV star and former White House staffer describes her time and relationship with Donald Trump. For more New York Times Best Seller of Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction best sellers, see New York Times Best Seller of Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction

Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House

by: Omarosa Manigault Newman
No. 1 Best Seller on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
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The former Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison in the Trump White House provides an eye-opening look into the corruption and controversy of the current administration.

Few have been a member of Donald Trump’s inner orbit longer than Omarosa Manigault Newman. Their relationship has spanned fifteen years through four television shows, a presidential campaign, and a year by his side in the most chaotic, outrageous White House in history. But that relationship has come to a decisive and definitive end, and Omarosa is finally ready to share her side of the story in this explosive, jaw-dropping account.

A stunning tell-all and takedown from a strong, intelligent woman who took every name and number, Unhinged is a must-read for any concerned citizen.

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1. Untitled OM

by: Omarosa Manigault Newman
Release date: Aug 14, 2018
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2. Untitled OM

by: Omarosa Manigault Newman
Release date: Aug 14, 2018
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Last updated on Thursday, August 23, 2018

CRAZY RICH ASIANS by Kevin Kwan

Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy) by Kevin Kwan, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. A New Yorker gets a surprise when she spends the summer with her boyfriend in Singapore. For more New York Times Best Seller of Combined Print and E-Book Fiction best sellers, see New York Times Best Seller of Combined Print and E-Book Fiction

Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy)

by: Kevin Kwan
No. 1 Best Seller on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
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A hilarious and heartwarming New York Times bestselling novelnow a major motion picture!
 
“This 48-karat beach read is crazy fun.” —Entertainment Weekly

When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens to be the country’s most eligible bachelor.
 
On Nick’s arm, Rachel may as well have a target on her back the second she steps off the plane, and soon, her relaxed vacation turns into an obstacle course of old money, new money, nosy relatives, and scheming social climbers.

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1. China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy)

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: May 31, 2016
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From the bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians (Now a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan) comes a deliciously fun story of family, fortune, and fame in Mainland China. 

It’s the eve of Rachel Chu’s wedding, and she should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond, a wedding dress she loves, and a fiancé willing to thwart his meddling relatives and give up one of the biggest fortunes in Asia in order to marry her. Still, Rachel mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won’t be there to walk her down the aisle. 

Then a chance accident reveals his identity. Suddenly, Rachel is drawn into a dizzying world of Shanghai splendor, a world where people attend church in a penthouse, where exotic cars race down the boulevard, and where people aren’t just crazy rich … they’re China rich.

2. Rich People Problems: A Novel (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy)

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: May 01, 2018
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Esquire Best Books of 2017
Kirkus Best Fictional Families of 2017

Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians (now a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan) and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royal fought through couture gown sabotage, and the heir to one of Asia’s greatest fortunes locked out of his inheritance.

When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside—but he’s not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch’s massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park—a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore—Nicholas’s childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage. As her relatives fight over heirlooms, Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu, but tormented by her ex-husband—a man hell bent on destroying Astrid’s reputation and relationship. Meanwhile Kitty Pong, married to China’s second richest man, billionaire Jack Bing, still feels second best next to her new step-daughter, famous fashionista Colette Bing. A sweeping novel that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a kidnapping at Hong Kong’s most elite private school to a surprise marriage proposal at an Indian palace, caught on camera by the telephoto lenses of paparazzi, Kevin Kwan’s hilarious, gloriously wicked new novel reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia’s most privileged families and their rich people problems.

3. Crazy rich asians, china rich girlfriend and rich people problems 3 books collection set

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: May 19, 2021
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Crazy rich asians, china rich girlfriend and rich people problems 3 books collection set. Description:- Crazy Rich Asians When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn’t know is that Nick’s family home happens to look like a palace, that she’ll ride in more private planes than cars and that she is about to encounter the strangest, craziest group of people in existence. China Rich Girlfriend It’s the eve of Rachel Chu’s wedding, and she should be over the moon. She has a flawless oval-cut diamond, a wedding dress she loves, and a fiancé willing to give up one of the biggest fortunes in Asia in order to marry her. Still, Rachel mourns the fact that her birth father, a man she never knew, won’t be there to walk her down the aisle. Rich People Problems When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside–but he’s not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch’s massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park–a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore–Nicholas’s childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage.

4. The Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy Box Set

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: Oct 23, 2018
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The New York Times bestselling Crazy Rich Asians series reveals the outrageous world of high net worth society with humor and heart. Crazy Rich Asians is now a major motion picture.
 
“There’s rich, there’s filthy rich, and then there’s crazy rich.” —People 
 
New Yorker Rachel Chu does not know that her loving boyfriend, Nicholas Young, also happens to be Singapore’s most eligible bachelor and likely heir to a massive fortune. So when she agrees to spend the summer in Nick’s home, her life unexpectedly becomes an obstacle course of old money, new money, nosy relatives, and scheming social climbers. And that’s all before she discovers the true identity of her long-lost father . . . 
 
This box set includes the entire trilogy: Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems.

5. Rich People Problems: A Novel (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy)

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: May 01, 2018
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Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royale fought through couture gown sabotage and the heir to one of Asia’s greatest fortunes locked out of his inheritance.

When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside–but he’s not alone. It seems the entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe, ostensibly to care for their matriarch, but truly to stake claim on the massive fortune that Su Yi controls. With each family member secretly fantasizing about getting the keys to Tyersall Park–a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore–the place becomes a hotbed of intrigue and Nicholas finds himself blocked from entering the premises. As relatives claw over heirlooms, Astrid Leong finds herself at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu, but tormented by his ex-wife–a woman hell-bent on destroying Astrid’s reputation and relationship. Meanwhile Kitty Pong, married to billionaire Jack Bing and determined to raise their son more lavishly than a future king, finds a formidable opponent in his fashionista daughter, Colette.
     A sweeping novel that takes us from the elegantly-appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a schoolyard kidnapping to a gold leaf dancefloor spattered with blood, Kevin Kwan’s gloriously wicked new novel reveals the long-buried secrets and rich people problems of Asia’s most privileged families.

6. Locos, ricos y asiáticos / Crazy Rich Asians (Spanish Edition)

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: Sep 25, 2018
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Pronto en cines con las actuaciones de Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan.

Divertidísima, adictiva y rebosante de opulencia, esta novela es una mirada indiscreta y bastante loca al mundo de los superricos asiáticos.
Cuando la neoyorquina Rachel Chu acepta pasar el verano en Singapur con su novio, Nicholas Young, imagina un hogar familiar humilde y tiempo a solas con el hombre con el que espera casarse. Pero Nick ha olvidado facilitar ciertos detalles a su novia. En primer lugar, que la casa en la que creció parece un palacio; segundo, que está más acostumbrado a viajar en aviones privados que en coche; tercero, que, aparentemente, es el hombre soltero más codiciado del país.

Y, tan pronto como aterriza de su brazo, Rachel se da cuenta de que en ese mundo de riqueza inimaginable sus vacaciones acaban de convertirse en una delirante carrera de obstáculos.

«Una arrebatadora comedia para adictos a las compras… Perversamente deliciosa.» The New York Times.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The acclaimed international bestseller (“A dizzily shopaholic comedy.” —The New York Times) soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan!

When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens to be the country’s most eligible bachelor. 
 
On Nick’s arm, Rachel may as well have a target on her back the second she steps off the plane, and soon, her relaxed vacation turns into an obstacle course of old money, new money, nosy relatives, and scheming social climbers.

7. China Rich Girlfriend: Kekasih Kaya Raya (Indonesian Edition)

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: Jan 18, 2017
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Sinopsis:

Sekarang malam pernikahan Rachel Chu. Ia memakai cincin bermata berlian Asscher-cut, gaun pengantin yang sangat ia sukai, dan memiliki tunangan yang rela kehilangan semua harta warisan demi menikahinya. Namun, gadis itu sedih. Ayah kandungnya, yang tidak pernah ia kenal, takkan mengantarnya menuju altar.

Lalu suatu kejadian mendadak membuat identitas pria tersebut terungkap. Dan Rachel pun terseret ke dalam dunia gemerlap Shanghai, yang berisi kemewahan tak terbayangkan dan orang-orang yang bukan sekadar kaya raya… mereka kaya tujuh turunan.

8. Fat Loss: A Step-by-Step Guide To Lose Fat And Stop Your Health From Yo-Yoing: Reclaim Your Health, Rebuild Your Metabolism, Burn Fat and Lose Weight (Lean Healthy Body Series)

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: May 18, 2017
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Discover how to STOP jumping from one FAD diet to the next!

Your health SHOULD NOT Yo-Yo like your diet choices. Just because you’ve plateaued does NOT mean you need to jump to the next diet you see on TV or magazines. Your body is a unique, with a system of interacting hormones which control how you feel, and how you lose fat or store fat. Each time your diet changes, your body changes.

ALSO, your nutritional requirements change. Understanding how to make slight changes in your nutrition and take control of fat loss hormones is the key to maintaining fat loss and better health.
In this simple step-by-step book, you will learn a framework on how to make, powerful nutrition choices for yourself, and learn nutrition decisions for a lifetime. You will build a body of better health, better energy, lose fat, and drop weight.
Dispel the myths of metabolism, calories, and superfoods. It’s ALL ABOUT YOU, you are the owner of your body, and you know how you react to certain foods. You know If they make you gain weight, and how certain foods make you feel.
In addition, we have to learn that our state of mind is a powerful motivator which allows us to take action. Learn how to make proper goals based on your deepest motivators and how to handle obstacles in your way.

This book is designed for you to take action after each chapter. If you are tired of plateaus and trying multiple diets, then this book is your last stop to break that cycle.

Here’s a preview what’s inside this book

  • Mindset Shift And Changing Perception about food
  • Understanding Metabolism And Re-Charging It!
  • How Food Influences Your Hormones
  • The 3 Hormones For Fat Loss, Health And Energy
  • How Much? The Easy And Smart Portion Sizing Method
  • Protein Shakes Versus Whole Foods
  • Does Meal Timing Matter?

9. I Was Cuba: Treasures from the Ramiro Fernandez Collection

by: Kevin KwanRamiro FernandezReinaldo ArenasPeter Castro
Release date: Oct 11, 2007
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While most think of Cuba as a mythical island of rum, rumba, and revolution, period photographs reveal a more complex place. I Was Cuba is an original look at Cuban history as seen through the Ramiro Fernandez Collection arguably the world’s leading archive of Cuban photos and ephemera. I Was Cuba showcases rare, vernacular images from the nineteenth century through the revolutionary period, exploring the everyday and the eccentric. With texts from famed Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas (Before Night Falls), this captivating volume is an intimate view into a bygone era of glamour, political upheaval, and astounding visual culture.

10. China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy)

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: May 31, 2016
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From the bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians (Now a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan) comes a deliciously fun story of family, fortune, and fame in Mainland China. 

It’s the eve of Rachel Chu’s wedding, and she should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond, a wedding dress she loves, and a fiancé willing to thwart his meddling relatives and give up one of the biggest fortunes in Asia in order to marry her. Still, Rachel mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won’t be there to walk her down the aisle. 

Then a chance accident reveals his identity. Suddenly, Rachel is drawn into a dizzying world of Shanghai splendor, a world where people attend church in a penthouse, where exotic cars race down the boulevard, and where people aren’t just crazy rich … they’re China rich.

11. Rich People Problems: A Novel (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy)

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: May 01, 2018
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Esquire Best Books of 2017
Kirkus Best Fictional Families of 2017

Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians (now a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan) and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royal fought through couture gown sabotage, and the heir to one of Asia’s greatest fortunes locked out of his inheritance.

When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside—but he’s not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch’s massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park—a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore—Nicholas’s childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage. As her relatives fight over heirlooms, Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu, but tormented by her ex-husband—a man hell bent on destroying Astrid’s reputation and relationship. Meanwhile Kitty Pong, married to China’s second richest man, billionaire Jack Bing, still feels second best next to her new step-daughter, famous fashionista Colette Bing. A sweeping novel that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a kidnapping at Hong Kong’s most elite private school to a surprise marriage proposal at an Indian palace, caught on camera by the telephoto lenses of paparazzi, Kevin Kwan’s hilarious, gloriously wicked new novel reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia’s most privileged families and their rich people problems.

12. Crazy rich asians, china rich girlfriend and rich people problems 3 books collection set

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: May 19, 2021
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Crazy rich asians, china rich girlfriend and rich people problems 3 books collection set. Description:- Crazy Rich Asians When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn’t know is that Nick’s family home happens to look like a palace, that she’ll ride in more private planes than cars and that she is about to encounter the strangest, craziest group of people in existence. China Rich Girlfriend It’s the eve of Rachel Chu’s wedding, and she should be over the moon. She has a flawless oval-cut diamond, a wedding dress she loves, and a fiancé willing to give up one of the biggest fortunes in Asia in order to marry her. Still, Rachel mourns the fact that her birth father, a man she never knew, won’t be there to walk her down the aisle. Rich People Problems When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside–but he’s not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch’s massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park–a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore–Nicholas’s childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage.

13. The Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy Box Set

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: Oct 23, 2018
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The New York Times bestselling Crazy Rich Asians series reveals the outrageous world of high net worth society with humor and heart. Crazy Rich Asians is now a major motion picture.
 
“There’s rich, there’s filthy rich, and then there’s crazy rich.” —People 
 
New Yorker Rachel Chu does not know that her loving boyfriend, Nicholas Young, also happens to be Singapore’s most eligible bachelor and likely heir to a massive fortune. So when she agrees to spend the summer in Nick’s home, her life unexpectedly becomes an obstacle course of old money, new money, nosy relatives, and scheming social climbers. And that’s all before she discovers the true identity of her long-lost father . . . 
 
This box set includes the entire trilogy: Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems.

14. Rich People Problems: A Novel (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy)

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: May 01, 2018
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Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royale fought through couture gown sabotage and the heir to one of Asia’s greatest fortunes locked out of his inheritance.

When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside–but he’s not alone. It seems the entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe, ostensibly to care for their matriarch, but truly to stake claim on the massive fortune that Su Yi controls. With each family member secretly fantasizing about getting the keys to Tyersall Park–a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore–the place becomes a hotbed of intrigue and Nicholas finds himself blocked from entering the premises. As relatives claw over heirlooms, Astrid Leong finds herself at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu, but tormented by his ex-wife–a woman hell-bent on destroying Astrid’s reputation and relationship. Meanwhile Kitty Pong, married to billionaire Jack Bing and determined to raise their son more lavishly than a future king, finds a formidable opponent in his fashionista daughter, Colette.
     A sweeping novel that takes us from the elegantly-appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a schoolyard kidnapping to a gold leaf dancefloor spattered with blood, Kevin Kwan’s gloriously wicked new novel reveals the long-buried secrets and rich people problems of Asia’s most privileged families.

15. Locos, ricos y asiáticos / Crazy Rich Asians (Spanish Edition)

by: Kevin Kwan
Release date: Sep 25, 2018
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Pronto en cines con las actuaciones de Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan.

Divertidísima, adictiva y rebosante de opulencia, esta novela es una mirada indiscreta y bastante loca al mundo de los superricos asiáticos.
Cuando la neoyorquina Rachel Chu acepta pasar el verano en Singapur con su novio, Nicholas Young, imagina un hogar familiar humilde y tiempo a solas con el hombre con el que espera casarse. Pero Nick ha olvidado facilitar ciertos detalles a su novia. En primer lugar, que la casa en la que creció parece un palacio; segundo, que está más acostumbrado a viajar en aviones privados que en coche; tercero, que, aparentemente, es el hombre soltero más codiciado del país.

Y, tan pronto como aterriza de su brazo, Rachel se da cuenta de que en ese mundo de riqueza inimaginable sus vacaciones acaban de convertirse en una delirante carrera de obstáculos.

«Una arrebatadora comedia para adictos a las compras… Perversamente deliciosa.» The New York Times.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The acclaimed international bestseller (“A dizzily shopaholic comedy.” —The New York Times) soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan!

When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens to be the country’s most eligible bachelor. 
 
On Nick’s arm, Rachel may as well have a target on her back the second she steps off the plane, and soon, her relaxed vacation turns into an obstacle course of old money, new money, nosy relatives, and scheming social climbers.

Last updated on Thursday, August 23, 2018

EVERYTHING TRUMP TOUCHES DIES by Rick Wilson

Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever by Rick Wilson, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. The Republican political campaign strategist gives his take on the current president and offers a way forward for conservatives. For more New York Times Best Seller of Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction best sellers, see New York Times Best Seller of Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction

Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever

by: Rick Wilson
No. 1 Best Seller on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A respected, long-time Republican strategist, ad-maker, and contributor for The Daily Beast, skewers the disease that is destroying the conservative movement and burning down the GOP: Trumpism.

In Everything Trump Touches Dies, political campaign strategist and commentator Rick Wilson brings his darkly funny humor and biting analysis to the absurdity of American politics in the age of Trump. Wilson mercilessly exposes the damage Trump has done to the country, to the Republican Party he served for decades, and to the conservative movement that has abandoned its principles for the worst President in American history.

No left-winger, Wilson is a lifelong conservative who delivers his withering critique of Trump from the right. A leader of the Never Trump movement, he warns his own party of the political catastrophe that leaves everyone involved with Trump with reputations destroyed and lives in tatters.

Wilson unblinkingly dismantles Trump’s deceptions and the illusions to which his supporters cling, shedding light on the guilty parties who empower and enable Trump in Washington and the news media. He calls out the race-war dead-enders who hitched a ride with Trump, the alt-right basement dwellers who worship him, and the social conservatives who looked the other way.

Everything Trump Touches Dies deftly chronicles the tragicomic Trump story from the early campaign days through the shock of election night, to the inconceivable trainwreck of Trump’s first year. Rick Wilson provides not only an insightful analysis of the Trump administration, but also an optimistic path forward for the GOP, the conservative movement, and the country.

Combining insider political analysis, blunt truths, and black humor, Everything Trump Touches Dies is perfect for those on either side of the aisle who need a dose of unvarnished reality, a good laugh, a strong cocktail, and a return to sanity in American politics.

More books by Rick Wilson

1. Making Materials Flow: A Lean Material-Handling Guide for Operations, Production-Control, and Engineering Professionals

by: Rick HarrisChris HarrisEarl WilsonJim WomackDan JonesJohn ShookJose Ferro
Release date: Sep 01, 2003
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Making Materials Flow describes in plain language another step in implementing a complete lean business system.

LEI’s first workbook, Learning to See, focused on where to start — at the value stream for each product family within your facilities.

Seeing the Whole then expanded the value stream map beyond facility walls, all the way from raw materials to customer.

After mapping has identified waste and potential applications of flow and pull, you can use the techniques in Creating Continuous Flow to implement truly continuous flow in cellularized operations.

Making Materials Flow takes the next step by explaining how to supply purchased parts to the value stream in order to support continuous flow.

“Companies are making progress in creating areas of continuous flow as more managers learn about value-stream mapping and continuous-flow cells,” said co-author Rick Harris, who also co-authored the Creating Continuous Flow workbook. “But as I walk through facilities and examine earnest efforts to create continuous flow, I see how hard it is to sustain steady output. The problem often is the lack of a lean material-handling system for purchased parts to support continuous-flow cells, small-batch processing, and traditional assembly lines.”

Making Materials Flow explains in plain language how to create such a system by applying the relevant concepts and methods in a step-by-step progression. The workbook reveals the exercises, formulas, standards, and forms that a consultant would use to implement the system in your environment. And, like LEI’s other workbooks, Making Materials Flow answers the key question managers often have about lean tools and concepts, “What do I do on Monday morning to implement this?” The four key steps detailed in the workbook include:

1. Developing the Plan For Every Part (PFEP). This basic database fosters accurate and controlled inventory reduction and is the foundation for the continuous improvement of a facility’s material-handling system.

2. Building the purchased-parts market. Learn the formulas and methods to size and operate a market that eliminates the waste of hoarding, searching for parts, and storing inventory throughout a facility.

3. Designing delivery routes. You get the principles and calculations that turn a sprawling, messy plant into an organized community where operators get the parts they need, when needed, and in the quantity needed, delivered right to their fingertips. Proper delivery routes not only improve inventory and flow but also safety and housekeeping.

4. Implementing pull signals to integrate the new material-handling system with the information management system. Learn the steps to creating a system that keeps inventory under control by allowing operators to pull just what they need while focusing on producing value for customers. You’ll also learn how to calculate the number of pull signals needed and how often to deliver material.

Finally, you’ll learn how to sustain and continuously improving the system by implementing periodic audits of the material-handling system across the chain of management, from route operator to plant manager. You’ll learn the five-step process for introducing audits of the market, routes, and pull signals by a cross-functional team from production control, operations, and industrial engineering.

Harris and co-authors Chris Harris and Earl Wilson lead you through 10 simple but pragmatic questions that show how a manufacturing facility implements a robust but flexible lean material-handling system for purchased parts:

The Plan For Every Part (PFEP)

1. What information should you include in the PFEP?

2. How will you maintain the integrity of the PFEP?

Developing a Purchased-Parts Market

3. Where do you locate your purchased-parts market?

4. What is the correct size for your purchased-parts market, and what is the correct amount of each part to hold in the market?

5. How do you operate your purchased-parts market?

Designing the Delivery Route and the Information Management System

6. How do you convey parts from the purchased-parts market to the production areas?

7. How do your production areas signal the purchased-parts market what to deliver and when?

8. How do you fill the delivery route?

Sustaining and Improving

9. How can you sustain the performance of your lean material-handling system?

10. How can you identify and remove additional waste?

An appendix explores how to adapt the key principles of lean material-handling to more complex environments, such as incorporating work-in-process (WIP) markets into the system for purchased parts, adding delivery routes from production cells to a finished-goods market, and applying the system to low-volume, high-mix processes.

Making Materials Flow will benefit lean leaders, managers, and executives in production control, operations, and engineering who have at least a basic knowledge of lean concepts such as value-stream mapping, cell design, and standard work. The 93-page workbook contains more than 50 illustrations.

2. Global Church Planting: Biblical Principles and Best Practices for Multiplication

by: Craig OttGene WilsonRick Warren
Release date: Jan 01, 2011
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With nearly fifty years combined global church-planting experience, Craig Ott and Gene Wilson are well qualified to write a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for cross-cultural church planting. Combining substantive biblical principles and missiological understanding with practical insights, this book walks readers through the various models and development phases of church planting. Advocating methods that lead to church multiplication, the authors emphasize the role of the missionary church planter. They offer helpful reflection on current trends and provide best practices gathered from research and empirical findings around the globe. The book takes up a number of special issues not addressed in most church planting books, such as use of short-term teams, partnerships, and wise use of resources. Full of case studies and real examples from around the world, this practical text will benefit students, church planters, missionaries, and missional church readers.

3. Plantation Jesus: Race, Faith, and a New Way Forward

by: Skot WelchRick WilsonAndi Cumbo-Floyd
Release date: May 22, 2018
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“This provocative book will encourage conversations about one of American Christianity’s most challenging issues.
–Publishers Weekly

Not long ago, most white American Christians believed that Jesus blessed slavery. God wasn t bothered by Jim Crow. Baby Jesus had white skin. Meet Plantation Jesus: a god who is comfortable with bigotry, and an idol that distorts the message of the real Savior.

That false image of God is dead, right? Wrong, argue the authors of Plantation Jesus, an authoritative new book on one of the most urgent issues of our day.

Through their shared passion for Jesus Christ and with an unblinking look at history, church, and pop culture, authors Skot Welch and Rick Wilson detail the manifold ways that racism damages the church’s witness. Together Welch and Wilson take on common responses by white Christians to racial injustice, such as I never owned a slave, I don t see color; only people, and We just need to get over it and move on. Together they call out the church’s denials and dodges and evasions of race, and they invite readers to encounter the Christ of the disenfranchised.

With practical resources and Spirit-filled stories, Plantation Jesus nudges readers to learn the history, acknowledge the injury, and face the truth. Only then can the church lead the way toward true reconciliation. Only then can the legacy of Plantation Jesus be replaced with the true way of Jesus Christ.

4. 5 Paths to the Love of Your Life: Defining Your Dating Style

by: Lauren F. WinnerDouglas WilsonRick HollandAlex ChediakJeramy ClarkJerusha Clark
Release date: Aug 31, 2005
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A guide to dating
Decide for yourself. Tired of catch-all, simplistic theories on dating? Join the club. Dating, relationships, and marriage are all too important to risk on one person’s unproven advice. In 5 Paths to the Love of Your Life, respected relationship experts and best-selling authors help you gain new insight into dating and marriage. They offer you sound advice that is grounded in biblical truth and their own personal experiences. Read and pray about:

  • The Counter-Cultural Approach by Lauren Winner
  • The Courtship Approach by Douglas Wilson
  • The Principled Approach by Rick Holland
  • The Betrothal Approach by Jonathan Lindvall
  • The Purposed Approach by Jeramy and Jerusha Clark

Then try the approaches out, see what works and doesn’t work, and discover your own personalized path to the love of your life.

5. More: Find Your Personal Calling and Live Life to the Fullest Measure

by: Todd WilsonRick Warren and Robert Coleman
Release date: Apr 05, 2016
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More meets Christians where they’re at, acknowledging the roots of their discontent and demonstrating how to move from inspiration and desire into action. Church strategist and ministry activator Todd Wilson shows how all believers can live more abundant lives around the uniqueness of how they were made and what they are called to do.

Introducing a memorable vocabulary and an easy-to-use practical framework, More equips readers to embark on a journey of discovering their unique personal calling. It enables readers to answer three of the most important and profound questions we all naturally ask.

(1) Who am I created to be?

(2) What am I created to do?

(3) Where am I to be best positioned to do it?

The integrated answers to these key questions—the BE-DO-GO of a person’s life—represent the core dimensions of personal calling. Inspiring and challenging, More gives readers permission and encouragement to engage in the journey God has solely for them.

6. Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition

by: P. J. WhiteRobert A. GarrottGlenn E. PlumbCindy GoeddelEdward O. WilsonLisa M. BarilColden V. BaxterMatthew S. BeckerDavid J. CooperWyatt F. CrossDouglas A. FrankKerry A. GuntherRobert E. GresswellMark A. HaroldsonN. Thompson HobbsKristin LeggTaal LeviDavid B. McWethyS. Thomas OlliffKarthik RamDaniel P. ReinhartRoy A. RenkinCharles T. RobbinsPaul SchulleryCharles C. SchwartzDoug SmithDaniel R. StahlerJohn J. TreanorLusha M. TronstadRick L. Wallen
Release date: Mar 11, 2013
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The world’s first national park, Yellowstone is a symbol of nature’s enduring majesty and the paradigm of protected areas across the globe. But Yellowstone is constantly changing. How we understand and respond to events that are putting species under stress, say the authors of Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition, will determine the future of ecosystems that were millions of years in the making. With a foreword by the renowned naturalist E. O. Wilson, this is the most comprehensive survey of research on North America’s flagship national park available today.

Marshaling the expertise of over thirty contributors, Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition examines the diverse changes to the park’s ecology in recent decades. Since its creation in the 1870s, the priorities governing Yellowstone have evolved, from intensive management designed to protect and propagate depleted large-bodied mammals to an approach focused on restoration and preservation of ecological processes. Recognizing the importance of natural occurrences such as fires and predation, this more ecologically informed oversight has achieved notable successes, including the recovery of threatened native species of wolves, bald eagles, and grizzly bears.

Nevertheless, these experts detect worrying signs of a system under strain. They identify three overriding stressors: invasive species, private-sector development of unprotected lands, and a warming climate. Their concluding recommendations will shape the twenty-first-century discussion over how to confront these challenges, not only in American parks but for conservation areas worldwide. Highly readable and fully illustrated, Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition will be welcomed by ecologists and nature enthusiasts alike.

7. Zap Comix #16

by: Robert CrumbS. Clay WilsonRick GriffinVictor MoscosoSpain RodriguezRobert WilliamsPaul Mavridesgilbert shelton
Release date: Feb 23, 2016
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This blowout issue not only includes work by all eight Zap artists (plus a collaboration with cartoonist Aline Kominsky), but also three double-page jams by the group. Plus: Zap’s first-and-only color section, featuring comics by R. Crumb and Gilbert Shelton (his final Zap Wonder Wart-hog episode, no less). Paul Mavrides provides an alternately embellished version of Gilbert Shelton’s and his Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers episode, “Phineas Becomes a Suicide Bomber” (originally inked in the Complete Zap by Shelton). Front cover by R. Crumb. Back cover by Moscoso.

8. Outbound: Passages From The 90’S

by: Paola MorsianiMarti MayoJanine AntoniMatthew BarneyRobert GoberAnn HamiltonWilliam KentridgeShirin NeshatFred WilsonRick LoweDana Friis-HansenLynn Herbert
Release date: Aug 02, 2000
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Artwork by Janine Antoni, Matthew Barney, Robert Gober, Ann Hamilton, William Kentridge, Shirin Neshat, Fred Wilson. Edited by Lynn Herbert. Contributions by Rick Lowe, Dana Friis-Hansen. Text by Paola Morsiani, Marti Mayo.

9. Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series

by: Rick RiordanLeah Wilson
Release date: Feb 10, 2009
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The #1 New York Times bestselling Percy Jackson series—including The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan’s Curse, and The Battle of the Labyrinth—features a 12-year-old dyslexic boy who discovers he is the son of a Greek god, the target of mythical Greek monsters, and the center of a prophecy that could change the balance of power in the world forever. In Demigods and Monsters, YA authors take on Greek gods, monsters, and prophecy, to add insight and even more fun to Riordan’s page-turner series.

The book also includes an introduction by Percy Jackson series author Rick Riordan, that gives further insight into the series and its creation, and a glossary of ancient Greek myth, with plenty of information on the places, monsters, gods, and heroes that appear in the series.

Demigods and Monsters is a collection of essays on Rick Riordan’s wildly popular Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and is not authorized by the author, publisher, or any entity associated with the series.

10. Making Materials Flow: A Lean Material-Handling Guide for Operations, Production-Control, and Engineering Professionals

by: Rick HarrisChris HarrisEarl WilsonJim WomackDan JonesJohn ShookJose Ferro
Release date: Sep 01, 2003
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Making Materials Flow describes in plain language another step in implementing a complete lean business system.

LEI’s first workbook, Learning to See, focused on where to start — at the value stream for each product family within your facilities.

Seeing the Whole then expanded the value stream map beyond facility walls, all the way from raw materials to customer.

After mapping has identified waste and potential applications of flow and pull, you can use the techniques in Creating Continuous Flow to implement truly continuous flow in cellularized operations.

Making Materials Flow takes the next step by explaining how to supply purchased parts to the value stream in order to support continuous flow.

“Companies are making progress in creating areas of continuous flow as more managers learn about value-stream mapping and continuous-flow cells,” said co-author Rick Harris, who also co-authored the Creating Continuous Flow workbook. “But as I walk through facilities and examine earnest efforts to create continuous flow, I see how hard it is to sustain steady output. The problem often is the lack of a lean material-handling system for purchased parts to support continuous-flow cells, small-batch processing, and traditional assembly lines.”

Making Materials Flow explains in plain language how to create such a system by applying the relevant concepts and methods in a step-by-step progression. The workbook reveals the exercises, formulas, standards, and forms that a consultant would use to implement the system in your environment. And, like LEI’s other workbooks, Making Materials Flow answers the key question managers often have about lean tools and concepts, “What do I do on Monday morning to implement this?” The four key steps detailed in the workbook include:

1. Developing the Plan For Every Part (PFEP). This basic database fosters accurate and controlled inventory reduction and is the foundation for the continuous improvement of a facility’s material-handling system.

2. Building the purchased-parts market. Learn the formulas and methods to size and operate a market that eliminates the waste of hoarding, searching for parts, and storing inventory throughout a facility.

3. Designing delivery routes. You get the principles and calculations that turn a sprawling, messy plant into an organized community where operators get the parts they need, when needed, and in the quantity needed, delivered right to their fingertips. Proper delivery routes not only improve inventory and flow but also safety and housekeeping.

4. Implementing pull signals to integrate the new material-handling system with the information management system. Learn the steps to creating a system that keeps inventory under control by allowing operators to pull just what they need while focusing on producing value for customers. You’ll also learn how to calculate the number of pull signals needed and how often to deliver material.

Finally, you’ll learn how to sustain and continuously improving the system by implementing periodic audits of the material-handling system across the chain of management, from route operator to plant manager. You’ll learn the five-step process for introducing audits of the market, routes, and pull signals by a cross-functional team from production control, operations, and industrial engineering.

Harris and co-authors Chris Harris and Earl Wilson lead you through 10 simple but pragmatic questions that show how a manufacturing facility implements a robust but flexible lean material-handling system for purchased parts:

The Plan For Every Part (PFEP)

1. What information should you include in the PFEP?

2. How will you maintain the integrity of the PFEP?

Developing a Purchased-Parts Market

3. Where do you locate your purchased-parts market?

4. What is the correct size for your purchased-parts market, and what is the correct amount of each part to hold in the market?

5. How do you operate your purchased-parts market?

Designing the Delivery Route and the Information Management System

6. How do you convey parts from the purchased-parts market to the production areas?

7. How do your production areas signal the purchased-parts market what to deliver and when?

8. How do you fill the delivery route?

Sustaining and Improving

9. How can you sustain the performance of your lean material-handling system?

10. How can you identify and remove additional waste?

An appendix explores how to adapt the key principles of lean material-handling to more complex environments, such as incorporating work-in-process (WIP) markets into the system for purchased parts, adding delivery routes from production cells to a finished-goods market, and applying the system to low-volume, high-mix processes.

Making Materials Flow will benefit lean leaders, managers, and executives in production control, operations, and engineering who have at least a basic knowledge of lean concepts such as value-stream mapping, cell design, and standard work. The 93-page workbook contains more than 50 illustrations.

11. Global Church Planting: Biblical Principles and Best Practices for Multiplication

by: Craig OttGene WilsonRick Warren
Release date: Jan 01, 2011
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With nearly fifty years combined global church-planting experience, Craig Ott and Gene Wilson are well qualified to write a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for cross-cultural church planting. Combining substantive biblical principles and missiological understanding with practical insights, this book walks readers through the various models and development phases of church planting. Advocating methods that lead to church multiplication, the authors emphasize the role of the missionary church planter. They offer helpful reflection on current trends and provide best practices gathered from research and empirical findings around the globe. The book takes up a number of special issues not addressed in most church planting books, such as use of short-term teams, partnerships, and wise use of resources. Full of case studies and real examples from around the world, this practical text will benefit students, church planters, missionaries, and missional church readers.

12. Plantation Jesus: Race, Faith, and a New Way Forward

by: Skot WelchRick WilsonAndi Cumbo-Floyd
Release date: May 22, 2018
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“This provocative book will encourage conversations about one of American Christianity’s most challenging issues.
–Publishers Weekly

Not long ago, most white American Christians believed that Jesus blessed slavery. God wasn t bothered by Jim Crow. Baby Jesus had white skin. Meet Plantation Jesus: a god who is comfortable with bigotry, and an idol that distorts the message of the real Savior.

That false image of God is dead, right? Wrong, argue the authors of Plantation Jesus, an authoritative new book on one of the most urgent issues of our day.

Through their shared passion for Jesus Christ and with an unblinking look at history, church, and pop culture, authors Skot Welch and Rick Wilson detail the manifold ways that racism damages the church’s witness. Together Welch and Wilson take on common responses by white Christians to racial injustice, such as I never owned a slave, I don t see color; only people, and We just need to get over it and move on. Together they call out the church’s denials and dodges and evasions of race, and they invite readers to encounter the Christ of the disenfranchised.

With practical resources and Spirit-filled stories, Plantation Jesus nudges readers to learn the history, acknowledge the injury, and face the truth. Only then can the church lead the way toward true reconciliation. Only then can the legacy of Plantation Jesus be replaced with the true way of Jesus Christ.

13. 5 Paths to the Love of Your Life: Defining Your Dating Style

by: Lauren F. WinnerDouglas WilsonRick HollandAlex ChediakJeramy ClarkJerusha Clark
Release date: Aug 31, 2005
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A guide to dating
Decide for yourself. Tired of catch-all, simplistic theories on dating? Join the club. Dating, relationships, and marriage are all too important to risk on one person’s unproven advice. In 5 Paths to the Love of Your Life, respected relationship experts and best-selling authors help you gain new insight into dating and marriage. They offer you sound advice that is grounded in biblical truth and their own personal experiences. Read and pray about:

  • The Counter-Cultural Approach by Lauren Winner
  • The Courtship Approach by Douglas Wilson
  • The Principled Approach by Rick Holland
  • The Betrothal Approach by Jonathan Lindvall
  • The Purposed Approach by Jeramy and Jerusha Clark

Then try the approaches out, see what works and doesn’t work, and discover your own personalized path to the love of your life.

14. More: Find Your Personal Calling and Live Life to the Fullest Measure

by: Todd WilsonRick Warren and Robert Coleman
Release date: Apr 05, 2016
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More meets Christians where they’re at, acknowledging the roots of their discontent and demonstrating how to move from inspiration and desire into action. Church strategist and ministry activator Todd Wilson shows how all believers can live more abundant lives around the uniqueness of how they were made and what they are called to do.

Introducing a memorable vocabulary and an easy-to-use practical framework, More equips readers to embark on a journey of discovering their unique personal calling. It enables readers to answer three of the most important and profound questions we all naturally ask.

(1) Who am I created to be?

(2) What am I created to do?

(3) Where am I to be best positioned to do it?

The integrated answers to these key questions—the BE-DO-GO of a person’s life—represent the core dimensions of personal calling. Inspiring and challenging, More gives readers permission and encouragement to engage in the journey God has solely for them.

15. Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition

by: P. J. WhiteRobert A. GarrottGlenn E. PlumbCindy GoeddelEdward O. WilsonLisa M. BarilColden V. BaxterMatthew S. BeckerDavid J. CooperWyatt F. CrossDouglas A. FrankKerry A. GuntherRobert E. GresswellMark A. HaroldsonN. Thompson HobbsKristin LeggTaal LeviDavid B. McWethyS. Thomas OlliffKarthik RamDaniel P. ReinhartRoy A. RenkinCharles T. RobbinsPaul SchulleryCharles C. SchwartzDoug SmithDaniel R. StahlerJohn J. TreanorLusha M. TronstadRick L. Wallen
Release date: Mar 11, 2013
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The world’s first national park, Yellowstone is a symbol of nature’s enduring majesty and the paradigm of protected areas across the globe. But Yellowstone is constantly changing. How we understand and respond to events that are putting species under stress, say the authors of Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition, will determine the future of ecosystems that were millions of years in the making. With a foreword by the renowned naturalist E. O. Wilson, this is the most comprehensive survey of research on North America’s flagship national park available today.

Marshaling the expertise of over thirty contributors, Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition examines the diverse changes to the park’s ecology in recent decades. Since its creation in the 1870s, the priorities governing Yellowstone have evolved, from intensive management designed to protect and propagate depleted large-bodied mammals to an approach focused on restoration and preservation of ecological processes. Recognizing the importance of natural occurrences such as fires and predation, this more ecologically informed oversight has achieved notable successes, including the recovery of threatened native species of wolves, bald eagles, and grizzly bears.

Nevertheless, these experts detect worrying signs of a system under strain. They identify three overriding stressors: invasive species, private-sector development of unprotected lands, and a warming climate. Their concluding recommendations will shape the twenty-first-century discussion over how to confront these challenges, not only in American parks but for conservation areas worldwide. Highly readable and fully illustrated, Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition will be welcomed by ecologists and nature enthusiasts alike.

Last updated on Thursday, August 23, 2018

TAILSPIN by Sandra Brown

Tailspin by Sandra Brown, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. A pilot navigates treacherous situations when he attempts to deliver a mysterious black box to a doctor in Georgia. For more New York Times Best Seller of Combined Print and E-Book Fiction best sellers, see New York Times Best Seller of Combined Print and E-Book Fiction

Tailspin

by: Sandra Brown
No. 1 Best Seller on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
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Don’t miss the spine tingling suspense and tantalizing romance in this thriller about a daring pilot caught in a race against time from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown.

Rye Mallett, a fearless “freight dog” pilot charged with flying cargo to far-flung locations, is often rough-spoken and all business, but soft on regulations when they get in the way of meeting a deadline. But he does have a rock-solid reputation: he will fly in the foulest weather, day or night, and deliver the goods safely to their destination. So when Rye is asked to fly into a completely fogbound northern Georgia town and deliver a mysterious black box to a Dr. Lambert, he doesn’t ask questions.
As Rye’s plane nears the isolated landing strip, more trouble than inclement weather awaits him. He is greeted first by a sabotage attempt on his plane that causes him to crash land, and then by Dr. Brynn O’Neal, who claims she was sent for the box in Dr. Lambert’s stead. Despite Rye’s “no-involvement” policy when it comes to other people’s problems, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to the intrigue surrounding his cargo . . . and to the mysterious and alluring Brynn.
Soon Rye and Brynn are in a treacherous forty-eight-hour race to deliver the box before time runs out. With everyone from law enforcement officials to hired thugs hot on their heels, they must learn to trust each other so they can protect their valuable cargo from those who would kill for it.

More books by Sandra Brown

1. Health Law: Cases, Materials and Problems (American Casebook Series)

by: Barry FurrowThomas GreaneySandra JohnsonTimothy JostRobert SchwartzBrietta ClarkErin Fuse Brown
Release date: Jul 23, 2018
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Thirty years ago, the first edition of the Furrow Health Law casebook quite literally defined the subject of Health Law in the United States. Today this book, cited by the United States Supreme Court and a host of other courts, remains the leading Health Law casebook in American law schools. The new 8th edition, which is currently in production at West Academic and which will be on your desk in July, provides up-to-date coverage of the field in all of its complexity. The book offers new cases, statutory materials and classroom tested problems, along with succinct and sharpened notes, comments, charts and other teaching materials. It is fully up-to-date as of mid-2018, and it will be supplemented by a regularly updated website and, if appropriate, printed supplements. The book is more comprehensive but shorter than the last edition; you will find that it teaches extremely well.

The new edition has been carefully edited to sharpen its coverage while retaining all core materials. It thoroughly updates coverage of current issues in health insurance, accountable care organizations, the ACA, Medicare (including MACRA and “provider compare” websites), Medicaid (including the broader grounds for waivers under the Trump administration), and all the areas of conflict in today’s health care political environment.

While the casebook retains the structure that has served teachers and students so well, the 8th edition reorganizes the health policy and reform materials and the section on state regulation of insurance and managed care to reflect changes in the law and the industry. The ERISA materials are separated into a distinct chapter, and there is a new chapter that provides an overview of the US healthcare system, along with a primer on health economics, insurance, managed care, and the tools available to policy makers. There is also a new chapter on discrimination and unequal treatment in health care. Issues raising the inequitable distribution of health resources can be found in almost every chapter.

The new edition also updates the bioethics materials so that they maintain a focus on the issues that are currently being litigated or legislated, like state conscience clauses, direct challenges to the principles of Roe v. Wade, and medical aid in dying. The casebook is written to challenge teachers and students on all sides of the issues; the authors are a diverse group with no political or philosophical axe to grind.

In this edition the five original authors, Barry Furrow (Drexel), Thomas Greaney (Hastings), Sandra Johnson (SLU), Tim Jost (Washington and Lee), and Rob Schwartz (Hastings), are joined by five new authors who will be taking over future revisions of the casebook. These five new coauthors, all renowned for their teaching prowess as well as their academic work in Health Law, are Brietta Clark (Loyola-LA), Erin Fuse Brown (Georgia State), Robert Gatter (SLU), Jaime King (Hastings) and Elizabeth Pendo (SLU).

2. Seeing Red

by: Sandra Brown
Release date: Feb 06, 2018
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers nonstop suspense and supercharged sexual tension in a thriller about tainted heroism and vengeance without mercy.

Kerra Bailey is a TV journalist hot on the trail of a story guaranteed to skyrocket her career to new heights. Twenty-five years ago, Major Franklin Trapper became a national icon when he was photographed leading a handful of survivors to safety after the bombing of a Dallas hotel. For years, he gave frequent speeches and interviews but then suddenly dropped out of the public eye, shunning all media. Now Kerra is willing to use any means necessary to get an exclusive with the Major–even if she has to secure an introduction from his estranged son, former ATF agent John Trapper.

Still seething over his break with both the ATF and his father, Trapper wants no association with the bombing or the Major. Yet Kerra’s hints that there’s more to the story rouse Trapper’s interest despite himself. And when the interview goes catastrophically awry–with unknown assailants targeting not only the Major, but also Kerra–Trapper realizes he needs her under wraps if he’s going to track down the gunmen . . . and finally discover who was responsible for the Dallas bombing.

Kerra is wary of a man so charming one moment and dangerous the next, and she knows Trapper is withholding evidence from his ATF investigation into the bombing. But having no one else to trust and enemies lurking closer than they know, Kerra and Trapper join forces to expose a sinuous network of lies and conspiracy–and uncover who would want a national hero dead.

3. The Crush

by: Sandra Brown
Release date: Oct 31, 2017
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown’s tantalizing thriller about a twisted sociopath’s obsession, a haunted man’s fragile hopes for redemption, and a woman struggling to face her greatest fear–and open herself to love.

Notorious contract killer Ricky Lozada is on trial and Dr. Rennie Newton is on his jury. Bringing the same dedication she displays as a surgeon to this job, she delivers a verdict of not guilty–and discovers she has a new admirer. Days after Lozada’s release, one of Rennie’s professional rivals is brutally murdered. Although Lozada’s dark shadow looms over the case, Rennie becomes the prime suspect … while Lozada stalks her and grows more and more obsessed with having her. She forms an uneasy alliance with Wick Threadgill, a rogue detective with his own personal vendetta against Lozada. Wick has nothing to lose by confronting a hit man, who, like the prize scorpions he treasures, strikes so quickly Rennie may never see it coming.

4. A Whole New Light: A Novel

by: Sandra Brown
Release date: Jul 01, 1992
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From the heat of an Acapulco night…

Cyn McCall knew she could always count on her late husband’s friend and business partner, Worth Lansing. He could make her laugh and forget her problems. She could tease him about his many romantic entanglements. The last thing Cyn expected was to find herself longing for a man who could never settle down.

5. Sting

by: Sandra Brown
Release date: Jul 25, 2017
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The #1 New York Times bestselling novel of corruption, treachery, and tantalizing sexual tension . . . where nothing is what it seems and every truth brought to light exposes a darker lie.

When Jordie Bennet and Shaw Kinnard lock eyes across a disreputable backwater bar, something definitely sparks. Shaw gives off a dangerous vibe that makes men wary and inspires women to sit up and take notice. None feel that undercurrent more strongly than savvy businesswoman Jordie, who doesn’t belong in a seedy dive on the banks of a bayou. But here she is . . . and Shaw Kinnard is here to kill her.

As Shaw and his partner take aim, Jordie is certain her time has come. But Shaw has other plans and abducts Jordie, hoping to get his hands on the $30 million her brother has stolen and, presumably, hidden. However, Shaw is not the only one looking for the fortune. Her brother’s ruthless boss and the FBI are after it as well. Now on the run from the feds and a notorious criminal, Jordie and Shaw must rely on their wits-and each other-to stay alive.

Miles away from civilization and surrounded by swampland, the two play each other against their common enemies. Jordie’s only chance of survival is to outwit Shaw, but it soon becomes clear to Shaw that Jordie isn’t entirely trustworthy, either. Was she in on her brother’s scam, or is she an innocent pawn in a deadly vendetta? And just how valuable is her life to Shaw, her remorseless and manipulative captor? Burning for answers-and for each other-this unlikely pair ultimately make a desperate move that could be their last.

With nonstop plot twists and the tantalizing sexual tension that has made Sandra Brown one of the world’s best-loved authors, STING will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the final pages.

6. Assessing Young Children in Inclusive Settings: The Blended Practices Approach

by: Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown Ed.D.Kristie Pretti-Frontczak Ph.D.Stephen J. Bagnato Ed.D. NCSPTeresa Brown M.Ed.Anna H. Hall Ph.D.Sarah Hawkins-Lear Ed.D.Sophia HubbellAshley Lyons “B.S. M.Ed.”Lydia Moore M.Ed.Carrie Pfeiffer-Fiala M.Ed.Sandra Robbins M.Ed.Julie Rutland M.S.Nicole Shannon M.Ed.Whitney Stevenson M.Ed.
Release date: Oct 05, 2010
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To ensure the best possible outcomes for young children with and without disabilities, early childhood educators must enter the classroom ready to conduct all types of early childhood assessment—including determining if children need additional services, planning and monitoring instruction, and determining program effectiveness. They’ll get the preparation they need with this comprehensive textbook, an in-depth blueprint for high-quality assessment in today’s age of inclusion, standards-based education, and accountability.

Developed by prominent early childhood special education experts Jennifer Grisham-Brown and Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, this book is a natural followup to the bestselling, widely adopted Blended Practices for Teaching Young Children in Inclusive Settings. Future educators of young children will get the research and recommended practices they need to

  • conduct authentic assessment during children’s natural routines and play activities, so their true abilities can be accurately measured
  • use assessment to inform effective program planning, both for individual children and groups
  • ensure that their practices are aligned with DEC and NAEYC recommendations
  • involve families as collaborative partners in the whole assessment process, from planning the assessment to determining if the results represent the child’s abilities
  • select and use assessment instruments with documented evidence of technical adequacy
  • conduct eligibility assessments and identify children for special services under IDEA
  • assess children with diverse abilities, including children who have severe or multiple disabilities, are from diverse cultural backgrounds, and are dual or multi-language learners
  • engage in assessment to plan and revise quality instruction
  • collect reliable program evaluation data at classroom, program-wide, state, and national levels

Guiding future educators through every aspect of skillful assessment, this textbook gives readers vignettes of common dilemmas teachers may encounter, classroom examples featuring diverse children, and practical aids such as assessment checklists and excerpts from select tools.

An essential textbook for all preservice early childhood educators, this book is also a key resource for a wide range of in-service professionals-from principals and consultants to teacher study groups. Educators will learn how to confidently implement high-quality assessment and reap its benefits: inclusive, family-centered programming that improves outcomes for all children.

A featured book in our Successful Screening and Assessment Kit!

7. Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy

by: Nicole SeitzJonathan HauptCassandra King ConroyBarbra StreisandDottie AshleyWilliam A. Balk Jr.Rick BraggSonny BrewerSandra BrownJonathan CarrollRyder CarrollMark ChildressKatherine ClarkJohn Connor ClevelandMelissa ConroyTim ConroyDebbi CovingtonNathalie DupreeWalter EdgarStephanie Austin EdwardsMargaret EvansNikky FinneyConnie May FowlerJonathan GalassiJudy GoldmanScott GraberCliff GraubartCynthia GraubartAnthony GroomsAlexia Helsley
Release date: Sep 18, 2018
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New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year writing life. In sharing their stories of Conroy, his fellow writers honor his memory and advance our shared understanding of his lasting impact on twentieth- and twenty-first-century literary life in and well beyond the American South.

Conroy’s was a messy fellowship of people from all walks of life. His relationships were complicated, and people and places he thought he’d left behind often circled back to him at crucial moments. The pantheon of contributors includes Pulitzer Prize winners Rick Bragg and Kathleen Parker; Grammy winners Barbra Streisand and Janis Ian; Lillian Smith Award winners Anthony Grooms and Mary Hood; National Book Award winner Nikky Finney; James Beard Foundation Award winners Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart; a corps of New York Times best-selling authors, including Ron Rash, Sandra Brown, and Mary Alice Monroe; Conroy biographers Katherine Clark and Catherine Seltzer; longtime Conroy friends Bernie Schein, Cliff Graubart, John Warley, and Walter Edgar; Pat’s students Sallie Ann Robinson and Valerie Sayers; members of the Conroy family; and many more.

Each author in this collection shares a slightly different view of Conroy. Through their voices, a vibrant, multifaceted portrait of him comes to life and sheds new light on the writer and the man. Loosely following Conroy’s own chronology, the essays in Our Prince of Scribes wind through his river of a story, stopping at important ports of call. Cities he called home and longed to visit, along with each book he birthed, become characters that are as equally important as the people he touched and loved along the way.

8. Mean Streak

by: Sandra Brown
Release date: Jul 28, 2015
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From #1 New York Times best-selling author Sandra Brown comes a heart-pounding story of survival, that takes the age-old question, “Does the end justify the means?” and turns it on its head.

Dr. Emory Charbonneau, a pediatrician and marathon runner, disappears on a mountain road in North Carolina. By the time her husband Jeff, miffed over a recent argument, reports her missing, the trail has grown cold. Literally. Fog and ice encapsulate the mountainous wilderness and paralyze the search for her.

While police suspect Jeff of “instant divorce,” Emory, suffering from an unexplained head injury, regains consciousness and finds herself the captive of a man whose violent past is so dark that he won’t even tell her his name. She’s determined to escape him, and willing to take any risks necessary to survive.

Unexpectedly, however, the two have a dangerous encounter with people who adhere to a code of justice all their own. At the center of the dispute is a desperate young woman whom Emory can’t turn her back on, even if it means breaking the law. Wrong becomes right at the hands of the man who strikes fear, but also sparks passion.

As her husband’s deception is revealed, and the FBI closes in on her captor, Emory begins to wonder if the man with no name is, in fact, her rescuer from those who wish her dead – and from heartbreak.

Combining the nail-biting suspense and potent storytelling that has made Sandra Brown one of the world’s best loved authors, MEAN STREAK is a wildly compelling novel about love, deceit, and the choices we must make in order to survive.

9. Women Who Love Psychopaths: Inside the Relationships of inevitable Harm With Psychopaths, Sociopaths & Narcissists

by: Sandra L. Brown
Release date: May 19, 2021
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The first book EVER written about the women who have loved psychopathic men! What are your temperament traits that have contributed to being attracted to, and tolerant of, the most dangerous of people? Sandra has done it again! She has rewritten the Women Who Love Psychopaths Book (an already Award Winning Book) to include some of the newest and most compelling evidence on Neuro-science and what brain differences actually exist in borderlines, narcissists, anti-social, sociopaths, and psychopaths. From brain region mal-formations to brain circuitry and brain chemical differences, these new sections of the book will blow away any theories about this being merely willful behavior on his part! Additionally, lots of new information about recovery and treatment that came right from The Institute s own Model of Care Approach we designed that is being implemented in psychiatric hospitals. From the last few years of treating survivors, we now have a clear and compelling approach to recovery. And learn even MORE fascinating aspects of why Sandra believes these relationships are highly connected to trance, hypnotic inductions and your own high suggestibility! Find out what you need to do to protect yourself from entrancem.

10. Health Law: Cases, Materials and Problems (American Casebook Series)

by: Barry FurrowThomas GreaneySandra JohnsonTimothy JostRobert SchwartzBrietta ClarkErin Fuse Brown
Release date: Jul 23, 2018
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Thirty years ago, the first edition of the Furrow Health Law casebook quite literally defined the subject of Health Law in the United States. Today this book, cited by the United States Supreme Court and a host of other courts, remains the leading Health Law casebook in American law schools. The new 8th edition, which is currently in production at West Academic and which will be on your desk in July, provides up-to-date coverage of the field in all of its complexity. The book offers new cases, statutory materials and classroom tested problems, along with succinct and sharpened notes, comments, charts and other teaching materials. It is fully up-to-date as of mid-2018, and it will be supplemented by a regularly updated website and, if appropriate, printed supplements. The book is more comprehensive but shorter than the last edition; you will find that it teaches extremely well.

The new edition has been carefully edited to sharpen its coverage while retaining all core materials. It thoroughly updates coverage of current issues in health insurance, accountable care organizations, the ACA, Medicare (including MACRA and “provider compare” websites), Medicaid (including the broader grounds for waivers under the Trump administration), and all the areas of conflict in today’s health care political environment.

While the casebook retains the structure that has served teachers and students so well, the 8th edition reorganizes the health policy and reform materials and the section on state regulation of insurance and managed care to reflect changes in the law and the industry. The ERISA materials are separated into a distinct chapter, and there is a new chapter that provides an overview of the US healthcare system, along with a primer on health economics, insurance, managed care, and the tools available to policy makers. There is also a new chapter on discrimination and unequal treatment in health care. Issues raising the inequitable distribution of health resources can be found in almost every chapter.

The new edition also updates the bioethics materials so that they maintain a focus on the issues that are currently being litigated or legislated, like state conscience clauses, direct challenges to the principles of Roe v. Wade, and medical aid in dying. The casebook is written to challenge teachers and students on all sides of the issues; the authors are a diverse group with no political or philosophical axe to grind.

In this edition the five original authors, Barry Furrow (Drexel), Thomas Greaney (Hastings), Sandra Johnson (SLU), Tim Jost (Washington and Lee), and Rob Schwartz (Hastings), are joined by five new authors who will be taking over future revisions of the casebook. These five new coauthors, all renowned for their teaching prowess as well as their academic work in Health Law, are Brietta Clark (Loyola-LA), Erin Fuse Brown (Georgia State), Robert Gatter (SLU), Jaime King (Hastings) and Elizabeth Pendo (SLU).

11. Seeing Red

by: Sandra Brown
Release date: Feb 06, 2018
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers nonstop suspense and supercharged sexual tension in a thriller about tainted heroism and vengeance without mercy.

Kerra Bailey is a TV journalist hot on the trail of a story guaranteed to skyrocket her career to new heights. Twenty-five years ago, Major Franklin Trapper became a national icon when he was photographed leading a handful of survivors to safety after the bombing of a Dallas hotel. For years, he gave frequent speeches and interviews but then suddenly dropped out of the public eye, shunning all media. Now Kerra is willing to use any means necessary to get an exclusive with the Major–even if she has to secure an introduction from his estranged son, former ATF agent John Trapper.

Still seething over his break with both the ATF and his father, Trapper wants no association with the bombing or the Major. Yet Kerra’s hints that there’s more to the story rouse Trapper’s interest despite himself. And when the interview goes catastrophically awry–with unknown assailants targeting not only the Major, but also Kerra–Trapper realizes he needs her under wraps if he’s going to track down the gunmen . . . and finally discover who was responsible for the Dallas bombing.

Kerra is wary of a man so charming one moment and dangerous the next, and she knows Trapper is withholding evidence from his ATF investigation into the bombing. But having no one else to trust and enemies lurking closer than they know, Kerra and Trapper join forces to expose a sinuous network of lies and conspiracy–and uncover who would want a national hero dead.

12. The Crush

by: Sandra Brown
Release date: Oct 31, 2017
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown’s tantalizing thriller about a twisted sociopath’s obsession, a haunted man’s fragile hopes for redemption, and a woman struggling to face her greatest fear–and open herself to love.

Notorious contract killer Ricky Lozada is on trial and Dr. Rennie Newton is on his jury. Bringing the same dedication she displays as a surgeon to this job, she delivers a verdict of not guilty–and discovers she has a new admirer. Days after Lozada’s release, one of Rennie’s professional rivals is brutally murdered. Although Lozada’s dark shadow looms over the case, Rennie becomes the prime suspect … while Lozada stalks her and grows more and more obsessed with having her. She forms an uneasy alliance with Wick Threadgill, a rogue detective with his own personal vendetta against Lozada. Wick has nothing to lose by confronting a hit man, who, like the prize scorpions he treasures, strikes so quickly Rennie may never see it coming.

13. A Whole New Light: A Novel

by: Sandra Brown
Release date: Jul 01, 1992
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From the heat of an Acapulco night…

Cyn McCall knew she could always count on her late husband’s friend and business partner, Worth Lansing. He could make her laugh and forget her problems. She could tease him about his many romantic entanglements. The last thing Cyn expected was to find herself longing for a man who could never settle down.

14. Sting

by: Sandra Brown
Release date: Jul 25, 2017
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The #1 New York Times bestselling novel of corruption, treachery, and tantalizing sexual tension . . . where nothing is what it seems and every truth brought to light exposes a darker lie.

When Jordie Bennet and Shaw Kinnard lock eyes across a disreputable backwater bar, something definitely sparks. Shaw gives off a dangerous vibe that makes men wary and inspires women to sit up and take notice. None feel that undercurrent more strongly than savvy businesswoman Jordie, who doesn’t belong in a seedy dive on the banks of a bayou. But here she is . . . and Shaw Kinnard is here to kill her.

As Shaw and his partner take aim, Jordie is certain her time has come. But Shaw has other plans and abducts Jordie, hoping to get his hands on the $30 million her brother has stolen and, presumably, hidden. However, Shaw is not the only one looking for the fortune. Her brother’s ruthless boss and the FBI are after it as well. Now on the run from the feds and a notorious criminal, Jordie and Shaw must rely on their wits-and each other-to stay alive.

Miles away from civilization and surrounded by swampland, the two play each other against their common enemies. Jordie’s only chance of survival is to outwit Shaw, but it soon becomes clear to Shaw that Jordie isn’t entirely trustworthy, either. Was she in on her brother’s scam, or is she an innocent pawn in a deadly vendetta? And just how valuable is her life to Shaw, her remorseless and manipulative captor? Burning for answers-and for each other-this unlikely pair ultimately make a desperate move that could be their last.

With nonstop plot twists and the tantalizing sexual tension that has made Sandra Brown one of the world’s best-loved authors, STING will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the final pages.

15. Assessing Young Children in Inclusive Settings: The Blended Practices Approach

by: Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown Ed.D.Kristie Pretti-Frontczak Ph.D.Stephen J. Bagnato Ed.D. NCSPTeresa Brown M.Ed.Anna H. Hall Ph.D.Sarah Hawkins-Lear Ed.D.Sophia HubbellAshley Lyons “B.S. M.Ed.”Lydia Moore M.Ed.Carrie Pfeiffer-Fiala M.Ed.Sandra Robbins M.Ed.Julie Rutland M.S.Nicole Shannon M.Ed.Whitney Stevenson M.Ed.
Release date: Oct 05, 2010
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To ensure the best possible outcomes for young children with and without disabilities, early childhood educators must enter the classroom ready to conduct all types of early childhood assessment—including determining if children need additional services, planning and monitoring instruction, and determining program effectiveness. They’ll get the preparation they need with this comprehensive textbook, an in-depth blueprint for high-quality assessment in today’s age of inclusion, standards-based education, and accountability.

Developed by prominent early childhood special education experts Jennifer Grisham-Brown and Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, this book is a natural followup to the bestselling, widely adopted Blended Practices for Teaching Young Children in Inclusive Settings. Future educators of young children will get the research and recommended practices they need to

  • conduct authentic assessment during children’s natural routines and play activities, so their true abilities can be accurately measured
  • use assessment to inform effective program planning, both for individual children and groups
  • ensure that their practices are aligned with DEC and NAEYC recommendations
  • involve families as collaborative partners in the whole assessment process, from planning the assessment to determining if the results represent the child’s abilities
  • select and use assessment instruments with documented evidence of technical adequacy
  • conduct eligibility assessments and identify children for special services under IDEA
  • assess children with diverse abilities, including children who have severe or multiple disabilities, are from diverse cultural backgrounds, and are dual or multi-language learners
  • engage in assessment to plan and revise quality instruction
  • collect reliable program evaluation data at classroom, program-wide, state, and national levels

Guiding future educators through every aspect of skillful assessment, this textbook gives readers vignettes of common dilemmas teachers may encounter, classroom examples featuring diverse children, and practical aids such as assessment checklists and excerpts from select tools.

An essential textbook for all preservice early childhood educators, this book is also a key resource for a wide range of in-service professionals-from principals and consultants to teacher study groups. Educators will learn how to confidently implement high-quality assessment and reap its benefits: inclusive, family-centered programming that improves outcomes for all children.

A featured book in our Successful Screening and Assessment Kit!

Last updated on Thursday, August 23, 2018