| Author | : Keith Baker |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 17 |
| Release | : 2014-11-04 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1481415026 |
Follows a pair of birds on a snowflake-filled journey through a winter landscape, where everything everywhere, from branches and leaves to forests full of trees, is unique.
| Author | : Judith Rich Harris |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 343 |
| Release | : 2010-02-15 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 0393079511 |
"A display of scientific courage and imagination." —William Saletan, New York Times Book Review Why do people—even identical twins reared in the same home—differ so much in personality? Armed with an inquiring mind and insights from evolutionary psychology, Judith Rich Harris sets out to solve the mystery of human individuality.
| Author | : Bobbi Kates |
| Publisher | : Random House Books for Young Readers |
| Total Pages | : 33 |
| Release | : 2021-03-16 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0593378164 |
Who better than Elmo and his Sesame Street friends to teach us that though we may all look different on the outside—deep down, we are all very much alike? Elmo and his Sesame Street friends help teach toddlers and the adults in their lives that everyone is the same on the inside, and it's our differences that make this wonderful world, which is home to us all, an interesting—and special—place. This enduring, colorful, and charmingly illustrated book offers an easy, enjoyable way to learn about differences—and what truly matters. We’re Different, We’re the Same is an engaging read for toddlers and adults alike that reinforces how we all have the same needs, desires, and feelings.
| Author | : Sarah Thankam Mathews |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2023-08-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0593489144 |
2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES' TOP 5 FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF TIME AND SLATE'S TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR Named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by NPR, Vogue, Vulture, BuzzFeed, Harper's Bazaar, and more “One of the buzziest, most human novels of the year…breathless, dizzying, and completely beautiful.” —Vogue “Dazzling and wholly original...[written] with such mordant wit, insight, and specificity, it feels like watching a new literary star being born in real time.” —Entertainment Weekly From a brilliant new voice comes an electrifying novel of a young immigrant building a life for herself—a warm, dazzling, and profound saga of queer love, friendship, work, and precarity in twenty-first century America Graduating into the long maw of an American recession, Sneha is one of the fortunate ones. She’s moved to Milwaukee for an entry-level corporate job that, grueling as it may be, is the key that unlocks every door: she can pick up the tab at dinner with her new friend Tig, get her college buddy Thom hired alongside her, and send money to her parents back in India. She begins dating women—soon developing a burning crush on Marina, a beguiling and beautiful dancer who always seems just out of reach. But before long, trouble arrives. Painful secrets rear their heads; jobs go off the rails; evictions loom. Sneha struggles to be truly close and open with anybody, even as her friendships deepen, even as she throws herself headlong into a dizzying romance with Marina. It’s then that Tig begins to draw up a radical solution to their problems, hoping to save them all. A beautiful and capacious novel rendered in singular, unforgettable prose, All This Could Be Different is a wise, tender, and riveting group portrait of young people forging love and community amidst struggle, and a moving story of one immigrant’s journey to make her home in the world.
| Author | : Norma Simon |
| Publisher | : Albert Whitman & Company |
| Total Pages | : 34 |
| Release | : 2023-01-26 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0807521760 |
Winner of a Parent's Guide Children's Media Award No two families are the same, but every family is special. When Mrs. Mack says she will soon be a grandmother, her students realize that teachers have families just like they do! Suddenly everyone in the class wants to share information about his or her own unique family. Sarah tells of flying to China with her parents where they adopted her sister, Rachel. Christopher tells about his parents' divorce. They are still a family, but now he and his brother spend a few days every week at their dad's apartment. Nick lives with his parents, five siblings, and his grandparents―they need to order three large pizzas for dinner! And Hannah tells how she loves to garden with her two mommies.
| Author | : Keith Baker |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2013-09-24 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1442458437 |
Little Crab asks what an octopus can do with his eight arms and gets a surprising, rhyming, reply.
| Author | : Judith Rich Harris |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 486 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Child development |
| ISBN | : 0684857073 |
Harris takes on the "experts" and boldly questions conventional wisdom of parents' role in their children's lives, asserting that it's not the home environment that shapes children, but the environment they share with their peers.
| Author | : Shane Parrish |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 2024-10-15 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0593719972 |
Discover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast. This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. The Great Mental Models: Volume 1, General Thinking Concepts shows you how making a few tiny changes in the way you think can deliver big results. Drawing on examples from history, business, art, and science, this book details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making and productivity. This book will teach you how to: Avoid blind spots when looking at problems. Find non-obvious solutions. Anticipate and achieve desired outcomes. Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, … and more. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.
| Author | : Aaron A. Reed |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 229 |
| Release | : 2020-02-06 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
"Lurking inside this generative horror novel is a deeply felt and strangely moving coming-of-age story."--Isaac Schankler "...manages to shatter all skepticism... pulse pounding, mind bending horror."--HorrorNews Insecure college senior Orion loves music, books, and his best friend Niko. When the two of them find a secret basement in their rambling old off-campus house, at first Orion's thrilled. It's another secret to share, an adventure to maybe, at last, bring them closer together. But something's wrong: the basement doesn't end. Blandly decorated halls stretch on for miles past peeling wallpaper, empty bedrooms, and countless stairwells always leading down. Soon they realize Downstairs is a snarled tangle of possibilities. Something down there multiplies everything: architecture, emotions, even people.Together they must navigate an increasingly dangerous labyrinth filled with two-faceddoppelgangers, treacherous architecture, and long-buried secrets. Most dangerous of all is Orion's consuming obsession: somewhere down there, is there a Niko who loves him back?Subcutanean is a permutational novel: the text can be rendered in millions of different ways. This is version 30287, one of several available on traditional platforms. Your book contains instructions to unlock your own wholly unique digital version, with different words, sentences, or even entire scenes.
