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Author: Todd Strasser Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ISBN: 1416994432 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 240
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In a gripping novel with a plot pulled from the headlines, Todd Strasser turns his attention to gang life in the inner-city projects. DeShawn is a teenager growing up in the projects. Most of his friends only see one choice: join up to a gang. DeShawn is smart enough to want to stay in school and make something more of himself, but when his family is starving while his friends have fancy bling and new sneakers, DeShawn is forced to decide--is his integrity more important than feeding his family?
Author: Todd Strasser Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ISBN: 1416994432 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 240
Book Description
In a gripping novel with a plot pulled from the headlines, Todd Strasser turns his attention to gang life in the inner-city projects. DeShawn is a teenager growing up in the projects. Most of his friends only see one choice: join up to a gang. DeShawn is smart enough to want to stay in school and make something more of himself, but when his family is starving while his friends have fancy bling and new sneakers, DeShawn is forced to decide--is his integrity more important than feeding his family?
Author: Robin Randolph Publisher: Outskirts Press ISBN: 197727675X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 387
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Grandsons Jace, Jax, and Jude, who their sisters refer to as the Sex Alphabet Trio, are busy conducting promiscuous After-School-Specials with teen classmates. And with their more recent exploits, have now turned to Dru for informative sexual tidbits about the female persuasion, which doesn't please him. After all, he's barely managed to keep Juel and Jetta on his radar with young cowboys, Jeb and Chance's, growing affectionate advances, and the Two for One twin TV stars chasing his granddaughters about. Yet, Dru's left to wonder how me got in the mix of rearing five teen grandchildren, who have five other grandparents. Hell, he's still learning to parent his finger-biting, razor-edged, tooth-bearing, one-year-old, whose favorite word is 'no' or any cuss word she happens to hear and keep his fifty-seven-year-old wife in line! And speaking of his wife, the 'little things' that consistently happen to Jett are driving Dru insane! He cannot believe this one small woman utilizes her 'directionally dysfunctional' brain to find 'alternative directions', which she claims cause her to end up in the same place, which is where she wanted to be all along, and with their child in the car! The good Lord knows she can hardly navigate herself around the estate's circular driveway! And her appearance on the famous Hollywood Squares Celebrity Week was a massive fiasco! Dru got to witness his wife on national television as she appeared in the ostentatious middle square giving far more than detailed answers while toying with her 'quiz quarter', which she swears helped her get the answers right! Or seeing Jett and co-star, Cameron McGinley, during their explicit carnal and total climatic moment in the mystic 'mating chamber', to use the phrase loosely and in surround-sound, no less, which Dru knew nothing about, but watched along with all of Hollywood during its' premiere! And let's not forget the antics she pulls with her Mighty JETT Regime members, Karin, Charisse and Stacy! Yes, Sir Dru Simon knew his wife, whom he loves more than life, was a twit before he married her! But it's a freakin' wonder no man ever killed her! Now, that is something he would thoroughly love to experience; however, he isn't finished with her, yet! The Simon, Landon, Chase, and Savoy families are back and learning more new life lessons as the JETT Ranchettes relax and lounge away on ducky margaritas. You've got to check this out, people!
Author: Marybeth Hicks Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1440630240 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 340
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A breakthrough parenting book that redefines the meaning of 'geek' and inspires parents to free themselves and their kids from the 'culture of cool.' In a world of superficial values, peer pressure, and out-of-control consumerism, the world needs more GEEKS: Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids. Today's 'culture of cool' has changed the way kids grow up. Rather than enjoying innocent childhoods while developing strong, authentic characters, today's kids can become cynical 'even jaded' as they absorb the dangerous messages and harmful influences of a dominant popular culture that encourages materialism, high-risk behaviors, and a state of pseudo-adulthood. Author and mother of four Marybeth Hicks suggests an alternative: bringing up geeks. In this groundbreaking book, she shows parents how they can help their children gain the enthusiasm to pursue their passions, not just the latest fashions; the confidence to resist peer pressure and destructive behaviors; the love of learning that helps them excel at school and in life; and the maturity to value family as well as friends, as well as make good moral decisions. With a foundation like that, kids will grow up to be the coolest adults.
Author: Laura LaFrate Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 33
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A story of a girl and her dog exploring the creative world if their own imaginations. Filled with colorful imagery this book brings you back to a time where the world was filled in mystery and wonder. Give this book to your child to show them it is ok to slow down and just be a kid. Growing up should be natural, not rushed, so sit down and enjoy being a kid.
Author: Jennifer Latham Publisher: Hachette+ORM ISBN: 0316384941 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 291
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A compelling dual-narrated tale from Jennifer Latham that questions how far we've come with race relations. Some bodies won't stay buried. Some stories need to be told. When seventeen-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family's property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the present and the past. Nearly one hundred years earlier, a misguided violent encounter propels seventeen-year-old Will Tillman into a racial firestorm. In a country rife with violence against blacks and a hometown segregated by Jim Crow, Will must make hard choices on a painful journey towards self discovery and face his inner demons in order to do what's right the night Tulsa burns. Through intricately interwoven alternating perspectives, Jennifer Latham's lightning-paced page-turner brings the Tulsa race riot of 1921 to blazing life and raises important questions about the complex state of US race relations--both yesterday and today.
Author: Leonard Sax Publisher: Basic Books ISBN: 1541604547 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 277
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In this New York Times bestseller, one of America’s premier physicians offers a must-read account of the new challenges facing parents today and a program for how we can better prepare our children to navigate the obstacles they face In The Collapse of Parenting, internationally acclaimed author Leonard Sax argues that rising levels of obesity, depression, and anxiety among young people can be traced to parents abdicating their authority. The result is children who have no standard of right and wrong, who lack discipline, and who look to their peers and the Internet for direction. Sax shows how parents must reassert their authority - by limiting time with screens, by encouraging better habits at the dinner table, and by teaching humility and perspective - to renew their relationships with their children. Drawing on nearly thirty years of experience as a family physician and psychologist, along with hundreds of interviews with children, parents, and teachers, Sax offers a blueprint parents can use to help their children thrive in an increasingly complicated world.
Author: Lisa Heffernan Publisher: Flatiron Books ISBN: 1250188954 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 352
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PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.
Author: Deepanwita Chakraborty Publisher: Ukiyoto Publishing ISBN: 9815003828 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 180
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The book talks about the ups and downs one suffers while trying to get over the person who was once a lover. It highlights very important questions that remain unanswered because we as humans find ourselves in an awkward position to ask it. When a confused mind tries the best to find solace it looks up for quick solutions. The brain rather than focusing on a long-term healing process, which takes time to bring a visible effect, starts its journey for short-term options. Even though such options show quick results but do not last long. How the Confused mind be brought in track? How to Heal? You need to open your mind and of course open this book.
Author: James C. Talbot Publisher: James Talbot ISBN: 0578010585 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 166
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By using positive methods of discipline parents have the opportunity to provide their children with an optimal home environment for healthy emotional growth and development.
Author: Tom Eisenmann Publisher: Currency ISBN: 0593137027 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 370
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If you want your startup to succeed, you need to understand why startups fail. “Whether you’re a first-time founder or looking to bring innovation into a corporate environment, Why Startups Fail is essential reading.”—Eric Ries, founder and CEO, LTSE, and New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way Why do startups fail? That question caught Harvard Business School professor Tom Eisenmann by surprise when he realized he couldn’t answer it. So he launched a multiyear research project to find out. In Why Startups Fail, Eisenmann reveals his findings: six distinct patterns that account for the vast majority of startup failures. • Bad Bedfellows. Startup success is thought to rest largely on the founder’s talents and instincts. But the wrong team, investors, or partners can sink a venture just as quickly. • False Starts. In following the oft-cited advice to “fail fast” and to “launch before you’re ready,” founders risk wasting time and capital on the wrong solutions. • False Promises. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted confidence to expand. • Speed Traps. Despite the pressure to “get big fast,” hypergrowth can spell disaster for even the most promising ventures. • Help Wanted. Rapidly scaling startups need lots of capital and talent, but they can make mistakes that leave them suddenly in short supply of both. • Cascading Miracles. Silicon Valley exhorts entrepreneurs to dream big. But the bigger the vision, the more things that can go wrong. Drawing on fascinating stories of ventures that failed to fulfill their early promise—from a home-furnishings retailer to a concierge dog-walking service, from a dating app to the inventor of a sophisticated social robot, from a fashion brand to a startup deploying a vast network of charging stations for electric vehicles—Eisenmann offers frameworks for detecting when a venture is vulnerable to these patterns, along with a wealth of strategies and tactics for avoiding them. A must-read for founders at any stage of their entrepreneurial journey, Why Startups Fail is not merely a guide to preventing failure but also a roadmap charting the path to startup success.
Author: Todd Strasser
Author: Todd Strasser
Author: Robin Randolph
Author: Marybeth Hicks
Author: Laura LaFrate
Author: Jennifer Latham
Author: Leonard Sax
Author: Lisa Heffernan
Author: Deepanwita Chakraborty
Author: James C. Talbot
Author: Tom Eisenmann