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Author
Publisher
Balance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Grit isn't always great. Perseverance doesn't always pay off. In Quitting: A Life Strategy, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Julia Keller dives into "the neuroscience of nope," and the cultural messaging that drives our reluctance to throw in the towel, to dismantle the myth of perseverance once and for all. Combining reportage from the front lines of scientific research, pop culture, with conversations with people who have made profound change...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The New York Times best-selling author tells the stories of whistleblowers, revolutionaries, underdogs and ordinary people who chose to fight for what's right in the face of overwhelming odds and obstacles.
Author
Publisher
YMAA Publication Center
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This is a book about presenting the concepts of situational awareness to children in a way that will keep them engaged and help them take an active role in their own personal security. It will show you how to use fun, interactive games to build situational awareness skills such as: how children can identify and understand normal environmental behaviors; how children can spot abnormal behaviors within their given environment; how to give children...
6) Haven: novel
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
IThree men vow to leave the world behind them. They set out in a small boat for an island their leader has seen in a dream, with only faith to guide them. What they find is the extraordinary island now known as Skellig Michael. Haven has Emma Donoghue's trademark world-building and psychological intensity--but this story is like nothing she has ever written before. In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him...
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