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Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition, First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"With "a voice as clear, sincere, and wry as any I've read in current American fiction" (Joshua Cohen), Martin Riker's poignant and startlingly original novel asks how to foster a brave mind in anxious times, following a newly jobless academic rehearsing a speech on John Maynard Keynes for a surprising audience. In a hotel room in the middle of the night, Abby, a young feminist economist, lies awake next to her sleeping husband and daughter. Anxious...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 306 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the immensely popular blogger behind Little House Living comes a motivational homemaking book, inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, featuring creative, fun ways to live your life simply and frugally,"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
437 pages : col. illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Brit Morin, founder of the wildly popular lifestyle brand, app, and website Brit + Co, reimagines homemaking for the twenty-first century, making it as simple as possible to go from amateur to pro with easy charts, tips, recipes, DIY projects, and tech shortcuts. Simple, beautiful, and stylish, it offers the digital generation a wealth of innovative ideas and how-tos for a more creative life."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
242 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask--but Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and child...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Physical Desc
290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights. We live in a world that's obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and...