Think Again by Adam Grant

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#1 New York Times Bestseller 

“THIS. This is the right book for right now. Yes, learning requires focus. But, unlearning and relearning require much more—it requires choosing courage over comfort. In Think Again, Adam Grant weaves together research and storytelling to help us build the intellectual and emotional muscle we need to stay curious enough about the world to actually change it. I’ve never felt so hopeful about what I don’t know.”
—Brené Brown, Ph.D., #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dare to Lead

The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life

Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We listen to opinions that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard. We see disagreement as a threat to our egos, rather than an opportunity to learn. We surround ourselves with people who agree with our conclusions when we should be gravitating toward those who challenge our thought process. The result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones. We think too much like preachers defending our sacred beliefs, prosecutors proving the other side wrong, and politicians campaigning for approval--and too little like scientists searching for truth. Intelligence is no cure, and it can even be a curse: being good at thinking can make us worse at rethinking. The brighter we are, the blinder to our own limitations we can become.

Organizational psychologist Adam Grant is an expert on opening other people's minds--and our own. As Wharton's top-rated professor and the bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take, he makes it one of his guiding principles to argue like he's right but listen like he's wrong. With bold ideas and rigorous evidence, he investigates how we can embrace the joy of being wrong, bring nuance to charged conversations, and build schools, workplaces, and communities of lifelong learners. You'll learn how an international debate champion wins arguments, a Black musician persuades white supremacists to abandon hate, a vaccine whisperer convinces concerned parents to immunize their children, and Adam has coaxed Yankees fans to root for the Red Sox. Think Again reveals that we don't have to believe everything we think or internalize everything we feel. It's an invitation to let go of views that are no longer serving us well and prize mental flexibility over foolish consistency. If knowledge is power, knowing what we don't know is wisdom.

About the Author

Adam M. Grant (born August 13, 1981) is an American science author, psychologist, and professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania specializing in organizational psychology, where he had been a top-rated professor for seven straight years (2011-2017). During high school, he was named an All-American in 1999 in diving. He worked as a professional magician during college. 

This #1 New York bestselling author has penned down some books, which have sold millions of copies and been translated into 35 languages. He is one of TED's most popular speakers whose talks have been viewed over 25 million times, and his podcast WorkLife has topped the charts. He has been recognized as one of the world's 10 most influential management thinkers and Fortune's 40 under 40. He has received a distinguished scientific achievement award from American Psychological Association and the National Science Foundation. His work has been praised by many celebrities and famous individuals including J. J. Abrams, Bill and Melinda Gates. 

He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and their three children.

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Rating: 4.6/5

Author: Adam Grant

Publisher: Viking

Publishing Date: February 2, 2021

Edition Language: Eglish

Genre: Cognitive Psychology, Popular Psychology Personality Study, Business Motivation & Self-Improvement

ISBN-10: 19884878107

ISBN-13: 978-1984878106

Pages: 320 (Hardcover)

Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change-makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead.

Look for Brené Brown’s new podcast, Dare to Lead, as well as her ongoing podcast Unlocking Us!

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BLOOMBERG

Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas and has the courage to develop that potential.

When we dare to lead, we don’t pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don’t see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don’t avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into vulnerability when it’s necessary to do good work.

But daring leadership in a culture defined by scarcity, fear, and uncertainty requires skill-building around traits that are deeply and uniquely human. The irony is that we’re choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the exact same time as we’re scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines and AI can’t do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection, and courage, to start.

Four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question:

How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture?

In this new book, Brown uses research, stories, and examples to answer these questions in the no-BS style that millions of readers have come to expect and love.

Brown writes, “One of the most important findings of my career is that daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100 percent teachable, observable, and measurable. It’s learning and unlearning that requires brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with your whole heart. Easy? No. Because choosing courage over comfort is not always our default. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and our work. It’s why we’re here.”

Whether you’ve read Daring Greatly and Rising Strong or you’re new to Brené Brown’s work, this book is for anyone who wants to step up and into brave leadership.

About the Author

Casandra Brené Brown (born 1965) is an American professor, lecturer, author, ad podcast host. Brown holds the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and is a visiting professor in management at McCombs Schools of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. 

She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and. is the author of four #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gift of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, and Braving the Wilderness. Her newest book is titled Dare to Lead: Brave Work, Tough Conversation, Whole Hearts.

Brené's TED talk--The Power of Vulnerability--is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 35 million views. Brené lives in Houston, Texas with her husband, Steve, and their children, Elle and Charlie.

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Rating: 4.7/5

Author: Brené Brown

Publisher: Random House (Large print edition)

Publishing Date: July 23, 2019

Edition Language: English

Genre: Popular Social Psychology & Interactions, Leadership & Motivation, Personal Transformation Self-Help

ISBN-10: 0593171128

ISBN-13: 978-0593171127

Pages: 400 (Paperback)

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Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 

 REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK

A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection

“True belonging doesn’t require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are.” Social scientist Brené Brown, Ph.D., MSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives—experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. 

In Braving the Wilderness, Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. With her trademark mix of research, storytelling, and honesty, Brown will again change the cultural conversation while mapping a clear path to true belonging.

Brown argues that we’re experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe about ourselves and each other. She writes, “True belonging requires us to believe in and belong to ourselves so fully that we can find sacredness both in being a part of something and in standing alone when necessary. But in a culture that’s rife with perfectionism and pleasing, and with the erosion of civility, it’s easy to stay quiet, hide in our ideological bunkers, or fit in rather than show up as our true selves and brave the wilderness of uncertainty and criticism. But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with others; it’s a daily practice that demands integrity and authenticity. It’s a personal commitment that we carry in our hearts.” Brown offers us the clarity and courage we need to find our way back to ourselves and to each other. And that path cuts right through the wilderness. Brown writes, “The wilderness is an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching. It is a place as dangerous as it is breathtaking, a place as sought after as it is feared. But it turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it’s the bravest and most sacred place you will ever stand.”

About the Author

Casandra Brené Brown (born 1965) is an American professor, lecturer, author, ad podcast host. Brown holds the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and is a visiting professor in management at McCombs Schools of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. 

She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and. is the author of four #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gift of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, and Braving the Wilderness. Her newest book is titled Dare to Lead: Brave Work, Tough Conversation, Whole Hearts.

Brené's TED talk--The Power of Vulnerability--is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 35 million views. Brené lives in Houston, Texas with her husband, Steve, and their children, Elle and Charlie.

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Rating: 4.7/5

Author: Brené Brown

Publisher: Random House Trade

Publishing Date: August 27, 2019 (Reprint edition)

Edition Language: English

Genre: Social Science Research, Cultural Anthropology, Interpersonal Relations

ISBN-10: 0812985818

ISBN-13: 978-0812985818

Pages: 208 (Paperback)

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

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Brené Brown’s game-changing New York Times bestseller, The Gifts of Imperfection, has sold more than 2 million copies in more than 30 different languages and is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in print.

Forbes magazine named Gifts one of the "Five Books That Will Actually Change Your Outlook On Life." Through this self-help classic, we find the courage to overcome paralyzing fear and self-consciousness, strengthening our connection to the world and helping us to believe we are worthy of self-discovery, personal growth, and boundless love.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on, to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you.

A motivational and inspiring guide to wholehearted living, rather than just the average self-help book, with this groundbreaking work Brené Brown, Ph.D., bolsters the self-esteem and personal development process through her characteristic heartfelt, honest storytelling. With original research and plenty of encouragement, she explores the psychology of releasing our definitions of an “imperfect” life and embracing living authentically. Brown’s “ten guideposts” are benchmarks for authenticity that can help anyone establish a practice for a life of honest beauty—a perfectly imperfect life.

Now more than ever, we all need to cultivate feelings of self-worth, as well as acceptance and love for ourselves. In a world where insults, criticisms, and fears are spread too generously alongside messages of unrealistic beauty, attainment, and expectation, we look for ways to “dig deep” and find truth and gratitude in our lives. A new way forward means we can’t hold on too tightly to our own self-defeating thoughts or the displaced pain in our world. Instead, we can embrace imperfection.

About the Author

Casandra Brené Brown (born 1965) is an American professor, lecturer, author, ad podcast host. Brown holds the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and is a visiting professor in management at McCombs Schools of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. 

She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and. is the author of four #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gift of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, and Braving the Wilderness. Her newest book is titled Dare to Lead: Brave Work, Tough Conversation, Whole Hearts.

Brené's TED talk--The Power of Vulnerability--is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 35 million views. Brené lives in Houston, Texas with her husband, Steve, and their children, Elle and Charlie.

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Rating: 4.7/5

Author: Brené Brown

Publisher: Hazelden Publishing (first edition)

Publishing Date: August 27, 2010

Edition Language: English

Genre: Spiritual Self-Help, Self-Esteem, Creativity

ASIN: 159285849X

ISBN-13: 978-1592858491

Pages:160 (Paperback)

Love Warrior: A Memoir by Glennon Doyle

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#1 New York Times Bestseller

Oprah's Bookclub 2016 Selection

"Riveting…a worthy investment…this book has real wisdom."―New York Times Book Review

"Provocative….I adore her honesty, her vulnerability, and her no-nonsense wisdom, and I know you will, too."―Oprah Winfrey

The highly anticipated memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Love Warrior tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.

Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured out―three happy children, a doting spouse, and a writing career so successful that her first book catapulted to the top of the New York Times bestseller list―her husband revealed his infidelity and she was forced to realize that nothing was as it seemed. A recovering alcoholic and bulimic, Glennon found that rock bottom was a familiar place. In the midst of crisis, she knew to hold on to what she discovered in recovery: that her deepest pain has always held within it an invitation to a richer life.

Love Warrior is the story of one marriage, but it is also the story of the healing that is possible for any of us when we refuse to settle for good enough and begin to face pain and love head-on. This astonishing memoir reveals how our ideals of masculinity and femininity can make it impossible for a man and a woman to truly know one another―and it captures the beauty that unfolds when one couple commits to unlearning everything they’ve been taught so that they can finally, after thirteen years of marriage, commit to living true―true to themselves and to each other.

A memoir of betrayal and self-discovery by bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Love Warrior is a gorgeous and inspiring account of how we are all born to be warriors: strong, powerful, and brave; able to confront the pain and claim the love that exists for us all. This chronicle of a beautiful, brutal journey speaks to anyone who yearns for deeper, truer relationships and a more abundant, authentic life.

About the Author

Glennon Doyle (born March 20, 1976) is an American author and activist known for her #1 New York Times bestseller Untamed, and a few more of her work such as Get Untamed, Love Warrior, and Carry On, Warrior. Doyle is also the creator of the online community Momastery and is the founder and president of Together Rising, an all-women-led nonprofit organization supporting women, families, and children in crisis -- raised over $30 million. 

Glennon hosts the WE CAN DO HARD THINGS Podcast. She lives in Florida with her wife Abby Wambach (retired Soccer player) and three children.

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Rating: 4.6/5

Author: Glennon Doyle

Publisher: Flatiron Books (Reprint edition)

Publishing Date: September 12, 2017

Edition Language: English

Genre: Sociology of Marriage & Family, Marriage, Women's Biographies, Love Life, Women & Society

ISBN-10: 1250075734

ISBN-13: 978-1250075734

Pages: 304 (Paperback)

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Over two million copies sold! “Packed with incredible insight about what it means to be a woman today.”—Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Pick)

In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, bestselling author, and “patron saint of female empowerment” (People) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others’ expectations and start trusting the voice deep within us.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine • The Washington Post • Cosmopolitan • Marie Claire • Bloomberg • Parade • 

“Untamed will liberate women—emotionally, spiritually, and physically. It is phenomenal.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of City of Girls and Eat Pray Love

This is how you find yourself.

There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives and wonder: Wasn’t it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to be grateful, hiding our discontent—even from ourselves.

For many years, Glennon Doyle denied her own discontent. Then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. Three words flooded her mind: There She Is. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high. But she soon realized they had come to her from within. This was her own voice—the one she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions, cultural conditioning, and institutional allegiances. This was the voice of the girl she had been before the world told her who to be. Glennon decided to quit abandoning herself and to instead abandon the world’s expectations of her. She quit being good so she could be free. She quit pleasing and started living.

Soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender, Untamed is both an intimate memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. It is the story of navigating divorce, forming a new blended family, and discovering that the brokenness or wholeness of a family depends not on its structure but on each member’s ability to bring her full self to the table. And it is the story of how each of us can begin to trust ourselves enough to set boundaries, make peace with our bodies, honor our anger and heartbreak, and unleash our truest, wildest instincts so that we become women who can finally look at ourselves and say: There She Is.

Untamed shows us how to be brave. As Glennon insists: The braver we are, the luckier we get.

About the Author

Glennon Doyle (born March 20, 1976) is an American author and activist known for her #1 New York Times bestseller Untamed, and a few more of her work such as Get Untamed, Love Warrior, and Carry On, Warrior. Doyle is also the creator of the online community Momastery and is the founder and president of Together Rising, an all-women-led nonprofit organization supporting women, families, and children in crisis -- raised over $30 million. 

Glennon hosts the WE CAN DO HARD THINGS Podcast. She lives in Florida with her wife Abby Wambach (retired Soccer player) and three children.

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Rating: 4.6/5

Author: Glennon Doyle

Publisher: The Dial Press

Publishing Date: March 10, 2020

Edition Language: English

Genre: Christian Self-Help, Women's Biographies, Happiness Self- Help

ISBN-10: 1984801252

ISBN-13: 978-1984801258

Pages: 352 ((Hardcover)

Get Untamed by Glennon Doyle

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This stunning hardcover journal is a bold, interactive guide to discovering and creating the truest, most beautiful lives, families, and the world we can imagine, based on the #1 New York Times bestseller Untamed. 

“We must stop asking people for directions to places they’ve never been. Every life is an unprecedented experiment. We are all pioneers. I created Get Untamed: The Journal as an interactive experience in charting our own way—so we can let burn that which is not true and beautiful enough and get started building what is.” —Glennon Doyle

Glennon now offers a new way of journaling, one that reveals how we can stop striving to meet others’ expectations—because when we finally learn that satisfying the world is impossible, we quit pleasing and start living. Whether or not you have read Untamed, this journal leads you to re-discover, and begin to trust, your own inner voice.

Full of thought-provoking exercises, beloved quotations from Untamed, compelling illustrations, playful and meditative coloring pages, and an original introduction, in Get Untamed: The Journal, Glennon guides us through the process of examining the aspects of our lives that can make us feel caged. This revolutionary method for uprooting culturally-constructed ideas shows us how to discover for ourselves what we want to keep and what we’ll let burn so that we can build lives by design instead of the default.

A one-of-a-kind journal experience, Get Untamed proves Glennon’s philosophy that “imagination is not where we go to escape reality, but where we go to remember it.”

About the Author

Glennon Doyle (born March 20, 1976) is an American author and activist known for her #1 New York Times bestseller Untamed, and a few more of her work such as Get Untamed, Love Warrior, and Carry On, Warrior. Doyle is also the creator of the online community Momastery and is the founder and president of Together Rising, an all-women-led nonprofit organization supporting women, families, and children in crisis -- raised over $30 million. 

Glennon hosts the WE CAN DO HARD THINGS Podcast. She lives in Florida with her wife Abby Wambach (retired Soccer player) and three children.

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Rating: 4.7/5

Author:  Glennon Doyle

Publisher: Clarkson Potter

Publishing Date: November 16, 2021

Edition Language: English

Genre: Religious & Inspirational Coloring Books for Grown-Ups, Art Therapy & Relaxation, Journal Writing Self-Help

ISBN-10: 0593235657

ISBN-13: 978-0593235652

Pages:  224 (Hardcover)

Will by Will Smith and Mark Manson

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The instant #1 New York Times bestseller! 

“It's the best memoir I've ever read.” —Oprah Winfrey

“Will Smith isn't holding back in his bravely inspiring new memoir . . . An ultimately heartwarming read, Will provides a humane glimpse of the man behind the actor, producer, and musician, as he bares all his insecurities and trauma.” —USA Today

One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of one of the most amazing rides through the worlds of music and film that anyone has ever had.

Will Smith’s transformation from a West Philadelphia kid to one of the biggest rap stars of his era, and then one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood history, is an epic tale—but it’s only half the story.

Will Smith thought, with good reason, that he had won at life: not only was his own success unparalleled, his whole family was at the pinnacle of the entertainment world. Only they didn't see it that way: they felt more like star performers in his circus, a seven-days-a-week job they hadn't signed up for. It turned out Will Smith's education wasn't nearly over.

This memoir is the product of a profound journey of self-knowledge, a reckoning with all that your will can get you and all that it can leave behind. Written with the help of Mark Manson, author of the multi-million-copy bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Will is the story of how one person mastered his own emotions, written in a way that can help everyone else do the same. Few of us will know the pressure of performing on the world's biggest stages for the highest of stakes, but we can all understand that the fuel that works for one stage of our journey might have to be changed if we want to make it all the way home. The combination of genuine wisdom of universal value and a life story that is preposterously entertaining, even astonishing, puts Will the book, like its author, in a category by itself.

About the Author

Will Smith (Willard Carroll Smith Jr., Born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, rapper, and film producer. Smith has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won four Grammy Awards.

He holds many box office records, including the most consecutive $100 million–grossing movies (eight). He and his wife founded the Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation to improve lives by providing invaluable resources to accelerate the growth of initiatives that focus on deepening individual and collective empowerment in the areas of arts and education, social empowerment, health and wellness, and sustainability.

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Mark  Manson is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, the mega-bestseller that reached #1 in fourteen different countries. Mark’s books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold over 12 million copies worldwide. 

Mark runs one of the largest personal growth websites in the world, MarkManson.net, a blog with more than two million monthly readers and half a million subscribers. His writing is often described as ‘self-help for people who hate self-help’ — a no-BS brand of life advice and cultural commentary that has struck a chord with people around the globe.

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Rating: 4.8/5

Author: Will Smith and Mark Manson

Publisher: Penguin Press

Publishing Date: November 9, 2021

Edition Language: English

Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop Musician Biographies, Black & African American Biographies, Rich & Famous Biographies

ISBN-10: 1984877925

ISBN-13: 978-1984877925

Pages: 432 (Hardcover)

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

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"There have been several books about the lost boys of Sudan for adults, teens, and even for elementary-school readers. But [this] spare, immediate account, based on a true story, adds a stirring contemporary dimension. . . . Young readers will be stunned by the triumphant climax." —Booklist, starred review

"[A] fast, page-turning read. . . . A great book for high school students and an important novel for young adults who enjoy learning about other world cultures."—VOYA

"Park simply yet convincingly depicts the chaos of war and an unforgiving landscape. . . . A heartfelt account."—Kirkus Reviews

A Long Walk to Water (2010) is a short novel written by Linda Sue Park. Cherished by millions of readers, this #1 New York Times best-selling novel is a powerful tale of perseverance and hope. It blends the true story of Salva Dut-- a Sudanese Lost Boy of Dinka tribe, based in 1985, and the fictional story of a young girl-- Nya from Nuer tribe, based in 2008. 

The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the “lost boys” of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing and moving way. Includes an afterword by author Linda Sue Park and the real-life Salva Dut, on whom the novel is based, and who went on to found Water for South Sudan.

Park used this book as a platform to support Dut's organization 'Water for South Sudan'.

About the Author

Linda Sue Park (born March 25, 1960) is a Korean-American author who published her first novel Seesaw Girl (1999). She has written six children's novels and five picture books. Park's work achieved prominence when she received the prestigious 2002 Newbery medal for her novel A Single Shard.  Prairie Lotus and A Long Walk to Water are her highly-praised novels. Her well-known series are The 39 Clues and Wing and Claw trilogy.

Lind Park serves on the advisory board of We Need Diverse Books. She lives in western New York with her family.

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Rating: 4.8/5

Author: Linda Sue Park

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers 

Publishing Date: October 4, 2011

Edition Language: English

Genre: Children's Military Fiction, Children's Orphans & Foster Homes Books, African History Fiction

ISBN-10: 0547577311

ISBN-13: 978-0547577319

Pages: 128 (Paperback)

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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"Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books. That was a big influence on me as a teenager, I still read it every couple of years." —Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games

"As exciting, relevant, and thought-provoking now as it was when Golding published it in 1954."
—Stephen King

Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication. Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who compared it to J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye in its influence on modern thought and literature.

William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first, it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the island turns into a nightmare of panic and death. As ordinary standards of behavior collapse, the whole world the boys know collapses with them—the world of cricket and homework and adventure stories—and another world is revealed beneath, primitive and terrible.

Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies has established itself as a true classic.

About the Author

Sir William Gerald Golding, CBE FRSL (19 September 1911 - 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. He was born in Cornwall (England) and educated at Oxford University. Golding's first book, Poems, was published in 1935. Following a stint in the Royal Navy and other diversions during and after World War II, Golding wrote his first novel Lord of the Flies (1954) while teaching school, which gave him recognition in the world of literature. After that he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime including Pincher Martin, Free Fall, and The Inheritors. 

In 1980, Golding was awarded the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage, the first novel in what became his sea trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth. He penned down a play, The Brass Butterfly, which led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. He was knighted in 1988 for his contribution to literature, and became fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2008, Times ranked him third of the list of 'the 50 greatest British writers since 1945'.

He died at the age of 81 (1993) in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.

William Golding

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Author: William Golding

Publisher: Penguin Books, 3rd edition

Publishing Date: October 1, 1999

Edition Language: English

Genre: Psychological Fiction, Classic Literature & Fiction, Literary Fiction

ISBN-10: 0140283331

ISBN-13: 978-0140283334

Pages: 192 (Paperback)

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