Added by: naokokt | Karma: 186.54 | Fiction literature | 17 February 2011
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The beautiful between (fiction novel)
Connelly Sternin, 16, moves through her New York City high school on cruise control. She is an average student who doesn't get into trouble, doesn't sit with the cool kids, and has a quiet home life. Connelly Sternin does not feel she is living the life of a fairy tale princess. But when she is alone in her New York city apartment, studying for the SATs or doing her homework, waiting for her mother to come home, she thinks she knows how Rapunzel felt: isolated, lonely, and betrayed. So when the handsome and charming prince of the school, Jeremy Cole, starts paying attention to her, Connelly believes her life may be changing for the better.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 15 February 2011
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Dead Days of Summer
Hart has written 38 mysteries and has been awarded multiple Agatha and Anthony awards. The seventeenth entry in her long-running Death on Demand series shows the plot muscle that has made Hart's reputation. Her plan of attack is similar to that employed by many spy novelists: start with a dizzying series of short scenes introducing characters, zero in on one person in particular trouble, and spend the rest of the novel spellbinding the reader with plot intersections. This time out, Hart concocts a thriller revolving around an innocent man suspected of a crime.
When a stranger on a train spots Polly's old school scarf and begs her to help him find his missing Juliet, Polly agrees. The last thing she needs now is trouble from the men in her life, like her elusive boyfriend, or her boss who is also drawn into the web of complications and finally love.
If you are already reading or would like to start reading Shakespeare, but feel a little intimidated by the language, this is the book for you. Author David Crystal, an expert in the English language, has put together over 14,000 words that usually cause people trouble while reading Shakespeare. With this reference you will truly understand the language of Shakespeare.
Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek bestseller Asked to explain why a few people truly excel, most people offer one of two answers. The first is hard work. Yet we all know plenty of hard workers who have been doing the same job for years or decades without becoming great. The other possibility is that the elite possess an innate talent for excelling in their field. We assume that Mozart was born with an astounding gift for music, and Warren Buffett carries a gene for brilliant investing. The trouble is, scientific evidence doesn't support the notion that specific natural talents make great performers.
