![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This book is about creativity, based on histories of contemporary people who know about it firsthand. Most important, he explains why creativity needs to be cultivated and is necessary for the future of our country, if not the world. He discusses such ideas as why creative individuals are often seen as selfish and arrogant, and why the "tortured genius" is largely a myth. Drawing on nearly one hundred interviews with exceptional people, from biologists and physicists, to politicians and business leaders, to poets and artists, as well as his thirty years of research on the subject, Csikszentmihalyi uses his famous flow theory to explore the creative process. Legendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (“The leading researcher into ‘flow states.’” - Newsweek) reveals what leads to these moments-be it the excitement of the artist at the easel or the scientist in the lab-so that this knowledge can be used to enrich people's lives. The classic study of the creative process from the bestselling author of Flow.Ĭreativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. “Although the benefits of this study to scholars are obvious, this thought-provoking mixture of scholarly and colloquial will enlighten inquisitive general readers, too.” - Library Journal (starred review) ![]()
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![]() ![]() Phil’s fighting against the clock to solve the case before somebody ends up dead. ![]() Could it be her new fiancé, Gregory, a cathedral canon with an unfortunate manner and a taste for taxidermy? Or someone from her old writers’ circle, which she left after a row? Or could the attack be connected to her work as a barrister? Meanwhile, Tom’s honorary auntie’s left him a gag gift from beyond the grave that could be more significant than anyone knows. Tom’s left reeling and not knowing who to suspect. Then Tom’s prickly older sister, Cherry, is poisoned at her own engagement party. ![]() Tom’s friends and family are convinced the former bully isn’t good enough for him, and they’re not shy about saying so. The relationship between Tom Paretski, a cheeky plumber with a gift for finding hidden things, and PI Phil Morrison may only be a few weeks old, but already it’s under attack. Series: Plumber’s Mate Mysteries: Book TwoĪt a Glance: Excellent addition to this series, highly recommended!īlurb: If you dig up the past, be prepared for some dirt to stick. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. Because why shouldn’t he He was a perfectly healthy fellow, perfectly happy, perfectly sane. Ten Things I Love About You is written by Julia Quinn and published by HarperCollins e-books. But no, each night Sebastian Grey closed his eyes with every expectation of falling asleep. One would think he’d be used to it by now. ![]() Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Gabon Republic, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S. Ten Things I Love About You Julia Quinn Fiction, Historical Comments He couldn’t sleep. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Wagner Group seized oil and gas fields in Syria to protect them for the Assad government, with mercenaries earning a share of production proceeds, according to American intelligence officials. ![]() It offered the Russians a foothold on the east side of the river. Among the largest in the area, it had multiple buildings that provided good cover. Around 500 pro-Syrian government forces, including Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group, launched a nearly four-hour attack on a small group of 40 American Special Operations troops and their Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) allies at a Conoco natural gas refinery in eastern Syria. ![]() But after months of successful operations against ISIS, the team now faced a new adversary. In February 2018, the American Special Forces team deployed to Syria as part of the ongoing campaign against ISIS that began in 2015. The soldiers’ last names have been withheld to protect their identities. “By far, the most chaotic battle scene that I’ve ever observed, let alone be a part of.” “It looked like New York City on New Year’s Eve,” Chauncey, a former Special Forces team sergeant who helped lead a quick reaction force (QRF) to the refinery, tells The War Horse. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When trying to write for the market, he produced what he feels were some really awful novels, and beginning The Way of Kings was a way to return to the types of stories that he loved: big, chunky fantasy. (It was published in 2005.) “ The Way of Kings was number 13, the last of those unpublished books,” he recalls to Den of Geek. Sanderson wrote 13 novels before he sold one: Elantris, in 2003. He is, of course, not the only person who has enjoyed the epic fantasy saga. Now, 18 years later, Rhythm of War, the fourth book of The Stormlight Archive, marks Sanderson’s 25th novel (in addition to assorted novellas, short stories, and graphic novels), and something over seven million words of published fiction. Throwing away any ideas of what the market wanted, he decided to write something instead for himself. When Brandon Sanderson wrote The Way of Kings, the first book in The Stormlight Archive series, he was ready to give up on publishing. ![]() ![]() Her primary research interests are Montessori education and children's pretend play. ![]() She has published over 100 articles and chapters including in Science, Pediatrics, and many top Psychology journals. She has been a Keynote Speaker at dozens of Montessori conferences worldwide, including the three major Montessori Centennial conferences in Rome, New York, and San Francisco. She received the American Psychological Association's Boyd McCandless Award for early career contributions to developmental psychology, and her Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius (Oxford University Press) received the Cognitive Development Society Book Award and is currently in its 3rd edition. Lillard presents the research behind nine. In Montessori, Angeline Stoll Lillard shows that science has finally caught up with Maria Montessori. She received her PhD in Psychology from Stanford University in 1991, and her research has been funded near-continuously since 1993 from federal and foundation sources, including a recent $3.3M grant from the Institute for Education Science to conduct the first federally-funded study of Montessori education. One hundred and ten years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they naturally learn. Angeline Lillard, Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, is an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Illustrations illustrations Index no index present LC call number PZ7. 10543465 Cataloging source NJQ/DLC Poblocki, Dan Dewey number ![]() Poppy, Marcus, Dash, Dylan, and Azumi are all trapped within Shadow House, a sinister estate where past and present intertwine. Language eng Summary Poppy, Marcus, Dash, Dylan, and Azumi are trapped inside of Larkspur House, a sinister estate haunted by the ghosts of the orphaned children who have gone before, and the house is using their fears and secrets to pick them off one by one-because nobody gets out of the shadow house alive Member of The second installment in the exciting Shadow House series that invites you to step inside the ghost storyShadow House will find you. Label You can't hide Title You can't hide Statement of responsibility Dan Poblocki Title variation You cannot hide Creator ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Trigger Warnings: brutally realistic depictions of the Middle Passage and slavery, the n-word As tensions build and the weight of centuries-of ancestors and future generations to come-culminates in a climactic reckoning, The Prophets masterfully reveals the pain and suffering of inheritance, but is also shot through with hope, beauty, and truth, portraying the enormous, heroic power of love. With a lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison, Robert Jones, Jr., fiercely summons the voices of slaver and enslaved alike, from Isaiah and Samuel to the calculating slave master to the long line of women that surround them, women who have carried the soul of the plantation on their shoulders. ![]() Isaiah and Samuel's love, which was once so simple, is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation's harmony. But when an older man-a fellow slave-seeks to gain favor by preaching the master's gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's. Publisher Synopsis: A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Heffleys use the clothes washer and dryer as an illicit source of water and heat. One futon to be shared between Greg and Rodrick, his teenaged clod of a brother. One bed for Mom, Dad, and three-year-old Manny. Narrator Greg, the said Wimpy Kid, describes their plight in language both accessible and austere. Suffice it to say that in Volume 14 they remodeled and “improved” their house until they were broke and it was uninhabitable. It falls outside the scope of this entry to elaborate upon how they got there. The Heffley family of five is living in Gramma’s unfinished basement. ![]() The books might be shelved in either the Youth Fiction section or with Graphic Novels. The Deep End is the fifteenth volume of the best-selling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. In both you walk around exhausted, spending money you don’t have, while you look for a bathroom.” (-Jim Gaffigan.) ![]() ![]() “Being a parent is not that different from being a tourist. “Where’s MY vacation? All you did was take everything I do at home and put it on wheels.” (-Roseanne Harris Conner.) “The problem with vacations is that wherever you go, there you are.” (-Anonymous) “Being sprayed by a skunk is absolutely the worst thing that can happen to you that does not make you bleed or put you in the hospital.” (-Bill Bryson.) “My wife always brings up that ‘camping is a tradition in my family.’ Hey, it was a tradition in everybody’s family until we came up with the house.” (-Jim Gaffigan.) ![]() ![]() ![]() Which book is better for teaching an extremely stubborn creationist about evolution?ĭepends. Which one of these books would you recommend? Is there a different book that you would feel is even better? Any input would be greatly appreciated. ![]() It's also possibly more technical than she could handle, since she doesn't have a very strong knowledge of biology. Which book is better for teaching an extremely stubborn creationist about evolution? I can't speak for Coyne's book, since I haven't read it, but Dawkin's book got a bit aggressive at times, and I am not sure if that would be too off-putting. I've read The Greatest Show on Earth, and I greatly enjoyed it, but I haven't read Why Evolution Is True yet, although it's been on my reading list for some time. ![]() I am trying to figure out what book would be best, and right now I am looking between The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins and Why Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne. So my young earth creationist mother has agreed to read one book on evolution of my choice with me if I read a book of her choice with her, which I have agreed to. ![]() |