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Gifted children and adults are often misunderstood. Their excitement is viewed as excessive, their high energy as hyperactivity, their persistence as nagging, their imagination as not paying attention, their passion as being disruptive, their strong emotions and sensitivity as immaturity, their creativity and self-directedness as oppositional.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A narrative masterwork. Bird vividly creates the sinister web of charm and deceit that Cohn was able to spin through his decades at the very center of power.” —Marie Brenner, award-winning writer-at-large for Vanity Fair and coproducer of the...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR Both inventive and shocking, Trust Exercise has become a sensation for its timely insights into sex, power and the nature of abuse. Sarah and David are in love - the obsessive, uncertain love of teenagers on the edge of...

Es läuft nicht rund für die Schauspielerin Dancy Flynn! Nach einer öffentlichen Blamage flieht sie an den ersten Ort, der ihr einfällt: die Seevilla ihrer Highschool-Liebe Clint Garrett. Der reagiert höchst irritiert, denn seit ihrer letzten Begegnung sind 20 Jahre vergangen. Er ist inzwischen ein gefeierter Football-Star – und nicht gut auf Dancy zu sprechen, denn sie hat ihm damals das Herz gebrochen. Was zur Hölle will sie hier? Und warum bringt er es nicht über sich, sie wegzuschicken, sondern quartiert sie in einem alten Eisenbahnwagon auf seinem Grundstück ein?

From celebrated ballerina and New York Times bestselling author Misty Copeland, a heartfelt memoir about her friendship with trailblazer Raven Wilkinson which captures the importance of mentorship, shared history, and honoring the past to ensure a stronger future. Misty Copeland made history as...

A pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag’s writing on women, gathering early essays on aging, equality, beauty, sexuality, and fascism Susan Sontag was one of the most formidable, original, and influential thinkers of the last century. “The most interesting ideas are heresies,”...

Susan Hepburn has helped thousands of people to achieve dramatic and lasting weight loss. In this eagerly awaited book, she shares the revolutionary yet simple method which has worked for her celebrity clients and will work for readers, too. HYPNODIET is not a diet. It is a mind-body revolution: a way to change the way you eat, forever. Susan Hepburn's approach works because it removes the guilt and stress of yo-yo dieting.

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. Lo que le ocurrió fue imperdonable. Pero lo que ella hizo fue peor... Un nuevo comienzo en el que nadie sepa su nombre es exactamente lo que la música de jazz Catie Mac busca en su escapada a la soleada Sicilia. Cuando conoce al enigmático...

An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian community in Baltimore. Funny and touching, Behind You Is the Sea brings us into the homes and lives of three main Palestinian immigrants families - the Baladis, the Salamehs, and the Ammars. Their various fates...

Der Blick seiner dunklen Augen war wie eine Liebkosung. Wäre dieser Mann in sie verliebt, würde das sicher sehr aufregend werden. Sein Akzent ist sexy, seine dunklen Augen versprechen sündigen Genuss - dabei ist er ihr Feind! Denn eigentlich soll Riccardo Ochoa, Geschäftspartner ihres Vaters...

In 1932, Hazel Ying Lee, a nineteen-year-old American daughter of Chinese immigrants, sat in on a friend's flight lesson. It changed her life. In less than a year, a girl with a wicked sense of humor, a newfound love of flying, and a tough can-do attitude earned her pilot's license and headed for China to help against invading Japanese forces. In time, Hazel would become the first Asian American to fly with the Women Airforce Service Pilots. As thrilling as it may have been, it wasn't easy.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and children’s yoga and mindfulness expert Susan Verde, an original essay collection that emphasizes the power of positive self-talk and the lessons we learn from motherhood and gaining self-acceptance

 The great Swiss-German modernist author Robert Walser lived eccentrically on the fringes of society, shocking his Berlin friends by enrolling in butler school and later developing an urban-nomad lifestyle in the Swiss capital, Bern, before checking himself into a psychiatric clinic.

How does music affect our moods?What is the best way to develop musical skills?How does the definition of music vary between cultures?The Psychology of Music explores the important impact music has on our everyday lives, and its influence on society, groups and individual people. It demonstrates...

From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and As Bright as Heaven comes a novel about a German American teenager whose life changes forever when her immigrant family is sent to an internment camp during World War II. In 1943, Elise Sontag is a typical American teenager from...

Want to create song lyrics that move people? Whether you want to create magnificent lyrics that moves mind, body, and soul, enjoy an easy-to-follow guide for creating incredible songs, or maximize your writing skills by supercharging your lyrics, this audiobook will give you what you want and more! Get excited! You are about to discover the complete creative process for writing great song lyrics!

Indtil Camryn Neff kan vende tilbage til sit liv i Chicago, er hun i Wishing Tree for at passe sine tvillingesøstre, efter at deres mor er gået bort. Hun søger slet ikke efter den eneste ene i den lille by, men den tiltrækkende hotelejer er for stor en fristelse. Camryn foreslår, at de...

From one of the foremost scholars on the subject, comes our most in-depth look at John Steinbeck as a writer deeply connected to the natural world. Among the many reasons that John Steinbeck has reached the highest tier of the American literary canon is what we have come to understand as his...

Once regarded as one of the nation’s leading schools, grand old St Jude’s School for Girls finds itself on the brink of collapse after a number of public scandals damage its reputation. Rosie Gladshaw – a dynamic and successful educator in her 40s – is appointed principal to lead the...

Evil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense. For 18th-century Europeans, the Lisbon earthquake was manifest evil. Today we view evil as a matter of human cruelty, and Auschwitz as its extreme incarnation. Examining our understanding of evil from the Inquisition to contemporary terrorism, Susan Neiman explores who we have become in the three centuries that separate us from the early Enlightenment. In the process, she rewrites the history of modern thought and points philosophy back to the questions that originally animated it.