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Education can be enriching and transformative. It can also be downright excruciating—even demoralizing. When it comes to learning, why are some of us lovers and some of us haters? Welcome to the world of educational psychology, which uses science to explore what causes people to engage and learn, and what we can do to make learning opportunities more enjoyable and impactful. Spoiler alert: Teachers can only do so much. Students, too, must take control of their learning. Unfortunately, many of us never, ahem, learned the skills to do just that.

Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli. By 1934, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Elsa must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a better life for her family.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An “absorbing” (Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs “[A] compelling portrait not...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It is one of the best narrative histories I’ve read.” —The Wall Street Journal A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 Named a BEST BOOK OF 2025 by The Washington Post, TIME, The Economist, Air Mail...

Built To Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about companies that are not born with great DNA? How can good...

BOOK 2 of the WORK WIFE SERIES Life is unexpected. Love can be fleeting. It can last forever, or its flame can be ousted at the slightest puff of strain. As expectations rise and routines shift, Lincoln and Gabrielle find themselves navigating a life that no longer feels as certain as it once did.

Please help me, because I honestly don’t know what to do anymore. I’m in love with Dante, and he doesn't feel the same way, and he never will. I know the right thing is to keep that truth to myself. What would happen if that secret got out, though? What's the worst that could happen? Oh, that's right. I could destroy his life. I love him too much to do that. Book 6 of the I’m Not Dante’s Series

My breath shudders as I lean down, pressing my face against his nose. Nothing. No air. No movement. The sound that leaves me is inhuman. My screams tear through the room, raw and ragged, my body trembling as I shake him harder. He was fine. It’s only been ten minutes! "HELP!" My voice breaks as I cry out, my hands frantically pressing against his chest. ———— Can love survive the ultimate loss? When you've been lost in madness for so long, is it possible to regain your sanity Book Six—the heart-wrenching finale of the Our Madness series.

Who knew having a guy as your best friend would bring so much freaking drama! I, Jasmine Baptiste, am surrounded by it. I wish my heart wasn't so stubborn. Because it seems to like getting me in trouble, and there's no end in sight. The common denominator of all of this is Dante. For the sake of my sanity and even his, we probably have to stay as far away from each other as possible. Book 4 of the I’m Not Dante’s Series

Jennifer is trying to move forward. But the past clings to her like a second skin. She’s obsessed with what they had— with the way he made her feel, the danger of it, the madness of wanting someone she was never supposed to love. Jennifer must now decide if her obsession is something she needs to let go of... Book Two of the Our Madness series — a dark, emotional continuation of a one-of-a-kind, interracial dark romance between Jennifer and Hunter.

THIS EDITION of The Great Gatsby not only preserves the charm and elegance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic tale but also carefully adapts the language for today’s readers. By modernizing vocabulary and clarifying cultural references, this version remains faithful to the original story while making it accessible and engaging for a new generation. Perfect for casual reading, book clubs, educational use, or family discussions, this adaptation offers a fresh take on a timeless masterpiece. Step into the opulent world of Jay Gatsby and the Jazz Age, where ambition, love, and the American ...

The inspiring, life-changing bestseller updated for its 15th anniversary with a new foreword by the author In 2009, Simon Sinek ignited a movement to help people find a greater sense of purpose at work and added a new word to the lexicon of business: WHY. People and companies now regularly talk...

WHAT IF DONALD TRUMP DIED… AND NO ONE WANTED HIM? In this darkly hilarious and politically sharp work of satire, Donald J. Trump arrives in the afterlife—where even the divine are exhausted. Denied entry to both Heaven and Hell, he’s bounced through a surreal cosmic bureaucracy filled with audits, errors, and purgatorial loops that feel suspiciously like Mar-a-Lago with worse lighting. INSIDE THIS SATIRICAL AFTERLIFE, YOU’LL FIND: God and Satan, arguing over whether he’s their problem A Wharton ethics class taught by Jimmy Carter A Twitter account that’s reinstated, suspended, ...

More than 2,000 years ago one of the greatest military leaders in history almost destroyed Rome. Hannibal, a daring African general from the city of Carthage, led an army of warriors and battle elephants over the snowy Alps to invade the very heart of Rome's growing empire. But what kind of person would dare to face the most relentless imperial power of the ancient world? How could Hannibal, consistently outnumbered and always deep in enemy territory, win battle after battle until he held the very fate of Rome within his grasp?

Book Five of the Our Madness Series Jennifer and Hunter have fought tooth and nail to survive. They’ve been torn apart, broken, and rebuilt more times than they can count. Now, after everything, they’ve been given a second chance—a fragile life of safety within the walls of Spring Colony. But safety doesn’t last forever. A new threat is rising; one even more dangerous than the last. And this time, it isn’t just their hearts or their secrets at risk. It’s everything they’ve built. Everything they’ve bled for. Everything they love. And it could all end in total devastation.

Writer, comedian, and content creator Elyse Myers gets real about life’s awkward moments in her bold, funny, and unfiltered debut book. Elyse brings her trademark style to the audiobook edition through her candid, conversational delivery—equal parts humor, vulnerability, and self-awareness...

Book FIVE of the New Parent Series. What happens when the very thing you’ve longed for becomes the reason everything starts to fall apart? How can something be a beautiful gift and yet a curse? What to do when your heart leads you to a place where you now need to offer a sacrifice you never imagined making? Sometimes the heart... life forces your hand. Sometimes saving someone you love means breaking someone else.

In the second edition of this renowned book, you will find pearls of wisdom, heartfelt advice, and inspiration from one of the nation's leading authorities on staff motivation, teacher leadership, and principal effectiveness. With wit and understanding, Todd Whitaker describes the beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and interactions of great teachers and explains what they do differently.

Dante Swanson is my whole world. He doesn't know my true feelings for him, and he's my best friend. I thought, as long as I had him in my life, it would be better than not having him at all. Now he's saying he doesn't want to be friends with me anymore. My entire soul feels like it's just been crushed. Then again, maybe this is for the best. Maybe we both need to move on. He and Liz deserve to be... happy. And I'm just in the way. Book 3 of the I’m Not Dante’s Series

Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: He will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.