Friendship Changes

She returned to prove her father's innocence, but there's no telling what she'll find… It's been fifteen years since Lucy Sinclair saw her father. Fifteen long years since she sat in a courtroom and watched him sentenced to life in prison. He murdered three victims—all people she...

Bestselling author Michael Lewis examines how a Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making...

Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don’t have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition.

The riveting story of three women reporters and the way they changed the world, work, and journalism. She hid on a Red Cross boat to reach Omaha Beach on D-Day. She walked the abandoned streets of Hong Kong to take food to her daughter’s father, a prisoner of war. She fought off the advances...

You're thinking about them. The friend who saw you differently. The friend who saw something in you that you didn't see in yourself. The friend who believed in you when you didn't believe in yourself. The friend who changed everything. You think about who you were before you met them. Who you thought you were. Who you thought you could be. Who you thought you couldn't be. And then you think about who you became after you met them. Who you are now. Who you know you can be. Who you know you are. And you realize: They changed everything. They saw you differently. They believed in you. They ...

From a former contributing editor at Runner’s World, a narrative-driven prescriptive book on reckoning with the end of an athletic journey—and what comes next. On January 18, 2020, Dimity McDowell unknowingly went on her last run. The deceleration of her running career began three years...

Ray Bradbury’s moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. Dandelion Wine stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author’s most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection of a magical small-town summer in 1928...

Friendship After Life Changes: Reconnecting and Building New Bonds in Adult Life Life changes - divorce, relocation, career shifts, retirement, or parenthood - can completely reshape our social world. What once felt familiar and connected may suddenly feel distant or uncertain. Friendship After Life Changes is a compassionate and practical guide for adults who want to rebuild, reconnect, and rediscover the joy of meaningful friendships in every season of life. Written by Graham Wilder, author of empowering guides on emotional resilience and personal growth, this book blends real-world ...

At last, I’m going to be a hero… Heroically saving Happy Hills from drowning is Jeff’s new mission He needs to defeat the elder guardian and bring back the Enchanted Sponge. But when everything goes wrong, does he have the strength to deal with the backlash? Disclaimer: This book is an unofficial Minecraft book, a work of fan fiction. It is not endorsed, authorized, licensed, sponsored, or supported by Mojang AB, Microsoft Corp. or any other entity owning or controlling rights to the Minecraft name, trademarks or copyrights. Tags: Great Minecraft Books for kids age 8-12, and older. ...

Who is the Holy Spirit, and exactly what does He do? Many people find the Holy Spirit mysterious and confounding. Why is the third person in the Godhead—the one Jesus said would be the believer’s ultimate source of truth and comfort—the source of such confusion? In The God I Never Knew, Robert Morris clearly explains that the Holy Spirit’s chief desire is for relationship – to offer us the encouragement and guidance of a trusted friend.

On a train to Berlin in late 1930, William Bradshaw locks eyes with Arthur Norris. This chance encounter ignites a close friendship between the two Englishmen, one that draws Bradshaw into the seedier quarters of the city. Here, Norris runs a dubious import–export business and lives in excited fear of his bullying secretary, his creditors and his dominatrix girlfriend, Anni. Yet there is something sinister about Norris himself. Bradshaw’s new companion is a man of contradictions: heavily in debt but extraordinarily lavish, excessively polite but sexually deviant.

It is virtually impossible to feel connected and supported in life when you don’t feel that way where you spend most of our time—at work. In The Business of Friendship, friendship expert Shasta Nelson unpacks the distinct ways we can make work relationships the healthiest they can be, both...

The eleven-year collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann is often called the greatest director-composer partnership in cinema history. Their eight films together include such classic thrillers as Vertigo, The Man Who Knew Too Much, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds. In Hitchcock and Herrmann, Steven C. Smith delivers an intimate account of how the reserved, but deeply anxious, Hitchcock found his ideal creative partner in the cantankerous, but deeply romantic, Herrmann.

This delightfully grim tale follows Clare, the lonely, undying Usher of souls to the Afterlife, as an unexpected friendship turns his solitary life upside down and takes him on a heartwarming exploration of moving on. Perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo and Tim Burton! Clare is the undead fox of...

Some lines should never be crossed. Until they are. Alex Torres lives by rules. Win the game. Protect the legacy. Never lose focus. As Ridgeway’s golden boy quarterback, he carries a town’s expectations on his shoulders and a father who demands perfection breathing down his neck. There is no room in his world for distractions. Then there is Emily Wilson. The chaotic, combat-boot-wearing flute captain from rival Northgate High who believes football is just physics with extra bruises. She is everything Alex is not. Loud where he is quiet. Art where he is order. And absolutely off limits. ...

Talented children’s author Claudia Mills pens this inspiring story about one boy’s quest for independence. Oliver Olson’s teacher wants her students to come up with one idea to change the world. Oliver doubts he’ll think up anything great, since his overprotective parents never let him think for himself. But completing a science project—without his parents’ help—makes him realize that he may have one great idea after all.

Realizing the only way to end fossil fuel dependence is to take on car culture itself, best-friend athletes Tilly and Camas launch The Great Petal Pedal Ride—a bold, coast-to-coast bicycle odyssey powered by friendship, protest, and a manifesto on two wheels. As their movement gains traction, a legendary elder of Burning Man—fresh off banning cars from the playa—joins forces with the bike-loving mayor of Utrecht. But powerful enemies loom: an ominous cabal of oil barons determined to keep the world chained to their black gold.

From two times number one Sunday Times bestselling author, James Smith, comes HOW TO BE CONFIDENT – the third instalment in James’ no-nonsense guides to gaining the tools to empower your decision-making and change your life. Now, more than ever, we are so often lost within a cycle of...

The baseball season has begun, and Zachary Wilson, in his final year of school, is at the pinnacle of his life. Baseball is his passion and his ticket to a promising future. However, a muscle tear during a game leaves him out of the game for months, plunging him into an overwhelming darkness. In the midst of his desperation, he finds a ray of light in an unexpected situation: the mysterious patient Sunny Smith in the hospital. Intrigued, he begins to visit her regularly, sharing with her his deepest and darkest thoughts.

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE A “lyrical” (Chicago Tribune) final work of nonfiction from the National Book Award–winning author of Arctic Dreams and Horizon, a literary icon whose writing, fieldwork, and mentorship inspired generations of writers and activists. “Mesmerizing...