We all recognize terrible apologies. You've probably gotten a few. Excuse-laden, blame-shifting, weaselly offerings can fracture friendships and family bond, harm business, and damage workplace relationships.
This is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. How bad? Do you really want to know? He has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude. He’s been bad since he can remember! This seed cuts in line every time, stares at everybody and never listens. But what happens when one mischievous little seed changes his mind about himself, and decides that he wants to be—happy?
Meet the good egg. He’s a verrrrrry good egg indeed. But trying to be so good is hard when everyone else is plain ol’ rotten. As the other eggs in the dozen behave badly, the good egg starts to crack from all the pressure of feeling like he has to be perfect. So, he decides enough is enough! It’s time for him to make a change… Dynamic duo Jory John and Pete Oswald hatch a fu…
August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now in the Louvre is a fake, switched in 1911. Present day: art professor Luke Perrone digs for the truth behind his most famous ancestor: Peruggia. His search attracts…
In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and …
Ngatemin cuma ingin pulang ke Palungloro. Kembali ke desanya dan memeluk emaknya. Setahun telah dijalaninya di bui. ‘Cuti’ dari Lembaga Pemasyarakatan menjadi kesempatan Ngatemin membuktikan diri. Ngatemin bukan lagi Ngatemin yang dulu, otak komplotan pencurian gabah. Tidak disangka, Wiedha, Astrid, dan Sweta, juga sedang berlibur ke Palungloro. Wiedha-lah yang membongkar rencana pencurian …
Kisah petualangan remaja karangan Mark Twain dengan latar belakang alam bebas di tepi Sungai Mississippi ini merupakan salah satu karya klasik Amerika. Tom yang nakal tinggal di rumah Bibi Polly yang dermawan. Setelah bertengkar dengan sahabatnya, Becky Thatcher, Tom pergi bertualang bersama Huck Finn, temannya. Secara kebetulan keduanya menyaksikan penjahat menusuk seorang dokter hingga mening…