Never Stop Wondering

Never Stop Wondering
Author: Emily Morgan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781681400082

"Written in verse, this book explains the importance of scientific inquiry and encourages children to ask questions about the world around them."--

Wonder

Wonder
Author: Frank C. Keil
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0262046490

How we can all be lifelong wonderers: restoring the sense of joy in discovery we felt as children. From an early age, children pepper adults with questions that ask why and how: Why do balloons float? How do plants grow from seeds? Why do birds have feathers? Young children have a powerful drive to learn about their world, wanting to know not just what something is but also how it got to be that way and how it works. Most adults, on the other hand, have little curiosity about whys and hows; we might unlock a door, for example, or boil an egg, with no idea of what happens to make such a thing possible. How can grown-ups recapture a child’s sense of wonder at the world? In this book, Frank Keil describes the cognitive dispositions that set children on their paths of discovery and explains how we can all become lifelong wonderers. Keil describes recent research on children’s minds that reveals an extraordinary set of emerging abilities that underpin their joy of discovery—their need to learn not just the facts but the underlying causal patterns at the very heart of science. This glorious sense of wonder, however, is stifled, beginning in elementary school. Later, with little interest in causal mechanisms, and motivated by intellectual blind spots, as adults we become vulnerable to misinformation and manipulation—ready to believe things that aren’t true. Of course, the polymaths among us have retained their sense of wonder, and Keil explains the habits of mind and ways of wondering that allow them—and can enable us—to experience the joy of asking why and how.

Sometimes I Lie

Sometimes I Lie
Author: Alice Feeney
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2018-03-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250144833

My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

Never Stop Wondering

Never Stop Wondering
Author: Emily Rachel Morgan
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018
Genre: Nature observation
ISBN: 9781681403106

"Written in verse, this book explains the importance of scientific inquiry and encourages children to ask questions about the world around them."--

Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold)

Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold)
Author: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545532345

A modern classic for our time and for all time-this beloved, award-winning bestseller resonates with fresh meaning for each new generation. Perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo, Christopher Paul Curtis, and Rita Williams-Garcia. Pura Belpre Award Winner * "Readers will be swept up." -Publishers Weekly, starred review Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard work, financial struggles brought on by the Great Depression, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When Mama gets sick and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--because Mama's life, and her own, depend on it.

Total Power

Total Power
Author: Vince Flynn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501190679

“One of the best thriller writers on the planet.” —The Real Book Spy In the next thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series, it’s a race against the clock when ISIS takes out the entire US power grid and throws the country into chaos. When Mitch Rapp captures ISIS’s top technology expert, he reveals that he was on his way to meet a man who claims to have the ability to bring down America’s power grid. Rapp is determined to eliminate this shadowy figure, but the CIA’s trap fails. The Agency is still trying to determine what went wrong when ISIS operatives help this cyber terrorist do what he said he could—plunge the country into darkness. With no concept of how this unprecedented act was accomplished, the task of getting the power back on could take months. Perhaps even years. Rapp and his team embark on a desperate search for the only people who know how to repair the damage—the ones responsible. But his operating environment is like nothing he’s experienced before. Computers and communication networks are down, fuel can no longer be pumped from gas stations, water and sanitation systems are on the brink of collapse, and the supply of food is running out. Can Rapp get the lights back on before America descends irretrievably into chaos? This compulsive thriller proves once again that the Mitch Rapp series is “the best of the best when it comes to the world of special ops” (Booklist, starred review).

Summer

Summer
Author: Chaaru
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2018-01-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1948473895

Summer is that kind of girl that will leave you very curious. Striving through her life with Selective Mutism and other psychological conditions, she dreams about a life where she could be normal. While she strives through the plights of a psychotic introvert, Summer seems comfortable to talk with Aphro on Facebook, who is mysteriously haunting her heart day by day, but as she strides into the outside world, she finds Iris. Her mind keeps oscillating like a mad pendulum between Aphro and Iris, amidst all the struggles she had to face from her past. In the middle of guilt trips, self-harming and fairy tale obsessions, she keeps searching for a dawn after having lost the most precious person of her life. Who is Aphro? Will he be real and passionate enough to come into Summer’s life and love the flaws in her? Why is Iris so closed-up all the time? Is he as mysterious as Summer? Will Iris fall in love with Summer? Read Summer discover the world full of adventures and surprises, finally finding dawn after struggling with all her storms and rains.

Devil's Entourage

Devil's Entourage
Author: Zeena Becks
Publisher: Independent
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2020-08-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Zeena Becks's masterpiece will leave you speechless, swooning, breathless, tearful, heartbroken, incredibly excited, happy, thrilled, hopeful. And always thirsty for more." - Goodreads Reviewer This "emotionally captivating story" (Amazon reviewer) will take you on a journey of friendship, love, mental health and heartbreak. Best Friends who've loved and lost reconnect after two years of silence. Nate Fox is the face of the British rock band Devil's Entourage. Writing one heart-melting hit after the other, he could have every girl he wants. But his heart only belongs to her. Jay. His best friend, the girl he couldn't help falling in love with. The girl who disappeared without a word of goodbye... What happens when they meet again after two years of silence? When Nate has to realise that she had to go through times harder than he ever imagined. Times that left the girl once known as the Devil's Daughter nothing but a shadow of herself. **If you're into rich alphah*les dominating their women, this book may not be your cup of tea. If you like your heroes flawed but sweet, caring and full of love, however, Nate Fox might just be your bookboyfriend-type-of-guy. This is a medium-heat open door romance series.** Content warning: This series contains strong subject matter that may not be suitable for, or enjoyed by all readers, including scenes that may depict, mention or discuss: rape, substance abuse, physical and sexual abuse, suicide, depression, anxiety, blood, death, homelessness, parental loss, child disease, pregnancy, abortion, birth trauma, strong language, and explicit sex.

Ours

Ours
Author: Portia Moore
Publisher: Portia Moore
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2024-06-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

All this time, I’ve saved them. I’ve been the strong one, the stubborn one, the one who fights. Who bleeds. Who lost everything so Megan could have her time in the sun. But now there’s more than just us to think about. There’s a baby coming, and whether it’s Kam’s or Ian’s, there’s only one chance for my future. We have to stop fighting each other. We have to become one. And I know what I want for us. It doesn’t matter whose this baby is. This life isn't just for one of us. If this ends in disaster it won't just be one us at fault, it will be ours.

Claw the System

Claw the System
Author: Francesco Marciuliano
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1524850101

Cats are done with humans' crap. For too long they have put up with baby talk, the humiliation of holiday costumes, and the social injustice of being told, "No." They will not sleep through this anymore. We humans have woken the beast, and in this book they have gathered together to reclaim their voice, loudly and repeatedly until we pay attention. Watch the uprising unfold, through anthems such as "Redefine Terms," "Accepted," "Decide," "A New Dawn," and "Just What Do You Think You're Doing?" Show support for your feline friends and try to understand why they're so spitting mad.