The Boy Who Dared

The Boy Who Dared
Author: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2017-05-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338214314

A Newbery Honor Book author has written a powerful and gripping novel about a youth in Nazi Germany who tells the truth about Hitler. Susan Campbell Bartoletti has taken one episode from her Newbery Honor Book, Hitler Youth, and fleshed it out into thought-provoking novel. When 16-year-old Helmut Hubner listens to the BBC news on an illegal short-wave radio, he quickly discovers Germany is lying to the people. But when he tries to expose the truth with leaflets, he's tried for treason. Sentenced to death and waiting in a jail cell, Helmut's story emerges in a series of flashbacks that show his growth from a naive child caught up in the patriotism of the times , to a sensitive and mature young man who thinks for himself.

Women Who Dared

Women Who Dared
Author: Linda Skeers
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2017-09-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1492653284

The perfect introduction for learning about women throughout history who dared to do the extraordinary! Inspire our new generation of women to explore, discover, persist, succeed, and fight like a girl! A great gift for girls 9-12! Women have been doing amazing, daring, and dangerous things for years, but they're rarely mentioned in our history books as adventurers, daredevils, or rebels. This new compilation of brief biographies features women throughout history who have risked their lives for adventure—many of whom you may not know, but all of whom you'll WANT to know, such as: Annie Edson Taylor, the first person who dared to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman who dared to fly in space Helen Gibson, the first woman who dared to be a professional stunt person And many more! If you and your child enjoyed She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton, Little Dreamers, Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls or Girls Think of Everything, you will love reading Women Who Dared.

Seven Who Dared

Seven Who Dared
Author: Soul Esprit
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-10
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780984127986

Seven righteous servants of God are playing for the highest stakes, impelled toward a confrontation with some of the most ruthless men in the world: financially powerful, politically influential, utterly mad. They are engaged in a war of the spirit, fighting against an invisible foe, against an adversary that requires for its sustenance the sacrificial human blood of innocence. These seven are on a mission that no ordinary man would ever attempt. But, these are no ordinary men ... they are the Seven Who Dared.

What's Possible!

What's Possible!
Author: Daryn Kagan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9780696238918

Introduces you to people who have dreamed big dreams and overcome daunting obstacles to achieve their goals, confronted challenges, and found new meaning and purpose in life as a result.

Dare to Know

Dare to Know
Author: James Kennedy
Publisher: Quirk Books
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2021-09-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1683692616

“A voraciously readable page-turner of a novel.”—Cory Doctorow “A razor-smart sci-fi corporate noir nightmare. Dare to Know is what happens when Willy Loman sees through the Matrix.”—Daniel Kraus, co-author of The Shape of Water This mind-bending and emotional speculative thriller is set in a world where the exact moment of your death can be predicted—for a price. Our narrator is the most talented salesperson at Dare to Know, an enigmatic company that has developed the technology to predict anyone’s death down to the second. Divorced, estranged from his sons, and broke, he's driven to violate the cardinal rule of the business by forecasting his own death day. The problem: his prediction says he died twenty-three minutes ago. The only person who can confirm its accuracy is Julia, the woman he loved and lost during his rise up the ranks of Dare to Know. As he travels across the country to see her, he’s forced to confront his past, the choices he's made, and the terrifying truth about the company he works for. Wildly ambitious and highly immersive, this thought-provoking thriller explores the destructive power of knowledge and collapses the boundaries between reality, myth, and conspiracy as it races toward its shocking conclusion.

She I Dare Not Name

She I Dare Not Name
Author: Donna Ward
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1760873519

Astonishing. Luminous. A book about being human. She I Dare Not Name is a compelling collection of fiercely intelligent, deeply intimate, lyrical reflections on the life of a woman who stands on the threshold between two millennia. Both manifesto and confession, this moving memoir explores the meaning and purpose Donna Ward discovered in a life lived entirely without a partner and children. The book describes what it is like to live on the edge of a world built in the shape of couples and families. Rippling through these pages is the way a spinster - or a bachelor, or any of us for that matter - contends with the prejudice and stigma of being different. With courage and astounding honesty Donna uncovers the challenge of living with more solitude than anticipated and what it is like to walk the road through midlife and beyond alone. And she reveals how she found home and discovered herself within it. Funny, sharp, wise and wry, She I Dare Not Name shows how reading saved this spinster's life, and how friends and writing and walking brought a contentment and sense of achievement she never thought possible. 'With a devastatingly clear-eyed honesty, the word Ward dares to name is "spinster", and this meditative collection of essays spin their own spell, making a deep dive into the world of female solitude in all its guises. She lays it out like a calm tarot reading: feminism, courage, silence, loneliness, grief, recovery and the power of the generative idea, as well as all the labels that come with carving out your own path of self-definition and self-determination.' - Cate Kennedy, author of The World Beneath

Dare to Serve

Dare to Serve
Author: Cheryl Bachelder
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2015-03-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 152309785X

“A new perspective on servant leadership—challenging us to bring both courage and humility to the table—for the sake of the people and the enterprise.” —John C. Maxwell, New York Times-bestselling author In this updated edition of Dare to Serve, former Popeyes CEO Cheryl Bachelder shows that leading by serving is a rigorous and tough-minded approach that yields the best results. When she was named CEO of Popeyes in 2007, the stock price had slipped from $34 in 2002 to $13. The brand was stagnant, the team was discouraged, and the franchisees were just plain angry. Nine years later, restaurant sales were up 45 percent, restaurant profits had doubled, and the stock price was over $61. Servant leadership is sometimes derided as soft or ineffective, but this book confirms that challenging people to reach a daring destination, while treating them with dignity, creates the conditions for superior performance. The second edition of this bestselling book includes Bachelder’s post-Popeyes observations and new examples of how you can switch your leadership from self to serve. Ever engaging and inspirational, Bachelder takes you firsthand through the transformation of Popeyes and shows how anyone, at any level can become a Dare-to-Serve leader. “Extraordinary! Dare to Serve describes the kind of leadership so desperately needed in the 21st century. A powerful blend of courage and humility, Cheryl Bachelder’s engaging story offers a clear path for leaders to follow, and what makes her message so compelling is the tremendous results she’s produced. I highly recommend this book.” —Stephen M. R. Covey, New York Times-bestselling author of The Speed of Trust

The Other Side of Dare

The Other Side of Dare
Author: Vanessa Davis Griggs
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0758286198

When a battle of wills threatens to tear a family apart, a child shall lead them--straight to a shocking secret. Will they betray their faith--and each other--to keep it buried? After seven years of marriage, Paris Simmons-Holyfield and her husband, Andrew, are still childless. Now Paris is determined to adopt orphaned nine-year-old Jasmine Noble. Trouble is, Jasmine's in the custody of ex-stripper Gabrielle Mercedes. Worse, Andrew is vehemently against the idea--and he's not alone. Paris's father, Lawrence Simmons, a powerful politician, has vowed to shut his daughter down. The only man to even dare be on Paris's side is shady Darius Connors. Unemployed and not quite out of the dog house with his wife, Darius is more than happy to help the beautiful, vulnerable, yet undeterred Paris. . . Paris has her suspicions about why her husband and her father are so opposed to the adoption. But the reality is far more scandalous than she imagines. To get to the bottom of it, she'll have to deal with blackmail from the last person she ever expected--and battle Gabrielle, who'll fight with everything she's got--including the truth. Soon, all involved will learn just what's on the other side of dare. . . "I absolutely love Vanessa's unique writing style." --Mary Monroe

The Summer I Dared

The Summer I Dared
Author: Barbara Delinsky
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2007-05-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416548041

The only survivors of a devastating boating accident off the coast of Maine, Julia, Noah, and Kim struggle with their brush with death, their feelings of guilt, and their changed perspectives on their lives.

Dare to Win

Dare to Win
Author: Jeff Chegwin
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2017-02-23
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1743584725

Failure is something none of us like to experience, but in Dare to Win, Jeff Chegwin and Carmela DiClemente explain that mistakes are not only good for us, they can actually lead to huge successes. If you look at the most inspirational innovators, athletes and icons throughout history, they all share a common belief – they simply do not entertain the notion of failure as a bad thing. In Dare to Win you’ll read some real life lessons, learnt by the most talented and successful people in the world. From Steve Jobs to Beyonce, Simon Cowell, Michael Jordan, Einstein, JK Rowling, Zaha Hadid, Arnold Schwarzenegger and more, all these superstars have had to confront failure. Just been sacked? It could be the best thing that’s ever happened to you. Keep getting your ideas knocked back at work? Rethink your approach. Told with humour and compassion, these are stories to inspire us all to learn from our mistakes.