Trust Me, I'm Lying

Trust Me, I'm Lying
Author: Ryan Holiday
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2013-07-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1591846285

The cult classic that predicted the rise of fake news—revised and updated for the post-Trump, post-Gawker age. Hailed as "astonishing and disturbing" by the Financial Times and "essential reading" by TechCrunch at its original publication, former American Apparel marketing director Ryan Holiday’s first book sounded a prescient alarm about the dangers of fake news. It's all the more relevant today. Trust Me, I’m Lying was the first book to blow the lid off the speed and force at which rumors travel online—and get "traded up" the media ecosystem until they become real headlines and generate real responses in the real world. The culprit? Marketers and professional media manipulators, encouraged by the toxic economics of the news business. Whenever you see a malicious online rumor costs a company millions, politically motivated fake news driving elections, a product or celebrity zooming from total obscurity to viral sensation, or anonymously sourced articles becoming national conversation, someone is behind it. Often someone like Ryan Holiday. As he explains, “I wrote this book to explain how media manipulators work, how to spot their fingerprints, how to fight them, and how (if you must) to emulate their tactics. Why am I giving away these secrets? Because I’m tired of a world where trolls hijack debates, marketers help write the news, opinion masquerades as fact, algorithms drive everything to extremes, and no one is accountable for any of it. I’m pulling back the curtain because it’s time the public understands how things really work. What you choose to do with this information is up to you.”

Twins in Her Womb: Sir President, Please be Gentle

Twins in Her Womb: Sir President, Please be Gentle
Author: Heap Heap
Publisher: Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd
Total Pages: 260
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

It was supposed to be a routine test tube baby situation, but suddenly everything went wrong. The problem was Master Luke Crawford, the heir to the Crawford empire, mature and composed, cold and domineering. Once he put his mind to it, there was nothing in the world he could not do!She had thought that they would go their completely separate ways after she delivered the children. Five years later, however, the man dragged two adorable babies along and waited for her in front of her dorms, despite everyone watching!Mr. Crawford was cold and emotionless in front of everyone else, but in front of her...

Pledge of Allegiance

Pledge of Allegiance
Author: Timarie
Publisher: Timarie
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2020-10-15
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

April 15, 2013, Patriots Day. The city of Boston, and all of the nation, was rocked by a terrorist attack at the historical Boston Marathon finish line. Countless people are affected by this tragedy, including Michael Farino and Ireland “Ilee” Murphy. Neither one of them could have predicted that the act of saving Ilee’s life would lead Michael on a journey of personal discovery, while a decades old war between their rival Boston crime families threatens their happiness and their lives. Michael and Ilee will have to pledge their allegiances to either their families or each other, but it is not that simple. Passion, secrets, betrayal and a very complicated past are working against Michael and Ilee. Nothing is ever as it seems… Nothing!

Gunnar

Gunnar
Author: Nina Levine
Publisher: Nina Levine
Total Pages: 298
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The biker & the politician's daughter. Sworn enemies. One night will change everything. Chelsea Novak is the kind of fire I should stay away from. She’s also the only kind of fire I’ve ever craved. Instead of extinguishing her from my life, I’ve thrown gasoline. Now we’re burning hotter than ever. Stolen moments when we shouldn’t. Forbidden nights that are never enough. Illicit seconds for one more taste. I’m taking everything I want. Everything that isn’t mine. The heat is blinding, making us take risks that will destroy us. Because this love will destroy us. It will consume us. Ravage us. Ruin us. Chelsea Novak is fire. And I’m a man ready to burn for the one woman I can never make mine. A standalone forbidden romance novel in the original Storm MC series. The Storm MC world from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nina Levine, currently has three completed motorcycle club romance series, with more to come. Nina's alphas are always protective and possessive, and usually bossy. Her heroines all have inner strength and always give as good as they get. The Storm MC books are spicy romances and feature heroes who will scorch the earth for the woman they love. If you enjoyed Sons of Anarchy, you will love the Storm MC series! Binge read the COMPLETE series! Books in the Storm MC Series: Book 1: Storm Book 2: Fierce Book 3: Blaze Book 4: Revive Book 5: Slay Book 6: Sassy Christmas Book 7: Illusive Book 8: Command Book 9: Havoc Book 10: Gunnar Book 11: Wilder Book 12: Colt For fans of: Kristen Ashley, Madeline Sheehan, Autumn Jones Lake, Ryan Michele, Chelle Bliss, Laramie Briscoe. Keywords: Motorcycle Club Romance, biker romance, alpha hero, bad boy romance, romantic suspense, mc romance, protector romance, found family, forbidden romance, angsty romance, contemporary romance, new adult romance, hot romance, steamy romance, spicy romance, women's romance, Australian romance, second chance romance.

String Music

String Music
Author: Timothy Gebhard
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2004-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1411612124

Terrorist. A real hot button of a word in a world of fear, unrest and paranoia. Savior. Everyone claims to be one, even the bad guys. The lines blur. Life has been rough on John Riley. He has permanently hunkered down to weather the constant series of storms that have constituted his life. Not a bitter person; just exceedingly cautious and profoundly alone. Enter the charismatic Ben Peelsa. Direct, honest. The epitome of integrity. With a seemingly careless casualness he introduces profound changes into Rileys desultory life. Good changes, transforming changes. Changes so profound that Riley is reborn. But all is not as it seems. Peelsa has an agenda. And a dark side. John Riley finds himself a pawn in a plan that could change the course of history, a plan that could change everything. Rileys new found life begins to come apart. He must decide where his loyalties lie, and to do this he must unravel the riddle of Ben Peelsa. In so doing, John Riley discovers that he himself holds the key to it all . . .

Lead Like a Teacher: How to Elevate Expertise in Your School

Lead Like a Teacher: How to Elevate Expertise in Your School
Author: Miriam Plotinsky
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2023-03-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1324030844

For the sake of students, close the empathy gap between the classroom and the front office. Far too often, teachers and administrators are adversaries within a school or district and display a mutual distrust and disrespect for each other’s perspectives. Yet when this dissonance can be overcome, the result is a more-harmonious school environment that promotes student achievement. In Lead Like a Teacher, instructional specialist Miriam Plotinsky urges secondary school administrators to lead more effectively by actively listening to teachers and welcoming their expertise. Each chapter examines one of nine key aspects of leadership and offers specific, creative solutions to the complex challenge of empowering change. Moving from a micro to a macro focus as the book progresses—from classroom instruction to schoolwide initiatives—Plotinsky provides administrators with the tools to build and maintain collaborative leadership structures. This thoughtful approach to secondary leadership provides an actionable plan to dismantle some of the biggest barriers to achieving school excellence.

So Trust Me

So Trust Me
Author: Bill Pieper
Publisher: Pacific Slope Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2000
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0887392679

So Trust Me, is a novel-length work set in and around Northern California. Four long stories weave a theme of interpersonal deception across four time frames: 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990. "The Willamette Kid" portrays a harrowing year in the life of John McDonough, who believes that lying to everyone close to him is the only way to avoid being forced to leave San Francisco and join the family business. "Winnemucca Rose" relates the sex and dope-laden Idaho fishing trip of Brian and Susan McAlpin, as well as the mind games they play on two friends, Phil and Marc. "Married Sex" tells of Steve Parker and Carrie Henson, whose differing reasons for sharing an overnight trip to Mendocino lead to absurd and painful consequences. In "Friends Like That", Roy and Cora spend a two-week summer vacation in Nevada City house-sitting for the mysterious Spence, who had gone to great lengths to cover up his past.

The Noel Letters

The Noel Letters
Author: Richard Paul Evans
Publisher: Gallery Books
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2020-10-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1982129603

#1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans returns this holiday season with a tale of love, belonging, and family, following a trail of letters that leads to a Christmas revelation about the healing miracle of hope and forgiveness. After nearly two decades, Noel Post, an editor for a major New York publishing house, returns to her childhood home in Salt Lake City to see her estranged, dying father. What she believed would be a brief visit turns into something more as she inherits the bookstore her father fought to keep alive. Reeling from loneliness, a recent divorce, and unanticipated upheavals in her world, Noel begins receiving letters from an anonymous source, each one containing thoughts and lessons about her life and her future. She begins to reacquaint herself with the bookstore and the people she left behind, and in doing so, starts to unravel the reality of her painful childhood and the truth about her family. As the holidays draw near, she receives a Christmastime revelation that changes not only how she sees the past but also how she views her future.

Another Life

Another Life
Author: Robert Haller
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 198252605X

Laura: a teenage girl struggling to fit into her small, sleepy town in upstate New York, slowly drifting away from reality and into the secret life she inhabits online. Paul: a twentysomething wannabe rock star, back home from New York City, broke and jobless, living with his mother. April: a math teacher with two kids, running her church’s vacation Bible school, discontent with another summer planning crafts and regurgitating verses. Ben: a boy stuck at VBS, still adjusting to the presence of his foster brother, DeShawn, a quiet, brooding kid from Brooklyn. Over the course of one summer, these characters’ paths will collide in surprising, often hilarious ways. Encompassing questions of identity, religion, race, and family, Another Life is an absorbing and thought-provoking debut about the line we all walk between desire and responsibility.

A Little Luck, A Lot of Fate

A Little Luck, A Lot of Fate
Author: Linn B. Halton
Publisher: Choc Lit Limited
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2016-10-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1781893292

A life coach heads down a psychic path in this “absolutely stunning read” from the author of A Little Sugar, A Lot of Love (Immortal Book Reviews). On the surface, Kristi Danielson has it all. She’s lifestyle coach to the rich and famous, has a bestselling book to her name and is described by her fans as “the veritable Queen of how to lead a fulfilling life.” But the harsh truth is that Kristi doesn’t practice what she preaches. Her home life is a mess, her relationship with artist boyfriend, Tom, not much better—and now she has to redeem herself before all is lost. At her wit’s end, Kristi is driven to seek out the help of Patrick Blakeslee, a tarot card reader and psychic medium, in an attempt to make sense of the mounting panic she’s feeling. But Patrick’s visits have an unexpected effect on Kristi, leaving her with more questions than answers—and a life-changing decision to make. “Linn B. Halton is the type of author whose novels shout cozy and warm. . . . If you haven’t read any of [her] books yet, you’re severely missing out.” —The Writing Garnet