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The Golden Road
Notes on My Gentrification
2008
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The true story of a remarkable young woman's struggle to find a home in the worldCaille Millner is a rising star on the literary scene. A graduate of Harvard University, she was first published at age sixteen and was recently named one of *Columbia Journalism Review'*s Ten Young Writers on the Rise. The Golden Road is Millner's clear-eyed and transfixing memoir. From her childhood in a Latino neighborhood in San Jose, California, and coming of age in a mor...
The Promise
How One Woman Made Good on Her Extraordinary Pact to Send a Classroom of 1st Graders to College
2007
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A portion of the proceeds from the book will go to the Oral Lee Brown Foundation. To learn more about the Oral Lee Brown Foundation please visit www.oralleebrownfoundation.com.In the bestselling tradition of The Pact and The Freedom Writers Diary*—the inspiring story of one woman’s extraordinary promise and steely determination to make a difference in the world.*One morning in 1987 Oral Lee Brown walked into a corner store in East Oakland, California, to b...
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Chicken Soup for the Soul
Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit
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Rediscover the power of inspiration with timeless stories about the everyday miracles that illuminate the best of the human spirit. Whether you're discovering Chicken Soup for the first time or are a long time fan, this volume will inspire you to be a better person, reach for your highest potential, share your love and embrace the world around you.
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Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money
2015
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New York Times Bestseller“We all want to raise children with good values—children who are the opposite of spoiled—yet we often neglect to talk to our children about money. . . . From handling the tooth fairy, to tips on allowance, chores, charity, checking accounts, and part-time jobs, this engaging and important book is a must-read for parents.” — Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness ProjectIn the spirit of Wen...
Nickel and Dimed
On (Not) Getting By in America
2010
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The New York Times bestselling work of undercover reportage from our sharpest and most original social critic, with a new foreword by Matthew Desmond, author of EvictedMillions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job—any job—can be the ticket to a better life. But how does anyone...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Married Life!
101 Inspirational Stories about Fun, Family, and Wedded Bliss
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Married Life! will inspire and delight readers with its entertaining and heartwarming stories about fun, family, and wedded bliss.Marriage is a wonderful institution, and in this fresh collection of stories, husbands and wives share their personal, funny, and quirky stories from the trenches. Whether newly married or married for years and years, readers will find laughter and inspiration in these 101 stories of love, romance, fun...
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The comedian chronicles his coming of age while analyzing politics & culture in this New York Times–bestselling memoir and satirical guide.If You Don't Buy This Book, You're a Racist.Have you ever been called "too black" or "not black enough?"Have you ever befriended or worked with a black person?Have you ever heard of black people?If you answered yes to any of these questions, this book is for you.Raised by a pro...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School
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With 101 stories geared just for middle schoolers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School offers great support and inspiration for ages eleven to fourteen.Middle school is a tough time. And this “support group in a book” is specifically geared to those younger teens -- the ones still worrying about puberty, cliques, discovering the opposite sex, and figuring out who they are. Stories cover regrets, lessons learned, love and “like,” popularity,...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Just for Preteens
101 Stories of Inspiration and Support for Tweens
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Just for Preteens helps readers as they navigate those tough preteen years from ages 9 to 12 with its stories from others just like them, about the highs and lows of life as a preteen. It’s a support group they carry in their backpack!Being a preteen is harder than it looks! School is more challenging, bodies are changing, relationships with parents are different, and new issues arise with friends. But this collection will help p...
We Learn Nothing
Essays and Cartoons
2012
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**“Kreider locates the right simile and the pith of situations as he carefully catalogues humanity’s inventive and manifold ways of failing” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).In We Learn Nothing, satirical cartoonist Tim Kreider turns his funny, brutally honest eye to the dark truths of the human condition, asking big questions about human-sized problems: What if you survive a brush with death and it doesn’t change you? Why do we fall in love w...
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Everyone has their own idea of romance-a candlelight dinner, a stroll on the beach or a sprinkling of rose petals on a bed. Now, Chicken Soup for the Romantic Soul brings brand new inspiration to expressions of romance.











