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The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control
Walter Mischel · Little, Brown and Company |
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Renowned psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the famous Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it. A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications... |
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The Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany
Donald E. Westlake · University Of Chicago Press |
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Over the course of a fifty-year career, Donald E. Westlake published nearly one hundred books, including not one but two long-running series, starring the hard-hitting Parker and the hapless John Dortmunder. In the six years since his death, Westlake’s reputation has only grown,... |
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Incarnadine: Poems
Mary Szybist · Graywolf Press; First Edition edition |
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Winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Poetry* An NPR, Slate, Oregonian, Kansas City Star, Willamette Week, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * Amazon's Best Book of the Year in Poetry 2013 *In Incarnadine, Mary Szybist restlessly seeks out places... |
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Blood Red
Mercedes Lackey · DAW Hardcover |
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Rosamund is an Earth Master in the Schwarzwald, the ancient Black Forest of Germany. Since the age of ten, she has lived with her teacher, the Hunt Master and Earth Magician of the Schwarzwald Foresters, a man she calls “Papa.” Her adoptive Papa rescued her after her original... |
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Small Beads Big Jewelry: 30 Unique Pieces to Make
Jean Power · Barron's Educational Series |
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The craft of beading has taken on new life in recent years. Today's beaders are combining the traditional stitches of Native American, African, and European origin with imaginative new techniques to create stunning statement pieces that are youthful, modern, and meant to be seen!... |
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