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&ldquo;Fascinating.&rdquo; &mdash;The Wall Street Journal&ldquo;Monro dives deep into the Asian and Middle Eastern cultures to examine how the discovery and spread of paper permitted civilizations to blossom and also how paper broke down isolation.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune&ldquo;Elegantly presented. . . . Monro&rsquo;s focus is China, which he knows well. When the Greeks and the Romans were carving on stone and writing on papyrus scrolls, Chinese scholars were using paper.&rdquo; &mdash;The Economist &#160; &ldquo;Page-turningly readable. . . . The chronological narrative, beginning with prehistoric charcoal scribbling on cave walls and ending with e-paper, is laden with research carried admirably lightly. . . . A terrific read.&rdquo; &mdash;Literary Review &ldquo;Timely. . . . Monro&rsquo;s expertise as a European historian and scholar of Chinese gives this book a uniquely broad perspective, which would mean less if he were not also a picturesque writer with an eye for a good story.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times (London)

An Unexpected History of a Revolutionary Invention

The Paper Trail

Boutavant&#8217;s colorful illustrations are well cued to Davies&#8217;s content, depicting scene-setting scientific details (smiley anthropomorphized animals notwithstanding) while enhancing the fun of discovery.&#8212;The Horn BookEntertainment and education in a pleasing package.&#8212;Kirkus ReviewsBoutavant&#8217;s digital illustrations have a retro, Golden Books vibe, both in palette and style; his gently anthropomorphized animals have large, black eyes and friendly expressions, and his bold backgrounds in pinks and reds command attention.&#8212;Publishers WeeklyRoss&#8217;s screenwriter background serves his debut well&#8212;this novella-in-verse boasts engaging characters, a sturdy plot, and the never-fail enchantment of flying....It's not hard to imagine this on a big screen.&#8212;Publishers WeeklyThe digital art is crisply detailed, loudly colored, and slightly cartoonish in some of its designerly elements.&#8212;Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

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"Barkan's analyses are rich and complex--this is a book that rewards close reading. . . . The book is beautifully produced, with excellent reproductions."---Bernadine Barnes, European Legacy

A Life on Paper

Michelangelo

Life Comes in Three Parts

&ldquo;A compelling and powerfully written memoir about identity and coming of age&hellip;If the outlines of Justice Sotomayor&rsquo;s life are well known by now, her searching and emotionally intimate memoir, My Beloved World, nonetheless has the power to surprise and move the reader&hellip;This account of her life is revealing, keenly observed and deeply felt&hellip;This insightful memoir underscores just how well Justice Sotomayor mastered the art of narrative. It&rsquo;s an eloquent and affecting testament to the triumph of brains and hard work over circumstance, of a childhood dream realized through extraordinary will and dedication.&rdquo;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "The book delivers on its promise of intimacy in its depictions of Sotomayor's family, the corner of Puerto Rican immigrant New York where she was raised and the link she feels to the island where she spent childhood summers &hellip;This is a woman who knows where she comes from and has the force to bring you there. Sotomayor does this by being cleareyed about the flaws of the adults who raised her&mdash;she lets them be complicated&hellip;'I've spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me,' Sotomayor tells an acquaintance when he asks whether becoming a judge will be difficult for her. Yes, she has. And by the time you close My Beloved World, you understand how she has mastered judging, too."&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;Emily Bazelon, The New York Times Book Review&#160;"With buoyant humor and thoughtful candor, she recounts her rise from a crime-infested neighborhood in the South Bronx to the nation's highest court. 'I will be judged as a human being by what readers find here,' Sotomayor writes. We, the jury in this case, find her irresistible."&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;John Wilwol, Washingtonian&#160;"Sotomayor turns out to be a writer of depth and literary flair&hellip;My Beloved World is steeped in vivid memories of New York City, and it is an exceptionally frank account of the challenges that she faced during her ascent from a public housing project to the court's marble palace on First Street."&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;Adam Liptak, The New York Times&#160;"You'll see in Sotomayor a surprising wealth of candor, wit, and affection. No topic is off limits, not her diabetes, her father's death, her divorce, or her cousin's death from AIDS. Put the kettle on, reader, it's time for some real talk with Titi Sonia&hellip;The author shines in her passages on childhood, family, and self-discovery. Her magical portraits of loved ones bring to mind Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street; both authors bring a sense of childlike wonder and empathy to a world rarely seen in books, a Latin-American and womancentric world."&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;Grace Bello, Christian Science Monitor&#160;&ldquo;This is a page-turner, beautifully written and novelistic in its tale of family, love and triumph. It hums with hope and exhilaration. This is a story of human triumph.&rdquo;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;Nina Totenberg, NPR"Big-hearted&hellip;A powerful defense of empathy&hellip;She has spent her life imagining her way into the hearts of everyone around her&hellip;Anyone wondering how a child raised in public housing, without speaking English, by an alcoholic father and a largely absent mother could become the first Latina on the Supreme Court will find the answer in these pages. It didn't take just a village: It took a country."&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;Dahlia Lithwick, The Washington Post&#160;&ldquo;My Beloved World&rdquo; is filled with inspiring, and surprisingly candid, stories about how the Supreme Court&rsquo;s first Hispanic justice overcame a troubled childhood to attend Princeton and Yale Law School, eventually earning a seat on the nation&rsquo;s highest court.&rdquo;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;Carla Main, Wall Street Journal&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;"Remarkable&hellip;A portrait of a genuinely interesting person."&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast&#160;"In a refreshing conversational style,&#160;Sotomayor tells her fascinating life story with the hope of providing &ldquo;comfort, perhaps even inspiration&rdquo; to others, particularly children, who face hard times. &ldquo;People who live in difficult circumstances,&rdquo; Sotomayor writes in her preface, &ldquo;need to know that happy endings are possible."&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;Jay Wexler, Boston Globe&#160;"Classic Sotomayor: intelligent, gregarious and at times disarmingly personal&hellip;A portrait of an underprivileged but brilliant young woman who makes her way into the American elite and does her best to reform it from the inside&hellip;I certainly hope My Beloved World inspires readers to chase their dreams."&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;Jason Farago, NPR&ldquo;Vital, loving, and incisive&hellip;In this revealing memoir, Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor candidly and gracefully recounts her formative years. Her memoir shows both her continued self-reliance and her passion for community.&rdquo;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &mdash;Library Journal (Starred review)&#160;&ldquo;Justice Sotomayor recounts numerous obstacles and remarkable achievements in this personal and inspiring autobiography&hellip;Readers across the board will be moved by this intimate look at the life of a justice.&rdquo; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &#160;&ldquo;Amazingly candid&hellip; an intimate and honest look at her extraordinary life and the support and blessings that propelled her forward.&rdquo;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;Booklist (Starred review)&#160;&ldquo;Graceful, authoritative memoir&hellip;Mature, life-affirming musings from a venerable life shaped by tenacity and pride.&rdquo;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&mdash;Kirkus Reviews

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&#147;Another must read. . . . Sheridan never gets bogged down in psychology, rendering his book accessible even to non-fight fans. The lessons handed down from the book&#8217;s subjects are fleshed out on their own and by Sheridan, painting a complete picture of the pain and joy it takes to get to the top, stay there, and eventually surrender the crown.&#8221; &#151;FIGHT! Magazine&#147;Fantastic &#133; One of the best MMA books I&#8217;ve ever read, and I&#8217;ve certainly read my fair share.&#8221; &#151;Eric O&#8217;Brien, &#147;Way of the Warrior,&#8221; ESPN radio&#147;You don&#8217;t have to care about fighting, or even know that MMA stands for mixed martial arts, to find insights into human behavior in Sam Sheridan&#8217;s The Fighter&#8217;s Mind.&#8221;&#151;Bloomberg&#147;In tasking himself with peeling back the layers of a complex and multifaceted activity, [Sheridan is] raising the bar for everyone else. . . . If you want a better grip on a sport even some of its participants may not fully understand, his work is quickly becoming required reading.&#8221; &#151;Jake Rossen, ESPN.com&#147;The Fighter&#8217;s Mind is an entertaining and enlightening read and is a worthy addition to any MMA fan&#8217;s bookshelf.&#8221; &#151;Dave Doyle, Yahoo! Sports&#147;Sheridan wrote one of my favorite books of recent times, The Fighter's Heart, and is one of those writers who could write about getting the oil changed in his car and still make it riveting  &#133; So it comes as no surprise that The Fighter's Mind is a terrific read.&#8221;&#151;Jeff Fox, MMA Manifesto&#147;A must-read for fight fans.&#8221; &#151;Evan Holober, The Queensberry Rules"Tirelessly curious and game, deftly sidestepping pretentiousness and macho posturing and all the other usual traps that snare writers who delve into the form and meaning of fighting, Sam Sheridan seeks out fearsome teachers and comes away with a rare prize:  a deep understanding of the mental aspect of the fighter's craft and what it can teach us about how&#151;and how not&#151;to live." &#151;Carlo Rotella, author of Cut Time, An Education at the Fights&#147;Having opened up professional fighting worldwide in the best-selling A Fighter&#8217;s Heart, former Merchant Marine and Harvard grad Sheridan here plumbs the mental side of the sport. &#133; this should be a knockout with fight fans.&#8221; &#151;Library Journal&#147;As accurate and perceptive an account of what makes top fighters tick as I have seen.  Sam Sheridan is a great observer and with his profiles of some the top names in MMA, he cuts through the clutter and highlights what it is about these men's psychologies and thought processes that has made them so dominant. There is so much valuable information in this book that I read it once and then went back through it again with a highlighter.  The chapter on legendary trainer Greg Jackson alone makes the book worth purchasing."&#151;Donovan Craig, Editor In Chief, FIGHT! Magazine&#147;Relevant for fighters and non-fighters alike, [The Fighter&#8217;s Mind] creates new bridges between the fight community and the rest of the world.&#8221;&#151;Lockflow.com&#147;In Sam Sheridan&#8217;s The Fighter&#8217;s Mind you are taken on a journey that starts in the mind of wrestling great Dan Gable and meanders through the inner psyche of today&#8217;s fighters. Paradoxically, the knowledge illuminated from this fascinating journey remains timeless and true, reflecting the wisdom of the archetypal ancient warrior&#151;truly a great contribution to the field of mental athletic peak performance.&#8221; &#151;Michael Lardon, M.D., sports psychologist and author of Finding Your Zone

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The Story of the World's Most Seductive Star

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10 Secrets of the Boardroom's Toughest Interviewer

The Unauthorized Guide To Doing Business the Alan Sugar Way

How Do We Know It Is Summer?

Psychological factors influencing exercise adherence in young adult women

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The Importance of Stakeholder Activism

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In the course of his career, Robert A. Rosenstone (emeritus, Cal Tech) has worked as one of the most brilliantly innovative historians in the United States. … His latest book Adventures of a Postmodern Historian is a beautifully written memoir that succeeds in being a profound meditation on the life of a historian as well as the nature of historical research and writing. It is also a highly entertaining and moving account of his unique and interesting career.

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