High school is the time when our kids truly begin to test their wings and gain some freedom while still in the safe confines of their parent’s embrace.On the verge of young adulthood with many more freedoms and responsibilities than ever before, this is such a critical period of development...
We follow four college friends who, after graduating from a small college in Massachusetts, decide to move to the big city: New York. There's actor Willem, artist JB, architect Malcolm, and lawyer Jude. A Little Life goes over their lives through the years—as they aspire for wealth and...
Whether you are buying a little gift for a graduating friend or young adult relative or are in charge of getting a bunch of gifts for grads from your church or organization, we want to remind you of these two books, the two very best recommendations we can make, the only two great book...
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Sky, a senior in high school, meets Dean Holder, a guy with a promiscuous reputation that rivals her own. From their very first encounter, he terrifies and captivates her. Something about him sparks memories of her deeply troubled past, a time she’s tried so hard to bury. Though Sky ...
Lisa has taught a variety of courses, from introductory biology to developmental biology and senior seminar. As a part of her mission to increase understanding of evolution, Lisa also teaches a nonmajors course called Evolution for Future Presidents and is on the Teacher Advisory Board for the ...
It's 2380 and a group of six diverse graduating cadets are preparing for their first mission as representatives of an interplanetary peacekeeping coalition. But a mysterious and superhuman stowaway, Aurora, threatens the order. Full of high drama, intriguing personalities, thrills and laughs. Your ...
G. Coulton, Sarah Campion (her pen name) attended a teacher training college, and after graduating with honors, spent years traveling around Europe until she landed in Berlin in 1933. There she taught English and came to know families like the Herzes. In fact, she left Germany 1937 when ...
Soon after graduating from Bryn Mawr, she learned about both novel-writing and publishing when she and her mother worked with Mark Saxton to turn the 2300-page manuscript left by her father, Austin Tappan Wright, into publishable form. Though its bulk (over 1,000 pages even after editing) ...
Senior lecturer in film studies, Queen Mary University of London David Foster WallaceThis is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life (2009) Actually a speech to graduating students, its thesis is that a liberal arts education teaches us how to...