Grit

[close] This is a resource for that teach statistics at either a community college or a university. The posts are recommendations of books dealing with introductory statistics, higher education and psychology.

[close] How did you make it? How did you pour out your soul? And where are you going to end up? From the Hollywood hills to Detroit trailer parks, you reach all. But will you be able to milk the fame without losing your soul?

[close] You've heard of Chick Lit? This is the opposite. Gritty, guy books. I mean hard writing. Not escapist garbage, but books that have teeth. Think the style of Cormac McCarthy with some Bret Easton Elis uncomfortableness and a little Chuck Palahniuk honesty and the reality of Roddy Doyle. Like chicks think about love and romance, this is the shit guys think about. It doesn't mean you do it - but still, you like to read about it.

[close] There are some FEROCIOUS books that will engage reluctant readers out there - they especially hook those hard-to-reach-boys. This group is all about the raw, hard-edged tales of hard-scrabbled kids living hard-scrabbled lives.