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Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 209,225 ratings — published 2004
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We Are Joy We Are Joy (Library Binding)
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avg rating 3.92 — 44 ratings — published
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Walk the Walk Walk the Walk (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 70 ratings — published
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Gentleman Jim (Somerset Stories, #2) Gentleman Jim (Somerset Stories, #2)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,470 ratings — published 2020
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The Black Mambas: The World's First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit The Black Mambas: The World's First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.55 — 329 ratings — published
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Burst Your Bubble!: Outsmart the Algorithms and See What You’re Missing Burst Your Bubble!: Outsmart the Algorithms and See What You’re Missing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 46 ratings — published
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Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature: A biography in poems Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature: A biography in poems (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 53 ratings — published
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How to Say Goodbye in Cuban How to Say Goodbye in Cuban (Library Binding)
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avg rating 4.24 — 787 ratings — published
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Understanding Social Problems Understanding Social Problems (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.65 — 122 ratings — published 1996
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The Do More Club The Do More Club (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 246 ratings — published
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Mad Honey Mad Honey (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 619,114 ratings — published 2022
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Half-Breed (Goodread Biographies) Half-Breed (Goodread Biographies)
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avg rating 4.26 — 3,409 ratings — published 1973
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Beartown (Beartown, #1) Beartown (Beartown, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 666,397 ratings — published 2016
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A Prayer for Owen Meany A Prayer for Owen Meany (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 345,900 ratings — published 1989
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Five Little Indians Five Little Indians (ebook)
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avg rating 4.46 — 49,378 ratings — published 2020
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In Search of April Raintree In Search of April Raintree (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 5,618 ratings — published 1983
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Indian Horse Indian Horse (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 36,507 ratings — published 2012
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The Women The Women (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.58 — 1,861,832 ratings — published 2024
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A Place for Us A Place for Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 263 ratings — published
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The Playdate The Playdate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.56 — 55 ratings — published
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We're in This Together: Leo's Lunch Box We're in This Together: Leo's Lunch Box (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 59 ratings — published
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No More Chairs No More Chairs (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.58 — 298 ratings — published
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Eden's Light Eden's Light (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.33 — 18 ratings — published
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Blanc autour Blanc autour (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 3,452 ratings — published 2021
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 314,536 ratings — published 2014
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Mommy's New Friend Mommy's New Friend (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 98 ratings — published
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Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel (Parachute Kids #1) Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel (Parachute Kids #1)
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avg rating 4.24 — 5,174 ratings — published 2023
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 834,022 ratings — published 2010
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Blindness Blindness (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.19 — 368,319 ratings — published 1995
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,584,237 ratings — published 1985
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The Enemy and Miss Innes (Tales from the Highlands, #2) The Enemy and Miss Innes (Tales from the Highlands, #2)
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avg rating 4.36 — 2,025 ratings — published 2021
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The Together Tree The Together Tree (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 441 ratings — published 2023
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School Trip (New Kid #3) School Trip (New Kid #3)
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avg rating 4.19 — 4,312 ratings — published 2023
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Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,007 ratings — published 2022
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Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 381 ratings — published
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The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.62 — 679 ratings — published
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My Brother Is Away My Brother Is Away (Library Binding)
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avg rating 4.39 — 486 ratings — published 2022
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A Duet for Home A Duet for Home (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 3,726 ratings — published 2022
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Mabel's Topsy-Turvy Homes Mabel's Topsy-Turvy Homes (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 110 ratings — published
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American as Paneer Pie American as Paneer Pie (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,874 ratings — published 2020
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North and South North and South (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 190,871 ratings — published 1855
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ആടുജീവിതം / Aatujeevitham ആടുജീവിതം / Aatujeevitham (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-problem)
avg rating 4.31 — 16,222 ratings — published 2008
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Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1) Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 133,673 ratings — published 1998
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John J. Ratey
“[...] The hope is that research can find ways to improve a faulty social brain. There is already evidence that practice can help people overcome at least some of the motor deficits I've just described. Remember Temple Grandin, the autistic woman who learned how to approach people properly, without bowling them over, by walking through a supermarket's automatic doors over and over until she got the steps down? She overcame a social problem that was really a motor problem. [...]”
― John J. Ratey, A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain

Kristian Ventura
“Productivity is now sold as a lifestyle. People hustle away and grind for the sake of grinding. New calendars. New dry erase markers. New journals. But when they write in advanced journals, they write of goals and next steps— never of thoughts and secrets. When they write of goals, their goals are to have more goals. So you abandon the empty castle that is productivity and enter the little cottage of your funny heart.”
― Karl Kristian Flores, The Goodbye Song

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