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1) The outliers
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It all starts with a text: Please, Wylie, I need your help. Wylie hasn't heard from Cassie in over a week, not since their last fight. But that doesn't matter. Cassie's in trouble, so Wylie decides to do what she has done so many times before: save her best friend from herself. This time it's different, though. Instead of telling Wylie where she is, Cassie sends cryptic clues. And instead of having Wylie come by herself, Jasper shows up saying...
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The best-selling author of The Tipping Point and Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.
"In this provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell examines...
3) Outliers
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"Fear is normal, Indra, it is what you do with that fear that determines if you are strong or weak."
In the dusty ruins of the world, three groups exist: the Sovereign, the Fortis, and the Outliers. Indra is an Outlier. Living on land that has not healed from the poison of the past, the Outliers have adapted - but to the Sovereign and the Fortis, they are nothing.
For centuries the Fortis have made their abuse of Outliers a sport, but when Asa comes...
4) Outlier Man
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A high school teacher is not your typical murder victim, and more than one suggests a connection that P.I. Vinnie Briggs intends to make. This could be a dangerous undertaking so Vinnie hires Rita Light, a fitness fanatic and martial arts champion, for protection.But Rita is seeking a different kind of partnership. While Vinnie searches for clues in data, she looks to the bedroom. Between them they stumble across evidence that suggests more victims,...
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Get the Summary of Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"-the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?
His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people...
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Deadly prophecies. Unlikely partners. Can a pair of mismatched heroes survive a caseload of fatal futures?
Three books. One bonus novella. 800+ pages of prophecy-busting mysteries and a match made in mayhem.
Kate Hale knows prophecy isn't exactly a precise magic. As a predictions actuary, she's a whiz at crunching numbers to ensure the hands of fate get nudged in the right direction. But despite the myriad of everyday and extraordinary oracle reports...
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What's more miserable than trying to walk with a stone in your shoe? Many American evangelicals are experiencing pain and discomfort in their relationship to the church. "Stones" in their shoes make the faith journey uncomfortable and increasingly untenable. They either leave the church altogether, become "church shoppers," or live on the margins of the church as outliers. This book presents the vantage point of a lifelong evangelical pastor and religious...
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One woman's husband confessed to a secret life of multiple affairs and addiction. Another woman's daughter died of leukemia shortly after her adoption was finalized. Awash in their grief, Cortney Donelson and Becky Huber would have been justified in living a life of anger, bitterness, and sorrow after going through what can only be described as a wife's-and mother's-worst nightmares. But as Christians, these women were called to live set apart, to...
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Outliers: The Story of Success is an engaging, thought-provoking look at the external factors that can determine an individual's personal success. Through a series of carefully selected anecdotes about highly successful individuals, Malcolm Gladwell sets out to disprove the myth of the self-made man by...
11) The scattering
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Wylie may have escaped the camp in Maine, but she is far from safe. The best way for her to protect herself is to understand her ability, fast. But after spending a lifetime trying to ignore her own feelings, giving in to her ability to read other peoples' emotions is as difficult as it is dangerous. And Wylie isn't the only one at risk. Ever since they returned home, Jasper has been spiraling, wracked with guilt over what happened to Cassie. After...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Outliers tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Malcolm Gladwell's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books sets the standard for quality and gives you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell includes: Historical contextChapter-by-chapter summariesProfiles of the main charactersImportant quotesFascinating...
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A HAND-UP IS NOT A HAND-OUT: An Autobiographical Memoir. Un- gagged and Uncensored; the Journey of a Woman of Color A Life of Pain, Passion, and Purpose From Civil War to Civil Rights To Current Times. Learn how the KEY to Success is: Navigate the System, Create a life of autonomy, Heal yourself through Spirituality and Faith. Opportunity is a A Hand-Up not a Hand-Out.
14) The Collide
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The much-anticipated final book in New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight's Outliers trilogy.
KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSE.
Wylie is finally out of the detention center, but that doesn't mean she's safe. As much as she wants to forget everything that's happened and return to her normal life, Wylie knows that true freedom means discovering, once and for all, who is hunting the girls who are Outliers-and why.
Armed with only a few clues...
15) Melted Tears
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Cressenda is still adjusting to life with the man of her dreams. When Beckett hatches a plan to break her parents out of The Affinity prison work camps, Cressenda must make the biggest sacrifice of her life; trading her freedom for her parents'. With the help of an unlikely ally, Cressenda learns to stop fighting against her fears and embrace the power of fighting for her dreams. But will trusting Beckett to take down The Affinity be the ultimate...
16) Frozen Heart
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A decade surviving on her own.
Three days with the enemy.
Can love conquer all?
Cressenda knows how to survive. With her sled dogs as her only companions, she's spent the past ten years hiding in the snow covered wilderness from the oppressive regime of the Affinity. When a routine trip to civilization takes a turn for the worst, Cressenda is forced to take refuge with the enemy or lose her life to the frozen countryside.
But Beckett, a Guard...
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The accidental death case of a woman hanging upside-down is the last thing Kate Hale wants on her plate. Too close to the tampered cases she's had to deal with from the fall out of the anti-fate groups of New Karma and Wyrd. Too risky with her ex, Kyle Dillingham, at her heels. And is her partner Ian Becker ready for the challenge? Or is it Kate that's unable to accept her own unpredictable future?
But when the case reveals more questions that connect...
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Kate Hale thought she had her life in order. She'd made an arrangement with Ian Becker as his stand-in pack mate. Strictly professional. No after dark meetings. No more crawling through her window. No late night snuggle sessions. She even delivers a high probability death prediction on short notice.
But Kate's wrong... about everything.
A case that should have been open and shut has more questions than answers. The woman Kate predicted doesn't die...
19) Moon Kissed
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A sinister crime. A careless coverup. An impossible secret. Will Kate and Ian solve the case before they become the next victims?
Kate Hale would rather remain an invisible pencil pusher, but that's been impossible since she broke the biggest insider predictions scandal in history. Time away on a case with her pack seems like the perfect solution, however, she can't work the investigation if she's served a restraining order on arrival.
The team...
20) Big Bad Becker
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Ian Becker adjusts to pack life after his co-worker, Kate Hale, makes a generous offer. He's determined to prevent negative consequences for her, except in his line of work that might be an impossible promise.
This is a 40,000 word novella in The Outlier Prophecies world. This story can be read out of order from the main series. Big Bad Becker takes place between the end of book one, Romancing the Null, and before the start of book two, Conditional...
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