Jackson Pearce Knihy

Featuring cutting-edge research and in-depth reporting, this paradigm-shifting book shows us how to skillfully confront the unexpected and unknown, and how to seek not-knowing in the service of curiosity, wisdom, and discovery.

When her boyfriend disappears with a mysterious girl, seventeen-year-old Ginny leaves her hometown of Atlanta and fights wolves, escapes thieves, and braves the cold to rescue him.

<b>One deadly secret, eight missing teenage girls, and a town full of fear...</b> Twelve years ago three siblings went looking for a witch in the forest. Only two of them returned. Now, Ansel and Gretchen find sanctuary with Sophia Kelly at her sweet shop. Gretchen Is lulled by the intoxicating treats that Sophia creates, until handsome social outcast, Samuel, breaks the spell and forces her to look deeper at the secrets of the town. She begins to suspect her sister's disappearance is linked to the sleep town's other missing girls, and if this is true, then so are her childhood terrors. The further she becomes entangled in the town's mysteries, the more she finds herself wondering if love is as deadly as it is sweet...?

Here's a list of things Pip Bartlett can talk to: Unicorns Miniature Silky Griffins Bitterflunks Basically, all magical creatures Here's a list of things she can't talk to (at least, not very well): Parents Teachers Basically, all people Because of a Unicorn Incident at her school (it was an accident ), Pip is spending the summer with her Aunt Emma at the Cloverton Clinic for Magical Creatures. At first, it's all fun, games, and chatting with Hobgrackles, but when Fuzzles appear and start bursting into flame at the worst possible places, Pip and her new friend Tomas must take action. Because if the mystery of the Fuzzles isn't solved soon, both magical and unmagical creatures are going to be in a hot mess of trouble.

This visionary book details the steep costs of our deepening crisis of distraction and reveals remarkable scientific discoveries that can help us rekindle our powers of focus and sustained attention. In the first edition of this groundbreaking book, Maggie Jackson sounded a prescient warning of a looming crisis: the fragmentation of attention that is eroding our abilities to problem-solve, innovate, and care for one another. Now in this updated edition with an incisive new preface, she offers both a renewed wake-up call and a path forward as we reckon with one of the most pressing problems of our time. How can we harness the technological marvels of our age more wisely and turn data into knowledge and distraction into skillful attention' How can we reset human bonds in a time of deep disconnection' We must, she argues, curb technological excess by cultivating the full gamut of our attentional capabilities? We must look first to the human behind the device. Jackson is our expert guide in exploring the historical roots of distraction, the perils we face in melding human and machine, and the cutting-edge science that reveals the attentional skills most needed in an age of overload. Timely and unforgettable, Distracted offers a harrowing yet hopeful account of the fate of our highest human capacity

A contemporary, dark retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid by the author of Sisters Red and Sweetly.

Ever since Viola's boyfriend broke up with her, she has spent her days silently wishing—to have someone love her again and, more importantly, to belong again—until one day she inadvertently summons a young genie out of his world and into her own. He will remain until she makes three wishes.Jinn is anxious to return home, but Viola is terrified of wishing, afraid she will not wish for the right thing, the thing that will make her truly happy. As the two spend time together, the lines between master and servant begin to blur, and soon Jinn can't deny that he's falling for Viola. But it's only after Viola makes her first wish that she realizes she's in love with Jinn as well . . . and that if she wishes twice more, he will disappear from her life—and her world—forever.Jackson Pearce spins a magical tale about star-crossed lovers, what it means to belong . . . and how important it is to be careful what you wish for.

Sixteen-year-old Shelby finds it difficult to balance her mother's dying request to live a life without restraint with her father's plans for his "little princess," which include attending a traditional father-daughter dance that culminates with a ceremonial vow to live "whole, pure lives."

Scarlett March is a fierce hunter of Fenris werewolves, driven by vengeance after losing an eye in a brutal attack while protecting her sister Rosie. Rosie, indebted to Scarlett, hunts alongside her but yearns for a different life, complicated by her feelings for Silas, Scarlett's only friend.