Thoughts Teens

From the start, his path was never predictable. Steve Jobs was given up for adoption at birth, dropped out of college after one semester, and at the age of 20, created Apple in his parents' garage with his friend Steve Wozniack. Then came the core and hallmark of his genius - his exacting insistence on perfection, his counterculture life approach, and his level of taste and style that pushed all boundaries.

خواطرٌ للقلب والفكر والتطوير أودعها احمد الشقيري في هذا الجزء من كتابه الأشهر "خواطر شاب" والذي لا يختلف كثيراً عن جزءه الأول سوى أن هذه المرة مواضيعه أكثر واقعية وأكثر وضوحاً فأحمد فقد قطف الشقيري من كل بستان زهرة ولم يترك موضوعًا إلا وتكلم عنه.

Thoughts for Young Men, by J. C. Ryle, is a short yet passionate appeal that, a hundred years after it was written, remains relevant for today. Replete with warnings, exhortations, and instruction about this life's many trials, temptations, and common pitfalls, Thoughts for Young Men is biblical, practical, timeless, and wise. Ryle covers four great temptations that plague most young men: sloth, lust, love of pleasure, and peer pressure.

Seventeen-year-old Chloe had a plan: work hard, get good grades, and attend a top-tier college. But after she collapses during cross-country practice and is told that she needs a new heart, all her careful preparations are laid to waste. Eight months after her transplant, everything is different. Stuck in summer school with the underachievers, all she wants to do now is grab her surfboard and hit the waves - which is strange, because she wasn’t interested in surfing before her transplant. (It doesn’t hurt that her instructor, Kai, is seriously good-looking.)

Rebecca, Samantha, Haley, Katie, Ashley—Nora musste schon viele Mädchen sein. Denn sie ist die Tochter einer Trickbetrügerin, die mit ihrer Hilfe kriminelle Biedermänner ausnimmt. Mit zwölf gelingt Nora die Flucht aus diesem Leben. Doch fünf Jahre später holt die Vergangenheit sie ein, als sie mit ihren besten Freunden Wes (ihr Ex) und Iris (ihre neue Liebe) in einen Banküberfall gerät. Die brutalen Gangster erwarten keinen Widerstand. Nichts hat sie auf Nora vorbereitet—oder auf die Tricks, die sie und ihre Alter Egos auf Lager haben. Ein raffiniertes Katz-und-Maus-Spiel beginnt.

Which president had feet bigger than his ego? Which barked like a seal? Which joked about dating mummies? Kathleen Krull uses fun and quirky facts to bring to light the human side of the 42 U.S. presidents in this "deliciously gossipy" biography.