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The Ben Franklin effect is a psychological phenomenon in which people like someone more after doing a favor for them. An explanation for this is cognitive dissonance . People reason that they help others because they like them, even if they do not, because their minds struggle to maintain logical consistency between their actions and perceptions.
The Shattered West series. The Flux Engine (vol.1), ISBN 978-1482762792, April 16, 2013; Arcane Casebook series Dead Letter, a prequel to the series, was released in December 2018. In Plain Sight (December 2018, ISBN 978-1-72914-250-9) Ghost of a Chance (March 2019, ISBN 978-1-79750-165-9) The Long Chain (September 2019, ISBN 978-1-68809-872-5)
The 39 Clues books and card packs as of August 2010. Where Dan and Amy were in The 39 Clues in books 1 to 11. The first series revolves around orphans Amy and Dan Cahill, who discover upon their grandmother's death that the Cahill family has shaped most of world history and contained most famous historical figures.
Dan Gookin is a computer book author who wrote the first ...For Dummies books including DOS for Dummies and PCs for Dummies, establishing the design and voice of the long-running series that followed, incorporating humor and jokes into a format for beginners on any subject. He also is a member of the Coeur d'Alene City Council.
The Lost Symbol is a 2009 novel written by American writer Dan Brown. [2] [3] It is a thriller set in Washington, D.C., after the events of The Da Vinci Code, and relies on Freemasonry for both its recurring theme and its major characters. [4]
Daniel Deronda is a novel written by English author George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans, first published in eight parts (books) February to September 1876. [1] It was the last novel she completed and the only one set in the Victorian society of her day.
He followed that up illustrating the first Nanny Piggins book written by R. A. Spratt, and the first Otto Undercover book series written by Rhea Perlman. Since then he has illustrated for other authors, including Dan Gutman (The Christmas Genie), Barbara Jean Hicks (The Secret Life of Walter Kitty), and Anne Isaacs (The Ghosts of Luckless Gulch ...
Greenburg is probably most well known for authoring a handful of very popular series of children's books, although he still also wrote novels for adults (mostly mysteries and thrillers). He also wrote for television and movies, and has been regularly published in Life , Time , The New Yorker , and other national publications.