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A business self-help book written by the four co-founders of VitalSmarts, Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler, the book has sold more than 2 million copies and has been translated into 28 languages. [3] Crucial Conversations was ranked by Business Insider as one of the most popular business books of 2013. [4]
The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton published in 1967 by Viking Press.The book details the conflict between two rival gangs of White Americans divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "Greasers" and the upper-middle-class "Socs" (pronounced / ˈ s oʊ ʃ ɪ z / SOH-shiz—short for Socials).
The book was inspired by two rival gangs at her school, Will Rogers High School, [8] the Greasers and the Socs, [3] and her desire to empathize with the Greasers by writing from their point of view. [c] She wrote the novel when she was 16 and it was published in 1967. [10] Since then, the book has sold more than 14 million copies. [8]
Ponyboy Michael "Pony" Curtis is a fictional character and the main protagonist of S. E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders. On screen, he is played by C. Thomas Howell in Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film adaptation and by Jay R. Ferguson in the 1990 sequel TV series. Brody Grant originated the role on stage in the 2023 stage musical adaptation.
A lot of planning needs to go into retirement. It's a major life event, so it needs to be done with care -- not on a whim. Your retirement preparation checklist should include having critical...
The only characteristic the book could share with a dystopian novel is that it takes place in a rough neighborhood, but if you actually read the wierdest book the neighborhool actually isn't that bad as Ponyboy explicitly states that most of the gang members don't lock thier doors.
The book focuses on Becker's belief that it is impossible to establish a method of research independent of the situation it is being used in. [3] According to Becker, the principles of social research he describes in the book are based primarily on what he learned from his professors and colleagues at the University of Chicago. [22]
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a literary reference book compiled by over one hundred literary critics worldwide and edited by Peter Boxall, Professor of English at Sussex University, with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd. [1] [2] Each title is accompanied by a brief synopsis and critique briefly explaining why the book was chosen ...