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According to Paul Sullivan, clutch individuals have figured out how to perform under high stress conditions as if they were everyday situations. How do they do it? Drawing on new research and interviews with stars across a range of fields, Sullivan uncovers the shared traits that define clutch performers and explains how anyone can apply these lessons.

Ian Hart has always been the kid most likely to be bullied, which is why he appreciates having aggressive Devon as a friend--but when one of Devon's pranks goes terribly wrong Ian finds himself the youngest student in the Juvenile Academy for Noncompliant and Underachieving Students, otherwise know as reform school, and somehow he is going to have to learn how to stand up for himself.

Most people have self-confidence issues, whether occasional or frequent. Even movie stars and CEOs can suffer a "crisis of confidence," but what sets people like them apart from others is the strategies they employ to master their nerves and doubts. Boost Your Confidence will show viewers how to move from their (dis)comfort zone to the place they need to be in order to get more from their lives. Topics range from the negatives-negative friends, negative...

A few years ago, Bill Stixrud and Ned Johnson started noticing the same problem from different angles: Even high-performing kids were coming to them acutely stressed and lacking motivation. Many complained they had no control over their lives. Some stumbled in high school or hit college and unraveled. Bill is a clinical neuropsychologist who helps kids gripped by anxiety or struggling to learn. Ned is a motivational coach who runs an elite tutoring...

Raising independent, confident girls today is not easy-but concerned parents can curb the outside world's influence on their daughters. With an expert child psychologist's unique program, parents can counteract society's pressure without making their girls live in a bubble. Princess Recovery will help parents raise strong, sweet daughters when they encourage them to pursue their passion with industry and intelligence and to establish high but realistic...

A Hamlet redux with an unforgettable voice all his own. When eleven-year-old Philip Noble is confronted by the ghost of his recently deceased father and asked to avenge his death, the boy finds himself in a thorny dilemma. Revenge, after all, is a tricky business -- especially when Philip is already distracted by his girlfriend, school bullies, self-doubt, and all the other challenges of adolescence. Viewing the adult world through the eyes of a young...

"Filled with loving advice and encouragement, Dear Baby, reminds little ones that the world is big, bright, and ready just for them. There's no limit to what they can be, where they can go, or what they can do! With the same tenderness as Dear Girl, and Dear Boy, Paris's charming text and Holly Hatam's stunning illustrations beautifully come together to reassure babies everywhere that no matter how far they go, they are loved"--Amazon.com.

"Jimmy McClean is a Lakota boy, though you wouldn't guess it by his name. His mother is Lakota, and his father is half white and half Lakota. Over summer break, Jimmy embarks on a journey with his grandfather, Nyles High Eagle. While on the road, his grandfather tells him the story of Crazy Horse, one of the most important figures in Lakota, and American, history. ... With Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse was the last of the Lakota to surrender his people...