Meadow Lark

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Lynn M. Homan and Thomas Reilly

When Charlene's brothers tell her that she cannot be a pilot because she is a girl, she gives them a lesson in the rich history of women in flight.

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Siobhán Parkinson

To Hal, Fridays are blue, and tangy, like blue lemon sherbert. Olivia thinks he's crazy - Friday is just like Friday, isn't it? Olivia is pretty sure that Hal's mysterious plan to get rid of his not-quite-stepfather, Alec, is even weirder - But things don't go quite as either Hal or Olivia expected.

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Travis Bradberry

A revolutionary approach to success and fulfillment-already being used by hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations-now available for the first time in an accessible, practical book.T he Personality Code clearly and persuasively demonstrates how personality determines why we do what we do and how we can maximize our strengths, work smarter with others, and profit from better relationships in our careers.Based on the IDISC(tm) Personality Profile-an updated and rigorously validated proprietary version of DISC, the world's most popular form of personality testing-the book provides insights and strategies for individuals and organizations that promote self-awareness and foster excellence.Readers will have free access to the online IDISC(tm) Personality Profile (each book will include a unique code number), which will reveal their own profiles from among the fourteen personality types that have been refined and defined through the author's six-year international study involving more than five hundred thousand participants.Travis Bradberry shows readers how to discern the fixed characteristics that explain three-quarters of human behavior. Most important, they will learn how to leverage these traits in order to capitalize on their strengths and sidestep weaknesses in themselves as well as in other people.

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Susan Ralph

With her inner Amazon steaming, reliable, compliant, Agatha Marple dumps her two-timing fiancé and runs away from the small town and the eccentric family stifling her dreams. Settling in a large city, she embarks on a self-improvement plan. Desperate to keep her inner Amazon from slipping back to second place and leaving her defenseless again against her need to please, she petitions the mythical powers of the universe. But, her careful plan and her Amazon side get thrown into turmoil when her eccentric grandmother and the man of her dreams show up and keep her off balance.