Fred

A Kirkus Best Book of 2017 * A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * An ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection

Read the book Morris Award finalist Sonia Patel called "a brilliant, subtle debut," and Kirkus hailed as "heart-wrenching, funny, hopeful, and not-to-be-missed" in a starred review!

The Closest I’ve Come is a must-read from talented first-time author Fred

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In the late 1860's in the Texas hill country, a big yellow dog and a fourteen year-old boy form a close, loving relationship.

An eighth-grade basketball player has amazing shooting talent but could use a little team spirit in this novel “bound to engage and entertain young readers” (School Library Journal).
 
Richie Mallon is known as “the shooter”—the one on the team who scores most of the baskets. Every day he practices at his driveway hoop, perfecting his technique. Richie never plays any other roles on the...

Acclaimed national security columnist and noted cultural critic Fred Kaplan looks past the 1960s to the year that really changed America

While conventional accounts focus on the sixties as the era of pivotal change that swept the nation, Fred Kaplan argues that it was 1959 that ushered in the wave of tremendous cultural, political, and scientific shifts that would play out in the decades that followed. Pop culture exploded

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For decades, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, has secretly been on the front lines in the fight to keep Americans safe around the world. Now, in this hard-hitting memoir, Burton emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the threats that lurk unseen except by an experienced, world-wise few.
In this globe-trotting account of one counterterrorism agent’s life

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Behind the bitter rivalry between Apple and Google-and how its reshaping the way we think about technologyThe rise of smartphones and tablets has altered the business of making computers. At the center of this change are Apple and Google, two companies whose philosophies, leaders, and commercial acumen have steamrolled the competition. In the age of Android and the iPad, these corporations are locked in a feud that will play out not just in the marketplace...

Because of the airtight seal it can achieve, the ceramic-insulated kamado grill is the "fix it and forget it" of the smoking world. Bring the grill to temperature, put on your brisket, ribs, or pork shoulder, lock down the grill, and it will maintain temperature for 5 to 12 hours, no added fuel needed. In The Kamado Grill Cookbook, Fred Thompson teaches the special techniques needed for kamado grill success. Grilling expert Fred Thompson is the author...

A razor sharp focus is required to bridge the gap between our vision and our current circumstances. Stay focused on the vision we want, despite the current reality. It's challenging to believe you will be rich when you are poor, healthy if you are sick, but it is necessary to achieve that vision. Focus on the desired result. Focus on the next step towards that goal. Without focus on these elements there can be no success. Stay focused on the positive...

Fred Schebesta, phenomenally successful entrepreneur and founder of Finder, shares the stories, mistakes and insights from his incredible business journey to inspire you to kickstart your business idea and reach unimaginable success. From building websites in his university dorm room in 1999, to successfully pivoting half a billion dollar global business, Finder, into a fintech app during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fred shares the highs and lows of starting...

Un village en trois dés, c'est une nouvelle incursion de Fred Pellerin dans le dédale parlant de son village Saint-Élie-de-Caxton. On y retrouve la faune légendaire préservée : Méo le barbier décoiffeur, Toussaint le marchand généreux, Lurette la belle, et encore. Aussi, sur ce sixième voyage conté, on a la chance de faire la rencontre d'Alice, la première postière de l'histoire locale, elle qui savait licher les enveloppes dans les...