Star Spangled Summer

6 best books like Star Spangled Summer (Janet Lambert): The Moon and Sixpence, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential, Michael O'Halloran, Blood Test, How to Change Minds: The Art of Influence without Manipulation, The Harvester

The Moon and Sixpence

Author	W. Somerset Maugham
ISBN	1598185217

Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham's ode to the powerful forces behind creative genius.
Charles Strickland is a staid banker, a man of wealth and privilege. He is also a man possessed of an unquenchable desire to create art. As Strickland pursues his artistic...

The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

Author

John C. Maxwell

True leadership isn't a matter of having a certain job or title. In fact, being chosen for a position is only the first of the five levels every effective leader achieves. To become more than "the boss" people follow only because they are required to, you have to master the ability to invest in people and...

Michael O'Halloran

Author	Gene Stratton-Porter
ISBN	0253210453

OH. MY. GOODNESS. This is one of the best books ever! My only complaint is that Porter's writing style is a little too wordy for me. Not that she uses a big words, but she just uses A LOT of words, with some unnecessary description. Other than that, I ADORED this book!

Michael (aka "Micky") is just...

Blood Test

Author	Jonathan Kellerman
ISBN	0345466616

When the parents of deathly ill five-year-old Woody Swope vanish with their child, psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware and his friend, homicide detective Milo Sturgis, begin an investigation into their disappearance. Their search, however, leads them into an amoral underworld, where drugs, dreams,...

How to Change Minds: The Art of Influence without Manipulation

Author	Rob Jolles
ISBN	1609948297

Persuade, Don’t Push!

Surely you know plenty of people who need to make a change, but despite your most well-intentioned efforts, they resist because people fundamentally fear change. As a salesman, father, friend, and consultant, Rob Jolles knows this scenario all too well. Drawing...

The Harvester

Author	Gene Stratton-Porter
ISBN	0253204577

Please don't let my wife read this book - I would never hear the end of it. The reader should remember that David Langston, Porter's Harvester, was, after all, only a fictional character. He never really existed.

Having said that, I was mesmerized by the sweep, intensity and energy of this book....