decision making

"Noodle always chooses to do the things he wants to do while never getting around to doing the things he NEEDS to do! Luckily, he learns simple strategies to help him complete his chores and still have time for fun."--Publisher.

"Third-grader Braden loves to be the center of attention. His comic genius, as he sees it, causes his friends to look at him in awe. But when his ill-timed jokes and actions result in interrupting class or hurting others, it's time for a lesson about impulse control"--Provided by publisher.

Explains the two systems that drive the way we think; system one is fast, intuitive, and emotional, and system two is slower, deliberative, and logical and discusses how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions.

Argues that there is much of value to be found in history, stressing the need to use care when drawing lessons from the past, and looks at how people and governments have abused history in order to promote their own causes.

"Jane has lived a mostly ordinary life, raised by her aunt Magnolia, whom she counted on to turn life into an adventure. Without Aunt Magnolia, Jane is directionless. Then an old aquaintance, the glamorous and capricious Kiran Thrash, blows back into Jane's life and invites her to a gala at the Thrash's extravagent island mansion called Tu Reviens. Jane remembers her aunt telling her: 'If anyone ever invites you to Tu Reviens, promise me that you'll go.' What Jane doesn't know is that at Tu Reviens her story will change; the house will offer her five choices that could ultimately determine the course of her newly untethered life. But every choice comes with a price. She might fall in love, she might lose her life, she might come face-to-face with herself. At Tu Reviens, anything is possible"--Dust jacket flap.

"Five high school seniors face one life-changing decision and two very different roads"--.

"Sixteen-year-old Austin, a self-described screw-up, finds out that his allegedly dead father happens to be the very-much-alive rock star Shane Tyler. Austin--a talented musician himself--is sucked into his newfound father's alluring music-biz orbit, pulling his true love, Josephine, along with him"--.

Colleen is devastated when her best friend changes schools--but when she learns that Meredith is teaching her new cheerleading squad the routine they created together for an upcoming competition their friendship is tested.

A boy has a difficult time making decisions even though there is a vocal bunch of Hunches to help him.

When rhesus monkeys are brutally massacred on the streets of Kolkata by a troop of power hungry langur monkeys, a young langur soldier's life is changed forever.