Books with author Jon Baker

Would you like to learn the winning strategy used by all of the top pickleball players? Look no further than this shot-by-shot guide that will take you through every phase of the game, showing you the highest percentage shot for about every playing situation. Players at all levels can benefit from this well illustrated and easy-to-understand strategy guide. Author Joe Baker’s videos on pickleball strategy have been watched by hundreds of thousands of fans. In collaboration with top players and coaches in the sport, he is now sharing the techniques and strategies in this guide. Baker also covers topics like court coverage teamwork and communication, dinking targets, the pitfalls of too much aggression, ball striking technique, and his winning philosophy. Diagrams make the information easy to follow. Advanced pickleball strategy is not obvious and as a consequence, most players never reach their potential. Not understanding the best strategy is often what keeps a good recreational player from becoming a tournament player. This book can help you avoid common mistakes and help speed your way to playing high-percentage pickleball. Quizzes at the end of each chapter test your knowledge of the material and help you process the advice.

• Pride and Prejudice was only half the story • If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats, Sarah often thought, she’d most likely be a sight more careful with them. In this irresistibly imagined belowstairs answer to Pride and Prejudice, the servants take center stage. Sarah, the orphaned housemaid, spends her days scrubbing the laundry, polishing the floors, and emptying the chamber pots for the Bennet household. But there is just as much romance, heartbreak, and intrigue downstairs at Longbourn as there is upstairs. When a mysterious new footman arrives, the orderly realm of the servants’ hall threatens to be completely, perhaps irrevocably, upended. Jo Baker dares to take us beyond the drawing rooms of Jane Austen’s classic—into the often overlooked domain of the stern housekeeper and the starry-eyed kitchen maid, into the gritty daily particulars faced by the lower classes in Regency England during the Napoleonic Wars—and, in doing so, creates a vivid, fascinating, fully realized world that is wholly her own. This ebook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.

Would you like to learn the winning strategy used by all of the top pickleball players? Look no further than this shot-by-shot guide that will take you through every phase of the game, showing you the highest percentage shot for about every playing situation. Players at all levels can benefit from this well illustrated and easy-to-understand strategy guide. Author Joe Baker’s videos on pickleball strategy have been watched by hundreds of thousands of fans. In collaboration with top players and coaches in the sport, he is now sharing the techniques and strategies in this guide. Baker also covers topics like court coverage teamwork and communication, dinking targets, the pitfalls of too much aggression, ball striking technique, and his winning philosophy. Diagrams make the information easy to follow.Advanced pickleball strategy is not obvious and as a consequence, most players never reach their potential. Not understanding the best strategy is often what keeps a good recreational player from becoming a tournament player. This book can help you avoid common mistakes and help speed your way to playing high-percentage pickleball. Quizzes at the end of each chapter test your knowledge of the material and help you process the advice.

When you're being chased down a magical staircase by mythological monsters, your survival depends on knowing whom you can trust. But the only person Anna ever trusted was her mother, who lied about everything. Called "The YA Series to follow" by The New York Times and "Must-Read YA" by USAToday. Author Jodi Baker brilliantly weaves together mysticism, forbidden romance, action, diverse characters, secrets, lies, ancient truths & fantastical Libraries in her Between Lions Series. Everything begins in Book 1:"TRUST."That’s what the voice inside my head kept repeating when I woke up between the infamous lion statues of the New York Public Library, with no idea how I got there and no memory of the last year of my life.The only person I ever trusted was my mother, who lied about everything.I want to trust myself, despite my missing memories. But hearing a voice inside my head obviously wasn’t a good thing, especially since it knew things I didn’t… like how to speak Ancient Sumerian, the fact that yellow-eyed people aren’t actually people, and that my mother’s Egyptian ankh necklace was the key to unlocking the truth she hid from me:I’m the last in a long lineage of powerful women whose secrets date back to the ancient Library of Alexandria.Now I’m fighting like hell to stay alive while searching for my missing mother and the truth, desperate to find something or someone I can trust.“Jodi Baker’s first YA series had me hooked at page one with her debut Trust… Between Lions is definitely the YA series to follow!” –The New York Times"Loved the mysticism and magic. World building made me want to jump in the fight alongside Anna. Recommended Romance & Must-Read YA!" -USA Today"This series should be on every young woman’s bookshelf." -The Los Angeles Times"America's answer to Harry Potter: Jodi Baker's TRUST." -The Arriviste“Baker created a fantastic world in the middle of urban New York City. Full of literary nods and historical and mythological details, TRUST is a treat for geeks, librarians, history and literature lovers. Great job creating strong female characters & portraying beautiful diverse characters!" -Bookworms and Owls"Trust is an exotic blend of cultures, mythology, and fantasy. I couldn't stop reading and can't wait to read more. I love Anna and Inanna and miss their voices already!" -Librarian Specialist for Jefferson City Public Schools"I loved so many things about TRUST. Introducing young people to a pantheon not covered by Percy Jackson. A story with a basis in the library of Alexandria (as a librarian I'm almost required to love that). All the action, the budding love story, and most of all the mystery...you should devour TRUST just like I did. Just watch your back for Were-animals. And liars. And voices in your head. Trust is a brilliant introduction to a series I can't wait to get to finish." -Tina Brison, Librarian & Educator"WOW! Bibliophiles will love this book about books & the coming age of a strong female protagonist." -Dr. K Berry, Librarian at Antlers Public Schools - Oklahoma"Good writing, interesting story, Werejackals, gift-giving voices, a surprise rich relative, mystery, a girl who loves books...this was a fun read!" -Book Devourer Blog“Mythological fantasy masterpiece. I couldn't put it down.” -Amazon Reviewer

Lucas is a young, naive college student on a journey to find an answer to the question: “Why won’t others accept me?” While he recognizes that he comes from an amazing family with an affluent lifestyle, his life is empty as he continually struggles to connect with his peers, especially women. Freshman year is a huge disappointment for Lucas. His frustration mounts due to a lifelong infatuation with a family friend, who sees him as nothing more than platonic. Lucas comes home for the summer deciding to alter his path. He bonds with his therapist and takes on a job at a local scrapyard; that is where he meets Jason. Jason is a forty-year-old ex-marine-sniper, who fought in Desert Storm. Tall, broad, tattooed, and cheeky grinned, Jason is the antithesis of Lucas. Surprisingly, through their various adventures together, they begin to discover that they may not be so different from one another. Lucas’s family is uncomfortable with this new friendship and the therapist has his suspicions. Lucas puts all his faith in Jason but realizes that he may not be the person he thought he was. There is a secret Jason is hiding.

A brilliantly imagined, irresistible below-stairs answer to Pride and Prejudice: a story of the romance, intrigue and drama among the servants of the Bennet household, a triumphant tale of defying society's expectations, and an illuminating glimpse of working-class lives in Regency England. The servants at Longbourn estate--only glancingly mentioned in Jane Austen's classic--take centre stage in Jo Baker's lively, cunning new novel. Here are the Bennets as we have never known them: seen through the eyes of those scrubbing the floors, cooking the meals, emptying the chamber pots. Our heroine is Sarah, an orphaned housemaid beginning to chafe against the boundaries of her class. When the militia marches into town, a new footman arrives under mysterious circumstances, and Sarah finds herself the object of the attentions of an ambitious young former slave working at neighboring Netherfield Hall, the carefully choreographed world downstairs at Longbourn threatens to be completely, perhaps irrevocably, up-ended. From the stern but soft-hearted housekeeper to the starry-eyed kitchen maid, these new characters come vividly to life in this already beloved world. Jo Baker shows us what Jane Austen wouldn't in a captivating, wonderfully evocative, moving work of fiction.

Survival comes at a steep cost…when you’re being chased down a magical staircase by shape shifting mythological creatures that want to kill you.With Styx gone, Anna’s only ally against the ancient powers is Cax, a charming thief she can’t seem to fully trust…or trust herself with. Each spiraling step towards her ultimate destiny as The Heir leads to shocking revelations about Cax, the darkly fantastical Libraries, and the mysterious voice within herself. Author Jodi Baker’s breathtakingly unique brand of storytelling weaves magical mysticism, forbidden romance, and shocking plot twists into this electrifying second installment of the Between Lions Series.Will the answers Anna is searching for get her killed, or set her free?Only TRUTH will tell.Praise for the Between Lions Series:“Jodi Baker’s first YA series had me hooked at page one with her debut 'Trust'…her second, Truth had me on a magical journey up the spiral staircase (you’ll have to read to find out). Between Lions is definitely the YA series to follow!” –The New York Times“Trust, Book One and Truth, Book Two are the perfect companions ...We need more books like this that take a strong young female who is faced with many obstacles and comes out shining on the other side. Truth took me on an real journey as if I was there, ingenious! This series should be on every young woman’s bookshelf!” –The Los Angeles Times“America’s answer to Harry Potter. That's the wonder about Jodi Baker: what makes her brilliant is taking various cultures, histories, and myths then weaving them (to) form a new basket in the fantasy/sci-fi genre. Rowling may had built that fantasy path using British/Roman bricks, but Baker is constructing a new fantasy road using a mortar of Meso-American history, dusted with Norse mythology, and good ole Egyptian and Greek/Roman classics. ” –The Arriviste“Loved the mysticism and magic. World building made me want to jump in the fight alongside Anna. Must-Read YA & Recommended Romance List!” –USA Today“Baker created a fantastic world in the middle of urban New York City. Full of literary nods and historical and mythological details... a treat for geeks, librarians, history and literature lovers. Great job creating strong female characters & portraying beautiful diverse characters!" -Bookworms and Owl“Exotic blend of cultures, mythology and fantasy. I couldn’t stop reading.”-Melanie Thompson, Librarian Media Specialist“Watch your back for Were-animals, liars, and voices in your head. A series I can’t wait to get to finish.” – Tina Brison, Librarian & Educator“Wow! Bibliophiles will love this book about books and the coming of age of a strong female protagonist.” –Dr. K Berry, Librarian“Good writing, interesting story, action, Werejackals, gift giving voices, a girl who loves books – a fun read!” –Book Devourer Blog“Had me captivated.” –Goodreads Reviewer“Mythological fantasy masterpiece. I couldn't put it down once I started reading it.”–Amazon Reviewer

A funny little children's book about the Boy in a RED HAT, who does Gross things, and NOT Gross things…This is a small quick book about a little boy who does things that are good, and perhaps not so good, and it is sure to tickle the humor particular to 'littlies'...For children of all ages who love a little 'bittle' giggle… but especially for 3 to 6 year olds.

When you're being chased down a magical staircase by mythological monsters, your survival depends on knowing whom you can trust. But the only person Anna ever trusted was her mother, who lied about everything. Called "The YA Series to follow" by The New York Times and "Must-Read YA" by USAToday. Author Jodi Baker brilliantly weaves together mysticism, forbidden romance, action, diverse characters, secrets, lies, ancient truths & fantastical Libraries in her Between Lions Series. Everything begins in Book 1: "TRUST." That's what the voice inside my head kept repeating when I woke up between the infamous lion statues of the New York Public Library, with no idea how I got there and no memory of the last year of my life. The only person I ever trusted was my mother, who lied about everything. I want to trust myself, despite my missing memories. But hearing a voice inside my head obviously wasn't a good thing, especially since it knew things I didn't... like how to speak Ancient Sumerian, the fact that yellow-eyed people aren't actually people, and that my mother's Egyptian ankh necklace was the key to unlocking the truth she hid from me: I'm the last in a long lineage of powerful women whose secrets date back to the ancient Library of Alexandria. Now I'm fighting like hell to stay alive while searching for my missing mother and the truth, desperate to find something or someone I can trust."Jodi Baker's first YA series had me hooked at page one with her debut Trust... Between Lions is definitely the YA series to follow!" -The New York Times"Loved the mysticism and magic. World building made me want to jump in the fight alongside Anna. Recommended Romance & Must-Read YA!" -USA Today"This series should be on every young woman's bookshelf." -The Los Angeles Times"America's answer to Harry Potter: Jodi Baker's TRUST." -The Arriviste"Baker created a fantastic world in the middle of urban New York City. Full of literary nods and historical and mythological details, TRUST is a treat for geeks, librarians, history and literature lovers. Great job creating strong female characters & portraying beautiful diverse characters!" -Bookworms and Owls"Trust is an exotic blend of cultures, mythology, and fantasy. I couldn't stop reading and can't wait to read more. I love Anna and Inanna and miss their voices already!" -Librarian Specialist for Jefferson City Public Schools"I loved so many things about TRUST. Introducing young people to a pantheon not covered by Percy Jackson. A story with a basis in the library of Alexandria (as a librarian I'm almost required to love that). All the action, the budding love story, and most of all the mystery...you should devour TRUST just like I did. Just watch your back for Were-animals. And liars. And voices in your head. Trust is a brilliant introduction to a series I can't wait to get to finish." -Tina Brison, Librarian & Educator "WOW! Bibliophiles will love this book about books & the coming age of a strong female protagonist." -Dr. K Berry, Librarian at Antlers Public Schools - Oklahoma"Good writing, interesting story, Werejackals, gift-giving voices, a surprise rich relative, mystery, a girl who loves books...this was a fun read!" -Book Devourer Blog"Mythological fantasy masterpiece. I couldn't put it down." -Amazon Reviewer