Books with author Scott Harris

I got kicked out of a lot of schools growing up. More or less every year until high school.The constant change in environment was difficult, but it came with benefits, some of which I did not fully understand until only a few years ago.The biggest of these benefits was that I learned how to quickly adapt to and thrive in new learning environments. I was forced to try all sorts of strategies to succeed.One day I was talking to a classmate and he told me he was stressed because he studied constantly but always got poor grades.He was a smart guy. I asked him about his study habits and he told me.That’s when it hit me: Ben was smart, but he didn’t know how to study. As a result of my complicated school history, I did.This got me really interested. I had never thought much about how various people study.I asked around, classmates, friends, my parents and siblings. I wanted to know as much about how people studied, what worked, and what didn’t.I realized two key things in my search.First, that every person studies differently. Some techniques work well for one person, but not at all for another.Second, everyone who did well had a few important things they always did.Without realizing it, I had stumbled on these things. I was following a plan for success without even knowing it!I address both of these things in this book.Here’s the best part: everyone can easily make a plan for success, and if they follow it, they will be successful.The way I see it, smart, successful people make the world a better place.It’s easier to be happy, to make others happy, to solve problems, to find a purpose–a passion–that satisfies and invigorates you.That’s why I wrote this book. I want everyone to be successful, and I KNOW everyone can be.All the best,Scott J. Harris

An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all, from the founder and CEO of the nonprofit charity: water. At 28 years old, Scott Harrison had it all. A top nightclub promoter in New York City, his life was an endless cycle of drugs, booze, models-repeat. But 10 years in, desperately unhappy and morally bankrupt, he asked himself, "What would the exact opposite of my life look like?" Walking away from everything, Harrison spent the next 16 months on a hospital ship in West Africa and discovered his true calling. In 2006, with no money and less than no experience, Harrison founded charity: water. Today, his organization has raised over $300 million to bring clean drinking water to more than 8.2 million people around the globe.In Thirst, Harrison recounts the twists and turns that built charity: water into one of the most trusted and admired nonprofits in the world. Renowned for its 100% donation model, bold storytelling, imaginative branding, and radical commitment to transparency, charity: water has disrupted how social entrepreneurs work while inspiring millions of people to join its mission of bringing clean water to everyone on the planet within our lifetime.In the tradition of such bestselling books as Shoe Dog and Mountains Beyond Mountains, Thirst is a riveting account of how to build a better charity, a better business, a better life-and a gritty tale that proves it's never too late to make a change.100% of the author's net proceeds from Thirst will go to fund charity: water projects around the world.

* Beautifully illustrated with delightful sketches from early editions, Rob Roy is 'Scott's most sophisticated treatment of the Scottish Highlands as an imaginary space where the modern and the primitive come together. Rob Roy is Chieftain of the MacGregor clan, a brave and fearless man, able and cunning. But he is also an outlaw with a price on his head, and as he and Francis join forces to pursue Rashleigh, he is constantly aware that he, too, is being pursued - and could be captured at any moment. Set on the eve of the 1715 Jacobite uprising, Rob Roy brilliantly evokes a Scotland on the verge of rebellion, blending historical fact and a novelist's imagination to create an incomparable portrait of intrigue, rivalry and romance.'* Just as accessible and enjoyable for today's readers as it would have been when first published, the novel is one of the great works of English literature and continues to be widely read throughout the world.* This meticulous digital edition from Heritage Illustrated Publishing is a faithful reproduction of the original text and is enhanced with images selected by our team of professional editors.

Veronica Moffet is just your typical seventh-grade girl. The only minor difference is that she happens to be from another dimension. Not only that, but in the alternate reality of Enos, Veronica needs to do some serious rescuing. But can she save the day? The Echo of the Sun is the funny, wildly inventive young adult fantasy novel by author Scot Harris that stars an altogether different kind of damsel from another dimension, one who uses her boundless wits and creativity in place of her all-too-human frailties. After a perfectly awful last day of seventh grade, Veronica returns home to discover that her parents are actually banished royalty from a world called Enos. Now Veronica’s life depends on returning to Enos and finding the Solito, a precious object that was lost years ago. That won’t be easy, and along the way, Veronica must outwit charming horse thieves and power-hungry kings while she dodges horrible monsters, nasty Neestas and even evil windmills. Join the adventure in The Echo of the Sun, the far-flung fantasy that puts a seriously funny new spin on universe-hopping.

Veronica Moffet is just your typical seventh-grade girl. The only minor difference is that she happens to be from another dimension. Not only that, but in the alternate reality of Enos, Veronica needs to do some serious rescuing. But can she save the day? The Echo of the Sun is the funny, wildly inventive young adult fantasy novel by author Scot Harris that stars an altogether different kind of damsel from another dimension, one who uses her boundless wits and creativity in place of her all-too-human frailties. After a perfectly awful last day of seventh grade, Veronica returns home to discover that her parents are actually banished royalty from a world called Enos. Now Veronica’s life depends on returning to Enos and finding the Solito, a precious object that was lost years ago. That won’t be easy, and along the way, Veronica must outwit charming horse thieves and power-hungry kings while she dodges horrible monsters, nasty Neestas and even evil windmills. Join the adventure in The Echo of the Sun, the far-flung fantasy that puts a seriously funny new spin on universe-hopping.

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Excerpt from Henrietta: A NovelThe lady arose stiffly and replaced the picture in its setting, the irony of her speech seeming to cling to her movements. She was past sixty, but still retained much of a Spirit of worldliness, and of the dignified pride for which she had always been noted.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.