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Every book is one idea
about how things really work.

Five lenses, one house. Each book stands alone, and together they build. Ages are a guide: plenty of nine-year-olds read the field guide.

How People Work · 01
The Shrinking Window
What stress does to patience, and to the people nearby
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The Shrinking Windowstress and patience · ages 8-12
Being written
Old Stories, New Eyes · 01
The Second Arrow
Old Stories, New Eyes
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The Second Arrowpain, grief and what we add to it · ages 7-12
Coming
How People Work · 02
Two Maps of the Same Town
What you saw, what you were told, and how to tell the difference
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Two Maps of the Same Towntwo homes, two stories; saw vs told; turning a kid against a parent · ages 8-12
Being written
How People Work · 04
The Flip
All good, all bad, and the truth in between
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The Flipall-or-nothing thinking, splitting, always-and-never words, the counting test, holding both · ages 8-12
Being written
Same Storm · 01
Same Storm
Two kids, one flood, two ways through
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Same Stormhurt becoming isolation, or becoming resilience · ages 9-13
Coming
How People Work · 03
That One Was Mine
Shame, blame, and the four bravest words there are
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That One Was Mineshame, blame, the turnaround (DARVO), projection, kintsugi · ages 8-12
Being written
How People Work · 05
The Rollercoaster
Holding on tight
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The Rollercoasterintermittent reward and holding on · ages 9-12
Coming
Old Stories, New Eyes · 02
The Elephant in the Dark
Old Stories, New Eyes
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The Elephant in the Darkstories, sides and warmth · ages 7-12
Coming
Same Storm · 02
The Groove
How patterns pass down, and mostly don't
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The Groovehow patterns pass down · ages 9-13
Coming
How People Work · 06
The Weather Inside
A field guide to how people work
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The Weather Insideconditions in the world · ages 10-14
Coming
Old Stories, New Eyes · 03
By Their Fruits
Old stories about telling the truth from the talk
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By Their Fruitstelling truth from talk: the two trees, the orange, the boy who cried wolf, the man by the pool, the wheel and the shadow, Angulimala, the tower of Siloam, the wolf you feed · ages 8-12
Being written
How the World Works · 01
Who Really Makes the Rules
Laws, courts and the people inside the machine
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Who Really Makes the Ruleshow laws and courts actually work · ages 9-14
Coming
How the World Works · 02
Where Money Comes From
Jobs, owning, and the pipes nobody shows you
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Where Money Comes Frommoney, jobs and ownership · ages 9-14
Coming
Case Files · 01
The Story Behind the Story
How to tell what happened from what you were told
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The Story Behind the Storyevidence versus claims · ages 9-14
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Case Files · 02
Who Built It?
Giant stones, missing records, and how to investigate
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Who Built It?ancient mysteries and how to weigh a claim · ages 9-14
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Paperbacks are printed when you order and shipped to your door: $12.99. Ebooks download right away: $5.99.

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The drawer pack, $49

Five paperbacks of one title for an office shelf or a classroom.

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