Zigzag Principle

Zigzag PrincipleHave you ever set your sights on the top of a mountain and then started your ascent by heading straight through the trees and up the sheer cliffs? Or driven in your car to the other side of town as the crow flies? Of course not! Because you instinctively know that, just as a river has to wend its way around obstacles, the best route is never actually a straight line! In The Zigzag Principle, Rich Christiansen applies a foundational law of nature to

and the Room 609 girls must band together

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Year of No Sugar is what the conversation about "kicking the sugar addiction" looks like for a real American family--a roller coaster of unexpected discoveries and challenges

unlike his siblings

stressing all the while responsibility and accountability

the science behind it

fashionable jewelry

Nighttime blankets a little farm

and crackling dialogue

Wilson once again demonstrates his great powers as a master craftsman of the historical and the human in this richly evoked novel

new resident of the prominent West family's guest cottage