Suitable For Mixed Company (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
PalmTree Pundit is also recommending the book Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris . (Some of you know I'm already something of a fan.) In our bookstore, we give this book primo shelf location whenever we can get it in stock (our suppliers are almost always sold out, and it's the sort of book people tend to keep or give away instead of trading in, so we're having trouble getting new...
PalmTree Pundit (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
I don't have time to do a full review right now, but I highly recommend that if you have teens, know a teen, or are a teen that you read Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations by Alex and Brett Harris. The Harris men are absolutely right about the bar being too low for American teens. How many times have you heard an adult lament the fact that all teens are...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
... Collection" by Robin Jones Gunn -- Ninth through 12th grade - "Do Hard Things" by Alex and Brett Harris "Abunga.com was thrilled at the number of children who chose to voice their opinion about the books they read and loved this summer," said Abunga.com Chairman Lee Martin. "We are so thrilled with the variety of winning books and send our congratulations to the winning authors...
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
... of the world that excludes him and struggles to find an outlet for the pain he feels as a result. Brett Harris is a tireless Porter. He perfectly catches the rhythm of Porter’s anger and sustains it for the entire performance, never once letting on that being Jimmy is almost certainly exhausting. In fact, both he and Fiona Rose Boylan, who played Porter’s wife, Alison, looked shattered...
Sandpiper's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
While I was at the Grove seeding event, I met a pastor from Parkersburg who recommended a book that she was reading called Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations . It's available through Amazon and is written by two teenagers, Alex and Brett Harris. If you go to that Amazon link, there is a short video you can watch with the two young men who wrote the book, explaining...
Shrink Rap (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
A column in U.S.News & World on parenting by Nancy Shute reviews the new book Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations, byAlex and Brett Harris, 19-year-old twins from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
... appear in court Sept. 8.NEW HAVEN: Ex-official cited by policeFormer New Haven Village President Brett Harris, who is scheduled to be sentenced next month for his fifth drunken-driving arrest, is in trouble with the law again.Harris, 48, was cited Sunday for driving on a suspended license in the village, police said Monday.If convicted of the misdemeanor charge, Harris...
US News (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
College freshmen Alex and Brett Harris say why in their new book.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
New Haven’s embattled former village president is in trouble with the law again.This time, Brett Harris who’s scheduled to be sentenced next month for his fifth drunken driving arrest, was given a citation Sunday for driving on a suspended license in the village, police said today.The misdemeanor charge is punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a maximum of $500 in fines. “We want people...
