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Matthew Quick Biography & Facts
Matthew Quick (born October 23, 1973) is an American writer of adult and young adult fiction. His 2008 debut novel, The Silver Linings Playbook, became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted as a 2012 movie of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.Quick was a finalist for a 2009 PEN/Hemingway Award, and his work has been translated into several languages. In 2012, his young-adult novel, Boy 21, was reviewed favorably by The New York Times.Quick was a finalist for the TIME 100 most influential people of 2013. Personal life Quick grew up in Oaklyn, New Jersey and graduated from Collingswood High School. He has a degree in English literature and secondary education from La Salle University and an MFA from Goddard College. Quick taught high school literature in southern New Jersey for several years, before leaving his job as a tenured English teacher in Haddonfield, New Jersey to write his first novel. Quick lived in Massachusetts for several years; he and his wife, novelist and pianist Alicia Bessette, now live on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from La Salle in 2013. Works Source: Fiction Database The Silver Linings Playbook (2008) ISBN 9781447291480, OCLC 910977730 Sorta Like a Rockstar (2010) – YA ISBN 9781472212825, OCLC 858312107 Boy21 (2012) – YA ISBN 9781472212900, OCLC 885301812 Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock (2013) – YA The Good Luck of Right Now (2014) Love May Fail (2015) ISBN 9780062420152, OCLC 906023510 Every Exquisite Thing (2016) – YA The Reason You're Alive (2017) We Are the Light (2022) ISBN 9781668005422Film adaptations Silver Linings Playbook (2012) All Together Now (2020)References External links Official website Matthew Quick at Library of Congress, with 5 library catalog records Review, The Good Luck of Right Now. Discover the Matthew Quick popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Matthew Quick books.
Best Seller Matthew Quick Books of 2024
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Get The Job You Really Want
James Caan"It is possible to have the job of your dreams. Together we are going to set about getting you there.Before I joined the BBC's Dragons' Den, I spent thirty years setting up and run...
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Luke
Dr. David JeremiahJesus is the Great Physician...Follow Dr. Jeremiah through the gospel of Luke in a chapterbychapter study that will help you understand what it meant to the people at the time it w...
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The Sign for Home
Blair FellLonglisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeWhen a young DeafBlind man learns the girl he thought was lost forever might still be out there, he embarks on a lifechanging...
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Luke
Scot McKnightUnleashing God’s KingdomEvery paragraph in Luke’s gospel is about Jesus. Luke showcases Jesus’ character by recounting all the significant events of his life, recalling his major t...
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Red Warning
Matthew Quirk“Intricately plotted with extraordinary characters and riveting action.” Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of In the BloodIn this electrifying thriller...
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Happy Ever After
Paul Dolan'A passionate, provocative book. It isn't just a selfhelp book. It is a manifesto for a better society' Sunday Times 'One of the most rigorous articulations of the new mood of acc...
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Matthew
Dr. David JeremiahJesus is the eternal King...Follow Dr. Jeremiah through the gospel of Matthew in a chapterbychapter study that will help you understand what it meant to the people at the time it w...
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Alright, Alright, Alright
Melissa MaerzThe definitive oral history of the cult classic Dazed and Confused, featuring behindthescenes stories from the cast, crew, and Oscarnominated director Richard Linklater.Dazed ...
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Future Positive
Edward de Bono‘Of one thing in life we can be sure. The quality of our life in the future will depend on the quality of our thinking.’Why are we so prone to be negative? And how can we become mo...
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Ephesians
Dr. David JeremiahPaul's reminder of our identity in Christ...Follow Dr. Jeremiah through the letter of Ephesians in a chapterbychapter study that will help you understand what it meant to the peopl...
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The Human Mind
Professor Lord Robert WinstonIt is the most complex and mysterious object in the universe. Covered by a dull grey membrane, it resembles a gigantic, convoluted fungus. Its inscrutability has captivated scienti...
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When We Were Vikings
Andrew David MacDonaldIndie Next Pick for February 2020 Book of the Month January 2020 LibraryReads January 2020 Pick Bookreporter New Release Spotlight New York Post “Best Books of the Week” Goodreads ...
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Retrouvez un sommeil profond en 4 semaines
Michael Mosley, Réginald Allouche & Marion McGuinessDans ce guide très complet, vous trouverez : les rythmes et mécanismes du sommeil ainsi que les éléments qui influent sur le sommeil (horloge biologique, caféine, stress, genr...
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Handbook for a Positive Revolution
Edward de BonoAnyone can join the positive revolution. All you need is creativity. Historically, revolutions have been negative – defining, overthrowing or destroying an enemy, fuelled by a se...
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Philippians
Dr. David JeremiahExperience joy in any situation...Follow Dr. Jeremiah through the letter of Philippians in a chapterbychapter study that will help you understand what it meant to the people at the...
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Cry Hard, Cry Fast
John D. MacDonaldA gunman on the run, a seventeenyearold girl on a family vacation, a jaded working girl, a guiltstricken widower, an abandoned mistress. All heading fast down a route to sudden dea...
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Acts
Dr. David JeremiahGod guides our witness and our walk...Follow Dr. Jeremiah through the book of Acts in a chapterbychapter study that will help you understand what it meant to the people at the time...
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Naked City
Ellen DatlowFeaturing original stories from 20 authors, this dark, captivating, fabulous and fantastical collection, Naked City, is not to be missed! Edited by awardwinning editor Ellen Datlow...
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The Fast
John OakesAn engaging exploration of the unique history and biology of fastingan essential component of many traditional health practices, religions, and philosophies, resurging in popularit...
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1 and 2 Thessalonians
Dr. David JeremiahJesus will return...Follow Dr. Jeremiah through the letters of 1 and 2 Thessalonians in a chapterbychapter study that will help you understand what it meant to the people at the ti...
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Willowman
Inga SimpsonSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKPEOPLE ADULT FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'Joyous storytelling at its best. I was enthralled' SARAH WINMAN, author of Still Life 'Beguiling and entertaining...
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Rules of War
Matthew BetleyFollowing the events of the “fast, hardhitting, and impossible to put down” (The Real Book Spy) Field of Valor, Logan West continues his mission to bring America’s traitorous vice ...
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Life Leverage
Rob MooreYou are just one small step away from the life you know you deserve. It's time to leverage your life.Life Leverage means taking control of your life, easily balancing your work and...
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John
Dr. David JeremiahJesus came to give us life...Follow Dr. Jeremiah through the book of John in a chapterbychapter study that will help you understand what it meant to the people at the time it was w...
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Practical Thinking
Edward de BonoIn Practical Thinking de Bono’s theme is everyday thinking, how the mind actually works – not how philosophers think it should. Based on the results of his famous Black Cylinder Ex...
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Romans
Dr. David JeremiahJesus is our salvation...Follow Dr. Jeremiah through the book of Romans in a chapterbychapter study that will help you understand what it meant to the people at the time it was wri...
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Textbook of Wisdom
Edward de BonoWisdom comes with living a long life, full of rich experiences and can’t be learnt, right? Wrong. In the Textbook of Wisdom bestselling author Edward De Bono (Lateral Thinking, Ser...
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Swimming with Bridgeport Girls
Anthony TambakisSwimming with Bridgeport Girls is an “outstanding debut…entertaining and sometimes sad, a superb portrait of a troubled but wisecracking gambler. Think Carl Hiaasen meets Fyodor Do...
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Dark Spies
Matthew DunnOn the run from the CIA, intelligence operative Will Cochrane heads to the U.S. to uncover a diabolical spymaster at the center of an international conspiracy in this thrilling fol...
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Oath of Honor
Matthew Betley“A highenergy tale that unfolds at a machinegun pace…Betley has become essential reading.” Booklist A global conspiracy threatens America’s position in the current balance of power...
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1 and 2 Timothy and Titus
Dr. David JeremiahLiving by and for the Gospel...Follow Dr. Jeremiah through the letters of 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus in a chapterbychapter study that will help you understand what it meant to the p...
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The Neuroscience of Excellent Sleep
Stan RodskiHow to use the insights of neuroscience and the techniques of mindfulness to get a good night's sleep.Everyone's familiar with the consequences of lost sleep: you're groggy and irr...
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Be Still
Amy ReinholdStop Breathe Listen Be Still In a world that moves too fast and places little value on quiet times, the practice of contemplative prayer offers rest to your soul and invites God's...
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Covenant
Dean CrawfordIT’S THE BIGGEST DISCOVERY IN HISTORY . . . BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS MAN WAS NEVER MEANT TO KNOW. When archaeologist Lucy Morgan uncovers a seventhousandyearold tomb holding remai...
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Mark
Dr. David JeremiahJesus is always at work and active...Follow Dr. Jeremiah through the gospel of Mark in a chapterbychapter study that will help you understand what it meant to the people at the tim...
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Act of Betrayal
Matthew DunnIn this riveting entry in the celebrated thriller series, former intelligence operative Will Cochranea "ruthless yet noble" (Ft. Worth StarTelegram) man from whom "Bond and Bourne ...
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A Call To Arms
Allan MallinsonThe Sunday Times bestselling author Allan Mallinson, brings us another actionpacked and stirring Matthew Hervey adventure. If you like Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and CS Fore...
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Galatians
Dr. David JeremiahGod's grace cannot be earned...Follow Dr. Jeremiah through the letter of Galatians in a chapterbychapter study that will help you understand what it meant to the people at the time...
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Planted
Chantelle Nicholson'Chantelle Nicholson's Planted is the ultimate cookbook for foodobsessed vegans' Vogue'Groundbreaking plantbased cookery from a remarkably talented chef.' Marcus WareingIn her fi...
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1 Corinthians
Dr. David JeremiahLiving as citizens of Christ's Kingdom...Follow Dr. Jeremiah through the book of 1 Corinthians in a chapterbychapter study that will help you understand what it meant to the people...
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Field of Valor
Matthew BetleySet in the aftermath of the “riveting…actionpacked” (Joan Lunden, New York Times bestselling author) Oath of Honor and the discovery of a deadly global conspiracy, the president re...
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2 Corinthians
Dr. David JeremiahThe cost of being Christ's disciples...Follow Dr. Jeremiah through the book of 2 Corinthians in a chapterbychapter study that will help you understand what it meant to the people a...
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How Confidence Works
Ian RobertsonConfidence makes your brain work better and boosts your performance Confidence acts like a miniantidepressant, lifting your mood Confidence is contagious Confidence is anxiety's g...