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HarperCollins and John C. Maxwell are celebrating the milestone anniversary of Maxwell's New York Times bestselling book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership with the publication of a new revised and updated 25th Anniversary Edition. Maxwell has gone through every word of this book and updated it for the next generation of leaders. He has added new insights to these timeless laws and included lessons learned since he originally wrote the book. He...
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"You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have." So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has recently electrified protests in all fifty states. "There is a fix," Acho says. "But in order to access it, we're going to have to have some uncomfortable conversations." In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive...
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Lawrence Hill Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 online resource (xi, 348 pages)
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English
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The definitive guide for anyone who has contact with people of another race in companies, schools, neighborhoods, or other social situations this book asserts that race is not the unfathomable mystery it is usually made out to be. In a revealing, accessible, and stimulating discussion based on little-known facts and innovative research, this book explains why many whites are uneasy about blacks and how blacks react to this, why numerous blacks suspect...
5) Entitlement
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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276 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"Brooke Orr is on a mission to change her life and the world. Assisting an octogenarian billionaire in the quest to give away his vast fortune turns out to be deeply satisfying work, a noble life path. All you need to make the world a better place, it turns out, is the right ideals with the right amount of money. She and her billionaire make an uncommon pair: Brooke, 33, is a Black woman raised by a single mother in New York City; Asher Jaffee, 83,...
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W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2020]
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xix, 220 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Offers practical advice to help women to shed "false guilt" and step into contentment, encouraging readers to peel back the layers of emotions and cultural and spiritual expectations that make it difficult for them to navigate the complexities of having multiple roles, dreams, and demands in life.
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations.
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English
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Simple text and graphic charts provide a broad overview of the different ways in which people experience relationships. Provides statistics and graphs about facts surrounding familial, online, romantic, animal, and friend relationships.
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Melville House
Pub. Date
2014
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xiii, 178 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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Argues that not only is American football hazardous to players' health, and especially to their brains, but also that American support of the sport encourages violence, prejudices, and other ethically troubling behavior.
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Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2013
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253 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
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English
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A collection of philosphical questions and situations to pose to your children, in order to start discussions on topics such as cyberbullying, stealing, and cheating. Designed to encourage critical thinking on subjects which may otherwise be awkward to introduce.
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Grand Central Life & Style
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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The author of the bestselling French Women Don't Get Fat shares the secrets and strategies of aging with attitude, joy, and no surgery.
With her signature blend of wit, no-nonsense advice, and storytelling flair, Mireille Guiliano returns with a delightful, encouraging take on beauty and aging for our times. For anyone who has ever spent the equivalent of a mortgage payment on anti-aging lotions or procedures, dressed inappropriate for their age,...
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Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
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pages cm
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English
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"A visual exploration of how to embrace emotion at work and become more authentic and fulfilled while staying professional. When it comes to emotions at work, there's rarely a happy medium. In some offices, your boss might send snaps of her weekend getaway in Vegas, or your coworker might send twenty texts about how Susan ate his clearly labeled lunch...again. Other offices are buttoned-up emotional deserts, where crying is only allowed in the bathroom...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016
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x, 294 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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Music critic Steven Hyden explores nineteen music rivalries and what they say about life
Beatles vs. Stones. Biggie vs. Tupac. Kanye vs. Taylor. Who do you choose? And what does that say about you? Actually--what do these endlessly argued-about pop music rivalries say about us?
Music opinions bring out passionate debate in people, and Steven Hyden knows that firsthand. Each chapter in YOUR FAVORITE BAND IS KILLING ME focuses on a pop music rivalry,...
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HCI Teens
Pub. Date
c2005
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xv, 302 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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English
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Your survival guide to the maze that is the maze that is the high school experience With real-life stories from teens across the country - as well as high school "survivors" - this book paints a real picture of how teens like you feel about the struggles and triumphs of the daily grind and how they get through it. If you ever feel like you're on the sidelines or that the pressure to perform, conform or maintain appearances gets to be too much, this...
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Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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xiii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"Taxi drivers love to talk, and when astrobiologist Charles Cockell is their passenger, they love to talk about aliens. This humorous, insightful collection gathers essays inspired by conversations with cabbies, ranging over the possible nature of alien societies, the inevitability of life, and links between environmentalism and space exploration"--