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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Our lives are a never-ending stream of decisions: when to start a business, schedule a class, get serious about a person. Yet we make those decisions based on intuition and guesswork. Pink reveals how to use the hidden patterns of the day to build the ideal schedule, and the ideal time to quit a job, switch careers, or get married. He distills cutting-edge research and data on timing into a fascinating, readable narrative that gives readers compelling...
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English
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Discusses the pitfalls of self-deception for business leaders, and describes how this can lead to associates undermining performance in an organization, potential causes, and possible solutions to improve teamwork, communication, trust, motivation, and more.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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John Maxwell has been passionate about personal development for over fifty years. Now, for the first time, he shares everything he has garnered about developing yourself so that you have the best chance of becoming the person you were created to be. In the way that only he can communicate, John teaches: The Law of the Mirror: You Must See Value in Yourself to Add Value to Yourself The Law of Awareness: You Must Know Yourself to Grow Yourself The...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Includes stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and faculties: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, and the sense of sight. This book is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation, and it provides a whole new perspective...
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Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The concepts of "same" and "different" are important for early learners to understand, and they are the focal point of this fun and helpful book. Bright cartoon dinosaurs can be found on each page, alongside easy-to-follow text asking readers to question which dinosaur is different from the others and explaining why. The strong correlation between illustrations and text allows for the development of vocabulary skills. This book presents young readers...
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Language
English
Description
Lillian Stone—childhood evangelical, AOL girlfriend, and professional nail biter is always living on the edge of anxiety. From the pitfalls of a girl plagued by religious trauma, the incomprehensible yet unforgiving need for perfection, and a poorly-behaved twenty-pound beagle, this is a refreshing narrative of what it means to pick yourself when the world is telling you otherwise. Still navigating the ins and outs of adulthood, accompanied by an...
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Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Molly Bell Redwine, shattered when her husband deserts her, her mother dies, and her grown children leave to make their own lives, seeks refuge with friends in Martha's Vineyard where she decides to stay and try to come to grips with her changing identity.
17) 12 and holding
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Three close friends start down the path of self-discovery and begin to find their own voices. A family member dies and the three come together to grapple with feelings of revenge, learn the burden of grief, and to experience the changes of growing up.
19) My busy year
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Series
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
This book follows a young girl's year, from her birthday party right through to her end-of-year play.
Author
Series
Clementine volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Eight-year-old Clementine, convinced that she has no talents, tries to find a way to avoid participating in the class talent show.
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