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Language
English
Description
"From Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the #1 New York Timesbest-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks. After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. "I was in 'the void, '" she writes, "a vast emptiness that fills your heart and...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
309 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the private jokes, ancient grudges, broken hearts, and deep, abiding love that feeds them all"--
24) Simply vanished
Author
Series
Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 8
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As Cheryl Cooper's birthday approaches, she believes her new life in Sugarcreek, Ohio, is the best gift she's ever received. She loves running the Swiss Miss gift shop and even though there have been a few bumps along the way, she feels content. But an unexpected discovery in an abandoned laundry chute raises disturbing questions that could point to a woman who disappeared decades ago. Could she have been murdered? Is there a connection between her...
25) Home offices
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
128 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
26) Whirlwind
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"At the Alamo Canyon Ranch, set amid the desert foothills of Southern Arizona, the Champion women carry on the family legacy of breeding bucking bulls for the rodeo. In a world where bloodline is everything, love is the only risk worth taking ... Everyone's talking about Whirlwind at this year's Professional Bull Rider's Competition. But the promising young bull is the last thing on Shane Tully's mind once he lays eyes on the lady responsible for...
27) The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers—and the Coming Cashless Society
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
For ages, money has meant little metal disks and rectangular slips of paper. Yet the usefulness of physical money — to say nothing of its value — is coming under fire as never before. Intrigued by the distinct possibility that cash will soon disappear, author and Wired contributing editor David Wolman sets out to investigate the future of money...and how it will affect your wallet.
Wolman begins his journey by deciding to shun cash for an...
Wolman begins his journey by deciding to shun cash for an...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When her sister is wrongly implicated in an explosion that has destroyed her family's priceless antiques business and killed an employee, Hannah struggles to find clues in the ashes and discovers a life-threatening secret from the past.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Steer your organization away from burnout while boosting all-around performance The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit presents realistic strategies for leaders looking to optimize organizational achievement while avoiding the common nonprofit burnout. With a uniquely holistic approach to nonprofit leadership strategy, this book functions as a handbook to help leaders examine their existing organization, identify trouble spots, and resolve issues with attention...
32) Principles
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Language
English
Description
Dalio "shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business--and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Custom House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 2006 Julia Lerner is living in Moscow, a recent university graduate in computer science, when she's recruited by Russia's largest intelligence agency. By 2018 she's in Silicon Valley as COO of Tangerine, one of America's most famous technology companies. In between her executive management (make offers to promising startups, crush them and copy their features if they refuse); self promotion (check out her latest op-ed in the WSJ, on Work/Life...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
x, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Reveals how people from the Wright brothers to Mary Kay Ash, Arnold Palmer, and Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore developed the ability to take risks, learn from their mistakes, and profit from their failures.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio / Penguin
Language
English
Description
..."Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over? People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers might have little in common, but they all started with why. It was their natural ability to start with why that...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Anyone who opts for self-employment quickly learns that succeeding as your own boss is no walk in the park. While professional freedom has many, many joys, it also involves significant risks. If you're considering self-employment, or you're already self-employed, The Self-Employment Survival Guide: Proven Strategies to Succeed as Your Own Boss alerts you to the challenges involved and provides proven strategies for surmounting these obstacles and...
38) Frito Lay
Author
Series
Publisher
Kaleidocope Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Grab a snack! This title is packed with the history of Frito Lay through narrative nonfiction, informative sidebars, Fun Facts, and more.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When it was first published, in 1990, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was an almost instant bestseller—and became a permanent part of the cultural lexicon. With more than 15 million copies sold in over 33 languages and 75 countries since its first publication, this book continues to help millions of people become more effective—both in their personal and professional lives.
What author Stephen R. Covey advocates is
...40) The takeout
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Mia uses Filipino folk magic to take down the shady chef brothers who are threatening her family's food truck.