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61) I guess I haven't learned that yet: discovering new ways of living when the old ways stop working
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist writes about unexpected loss, change, faith, midlife, and a move to New York City with her signature depth and vulnerability. In this book, she invites us to practice curiosity and self-compassion, to become beginners again, and to rediscover resilience and courage in our own seasons of change"--
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English
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"Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis, from Argentina, is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere. Since being elected pope he has shown a humbler, less formal approach to his office than his predecessors: a warm style that has been referred to as "no frills." His common touch and accessibility, as well as his insistence that the church be more open and welcoming, has quickly endeared him not...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
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English
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"Rob Law is the designer and inventor of the award-winning and best-selling children's ride-on suitcase and children's travel brand Trunki. Famously he went on Dragon's Den and was told that his business was worthless and would never be a success. He's now sold over 3.5 million suitcases. 65 Roses and a Trunki explains how he overcame overwhelming obstacles to create a hugely successful British business. The book is a lesson for us all about never...
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Publisher
Pearson
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (224 pages)
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English
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Next time someone tells you business can't be done ethically -- corners must be cut, negotiations can't be honest -- hand them Jon Huntsman's new book. He started with practically nothing, and made it to Forbes'list of America's Top 100 richest people. Huntsman's generous about sharing the credit, but in the 21st century, he's the nearest thing to a self-made multi-billionaire. Now, he presents the lessons of a lifetime: a passionate, inspirational...
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LID Editorial Empresarial
Pub. Date
2011.
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1 online resource (1 volume)
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Español
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No existe un Steve Jobs, sino que debemos hablar de cuatro Jobs (el joven indeciso que no sabe qué hacer con su vida, el fundador de Apple, el hijo pródigo propietario de Pixar y su regreso triunfal a la marca de la manzana con el lanzamiento del iPod, el iPhone y el iPad). En todas sus vidas el éxito ha sido el denominador común, un éxito alcanzado gracias a un talento desmesurado, un carisma arrollador y una dedicación absoluta a la...
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English
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Presents information on female rule-breakers, including Josephine Baker, Jane Goodall, Margaret Cho, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Karbo presents brief information on iconic female rule-breakers. She shows how these women charted their paths with little regard for social or cultural expectations, living lives that both illuminate and inspire.
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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xii, 267 pages)
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English
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Shoes of Prey launched in 2009. It allowed people to design their dream shoes online, get them expertly manufactured, and have them shipped to anywhere in the world within two weeks. The startup broke even at two months, hit multi-million dollar revenues in under two years, raised tens of millions in funding from top-tier investors and shipped to more than 100 countries. All the metrics pointed to huge scalability. To a huge business. To a huge success....
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Jossey-Bass/Wiley
Pub. Date
©2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (vi, 214 pages)
Language
English
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Entrepreneur Stuart Skorman--the founder of Elephant Pharmacy, Hungryminds.com, Reel.com, and Empire Video--grew up in a retailing family in Ohio. He worked every kind of job, from cab driver to professional poker player to CEO. In this entertaining, personal account of his coming-of- age in the business world, Skorman gives an insider's view of what it takes to start a business from the ground up. Stuart Skorman offers his hard-won lessons in business...
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
©2004
Edition
1st ed.
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1 online resource (xxi, 432, [16] pages) : portraits
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English
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Thousands if not millions of people have heard the term?servant leadership,? introduced by Robert K. Greenleaf in his landmark essay The Servant as Leader, published in 1970. There are now Centers for Servant Leadership in ten countries and counting. His work is regularly cited by some of the most prominent business writers and leaders in the world, such as Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Peter Senge, Margaret Wheatley, and Peter Block. And yet until...
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Alter tells the story Jimmy Carter, whose presidency put him at the center of major events in the 20th; and his efforts on conflict resolution and global health put him on the cutting edge of the challenges of the 21st. Drawing on fresh archival material and five years of extensive access to Carter and his entire family, Alter traces Carter from a timid, bookish child to an obscure, born-again governor whose 1976 campaign took him from zero percent...
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English
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"[Levesque] dissects both the romance and the real human curiosity that is so important to our exploration of space. Amidst the lonely quiet of stargazing to wild bears loose in the observatory, these love stories of astronomy show how scientists are going beyond the machines to infuse important creativity and intimate passion into the stars, inspiring future generations to peer skyward in pursuit of the universe's secrets"--
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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xix, 223 pages)
Language
English
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"Tips from the Trolley Boy is a book for anyone, from any walk of life, at any stage of life. It contains some of the most straightforward and applicable advice you've ever heard. Simple principles to apply to life are given in an accessible and friendly voice. Ying Tan's approachable, caring personality infuses this book with warmth. He is as likeable in print as he is in life (as readers will learn from the outstanding testimonials given by the...
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Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (8 hr., 6 min.))
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English
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Born on the small Greek island of Nisyros, John Catsimatidis immigrated to the States with his family and quickly became a true New Yorker, raised in Harlem. He went to school by day and worked in a small grocery store by night to help his parents pay the bills until, just eight credits short of graduating from New York University, he opted to work in the grocery business full-time. Today, that grocery business has become the Red Apple Group, a conglomerate...
75) Eleanor
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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A portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America's longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world's most widely admired and influential women.
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (09 hr., 58 min.))
Language
English
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The name George Soros is recognized around the world. Universally known for his decades of philanthropy, progressive politics, and investment success, he is equally well known as the nemesis of the far right-the target of sustained attacks from nationalists, populists, authoritarian regimes, and anti-Semites-because of his commitment to open society, freedom of the press, and liberal democracy. At age ninety-one, Soros still looms large on the global...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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How does a cold-case investigator detach from the horrors of his work? Part of it is an innate capacity to compartmentalize; the rest is experience and exposure. Holes has had plenty of both, but always takes pride in the fact that he can keep his locked up to get the job done. Here he looks back over his long career: catching some of the most notorious killers of the twenty-first century and bringing justice and closure for their victims and families....
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Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (10 hr., 3 min.))
Language
English
Description
Warren Buffett is perhaps the most accomplished investor of all time. The CEO and chair of Berkshire Hathaway has earned admiration for not only his financial feats but also the philosophy behind them. Todd A. Finkle provides striking new insights into Buffett's career through the lens of entrepreneurship. This book demonstrates that although Buffett is thought of primarily as an investor, one of the secrets to his success has been running Berkshire...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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""Love is our only hope," Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. "It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks." In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. "Love just won't...
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