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Every business out there is interested in earning profits. But sometimes the bottom line is not the best indicator of a company's long-term health. In the wake of the Great Resignation, companies are scrambling to hold on to both employees and profits. It turns out that one answer is the key to both.

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Powering up schools to help solve the educational crisis. Schools and teachers today are competing with highly engaging video games for students' attention. That's because the gaming industry knows how to keep kids captivated and aspiring to the next level. No one knows this better than Nolan Bushnell, the legendary father of the video game industry, and Dr. Leah Hanes, a leading educator, who have combined their years of experience to present a revolutionary way of learning that will change the future of education . . . and the world. The solution they present to educators, parents, and students is forward-thinking, uses the best aspects of currently available technology, and keeps in mind the well-being of every child. The Future of Education presents a pioneering online learning system, which * Engages both teachers and students through ground-breaking gaming technology, * Addresses the need for the development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and * Provides mesmerizing games that just happen to deliver education. The authors' innovative learning system will help accomplish nothing less than a worldwide transformation of the educational system.

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Too many entrepreneurs push off planning for the sale of their business until the last moment. But for a business sell for what it's really worth-or even more-owners need to prepare for the sale from the very start, using the 6 Ps Method. In Exit Rich, author and M&A advisor Michelle Seiler Tucker joins forces with Sharon Lechter, finance expert and author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, to create a must-have guide for all business owners-whether they're gearing up to sell a business now or just getting started building out their company into something to sell for a profit in the future. Seiler Tucker's twofold approach to selling your business for maximum profit combines two of the most powerful elements of her M&A toolkit: the ""ST GPS Exit Model"" and the Seiler Tucker's ""Six Ps Method."" Combined, these tools provide invaluable insight into the process of preparing a business for sale, finding the right buyers, and staging the sale itself. Throughout the book, Sharon Lechter's wisdom peppers each chapter in the ""Counsel from a Mentor's Perspective"" section, providing forward-thinking entrepreneurs with the perspective that they need to take control of their business' future and exit rich

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The path forward to rein in online surveillance, AI, and tech monopolies. Technology is a gift and a curse. The five Big Tech companies—Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google—have built innovative products that improve many aspects of our lives. But their intrusiveness and our dependence on them have created pressing threats to our civil rights, economy, and democracy. Coming from an extensive background building Silicon Valley–based tech startups, Tom Kemp eloquently and precisely weaves together the threats posed by Big Tech: • the overcollection and weaponization of our most sensitive data • the problematic ways Big Tech uses AI to process and act upon our data • the stifling of competition and entrepreneurship due to Big Tech’s dominant market position This richly detailed book exposes the consequences of Big Tech’s digital surveillance, exploitative use of AI, and monopolistic and anticompetitive practices. It offers actionable solutions to these problems and a clear path forward for individuals and policymakers to advocate for change. By containing the excesses of Big Tech, we will ensure our civil rights are respected and preserved, our economy is competitive, and our democracy is protected.

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Work The System aims to convince people to change their fundamental perception of the world around them from a vision of an impenetrable, amorphous conglomeration, to one made up of individual linear systems, each of which can be improved and perfected. The reader is guided through the process of ''getting'' this new vision, and then through the specifics of applying it. It's simple, believable, and mechanical; not mystical or theoretical. Work the System will show business leaders and professionals how to achieve a positive macro result by looking at their business and work on a micro level - by analysing and refining each of the systems that are already in place. Readers will learn how to tweak this network of systems to maximize profits, create client loyalty, and develop autonomous employees. The strategies will also help individuals improve their performance and decrease the stress of being overtaxed or disorganized.

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Although the female movement is interwoven into our social world and people preach “girl power,” brand experience expert Katie Mares has seen that this mindset hasn’t penetrated business branding or the experience businesses provide to women. Very few businesses focus on elevating “interaction” so that a brand experience includes a personal connection with the consumer and addresses their genuine interests and needs. This branding disconnect is a problem not only for female consumers but also for businesses that lose potential sales and women’s loyalty. CustomHer Experience provides businesses with the insight, guidance, and tools to • better understand the female consumer, • transform the transactional service a woman currently receives into the alluring, interactional experience she craves, • adjust their approach when interacting with customers, and • ignite a spark in their teams and companies. CustomHer Experience sends the clear message that true power comes when businesses focus on providing a brand and consumer experience that women—the world’s most influential consumers—can’t live without. When businesses start doing that—and doing it well—they can cultivate trust, build loyalty, earn referrals, and make top-line sales, and their female customers won’t want to go anywhere else. Katie Mares’s book is for anyone in business who wants to completely upend their industry

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You deserve a healthy relationship with your wealth. What does it mean to be truly wealthy? It's not about just having money in the bank. It's about living a ""WELLthy life,"" where you create your own unique balance between earning and spending, saving and giving, work and play. A wealth-building plan for a WELLthy life supports a meaning-filled lifestyle aligned with your purpose, happiness, and self-worth. In Live WELLthy, Dawn Dahlby encourages you to build a road map for your own WELLthy life by providing helpful insights, examples from her practice and her own life, and useful prompts and exercises. You will come away from Live WELLthy inspired and ready to live your best life, a WELLthy life. Dawn Dahlby is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM with over 20 years of experience, the country’s first Behavioral Financial Advisor, the founder and president of multi-million-dollar advisory firm Relevé Financial Group, and the creator of the Live WELLthy™ education and financial planning platform, a proprietary process that helps people identify what they want out of life and gives them proven tools to build wealth to help them get there.

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The world has changed. The antiquated concepts of money, savings, and retirement are no longer valid. Tired advice--such as diversify; set it and forget it; and invest early, often, and always--has been tried, and it has failed. Rather than scrimping and saving or grinding and hustling while you wait for "someday" to come, you need a radically different and reliable approach to creating an exciting and compelling future without compromise. In Money Unmasked, Garrett Gunderson unveils the truth about making, keeping, and growing your money while enjoying life along the way. By tapping into your Money Persona, you see beyond the constraints of scarcity to accelerate results, reduce risk, have more energy, and start making better financial decisions. Rather than trade time for money, or speculate and take risks, you will learn how to plug financial leaks, tap into hidden capital, and leverage the Cycle of Creation to profit up front and generate immediate cash flow. If you are ready to fully understand money, create wealth, and live a life you don't want to retire from, it's time for Money Unmasked. Garrett Gunderson is the author of nine books, including multiple Wall Street Journal best-sellers, with Killing Sacred Cows hitting number 1 and making the New York Times Best Sellers list. His book, What Would the Rockefellers Do? has been consistently among the top 5 titles in Amazon's Wealth Management category since its publication. He is a speaker who uses entertainment to educate, with his keynote featuring elements of a play, and his one-man show further illustrating the principles contained in this book in an enjoyable and memorable way. Garrett's comedy special, The American Ream, produced by Emmy-winner Marty Callner, breaks down all the myths about money through an original stand-up show he performs for corporate events. Garrett enjoys time at his cabin, especially one-on-one immersions with clients where he teaches them how to create their richest life.

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From Susan Wittig Albert, the New York Times bestselling author of A Plain Vanilla Murder, comes a tightly crafted novel that juxtaposes the disappearance of a rare, remarkably illustrated 18th-century herbal with the true and all-too-human story of its gifted creator, Elizabeth Blackwell. Herbalist China Bayles' latest adventure takes her to the mountains of North Carolina, where her friend Dorothea Harper serves as the director and curator of the Hemlock House Library, a priceless collection of rare gardening books housed in a haunted mountainside mansion that once belonged to Sunny Carswell, a reclusive heiress. But the most valuable book-A Curious Herbal, created by Elizabeth Blackwell in the 1730s-is missing and Dorothea is under suspicion. China's search for the thief takes on a new urgency when she discovers Miss Carswell's bookseller, the victim of an attempted murder. Is his shooting connected with the theft? And there are other urgent questions: What is the Hemlock Guild? Who owns Socrates.com? Did Sunny Carswell really kill herself, or does her ghost have a different story to tell? And what is the real truth behind the many tantalizing mysteries of A Curious Herbal? Hemlock is a compelling mix of mystery and herb lore, past secrets and present sins, and characters who are as real as your friends and neighbours-in an absorbing novel that only Susan Wittig Albert could create.

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Boldly You: Discovering What You're Capable of When You Show Up for Yourself is a close-up look at the hardships, life lessons, and stories of resilience of author Janet T. Phan. In this honest, insightful, heartfelt account of Janet's experience as a young woman struggling to overcome the obstacles in her life, readers will find wisdom and advice to help them rise above their own circumstances, recognize their limitless potential, and achieve their goals. This book is about what's possible in a person's life when they recognize that they have the power to define their futures. As a young woman, Janet faced countless realities that made her path to success difficult. Her family struggled financially so that she needed to rely on food stamps and free meals at school. Her first-generation Vietnamese parents didn't know how to support her in the ways she needed. But she found a way to develop the skills, determination, and mindset she needed to make top grades throughout her education while working multiple jobs and pursuing her dreams. In her book, Janet shares the key takeaways from her experiences that led to her success today as a driving force impacting the STEM field and the Founder and Executive Director of Thriving Elements, a nonprofit dedicated to providing access and opportunities for underrepresented, underserved girls through mentorship. Boldly You is a self-help book that reads like a charged and poignant memoir. Written for high school and college students, young professionals, and all those who are dreaming of their futures or figuring out their paths in life, this book will inspire and guide. Every chapter concludes with Thrive Points, critical learnings from the author's journey that will help readers analyze their current reality, spark growth, and help them embrace possibility. Janet's story is proof that you can be your own person and create the life you want.

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How transformational leadership can leverage positive change. In a world of explosive change and transformation, leaders at all levels-from heads of state down to individuals-offer the best opportunity to leverage change and transform our lives for the better. That goes for how we work, play, govern ourselves, and consider and plan for our collective futures. In Lift, author, entrepreneur, and speaker Faisal Hoque offers up a timely book on leadership. Mr. Hoque, along with co-authors Jeff Wuorio and Shelley Moench-Kelly, points out that traditional leadership (""transactional"") focuses on processes and short-term solutions. With the massive recent changes brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, COVID-19, climate change, and the spread of misinformation, the world needs a new type of leader. The author proposes that a ""transformational"" leader is needed-one who focuses on people and long-term innovations and solutions. This book show readers how to become a transformational leader in an ever-changing world through a convergence of empathy, execution, and experiential learning

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Teachers are Leaders and Leaders are Teachers. In Why It Matters, John A. White draws on a wealth of expertise acquired across his six-decade career as a corporate leader, chancellor, dean, educator, engineer, and consultant to create a thorough and thought-provoking treatise on leadership philosophy. Based in part on Leadership Practices and Principles, the award-winning course he designed and taught at the University of Arkansas, Why It Matters brilliantly weaves Dr. White's inspiring personal story and observations on leadership with a treasure trove of leadership philosophy from some of the nation's most respected corporate, military, and political leaders. After stepping down as chancellor of the University of Arkansas, Dr. White was encouraged by faculty colleagues to offer a course on leadership. Though he'd been an engineering educator for forty-five years by then and had never taught a course that wasn't based on equations, he was intrigued by the idea of sharing his leadership journey with students. For the following nine years, Dr. White taught Leadership Practices and Principles to seniors and graduate students from every discipline, introducing them to fifteen guest leaders over the course of each semester and holding in-depth, frank, and often emotional conversations about the challenges, joys, heartbreaks, and diversity of approaches to successful leadership. Dr. White recounts dozens of these conversations in Why It Matters while reflecting on his own leadership journey in business, government, nonprofit organizations, and universities. Drawing on numerous challenging leadership experiences while serving on six boards of directors for publicly traded companies and leading the University of Arkansas, Georgia Tech's engineering college, National Science Foundation's engineering directorate, and numerous professional associations, he provides practical guidance on navigating your leadership journey. Why It Matters is required reading for current and aspiring leaders alike, as well as anyone with an interest in a plainspoken and truly comprehensive compendium of leadership thought and philosophy.

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What if Christmas magic could grow forever? There's nothing about Christmas that Holly Holiday doesn't love. That is until her parents decide to drag her beloved tree to the street the day after Christmas. Holly then decides that magic shouldn't just end as soon as the yuletide festivities are over. Instead, magic needs to grow! With Holly's wilful determination and Christmas spirit, she embarks on a years-long journey to change tradition while keeping the magic alive well beyond the holidays. This is a remarkable tale about a young girl's resolution to nurture the magic of Christmas until it grows into an evergreen forest.

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A story of hope, courage, and perseverance . Carol misses red flags about Joe’s need for control before she marries him, dashing her dreams for herself and her family. Trouble escalates after their daughter Ellie is paralyzed by the polio virus and Joe returns from WWII. Carol realizes how brutal waking life can be, and she conceals bruises and protects her children the best she can. The Moments Between Dreams is a captivating story of a 1940s housewife who conforms to the rulebook of society until Joe pushes her too far. His constant intimidation shrinks Carol’s confidence while she tries to boost Ellie’s. Church-going neighbors in Carol’s tight-knit Polish community are complacent, but Sam, a handsome reporter, stirs up Carol’s zest for life. Despite impossible circumstances, Carol plans a secret escape. Along a risky path, she empowers her daughter to know no limits and teaches her son to stop the cycle of violence and gender discrimination.

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At age ninety-five, Judge Edward Dimock, patriarch of his family and the man who defended Alger Hiss in the famous 1950 Cold War "trial of the century," is writing his memoir at his Catskill retreat, Stanford White's fabled Hermitage. Judge Dimock is consumed with the troubling secrets he's held for over fifty years-secrets that might change American history and the lives of his entire family. Was his client guilty of spying for Stalin or not? And if guilty, did Hiss's crimes go far beyond his perjury conviction? Dimock enlists his grandson, George Altmann, a brilliant Princeton astrophysicist, in the quest for truth. George soon finds clues that point to Hiss's guilt, a series of suspicious deaths of potential witnesses, and the secrets of the Dimock family-deceptive entanglements that have ravaged the clan and the nation. In Gods of Deception, acclaimed novelist David Adams Cleveland has created a thrilling tale of espionage, a family saga, a stirring love story, and a meditation on time and memory, astrophysics and art, taking you on an unforgettable journey into the troubled human heart as well as the past-a past that is ever present, where the gods of deception await our distant call.

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At the heart of an ancient prophecy is young Lucas, who has the sole power to save two medieval kingdoms from destruction . . . but will he discover this ultimate secret before it's too late? Lucas has been raised as a blacksmith's son; an outsider ostracized by the other village children. One night at a nearby monastery, a mysterious black stone whispers a haunting premonition to Lucas. When his father is murdered, the monks take Lucas in, convinced he is an extraordinary hero foretold by destiny. However, a restless Lucas runs off to join a circus where he draws the attention of the powerful King Itan, who believes Lucas is one of "the chosen"-a group of boys who are descendants of great warriors. The king will stop at nothing to compel Lucas to join his chosen army, all while the soldiers who killed Lucas's father are closing in. Before long, Lucas is embroiled in a plot to defeat the king while an unseen enemy begins planning to bring the young man down before he learns of his remarkable power. This first novel of L. Waithman's richly imagined fantasy series will leave you eagerly awaiting Lucas's next adventure.

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When she secures a marketing job in New York, Alexa has high hopes. But her newfound freedom from living at home with her father is cut short when her estranged twin sister Beth shows up at the doorstep of her tiny apartment, after a long stint in a psychiatric setting. Alexa too has spent time at the Weinstein Center, and as the reader is slowly clued in on why she was sent there in the first place, the suspense in author Jessica Bidonde's thriller, Killer Content, deepens. As questions mount and secrets unfold, revealing the dark shared history of the sisters, the page-turner picks up speed. How is it that Alexa has kept the dark secret of their mother's death at the hands of her sister Beth? What secrets lie in Alexa's past that would compel her to cover up the truth with the story of suicide? Or was the murder really a suicide, after all? Things get more complicated when Alexa's new boyfriend, Curt, moves in. When "Beth" kills Curt upon his discovery of Alexa's journal, readers learn that Beth isn't Beth at all, but Alexa's split personality. Alexa has in fact killed her twin as a child, and for that reason was never convicted. Now, the emotional turmoil and trauma has finally caught up with her. Curt certainly isn't innocent either, yet he is also a victim of social media. A compelling revolving point-of-view, shifting between the two sisters, slowly reveals each side of the story, until the story becomes one-a fascinating plot construction in Jessica Bidonde's debut novel.

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The Essence of Nathan Biddle is a coming-of-age novel set in the American South in the 1950s. Narrator Kit Biddle, near the end of his high school career, finds himself tangled in a web of family secrets, including a crazy uncle who hears God and literally sacrifices (murders) his own son, Kit's cousin-landing him in a mental institution. Kit is also vexed by the pressing questions that haunt all teenagers: Who am I? Why am I here? When Anna, the beautiful, brilliant object of his affections, rejects him, Kit spirals into despair. Even his witty best friend, Lichtman, is of no help. Kit's impulsive decision to steal the golf club's maintenance truck one night and speed down the highway ends in a horrific accident and months of convalescence, including interesting hours spent in a therapist's office where Kit tries to piece his life together. Yet tragedy leads to light in this gentle tale; even a new girlfriend appears. "It was calamity that gave me a moment of pause, an occasion for reassessment and redirection. I suffered both a breakdown and a breakthrough," Kit says near the end of his ordeal. Readers will rejoice as Kit closes in on answers to his search for the meaning of life

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In the Land of Dead Horses is the story of Texas Ranger Jewel T. Lightfoot's pursuit of a terror from another age, a herald of darkness unearthed from its subterranean crypt in the Chihuahuan Desert and set loose on an unsuspecting world. Lightfoot, a hard-drinking Texas Ranger, is aided by an aging silver miner named Ernesto Zavala and his grandson Antonio, a rangy firebrand who longs to free his people from the rule of Porfirio Diaz's corrupt Mexican government. Together these unlikely heroes face off against a sinister German academic, a trio of religious fanatics who want to restore the glory of the Mayan empire, and a horror from the depths of history that grows stronger with each setting sun. Join Jewel Lightfoot in his desperate bid to save countless lives from a menace no sane man could imagine. But be careful: Not everyone who rides out of Austin in the fall of 1908 is going to come back.

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Upstream Marketing draws on best practices, research, case studies, and the authors' twenty-year track record helping transform client brands and businesses through their work at EquiBrand Consulting. Authors Tim Koelzer and Kristin Kurth define and expand on the concept of upstream marketing-the process of identifying and fulfilling customer needs-by drawing on three core principles of insight, identity, and innovation. This book will appeal to business owners looking to find the principles, tools, and techniques that will help them improve their organization proactively, instead of reactively. The book includes a deep dive review of seven profile companies, breaking down the values and principles that make them great. The authors also draw examples from their own work with clients to help illustrate how applying the principles of upstream marketing correctly and at the right time can make a huge difference in the health of a business.

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Unbound: A Tale of Love and Betrayal in Shanghai is the sweeping, multigenerational story of two women-a grandmother and granddaughter-who fight to carve out a place for themselves as women in Shanghai society. Mini Pao lives with her sister and two parents in the British-occupied Shanghai of the 1930s, renowned for its vibrant night life, stunning architecture, and repressive social mores. Mini's struggle to provide for herself and her family while grappling with her desire for romance and independence comes into sharp contrast with the life of her granddaughter, Ting, told in alternating chapters. Ting also resides in Shanghai, decades later in the 1980s, when the city has been transformed beyond recognition by the communist strictures of Chairman Mao. Ting's strict, sheltered upbringing only fuels her curiosity about her grandmother's glamorous past, and she is driven to uncover tragic secrets, grapple with painful truths, and face the hard reality of what the future holds for her if she remains in Shanghai.

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Innovation on Tap is the story of innovation in America told through the eyes of 25 entrepreneurs, from Eli Whitney and his cotton gin to Lin-Manuel Miranda and his Broadway smash, Hamilton. The stories, intended for new and veteran entrepreneurs alike, emphasize the variety, sweep, and impact of innovation. From insurance and baseball to smart cities and cybersecurity, entrepreneurs across three centuries gather in an imaginary barroom to discuss the essential themes of American entrepreneurship--Mechanization, Mass Production, Consumerism, Digitization, and Sustainability--while emphasizing and reemphasizing the importance of community to their success.

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A collection of personal stories from the author illuminating the powerful lessons that reveal themselves during life's most difficult, unexpected moments-but only if you know where to look. The third and final book in the Is This Seat Taken? series by author Kristin S. Kaufman is her most earnest, thought-provoking, and insightful entry yet. While her first book focused on insights Kaufman learned from seemingly random encounters with strangers, and the second told the stories of leaders and other successful individuals who found their purpose late in life, her third book, Is This Seat Taken?: No, I Saved It for You, is more self-reflective, dealing with her own life experiences. The author unflinchingly unpacks decades' worth of her own personal struggles for the powerful lessons that will inspire her readers. Kaufman examines the loss of her beloved father, her mother's heart-breaking Alzheimer's diagnosis, and living with the Hepatitis C she contracted during a blood transfusion when she was a baby. Kaufman doesn't shy away from the ugly truth, acknowledging that despite her great success in life, she has often learned more from unexpected challenges than from personal and professional victories. Kaufman's purposeful, instructive tone and meditative, workbook-style chapters help to elevate this final installment of her trilogy from pure memoir to a space where it will appeal to anyone interested in self-help, motivational reading, and personal development-especially those in business leadership looking to align their personal growth with their professional success.

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In this 4th edition of The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success, Wayne Breitbarth delivers a fully updated best-in-class handbook for professional network growth, personal brand enhancement, increased sales, and career advancement-all through the LinkedIn platform. Professionals unfamiliar with Breitbarth's previous editions, or new to LinkedIn (including students), will definitely want to pick up this edition-ensuring that they have the latest information on how to navigate the world's largest business networking site, create magnetic, professional profiles, and discover that next job, customer, or opportunity.

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Meet Livi and Grace--sisters with absolutely nothing in common--except love and respect for everything that makes them different! Grace is carefree, loves bright prints, splashing barefoot in puddles--and playing with her boots unlaced. Her older sister, Livi, loves to write, prefers ballet flats, and doing things just right. When Grace speeds by on her bicycle, her hair flies in the wind, and her feet barely touch the pedals. When Livi rides her bicycle, her hair is in a proper ponytail, and she's the picture of perfect form. While the sisters seem to have totally opposite tastes in everything--from clothes to food to sports--what they do have in common is just how much they love, celebrate, and respect their sibling's opposite personality. With fun rhyme and colorful illustrations, Livi & Grace models behavior for young readers that acknowledges that everyone has value, no matter their likes and dislikes or how they look or dress.

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Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred Honor Political polarization and economic and social uncertainties in the United States today provide fertile ground for Peter Frey's informative, well researched, and fair-minded book Reimagining Our American Republic: Commonsense Ideas for Uncommon Times. After educating readers about the background and history of the critical issues affecting the country on topics such as education, voting rights, healthcare, and defence, the author offers detailed proposals on how we can restructure our government while fulfilling the intentions of the Founding Fathers. An outgrowth of the author's highly successful program at the Aspen Institute, this book will have wide appeal for readers wanting to understand the complexities behind the issues we face today and what can be done to move our country forward. Frey's practical proof that there are judicious solutions at hand will energize readers, encourage discussion, and inspire anyone who is eager for fresh ideas, change, and making positive impact on our country during these historical times.

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In Marc Hess's new novel, The Gillespie County Fair, the oldest continuously running fair in Texas, which maintains the strong, traditionally rural roots of the German farming community around Fredericksburg in the Hill Country of Texas, serves as the backdrop for two intermarried families and a land development scheme that exposes the vicious underbelly of this pastoral community, leads to the demise of two pioneer families, and culminates the triumph of one hard-headed young girl. The book delves into the turmoil of poverty in rural areas trying to adapt to a changing world. In a short period of time, the town of Fredericksburg, Texas morphed from a rock-rimmed farming community into the chic tourist destination that it is today. While many of the old German families prosper in this transition this is the story about a family that destroys itself.

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A story of love, loss, and reincarnation Spanning the years 1930-2016, Drops of Cerulean chronicles the lives of Ilona, the daughter of a Greek restaurateur, who marries into a prominent Houston family; her son, Cadmus, who becomes a professor and then moves into a retirement home after his husband passes away; and Delphina, an anxiety-ridden woman with a mysterious recurring dream. Ilona and Cadmus have a falling out when Cadmus is a young man, and before they are able to reconcile, Ilona dies. Cadmus is plagued with guilt and feels responsible for the death of his mother. Two worlds collide when, years later, Delphina comes to understand that she had been Ilona, Cadmus's mother, in her previous life. Well written and engaging, Drops of Cerulean deals with topics such as socioeconomic class, LGBT rights and acceptance, reincarnation, and past-life regression. Set in Houston and revolving around the city's ever-changing skyline, Drops of Cerulean is an amazing debut from a gifted writer.

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The Black Rhino and his friend Tikbird wonder why Crocodile is crying. They are hesitant to ask him as Crocodile has a reputation for eating animals that come too near! So they circle the area, asking each animal they see why Crocodile is crying. But the animals to ask are difficult to find as their numbers are growing ever smaller.

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Are you a high net worth individual? Then the wealth management rules are different for you. Mark Tepper rightly assures us that we should all consider ourselves wealthy if we have the resources to live the lives we want to live without compromise. However, if you fall into one of his higher-net-worth categories, you will find that Exceptional Wealth is speaking directly to you. Tepper, author of the acclaimed Walk Away Wealthy , stresses that if you are someone with a high net worth, you have to realize that managing your wealth is complex. He clearly outlines key steps and sophisticated strategies that experienced professional financial advisors should be implementing for you. Each high net worth individual has unique and different forms of wealth, investments, and objectives. Consequently, individual and special family needs demand specifically tailored financial plans and approaches. Good investment management might have made you wealthy, but Tepper solidly brings home the point that only proper wealth management will keep you wealthy. Those whose wealth exceeds $1,000,000 will likely benefit most from the keys and myths that Tepper outlines, but this book is relevant for anyone looking to take the next step in wealth accumulation and preservation. The bottom line, as Tepper advises, is the following: Prosperous individuals require a higher level of sophistication when it comes to optimizing their financial affairs.

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This is a story of hope. My book about my personal experience with clinical depression reads like a fast-paced novel, with characters that charm and frustrate. The content is tough, but the story difficult to abandon. My book also relates my search for identity. After leaving the business world to care for small children and aging grandparents, as well as adapting to a culture far different from that of my upbringing, I evaporated into my surroundings, no longer sure of who I was. What was my purpose? What did I want? These questions cratered me, setting in motion my genetic tendency for depression. Most people answer these questions without a tour of the psychiatric ward, but my road was bumpy -- the psychiatric ward was only one of many stops. Each time I speak about my experience, I find people are often one step removed from the devastation of mental illness or even suicide. Stories about mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, spouses, and children all make me wonder: Could we have stopped those deaths? If we are more aware, can we see the signs earlier and save a life? I think we can. In that belief, I offer my story. Proceeds from this book will be donated to programs and research to battle mental illness.

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Does it count as a midlife crisis if you screw up your life and you happen to be entering middle age, or did you screw up your life because you are entering middle age? ?And does it matter if you take the kind of life most people envywealth and success and recognitionand blow it up, hurting everyone you love along the way? Who does that?! Danny Cahill had made it, by any measure: He was a recruiting industry icon with a brilliant, lucrative career, hugely in demand as a motivational speaker, and a noted playwright and writer. But once a serious gym injury began to unravel his childhood deprivations, his mother's shame-based modus operandi, and the choices he made in search of love, he realized he had thrown it all away in spectacular fashion. In Aging Disgracefully , Cahill takes on the emotionally tricky territory of memoir and charges into deep water to tell a frequently humorous and wonderfully dark tale that spares no one in his life, least of all himself. Painfully authentic and unapologetic, Cahill's account reveals that no matter how the world rewards you for being at the top of your game, an unresolved past can follow you, shape your choices, and lead to comic and tragic results when lines are crossed. Cahill's story is ultimately about climbing out of messes, saving ourselves from ourselves, finding exactly what we've been looking for, and realizing that it was there all along.

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Set sail for the adventure of your life and work! This book will help you to articulate your most important dreams in work and life and will then give you a practical approach for realising those dreams. Through engaging, real-life examples, you will be inspired to live life to your full potential. Author Jeremy Cage begins with the premise that there is no such thing as work-life balance. There is only life balance -- of which work is an important part. With this as the foundation, he will guide you through a simple and actionable approach to determining the most important components of your life -- the Grab Bags in your LifeBoat -- then chart the course to making all the dreams in that LifeBoat a reality. Jeremy, who has lived and worked in nine countries, has used this approach to help thousands of executives, managers, and their teams unleash their potential. He has also realised his own dreams by taking a sixteen-month sabbatical to sail around the world with his family before returning to the US to launch several exciting new companies. So rather than theoretical mumbo jumbo, Jeremy presents compelling, real-life examples of how to dream specifically, get highly intentional about those dreams, plan and prepare well -- then summon the courage to set sail.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The Sustainable Edge: Fifteen Minutes a Week to a Richer Entrepreneurial Life was written for business owners who are seeking a fuller, more rewarding work-life balance. In this easy-to-reference, practical guide authors and entrepreneurs Ron Carson and Scott Ford share personal anecdotes to their own career successes. Each chapter is designed to inspire entrepreneurs to define and sustain a competitive edge in the complex, fast-changing world of business. Relying on insights and proprietary tools based on decades of experience, the authors teach you how to achieve your goals across four key areas: your business, your teams, your clients, and your personal lives. In this book you will learn the authors' trademarked Business Implementation Quotient (IQ) Grower process that appears in the form of end-of-chapter exercises. These easy-to-perform exercises can be completed in as little as 15 minutes per week to help your company boost its own Business IQ. This work is an important read for entrepreneurs in search of achieving the sustainable edge in their careers and their lives.

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An irreverent black comedy about sex, drugs, murder and children's baseball. Dwayne Devero is just like you and me, except he simply doesn't give a s**t any more. He's had enough. He's done with people living life wrong. You'll do it right, or he'll bury you under the bases at the ballpark where he coaches. It's just that simple. Tired of poor decisions being made all around him, from the politics of player positions on his son's little league baseball team to the philandering of his wife in his own bedroom, Dwayne decides that breaking is better than bending. What follows is a wild ride full of carnage and revenge, led by a man who will stop at absolutely nothing to bring honor back to his family, his community and children's baseball. Baseball Dads is a pitch black comedy in which one man takes on the duty of bludgeoning honor back into a sometimes dishonorable world.

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While on vacation in Ireland, Gannon and Wyatt visit medieval castles, climb the Cliffs of Moher, and explore the ancient Newgrange monument. But after Gannon kisses the Blarney Stone their adventure takes a dramatic turn. While volunteering on a farm to connect with their Irish roots, they learn that a deadly blight is wreaking havoc on the Irish farmland. Determined to uncover the true cause, the courageous explorers embark on a secret mission to gather evidence against a ruthless suspect, but soon find themselves running for their lives. Ultimately, they must rely on their wilderness survival skills and Gannon's "gift of gab" if they hope to bring justice to their ancestral home. In the tradition of the historic journals kept by explorers such as Lewis and Clark, Dr. David Livingstone, and Captain James Cook comes the adventure series Travels with Gannon and Wyatt . From Africa to the South Pacific, these twin brothers have traveled the world. You never know what they will encounter as they venture into the wild, but one thing is certain wherever Gannon and Wyatt go, adventure is their constant companion. You can find Gannon and Wyatt's blog, photographs, and video footage from their real-life expeditions at travelswithgannonandwyatt.com.

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What can today's corporate leaders learn from decisions of leaders who changed the course of world history? Jan Benedict Steenkamp, Knox Massey Distinguished Professor of Marketing, and one of the world's leading thinkers on global strategy and branding, is passionate about history, and his book offers important answers to that question. The author draws powerful lessons that today's leaders can apply in their own professional lives through his well-researched and carefully curated case studies of world leaders who changed history as a result of their actions while facing a particular dilemma. While readers will recognize Roosevelt, Washington, Mandela, Thatcher, Alexander the Great, and MLK, leaders who may be less known (Themistocles, Clovis, Peter, Fisher, de Gaulle, Nightingale, Campbell-Bannerman) provide equally valuable insights into how individuals make decisions based upon one of seven leadership styles and four personality classifications (hedgehog, fox, eagle, or ostrich). The author provides key chapter takeaways, leadership principles, and open-ended, reflective questions for readers, who will feel encouraged, enriched, and empowered as they see these great leaders struggle, face, and overcome daunting challenges and realize they can utilize the same tactics in their own lives. Dr. Steenkamp, the author of four books, has taught, consulted, given executive seminars on all continents. His work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, and newspapers in Europe, China, India, and South Korea. He has been interviewed on television and radio in the U.S., Europe, South Africa, India and China.

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In today's business climate, innovation isn't optional; it's an imperative. Everyone wants to create new products and services, find new customers and markets, stay ahead of the competition, and work smarter instead of harder. Yet with all the focus and attention on innovation, the term has become an overused buzzword rather than a real, tangible concept. If you want to seriously pursue innovation-you need to strip away the hype. Real innovators need to transcend the existing ideas, rules, and patterns to discover exciting new outcomes. They must step outside the best practice box. The spirit of a true innovator is rooted in wanting to do something that has never been done before, to solve problems that have never been solved-and to run through walls and leap over tall buildings to get there. In The Innovator's Spirit, author Chuck Swoboda-retired chairman and CEO of Cree, a company that fundamentally changed the way people experience light and drove the obsolescence of the Edison light bulb-explains that innovation requires creativity, risk-taking, hard work, and desire, and he provides his readers with the mind-set they need to achieve true innovation

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We've reached a point in time when everyone wants innovation, but most people don't know how to actually attain it. It's not easy, which is why there are so many failed brands and companies. In our era of AI, rapid change, disruption, and possibility, there are so many great opportunities within our grasp. However, smart, successful people consistently miss out. Their capabilities are limited by seven traps, and they rely on and repeat past decisions. They miss out on the potential of what could have been. If we could remove these traps, what could we accomplish? How much more successful could we be? Create the Future will teach you how to think disruptively, providing specific steps to create real innovation and change. It combines Jeremy's high energy provocative thinking with tactics that have been battle tested through projects with leading innovators like Disney, Starbucks, Amex, IBM, Adidas, Google, and NASA. Better yet, this is a double-sided book Create the Future will be paired with a revised edition of Jeremy's award-winning innovation handbook, Exploiting Chaos, an Inc Best Book for Business Owners, Axiom International Book Award Winner, and #1 on CEO Read for four months

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When No-Bullshit Executive Personalities Hinder Performance Many executives who are valuable leaders in their organizations often don't understand why they're not advancing in their careers at the pace or level they believe they deserve given their commitment to their imperatives. Any high-performing leader (the "No-Bullshit Executive," according to author Jordan Goldrich) who has ever been identified as abrasive or even a bully will find an ally in this must-read book. These executives (termed workplace warriors by the author) make a unique and critical contribution to the success of their companies or organizations, and their warrior spirit is especially crucial in the current VUCA environment (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity). While acknowledging their unique contributions, the author encourages no-bullshit executives to lift their warrior spirit to the level of our country's greatest warriors--the Navy SEALs and the rest of the United States Special Operations community--to find the skills they need to excel. Some of Goldrich's advice takes the form of his clever tagline: The Least You Can Do. If the abrasive executives are only interested in doing The Least You Can Do to protect themselves in a politically correct world, they will find what they need. If, on the other hand, executives want to do The Least You Can Do in the sense that of the right thing to do, they will find resources to take their leadership to a higher level. Appendices and checklists fill out the advice to help the best become even better.

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It's time to rethink how we create and allocate money. In Outgrowing Capitalism, Marco Dondi sheds light on the fact that most people do not have the economic security to focus on purpose and life fulfilment. He proposes that this is not the way things have to be; there is an alternative. In a quest to change our economic system to cater for everyone, he identifies deep issues in how money is created and allocated and connects these to capitalism. He shows that the assumptions and circumstances that made capitalism a success are no longer true today and then describes a new socio-economic model, Monetism. Dondi's solution is to provide a pragmatic roadmap to institutionalize Monetism and solve societal issues that seemed as permanent as time.

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There are more challenges than ever facing you at work and at home: Many corporate cultures still struggle to fully respect differences. Health impacts at work and at home are rising from ever-present technology and the wake of COVID-19. And recession threats can wreak havoc on job security. As a result, too many rising stars like you get pushed out of the leadership pipeline, suffer through toxic work situations, or see their careers cut short. Don’t stay in a job that is the wrong fit. Go! shows you how to listen to your gut and make a thoughtful and savvy plan toward a truly fulfilling career. Equal parts validation, empowerment, and guide, Go! provides powerful examples of career transformation from a wide array of leaders and outlines a versatile 90-day career reboot plan. Go! also opens leaders’ eyes to work culture improvements that can help them keep stellar and diverse talent.

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A guide for anyone who wants to live conscientiously and make a positive impact. Western society makes it challenging for those of us who desire a just world—one of shared prosperity—to live a life that is consistent with our values. Handbook for an Integrated Life provides both philosophical principles and practical steps that you can use to bring your actions in line with your goal of creating a world that works for everyone. Sharon Schneider, a philanthropy consultant to some of the world’s wealthiest families, distills her expertise into pragmatic guidance for all of us—even those on a budget. She lays out seven foundational principles on which you can base your everyday decisions, helping you: • Identify the cultural norms that lead you away from your goals • Differentiate between giving back and simply giving • Avoid settling for slacktivism • Resist the allure of convenience • Gain the courage to challenge your beliefs or assumptions • Understand the benefits of purposeful consumption • Recognize your power to effect change Schneider supplements this guidance with useful steps and real-world applications to help you employ the principles in multiple areas of your life, including in food choices, clothing choices, finances, the workplace, relationships, and more. You will come away feeling, at last, equipped and empowered to follow your internal compass.

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A guide to why stress isn't a bad thing and how to turn it into strength. While those seeking advice on health and wellness are commonly told to reduce or eliminate stress in their lives, Cracking the Stress Secret takes a different stance. In this book, author, speaker, and chiropractor Amir Rashidian explains that striving to accomplish goals and improve ourselves inherently comes along with obstacles and stress, and so it's unrealistic-even undesirable-to cut stress from our lives. How much we achieve depends on how much stress we can safely handle. In fact, stress can become a natural source of fuel for success. Geared toward professionals, entrepreneurs, and anyone who has a busy daily life but also has big aspirations, Cracking the Stress Secret demonstrates how health comes from the inside out and why it's best to intentionally and gradually increase (not decrease) stress to improve adaptability and resilience. Dr. Rashidian provides ten steps that readers can use to prepare themselves physically, biochemically, and psychologically for whatever pressures life might throw at them. Using compelling stories from his life and practice and drawing from his decades of experience in studying the human body's response to stress, Dr. Rashidian illustrates how readers can learn and adapt during stressful times, overcoming the challenges they face and, through the process, becoming better, stronger, and happier.

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How a journey of self-discovery unearthed the scandalous evolution of artificial insemination. By his forties, Peter J. Boni was an accomplished CEO, with a specialty in navigating high-tech companies out of hot water. Just before his fiftieth birthday, Peter’s seventy-five-year-old mother unveiled a bombshell: His deceased father was not biological. Peter was conceived in 1945 via an anonymous sperm donor. The emotional upheaval upon learning that he was “misattributed” rekindled traumas long past and fueled his relentless research to find his genealogy. Over two decades, he gained an encyclopedic knowledge of the scientific, legal, and sociological history of reproductive technology as well as its practices, advances, and consequences. Through twenty-first century DNA analysis, Peter finally quenched his thirst for his origin. In Uprooted, Peter J. Boni intimately shares his personal odyssey and acquired expertise to spotlight the free market methods of gamete distribution that conceives dozens, sometimes hundreds, of unknowing half-siblings from a single donor. This thought-provoking book reveals the inner workings—and secrets—of the multibillion-dollar fertility industry, resulting in a richly detailed account of an ethical aspect of reproductive science that, until now, has not been so thoroughly explored.

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"His body can scream, cheer, laugh or cry. Feelings are good to express all the time." From the authors of the #1 bestselling children's book, Her Body Can, comes His Body Can, a book that empowers boys to define for themselves what it means to be a boy and shows them they can feel comfortable expressing exactly who they are. The aim of this book is to encourage all boys to be who they're meant to be and love themselves and their bodies without having to listen to gender-based expectations of how they should behave, dress, and play. This book highlights that boys are absolutely amazing and CAN DO incredible things-and that their worth is not measured by anything except how big they love themselves. Written for boys ages newborn to 8, His Body Can teaches that we can overcome ingrained generational beliefs about boys and rewrite the cultural narrative on what masculinity is. The authors' rhyming, sing-song poetry delivers affirming messages that are easy for young readers to understand and absorb, and the illustrator's whimsical, modern drawings and vibrant colors bring boys to life on and off the page.

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