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Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xi, 242 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn't felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and unnecessary tasks? These are the modern-day hazards of working, and they can slowly drain the joy from work, limit our chances of career progress, and undermine our well-being. There is another way. In Joy at Work, bestselling author and Netflix star Marie Kondo and Rice University business professor Scott Sonenshein...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
In recent years, workplace toxicity, industry volatility, and technology-driven turnover have threatened the psychological well-being of employees. When we can't flourish at work, both personal success and corporate productivity suffer. As we sit on the cusp of some of the most turbulent economic changes in history, many of us wonder how we can not only survive but flourish in our careers. Now, Tomorrowmind provides essential plans and actionable...
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Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xii, 390 p. ; 22 cm.
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"Richard Louv was the first to identify a phenomenon we all knew existed but couldn't quite articulate: nature-deficit disorder. His book Last Child in the Woods created a national conversation about the disconnection between children and nature, and his message has galvanized an international movement. Now, three years after its initial publication, we have reached a tipping point, with Leave No Child Inside initiatives adopted in at least 30 regions...
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Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
359 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm
Description
Have you ever wondered why we stop to watch the orange glow that arrives before sunset, or why we flock to see cherry blossoms bloom in spring? Is there a reason that people -- regardless of gender, age, culture, or ethnicity -- are mesmerized by baby animals, and can't help but smile when they see a burst of confetti or a cluster of colorful balloons? We are often made to feel that the physical world has little or no impact on our inner joy. Increasingly,...
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Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xii, 317 p. ; 24 cm.
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Supported by groundbreaking research, anecdotal evidence, and compelling personal stories, Louv shows how tapping into the restorative powers of the natural world can boost mental acuity and creativity; promote health and wellness; build smarter and more sustainable businesses, communities, and economies; and ultimately strengthen human bonds.
9) Love is free. Guac is extra: how vulnerability, empowerment, and curiosity built an unstoppable team
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Imagine you're one of 75,000 people working in a huge company, and the CEO wants to talk to you, one-on-one, to get to know and understand you. That's what Monty Moran did 20,000 times as he built the extraordinary culture that took Chipotle Mexican Grill from a regional burrito chain to a Fortune 500 superstar. In Love Is Free, Guac Is Extra, Monty shows how he used curiosity, vulnerability, love, and a unique understanding of the true meaning of...
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"Brought in as chief investigator when a party of campers go missing, 32-year-old Felicity Harland must place her trust in a Navy SEAL turned park ranger when the investigation takes them from the wilderness to the streets of Los Angeles where the grisly truth comes to light"--
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Rosalie Iron Wing has grown up in the woods with her father, Ray, a former science teacher who tells her stories of plants, of the stars, of the origins of the Dakh?ta people. Until, one morning, Ray doesn?t return from checking his traps. Told she has no family, Rosalie is sent to live with a foster family in nearby Mankato?where the reserved, bookish teenager meets rebellious Gaby Makespeace, in a friendship that transcends the damaged legacies...
13) The terranauts
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"...Told through three distinct narrators?Dawn Chapman, the mission?s pretty, young ecologist; Linda Ryu, her bitter, scheming best friend passed over for E2; and Ramsay Roothorp, E2?s sexually irrepressible Wildman?The Terranauts brings to life an electrifying, pressured world in which connected lives are uncontrollably pushed to the breaking point. With characteristic humor and acerbic wit, T.C. Boyle indelibly inhabits the perspectives of the various...
14) Circle
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
Description
Follows the migration of the bar-tailed godwits from Australia and New Zealand to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.
15) Counting dinos
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Rodrigo the Ankylosaurus and his dinosaur friends explore their prehistoric world as they count from one to ten.
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Publisher
PAX
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
236 p. ; cm.
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"Providing a great learning experience for teachers and school administrators as well as government institution staff, this book contains beneficial information about setting up an effective intervention program: el Programa Integral para Mejorar la Convivencia Escolar (PRIMCE), a comprehensive program for improving school life. This new edition of Bullying offers even more easy-to-implement tools for the classroom and during the school day that not...
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Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2021].
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"In an era of cell phone addiction and ever-expanding cities, many of us fear we've lost our connection to nature- but Peter Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the forest remain alive and intact. Whether we observe it or not, our blood pressure stabilizes near trees, the color green calms us, and the forest sharpens our senses. Drawing on new scientific discoveries, "The Heartbeat of Trees" reveals the profound interactions...
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xii, 224 pages ; 25 cm
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"Why human beings have a powerful and fundamental need--mental, spiritual, and physical--for the natural world; the profound impact it has on our consciousness and ability to heal our soul and bring solace to the heart, and the new cutting-edge scientificevidence proving nature as nurturer. In Losing Eden, Lucy Jones interweaves her deeply personal story of recovery from addiction and depression, with that of discovering the natural world and how...
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North Atlantic Books
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"An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors."--
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Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 24 cm
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"After an Oregon mother finds an SOS letter in a box of Halloween decorations, a story unfolds about the man who wrote it: a Chinese political prisoner, sentenced without trial to work grueling hours at a "reeducation" camp-manufacturing the products sold in our own big-box stores"--
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