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"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights. We live in a world that's obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2021]
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x, 322 pages ; 24 cm
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"Bestselling author and performance expert Steven Kotler breaks down the processes by which elite performers accomplish seemingly impossible goals and teaches us how we, too, can do what we thought was out of our reach, turning the art of impossible intopossibility for all who want to up their game"--
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Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
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1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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He's heir to the Madison Hotel millions, but the only subjects Billy has studied are babes and booze. But when Brian Madison informs his goofball son that he plans to turn over his Fortune 500 company to vice president/weasel Eric Gordon, Billy makes the bet of his life. He's going back to school with hilarious results.
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Chicken soup for the soul live! volume 3
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Distributed by Inspired Distribution
Pub. Date
2006
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1 DVD (ca. 86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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In this live performance, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen read some of their inspiring Soup stories onstage.
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Heinemann
Pub. Date
[2012]
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vii, 214 pages ; 23 cm.
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Lucy Calkins and her colleagues at the Reading and Writing Project have helped thousands of educators design their own pathways to the Common Core. Now, with Pathways to the Common Core, they are ready to help you find your way. Designed for teachers, school leaders, and professional learning communities looking to navigate the gap between their current literacy practices and the ideals of the Common Core, Pathways to the Common Core will help you:...
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W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
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xiv, 264 pages ; 24 cm
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"A best-selling expert on education shows how to make the school system work for your child. Our K-12 school system is an artificial product of market forces. It isn't a good fit for all--or even most--students. It prioritizes a single way of understanding the world over all others, pushes children into a rigid set of grades with little regard for individual maturity, and slaps "disability" labels over differences in learning style. Caught in this...
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HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
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273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"In The Achievement Habit, Roth applies the remarkable insights that stem from design thinking--previously used to solve large scale projects--to help us realize the power for positive change we all have within us. Roth leads us through a series of discussions, stories, recommendations, and exercises designed to help us create a different experience in our lives. He shares invaluable insights we can use to gain confidence to do what we?ve always wanted...
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"Lions are the kings and queens of the jungle but how did they come to be as fabulous as they are? They SPARKLE! The best way to sparkle is to live your dreams and share them with the world. The inspiring message behind this adorable book comes from author Megan Bomgaars's viral video "Don't Limit Me," and encourages readers to follow whatever dreams they may have in order to find the sparkle inside of them"--
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
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xvi, 287 pages ; 24 cm
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"From the director of Race to Nowhere, the popular 2010 documentary on our education system that has become a long-running grassroots phenomenon, and a new film, Beyond Measure, comes a groundbreaking book for parents, students, and educators on how to revolutionize learning, prioritize children's health, and re-envision success for a lifetime. From kindergarteners to high-schoolers, millions of American students are being pressured to perform in...
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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
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322 pages ; 24 cm
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"If you're a parent, you've had a moment--maybe many of them--when you've thought, "How did that conversation go so badly?" At some point after the sixth grade, the same kid who asked "why" non-stop at age four suddenly stops talking to you. And the conversations that you wish you could have--ones fueled by your desire to see your kid not just safe and healthy, but passionately engaged--suddenly feel nearly impossible to execute. The good news is...
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Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2019.
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116 pages ; 19 cm.
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"What makes some people successful in life? In Just Shut Up and Do It, bestselling author and success expert Brian Tracy shares a simple, practical, proven seven-part method that will help you accomplish more in the next few months and years than most people accomplish in a lifetime. In its simplest terms, your ability to get started and keep going until you complete those things that are most important to you and to your company is the key to winning,...
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2015]
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vii, 262 pages ; 25 cm
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"In many public schools, students are spending up to 28 percent of instructional time on testing and test prep. Starting this year, the introduction of the Common Core State Standards Initiative in 45 states will bring an unprecedented level of new, more difficult, and longer mandatory tests to nearly every classroom in the nation up to five times a year--forcing our national testing obsession to a crisis point. Taxpayers are spending extravagant...
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Bushel & Peck Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Your Life Matters reassures Black children everywhere that no matter what they hear, no matter what they experience, no matter what they're told, their lives matter. Written by national speaker Chris Singleton, who lost his own mother in the 2015 Charleston church shooting, Your Life Matters teaches kids to stand tall in the face of racial adversity and fight for the life they dream of. Each page depicts a famous hero from Black history mentoring...
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Broadside Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
336 pages 24 cm.
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"Everyone agrees that we should graduate as many students as possible, as prepared for colleges and jobs as possible. We all want improved STEM and computer literacy. We're united in our belief that racial testing gaps need to be closed to create more opportunities for everyone. But there are billions of dollars spent every year to get Americans to give up on these shared goals. Why? Race to the Bottom is the first comprehensive expose of the way...
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Joy Revolution, a registered trademark of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
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313 pages ; 22 cm
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Sasha Johnson-Sun might not know everything - like how to fully heal after her dad's passing or how many more Saturdays her mom can spend cleaning houses. But the one thing Sasha is certain of? She will graduate this year as Skyline High's class valedictorian. At least, she was sure before the principal calls Sasha and her cute, effortlessly gifted ex-best friend, Ezra Davis-Goldberg, into his office to deliver earth-shattering news: they're tied...
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Alfred A Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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245 pages ; 22 cm
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"Mary is having an existential crisis. She's a good student, she never gets in trouble, and she is searching for the meaning of life. She always thought she'd find it in a perfect score on the SATs. But by junior year, Mary isn't so sure anymore. The first time, it's an accident. She forgets to do a history assignment. She even crosses "history essay" off in her pristine planner. And then: Nothing happens. She doesn't burst into flames, the world...
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Harper Business
Pub. Date
c2012
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viii, 221 p. ; 22 cm.
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Akin to The Last Lecture in its revelatory perspective following life-altering events, "How Will You Measure Your Life?" presents a set of personal guidelines that have helped the author find meaning and happiness in his life. Drawn from his speech delivered to the 2010 Harvard Business School graduating class, a leading thinker on innovation, using examples from his own life, answers an array of questions to provide guidance for achieving a fulfilling...
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