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Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xv, 133 pages ; 18 cm
Description
Through the insights of her own teachers and life journey, Pema Ch?dr?n offers us her heartfelt advice on how to face the unknown-in ourselves and in the world-and how our missteps can open our eyes to see new possibilities and purpose.
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
Description
When Rosie is unable to invent a contraption to help one of Aunt Rose's Raucous Riveters friends, she calls on classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist to help.
Rosie is working with Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters, on designing a new invention, but when her designs keep failing, Rosie starts to lose hope until her friends Iggy and Ada offer some help
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xiii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Explores the most common lessons learned from the experience of loss, explaining how to turn a set-back into a step forward by examining the eleven elements that make up the DNA of those who succeed, including humility, reality, responsibility, hope, and maturity.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
195 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"In Sometimes I Think About It, Stephen Elliott gathers personal essays, reportage, and profiles written over fifteen years to tell a powerful story about outsiders and underdogs. Moving from the self to the civic, the book begins with a series of essays that trace Elliott's childhood with an abusive and erratic father, his life on the streets as a teenager, and his growing interest in cross-dressing and masochism. These stories, which range from...
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 2
Formats
Description
A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xxvi, 308 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Business leaders, with millions of dollars down the drain, struggle to abandon a new app or product that just isn’t working. Governments, caught in a hopeless conflict, believe that the next tactic will finally be the one that wins the war. And in our own lives, we persist in relationships or careers that no longer serve us. Why? According to Annie Duke, in the face of tough decisions, we’re terrible quitters. And that is significantly holding...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
368 p. ; cm.
Description
"In Top Dog, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman use cutting edge science to tease out the hidden factors at the core of every great triumph -- and every tragic failure. By enabling you to identify your own competitive style, Top Dog will help you tip the odds of success in your favor. Integrating wisdom from politics, finance, genetics, neuroscience, psychology, military training, sports, economics, education and more, Top Dog offers counterintuitive,...
12) Running scared
Author
Formats
Description
Best friends Olivia and Jessica are good runners, but Olivia is uncomfortable with competition, so when her friend talks her into joining the track team and Olivia is assigned to a long distance race, she is suddenly overcome by a fear of failure.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 1
Publisher
Alfaguara Infantil y Juvenil
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
139 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
When Rosie is unable to invent a contraption to help one of Aunt Rose's Raucous Riveters friends, she calls on classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist to help.
14) Even more fantastic failures: true stories of people who changed the world by falling down first
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"There is a lot of pressure in today's society for kids to succeed, but failing is a part of learning how to be a successful person. In his teaching career, Luke Reynolds saw the stress and anxiety his students suffered, whether it was over grades, fitting in, or simply getting things right the first time. Even More Fantastic Failures is a second installment in Reynolds a personal campaign to show kids it's ok fall down or make a mistakes, just so...
15) Herzog
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
xxvi, 371 p. ; 20 cm.
Description
A suffering and persecuted intellectual, Moses E. Herzog passively accepts the disasters of his private and public affairs in an effort to survive modern civilization.
16) Pick and roll
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
66 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
Eighth-grader and starting point guard Roman is initially thrilled when big man Sebastian transfers schools and joins the team, but Sebastian's skills seem to have disappeared and the other kids are merciless in their criticism--then Roman's big sister gives him some advice: talk to Sebastian and find out what is going on, and add a pick-and-roll to the team playbook.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
69 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Description
In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life. How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others? Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world famous author addresses some of life's most important...
Author
Publisher
Picarona
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Como cualquiera de nosotros, los superheroes tambien cometen errores. Cuando se equivocan en una mis̤in, pod̕ran poner excusas, echarle la culpa a alguno de sus comp?eros, decidir no combatir nunca ̀ms a los malvados, Pero incluso cuando se sienten muy avergonzados o la frustrac̤in los embarga, los superheroes saben que no pueden actuar supermal. Este emocionante cuento rimado muestra ̤cmo los superheroes conocen diversas maneras de enfrentarse...
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