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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xv, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, athletes, students, and business people--both seasoned and new--that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called "grit." Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur "genius" Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
ix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"Upstream probes the psychological forces that push us downstream-including "problem blindness," which can leave us oblivious to serious problems in our midst. And Heath introduces us to the thinkers who have overcome these obstacles and scored massive victories by switching to an upstream mindset. One online travel website prevented twenty million customer service calls every year by making some simple tweaks to its booking system. A major urban...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xiii, 267 pages ; 24 cm
Description
The award-winning Hollywood producer and author of The Success Commandments counsels readers on how to find life fulfillment by casting away expectations and refocusing on existing achievements and relationships.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Based on extensive research and one-on-one interviews with more than 50 of the most legendary financial experts in the world -- from Carl Icahn and Warren Buffett to Ray Dalio and Steve Forbes -- Tony Robbins has created a simple 7-step blueprint that anyone can use for financial freedom as well as a lifetime income plan.
5) Working girl
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young secretary in New York named Tess McGill has the brains, looks and charm to make it big. All she needs is the right haircut, clothes and job. The opportunity arises when her classy, seductive and treacherous boss breaks a leg skiing. Tess steps into her job, her apartment and her clothes, and all sorts of witty and romantic things follow!
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"The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. The author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection tells us what it takes to get back up, and how owning our stories of disappointment, failure, and heartbreak gives us the power to write a daring new ending. Struggle, Brene Brown writes, can be our greatest call to courage, and rising strong our clearest path to a...
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...
8) Baby boom
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An over-achieving businesswoman's life is changed by the arrival of a twenty-two pound bundle named Elizabeth. She tries to juggle a high-pressure career and instant motherhood in this fast-paced comedy about a woman who discovers what's really important in life.
Author
Series
Fairmile novels volume 3
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Description
It is 1685 and England is on the brink of a renewed civil war. King Charles II has died without an heir and his brother James is to take the throne. But the people are bitterly divided, and many do not welcome the new king or his young queen. Ned Ferryman cannot persuade his sister, Alinor, that he is right to return from America with his Pokanoket servant, Rowan, to join the rebel army. Instead, Alinor and her daughter Alys, have been coaxed by the...
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