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Author
Publisher
Crown Business
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
viii, 310 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Nobody performs better under pressure. Regardless of the task, pressure ruthlessly diminishes our judgment, decision-making, attention, dexterity, and performance in every professional and personal arena. In Performing Under Pressure, Drs. Hendrie Weisinger and J.P. Pawliw-Fry introduce us to the concept of pressure management, offering empirically tested short term and long term solutions to help us overcome the debilitating effects of pressure....
11) Fox on stage
Author
Description
Fox makes a film for Grannie, takes part in a magic show, and puts on a play.
12) Gone
Author
Series
Gone novels volume 1
Formats
Description
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.
16) Snapper
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
210 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Working as a birdwatching guide to scrape together enough money to survive, Nathan Lochmueller performs nature research in backwater Indiana, where he falls in love with a heartbreaking free spirit named Lola and confronts the accidental turns of his life.
17) The giver
Author
Series
Appears on list
Description
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
18) The Bacchae
Author
Formats
Description
"Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. The new versions remain faithful to the original Greek, yet the language has all the immediacy of contemporary English. The result is a series of genuinely actable plays, which bring students as close as possible to the playwrights' original words and intentions." "Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, which include suggestions...
20) Anything goes
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
382 pages ; 22 cm
Description
A troupe of fading vaudeville performers travels the remote mining towns of Montana and struggles to keep its audiences entertained until it is joined by a mysterious singer who triggers their flight back East.
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