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"It's 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie's starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopardized by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks, and illicit intrigue."--
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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In this sequel to their Amazon-bestseller, Bulletproof Problem Solving, Conn and McLean introduce a novel approach to strategic problem solving. Based on a decade of research and 30 new case studies, The Imperfectionists posits a dynamic approach to developing organizational direction under uncertainty based on harnessing six reinforcing strategic mindsets, which they call curiosity, dragonfly eye, occurrent behaviour, collective wisdom, imperfectionism,...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Based on a career of making high-stakes, split-second decisions as a U.S. fighter pilot, The Art of Clear Thinking teaches readers to apply Hasard Lee's combat-tested techniques in everyday life. The training to become a fighter pilot is among the most competitive and difficult in the world with fewer than one in a thousand succeeding. Pushing a cutting-edge jet to its limits at over 1,000 mph means that every split-second decision can have catastrophic...
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"We live in a period of leadership in crisis. At home, we sense that unqualified and irresponsible individuals are being elevated to positions of power, while across the globe, strong men leaders consolidate their hold on governance. How have we arrived at this point? And how can we correct our course? For the past decade, Moshik Temkin has challenged his students at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government to grapple with the nature of leadership...
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2024.
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Have you ever wanted to change the past and discover the result of choices not taken? Now, in this brilliantly fun novel of what-ifs, missed chances, and new beginnings, Frankie McKenzie discovers what starting over might bring... Despite living firmly in her comfort zone, Frankie McKenzie feels unsettled. She can't help feeling something's missing. Is it a home to call her own? Travel? A more rewarding job? A relationship? Before she can work it...
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Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Discusses why people are disconnected from their future selves, frequently opting for immediate gratification and making decisions that fail to consider future health and well-being, and offers practical advice for balancing living for today with planning for tomorrow.
7) Mind shift
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Convergent Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Mental toughness, mental clarity, and mental health all have one thing in common: The journey begins in your mind. In this radical guide, the award-winning author of The Last Arrow illuminates a surprising path toward personal fulfillment and optimal performance. Throughout his thirty years of work as a mindset expert and leadership coach, Erwin Raphael McManus has been obsessed with these questions: Why do some people succeed despite having all...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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"Start living an astonishing life with this "practical and accessible, moving and deeply meaningful" (Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone ) guided program for identifying your core values and aligning every area of your life with them so you can feel fulfilled every day. "This book is a wonderful invitation. Take it" (Dave Evans, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Designing Your Life). We all have...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Every organization is plagued by destructive friction-the forces that make it harder, more complicated, or downright impossible to get anything done. Yet some forms of friction are incredibly useful, and leaders who attempt to improve workplace efficiency often make things even worse. Drawing from seven years of hands-on research, The Friction Project by bestselling authors Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao teaches readers how to become "friction fixers,"...
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Dutton D
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"A warm, personal guide to building a strong ethical and moral compass in the midst of today's confusing, scary, global problems. The moral challenges of today are unfamiliar in the history of philosophy. Climate change is the paradigm example of what Travis Rieder calls "The Puzzle" in the way your choices can seem at odds with what the planet urgently needs. How do we decide the right thing to do in the face of a massive collective challenge? Should...
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Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"There's no doubt that our world has gotten more extreme. Pandemics, climate change, superpower rivalries, cyberattacks, political radicalization--virtually, everywhere we look there is mayhem bearing down on us, putting trillions of assets at risk. And at least two factions have formed around how to respond. In Chaos Kings, Scott Patterson depicts how one faction, led by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, bestselling author of The Black Swan, believes humans...
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Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Few things will change your trajectory in life or business as much as learning to make effective decisions. Yet few of us recognize opportunities to decide in the first place. The moments that matter do not always announce themselves. No one pulls you aside and says, slow down and think, you are about to do something stupid. And yet the decisions we make in these moments move us closer or further away from the results we ultimately seek--love, belonging,...
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Zondervan Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Do you ever wonder why you keep making the same bad choices, even though you tell yourself it will be different next time? In Think Ahead, pastor Craig Groeschel draws on biblical truth and scientific research to help us learn the power of "pre-deciding" big and small choices so we can discover new joy, freedom, and contentment"--
"Why do we keep making choices we later regret--sometimes even the same bad choices over and over? Drawing on Scripture,...
14) Free period
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Forced to join the school's Community Action Club, troublemaking best friends Helen and Gracie take over the club's campaign for maxi pads in bathrooms and soon find themselves closer to change and deeper in trouble than ever before, forcing them to make a difficult decision"--
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Would you rather be able to fly or be able to turn invisible? Eat rotten eggs or drink expired milk? Have hands for feet or have feet for hands? Containing hundreds of devious dilemmas and curious questions on all things silly, smelly, and more, this is a game book like no other. Grab your friends and family and start playing!"--
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Gigi Shin books volume 1
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Aladdin
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Determined to go to an elite art camp, young Korean American girl Gigi Shin starts a tutoring club with her friends to make money, but when the first few sessions are chaotic, she wonders if she'll end up sacrificing more than she bargained for to achieve her dreams"--
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2024.
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"George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years host of This Week and Good Morning America, recounts never-before-told crises that decided the course of history, from the place 12 presidents made their highest-pressure decisions: the White House Situation Room. No room better defines American power and its role in the world than the White House Situation Room. And yet, none is more shrouded in secrecy...
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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A Podcast host, spiritual director and best-selling author offers guidance to help readers recognize when to leave situations that are no longer useful, including how to navigate endings without closure and differentiate between peace and discomfort avoidance.
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