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Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The path to success is rarely easy or direct, and good mentors are hard to find. In Getting there, thirty leaders in diverse fields share their secrets to navigating the rocky road to the top. In an honest, direct, and engaging way, these role models describe the obstacles they faced, the setbacks they endured, and the vital lessons they learned. They dispense not only essential and practical career advice, but also priceless wisdom applicable to...
3) HumanKind
Author
Publisher
LifeTree Media Ltd
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
HumanKind is the heartwarming feel-good book that we all need right now. Brad Aronson's life changed in an instant when his wife, Mia, was diagnosed with leukemia. After her diagnosis, Brad spent most of the next two and a half years either by her side as she received treatment or trying to shield their five-year-old son, Jack, from the worst of Mia's illness. Amid the stress and despair of waiting for the treatment to work, Brad and Mia were met...
Publisher
Meredith Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Highlighting the importance of everyday mentorship, a Hollywood star shares his personal story of mentoring and mentors who shaped his life, and introduces the life-changing stories of more than seventy of America's leading personalities.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A{u2026}book of lessons on mentorship, teaching, and learning from New York Times bestselling author Tim Gunn, host of the Emmy Award-nominated Project Runway and the reality show Under the Gunn{u2026}[who's] known for his kind but firm approach in providing wisdom, guidance, and support to the scores of design hopefuls"{u2014}Gunn is known for his kind but firm approach in providing wisdom, guidance, and support to the scores of design hopefuls...
Author
Publisher
ATD Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
With in-depth interviews of experienced learning and development professionals, this book shows you how to provide the focus and direction needed to track on-the-job progress and build a pipeline of better-skilled workers. -- Edited summary from book.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Tired of being singled out at her mostly-white private school as someone who needs support, high school junior Jade would rather participate in the school's amazing Study Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for at-risk girls.
Author
Publisher
Vintage International, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Translated into English for the first time, a gripping short novel about an affair gone wrong, from the acclaimed Japanese author, Yukio Mishima. Set in rural Japan shortly after World War II, The Frolic of the Beasts tells the story of a strange and utterly absorbing love triangle between a former university student, his would-be mentor, the eminent literary critic Ippei Kusakado; and Ippei's beautiful, enigmatic wife. When brought face-to-face...
Author
Publisher
HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The toughest challenge in business is when expert leaders are asked to move beyond their expertise and lead a less homogeneous group. Wallace presents the coaching model she has developed to address this transition. She provides tools and strategies for individuals to navigate their new roles and learn to combine their expertise with their leadership responsibilities. She also offers essential advice on the fundamental change in mindset that this...
15) Heirs and graces
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
While in the Australian Outback grooming Jack Altringham, a newfound heir, for high society, Lady Georgiana Rannoch finds herself investigating the murder of the Duke who was found with Jack's hunting knife in his back.
16) Kick
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Told in their separate voices, thirteen-year-old soccer star Kevin and police sergeant Brown, who knew his father, try to keep Kevin out of juvenile hall after he is arrested on very serious charges.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi was born in India to a prominent Hindu Brahmin family. At the age of six he began having visions of a snowy mountainous region in which men with shaved heads, in robes the color of sunset, wandered about. "It was as vivid as if I were watching a scene from life," he writes. At the age of ten, he ran away from boarding school to find this place, taking a train to the end of the line and then boarding a bus to wherever...
19) Aspen crossroads
Author
Series
Whisper Canyon romances volume 1
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Few in the community of Whisper Canyon have actually met Jace Daring, a handsome recluse who lives at Aspen Crossroads, the farm at the edge of town. But that doesn't stop the rumors about the multiple women who live with him. He must protect the truth--that his farm-to-table restaurant will provide new livelihoods for women rescued from human trafficking--or he risks the safety and futures of those relying on him. But he can't do it alone. Haven...
20) Beautiful player
Author
Series
Beautiful series volume 5
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"In the third book in the Beautiful Bastard series, an agreement between a venture capitalist and a bookish woman quickly becomes a very NSFW version of My Fair Lady. When Hanna "Ziggy" Bergstrom moves to New York City for graduate school, Will Sumner thinks his responsibilities to his best friend's nerdy little sister will be limited to the occasional dinner and check-in. Little does he know that Ziggy is ready to break out of her bookworm academic...
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