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When columnist Paul Downs was approached by the New York Times to write for their "You're the Boss" blog, he had been running his custom furniture business for 24 years strong-or, mostly strong. Now, he embarks on a book length essay that intends to show a portrait of a real business, with a real boss, a real set of employees, and the real challenges they face, in hopes of promoting a better understanding of the behaviors of small business owners....
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Originally published in 1925, in THE DEER STALKER, Zane Grey readers will find all they have come to expect from their favorite Western author-swift action, magnificent descriptions of the desert and canyon country, plus the added valiant effort of a ranger's struggle to save the doomed herd of deer on the Buckskin range. Zane Grey makes the reader see this colorful Arizona country, makes him feel something of the awe that is the inevitable reaction...
3) 48 hours
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"From the author of the smash hit, New York Times bestselling One Second After series comes a thriller in which the survival of humanity itself is at stake. The countdown is on. In less than forty eight hours, Earth will be hit by a major solar storm. At first, it is thought to be a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that will severely damage our world's electronic infrastructure. A crisis to be certain, but one that can be survived--until something far...
4) One by one
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Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world. Especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a full-service chef and housekeeper, a cozy fire to keep you warm, and others to keep you company. Unless that company happens to be eight coworkers…each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide. When the cofounder of Snoop, a trendy London-based tech...
5) Hotshot
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Peyton Lockhart and her sisters have inherited Bishop's Cove, a small, luxurious oceanfront resort, but it comes with a condition: The girls must run the resort for one year and show a profit. Only then will they own it. A graduate of a prestigious French culinary school, Peyton has just lost her job as a food critic. Out of work and in a bad place personally, a year doing something completely different sounds wonderful. There are countless challenges...
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"Though anxiety has risen among young people overall, studies confirm that it has skyrocketed in girls. Research finds that the number of girls who said that they often felt nervous, worried, or fearful jumped 55% from 2009 to 2014 while the comparable number for adolescent boys has remained unchanged. As a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with girls, Lisa Damour, Ph.D., has witnessed this rising tide of stress and anxiety in her own...
7) Tower heist
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Queens native Josh Kovacs has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. Under his watchful eye, nothing goes undetected. In the swankiest unit atop Josh's building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw is under house arrest after being caught stealing two billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage.
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[2018]
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"From one of today's foremost innovation leaders, an inspiring and practical guide to mastering change in the face of relentless uncertainty. The world will never be slower than it is right now, says Beth Comstock, the former Vice Chair and head of marketing and innovation at GE. But confronting the relentless pace of change is hard. Employees get downsized; companies find themselves disrupted as challengers steal away customers. To thrive in today's...
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"Hap Wilkes expected to die alone but his life had other plans... A spiritually fractured Montana rancher faces a painful past, an increasingly uncertain future, and now fights with everything left in a broken and failing body to keep the one thing still left to him - his pride. The Irish Cowboy is a family drama spanning decades from the time of lost love, to a family found, and finally spiritual redemption and the always-present human yearning for...
12) I'm stretched
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National Center for Youth Issues
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2019.
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Stress is a part of life, and in our fast-paced society, children often feel an unbelievable amount of pressure to balance family and friends, school and homework, and extracurricular activities. All of their responsibilities and expectations can make them feel stretched beyond their limits. I'm Stretced is a captivating story that speaks to children and adults alike, giving them tactical tools to manage their stress in a healthy and helpful way so...
14) Mirror Image
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Tom Clancy's Op-Center volume 1
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Berkley
Pub. Date
1995
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English
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When the most dangerous of intelligence operations needs to be completed the United States calls on the Op-Center, America's best defense in crisis management technology.
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2021
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Our human experience always includes loss, and grief is the human response to loss. This book is offered to help you acknowledge, honor and process your losses. Ultimately, the ability to live in happiness and even joy is closely tied to how well we are present with and process our grief. You will find Mindfulness in a Time of Grief full of practical ideas to help you succeed in processing the small and big losses that come into your life.This easy...
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2021
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Our human experience always includes loss, and grief is the human response to loss. This book is offered to help you acknowledge, honor and process your losses. Ultimately, the ability to live in happiness and even joy is closely tied to how well we are present with and process our grief. You will find Mindfulness in a Time of Grief full of practical ideas to help you succeed in processing the small and big losses that come into your life.This easy...
18) State of Siege
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Tom Clancy's Op-Center volume 6
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Berkley
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1999
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English
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Called back from a short-lived retirement, Op-Center head Paul Hood faces a group of assassins which have taken over the United Nations and demanded 100 million dollars in ransom.