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McGraw-Hill Global Education
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Turn your great idea into BIG PROFITS with a powerful, persuasive business plan!With any endeavor, good planning is the key to good results—especially in the launch of a new business or product. Business Plans That Work gives you an easy-to-follow template for conceptualizing, writing, focusing, and revising a business plan that converts your business idea into financial profit.A virtual blueprint for entrepreneurial success, this new edition of...
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWALL STREET JOURNAL #1 Bestselling Business Book Based on the highly acclaimed NPR podcast, How I Built This with Guy Raz, this book offers priceless insights and inspiration from the world's top entrepreneurs on how to start, launch, and build a successful venture.
3) One Hen
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Publisher
Kids Can Pr Ltd
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Inspired by actual events, a picture book tells the story of Kojo, a boy from Ghana, who, with a very small loan from his mother, started a tiny poultry farm and earned enough money to return to school--and make a better life for his family.
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Harvard Univ Pr
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic system.Thomas Piketty’s bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think about politics, ideology, and history. He exposes...
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Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2023 • One of Pure Wow's 42 Book to Gift This Year • One of Fortune's Best Crypto Books of 2023"Going Infinite is in many ways Lewis at his best. He marshals a complex global story without losing sight of the delightful and revealing human details. He is a world-class noticer."—Jesse Armstrong, writer and creator of HBO’s Succession, Times Literary Supplement"A stupefyingly...
7) Unusual Jobs
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Publisher
Saddleback Pub
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Themes: Work, Excitement, Extreme Environments, Nonfiction, Teen, Young Adult. For many, a job is just a way to make money. However, some people have unusual careers that provide unique opportunities for excitement and fulfillment. From jumping out of planes to working with animals to saving people in combat, there are many work environments that are outside the norm. What unusual job could you see yourself doing? Space 8, a Hi-Lo nonfiction series...
8) Start
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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There are only two paths in life: average and awesome. The average path is easy because all you have to do is nothing. The awesome path is more challenging because things like fear only bother you when you do work that matters. The good news is Start gives readers practical, honest and actionable insights to be more awesome, more often.Over the last 100 years, the road to success for most everyone has been divided into five stages that mirror the...
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Random House Digital Dist
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A Kirkus Reviews Best BookAn NCTE Notable Poetry BookFourteen poems compiled by award-winning poet and anthologist Lee Bennett Hopkins introduce readers to the various construction people who collaborate to create a high-rise hotel building, from architect to crane operator to glaziers and more.How does an empty lot transform into a new hotel? This anthology begins with a busy construction site, and an architect's (and her daughter's) dreams drawn...
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Publisher
Harpercollins Leadership
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Rachel Hollis points out the pitfalls, challenges, and excuses that stop us from achieving our aspirations.Rachel Hollis has seen it too often: Women not living into their full potential. They feel a tugging on their hearts for something more, but they’re afraid of embarrassment, of falling short of perfection, of not being enough.In Girl, Stop Apologizing, #1 New York Times bestselling author and founder of a multimillion-dollar media company...
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Publisher
Prentice Hall
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Ken Blanchard’s Leading at a Higher Level techniques are inspiring thousands of leaders to build high-performing organizations that make life better for everyone. Now, in Helping People Win at Work, Blanchard and WD-40 Company leader Garry Ridge reveal how WD-40 has used Blanchard’s techniques of Partnering for Performance with every employee--achieving levels of engagement and commitment that have fortified the bottom line. Ridge...
12) Do Hard Things
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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National Bestseller"In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness beautifully and persuasively reimagines our understanding of toughness. This is a must-read for parents and coaches and anyone else looking to prepare for life's biggest challenges." -- Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and Talking to Strangers and host of the Revisionist History podcastFrom beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of Peak Performance Steve Magness comes...
13) Crunch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The oldest Mariss brother, fourteen-year-old Dewey, attempts to be the "embodiment of responsibility" as he juggles the management of the family's bicycle repair business while sharing the household and farm duties with his siblings after a sudden energy crisis strands their parents far from home.
14) Dare to Lead
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Publisher
Random House Digital
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead.Don’t miss the five-part Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart!ONE OF BLOOMBERG’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARLeadership is not about titles,...
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Publisher
Random House Digital
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Body shows readers how to live more and work less, now with more than 100 pages of new, cutting-edge content.Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan'there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, or earning a monthly five-figure income...
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The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and enlightening summary of his life's work. It will change the...
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Kids Can Pr Ltd
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Iqbal's mother must cook indoors during monsoon season, creating dangerous smoke inside their home, so he decides to enter a science fair in order to win money for a gas stove, but he is struck with a revelation that his project should be a solar oven that produces no smoke.
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Publisher
Prentice Hall
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Your military skills and experience will be invaluable to you in civilian life. But your successful transition won't just happen. You need a network of people who can help you decide where you want to go[md]and then help you get there. Don’t know how to build that network? No problem: Business Networking for Veterans will help you. Not comfortable drawing attention to yourself? Don't worry: networking is about service, not showing off. And...
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Publisher
Referencepoint Pr Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Many people have no idea what they want to be when they "grow up." Many start out with one career only to change it midway through their lives. The point is that the answer to this question varies. It's a question that people ask themselves at all ages,even after they are all "grown up." Though you have plenty of time to gather ideas and information, it can be fun to think about the future and the unique ways you can contribute to it"--
20) Range
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Publisher
Random House Digital
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The #1 New York Times bestseller that has all America talking: as seen/heard on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, Morning Joe, CBS This Morning, The Bill Simmons Podcast, Rich Roll, and more. “The most important business—and parenting—book of the year.” —Forbes “Urgent and important. . . an essential read for bosses, parents, coaches, and anyone who cares about improving performance.” —Daniel H. Pink Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey...
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