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Showing Up for Life

Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime

By: Bill Gates, Sr.,Mary Ann Mackin

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Showing Up for Life

Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime

By: Bill Gates, Sr.,Mary Ann Mackin

A heartfelt, deeply personal book that shines a bright light on the values and principles that Bill Gates Sr. has learned over a lifetime of “showing up”: lessons that he learned growing up during the Great Depression, and that he instilled in his children and continues to practice on the world stage as the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Through the course of several dozen narratives arranged in roughly chronological fashion, Gates introduces the people and experiences that influenced his thinking and guided his moral compass. Among them: the scoutmaster who taught him about teamwork and self reliance; and his famous son, Trey, whose curiosity and passion for computers and software led him to ultimately co-found Microsoft. Through revealing stories of his daughters, Kristi and Libby; his late wife, Mary, and his current wife, Mimi; and his work with Nelson Mandela and Jimmy Carter, among others, he discusses the importance of hard work, getting along, honoring a confidence, speaking out, and much more. Showing Up for Life translates one man’s experiences over fourscore years of living into an inspiring road map for readers everywhere. As Bill Gates Sr. puts it: "I’m 83 years old. Representing the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and everyone who is a part of it has given me the opportunity to see more of the world and its rich possibilities than most people ever do. I never imagined that I’d be working this late in life, or enjoying it so much.

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Showing Up for Life

Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime

By: Bill Gates, Sr.,Mary Ann Mackin

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The Last Heir

The Triumphs and Tragedies of Two Montana Families

By: Bill Vaughn

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The Last Heir

The Triumphs and Tragedies of Two Montana Families

By: Bill Vaughn

The only thing the Herrins and the Burkes had in common was their Irish ancestry. Opposites in most ways, the families nevertheless personified two common threads in the history of the West. As the owner of an iconic Montana stock-raising operation--the famous Oxbow Ranch on the shores of Holter Lake--Holly Herrin ruled with frontier violence and legal action over an empire of cattle and sheep that covered thirty square miles. George Burke was a real estate agent, a sheriff, a game warden, and a civil engineer in a family of professionals--newspaper editors, lawyers, and politicians, including a U.S. senator. The country-mouse Herrins voted Republican, the city-mouse Burkes Democratic. Both patriarchs, fighting with their fists and their lawyers, were active players in the far-reaching dramas and ludicrous comedies that shaped the politics and economy of modern Montana. In 1949 the clans joined their fortunes together when rancher Keith Herrin, Holly's grandson, married George Burke's daughter Molly, a wire service reporter. It was a union that produced five girls and one boy--an heir. Twenty years later, the marriage and the Herrin ranches were failing. The story of the Burkes and Herrins has never been told before, and the history they made has been largely forgotten. The Last Heir recounts twelve decades of Burke and Herrin triumphs and tragedies: the story of Montana's Missouri River heartland, a history seen through the eyes and daily lives of those who lived it.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496231201

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9781496231208

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

By: Bill Gates

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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

By: Bill Gates

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions—suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.

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Vintage

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0385546149

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9780385546140

Before the Glory

20 Baseball Heroes Talk About Growing Up and Turning Hard Times Into Home Runs

By: Billy Staples,Bill Staples,Rich Herschlag

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Before the Glory

20 Baseball Heroes Talk About Growing Up and Turning Hard Times Into Home Runs

By: Billy Staples,Bill Staples,Rich Herschlag

Recounts the true childhood stories and lessons of some of baseball's greatest players, including Gary Carter, Ralph Kiner, Ferguson Jenkins, and Tony Gwynn.

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Health Communications, Inc.

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0757306268

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9780757306266

When you find out where you are...Call me

Memoirs of a business jet pilot

By: Bill C. Burt

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When you find out where you are...Call me

Memoirs of a business jet pilot

By: Bill C. Burt

This book is about Bill's career flying notable people from the business, sports and entertainment world, plus a mixture of he and his families adventure through life. This memoir reads a lot like fiction, but is actually true. Never boring, always challenging. I hope that each one that reads this book will be encouraged to being involved in life, be a participant and chase your dreams. Fasten your seatbelt and enhoy the ride!

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Xlibris Corporation

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1479779709

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9781479779703

A Father's Book of the Spirit

Daily Meditations

By: William Alexander,Bill Alexander

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A Father's Book of the Spirit

Daily Meditations

By: William Alexander,Bill Alexander

Here, for every man striving to he the father he always wanted to be, are daily meditations offering understanding, compassion, reassurance and spiritual guidance on life's most exciting and rewarding journey - that of becoming a father.

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038078632X

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9780380786329

Discover Your True North

By: Bill George

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Discover Your True North

By: Bill George

“One of the 25 Best Leadership Books of All-Time.” – Soundview The Leadership Classic, Discover Your True North, expanded for today's leaders Discover Your True North is the best-selling leadership classic that enables you to become an authentic leader by discovering your True North. Originally based on first-person interviews with 125 leaders, this book instantly became a must-read business classic when it was introduced in 2007. Now expanded and updated to introduce 48 new leaders and new learning about authentic global leaders, this revisited classic includes more diverse, global, and contemporary leaders of all ages. New case studies include Warren Buffett, Indra Nooyi, Arianna Huffington, Jack Ma, Paul Polman, Mike Bloomberg, Mark Zuckerberg, and many others. Alongside these studies, former Medtronic CEO Bill George continues to share his personal stories and his wisdom by describing how you can become the leader you want to be, with helpful exercises included throughout the book. Being a leader is about much more than title and management skills—it's fundamentally a question of who we are as human beings. Discover Your True North offers a concrete and comprehensive program for becoming an authentic leader, and shows how to chart your path to leadership success. Once you discover the purpose of your leadership, you'll find the true leader inside you. This book shows you how to use your natural leadership abilities to inspire and empower others to excellence in today's complex global world. Discover Your True North enables you to become the leader you were born to be, and stay on track of your True North.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119082951

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9781119082958

Father Goose

By: Bill Lishman,William Lishman

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Father Goose

By: Bill Lishman,William Lishman

The remarkable story of Bill Lishman and his work with Canadian wild geese whom he trains to follow him on their migration routes.

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Little, Brown Canada

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0316527084

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9780316527088

True North

Discover Your Authentic Leadership

By: Bill George

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True North

Discover Your Authentic Leadership

By: Bill George

True North shows how anyone who follows their internal compass can become an authentic leader. This leadership tour de force is based on research and first-person interviews with 125 of today’s top leaders—with some surprising results. In this important book, acclaimed former Medtronic CEO Bill George and coauthor Peter Sims share the wisdom of these outstanding leaders and describe how you can develop as an authentic leader. True North presents a concrete and comprehensive program for leadership success and shows how to create your own Personal Leadership Development Plan centered on five key areas: Knowing your authentic self Defining your values and leadership principles Understanding your motivations Building your support team Staying grounded by integrating all aspects of your life True North offers an opportunity for anyone to transform their leadership path and become the authentic leader they were born to be. Personal, original, and illuminating stories from Warren Bennis, Sir Adrian Cadbury, George Shultz (former U.S. secretary of state), Charles Schwab, John Whitehead (Cochairman, Goldman Sachs), Anne Mulcahy (CEO, Xerox), Howard Schultz (CEO, Starbucks), Dan Vasella (CEO, Novartis), John Brennan (Chairman, Vanguard), Carol Tome (CFO, Home Depot), Donna Dubinsky (CEO/cofounder, Palm), Alan Horn (President, Warner Brothers), Ann Moore (CEO, Time, Inc.) and many others illustrate the transitions that shape the type of leaders who will thrive in the 21st century. Bill George (Cambridge, MA) has spent over 30 years in executive leadership positions at Litton, Honeywell, and Medtronic. As CEO of Medtronic, he built the company into the world’s leading medical technology company as its market capitalization increased from $1.1 billion to $60 billion. Since 2004, he has been a professor at the Harvard Business School. His 2004 book Authentic Leadership (0-7879-7528-1) was a BusinessWeek bestseller. Peter Sims (San Francisco, CA) established “Leadership Perspectives,” a course on leadership development at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and cofounded the London office of Summit Partners, a leading investment firm. Their Web site is www.truenorthleaders.com.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470893958

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9780470893951

Bush Must Go

By: Bill Press

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Bush Must Go

By: Bill Press

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA

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Penguin

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1101215410

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9781101215418

Lockheed F-117A

Operation and Development of the Stealth Fighter

By: Bill Sweetman,James C. Goodall

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Lockheed F-117A

Operation and Development of the Stealth Fighter

By: Bill Sweetman,James C. Goodall

Beskriver den amerikanske Stealth Fighter F-117A, herunder hemmeligheden under udviklingsfasen.

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0879384700

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The President's Counselor

The Rise to Power of Alberto Gonzales

By: Bill Minutaglio

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The President's Counselor

The Rise to Power of Alberto Gonzales

By: Bill Minutaglio

The first and only biography of the most controversial u.s. Attorney general in recent memory In defiance of expectations, statistics, and stereotypes, Alberto Gonzales has risen to become one of the most powerful men in America. Gonzales has been the nexus for key policy points for the Bush administration, and holds inflammatory and very influential positions on issues that seize and polarize the nation—privacy, capital punishment, and torture. Gonzales's unyielding loyalty to George W. Bush—during a time when to call his presidency "controversial" would be an understatement of massive proportions—is a fascinating study in the politics of ambition. From his modest beginnings in Humble, Texas, to his stone-faced refusal to buckle under the pressure of dissenters, The President's Counselor provides never-seen insight into the man whose influence over a very powerful president in very pressing times will undoubtedly impact people here and abroad for years to come.

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Harper Collins

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0061750166

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9780061750168

The Granta Book of the Family

By: Bill Buford

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The Granta Book of the Family

By: Bill Buford

The best and, at times, the most disturbing of Granta pieces relating to the family are gathered in this 400-page anthology. Raymond Carver, Mona Simpson, Geoffrey Wolff, Angela Carter, Mikal Gilmore, Louise Erdrich, Saul Bellow, Doris Lessing, Peter Carey, Bret Easton Ellis, and twelve other equally powerful writers tackle this most consuming of subjects. The Granta Book of the Family includes fiction, memoir, biography, and reportage, and is inspired by the relationships forced on us by the accident of birth -- relationships that form and brand character and life.

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Granta (NY)

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096456114X

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9780964561144

Fathers & Daughters

By: Bill Porterfield

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Fathers & Daughters

By: Bill Porterfield

McKool's sensitive portrayals are taken from a highly acclaimed exhibit that was part of a cultural exchange with Australia. Her partner, Larsen, adds touching captions that capture the special bond existing between fathers and daughters. Porterfield's text provides an added dimension, exploring the many facets of the relationship. 100 photos.

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Taylor Publishing Company (TX)

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087833579X

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9780878335794

1999 Pushcart Prize Xxiii

Best Of The Small Presses

By: Bill Henderson

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1999 Pushcart Prize Xxiii

Best Of The Small Presses

By: Bill Henderson

The truth is, though the Pushcart Prize is an anthology, it is something else besides. And to call it an institution (after many years it might be called that) is not to see it with full clarity. The Pushcart Prize is a handle on a whole society; and not simply a handle to get a hold of something, but to make an idea go. --Cynthia Ozick.

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Pushcart Press

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1888889136

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9781888889130

Sons of Beaches

By: Bill McDonough

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Sons of Beaches

By: Bill McDonough

‘For all the sadness and the ruthlessness of the music industry, Sons of Beaches captures the camaraderie behind the band's best songs.’ - Sydney Morning Herald Family, fame and tragedy, the story of Australian Crawl’s Bill and Guy McDonough. Founded in 1978, Australian Crawl has sold over 2 million records and been awarded some of Australia’s highest music accolades, including an induction to the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1996. This is the true story of two brothers, Bill and Guy McDonough, and how their lives together brought them success at the top of the music charts. This is a warts-and-all music memoir—it’s about the good times and the bad, and how the trappings of fame ultimately lead to Guy’s tragic death in 1984. It’s an extraordinary tale of adventure and achievement—and how two close-knit brothers were part of a music legacy that lives on today, over 40 years after the band’s foundation. Praise for Sons of Beaches: ‘In the end, Sons Of Beaches is not your typical tale of sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll. Much more than a music book, it’s a moving tale of two brothers.’ – themusic.com.au

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Hardie Grant Publishing

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1761151061

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9781761151064

Bill Gates Speaks

Insight from the World's Greatest Entrepreneur

By: Janet Lowe

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Bill Gates Speaks

Insight from the World's Greatest Entrepreneur

By: Janet Lowe

Ob Sie ihn nun lieben oder hassen - Bill Gates hat ganz allein die technologische Zukunft des 21. Jahrhunderts geprägt. "Bill Gates Speaks" dokumentiert Leben und Ambitionen einer weltweit einzigartigen Führungsperönlichkeit, und zwar sowohl aus unternehmensbezogener als auch aus kultureller Sicht. Dies ist das einzige Buch auf dem Markt, das Gates in seinen eigenen Worten porträtiert - mit Auszügen aus Artikeln, Nachrichtensendungen, und Interviews. Erfahren Sie, was Bill Gates alles zu sagen hat, angefangen beim Führen eines Firmenimperiums bis hin zur Gründung einer Familie. Eine unterhaltsame und aufschlussreiche Lektüre aus der berühmten "Speaks"-Reihe.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471293539

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9780471293538

2003 Pushcart Prize XXXVII

Best Of The Small Presses

By: Bill Henderson

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2003 Pushcart Prize XXXVII

Best Of The Small Presses

By: Bill Henderson

The most honored literary series in America, The Pushcart Prize has been named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and hailed with Pushcart Press as "among the most influential in the development of the American book business" by Publishers W For the 2003 edition, The Pushcart Prize presents scores of brilliant short stories, poems, and essays selected from hundreds of presses and literary journals with the help of over 200 distinguished contributing editors. This is a stunning presentation of new and celebrated authors, picked from almost 8,000 nominations.

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1888889357

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