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YOU: Having a Baby

The Owner's Manual to a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy

By: Michael F. Roizen,Mehmet Oz

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YOU: Having a Baby

The Owner's Manual to a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy

By: Michael F. Roizen,Mehmet Oz

America's favorite doctors Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz cover pregnancy from conception to birth with the ins and outs of nutrition, exercise, hormones, fetal development, and many more pregnancy-related issues. Few life experiences feature emotional swings as extreme as those of pregnancy—it’s a monumental mix of both intense excitement and skip-a-beat anxiety. How do you respond to such a situation? If you’re like most, you scour websites, read books, browse blogs, and pick the brains of every friend, family member, and store clerk who’s ever had a baby. You talk about the ups and downs, the cravings and the nausea, the maternity clothes, and the stretch marks. During this 280-day journey, this sometimes-scattered mindset is perfectly natural—and healthy. Often, though, you need help cutting through the clutter. In YOU: Having a Baby, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen, America’s Doctors, will help ease your tension by teaching you not only about what you can do but also why you should do it. Using their signature wit and wisdom, they’ll test your knowledge, bust many myths, and reassure you that your maternal instincts are usually pretty darn good. After all, the doctors want the exact same thing as you do during this journey—a healthy baby (and a healthy mom). Be assured that YOU: Having a Baby will be one of your favorite passengers on this wonderful ride.

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Scribner

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1416572376

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Dragonflies at a Biogeographical Crossroads

The Odonata of Oklahoma and Complexities Beyond Its Borders

By: Brenda D. Smith,Michael A. Patten

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Dragonflies at a Biogeographical Crossroads

The Odonata of Oklahoma and Complexities Beyond Its Borders

By: Brenda D. Smith,Michael A. Patten

This lavishly illustrated book examines the distribution, ecology, conservation status, and biogeography of 176 species of dragonflies in the southern plains of the United States, where twelve ecoregions converge. The topics discussed, such as phenotypic variation and ecology, are applicable and of interest across the United States and much of north America, and will appeal to researchers and dragonfly enthusiasts alike. A series of maps, including a distributional map by specific locality of occurrence, indicate level of documentation and allow the reader to visualize the biogeographical associations of a given species. These maps also encourage citizen scientists to contribute documentation wherever they spend time in the field. Context-driven chapters, including one on the region’s rich paleontological history, blend environmental history and biogeography, giving the book a fresh perspective on the natural world while providing a rich summary of the odonates. Dragonflies at a Biographical Crossroads: The Odonata of Oklahoma and Complexities Beyond Its Borders will be sought out by dragonfly researchers and enthusiasts, entomologists, amateur naturalists, paleontologists, conservation biologists, educators, regional historians, and those seeking to meld the disciplines of cultural and environmental history with biology. It will also be readily accessible to the lay public. Dragonflies combine the visually stunning with acrobatic fireworks in ways no other insect can hope to combine.

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CRC Press

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1000056333

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What It Means to Be a Hawkeye

Kirk Ferentz and Iowa's Greatest Players

By: Lyle Hammes,Michael Maxwell,Neal Rozendaal

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What It Means to Be a Hawkeye

Kirk Ferentz and Iowa's Greatest Players

By: Lyle Hammes,Michael Maxwell,Neal Rozendaal

Taking a decade-by-decade approach to the University of Iowa football tradition, this collection brings together over 40 stories from the most outstanding voices of the program. The spirit of Hawkeye football is not captured by just one phrase, one season, or one particular game; instead, the student-athletes and coaches who made the magic happen over the decades blend their experiences to capture the true essence of their beloved school. Iowa fans will relish the intimate stories told by the figures they have come to cherish.

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Triumph Books

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1600785646

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I Am Not a Cop!

A Novel

By: Richard Belzer,Michael Black

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I Am Not a Cop!

A Novel

By: Richard Belzer,Michael Black

IN THIS CAPTIVATING, OFTEN HILARIOUS DEBUT MYSTERY, ONE OF THE GREAT COMEDIANS OF OUR TIME BLENDS FACT WITH FICTION, AS LAW & ORDER: SVU'S RICHARD BELZER'S OFF-CAMERA PERSONA COMES TO LIFE ON THE PAGE, EMPLOYING INVESTIGATIVE KNOW-HOW AND COMEDIC TIMING IN EQUAL MEASURE TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A TRUSTED FRIEND. When Richard Belzer meets Rudy Markovich, nyc medical examiner, for dinner in Brighton Beach, he has little reason to expect anything more than a friendly bull session. But in the next twenty-four hours Belzer finds himself in the middle of a vicious street brawl, splashed across the tabloid headlines as an out-of-control celeb, and fearing for the life of his good pal Rudy -- who police assume is sleeping at the bottom of the East River. As Belzer finds himself increasingly required to call upon the resources he taps to portray Detective Munch on nbc, he maintains his sense of humor and carries us along on a rollicking ride through the underworld of New York City. With Rudy kidnapped, or worse, it falls to The Belz to track him down and solve the riddle to the vanishing act. The lives of Detective Munch and Richard Belzer collide and mesh in I Am Not a Cop! as one of America's great comics and TV cops brings all of his talents to bear in book form and provides a triumph of the mystery genre.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416573372

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A Heartbeat Away

By: Michael Palmer

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A Heartbeat Away

By: Michael Palmer

The New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense delivers another novel at the crossroads of politics and medicine in this shocker of a thriller.

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St. Martin's Press

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0312587511

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9780312587512

Death of a Planet

By: Michael Ribar

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Death of a Planet

By: Michael Ribar

Our culture is rife with the inference of the existence of life on other planets. Indeed, life technologically capable of visiting our planet on a regular basis. Such visitation forms the core for a sizable group of individuals who profoundly believe that they have seen, been visited by or even abducted by Aliens. So the fabric is woven into a tale of a common man whose destiny sends him out of this world. Jack Sharpes a regular guy, jilted by his fianc hes drowning his sorrows at the local pub, when his world is transformed by a gentleman offering him passage on a space ship! The man is Isiah Walker and hes a recruiter. Isiah isnt recruiting just any down on his luck drunk. Nope hes looking for a special type. He seeks people without attachments. Those who disappear and all thats said is: Whatever happened to whats his name? Nobody with close family or close friends which narrows the field down to what, maybe a couple of hundred million people? Jack fits and Isiah offers him a job working out in the suburbs of space, the hinterlands of the galaxy. Jack considers the proposal even as events close in around him and send him where our sun dont shine. Mankind joins a race of galactic observers; beings that have watched us develop for hundreds of years. Theyve discovered alien intruders so powerful and frightening they are forced into action. They must use Humanity to help destroy this potential threat to the Universe. The race is devouring planets and taking the spoils to an unknown destination. So the journey begins and takes us into the everyday lives of the space borne humans inhabiting an enormous craft designed and built by humans with Alien technology. Jack learns about himself and his capabilities, hes mentally connected with a one hundred ninety pound puppy of questionable breeding. He gains true friends and meets a very special woman. As Jack and his group train hard for an unknown mission their reward comes in the form of a one-way ticket to a planet that is systematically being destroyed by the mysterious and hideous aliens. There they witness the Death of a Planet a planet they will try desperately to save.

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1414076398

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James A. Ford and the Growth of Americanist Archaeology

By: Michael John O'Brien,R. Lee Lyman

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James A. Ford and the Growth of Americanist Archaeology

By: Michael John O'Brien,R. Lee Lyman

Tells the story of Ford's role in the development of culture history, the dominant paradigm in archaeology from 1914 through 1960. Provides a glimpse of how archaeologists began using a variety of methods to attain spatial and temporal control over an exceedingly diverse and complex archaeological record. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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University of Missouri Press

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0826211844

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A Compensatory Gift of Unyielding Sturdiness

By: Michael A. Connelly

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A Compensatory Gift of Unyielding Sturdiness

By: Michael A. Connelly

Ronnie Leigh is born with a disfigured face and a questionable "gift" of unusual intuition inherited from his mother. He gets off to a rocky start in life, with behavioral and personality problems compounded in that he knows, from an early age, that most people are immediately "put off" by his appearance...and that some even dislike him on sight. With the help of his understanding and loving parents and a caring child psychologist, Ronnie learns to appreciate what he does have, and not dwell on what he does not. What he has innately are intelligence and athletic ability, and what he learns through early adversity are persistence, perspective, the value of hard work in the classroom and on the baseball field...and, for him especially, the healing, calming, and strengthening power of vigorous exercise, beyond what most people are capable of. Ronnie struggles to make close friends, even as strives to advance as a pitcher in the Boston Red Sox minor-league system. Meanwhile, he has a good heart, extraordinary fighting skills, and that gift/curse of special intuition...the combination of which forces him to make some difficult decisions, and eventually to undertake some dangerous and extreme but ultimately necessary actions.

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iUniverse

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1491755725

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A Tour of Duty

The Third Prince: the Michell Rice Story

By: Michael R. Butner

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A Tour of Duty

The Third Prince: the Michell Rice Story

By: Michael R. Butner

In 1967, a Boeing 707 filled with United States Marines roars off the Alaskan runway and heads for Vietnam. As Mitchell Rice looks out the planes window, he wonders if this will be his last glimpse of home. What Rice does not know is that he has just left a normal life behind forever. Twelve thousand miles later, entrenched in the jungles of Vietnam; Rice is assigned to a two-man sniper unit. After North Vietnamese attackers kill his partner, Rice goes on a vengeful killing spree, sending eighty VMAs to their graves. Rice is ultimately injured and airlifted to a hospital where he meets three special women who each try to make him whole once again. Eventually discharged from the Marines, Mitch continues to grapple with the internal demons created by the battlefield atrocities he witnessed. Even as a civilian medical student called upon to execute a short mission during the 1972 Olympic Games, Rice still struggles to find his self-worth. Decades later, after Mitch has developed a medical practice in Oklahoma, he is called back to the military and must perform one final international assignment that threatens to destroy the very life he has worked so hard to recreate.

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144018710X

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A Year in Command in Afghanistan

Journal of a United States Army Battalion Commander, 2009-2010

By: Michael J. Forsyth

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A Year in Command in Afghanistan

Journal of a United States Army Battalion Commander, 2009-2010

By: Michael J. Forsyth

During his 2009-2010 combat tour in Afghanistan, battalion commander Lt. Col. Michael J. Forsyth kept a daily journal. In it he candidly wrote about his daily interactions with the Afghan government, citizens, security forces, and his intermittent conflict with the enemy. As the deployment progressed, the journal reveals that his initial expectations for peace in Afghanistan were tempered by his experiences and encounters. In the process, Col. Forsyth learned critical lessons in leadership and changed his thinking about realistic goals that can be accomplished in Afghanistan. The journal, and its subsequent annotations, also provides a glimpse into how the U.S. Army functions at the unit level and what America's soldiers do on a daily basis.

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McFarland

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0786472871

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Chronicles of a Haunted House - A Diabolical Haunting

The Devil's Puppet

By: Kevin Michael Guest

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Chronicles of a Haunted House - A Diabolical Haunting

The Devil's Puppet

By: Kevin Michael Guest

Something is wrong in the Davis House. Every person who has crossed the threshold has been irreversibly changed or killed. How do you cope with the sudden terror that your house is haunted? How can you fight what you don't understand? How can deal with emotions you cannot explain? Terror is an emotion you feel when something is about to happen to you. There is no word for the emotion you will feel as it is happening to you. Don't believe me? Why don't you come inside? You're guaranteed to have a lustful, thrilling time. What are you waiting for? She wants you...WarningSexually Explicit Version

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Kevin Michael Guest

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1451583869

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Adaptive Asset Allocation

Dynamic Global Portfolios to Profit in Good Times - and Bad

By: Adam Butler,Michael Philbrick,Rodrigo Gordillo

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Adaptive Asset Allocation

Dynamic Global Portfolios to Profit in Good Times - and Bad

By: Adam Butler,Michael Philbrick,Rodrigo Gordillo

Build an agile, responsive portfolio with a new approach to global asset allocation Adaptive Asset Allocation is a no-nonsense how-to guide for dynamic portfolio management. Written by the team behind Gestaltu.com, this book walks you through a uniquely objective and unbiased investment philosophy and provides clear guidelines for execution. From foundational concepts and timing to forecasting and portfolio optimization, this book shares insightful perspective on portfolio adaptation that can improve any investment strategy. Accessible explanations of both classical and contemporary research support the methodologies presented, bolstered by the authors' own capstone case study showing the direct impact of this approach on the individual investor. Financial advisors are competing in an increasingly commoditized environment, with the added burden of two substantial bear markets in the last 15 years. This book presents a framework that addresses the major challenges both advisors and investors face, emphasizing the importance of an agile, globally-diversified portfolio. Drill down to the most important concepts in wealth management Optimize portfolio performance with careful timing of savings and withdrawals Forecast returns 80% more accurately than assuming long-term averages Adopt an investment framework for stability, growth, and maximum income An optimized portfolio must be structured in a way that allows quick response to changes in asset class risks and relationships, and the flexibility to continually adapt to market changes. To execute such an ambitious strategy, it is essential to have a strong grasp of foundational wealth management concepts, a reliable system of forecasting, and a clear understanding of the merits of individual investment methods. Adaptive Asset Allocation provides critical background information alongside a streamlined framework for improving portfolio performance.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119220378

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9781119220374

Defenseman

A Hockey Player's Story

By: Michael J. Maloni

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Defenseman

A Hockey Player's Story

By: Michael J. Maloni

This isn't a story about putting the puck in the net, although that is part of it, but of understanding your brothers on the ice and your brother in real life. But when your brother in real life has a mental illness, it brings an entirely new look to the picture." Steve Tomassini is a gifted, All-American athlete with a promising future in hockey and the smarts to run his own small business. As one of the most talented defensemen to play for Boston University, Steve is known for an unfailing drive and determination that continue to make him a success. His brother, Tony, is a fiction writer and business graduate who has been in and out of mental institutions since the age of 22. Not willing to give up the fight, Tony is determined to try and get his life back, and Steve is the only one that can help him do it. A winning story of brotherhood, courage and team spirit, Defenseman shows how the bonds of true friendship are forged. Michael J. Maloni is the author of two published novels, Defenseman and Shortstop: Where Grace and Power Collide! He is a graduate of Boston University, after attending Northeastern University and Keene State College. He has been blessed with talent and would like to thank his fans! They should be on the lookout for his novel about college football. http: //sbpra.com/MichaelJMaloni

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Strategic Book Publishing

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A Foot Soldier for Patton

The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman with the US Third Army

By: Michael C. Bilder,James G. Bilder

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A Foot Soldier for Patton

The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman with the US Third Army

By: Michael C. Bilder,James G. Bilder

This candid memoir of a GI serving under Gen. Patton offers a rare glimpse into the realities of life and combat in Europe during WWII. Though Gen. Patton’s army is famous for dashing armored attacks, some of the most intensive fighting of World War II was done by Patton’s infantry—the foot sloggers who were deployed to reduce enemy strong points. This candid account of the US infantry in the European theater takes the reader from the beaches of Normandy to the conquest of Germany—all through the eyes of an infantryman who had the unique perspective of speaking the enemy’s language. A fluent German speaker, Michael Bilder was called upon for interrogations and other special duties. As a combat lifeguard, he also played a key role in successive river crossings. Here, Bilder relates his experiences of infantry life, from German snipers to intoxicated Frenchwomen, to the often morbid humor of combat. He also describes the Battle of Metz in all its horror, as well as the 5th Infantry’s drive into the Bulge, where they faced their first winter battle against enemy veterans of Russia.

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Casemate

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1935149628

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The Power Within: How to Create a High Performance Mind

By: John Newcombe,Michael Duff

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The Power Within: How to Create a High Performance Mind

By: John Newcombe,Michael Duff

Ever wondered what it really takes to succeed in life? Those who have achieved their own success in life know that following the path of luck and chance is full of dead ends, failed journeys and disappointments. Success is a result of application and effort. What enables successful people to achieve their desired goals and more where so many others have come up short is their strength of mind, their strength of self and the simple clarity with which they see life. The Power Within shares the insights from two very different successful people. One, a living legend who has harnessed this power to create an extraordinary life and the other who as a result of many years spent understanding how to access his potential and then teaching this to others has been able to transform his own life in a profound way.

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Momentum

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1743340613

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Mandate: A Man for the Times

The Presidency of George Herman Ted Williams

By: Michael A. Connelly

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Mandate: A Man for the Times

The Presidency of George Herman Ted Williams

By: Michael A. Connelly

The Federal Government-never good at long-term planning and recently coming up tragically short in near-term adaptive economic oversight-has also never been more gridlocked. Partisan politics, self interest, economic misinformation, and mindless slogans rule the day-at one of the most critical and transitional times in our history. On the other hand, advances in technology continue, the United States has an incredibly powerful industrial engine and amazing productive capacity in place, and the potential is clearly there to address all the issues listed above. The Novel 'Mandate: A Man for The Times' is an optimistic, research-intensive, character-driven, humorous, and insightful 'fantasy' of how the United States might reach its technology-fueled potential over the next twenty years. Growing up, future president Williams gets an intense, 'hands-on' education in business and economics working in his father's turbulent GM auto dealership. Williams earns a PhD in economics from Yale and works with a charismatic professor, Dr. Lester Walden, who is leading an eminent team making groundbreaking advancements in global economic modeling, simulation, and analysis. Williams also pitches for the Boston Red Sox, and becomes head of the Players Union. (MLBPA) Meanwhile, Internet marketing billionaire Don Reddy, who has earlier founded the 'Sanity Party, ' a progressive, bi-partisan, economically astute movement as an offset to the overly dogmatic and ideological 'Tea Party, ' is now making eye-opening progress in building a baseball fan's union. Williams will lead the MLBPA in complex and historic negotiations with the MLB Owner's Committee and new MLBFA, and eventually become a successful Congressman and Governor of Massachusetts. Governor Williams brings together Dr. Walden, Don Reddy, the 'Sanity Party, ' and a meticulously assembled team of the 'best and brightest' senior advisors to build a uniquely capable coalition that wins the presidency with gridlock-breaking mandate, and then brings superbly informed adaptive economic oversight to bear to finally make accelerating technological advance and globalization truly benefit the average hardworking American.

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iUniverse

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1469739658

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A Deal With God: The Power of One

Inspired by a True Story and Real Events

By: Michael Haden

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A Deal With God: The Power of One

Inspired by a True Story and Real Events

By: Michael Haden

When Deana Murphy died she told God she would do anything if he would let her come back. Deana did not realize what she was getting herself into. God granted her request, but in the form of a Deal. He had a mission for Deana that would change everything. Deana is sent on a path that will require her absolute faith and devotion. She is tasked with stopping a high school massacre that would destroy many lives. One element of God's mission is for Deana to help heal a broken family. Part of the deal is that Deana has to get the man of God's choosing to marry her. Her faith keeps her going and what starts as a mandate develops into an amazing love story. This is a story of family and faith, love and inner strength, healing and conquering obstacles, and an absolute triumph of the human spirit.

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DENCO MEDIA

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0984747400

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Angel Above Water

By: Michael A. Heck

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Angel Above Water

By: Michael A. Heck

This sequel to Dancing with the Angels finds Michael Angel continuing to live a life of loneliness since the death of his wife four years ago. He continues to operate several family businesses in a small town where he does not venture out in public with others. He seeks solitude at his home among the memories of his deceased wife. His children have been patient but have decided to take matters into their own hands. They take him on a whimsical trip to a relative's home south of New Orleans where they hope to introduce him to a suitable partner to spend the rest of his life with. He turns the tables on them and slowly weaves them into his personal journey where love, excitement and happy occasions heal this family. Be ready to laugh and shout "yes" at the surprise ending. Be ready!

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1463452721

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March's Advanced Organic Chemistry

Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure

By: Michael B. Smith,Jerry March

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March's Advanced Organic Chemistry

Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure

By: Michael B. Smith,Jerry March

The Sixth Edition of a classic in organic chemistry continues its tradition of excellence Now in its sixth edition, March's Advanced Organic Chemistry remains the gold standard in organic chemistry. Throughout its six editions, students and chemists from around the world have relied on it as an essential resource for planning and executing synthetic reactions. The Sixth Edition brings the text completely current with the most recent organic reactions. In addition, the references have been updated to enable readers to find the latest primary and review literature with ease. New features include: More than 25,000 references to the literature to facilitate further research Revised mechanisms, where required, that explain concepts in clear modern terms Revisions and updates to each chapter to bring them all fully up to date with the latest reactions and discoveries A revised Appendix B to facilitate correlating chapter sections with synthetic transformations

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470084944

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My TV for Seniors

By: Michael Miller

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My TV for Seniors

By: Michael Miller

Covers What, How, and Where to Watch TV for Less Millions of people are cutting the cord on old-fashioned cable TV plans, and choosing more modern, efficient, and cost-effective ways to watch their favorite programming and movies. My TV for Seniors is an exceptionally easy and complete full-color guide to all the services and hardware you’ll need to do it. No ordinary “beginner’s book,” it approaches every topic from a senior’s point of view, using meaningful examples, step-by-step tasks, large text, close-up screen shots, and a full-color interior designed for comfortable reading. Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through watching TV today on a variety of devices–and saving money doing so. Learn how to Cut the cable and satellite cord Save money on your cable or satellite TV bill Watch local TV stations for free Choose the best TV and streaming media player for you Connect and use an Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, or Roku device Watch Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Netflix, and other streaming video services Use live streaming services like DirecTV Now, fuboTV, Hulu with Live TV, PlayStation Vue, Sling TV, and YouTube TV Find where to best watch sporting events Get a better picture with HD, Ultra HD, and HDR Get better sound with a sound bar or surround sound system Watch TV on your phone, tablet, or computer An AARP TV for Grownups publication

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Que Publishing

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0135591600

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Organic Synthesis

By: Michael Smith

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Organic Synthesis

By: Michael Smith

A reactions oriented course is a staple of most graduate organic programs, and synthesis is taught either as a part of that course or as a special topic. Ideally, the incoming student is an organic major, who has a good working knowledge of basic reactions, stereochemistry and conformational principles. In fact, however, many (often most) of the students in a first year graduate level organic course have deficiencies in their undergraduate work, are not organic majors and are not synthetically inclined. To save students much time catching up this text provides a reliable and readily available source for background material that will enable all graduate students to reach the same high level of proficiency in organic chemistry. Produced over many years with extensive feedback from students taking an organic chemistry course this book provides a reaction based approach. The first two chapters provide an introduction to functional groups; these are followed by chapters reviewing basic organic transformations (e.g. oxidation, reduction). The book then looks at carbon-carbon bond formation reactions and ways to 'disconnect' a bigger molecule into simpler building blocks. Most chapters include an extensive list of questions to test the reader's understanding. There is also a new chapter outlining full retrosynthetic analyses of complex molecules which highlights common problems made by scientists. The book is intended for graduate and postgraduate students, scientific researchers in chemistry - New publisher, new edition; extensively updated and corrected - Over 950 new references with more than 6100 references in total - Over 600 new reactions and figures replaced or updated - Over 300 new homework problems from the current literature to provide nearly 800 problems to test reader understanding of the key principles

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0124158846

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Gently with the Tides

The Best of Living Aboard

By: Michael L. Frankel

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Gently with the Tides

The Best of Living Aboard

By: Michael L. Frankel

At one time or another almost all boaters-and many non-boaters-fantasize about leaving behind the house, lawn, and neighbors and moving aboard a boat. But leaving behind a familiar, comfortable lifestyle for the Perils Of The Sea is a quantum leap, not to be taken lightly. That so few actually make thr break has less to do with the rigors of the lifestyle than the lack of information about what it's really like. Since 1972, Living Aboard Journal has served as an idea exchange for the members of the Homaflote Association-live-aboards from all walks of life spread all around the globe. Fueled by 18 years of the best letters, articles, and firsthand accounts from Living Aboard magazine, Gently With the Tides is a powerful testimonial to the lure and romance of living aboard a boat. It is also a compendium of the pitfalls, disappointments, and setbacks. Most of all, it is a high-octane dream-feeder for liveaboard aspirants. It will help them decide whether to, it will tell them how to, and, most important, it will fill their dreams with why to.

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Ocean Conservancy

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1879269007

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9781879269002

A Guide for Using By the Great Horn Spoon! in the Classroom

By: Michael H. Levin

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A Guide for Using By the Great Horn Spoon! in the Classroom

By: Michael H. Levin

A literature unit for use with "By the Great Horn Spoon!" featuring sample lesson plans, pre- and post-reading activities, a biographical sketch of the author, a book summary, vocabulary lists, chapter study guides with quizzes and projects, book report and research ideas, and options for unit tests.

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Ladies of the Western

Interviews with Fifty-One More Actresses from the Silent Era to the Television Westerns of the 1950s and 1960s

By: Michael G. Fitzgerald,Boyd Magers

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Ladies of the Western

Interviews with Fifty-One More Actresses from the Silent Era to the Television Westerns of the 1950s and 1960s

By: Michael G. Fitzgerald,Boyd Magers

This work features interviews with 51 leading ladies who starred in B-westerns, A-westerns, and television westerns. Some were well-known and others were not, but they all have fascinating stories to tell and they talk candidly about their careers and the many difficulties that went along with their jobs. Back then, conditions were often severe, locations were often harsh, and pay was often minimal. The actresses were sometimes the only females on location and they had to provide their own wardrobe and do their own make-up, as well as discourage the advances of over-affectionate co-stars. Despite these difficulties, most of the women interviewed for this agree that they had fun. Claudia Barrett, Virginia Carroll, Francis Dee, Lisa Gaye, Marie Harmon, Kathleen Hughes, Linda Johnson, Ruta Lee, Colleen Miller, Gigi Perreau, Ann Rutherford, Ruth Terry, and June Vincent are among the 51 actresses interviewed.

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McFarland

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1476607966

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Modern Organic Synthesis

An Introduction

By: George S. Zweifel,Michael H. Nantz,Peter Somfai

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Modern Organic Synthesis

An Introduction

By: George S. Zweifel,Michael H. Nantz,Peter Somfai

This book bridges the gap between sophomore and advanced / graduate level organic chemistry courses, providing students with a necessary background to begin research in either an industry or academic environment. • Covers key concepts that include retrosynthesis, conformational analysis, and functional group transformations as well as presents the latest developments in organometallic chemistry and C–C bond formation • Uses a concise and easy-to-read style, with many illustrated examples • Updates material, examples, and references from the first edition • Adds coverage of organocatalysts and organometallic reagents

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119086728

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What I Learned From Sam Walton

How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World

By: Michael Bergdahl

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What I Learned From Sam Walton

How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World

By: Michael Bergdahl

As a former employee, Bergdhal had the opportunity to see the Wal-Mart executive team in action and to work directly with Sam Walton. This unique perspective provides him with a treasure trove of great lessons and stories from behind the scenes.

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0471679984

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Losing Isn't Everything

The Untold Stories and Hidden Lessons Behind the Toughest Losses in Sports History

By: Curt Menefee,Michael Arkush

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Losing Isn't Everything

The Untold Stories and Hidden Lessons Behind the Toughest Losses in Sports History

By: Curt Menefee,Michael Arkush

A refreshing and thought-provoking look at athletes whose legacies have been reduced to one defining moment of defeat—those on the flip side of an epic triumph—and what their experiences can teach us about competition, life, and the human spirit. Every sports fan recalls with amazing accuracy a pivotal winning moment involving a favorite team or player—Henry Aaron hitting his 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth; Christian Laettner’s famous buzzer beating shot in the NCAA tournament for Duke. Yet lost are the stories on the other side of these history-making moments, the athletes who experienced not transcendent glory but crushing disappointment: the cornerback who missed the tackle on the big touchdown; the relief pitcher who lost the series; the world-record holding Olympian who fell on the ice. In Losing Isn’t Everything, famed sportscaster Curt Menefee, joined by bestselling writer Michael Arkush, examines a range of signature "disappointments" from the wide world of sports, interviewing the subject at the heart of each loss and uncovering what it means—months, years, or decades later—to be associated with failure. While history is written by the victorious, Menefee argues that these moments when an athlete has fallen short are equally valuable to sports history, offering deep insights into the individuals who suffered them and about humanity itself. Telling the losing stories behind such famous moments as the Patriots’ Rodney Harrison guarding the Giants' David Tyree during the "Helmet Catch" in Super Bowl XLII, Mary Decker’s fall in the 1984 Olympic 1500m, and Craig Ehlo who gave up "The Shot" to Michael Jordan in the 1989 NBA playoffs, Menefee examines the legacy of the hardest loses, revealing the unique path that athletes have to walk after they lose on their sport’s biggest stage. Shedding new light some of the most accepted scapegoat stories in the sports cannon, he also revisits both the Baltimore Colts' loss to the Jets in Super Bowl III, as well as the Red Sox loss in the 1986 World Series, showing why, despite years of humiliation, it might not be all Bill Buckner's fault. Illustrated with sixteen pages of color photos, this considered and compassionate study offers invaluable lessons about pain, resilience, disappointment, remorse, and acceptance that can help us look at our lives and ourselves in a profound new way.

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HarperCollins

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006244008X

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A Shared Authority

Essays on the Craft and Meaning of Oral and Public History

By: Michael Frisch

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A Shared Authority

Essays on the Craft and Meaning of Oral and Public History

By: Michael Frisch

A collection of 13 previously published essays by Frisch (American studies, SUNY). Among them are general reflections on oral history, collective memory, and American culture and history; detailed studies of specific issues in documentary work; and considerations of public history and programming. Examples used include the unemployed, Chinese students, and the television history of the Vietnam War. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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0791401332

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YOU: The Owner's Manual (Enhanced Edition)

An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger

By: Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.,Michael F. Roizen

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YOU: The Owner's Manual (Enhanced Edition)

An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger

By: Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.,Michael F. Roizen

The #1 bestseller that gives YOU complete control over your body and your health. In this updated and expanded edition, America's favorite doctors, Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, discuss how YOU actually have control over your genes. Discover how diseases start and how they affect your body—as well as advice on how to prevent and beat conditions that threaten your quality of life. YOU: The Owner's Manual challenges preconceived notions about how the human body works and ages, and takes you on a fascinating grand tour of all your blood-pumping, food-digesting, and numbers-remembering systems and organs—including the heart, brain, lungs, immune system, bones, and sensory organs. There are also 100 questions asked by you, and answered by the experts. For instance, do you know which of the following statements are true? As you increase the amount you exercise, the rewards you gain from it increase as well. If you're not a smoker, you have nothing to worry about when it comes to your lungs. Your immune system always knows the difference between your own cells and enemy invaders. The biggest threat to your arteries is cholesterol. Memory loss is a natural, inevitable part of aging. Stress is the greatest ager, and controlling it changes which of your genes is on. Did you answer "true" for any of the above? Then take a look inside. Complete with exercise tips, nutritional guidelines, simple lifestyle changes, and alternative approaches, YOU: The Owner's Manual debunks myths and gives you an easy, comprehensive, and life-changing How-To plan—as well as great-tasting and calorie-saving recipes—that can help you live a healthier, younger, and better life. Be the best expert on your body!

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0062333844

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Office 2013 Bible

The Comprehensive Tutorial Resource

By: Lisa A. Bucki,John Walkenbach,Faithe Wempen,Michael Alexander,Dick Kusleika

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Office 2013 Bible

The Comprehensive Tutorial Resource

By: Lisa A. Bucki,John Walkenbach,Faithe Wempen,Michael Alexander,Dick Kusleika

Learn the sought-after features of the core applications from the Office 2013 suite. This book features the best-of-the-best content from the Excel 2013 Bible; the Word 2013 Bible; the PowerPoint 2013 Bible; and the Access 2013 Bible. It also covers Outlook, Publisher, OneNote, SkyDrive, and other important features in the Office 2013 suite.

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1118488091

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The Cost of a Deadbeat

By: Michael Webb

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The Cost of a Deadbeat

By: Michael Webb

The Cost of a Deadbeat is a thought-provoking study that takes both a humorous and cynical approach to identifying and defining the major types of deadbeats, and the hidden monetary and emotional costs they bring to society. With over forty years of experience in the workplace, author Michael Webb applies his business knowledge and observation skills to illuminate what most of us unknowingly tolerate each day from the selfish and lazy in our culture. In each chapter, Webb provides personal examples of DNA (Deadbeat Negligent Activities) and categorizes the types of deadbeats, such as: Workplace deadbeats--slackers, sickies, tenure train riders, and slacking supervisors Criminal deadbeats--pilferers, prisoners, cyber slugs, scam artists, and petty thieves Daylight deadbeats--porky politicians, bumbling bureaucrats, and deadbeat voters Cheater deadbeats--fraud finders, tax evaders, and bankruptcy bums New generation deadbeats--poor parents and weak schools The Cost of a Deadbeat will encourage you to join the fight against deadbeats by examining your own behavior and contributing common sense and decency to your own life.

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0595341977

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A Faraway, Familiar Place

An Anthropologist Returns to Papua New Guinea

By: Michael French Smith

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A Faraway, Familiar Place

An Anthropologist Returns to Papua New Guinea

By: Michael French Smith

A Faraway Familiar Place: An Anthropologist Returns to Papua New Guinea is for readers seeking an excursion deep into little-known terrain but allergic to the wide-eyed superficiality of ordinary travel literature. Author Michael French Smith savors the sometimes gritty romance of his travels to an island village far from roads, electricity, telephone service, and the Internet, but puts to rest the cliché of “Stone Age” Papua New Guinea. He also gives the lie to stereotypes of anthropologists as either machete-wielding swashbucklers or detached observers turning real people into abstractions. Smith uses his anthropological expertise subtly, to illuminate Papua New Guinean lives, to nudge readers to look more closely at ideas they take for granted, and to take a wry look at his own experiences as an anthropologist. Although Smith first went to Papua New Guinea in 1973, in 2008 it had been ten years since he had been back to Kragur Village, Kairiru Island, where he was an honorary “citizen.” He went back not only to see people he had known for decades, but also to find out if his desire to return was more than an urge to flee the bureaucracy and recycled indoor air of his job in a large American city. Smith finds in Kragur many things he remembered fondly, including a life immersed in nature and freedom from 9-5 tyranny. And he again encounters the stifling midday heat, the wet tropical sores, and the sometimes excruciating intensity of village social life that he had somehow managed to forget. Through practicing Taoist “not doing” Smith continues to learn about villagers’ difficult transition from an older world based on giving to one in which money rules and the potent mix of devotion and innovation that animates Kragur’s pervasive religious life. Becoming entangled in local political events, he gets a closer look at how ancestral loyalties and fear of sorcery influence hotly disputed contemporary elections. In turn, Kragur people practice their own form of anthropology on Smith, questioning him about American work, family, religion, and politics, including Barack Obama’s campaign for president. They ask for help with their financial problems—accounting lessons and advice on attracting tourists—but, poor as they are, they also offer sympathy for the Americans they hear are beset by economic crisis. By the end of the book Smith returns to Kragur again—in 2011—to complete projects begun in 2008, see Kragur’s chief for the last time (he died later that year), and bring Kragur’s story up to date. A Faraway Familiar Place provides practical wisdom for anyone leaving well-traveled roads for muddy forest tracks and landings on obscure beaches, as well as asking important questions about wealth and poverty, democracy, and being “modern.”

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University of Hawaii Press

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082485344X

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A Storm Too Soon

A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredible Rescue

By: Michael J. Tougias,Mike Tougias

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A Storm Too Soon

A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredible Rescue

By: Michael J. Tougias,Mike Tougias

Originally published in hardcover in 2013.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451683340

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9781451683349

A Tale of Two Transformations

Bringing Lean and Agile Software Development to Life

By: Michael K. Levine

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A Tale of Two Transformations

Bringing Lean and Agile Software Development to Life

By: Michael K. Levine

There are many books that seek to explain Lean and Agile software that offer theory, techniques, and examples. Michael Levine’s first book, A Tale of Two Systems, is one of the best, synthesizing Lean manufacturing and product development with agile software concepts in an engaging business novel. However, there has been precious little practical guidance for those seeking to change existing organizations to become Lean and Agile, until now. Mr. Levine has followed the successful approach of A Tale of Two Systems, telling two simultaneous intertwined and contrasting stories, to bring organizational transformation to life. Mary O’Connell and James "Wes" Wesleyan, recently engaged to be married, share a commitment to Lean and Agile Software. They have recently become leaders in two very different companies – one, stuck in a slow-moving, unresponsive, process-driven quagmire of a software culture; the other, struggling through the chaos of a sales-driven, process-less swirl. Together with their wise mentor, Neville Roberts, they identify two approaches to making needed changes: Drive People (a top-down approach focused on processes and tools), and People Driven (an enablement approach focused on people and organizations). Mary and Wes evaluate their situations and choose approaches that best fit for them, and the transformations commence. A Tale of Two Transformations differs from many information technology books by grappling with all the complexities of our organizations: the people, the politics, the financials, the processes – in short, the culture from which our Lean and Agile journeys must begin. The change model presented in the flow of the stories is generally applicable, and can help anyone thinking about how to improve their organization.

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Why Organizations Struggle So Hard to Improve So Little

Overcoming Organizational Immaturity

By: Martin Klubeck,Michael Langthorne,Donald Padgett

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Why Organizations Struggle So Hard to Improve So Little

Overcoming Organizational Immaturity

By: Martin Klubeck,Michael Langthorne,Donald Padgett

A liberating look at the real reasons organization-wide improvement efforts fail and how, when all attempts have failed, you can help your organization to become great. As the authors of this eye-opening new work make clear, to enact real change, organizations need to shake off their immaturity and grow up. Shifting away from the tendency to lay all the blame on bad leadership, Why Organizations Struggle So Hard to Improve So Little: Overcoming Organizational Immaturity offers specific answers for why most organizational improvement efforts fail. Why Organizations Struggle So Hard to Improve So Little explains the difficulties and dangers of organizational immaturity, then provides proven, effective tools and ideas for achieving change within the limitations of an immature organization. With this guide, leaders and other stakeholders will be able to determine the maturity level of an organization, get beyond prevailing myths about how change gets derailed, and identify potential areas for improvement.

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0313380236

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A Magical Education

Talks on Magic and Occultism

By: John Michael Greer

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A Magical Education

Talks on Magic and Occultism

By: John Michael Greer

In these talks, written and presented to a variety of audiences between 2001 and 2010, John Michael Greer explores the forgotten history of occultism and its unexpected possibilities in our time. From practical methods of occult training to the politics and metapolitics of magic, from the shadowy world of Victorian sex magic to the alchemy of initiatory ritual, from the complex origins of modern Neopaganism to the approaching twilight of Neopagan pop culture and what comes next, the talks collected in this book seek to inspire curiosity and reflection, not to set out an ironclad case for this or that point of view. This book is an extraordinary insight into the life and work of a working magician and occultist.

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Aeon Books

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1912807033

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9781912807031

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