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Ethics for the New Millennium
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV
Format: Book
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In a difficult, uncertain time, it takes a person of great courage, such as the Dalai Lama, to give us hope. Regardless of the violence and cynicism we see on television and read about in the news, there is an argument to be made for basic human goodness. The number of people who spend... |
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The Truth About Negotiations
Leigh L Thompson
Format: Book
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“The 53 Truths provide incredible insight into the art and science of negotiating. This is a must read for sales professionals but is equally beneficial to all who wish to be better negotiators.”
–CHRIS WEBER, Vice President, West Region Enterprise, Microsoft Corporation
“Negotiation... |
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Us Plus Them: Tapping the Positive Power of Difference
Todd L Pittinsky
Format: Book
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Moving beyond mere tolerance
Us-versus-them is the costly mind-set in which organizations, communities, and whole nations too often find themselves trapped. In fact, recognizing difference as a positive force can bring astonishing value to even the most... |
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The Reunited States of America: How We Can Bridge the Partisan Divide
Mark Gerzon - Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2016.
Format: Print book
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Out of Many, OneIn this era of poisonous partisanship, The Reunited States of America is a lifesaving antidote. At a time when loyalty to party seems to be overpowering love of country, it not only explains how we can bridge the partisan divide but also tells the untold story of how our fellow... |
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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Format: Book
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER | NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER | PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST | NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST | NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review * O: The Oprah... |
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Michael Chabon - Harper; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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For sixty years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka a temporary safe haven created in the wake of revelations of the Holocaust and the shocking collapse of the fledgling state of Israel Proud grateful and longing to be American the Jews... |
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford - Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback
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In the opening pages of Jamie Ford's stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle's Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery:... |
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Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator
Homer Hickam - William Morrow
Format: Print book
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Big Fish meets The Notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that is a moving tribute to love, from the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning memoir Rocket Boys - the basis of the movie October Sky.Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam... |
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: A Novel
Rachel Joyce - Random House
Format: Book
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Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning the mail arrives, and within the stack of quotidian... |
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Vinegar Girl: A Novel
Anne Tyler - Crown/Archetype
Format: eBook
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Pulitzer Prize winner and American master Anne Tyler brings us an inspired, witty and irresistible contemporary take on one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty... |
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You Will Not Have My Hate
Antoine Leiris - Penguin Press
Format: Book
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - "On Friday night you stole the life of an exceptional person, the love of my life, the mother of my son, but you will not have my hate."
On November 13, 2015, Antoine Leiris's wife, Hélène Muyal-Leiris,... |
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A Man Called Ove: A Novel
Fredrik Backman - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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Read the New York Times bestseller that has taken the world by storm! In this "charming debut" (People) from one of Sweden's most successful authors, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next... |
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Dead End in Norvelt
Jack Gantos - Square Fish, 2013. 2011
Format: Paperback
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Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction!Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months... |
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El Deafo
Cece Bell - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Paperback
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The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor winning graphic novel memoir from Cece Bell El Deafo is now streaming on Apple TV . The Guardian called the animated series: "Sweet, funny, poignant and definitely not just for kids." Starting at a new school is scary,... |
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Holes
Louis Sachar - Moline Public Library
Format: Paperback
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A modern classic . . . from the New York Times bestselling author who has been recognized with the Newbery Award as well as the National Book Award!Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since... |
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