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JELL-O Girls: A Family History

ALLIE ROWBOTTOM · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A memoir that braids the evolution of one of America's most iconic branding campaigns with the stirring tales of the women who lived behind its façade - told by the inheritor of their stories.In 1899, Allie Rowbottom's great-great-great-uncle bought the patent to Jell-O from its inventor...
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Weiss Ratings Consumer Box Set, Fall 2016

Weiss Ratings · Financial Ratings Series
Pages: 300
Format: Print book

Deliver the critical information your patrons need to safeguard their personal finances with Weiss Ratings Consumer Box Set. Each of the eight guides is packed with accurate, unbiased information and recommendations to help your patrons make sound financi
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Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

William Burnett · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 238
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times Bestseller At last, a book that shows you how to build - design - a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home - at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding...
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Scholarships, Grants & Prizes 2017

Peterson's · Peterson Nelnet Co
Pages: 896
Format: Paperback

Scholarships, Grants & Prizes provides up-to-date information on millions of privately funded awards available to college students. It contains detailed profiles of awards based on academic fields and career goals, ethnic heritage, talent, employment experience, military service, and other...
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Killing It: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Keeping Your Head Without Losing Your Heart

Sheryl O'Loughlin · Harper Business
Pages: 290
Format: Print book

The former CEO of Clif Bar, Co-founder of Plum, and serial entrepreneur offers insights about launching and growing a business while maintaining a fulfilled life in this practical guide filled with hard-won advice culled from the author's own sometimes dark, raw experiences. With a foreword...
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Out Front: How Women Can Become Engaging, Memorable, and Fearless Speakers

Deborah Shames · BenBella Books
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Every Woman Has a Voice - Now, Make It HeardNow, more than ever, the business, social and political landscape is ripe for women to accomplish their goals. Women are entering law, medical, and graduate school in equal numbers to men. Two women are running for the highest office in the United...
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That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know

Joanne Lipman · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

First things first: There will be no man shaming in That's What She Said. A recent Harvard study found that corporate "diversity training" has actually made the gender gap worse - in part because it makes men feel demonized. Women, meanwhile, have been told closing the gender...
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

JOCKO WILLINK · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

An updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership book that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield...
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Quick & Legal Will Book

Denis Clifford · Nolo
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

If you want to create a will without the trouble, Quick & Legal Will Book is the simplest and fastest way to reach your goal. Get the forms and step-by-step instructions to make a basic will that meets your needs with this all-in-one guide. Find out how to: name beneficiaries choose...
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Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America

MICHAEL RUHLMAN · HARRY N ABRAMS
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In Grocery, bestselling author Michael Ruhlman offers incisive commentary on America's relationship with its food and investigates the overlooked source of so much of it - the grocery store. In a culture obsessed with food - how it looks, what it tastes like, where it comes from,...
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How to Write a Business Plan

Mike McKeever · NOLO
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

How to create the business plan you need To borrow money or find investors to start or expand a business, you need a convincing business plan. For over 30 years, this book has helped fledgling businesses write winning plans and get backers to invest. This bestselling, newly updated book...
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

Cathy O'Neil · Crown
Pages: 259
Format: Print book

"A former Wall Street quantitative analyst sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling, a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality,"--NoveList."We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives--...
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Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide

Peri Pakroo · NOLO
Pages: 275
Format: Paperback

Start a nonprofit and keep it running with this practical guide During hard economic times, nonprofits are more important than ever. Here, learn how to create and nurture a nonprofit that will serve your vital mission, whether supporting the arts, rescuing a school library, protecting the environment,...
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Careers in Information Technology

Salem Press · Salem Press
Pages: 300
Format: Print book

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that employment in all computer occupations is expected to increase by 22% by 2020. Give your students and researchers the information they need to learn about the many, varied career paths in information technology with our latest Careers title....
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Scholarship Handbook 2018

COLLEGE BOARD. · College Board
Pages: 640
Format: Paperback

The Scholarship Handbook 2018 is organized to quickly lead students to real college funding opportunities, including scholarship, internship and loan programs offered by foundations, charitable organizations, and state and federal government agencies. Every entry is verified by the College...
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