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Full Circle: From Hollywood to Real Life and Back Again
Andrea Barber · Citadel
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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She grew up in front of the world on the beloved sitcom Full House, but then actress Andrea Barber abruptly left Hollywood. Why did she leave and what did she do for twenty years out of the spotlight before returning to television? This is her funny and inspiring memoir of fame,... |
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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Paul Tough · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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Why do some children succeed while others fail?The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs.But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues that the qualities that... |
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The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed as You Are
Alicia Menendez · Harper Business
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Be nice, but not too nice. Be successful, but not too successful. Just be likeable. Whatever that means? Women are stuck in an impossible bind. At work, strong women are criticized for being cold, and warm women are seen as pushovers. An award-winning journalist examines this fundamental... |
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Liar: A Memoir
Rob Roberge · Crown Publishers
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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A darkly funny, intense memoir about mental illness, memory and storytelling, from an acclaimed novelist.
When Rob Roberge learns that he's likely to have developed a progressive memory-eroding disease from years of hard living and frequent concussions, he is terrified by the prospect... |
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The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success
ALBERT-LASZLO BARABASI · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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In this pioneering examination of the scientific principles behind success, a leading researcher reveals the surprising ways in which we can turn achievement into success.
Too often, accomplishment does not equate to success. We did the work but didn't get the promotion; we played... |
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The Common Good
Robert B Reich · Knopf
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear-eyed manifesto on why we must restore the idea of the common good to the center of our economics and politics.
With the warmth and lucidity that have made him one of our most... |
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The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance
Rich Diviney
Format: Hardcover
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During his twenty years as a Navy officer and SEAL, Rich Diviney was intimately involved in a specialized SEAL selection process, which whittled a group of hundreds of extraordinary candidates down to a handful of the most elite performers. Diviney was often surprised by which candidates... |
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