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Proper romance volume 4
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English
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Isabelle Rackham enters into an arranged marriage in 1850 with the eligible Alexander Osgood, owner of a successful mill in Manchester, England, and who has close business relationships with Isabelle's father. Although she enters the marriage with no illusions about love, but with a will to make it work, she finds her new home in cold, dreary, dark northern England difficult to bear until an accident occurs on a visit to Alexander's country estate....
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"Biologist Christie Wilcox investigates and illuminates the animals of our nightmares, arguing that they hold the keys to a deeper understanding of evolution, adaptation, and immunity. She reveals just how venoms function and what they do to the human body. With Wilcox as our guide, we encounter a jellyfish with tentacles covered in stinging cells that can kill humans in minutes; a two-inch caterpillar with toxic bristles that trigger hemorrhaging;...
4) London rules
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Slough House volume 5
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Over at Slough House, the MI5 satellite office for outcast and demoted spies, the agents are struggling with personal problems: repressed grief, various addictions, retail paralysis, and the nagging suspicion that their newest colleague is a psychopath. Plus someone is trying to kill Roddy Ho. But collectively, they're about to rediscover their greatest strength--that of making a bad situation much, much worse. It's a good thing Jackson Lamb knows...
5) Mascot
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[2018]
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English
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"Noah Savino has been stuck in a wheelchair for months. He hates the way people treat him like he's helpless now. He's sick of going to physical therapy, where he isn't making any progress. He's tired of not having control over his own body. And he misses playing baseball--but not as much as he misses his dad, who died in the car accident that paralyzed Noah. Noah is scared he'll never feel like his old self again. He doesn't want people to think...
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2021.
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"Happily married and in the flush of hard-earned professional success, with her first play opening on Broadway, Sarah Ruhl has just survived a high-risk pregnancy and given birth to twins when she discovers the left side of her face entirely paralyzed. Bell's palsy. Ninety percent of Bell's palsy sufferers see spontaneous improvement and full recovery ... Sarah Ruhl is in the unlucky ten percent ... For a woman, a mother, a wife, and an artist working...
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[2020]
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English
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"Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy Heumann began her struggle for equality early in life. From fighting to attend grade school, to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher's license because of her paralysis and becoming the first wheelchair rider to receive a teacher's license, to leading the Section 504 sit-in, which led to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Judy has set...
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2016.
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"I have been sleuthing my mother's symptoms for as long as I can remember. If I see myself as an unwilling detective with a desire for justice, is her illness an unsolved crime? If so, who is the villain and who is the victim? Sofia, a young anthropologist, has spent much of her life trying to solve the mystery of her mother's unexplainable illness. She is frustrated with Rose and her constant complaints, but utterly relieved to be called to abandon...
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2021.
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English
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Learn strategies for coping with perfectionism and how to use it to your advantage.
If you've ever felt like you're being too hard on yourself, you might be familiar with the concept of perfectionism. In this course taught by neuropsychologist and author Nicole Tetreault, Nicole teaches you to embrace your perfectionist tendencies and release the need to feel perfect. She first shares some definitions and strategies to identify any perfectionist...
10) A second wind
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2018.
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English
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As the descendant of two prominent, wealthy French families and director of Champagne Pommery, Philippe Pozzo di Borgo was not in the habit of asking for help. Then, in 1993, right on the heels of his beloved wife's diagnosis of a terminal illness, a paragliding accident left him a quadriplegic. He was forty-two years old and unable to do anything--not even feed himself--without the help of another person. Passing his days hidden behind the high walls...
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[2017]
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English
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When someone you know is hurting, you want to let her know that you care. But many people don’t know what words to use—or are afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing. This thoughtful, instructive guide, from empathy expert Dr. Kelsey Crowe and greeting card maverick Emily McDowell, blends well-researched, actionable advice with the no-nonsense humor and the signature illustration style of McDowell's immensely popular Empathy Cards, to help you...
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2021.
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English
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A well thought out, fit-for-purpose data strategy is vital to modern data-driven businesses. This book is your essential guide to planning, developing and implementing such a strategy, presenting a framework which takes you from data strategy definition to successful strategy delivery and execution.
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[2016]
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English
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""This isn't a book about simply opening doors; it's a primer on not closing off opportunities. It's about conquering our inner doubts and demons, and rising to something more-much more."--Neil Cavuto, Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel Whether you are at work or at home, you are probably being asked to do more with less. We often become consumed with what doesn't really matter, and spend far too much of our precious time on what doesn't even...
14) The benevolent dictator: empower your employees, build your business, and outwit the competition
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©2011
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English
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"An unconventional philosophy for starting and building a business that exceeds your own expectations What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? The Benevolent Dictator recognizes that entrepreneurship is a gauntlet. Those who succeed are benevolent dictators?able to make the intricate process happen in days, weeks and months to win. In more than 52 specific leadership lessons, The Benevolent Dictator gives...
15) Start before you're ready: the young entrepreneurs guide to extraordinary success in work and life
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Pub. Date
2019
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English
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Unleash your entrepreneurial spirit with a counterintuitive approach to starting your own venture or taking your career to the next level Start Before You're Ready offers entrepreneurs an inspiring new roadmap to success -- one that runs against nearly everything you've ever been taught about business. Author Mick Spencer is living proof that success doesn't always rest down the traditional path of formal education and deep pockets. At the age of...
16) Think like a CTO
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English
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An effective chief technology officer shapes almost every aspect of a modern business. This book shares the experience and advice of veteran CTOs and industry experts for handling IT crises, leading tech teams, and creating an inspiring vision for your company.
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