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Tired of being singled out at her mostly-white private school as someone who needs support, high school junior Jade would rather participate in the school's amazing Study Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for at-risk girls.
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The path to success is rarely easy or direct, and good mentors are hard to find. In Getting there, thirty leaders in diverse fields share their secrets to navigating the rocky road to the top. In an honest, direct, and engaging way, these role models describe the obstacles they faced, the setbacks they endured, and the vital lessons they learned. They dispense not only essential and practical career advice, but also priceless wisdom applicable to...
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When Jacinta Juarez is paired with a rich, famous mentor, she is swept away from the diapers and dishes of her own daily life into a world of new experiences. But crossing the line into Miss's world is scary. Half of Jacinta aches for the comfort of Mama and the familiar safety of the barrio, while the other half longs to embrace a future that offers more than cleaning stuff for white people. When her family is torn apart, Jacinta needs to bring the...
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"[This book] is a comprehensive guide for educators who are committed to creating equitable schools. It offers concrete strategies, a sequence of action steps, inspiring anecdotes, information, and resources. [It] responds to the following commonly asked questions: What does equity mean? What does an equitable school look like? How can I recognize inequity? What does itlook like in my classroom and school? How did we get here--to a place where there...
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In our increasingly accelerated world that venerates the new, bright and shiny, many of us in mid-career sense that the ground is shifting beneath our feet, leaving us feeling invisible, undervalued and threatened by the 'digital natives' nipping at our heels. Chip Conley is not buying it, arguing that experience is on the brink of a comeback. At age 52, after selling the boutique hotel company he founded and ran for 24 years, Conley joined Airbnb...
10) Kick
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Told in their separate voices, thirteen-year-old soccer star Kevin and police sergeant Brown, who knew his father, try to keep Kevin out of juvenile hall after he is arrested on very serious charges.
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Gunn is known for his kind but firm approach in providing wisdom, guidance, and support to the scores of design hopefuls on Project Runway. Divided into sections on common themes, this practical book takes us on a journey through life lessons and uses Gunn's own experiences, from the classroom to the therapist's office, to illustrate larger concepts. He challenges you to apply the lessons you learn in practical mentoring or teaching situations, in...
12) Out of the dark
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"A shocking stunner in every way. The perfect thriller." --Robert Crais When darkness closes in--he's your last, best hope. Evan Smoak returns in Gregg Hurwitz's #1 international bestselling Orphan X series. Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets--i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using...
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"Diane Tavenner, founder of Summit Public Schools, offers a blueprint for a better way to educate our children, based on the revolutionary lessons, insights, and methodology she and her faculty developed over 15 years at their famously successful charter schools in California and Washington, which she is now introducing to public school systems across the country that Summit is partnering with to transform education and better prepare our children...
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What would you say to your meddling parents, your ex-best friend, your toxic boss, or your high school crush if you didn’t have to face the consequences? Sara Chae is the founder of One Last Word, an app that allows you to send a message to anyone you want after you pass. Safeguards are in place so the app will only send when you’re definitely, absolutely, 100% dead, but when another Sara Chae dies and her obituary is posted online, Sara discovers...
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I am grateful beyond words for the example of the lanterns shared in this memoir whose lives I hope will illuminate my children's, your children's, and the paths of countless others coming behind.—Marian Wright Edelman, from the Preface
Marian Wright Edelman, "the most influential children's advocate in the country" (The Washington Post), shares stories from her life at the center of this century's most dramatic civil rights struggles....
Marian Wright Edelman, "the most influential children's advocate in the country" (The Washington Post), shares stories from her life at the center of this century's most dramatic civil rights struggles....
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Wouldn't it be nice to know what the job is like before you apply for it ??
In this short book Katie Maloney highlights important information for you to read before you actually apply, which will give you valuable insight into the world of working in retail.
Before You Work In Retail READ THIS is from the 'Before You' mini series by Katie Maloney who has had over 700 jobs in various fields and is giving back to the community for those starting out...
18) Nail Your Niche
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"I have sold tens of millions of dollars in real estate education and coaching. If anyone asked for my help with their coaching business, I would immediately give them this book." - Joe McCall, real estate investor and publisher
If you want to cook a delicious soup, you start with the best ingredients. The pot you cook the soup in won't affect the outcome very much. Many coaches hope that things like a Facebook group, YouTube channel, or Funnel are...
19) Qué es coaching
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El libro básico que hay que leer para comprender el coaching
Este libro es una referencia útil para ayudarte a estudiar coaching. Escrito de forma didáctica y de fácil comprensión, Liliana Franco en ¿Qué es coaching? despejará dudas, te compartirá sus experiencias y te dará las bases para comenzar con tu formación en el coaching profesional. No hay nada más satisfactorio que dedicarte a lo que te gusta y ayudar a otros a ser su mejor versión...
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The age-old question for every leader is one: how do we bring out the best in our subordinates? Anyone who has run a company, raised children, commanded a military unit or coached a team struggles to find the key to helping others excel and express their potential. It's amazing how often we resort to judgment rather than an approach that actually shapes a better subordinate and a better person.
What if we could express Words of Life that transform...