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An accessible, comprehensive handbook to achieving change in any environment, featuring time-tested methods and practical tips from real activists.
As President of the Giraffe Heroes Project, which since 1982 has been recognizing people who "stick their necks out for the common good," John Graham has seen what hundreds of average citizens around the world have done to bring about constructive change. He's drawn on their experiences, his own as a...
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From award-winning ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman, and written using exclusive interviews and information comes the definitive account of the dramatic story that gripped the world: the miracle rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave miles underground for nearly three weeks. Gutman recounts this amazing story in depth and from every angle, exploring their time in the cave, the failed plans and human...
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Some men are worth sticking your neck out for. . .
Sunni Marquette has always been a little different. There's the whole mind-reading thing, for a start, which comes in useful for a criminal defense attorney. Except that lately, Sunni keeps encountering people who are immune to her gift. Like Jacob Eddington, the star witness in her latest case. And her best friend Isabel's new fiancé, Richard Lazarus, who's as sinister as Jacob is attractive. Not...
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Marc Wyse's father wanted him to be a lawyer. His mother wanted him to be a doctor. Instead, he became an advertising executive. In The Way I Saw It, Wyse narrates his rags-to-riches tale of the American dream come true: cofounding Wyse Advertising and working more than sixty years in the business. In this memoir he tells his story of the boy of immigrant parents who grew into an advertising icon that spawned famous theme lines like, With a name like...
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Rules for the Breaking
Yuri Yehzov has been off the streets for a long while, surviving by following a few simple rules. Don't stick your neck out. Don't get involved in something that is none of your business. And above all, don't piss off the ferocious mobsters of the Vory y Zakone.
Yuri doesn't have much left from his shadowrunning days except his cyberears, but that's enough to get him in trouble. When he hears something he cannot ignore, one...
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Long ago, Sandy Gingras read "The Tortoise and the Hare," a fable that teaches "slow and steady wins the race." But she didn't learn the lesson! Instead she lived the race of hurry-up and do-it-all every day. And it was tiring.
But now, Gingras presents readers with a different kind of lesson from a different kind of turtle in the charming book Lessons of a Turtle. And it's a good lesson: Go with the slow! Life is about enjoying what's around you...
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Celebrate Christmas with a sizzling new novella from Emily Arden. Fourth in the Deception series, The Priest's Seduction deals with the need to let go of old fears and learn to trust, to not let appearances blind you, and to stick your neck out if you find someone special - no matter what the obstacles. The Priest's Seduction is a sexy contemporary romance novella set in Oxford, England (18+). This is Daniel's story, following on from his interactions...
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Curiosity is a natural human trait, especially in children. We applaud our curious children's questions of how is that made. Where does that come from? Why is the grass green? However, when it comes to asking why someone is different from themselves or what they are used to seeing, we tend to discourage them from asking.
It's Okay to Ask is a story about a young girl who innocently wants to understand and know about the object sticking out of this...