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1) Deep waters
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Charity Truitt was fighting yet another panic attack that made it increasingly clear she was not going to complete the corporate merger between the Truitt department store chain and Loftus Athletic Gear. She was not going to marry Brett Loftus either...Notorious deal maker Elias Winters had changed gears and soon after, settled in Whispering Waters Cove. He'd been studying martial arts and Asian philosophy with one burning goal in mind -- only to...
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Offers practical steps for women to bring their passion, brains, and background to the power tables and make life better for themselves, their company or organization and global society. Combines compelling research, international experience, and fascinating personal stories with solid advice. Tarr-Whelan has extensive background as a business woman, a government official, a non-profit leader, and a nurse. A few "first women" are making key decisions...
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"One of the world's most respected leaders, former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty overcame childhood and financial struggles to embark on a groundbreaking career that took her from entry-level engineer to eight years as the first woman CEO of an iconic global company. Forty years in business and public advocacy taught Rometty the transformative power of leadership that blends authenticity, relationships, and curiosity with vision, rigor, and conviction. In...
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Jossey-Bass
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©2012
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"Popular leadership blogger gives the low-down on standing up for yourselfIn Pushback, top leadership consultant Selena Rezvani argues that self-advocacy is critical to success. Yet women initiate negotiations four times less often than men, resulting in getting less of what they want--promotion opportunities, plum assignments, and higher pay. This book shines a light on the real rules of holding your own and pushing back for what is rightfully yours....
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This memoir contains memorable stories and hard learned lessons from a woman in leadership. With honesty, humility, and humor, the author shares the paths she took and the choices she made over her six decades of life. Everyone has a story that has shaped who they are today, and everyone is a reflection of their family, friends, colleagues, experiences, and decisions. Laura Downey Hill believes the world desperately needs more female leaders, and...
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Phil Spector, once an outsider despised by his peers, learned all about music and quickly became the top producer of early rock and roll. Hit followed hit, all with his signature “wall of sound.” But the boy-man who owned pop culture spiraled into paranoid isolation and peculiar behavior.
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Succession volume 1
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Home Box Office
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20181106
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Succession follows a dysfunctional American global-media family.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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2021.
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Madam C. J. Walker--reputed to be America's first self-made woman millionaire--has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. In this biography, Erica L. Ball places this remarkable and largely forgotten life story in the context of Walker's times.
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Jason Steadman is a thirty-year-old sales executive living in Boston and is working for an electronics giant, a competitors to Sony and Panasonic. He's a witty, charismatic guy who's well liked at the office, but he lacks the "killer instinct" necessary to move up the corporate ladder. To the chagrin of his ambitious wife, it looks as if his career has hit a ceiling. Jason's been sidelined. But all that will change one evening when Jason meets Kurt...
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The author of the critically acclaimed Elvis Presley biography Last Train to Memphis brings us the life of Sam Phillips, the visionary genius who singlehandedly steered the revolutionary path of Sun Records. The music that he shaped in his tiny Memphis studio with artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Ike Turner, Howlin' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash, introduced a sound that had never been heard before. He brought forth a singular mix of black...
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Copper Point Medical volume 3
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Dreamspinner Press
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2019.
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"Once upon a time Nicholas Beckert was the boy who stole kisses from Jared Kumpel beneath the bleachers. Now Jared's a pediatrician and Nick is the hospital CEO who won't glance his way. But everything changes when they're stranded alone in a hospital elevator."--
18) In the company of women: inspiration and advice from over 100 makers, artists, and entrepreneurs
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Artisan
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[2016]
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"Across the globe, women are embracing the entrepreneurial spirit and starting creative businesses. In the Company of Women profiles over 100 of these influential and creative women from all ages, races, backgrounds, and industries"--Amazon.com.
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"Since the publication of his last book, Andy has toured the country with his sidekick Anderson Cooper, hit the radio waves with his own Sirius station, ... appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher despite his mother's conviction he was not intellectually prepared, ... guest-edited Entertainment Weekly, starred in Bravo's Then & Now with Andy Cohen, offended celebrities with his ongoing case of foot-in-mouth disease, and welcomed home Teresa 'Namaste'...
20) A step of faith
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Walk volume 4
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Simon & Schuster
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c2013
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In St. Louis, Alan Christoffersen faces another life-changing crisis, putting his journey to grace in jeopardy.
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