Author: Jefferson Kaighn
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1622952359
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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The leap from Insurance Executive to COO of a retirement community was a challenge for Sue Edwards. Despite her strong business and relationship building skills, Sue had to prove that she could lead a talented group of professionals who had been at Bainbridge for decades. She knew there would be challenges, but what she didn't expect was a passive aggressive CFO determined to undermine her efforts. Will the Performance Improvement Team (PIT Crew) be able to bridge the gap? Follow one organization's journey through changes in strategies and ways of doing things through relationship building, leadership, and trust. The PIT Crew changed Bainbridge Village. It will change you too.
Author: Simon Young
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1447883306
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Professor Leif Hansen, a wealthy Danish botanist, builds a pioneer ecovillage for scientists to begin research into lichen that could one day produce oxygen on Mars for future space missions. NASA agrees to help with the project and finds a suitable location for his research in Namibia, South West Africa, where he and his fellow ecovillagers can research permaculture, eco-living, and getting back in touch with Mother Nature. Unknown to him a cabal founded by surviving Nazis are planning World War Three and some of their members plan to take it by force as a haven. As the nuclear holocaust threatens their existence, the villagers resort to extreme measures to defend their precious oasis in the desert that they have strived for years to build, while battling both local militia and mercenaries. But what if the green revolution isn't what we think it is?
Author: Shawn Michael Bitz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997150506
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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From emerging author, Shawn Michael Bitz! If you enjoy coming of age tales, you'll love Butterfly Pit Crew. Butterfly Pit Crewdelivers raw truths from the depths of the heart of friendship... After Derisk rescues Christopher from a notorious bully on the playground, their friendship is born. From that day forward, Christopher is forever enamored with his savior. Derisk explains to him that his whole mission in life is to help other people. He welcomes Christopher as they play saviors while attempting to slay their own inner-demons. Their parents keep a proud but distant watch, cheering on the two friends as they grow into basketball heroes. Christopher has the skills, but lacks the confidence. Derisk has all the confidence in the world, but lacks self-control. Later, when the pressure of living as basketball heroes presses down on them, they turn to other adventures. Will fishing, first loves, and cars provide what they yearn for-or will they fall into the world of alcohol and drugs? While their friendship defines their very existence and defies boundaries, eventually the two must come to terms with their individuality. This could mean self-destruction or self-preservation. When the time comes for a life or death choice to be made, will their friendship survive? Scroll up to buy Butterfly Pit Crew now to experience this tale of friendship and coming of age. This is the story of the friendship between two teenagers who are more than each others' saviors when dealing with bullies, alcohol abuse, inner demons, and the pressure of being seen as basketball heroes. It is a story of rite of passage. Will their life mission save them, or become their downfall?
Author: Claire Hagen Dole
Publisher: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
ISBN: 9781889538587
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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An illustrated handbook of tips for creating a habitat favorable to all stages of a butterfly's life. Includes information on butterfly and caterpillar plants for every region.
Author: Julian Knuckles
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435727886
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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SUN IN FLIGHT is tragic-comedy. The Kindlers inhabit a world lurching from Hiroshima to Woodstock to 9/11. Terror of the Bomb becomes fear of Terror. In the family saga, dreamtime magic seeps into daytime reality. The wider focus is on the arms race and the 'special relationship' of two countriesIn Volume III, BUTTERFLIES, the Kindlers move to Tehran. Cal then quits the State Dept. and flees to Scotland with his family. Trying to get away from the Missile Crisis, they find that Edinburgh is not so far from Havana.Cal teaches in Kentucky, where Sammy discovers hash brownies while twin Harry stays forever sober British. Cal then finds work in London. 1968 finds Sammy in Paris. Harry studies in England and meets Kuwaiti Rashid, conduit to the Arab world. Sammy takes a memorable acid trip. Maggie's parents grow odder as her children grow farther away. Patty's dreams turn seriously strange. The book ends with the Apollo moon landing.
Author: Elizabeth Marie Solomon
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105411214
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 61
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Susan is a caseworker for CPS and she is a dreamer and thinks that all things are possible despite what others think. Join her world in the barrios of San Antonio and see kids the way she sees them caterpillars waiting for their wings. It's a story of redemption and the freedom that comes with acceptance.
Author: Mary Alice Monroe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439170681
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Now in paperback from "New York Times"-bestselling author Monroe, the story of four very different women who embark on a transformational journey following the migrating monarchs across the United States.
Author: E. G. Antoni
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
ISBN: 1662901364
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 263
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Sheila Larksdon had all the comforts most women wanted. Attractive, married, wealth, a beautiful home in the Atlanta suburbs, and her own business. Except she wasn’t satisfied in her bedroom where she pined for more from her husband, Mark. Asked to assist a female relative of Mark’s, sell her home and buy a new one, Sheila readily agreed. But it required spending long weekends away from home. It was during those weekends that Sheila and the relative began an illicit affair that altered Sheila’s life forever. A senseless act of betrayal brought Sheila to her senses, and she ended the relationship before it ruined her marriage. Years later, after Mark’s death, Sheila left her life in Atlanta behind and moved in with Regina, the woman Sheila had an affair with, and the two reignited their love affair. Content in her life as a lesbian, Sheila made plans to take on new challenges and make new memories. But fate intervened, and Regina was fatally shot and killed during a robbery. Alone again, Sheila longed for human companionship and began engaging in affairs with men and women. One was A New Year’s Eve dinner date that ended tragically for Sheila and almost lost her life. A chance encounter with Charlotte, a woman from her past, led to the women forming a bond. Both shared intimate things from their past, and the bond strengthened into love. Sheila saw a future with Charlotte and began a life with her designed to last forever. But, did anything last forever for Sheila?
Author: Kanti Gopal Kovvali
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House
ISBN: 8184956614
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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Are you a Formula 1 buff? Even if you are not, have you had a chance to watch a Formula 1 (F1) race? It is probably the most grueling race in the world, where only the best qualify. These drivers are daredevils, deeply passionate about the sport and have nerves of steel. They are backed by great machines, great automobile research and great support teams. There is nothing really that sets one F1 driver apart from the other among the top 10. If that is so, how is it that some of them win consistently? How are F1 drivers like Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber so consistent in winning the race every time? What separates winners from those who “almost win”? If this question bothers you, then Pit Stops for Peak Performance is for you. In a race where winning depends on speed and your ability to race ahead of others, what really differentiates winners from others are your SMART STOPS. This includes planned stops as well as unplanned stops. These stops in Formula 1 lingo are called PIT STOPS. Pit stops can make or break a race. “A lot of races are won in the pit,” according to IndyCar driver Will Power. Isn’t your work as a manager like the Formula 1 race where you are racing for excellence through the year? If pit stops differentiate the winners from others, how smart are your pit stops? You will learn how to: • Achieve high performance • Set and achieve reasonable and realistic goals • Develop teams and motivate them • Analyze the markets – customers, distributors and competitors • Become more productive and strategic KANTI GOPAL KOVVALI is the founder and CEO of a change management consultancy firm, Institution Builders HR Solutions Pvt Ltd (www.institutionbuilders.com). He is an OD specialist with significant expertise in large-scale change methodologies and building high performance work cultures.
Author: Anna J. Stewart
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488012334
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 167
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Doesn’t she know she can trust him with anything? To Butterfly Harbor deputy sheriff Fletcher Bradley, Paige Cooper is a mystery he’s dying to solve. Ever since the single mother and her equally irresistible young daughter showed up, life in his California town has changed for the better. Fletch isn’t sure what Paige is running from; he only knows she’s keeping some pretty serious secrets. Yet here she is, already a vital part of the community and working with him to crack a series of recent break-ins. Paige has to trust someone sometime. Why not Fletch? Doesn’t she know that she belongs here—with him?
