Author: Mark Henson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692856734
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Unleash Your Potential and Create a Superpowered LifePositive change. It's highly desired, but hard to achieve. So how do you achieve it? Better yet, how do you create it? It all starts when you unleash the potential of your Ordinary Superpowers -- the talents and skills that create the most positive difference in your life, the lives of others, and the world around you. When you discover and maximize these powers, you will start a ripple effect of improvement in all aspects of your life, including career, family, community, and more.This book will help you identify your most powerful natural talents and create a plan to use your powers with intention and purpose. By the way, your most powerful talents may not be what you think they are...Ordinary Superpowers is the origin story of your new, superpowered life.
Author: David J. Schwartz
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307449688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Madison, Wisconsin: In the summer of 2001, five college juniors wake up with . . . not just a hangover, but superpowers. . . . Jack Robinson: Grew up on a farm, works in a chem lab, and brews his own beer. Age: 19. Superpower: SPEED. Caroline Bloom: Has a flair for fashion design and a mother who’s completely out of touch. Works as a waitress for a lunatic boss. Age: 20. Superpower: FLIGHT. Harriet Bishop: Studied violin, guitar, and piano . . . and was terrible at them all. Now writes about music for the campus paper. Age: 20. Superpower: INVISIBILITY. Mary Beth Layton: Is managing a 3.8, but feels like she’s working three times as hard as the people around her. Age: 20. Superpower: STRENGTH. Charlie Frost: Has an anxious way about him, and always looks like he’s on day 101 of his most recent haircut. Age: 20. Superpower: TELEPATHY. But how do you adjust to an extraordinary ability when you’re an ordinary person? What if you’re not ready for the responsibility that comes with great power? And how do you keep your head in a world that’s going mad?
Author: Susanna Isern
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 1506463193
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Superheroes have superpowers, abilities like strength or invisibility or flight. But did you know that ordinary kids have superpowers too? From dancing to reading to persistence and optimism, all of us have a superpower that makes us special and unique, a special ability that enables us to make a difference in the world. What's your superpower? With eighteen stories of kids with everyday superpowers, The Big Book of Superpowers will inspire kids to look inside and find what makes them extraordinary
Author: John Pavlovitz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501179667
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Overwhelmed by the news cycle and the state of affairs in our world? Pastor, blogger, and powerful voice in the Resistance, John Pavlovitz has the answer: this rousing and inspirational guide, drawing from lessons of our favorite superheroes, for how we can band together, live more heroically (and meaningfully), and save the world. It’s exhausting to give a damn these days, isn’t it? Perhaps you’re feeling anguished about what you see on the news or in your social media timeline, or by your personal circumstances, and are paralyzed waiting for political or religious leaders, or celebrities, to rescue us from it all. But what if you didn’t have to wait for someone else? What if you could be the hero? This book—a spirited call to action—shows you how. In these pages, John offers a path away from the vitriol and toward compassion, and a plan to transform our burdens into dreams and our outrage into activism. Drawing from lessons of beloved fictional superheroes, John shows us how to identify our origin story, build protective suits of armor, guard against our personal kryptonite, and vanquish our villains. He also identifies ten specific “superpowers” that we can enlist to make our lives and our world better. Along the way, he shares inspiring anecdotes and profiles about ordinary people who saw a gap in the world in empathy or kindness or gratitude and decided to fill it. Hope and Other Superpowers is an invitation to anyone hoping to be the kind of person the world so desperately needs—the kind who can save it. In other words: it’s an invitation to you.
Author: Steven Bereznai
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0973292881
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
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The Genetic Wars that turned most of the planet into a wasteland are over. The so-called "dregs" (short for "DNA regulars") and superpowered "Supergenics" now live separately from each other: the Supergenics in the shiny towers of Jupitar City, the dregs across the river in the squat concrete buildings of the boroughs. But Supergenic children are still born to dreg parents, and under repressive laws must be sent to live with their own kind. To find these special few, every teen faces their Testing Day. When her turn comes, socially isolated Caitlin Feral is determined to Manifest superpowers. If she fails, she faces a lifetime of loneliness and drudgery in the boroughs. But how much is she willing to sacrifice to be the supergirl she's always wanted to be? With the help of her OCD best friend Normand, can she rescue her boyfriend Bradie? What secrets are they each keeping? And when she uncovers dark lies told by dregs and Supergenics alike, does she dare start another war to reveal the truth?
Author: Rob Williams
Publisher: Titan Comics
ISBN: 1782765840
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 229
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'Imagine a place where everyone has their own unique superpower, and you can tell just from looking at them what that power must be. Imagine a street full of people like that. Then imagine a world. Who else but DÕIsraeli could draw such a story? Now imagine it done with wit and wonder, and a talking bear, and a bloke who can magic beer out of thin air. Who else but Rob Williams could write it?Õ Ð Garth Ennis IN THE WORLD OF THE SUPEROWERED, THE DULL AND THE WEAK ARE KING! Imagine a world where everyone has superpowers. Everyone, that is, except you. YouÕre the same old miserable, lonely loser youÕve always beenÉ Welcome to the world of Michael Fisher Ð a plumber left behind when the world goes mad! But now the last normal person on Earth might be our only chance for the survival of the human race! Michael just wants to pick up his son from school. But when your best friend is transformed into a talking bear, the neighbourhood bullies have become a two-headed ogre, and giant-size baseball players strike out on fighter jets over the harbourÉ will the chaos on the streets finish him off before he even gets that chance? DonÕt miss this stunning collection of the critically-acclaimed miniseries from the writer of 'Doctor Who: The Eleventh DoctorÕ, and the Illustrator of 'TrifectaÕ, 'Scarlet TracesÕ, and 'Kingdom of the WickedÕ!
Author: Russell Gold
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1501163590
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Meet Michael Skelly, the man boldly harnessing wind energy that could power America’s future and break its fossil fuel dependence in this “essential, compelling look into the future of the nation’s power grid” (Bryan Burrough, author of The Big Rich). The United States is in the midst of an energy transition. We have fallen out of love with dirty fossil fuels and want to embrace renewable energy sources like wind and solar. A transition from a North American power grid that is powered mostly by fossil fuels to one that is predominantly clean is feasible, but it would require a massive building spree—wind turbines, solar panels, wires, and billions of dollars would be needed. Enter Michael Skelly, an infrastructure builder who began working on wind energy in 2000 when many considered the industry a joke. Eight years later, Skelly helped build the second largest wind power company in the United States—and sold it for $2 billion. Wind energy was no longer funny—it was well on its way to powering more than 6% of electricity in the United States. Award-winning journalist, Russel Gold tells Skelly’s story, which in many ways is the story of our nation’s evolving relationship with renewable energy. Gold illustrates how Skelly’s company, Clean Line Energy, conceived the idea for a new power grid that would allow sunlight where abundant to light up homes in the cloudy states thousands of miles away, and take wind from the Great Plains to keep air conditioners running in Atlanta. Thrilling, provocative, and important, Superpower is a fascinating look at America’s future.
Author: Ian Bremmer
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143109707
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Bestselling author and strategist Ian Bremmer argues that Washington’s directionless foreign policy has become expensive and dangerous. Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. has stumbled from crisis to crisis in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine with no clear strategy. Bremmer urges us to think more deeply about what sort of role America should play and how it should use its superpower status. He explores three competing options: • Independent America: America should no longer take responsibility for solving other people’s problems, and instead should lead by example. • Moneyball America: Washington can’t meet every international challenge, but we can and should focus on opportunities and defend U.S. interests where they’re threatened. • Indispensable America: Only America can defend the values on which global stability increasingly depends. We will never live in a stable world while others are denied their most basic freedoms. There are sound arguments for and against each of these choices, but we must choose. Washington can no longer improvise a foreign policy without a lasting commitment to a coherent strategy.
Author: Kai-Fu Lee
Publisher: Harper Business
ISBN: 132854639X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 275
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AI Superpowers is Kai-Fu Lee's New York Times and USA Today bestseller about the American-Chinese competition over the future of artificial intelligence.
Author: Devin Thorpe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578976303
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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For years, author Devin Thorpe asked hundreds of guests on his podcast, "What is your superpower?" Their inspiring answers, along with profiles highlighting their social impact and insights into how you can emulate them, comprise Superpowers for Good.Early praise:Devin has leveraged his "superpowers" to drive impact in the world his entire career, as an executive, through media and podcasts, as an author. In his new book, he assembles deeply personal stories that will inspire all of us to build a brighter future. ~Isabelle HauWe all have a superpower, even if we don't know what it is. Devin Thorpe's ability to reveal the amazing powers of amazing people is unmatched. Superpowers for Good is an incredible collection of stories from people who are making an impact on the world around us. ~Richard Bliss
