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Author: Norton Juster

2007-11-17

 

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Author: John Derosalia

2007-11-17

 

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Author: Camilla Morton

2007-11-17

 

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Author: Lois P. Frankel

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Tags: self corporate help

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Description: For every professional woman who wants to get ahead—but feels she is at an impasse—NICEFor every professional woman who wants to get ahead—but feels she is at an impasse—NICE GIRLS DON'T GET THE CORNER OFFICE comes to the rescue. Although it's less threatening and more politically correct for women to point the finger outwardly when assessing why they are overlooked for promotions and assignments for which they are superbly qualified, the real answers may lie inward.
In this book, Dr. Lois Frankel, an internationally recognized corporate coach and author, reveals the 101 self-sabotaging behaviors women learn as girls-behaviors and habits that are now holding them back in the workplace, such as couching statements as questions, tilting your head when you speak, waiting to be noticed and pinching company pennies. From executive to entry level, every woman needs to know what she is doing to subconsciously sound, look, act, market herself, and/or be treated like a "girl". This book will help women to become aware of when and how they are damaging their career and it will give them the advice and tips they need to help replace these self-defeating behaviors with more effective ones—and finally claim the corner office they so richly deserve....

2006-01-09

 

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Author: Barbara Sher

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Tags: self help motivational

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Description: "A life without direction is a life without passion," says motivational specialist,"A life without direction is a life without passion," says motivational specialist, therapist, and career counselor Barbara Sher. In I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was, a sort of broader, less dense, and less intimidating version of What Color Is Your Parachute?, she reveals how to "recapture long lost goals, overcome the blocks that inhibit your success, decide what you want to be, and live your dreams."
This is a perfect book for new college graduates or anyone sick and tired of languishing in a dead-end job or relationship--yet reluctant to make drastic life changes due to uncertainty about what would actually inspire them. I Could Do Anything combines the I'm-not-buying your-excuses inspiration of Dr. Laura Schlessinger with the soothing, analytic encouragement of Dr. Martin Seligman in his classic Learned Optimism. In other words, Sher will pick you up off your butt and get you moving. She's included enough self-analytical exercises in here to save you hundreds of dollars in therapy.

Whether you're looking to make improvements in your job or personal life, Sher will teach you how to determine what your goals are, and how to successfully reach them--even if right now the only thing you know is that you're vaguely to very unhappy and haven't the foggiest idea what to do with yourself.
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2006-01-09

 

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Type: poetry

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Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

2005-12-29

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: George Orwell

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Tags: revolution politics russian fable

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Description: Political fable: said to be Orwells way of criticising the Russian Revolution.

2005-12-29

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Sylvia Plath

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Tags: autobiography plath

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Description: An autobiographical account of the life of Sylvia Plath with particular focus on the mentalAn autobiographical account of the life of Sylvia Plath with particular focus on the mental trauma she endured: saturated with poetry and metaphors, in short, it's brilliant. ...

2005-12-29

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Author: Victor Hugo

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Description: A thought-provoking book about love, jealousy, persecution and the severity of humanity.

2005-12-29

 

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Author: Sophocles

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Description: "Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex has never been surpassed for the raw and terrible power with"Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex has never been surpassed for the raw and terrible power with which its hero struggles to answer the eternal question, "Who am I?" The play, a story of a king who—acting entirely in ignorance—kills his father and marries his mother, unfolds with shattering power; we are helplessly carried along with Oedipus towards the final, horrific truth. " - Amazon.com Editorial Review....

2005-12-29