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Sleepwalker
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John Toomey |
Hailed by Colum McCann as a "funny, smart, intuitive book," SLEEPWALKER introduces a true new Irish talent. |
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The Man Who Had All the Luck
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Arthur Miller |
The forgotten classic that launched the career of one of America's greatest playwrightsIt took more than fifty years for The Man Who Had All the Luck to be appreciated for what it truly is: the first… |
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Successfully You
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Leigh Valentine |
Her flashy convertible sports car careened off the road, rolled, and came crashing down, crushing her and leaving her burned and barely alive. Miraculously, Leigh Valentine survived and went on to wi… |
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Herzog
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Saul Bellow |
In Herzog Saul Bellow presents a multifaceted portrait of a modern-day hero, a man struggling with the complexity of existence and longing for redemption. This is the story of Moses Herzog, a great s… |
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Why people fail
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Siimon Reynolds |
"An essential guide for mastering failure in order to achieve your goalsSuccess is often just a moment--a goal fulfilled, soon to be replaced with new goals. But failure is the ambitious person's con… |
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The Hamilton case
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Michelle De Kretser |
Set in the 1930s in Ceylon, this novel reflects the decay, corruption and last days of an empire and a world at the end of its tether. The story concerns a murder scandal that shakes the upper echelo… |
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The Joy of Pain
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Smith, Richard H. |
Few people will easily admit to taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others. But who doesn't enjoy it when an arrogant but untalented contestant is humiliated on American Idol, or when the embarrass… |
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All we ever wanted was everything
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Janelle Brown |
Over the course of an eventful summer, the three Miller women--Janice, abandoned by her wealthy husband for her tennis partner; daughter Margaret, facing bankruptcy; and teenage daughter Lizzie, deal… |
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Cartwheel Katie
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Fran Manushkin |
Katie is enrolled in a gymnastics class, but when she has trouble doing some of the moves she gets discouraged and considers dropping out. |
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Fail fast, fail often
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Ryan Babineaux |
Ryan Babineaux and John Krumboltz, psychologists, career counselors, andnbsp;creators of the popular Stanford University course "Fail Fast, Fail Often," have come to a compelling conclusion: happy an… |
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Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn
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J. C. Maxwell |
Explores the most common lessons we learn when we experience loss and explains how to turn a set-back into a step forward by examining the eleven elements that make up the DNA of those who learn. |
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The up side of down
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Megan McArdle |
"For readers of Drive, Outliers, and Daring Greatly, a counterintuitive, paradigm-shifting new take on what makes people and companies succeed Most new products fail. So do most small businesses. And… |
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The art of failing
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Anthony McGowan |
"Anthony McGowan is a man at odds with the universe. Stumbling from one improbable fiasco to the next, he patrols the mean streets of West Hampstead like some unholy cross between Columbo, J. Alfred … |
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Losing in Gainesville
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Brian Costello |
This comedic slacker novel tracks a community of stoners, musicians, and regular dudes losing in every sense of the word. |
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Fueled by failure
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Jeremy Bloom |
"Sharing lessons from mentors and personal friends, including Pittsburg Steelers coach Mike Tomlin and managing partner at Google Ventures Bill Maris, and advice from his own life-changing experience… |
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Black box thinking
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Matthew Syed |
"Nobody wants to fail. But in highly complex organizations, success can happen only when we confront our mistakes, learn from our own version of a black box, and create a climate where it's safe to f… |
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Try again, Sally Jane
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Mary Diestel-Feddersen |
Sally Jane's attempts at roller skating are failures until animal friends encourage her to try again until she succeeds. |
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Fail Better
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Mark Kingwell |
278 pages ; 22 cm |
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Running Scared
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Emma Carlson Berne,Jake Maddox,Katie Wood |
Olivia likes running - when she's doing it for fun, that is. But when her friend convinces her to join the track team, Olivia panics. She's convinced she'll come in last place, and people will make f… |
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Coping with failure
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Shari Cohen |
Advice for bouncing back from personal setbacks and for regarding risks as challenges and learning experiences rather than as fearsome opportunities for making a mistake. |
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