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A hand to guide me
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Denzel Washington,Daniel Paisner |
Highlighting the importance of everyday mentorship, a Hollywood star shares his personal story of mentoring and mentors who shaped his life, and introduces the life-changing stories of more than seve… |
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Deep Mentoring
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Randy D. Reese,Robert Loane |
"God is in the business of raising up leaders." — J. Robert (Bobby) Clinton. When good leaders are needed, when the work is urgent, our immediate reaction is to enlist new leaders. Instead we are cal… |
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Vanish
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Karen Spafford-Fitz |
When fourteen-year-old Simone is assigned to mentor a kindergarten student as a part of her leadership class, she finds herself enjoying the relationship, but soon begins to suspect that something is… |
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Handbook of youth mentoring
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Michael J. Karcher |
"The Handbook of Youth Mentoring provides the first scholarly and comprehensive synthesis of current theory, research, and practice in the field of youth mentoring. Editors David L. DuBois and Michae… |
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Apprenticed to Venus
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Tristine Rainer |
"I call this book a novoir--a memoir with true characters and actual dialogue, but with the structure and stylistic elements of a novel. It is my story and that of my mentor Anaïs Nin, intertwined as… |
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Blackbird
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Michael L. Fiegel |
Michael Fiegel's darkly compelling debut tells the story of an unusual bond between two killers and the destruction left in their wake. |
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Raise them up
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Kareem Moody,Anitra Budd |
The dramatic, real-world experiences of hard-to-reach youth inspire these vivid and compelling essays on effectively connecting with disengaged children. Written by an ex-gang member and former unrea… |
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My mentor
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Alec Wilkinson |
"At twenty-four, Alec Wilkinson decided that he wanted to write, so his father asked for the help of his closest friend, William Maxwell, widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's great Ameri… |
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Design disaster
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Margaret Gurevich |
After a few successful weeks of her internship with the famous fashion designer, Stefan Meyers, Chloe is asked to split her time between different departments--but her mentor in the new department is… |
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The math master
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Andrea Almada |
Lately Dora feels like she has to wait for everything she wants to do. Math is too easy, and time to play soccer never comes fast enough. When Dora takes on a special task, her patience is really put… |
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Our Colors
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Anne Ishii,Gengoroh Tagame |
Set in contemporary suburban Japan, Our Colors is the story of Sora Itoda, a sixteen-year-old aspiring painter who experiences his world in synesthetic hues of blues and reds and is governed by the e… |
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The Failing Hours
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Sara Ney |
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Make a difference
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Lindsey Clifford,Joy Barnett |
This book offers the secret of living an ordinary life in an extraordinary way through mentoring - and reveals purpose in even the smallest and seemingly unimportant things. Mentoring is a process wh… |
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Amazing mentors
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Karilee Halo Shames |
As our first daughter approached puberty, I suggested she invite a circle of women from our dance class to share their wisdom with her. The women came, and began to share their secrets. One by one, t… |
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My winning season
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Robert Buechner |
"...This movement, Champions for Urban Youth, encourages everyone to use their own gifts and resources to effect positive change right in their own neighborhoods. In this heartwarming true story read… |
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The Kindness of Strangers
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Marc Freedman |
The Kindness of Strangers tells the story of a group of concerned adults who mentor inner-city youth. It describes what volunteers can do to ameliorate the conditions of young people living in povert… |
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A Fine Young Man
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Michael Gurian |
From depression to dropping grades, from incidents of violence to teen suicide, today's adolescent boys are one of the largest at-risk groups in America today. In this bracing and insightful book, th… |
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The psychology of coaching, mentoring, and learning
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Ho Law,Sara Ireland,Zulfi Hussain |
The first UK book to address coaching psychology as a discipline, The Psychology of Coaching, Mentoring and Learning provides a thorough understanding of the rationale, theory and practice of coachi… |
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Creating a Mentoring Culture
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Lois J. Zachary |
In order to succeed in today's competitive environment, corporate and nonprofit institutions must create a workplace climate that encourages employees to continue to learn and grow. From the author o… |
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Mentoring children and adolescents
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Maureen A. Buckley,Sandra Hundley Zimmermann |
Written in a clear, straightforward manner, this comprehensive volume offers an overview of the concept of mentoring and information on the role that caring adult-youth relationships play in fosterin… |
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