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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
A quest for character	Yvonne Germaine Dufault	This book provides much primary data from the mouths of four Native elders and one highly respected Ojibway playwright in Ontario. Don Trent Four Arrows Jacobs who is the world's foremost authority o…	OL13212321W
Theophrasti Characteres	Theophrastus	"This volume collects important examples of Greek literary portraiture.". "The Characters of Theophrastus consists of thirty fictional sketches of men who are each dominated by a single fault, such …	OL1563119W
The Social Animal	David Brooks	With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live. Now, with the intellectual cu…	OL15955027W
The proper wife	Winnie Griggs	"Sensible, settled, steady... And not Sadie Lassiter. Eli Reynolds knows what he wants in a wife, and the flighty Texas girls couldn't be further from the mark. Eli has his nine-year-old sister's wel…	OL16475190W
What all the world's a-seeking	Ralph Waldo Trine	How can I make life yield its fullest and best? How can I know the true secret of power? How can I attain to a true and lasting greatness? How can I fill the whole of life with a happiness, a peace, …	OL1770293W
Brand aid	Larry G. Linne	Think branding is just for large corporations, marketing directors, and cows? Think again. Each one of us has a brand -- a personal brand, how others see us -- which is shaped by what we do, say, wri…	OL17883608W
The Soul of Statesmanship	L. Joseph Hebert	Shakespeare’s plays explore a staggering range of political topics, from the nature of tyranny, to the practical effects of Christianity on politics and the family, to the meaning and practice of sta…	OL18017358W
All the truth is out	Matt Bai	"The former chief political correspondent for The New York Times Magazine brilliantly revisits the Gary Hart affair and looks at how it changed forever the intersection of American media and politics…	OL19986569W
Go M.A.D. make a difference	Mike Patrick,Keith Hawkins,Chris Bowers,Mark Bernstein,Eric Chester,Patty Hendrickson,C. Kevin Wanzer,Ed Gerety,Byron V. Garrett,Ryan Underwood,Stu Sanders,Aaron Foster,Ray Lozano,Michael Scott Karpovich,Willie Jolley	15 youth motivation expers share ideas on how teens can make a difference at school, in the community and in the world they're inheriting.	OL20506568W
Return on character	Fred Kiel	"In 2001, Jim Collins published research findings that identified the "blend of personal humility and professional will" that enabled the Level 5 Leader to drive an otherwise unremarkable organizatio…	OL23216245W
Architects of fate	Orison Swett Marden	Architects of Fate, or, Steps to Success and Power, by Orison Swett Marden, is a book of inspiration to character-building, self-culture, to a full and rich manhood and womanhood, by most invigoratin…	OL2342867W
The color of character	Glen Shuld	After growing up during the civil rights movement, Glen Feigman has always found pride in judging people not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. As a gay man living in C…	OL24255863W
Instilling touchstones of character	Gary Smit	This engaging and practical book will assist parents, educators and youth leaders in the intentional and explicit teaching of character. You are going to find lessons, strategies and experiential act…	OL24271945W
Character quest	Sharon Berry,Ollie Gibbs	Character is not inherited; it doesn't "just happen." As you make your plans for the future, remember this important fact: Character must come before career! Character Quest will help you learn how t…	OL24816801W
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People	Sean Covey,Stephen R. Covey	New York Times bestseller—over 40 million copies sold The #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits o…	OL2629977W
El Mundo de Beakman & Jax	Jok Church	These are two of the three collections of the sunday comic strips of 'You Can With Beakman', each book has 48 comic strips, and every comic is extended into three pages per comic, many of the names a…	OL2697014W
Fia and the butterfly	Lonnetta M. Gaines	FIA is 11. She dislikes her looks, her life, and her new school. She hates it that she had to move to a new city. When she has a hard fall running for a bus, she makes a new friend who teaches her im…	OL27039059W
Cultivating a Life of Character	Elizabeth George	15 minutes a day toward becoming a woman after God's own heart. Cultivating the qualities God desires most in you. In the dark days of the Judges, God raised up men and women of character to help lea…	OL456355W
Lincoln for president	Timothy S. Good	"This work is the narrative of Abraham Lincoln's bid for the White House from 1858 through 1860. This work offers a day-by-day account that demonstrates how Lincoln's character, and his upholding of …	OL8555863W
Cam Jansen and the First Day of School Mystery (The Cam Jansen Series)	David A. Adler	The Cam Jansen series is perfect for young readers who are making the transition to chapter books. The first fifteen books in the series have received updated covers, and the series redesign continue…	OL9361909W