Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be

Author: Frank Bruni

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 2015-03-17

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 145553269X

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Read award-winning journalist Frank Bruni's New York Times bestseller: an inspiring manifesto about everything wrong with today's frenzied college admissions process and how to make the most of your college years. Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no. In Where You Go is Not Who You'll Be, Frank Bruni explains why this mindset is wrong, giving students and their parents a new perspective on this brutal, deeply flawed competition and a path out of the anxiety that it provokes. Bruni, a bestselling author and a columnist for the New York Times, shows that the Ivy League has no monopoly on corner offices, governors' mansions, or the most prestigious academic and scientific grants. Through statistics, surveys, and the stories of hugely successful people, he demonstrates that many kinds of colleges serve as ideal springboards. And he illuminates how to make the most of them. What matters in the end are students' efforts in and out of the classroom, not the name on their diploma. Where you go isn't who you'll be. Americans need to hear that--and this indispensable manifesto says it with eloquence and respect for the real promise of higher education.

The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture

Author: Randy Pausch

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780340978504

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The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Letting Go - Here and Now
Letting Go - Here and Now

Author: Jean Whitred

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2023-12-19

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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Readers are invited to witness the struggle within the mind of a simple seeker when her thinking is challenged by a formless intelligence. Letting Go is a personal study with Spirit (or my own unconscious mind?) concerning the struggle to release myself from the stress of holding on to people, places, things, and relationships that no longer seem to serve me well, if they ever did. I'm sure that I'm not alone in holding on, at almost any cost, to a past that may have been an illusion. Letting go itself may be an illusion, if there was nothing to hold on to, but an illusion, or a hope that it might become real, if we just hang in there. It's so stressful to play that game. If we can learn to just let it all be as it is, and accept that letting go doesn't make anything go away - we can learn to relax and enjoy what we can, and let everything else just be as it seems determined to be, anyway. Words of wisdom - Let it be.

Go Here Instead
Go Here Instead

Author: DK Eyewitness

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2022-09-27

Total Pages: 712

ISBN-13: 0744078261

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Bursting with beautiful photography, this alternative bucket list takes some of the world's best-known sights, experiences and destinations – everything from over-visited national parks to crowded museums – and reveals more than 100 fascinating alternatives. Planning a trip to Rome’s Colosseum? Why not try the ancient amphitheatre in Nîmes instead. A visit to the Grand Canyon is on everyone’s bucket list – but how about adding Namibia’s spectacular Fish River Canyon to yours? And while Japan’s cherry blossoms are hard to beat, the seasonal display of hydrangeas in the Azores is just as beautiful. Featuring expert advice and practical tips, Go Here Instead will open your eyes to a wealth of new, and more sustainable, travel ideas. We’ve organized the book by types of trip, so whether you’re a wannabe art critic, an outdoor adventurer or you’re into your history, this epic bucket list has an alternative adventure for you. So, why not give Machu Picchu a break and travel beyond the crowds. Go Here Instead: The Alternative Travel List is your ticket to the trip of a lifetime. Inside Go Here Instead: The Alternative Travel List you will find: - 100 entries each focusing on an alternative to a well-known destination/sight/experience - Stunning photography throughout with color-coded maps and chapters - Stylized locator maps pinpointing the alternative sights, experiences and destinations. - A beautifully designed gift book that showcases inspiring alternatives to the world’s most popular sights, experiences and destinations - Covers: Architectural and Historical Sights, Festivals and Parties, Great Journeys, Architectural Marvels, Natural Wonders, Art and Culture and Cities About DK Eyewitness: At DK Eyewitness, we believe in the power of discovery. We make it easy for you to explore your dream destinations. DK Eyewitness travel guides have been helping travelers to make the most of their breaks since 1993. Filled with expert advice, striking photography and detailed illustrations, our highly visual DK Eyewitness guides will get you closer to your next adventure. We publish guides to more than 200 destinations, from pocket-sized city guides to comprehensive country guides. Named Top Guidebook Series at the 2020 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards, we know that wherever you go next, your DK Eyewitness travel guides are the perfect companion.

Your Ad Could Go Here
Your Ad Could Go Here

Author: Oksana Stefanivna Zabuz︠h︡ko

Publisher: AmazonCrossing

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781542019422

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Oksana Zabuzhko, author of "the most influential Ukrainian book in the fifteen years since independence," Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex, returns with a gripping short story collection. Oksana Zabuzhko, Ukraine's leading public intellectual, is called upon to make sense of the unthinkable reality of our times. In this breathtaking short story collection, she turns the concept of truth over in her hands like a beautifully crafted pair of gloves. From the triumph of the Orange Revolution, which marked the start of the twenty-first century, to domestic victories in matchmaking, sibling rivalry, and even tennis, Zabuzhko manages to shock the reader by juxtaposing things as they are--inarguable, visible to the naked eye--with how things could be, weaving myth and fairy tale into pivotal moments just as we weave a satisfying narrative arc into our own personal mythologies. At once intimate and worldly, these stories resonate with Zabuzhko's irreverent and prescient voice, echoing long after reading.

I Had to Go There to Get Here
I Had to Go There to Get Here

Author: Ken Holmes

Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published: 2011-08-01

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1848766866

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There was a lust for fame and fortune. Only then would he become the biggest pull on the planet. But the closer he got to his fortune, the more he became disillusioned with the value of money, as he discovered a world full of greed, evil and corruption. He falls in love and realises that's what he's been looking for all his life, but there is work to do. He is now Don Quixote, the character Cervantes saw four hundred years ago, and he must slay the evil giants before he is worthy of the fair Dulcinea. But they are many. Though Don Quixote is not alone - there have been forces guiding him, giving him strength all his life, way outside our comprehension, and they're getting stronger... ...and so is he.

I HAD TO GO THERE TO GET HERE
I HAD TO GO THERE TO GET HERE

Author: Phyllis Ames-Bey

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2009-11-25

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 145000136X

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My book, "I Had To Go There To Get Here-It Is What It Is" consist of a compilation of prayers, poems, poetry, prose, songs and lyrics written over a course of 43 years of my life about what I experienced in life. The book is a very inspirational book. There are three hundred and thirty two pages of such experiences.The contents consist of an open letter to my son, my testimony, petitions to GOD, side titled poems, poems about deceased people, poems about my associates, poems about suicidal thoughts, the inner me poetry and poems, poems about companions, inspirational hymns, ballads and rap songs in which tunes are available for some, and finally prayers to GOD. The book could really be a goldmine for people who are looking for lyrics to set to songs or to use as poetry on greeting cards among other ideas.

My Guide to American English
My Guide to American English

Author: Jeannie Yang

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2012-02-15

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9781469738789

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Lets face it: Theres no time like the present to learn English. Its the worlds most widely spoken language. It permeates nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Mastering pronunciation, figures of speech, and idioms are just a few of the challenges students may face. Even so, learning to actually use American English comfortably isnt among the easiest of tasks, Author Jeannie Yang hopes to help with that. Numbered lessons and regimented exercises only serve to make an already daunting task seem impossible. They dont help, so they arent welcome in this book. Professor Jeannie Yang has takes a new approach to learning conversational Englishinviting you to the conversation! Written in the form of a movie screenplay, these fictional scenarios innovatively invite you to actively engage in conversations on a variety of subjects and in a variety of settings. As you speak their words, you can imagine that you are one of the charactersand youll be learning at the same time. Youll meet Mi Heea sweet and spunky young woman from Korea who dreams of studying at an American university Kennyan intellectual from Hong Kong whos lived and studied in the United States for years RoyKennys best friend, whose liberal use of slang is in stark contrast to Kennys esoteric vocabulary Whether you are going on a cruise or heading for a job interview, this book serves as a practical and entertaining guide to getting more comfortable with conversational American English.

Hearings
Hearings

Author: United States. Congress Senate

Publisher:

Published: 1963

Total Pages: 2336

ISBN-13:

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