My Ideal Bookshelf

My Ideal Bookshelf

Author: Thessaly La Force

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2012-11-13

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0316225002

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The books that we choose to keep -- let alone read -- can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In My Ideal Bookshelf, dozens of leading cultural figures share the books that matter to them most; books that define their dreams and ambitions and in many cases helped them find their way in the world. Contributors include Malcolm Gladwell, Thomas Keller, Michael Chabon, Alice Waters, James Patterson, Maira Kalman, Judd Apatow, Chuck Klosterman, Miranda July, Alex Ross, Nancy Pearl, David Chang, Patti Smith, Jennifer Egan, and Dave Eggers, among many others. With colorful and endearingly hand-rendered images of book spines by Jane Mount, and first-person commentary from all the contributors, this is a perfect gift for avid readers, writers, and all who have known the influence of a great book.


How to Win Friends and Influence People

How to Win Friends and Influence People

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Publisher: ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع

Published: 2024-02-17

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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You can go after the job you want…and get it! You can take the job you have…and improve it! You can take any situation you’re in…and make it work for you! Since its release in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 30 million copies. Dale Carnegie’s first book is a timeless bestseller, packed with rock-solid advice that has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. As relevant as ever before, Dale Carnegie’s principles endure, and will help you achieve your maximum potential in the complex and competitive modern age. Learn the six ways to make people like you, the twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, and the nine ways to change people without arousing resentment.


On Membership in the Society of Friends

On Membership in the Society of Friends

Author: Robert Barclay of Tottenham

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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This work presents an incredible history of the 'Society of Friends', a Christian group that emerged in mid-17th-century England, committed to living under the "Inner Light," or direct inward apprehension of God, without creeds, clergy, or other ecclesiastical forms. The author, Robert Barclay, was a Scottish Quaker and one of the most prominent writers of the Religious Society of Friends.


On Membership in the Society of Friends

On Membership in the Society of Friends

Author: Robert Barclay

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-03-26

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 3382153718

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.


Locating Lost Family Members and Friends

Locating Lost Family Members and Friends

Author: Kathleen W. Hinckley

Publisher: North Light Books

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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Provides instructions for locating lost family members on the Internet, and demonstrates how to oversome research obstacles. Bibliog.


Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

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Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781912520558

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Francis Bacon is considered one of the most important painters of the 20th century. A major exhibition of his paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2020 explores the role of animals in his work - not least the human animal. Having often painted dogs and horses, in 1969 Bacon first depicted bullfights. In this powerful series of works, the interaction between man and beast is dangerous and cruel, but also disturbingly intimate. Both are contorted in their anguished struggle and the erotic lurks not far away: "Bullfighting is like boxing," Bacon once said. "A marvellous aperitif to sex." 0Twenty-two years later, a lone bull was to be the subject of his final painting. In this fascinating publication - a significant addition to the literature on Bacon - expert authors discuss Bacon's approach to animals and identify his varied sources of inspiration, which included surrealist literature and the photographs of Eadweard Muybridge. They contend that, by depicting animals in states of vulnerability, anger and unease, Bacon sought to delve into the human condition.00Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (22.01-12.04.2021).


Cried Out the River for Love

Cried Out the River for Love

Author: Charlotte Fairbairn

Publisher:

Published: 2022-03-18

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781919624822

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What is it to be a parent? What is it to be the parent of a child who is distant and different and fragile? In this magical fable, a larger-than-life sculptor father and a costume-maker mother watch over their angel Sybilla. They live in a nameless city on a mythical river aboard a barge with a moon-and-stars clock and a camomile lawn and festoons of velvet. The story tumbles and flows with the energy of the river, breathless yet poised, the words sparkling with a fierce and perfect originality. This is a fable but it is also real, about loving a child and losing her. What does lost mean? And found? A profoundly original look at the unfathomable complexity of family relationships.


The Growing Rock

The Growing Rock

Author: Susanna Lancaster

Publisher:

Published: 2017-10-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781941861479

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Papa is a good liar--he can tell a fib all the way from Ripley to Nashville to calm everyone down or make a situation seem better, including the Great Depression. But the day he promises fourteen-year-old Caroline that everything will be okay when he leaves the farm to find work elsewhere, she isn't so sure. After all, George told her something very similar not long ago. And they haven't heard from him since. His loud laugh echoes in her mind, especially in the silence of the cotton fields. How could her favorite brother possibly have died in the Ohio River floods the way the rest of the family says? Now that the women are left to take care of the farm, Caroline has to believe he'll come back. Otherwise, she won't have the strength to do her share of the work while looking after her sickly little sister Phoebe and telling her hopeful stories about the Growing Rock that George always said grew magically larger every summer. But as time moves on, Caroline feels more and more discouraged. Except for the town's strange recluse, she often has no one to talk to. It doesn't help that she feels different now around her best friend Peter, and, on top of everything, her older sister Blanche constantly runs off. When tragedy occurs that threatens to break the large family apart even more, will Caroline give into the hopelessness that has consumed Mama?


The One-Minute Meeting

The One-Minute Meeting

Author: Mary Hemphill

Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing

Published: 2020-01-09

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781516578467

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The One-Minute Meeting: Creating Student Stakeholders in Schools teaches readers how to leverage a unique instructional practice called the One-Minute Meeting to authentically glean information from students. This valuable feedback can then be used to inform instructional practice, learning environment, and student achievement. The text provides detailed instructions for introducing, planning, implementing, and disaggregating the One-Minute Meeting in any learning environment. The book features in-depth explanations on the importance of each One-Minute Meeting component, from creating an informative needs assessment to maximizing transformational potential within a school to communicating with teacher leaders. Each chapter begins by explaining the origin of each One-Minute Meeting concept and then lays out the formal research that supports the concept within a school setting. Readers are provided with examples and templates throughout to support implementation at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Developed to inspire school and district leaders to fully engage with and empower their students, The One-Minute Meeting is an exceptional resource for courses in school leadership and administration. The text is also a valuable resource for in-service educators and administrators at K-12 institutions.