Wonderful Wawa's Words of Wisdom
Wonderful Wawa's Words of Wisdom

Author: Walter Rein

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2007-10

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0595455603

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WARNING: The Believer General has determined that reading this book could be harmful to your faith. After exhaustive investigation, it has been determined that Wonderful Wawa is neither a being of this earth nor a god, but a secret agent of the LIA: the Lunatic Intelligence Agency, for you humans out there. The LIA is an elite arm of the government of planet Lunacy, a world that orbits a very small sun situated behind Antares and hidden from Earthlings. Wonderful Wawa arrived on Earth in a womb-shaped spaceship and implanted into a human female, camouflaging himself as a fellow human being. His only mission: infiltrate as many earthly institutions as possible to spread the seeds of the Lunatic philosophy. As Earthling Buehl Sheadt follows Wawa's every move in this provocative fantasy, thus begins the strangest part of Sheadt's life. He dutifully chronicles how Wawa reaches his wise and witty conclusions through many years of dedicated soul-searching. With his scribe in tow, Wawa continues to expound his theories-befriending some and offending many-while always maintaining the unique position of a "casually interested onlooker" in life. Enjoy this irreverent collection of tongue-in-cheek philosophical musings from an itinerant wise man, on everything from circumcision to Communism, and a multitude of subjects in between.

Soul in Space
Soul in Space

Author: Noelle Kocot

Publisher: Wave Books

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1933517743

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An electric new collection, built from the rubble and strangeness of daily life.

Hop-About
Hop-About

Author: Colin Krainin

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09-28

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13:

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If Mr. Rabbit had to change one thing in his life-well, he wouldn't. His best friend Benny the Bunny could not agree more. The two wawas enjoy a vibrant life together on the Upper West Side of New York City. Their cozy days are filled with flowers, friends, and fresh strawberries smothered in whipped cream. That all changes when Benny's past comes knocking on the door of Apartment 1K in the form of Custerd the Cat. He's orange. He's outrageous. He's Boca Raton's leading feline bon vivant. And he is a cat with a plan. The wawas soon find themselves on a journey to find a lost friend that takes them across the Australian outback to a grand fortress, mysterious and dark. Will the wawas confront their greatest fears in order to find their friend? Or, like so many other wawas before them, will they end up lost without any hope of being found? Hop-About features beautifully crafted characters that overflow with humor and pathos as they confront the realities of our world today. Climate change, wildfire, callous indifference, trauma, and profound loss haunt the wawas' journey. But kindness, courage, friendship, and love are the ingredients in a powerful antidote that is needed now more than ever.

The Book of Equanimity
The Book of Equanimity

Author: Gerry Shishin Wick

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2005-03-15

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 086171802X

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The Book of Equanimity contains the first-ever complete English language commentary on one of the most beloved classic collections of Zen teaching stories (koans), making them vividly relevant to spiritual seekers and Zen students in the twenty-first century. Continually emphasizing koans as effective tools to discover and experience the deepest truths of our being, Wick brings the art of the koan to life for those who want to practice wisdom in their daily lives. The koan collection Wick explores here is highly esteemed as both literature and training material in the Zen tradition, in which koan-study is one of two paths a practitioner might take. This collection is used for training in many Zen centers in the Americas and in Europe but has never before been available with commentary from a contemporary Zen master. Wick's Book of Equanimity includes new translations of the preface, main case and verse for each koan, and modern commentaries on the koans by Wick himself.

How We Talk about Language
How We Talk about Language

Author: Betsy Rymes

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-09-24

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1108488315

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With examples of conversation, this book is a lively account of social and intellectual import of everyday talk about language.

Built from Scratch
Built from Scratch

Author: Bernie Marcus

Publisher: Crown Currency

Published: 2019-08-20

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 0593137892

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One of the greatest entrepreneurial success stories of the past twenty years When a friend told Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank that “you’ve just been hit in the ass by a golden horseshoe,” they thought he was crazy. After all, both had just been fired. What the friend, Ken Langone, meant was that they now had the opportunity to create the kind of wide-open warehouse store that would help spark a consumer revolution through low prices, excellent customer service, and wide availability of products. Built from Scratch is the story of how two incredibly determined and creative people—and their associates—built a business from nothing to 761 stores and $30 billion in sales in a mere twenty years. Built from Scratch tells many colorful stories associated with The Home Depot’s founding and meteoric rise; shows that a company can be a tough, growth-oriented competitor and still maintain a high sense of responsibility to the community; and provides great lessons useful to people in any business, from start-ups to the Fortune 500.

Fit In, Stand Out
Fit In, Stand Out

Author: Blythe J. McGarvie

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 9780071460798

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A veteranFortune 500CFO and business innovator shares her breakthrough program to tap the leader within “Blythe McGarvie incites readersto think about the connections between success, ethics, and financial prowess.” —Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft During her extensive experience studying effectiveness in business, leadership expert Blythe McGarvie uncovered a vital lesson: successful leaders are systems thinkers. By managing the two forces that power the essential dynamic of business systems, integration (fitting in) and transformation (standing out), managers and executives will generate astonishing results: solutions are created, teamwork grows, change is embraced, and effectiveness is improved and rewarded. Now, in Fit In, Stand Out, McGarvie presents her breakthrough program thatwill help you become a more effective leader. She reveals how integration and transformation function as the yin and yang of business, working together and balancing each other to form the two sides of leadership success. By mastering these imperatives through the revolutionary FISO FACTOR, you will become a team player while simultaneously advocating change and fostering long-term growth. Fit In, Stand Out provides the keys to mastering the six agents of FISO (financial acumen, integrity, alliances, learning, perspective, and global citizenship), and the attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics (ABCs) you need to wield them.