My Orange Duffel Bag

My Orange Duffel Bag

Author: Sam Bracken

Publisher: Harmony

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0307984885

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Documents the story of the author's childhood in an abusive and impoverished family, describing how he earned a full college football scholarship and reinvented himself by embracing specific positive rules for living.


My Roadmap

My Roadmap

Author: Sam Bracken

Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 0307955869

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An inspiring and transformational journal filled with writing prompts, questions, and fill-in-the-blank lists to help readers find meaning, vision, and purposed based on the seven rules of the road from Bracken's "My Orange Duffel Bag."


A Journey

A Journey

Author: Tony Blair

Publisher: Hutchinson Radius

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 718

ISBN-13: 9780091925567

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In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end 18 years of Conservative government. He has been one of the most dynamic leaders of modern times; few British prime ministers have shaped the nation's course as profoundly as Blair during his ten years in power, and his achievements and his legacy will be debated for years to come. Now his memoirs reveal in intimate detail this unique political and personal journey, providing an insight into the man, the politician and the statesman, and charting successes, controversies and disappointments with an extraordinary candour.


Why Don't They Just Get a Job?

Why Don't They Just Get a Job?

Author: Liane Phillips

Publisher: Aha Process Incorporated

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1934583375

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WHY DON'T THEY JUST GET A JOB? describes the journey and the incredible results of Dave and Liane Phillips efforts to help those in poverty find their way to self sufficiency. Under the premise that existing job-readiness programs only focus on job placement and not retention to help the unemployed and underemployed, Dave and Liane Phillips created a poverty to economic self-sufficiency program with an 80% one-year employment retention rate. In the past three years this organization, Cincinnati Works, has brought $25 million in wages locally to over 1500 families. The not-for-profit offers a complete spectrum of free, lifetime employment services for the entry-level job-seeker to sustain and advance in today s work climate. The model is a winner of the 2009 Manhattan Institute Social Entrepreneur Award. Following its success, Dave Phillips is now volunteering as a consultant for similar programs in other cities.


Unwind!

Unwind!

Author: Michael Olpin

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781477819593

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Discusses how to optimize your body, heart, mind, and soul in order to lower anxiety levels and make better choices.


Write a Book--Change the World

Write a Book--Change the World

Author: Vanessa Lowry

Publisher: Write Choice Services/BookLogix

Published: 2014-06-06

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1610051653

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Write a Book--Change the World presents reflections and insights from 20 business leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals, each of whom wrote a book. You will enter into the stories of their individual journeys and learn the challenges and frustrations they faced. They share their joys and victories as well and speak of the impact that becoming an author has had on their lives. The interviews here represent the 10 best shows of the 2011 season for "Write Here, Write Now," a weekly internet radio presentation from Business RadioX. Beyond offering personal stories of the impact that becoming an author can have on one's profession, "Write a Book - "Change the World" serves as a solid resource for entrepreneurs and business executives who have thought of writing a book someday.


Booktalking Nonfiction

Booktalking Nonfiction

Author: Jennifer Bromann-Bender

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2013-12-20

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0810888092

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Booktalking Nonfiction: 200 Sure-Fire Winners for Middle and High School Readers will provide an introduction to selecting and writing booktalks for nonfiction books with a focus on unique informational texts and biographies and autobiographies. A booktalk is a summary of a book presented in a way that would interest someone in reading the book described. Why non-fiction? Because the Common Core Standards Initiative, which most states have adopted, requires that 70% of the materials students read be from the category of informational texts it is especially important to focus on nonfiction when sharing books with students. Here’s everything you need to do just that. Chapters cover selecting, writing, preparing, and presenting booktalks, special tips for high-interest, low-level books, and using non-fiction in the library and the classroom. Two hundred ready-to-present booktalks arranged by genre are also included. Genres include animals, famous people, sports, crime and serial killers, movies and television, religion, war, history, and the supernatural.


Guts

Guts

Author: Sam Bracken

Publisher: Mango Media Inc.

Published: 2018-03-15

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 163353832X

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The bestselling author of My Orange Duffel Bag helps readers “overcome obstacles, set a big vision, and define a life of purpose greater than self” (Michael K. Simpson, author of Unlocking Potential). Sam Bracken’s backstory would make Dr. Phil turn tail and run. During his childhood, he suffered years of abuse and was even set on fire by a relative. What didn’t kill Bracken made him stronger. And he is now on a mission to bring self-empowerment to others—to realize a life of grit and grace. This book is about achieving a purpose-driven life. You’ll have to push past failure again and again. And it is also about beating the odds no matter how high they are stacked against you. To be a true leader, you have to start with yourself. In Sam Bracken’s GUTS, you will learn about: Mental strengthResisting feelings of low self esteemSelf-empowermentBuilding self confidenceLiving a life of passionAnd, most importantly, what it takes to have grit and grace “Sam Bracken had no advantages, but went from being a hopeless street kid to a champion college football player. In this insightful book, he illustrates how success in life is less about talent, wealth, or good luck, and more about GUTs. And having GUTs is a choice anyone can make!” —Sean Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens