Irwin
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Springer International Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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Across the country, our children are beginning life from very different starting points. Some have aspirations and believe they can be achieved. For too many others, aspirations are tempered, if not dashed, by the sobering realities of everyday life. These different starting points place children on distinctly different trajectories of growth and development, ultimately leading to vastly different adult outcomes.
How did we get to a place...
How did we get to a place...
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The Limits of Vision is Robert Irwin's irrepressibly entertaining and imaginative novel about a young housewife named Marcia and the war she wages against dirt.
Set over the course of a single day as Marcia goes about her quotidian activities-having the girls over for coffee, tidying the house, making dinner-it becomes increasingly clear that her sanity is unraveling at an alarming rate. Irwin is at his creative best here, as he describes Marcia's...
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What causes a leader to fail? What can we learn from those who have fallen? How do we avoid failure of our own? These are just a few of the questions answered in Derailed: 5 Lessons Learned from Catastrophic Failures of Leadership, a book for leaders and aspiring leaders of all levels by Tim Irwin, Ph.D. Derailed chronicles the collapse of six high-profile CEOs, the factors that drove their downfalls, and the lessons that we can learn to stay on track...
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University of Michigan Press
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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Nowhere has there been a discussion of the confusion necessarily generated by the rapidity of the change or of the agony created in the lives of many whose attitudes, expectations, and even success depended on the continuance of now abolished institutions. Historians have ignored the settled conditions of most samurai and instead concentrated on the study of the minority of activist samurai leaders who, with the backing of only a few Han (feudal domains)...
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It was supposed to be a normal camping trip. But her mother's purchase at a garage sale is haunting Brianne. When she and her new friend, Sarah, discover their creepy neighbors in the woods, their adventure becomes spookier than any of her father's ghost stories. Can they escape before disaster happens?
6) City Slicker
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A romantic comedy. A romp in the country where mischief abounds, human and animal.
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A veteran corporate psychologist examines the seven critical factors for a successful and satisfying work life, and the six most common career derailers.
In “Run with the Bulls Without Getting Trampled”, Tim Irwin presents the distilled essence of what makes some succeed and others derail in the workplace. Using compelling real-life stories to launch each chapter, not only is Irwin transparent with the lessons he has learned from his own experiences,...
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SIX SHORTICTION STORIES by Mark Irwin (15,000 Words) GEORGE AND THE CAT WOMAN ... A man experiencing paranoid delusions deals with his cat and a woman as they plot against him. (2500)MIDNIGHT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ... An American ship salvager and an impoverished Mexican struggle to survive as their derelict ship battles a fierce gale. (1700)THE DEMON ... A young woman is possessed by the evil living in her house. (3200)TRAVELLI ... A small and imaginary...
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Irwin David Gould, Jr., takes readers on an incredible journey that begins on the shores of his tropical island home to appearing in some of Hollywood's hottest films. Although snagging impressive roles in blockbusters, such as Bad Boys II, Transporter 2, and Miami Vice, Irwin's path to success is an unlikely one that has been seasoned with lack, loss, and testimony so powerful even the staunchest skeptics will find it hard not to believe. This inspiring...
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A dead man's briefcase presents a down-on-his-luck pilot with the chance of a lifetime Pilot Douglas Grimes's best days are long behind him. Grounded due to a medical condition, Douglas has resigned himself to menial work as a desk clerk at a seedy hotel. But his fortune flips when he discovers a hotel guest dead from a heart attack and, next to him, a tube jammed with hundred-dollar bills. Douglas grabs the money and, with it, the chance to remake...
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First published in 1924, now public domain in the US and Canada. The story moves between the 1920s and the 1770s, following two heroines: 20th century Jan Challard, a London girl, and 18th century Juliana Clare, the youngest daughter of an aristocratic Berkshire family. Jan is independent and spirited, but leads a humdrum life, working in an office, and walks out with a very suitable young man. Juliana, at 17 years of age, is getting the upbringing...
12) Th3K1ng0fK1ng5
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Th3K1ng0fK1ng5Tommy is a teen genius who dominates the online world of Call of Duty (COD). In reality, the brilliant but nerdy Tommy is a constant target for schoolyard bullies. That is until the new kid, the athletic Ethan comes to town; a Jewish kid whose dead Grandfather talks to Tommy and guides him toward his goal of developing a device that will allow him to travel into the Fourth Dimension while promising grampa Joshua he will watch out for...
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Who says learning about the futures market has to be boring?
Many people believe that only those with a background in economics can understand complicated futures markets. But what if you could learn more about these mysterious markets today—and have fun while doing it? Introducing Back to the Futures—a unique book that explains futures markets through an engaging storytelling format that is sure to keep you entertained.
Agricultural economist...
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Kitty Talbot ist jung, hübsch und clever - leider aber auch arm wie eine Kirchenmaus. Als ihr Verlobter sie sitzen lässt, stehen Kitty und ihre vier Schwestern vor dem Ruin, denn die Spielschulden ihres verstorbenen Vaters können sie aus eigener Kraft niemals begleichen. Also wagt Kitty sich für ihre Schwestern auf das gefährlichste Schlachtfeld im England des Jahres 1818: die Bälle der Lords und Ladys in London. Obwohl die unkonventionelle...
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Lassen Sie sich ins romantische London der Regency-Zeit entführen
Eine Lady hat die Wahl ist ein charmant erzählter, zauberhafter historischer Liebesroman um eine kluge junge Witwe, zahlreiche Verehrer und die Frage: Will sie für die Liebe ihre Unabhängigkeit aufgeben?
Zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben ist Eliza Balfour frei und unabhängig: Die junge Frau ist seit kurzem Witwe - und Haupterbin des Vermögens von Lord Somerset. Die Ehe mit dem deutlich...
20) Paris Jazz
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Jack Relik, known to his friends as Fossil, is an ex-Special Forces operative who, after completing several tours of duty in both Iraq and Afghanistan, has been living a quiet life in Old Montreal as a Private Investigator. But as it always seems to happen, the quiet life for Jack is short-lived and once again he is called upon to lay his life on the line. This time when an age-old enemy resurfaces in Paris.Paris Jazz follows Jack Relik and his partner...