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"Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur genius grant recipient Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success. Rather, other factors can be even more crucial, such as identifying our passions and following through on our commitments. Drawing on her own story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently bemoaned her lack of smarts, Duckworth describes her...
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2020.
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English
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"Part play-by-play, part op-ed, The Game Is Not a Game is an illuminating and unflinching examination of the good and evil in the sports industry. Liberating and provocative, with sharp wit and generous humor, Jackson's essays explore the role that sports plays in American society and the hypocritical standards by which the athletes are often judged. The Game Is Not a Game is distinctly intended to challenge accepted ideology and to push the boundaries...
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2011, c2010
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English
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Documents the troubling influence of a small group of scientists who the author contends misrepresent scientific facts to advance key political and economic agendas, revealing the interests behind their detractions on findings about acid rain, DDT, and other hazards.
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Vorkosigan saga volume 2
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English
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Discharged from the Barrarayan academy after flunking the physical, a discouraged Miles Vorkosigan takes possession of a jumpship and becomes the leader of a mercenary force that expands to a fleet of treasonous proportions.
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2023.
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English
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Your favorite players have left you with a deep and intricate memory of their greatness, not to mention well-honed arguments as to why your favorites are really the best. In arenas, in front of your TV, and in bars, you have debated friends and strangers alike. Yours won six titles, batted .350 in the clutch, or generated 82% of their team's scoring. Greeny shows that not all numbers are created equal. Some are accomplishments. Others are identity....
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[2023]
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English
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Just a little jilted: Supermodel Eliot Gamble is jilted minutes before her wedding and just as her career in fashion is ending. For a lifelong people pleaser, it's the ultimate nightmare. In steps champion swimmer and former lover Soren Grantham, who sweeps Eliot away to his family's estate. As Eliot explores what she really wants, her old flame may become a wildfire...
Their temporary arrangement: Personal assistant Ru Osman is tired of people...
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[1997]
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English
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In 1943, a washed-up ballplayer is hired to coach in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League while the male pros are at war. Reluctant at first, he finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his team. Based on a true story.
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2021.
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English
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"Science is a force for good in the world--at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn't everything, it's the only thing--no matter the cost. Bestselling author Sam Kean tells the true story of what happens when unfettered ambition pushes otherwise rational men and women to cross the line in the name of science, trampling ethical...
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[2023]
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English
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"The story of how a new generation of tech-savvy franchise owners is reshaping every aspect of professional sports. In the last two decades, innovation, data analysis, and technology have driven a tectonic shift in the sports business. Game of Edges is the story of how sports franchises evolved, on and off the field, from raggedly run small businesses into some of the most systematically productive companies around. In today's game, everyone from...
13) Firefly Island
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Moses Lake volume 3
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English
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Congressional staffer Mallory Hale is about to embark on an adventure completely off the map. After a whirlwind romance, she is hopelessly in love with two men-- fortunately, they're related.
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English
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Honest and hilarious, a humorist, in this cautionary tale, examines how treating ourselves with never-ending self-improvement projects is a recipe for burnout, and takes a good hard look at the dark side of self-help.
Dooner blends memoir and blistering social observation as she reflects on her desperate attempts to use extreme diets and culty self-help methods to cures her hunger, anxiety, and imperfections. She takes a good look at the dark side...
17) Brian Banks
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English
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The inspirational true story of Brian Banks (Aldis Hodge), an All-American high school football star committed to USC who finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. Despite lack of evidence, Banks is railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks (Greg Kinnear) and the California Innocence Project, Banks fights to reclaim...
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English
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"Are you letting your lack of authority paralyze you? One of the greatest myths of leadership is that you must be in charge in order to lead. Great leaders don't buy it. Great leaders lead with or without the authority and learn to unleash their influence wherever they are. With practical wisdom and humor, Clay Scroggins will help you nurture your vision and cultivate influence, even when you lack authority in your organization. And he will free you...
19) Leatherheads
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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A fun comedy set against the stranger-than-fiction backdrop of the beginnings of pro football, filled with quick-witted banter and hilarious screwball antics.
"Feisty and good-humored, and if it doesn't have deep characters, it is chock-full of personality. "--Baltimore Sun
"...is most on its game when it's in the game..."--Rolling Stone
"...scores more points as a retro romantic comedy..."--USA Today
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Functional medicine innovator and founder of nationally renowned practice Parsley Health, Dr. Robin Berzin's definitive work on how to fight the physical ailments at the root of the international epidemic of burnout, anxiety, and stress"--
Berzin draws on cutting-edge research and her work with thousands of patients to tell the complete story of how our bodies drive our minds, mood, and energy levels. She explains how the new science will optimize...
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