Keyes, Corey L. M.
Summary: "The Emory University sociologist who coined the term languishing-low-grade mental weariness that affects our self-esteem, relationships, and motivation-explores the rise of this phenomenon and presents a comprehensive guide to flourishing in a world that demands too much. If you're muddling through the day in a fog, often forgetting why you walked into a room . . . If you feel emotionally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.1 KEYForgan, James W.
Contents: The big deal about executive functioning -- General support for executive functioning difficulties -- Holding back impulses -- Keeping information in working memory -- Shifting, being flexible and regulating emotion -- Focusing and self-monitoring -- Not just ordinary organizing -- Managing time -- Taking action -- Sustaining effort -- Planning/problem solving/goal setting/using critical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prufrock Press Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 FORBoissiere, Phil
Summary: Focus, organization, stress management, and more--these qualities are gained and improved by strengthening executive functioning and core skills. Thriving with Adult ADHD offers a toolbox of practical, evidence-based exercises to build this mental skill set and take control of ADHD. From managing common distractions at work to regulating emotions with family and friends, these proven-effective...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Althea Press 2018
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Summary: Tap into the hidden power of your brain. In this startling and provocative look at how the human mind deals with change, Leonard Mlodinow teaches us to unleash the natural abilities we all possess so we can thrive in these dynamic and troubled times. Truly original minds capitalize when everyone else struggles. And most of us assume that these abilities are innate, reserved for a select few....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 MLOWaldner, Bruce.
Summary: Offers a comprehensive review of topics in high school algebra 2 and trigonometry courses, covering operations, functions, relations, exponents, logarithms, identities, regression, and other related topics; and includes a sample Regents examination with answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series 2009
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Summary: This classic bestseller by Kevin Cashman pioneered a holistic approach to leadership development: grow the whole person to grow the whole leader. The third edition turns leadership development inside out for a new generation of authentic, purpose-inspired leaders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BK Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 CASSeidman, William Henry.
Contents: Follow your stars to a brighter future -- Reach for your stars -- Discover and describe: the detective -- Transform for brilliance -- Motivate the rest to be like the best -- Own your own learning -- Learning to lead -- Distribute globally, act locally -- Experience a real-world executive program -- Unleash the suppressed energy of frontline managers -- Drive cultural change with individual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 SEIZhuo, Julie
Summary: "Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don't really know what you're doing. That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of twenty-five. She stared at a long list of challenges--from hiring to firing, from meeting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2019
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Summary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces critical basic fraction concepts"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 513.2 MIDGifford, Scott
Summary: Explains how in the language of mathematics, fractions, decimals and percents are three different ways of describing the same parts of things.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tricycle Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 513.26 GIFMcMillan, Bruce.
Summary: Food is cut into halves, quarters, and thirds to illustrate how parts make a whole. Simple recipes included.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1992
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: P-J Basket MCMLong, Lynette.
Summary: Presents a series of activities, arranged in order of difficulty, that teach the operation of fractions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2001
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: 513.2 Long,Tipton-Martin, Toni
Summary: "Discover the fascinating, unexplored history of Black mixology and its enduring influence on cocktail and drinking culture through rediscovered recipes, from the James Beard Award-winning author of Jubilee. Toni Tipton-Martin's volume on Black culinary history celebrates the lore and people behind our favorite drinks. With cocktail recipes such as the Jerk-Spiced Bloody Mary, the Absinthe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.874 TIPBing, Stanley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperBusiness 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 BINBuckingham, Marcus.
Summary: Companies compete to find and keep the best employees, using pay, benefits, promotions, and training. But these well-intentioned efforts often miss the mark. The front-line manager is the key to attracting and retaining talented employees. No matter how generous its pay or how renowned its training, the company that lacks great front-line managers will suffer. The authors explain how the best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.409 BUCZack, Devora.
Summary: "Professional success, more often than not, means becoming a manager. Yet nobody prepared you for having to deal with messy tidbits like emotions, conflicts, and personalities?all while achieving ever-greater goals and meeting ever-looming deadlines. Not exactly what you had in mind, is it? Don?t panic. Devora Zack has the tools to help you succeed and even thrive as a manager. Drawing on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc. 2012
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Summary: Madam C. J. Walker-reputed to be America's first self-made woman millionaire-has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. Born to former slaves in the Louisiana Delta in the aftermath of the Civil War, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty, Walker spent the first decades of her life as a laundress, laboring in conditions that paralleled the lives of countless poor and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WALKER, C.J. BALWesterhout, Madeline
Summary: "From the first day President Trump stepped into the White House, Madeleine Westerhout was by his side, first as his executive assistant, then as the Director of Oval Office Operations. From her desk outside the Oval, she saw everyone who came in to see the president. She placed his phone calls, and was in the room for several historic moments. During her time working with President Trump at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WESTERHOUT, MADELINE WESPearl, Melissa Sherman
Summary: "Kids can make a difference too! In this How Do They Help? collection featuring charities started by children, readers will explore the ways Sheltering Books contributes positively to the world. Discover this nonprofit's work and what problems they look to solve. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 028.5 PEAChristian, Jeffrey E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 CHRLevine, Amy-Jill
Summary: "Two thousand years after his birth and death, Jesus of Nazareth continues to be of vital interest. Yet much of the scholarship around Jesus focuses on his religious significance. Jesus for Everyone examines his most famous teachings from a fresh perspective, exploring how they have continued to shape ethics and civilization in the West for two millennia. Even for those who reject faith, Jesus'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: "One of us (Elizabeth) had the opportunity to conduct research with a gentleman named Henry Molaison (better known by his initials, H.M.1), who had the interior portion of his left and right temporal lobes (the part of your brain next to your temples) removed in 1953 because of epileptic seizures that were difficult to control. From a technical standpoint, the surgical procedures went fine....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2023
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Summary: "Is your company run by a team with no name?At the top of every organization chart lies a myth--that a Senior Management Team makes a company's critical decisions. The reality is that critical decisions are typically made by the boss and a small group ofconfidants--a "team with no name"--outside of formal processes. Meanwhile, other members of the management team wonder why they weren't in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2012