Conley, Chip
Summary: At age 52, after selling the company he founded and ran as CEO for 24 years, rebel boutique hotelier Chip Conley was looking at an open horizon in midlife. Then he received a call from the young founders of Airbnb, asking him to help grow their disruptive start-up into a global hospitality giant. He had the industry experience, but Conley was lacking in the digital fluency of his 20-something...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Currency, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 CONSummary: Multiple Emmy Award winner Jean Smart stars as a legendary Las Vegas comedian who is forced to hire an ambitious young writer. These two talented comedic voices from different generations form an unlikely bond in this new comedy from "Broad City" alums Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky and Emmy Award winning executive producer Michael Schur.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HACSummary: Violet Evergarden works as an Auto Memory Doll writing people's thoughts and feelings into letters. Her latest job is a change from the norm as she becomes a tutor to help the heir to the York family, Isabella, become a proper lady. Even though Isabella feels trapped in her new world and wrestles with grief, Violet's lessons offer a brief respite. But how long does it take to heal?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME VIOHelveston, Eugene M.
Summary: "The Second Decade" offers a game plan for navigating two of the most important challenges facing today's youth: gaining academic skills through a quality education at school, and acquiring practical skills learned by working at a job. Exposing youth to the benefits of work -- earning money and gaining independence while taking on responsibility and embracing accountability -- adds valuable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MarLi Bar Press 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.125 HELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 649.125 HELCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 649.125 HELSummary: This is the story of Danny, a slave who has lived his whole life without any sort of normal human interaction, with the mind and personality of a young child, Danny has only ever learned one lession in life: how to fight. Treated like a dog, including being forced to wear a collar, by his owner/boss, Bart, Danny has been raised to be a lethal fighting machine. Danny fights in illegal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE UNLSummary: Henry spends his time working in the brickyard owned by his family and grieving the loss of his wife. When a young boy enters Henry's life, both man and child find what they desperately need in each other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phase 4 Films 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LASCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Last 2010Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LaSummary: From the Publisher: A newly revised edition of the book that helped define the coaching profession, Co-Active Coaching captures the essence of what it takes to design and maintain successful, collaborative, and empowering coaching relationships. The authors describe in detail their flexible and adaptive model-placing the client's agenda at the heart of the coaching partnership, define the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Davies-Black Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 158.3 WHIVanderwarker, Tony.
Summary: "The true story of an author mentored by John Grisham in the art of writing a thriller"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VANDERWARKER, TONY VANSavage, Marjorie.
Summary: Offers guidance to parents on maintaining communication with college-age children, while respecting their need for independence, with advice on when parental intervention is critical and how to handle financial and credit issues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fireside/Simon & Schuster 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 SAVWooden, John R.
Summary: The UCLA Bruins coach pays tribute to the individuals who helped foster the values that shaped his career and shares interviews with people he mentored throughout the years, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOODEN, JOHN WOOBrand, Russell
Summary: "Russell Brand explores the idea of mentoring and shares what he's learned from the guidance of his own helpers, heroes and mentors"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.3 BRAFerriss, Timothy
Summary: "When facing life's questions, who do you turn to for advice? We all need mentors, particularly when the odds seem stacked against us. To find his own...author Tim Ferriss tracked down more than 100 eclectic experts to help him, and you, navigate life. Through short, action-packed profiles, he shares their secrets for success, happiness, meaning, and more."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017