Harts, Minda
Summary: "A guide for girls of color looking to find their voice and claim space as they prepare for high school, college, and their careers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.235 HARSteel, Danielle
Summary: Nicole 'Coco' Martin is destined to have it all. As the only child of doting and successful parents, she has been given every opportunity in life. Having inherited her mother's stunning beauty and creativity, along with her father's work ethic and diligence, she has the world at her feet. Her graduation from Columbia is fast approaching, and with it the summer job of her dreams working at a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2020
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Summary: Meeting at a vast Hudson River estate, two couples become estranged by unexpected successes and reactions that shape the lives of diverse friends and family members over the course of two decades.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Spencer 2017Williams, Pat
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Pub Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170.44 WILMead, Terri Hanson
Summary: Are you feeling blindsided by midlife?You're not alone and you're not crazy. Our current culture tells us that midlife (ages 40-65) is a time of unraveling, chaos, and uncertainty for women. This doesn't have to be true. MIDLIFE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT A CRISIS.Our bodies, minds, and lives are changing. Many of us feel off balance, wondering if this is all there is? Some of us feel completely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help MeadBirch, Jenna
Summary: "For a rising generation young women, the sky is the limit. Women can be anything and have everything. They are outpacing their male peers in higher education and earning the corner office at work. Smart, driven, assertive women are succeeding at just about everything they do--except romance. Why are so many men afraid to date smart women? Modern men claim to want smarts, success, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Life & Style 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 BIRHollis, Rachel
Summary: Rachel Hollis is sounding a wake-up call. She knows that many women have been taught to define themselves in light of other people--whether as wife, mother, daughter, or employee--instead of learning how to own who they are and what they want. With a challenge to women everywhere to stop talking themselves out of their dreams, Hollis identifies the excuses to let go of, the behaviors to adopt,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Leadership, an imprint of HarperCollins 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 158.1082 HOLAlexander, Kwame
Summary: Kwame Alexander shares inspiring lessons about the rules of life, as well as uplifting quotes from athletes such as Stephen Curry and Venus Williams and other exemplars like Sonia Sotomayor and Michelle Obama.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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Summary: Covering three major topics--career, money, and love--the hedge fund CEO and CNBC regular serves up advice about getting ahead in a career, overcoming failure, meeting an ideal mate, and navigating the challenges of work-life balance, and outlines a crash course in taking control of financial destiny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 FINMusk, Maye
Summary: "The international supermodel shares personal stories and lessons learned from a life of "living dangerously--carefully." Maye Musk at seventy-one is a fashionable, charming, jet-setting supermodel with a fascinating and tight-knit circle of family and friends. But things were not always so easy or glamourous--she became a single mom at thirty-one years old, struggling through poverty to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Life 2019
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Summary: "Discover 25 women whose disabilities did not stand in the way of their great achievements. Each woman profiled in this collection faced the challenge of a disability while pursuing excellence in her field, including the arts, sciences, sports, and politics"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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Summary: "After a string of dead-end jobs and a death in the family, Ash Ambirge was down to her last $26 and sleeping in a Kmart parking lot when she faced the truth: No one was coming to her rescue. It was up to her to appoint herself. That night led to what eventually became a six-figure freelance career as a sought-after marketing and copywriting consultant, all while sipping coffee from her front...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 AMBHusain, Mishal
Summary: Award-winning broadcaster Mishal Husain inspires, champions, and encourages women to make their ambitions a reality by focusing on practical skills that make a difference.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1082 HUSGregory, Philippa
Summary: "#1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory's new historical novel tracks the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice, and New England. Midsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River Thames. The first is a wealthy man hoping to find the lover he deserted twenty-one years before. James Avery has everything to offer,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Gregory 2020Cook, Julia
Summary: When "One of a Kind" is laughed at by Purple One and called a name by Green One, is the Tease Monster to blame? This tale teaches readers the difference between friendly teasing and mean teasing, and why some teasing can have a negative bite if it's meant to be hurtful and cause embarrassment.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC COOCook, Julia
Summary: RJ is having another bad day--but with the help of his coach, RJ learns that working as a team and sharing are skills needed not just on the soccer field, but in school and at home too.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2012
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Summary: When Rose McCarthy's staff at Mode magazine pitches a cover shoot with Hollywood's hottest young actress, the actress's sizzling affair with a bestselling French author is exposed. The author happens to be Rose's son-in-law, which creates a painful dilemma for her. Her daughter Nadia, a talented interior designer, has been struggling to hold her marriage together, and conceal the truth from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Llc 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC STEEaston, Marilyn
Summary: "Make yourself heard--on and off the bench. Whether you spend your days arguing your case at work, fighting gender discrimination, or raising the next generation of dissenters, call an adjournment and ask yourself, "What would RBG do?" Grab your collar and get motivated to change the world with words of inspirational wit and wisdom from Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg"--Back...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 EASSteel, Danielle
Summary: "The sun beamed down on Melissa Henderson's shining dark hair, pinned up on her head in a loose knot, as sweat ran down her face, and the muscles in her long, lithe arms were taut with effort as she worked. She was lost in concentration, sanding a door of the house in the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts that had been her salvation. She had bought it four years before. It had been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STEHollis, Rachel
Summary: Drawing from her life experiences as a lifestyle guru, the author presents a guide to becoming a joyous, confident woman by breaking the cycle of negativity and burnout and pursuing a life of exuberance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help HollisWard, Jesmyn
Summary: "For Tulane University's 2018 commencement, Jesmyn Ward delivered a stirring speech about the value of hard work and the importance of respect for oneself and others. Speaking about the challenges she and her family overcame, Ward inspired everyone in the audience with her meditation on tenacity in the face of hardship. Ward's moving words will inspire listeners as they prepare for the next...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WARD, JESMYN WARPaxton, Shelley
Summary: "High-flying Harley-Davidson executive Shelley Paxton had an enviable life by most measures - money, travel, excitement. Yet the trappings of success hid a growing discontent, which spiraled into addiction, divorce and despair before a long-overdue breakforced her to face all the fears and dreams she'd been ignoring. She left a 26-year corporate career and took a "Soulbattical" - a deeply...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.7 PAXLima, Jamie Kern
Summary: "Shares the wild but true story of how a once struggling waitress turned her against-the-grain idea into an international bestselling sensation, eventually selling the company for over a billion dollars and becoming the first female CEO of a brand in L'Oraeal's 100+ year history. Faced with self-doubt, body-doubt, God-doubt, Jamie reveals how she almost didn't make it, how she learned to trust...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021