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  The Bible (English Standard Version)

  by Crossway Bibles

  The ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way. Combining the best and most recent evangelical Christian scholarship with the highly regarded ESV text, it is the most comprehensive study Bible ever published. The ESV Study Bible features more than 2,750 pages of extensive, accessible Bible resources, including completely new notes, full-color maps, illustrations,... (more)
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  The Clique - Summer Collection: Book 1

  Massie

  by Lisi Harrison

  Massie gets BE-yoo-tiful: After Massie Block gets kicked off her high horse and out of her ultra exclusive Westchester riding camp, her parents force her to do the unthinkable-find a summer job. Massie is not used to working. Not one for dog-walking or brat-sitting, Massie comes up with the ah-bvious solution: She'll be a sales rep for the cosmetics brand Be Pretty. Massie fully hearts her new role as fairy... (more)
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  What Color Is Your Parachute?

  A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

  by Richard Nelson Bolles

  Completely revised and rewritten, designed to work in conjunction with the book's Web site. Works as a good companion for those just starting out in the 'real world' as well as for those who are thinking seriously about a career change. Softcover. Previous edition c2002.
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  The Misery of Job and the Mercy of God

  by John Piper

  We have heard the story of Job. His riches destroyed, his family taken, and his own body afflicted. We can only imagine the depth of his loss and pain. Yet as we ponder Job's misery, do we see the threads of God's mercy throughout it? We will all face suffering at some point in our lives; it is inescapable. But what makes calamity endurable is not that God shares our shock, but that through every flame of pain... (more)
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  My Job Went to India: And All I Got Was This Lousy Book (Pragmatic Programmers)

  by Chad Fowler

  You've already lost your job . You may still be drawing a paycheck, but the job you were hired to do no longer exists. Your company has changed, the technology has changed, the economy has changed, and the ways you can add value have changed. Have you adapted to these changes? Or are you at risk? Architect your career Economic downturn. Job cuts. Outsourcing. The ever-changing tech landscape. The... (more)
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  Making a Splash: Book 2

  Caitlin

  by Jade Parker

  Now that Robyn is dating her older brother (ew!) Caitlin is feeling distinctly boyfriend-less in her lifeguard chair. But that's where she meets Jason, the water park's resident hottie...
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  Great Work, Great Career

  by Stephen R. Covey, Jennifer Colosimo

  In one economic earthquake after another, it s hard to keep your footing. Still, there s a positive side to these risky times. You can secure a great future for yourself if you welcome this wild, demanding new world with passion for the opportunities it presents. You don't want just a job, you want a great job. Great Work, Great Career can help you get that great job and, beyond that, build a great career. You... (more)
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  Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance (10th Cdrom ed)

  by Ferguson

  "Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance" - now in its 14th edition - remains the most comprehensive career reference in print. This unparalleled resource has been fully revised and updated to contain the most accurate and current career information available.This edition features: completely up-to-date overviews of 93 industries; more than 700 completely revised and updated career articles; more than 35... (more)
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  The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Management Fable About Helping Employees Find Fulfillment in Their Work

  by Patrick Lencioni

  A bestselling author and business guru tells how to improve your job satisfaction and performance. In his sixth fable, bestselling author Patrick Lencioni takes on a topic that almost everyone can relate to: the causes of a miserable job. Millions of workers, even those who have carefully chosen careers based on true passions and interests, dread going to work, suffering each day as they trudge to jobs that... (more)
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  Job

  A Man of Heroic Endurance

  by Charles R. Swindoll

  The trials of Job are legendary. One righteous man suffering so many calamities, so much heartache. But despite the fact that many have heard about Job and his trials, not many people truly understand what those trials were all about and what God was trying to accomplish through them. Job himself was confused about it all. What did I do to deserve such suffering? he cried out. Eventually, though, through tough... (more)
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  Job (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary Series)

  by Francis I. Andersen

  "The Old Testament book about Job is one of the supreme offerings of the human mind to the living God and one of the best gifts of God to men," writes Francis Andersen. "The task of understanding it is as rewarding as it is strenuous. . . . One is constantly amazed at its audacious theology and at the magnitude of its intellectual achievement. Job is a prodigious book in the vast range of its ideas, in its broad... (more)
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  J.B.

  A Play in Verse

  by Archibald MacLeish

  The beloved poet-statesman's Pulitzer Prize-winning play which offers something for every reader.
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  Snowed In: A Novel

  by Christina Bartolomeo

  No job. No heat. The wrong shoes. The wrong clothes. Discover if true love can be far behind. Imagine having always lived in Washington, D.C., and suddenly being stuck in Portland, Maine, for a year. With the pipes freezing---inside the house. And a husband who seems to have his eye on a hiking-booted L.L.Bean femme fatale rather than you. Not to mention the mother-in-law from hell who never fails to let you... (more)
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  Angry With God

  by Michele Novotni, Randy Petersen

  Most people face anger, sadness, frustration, confusion, disappointment, fear, or depression at some point in their lives. We know that we need to get to the root of the problem in order to fix it. But what happens when we feel like God is the root of the problem? What do we do when we are angry with God? Psychologist Michele Novotni noticed that many of her clients who were working through their anger... (more)
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  Going Coastal

  by Wendy French

  Jody Rogers thought she was taking charge of her life, so why does it feel like everything is spinning out of control? In the space of twenty-four hours, Jody has quit her dead-end job as a waitress at Dean’s Ocean Galley, dumped her two-timing boyfriend, and set out to jump-start her stalled twenty-something existence. Unfortunately, both jobs and men are scarce in the small seaside town of Bent Harbor, so Jody... (more)
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  Escape from Empire: The Developing World's Journey through Heaven and Hell

  by Alice H. Amsden

  The American government has been both miracle worker and villain in the developing world. From the end of World War II until the 1980s poor countries, including many in Africa and the Middle East, enjoyed a modicum of economic growth. New industries mushroomed and skilled jobs multiplied, thanks in part to flexible American policies that showed an awareness of the diversity of Third World countries and an... (more)
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  The Nanny Diaries: Book 1

  The Nanny Diaries

  by Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus

  Nan has started working for the X's to put herself through college and follow her dreams. Mrs. X seems normal, but infact is an OCD flake who spends more time shopping in Bloomingdales than spending time with her son, Grayer. After a triumph of misleading events, Mrs. X asks her to take it up a notch and makes her to-do list even longer. She has to juggle this all while trying to get the man of her dreams, H.H... (more)
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  Who Moved My Cheese?

  An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

  by Spencer Johnson

  Who Moved My Cheese? is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life - whether it is a good job, a loving relationship, money or a possession, health or spirital peace of mind. And the maze is where you look for what you want - the organisation you work in, or the family or... (more)
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  Abbey of Saint Leibowitz Saga: Book 1

  A Canticle for Leibowitz

  by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

  Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz is a true landmark of twentieth-century literature -- a chilling and still-provocative look at a post-apocalyptic future. In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in... (more)
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  The Glass Castle

  by Jeannette Walls

  Jeannette Walls's father always called her "Mountain Goat," and there's perhaps no more apt nickname for a girl who navigated a sheer and towering cliff of childhood both daily and stoically. In The Glass Castle, Walls chronicles her upbringing at the hands of eccentric, nomadic parents: Rose Mary, her frustrated-artist mother, and Rex, her brilliant, alcoholic father. To call the elder Walls's childrearing style... (more)