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  Memoirs of a Geisha

  by Arthur Golden

  A seductive and evocative epic on an intimate scale, that tells the extraordinary story of a geisha girl. Summoning up more than twenty years of Japan's most dramatic history, it uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. From a small fishing village in 1929, the tale moves to the glamorous and decadent heart of Kyoto in the 1930s, where a young peasant girl is sold as... (more)
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  Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership

  by Steve Farber

  Too many people assume the timeless principles of true leadership—of helping others achieve their full potential—don’t apply Monday through Friday during work hours or in any circumstance where a paycheck is involved. In GREATER THAN YOURSELF, Steve Farber proves them wrong: in this powerful and inspiring story, Farber shows that the goal of a genuine leader is to help others—teammates, employees, and... (more)
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  God Only Knows

  by Xavier Knight

  Julia Turner, an ambitious educator in her mid-thirties, leaves a high-profile job in Chicago to return to Dayton, Ohio to serve as superintendent of Christian Light, the K-12 private school system from which she graduated two decades earlier. A single mother with an ugly divorce and a complex childhood in her rearview mirror, Julia views her mission as a chance to contribute to her hometown and conquer the demons... (more)
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  ABNKKBSNPLAKo?!

  by Bob Ong

  ABNKKBSNPLAko?! is a 2001 novel by Filipino author Bob Ong — his first and most popular work. The title is meant to be read phonetically as "Aba, nakakabasa na pala ako?!", which can be roughly translated as "Wow, I can read now?!" The novel details what are supposedly childhood memories of the author, from his earliest days as a student until his first few years at work.The success of Bob Ong's book... (more)
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  Fraternity

  by Diane Brady

  In the fall of 1968, the Reverend John Brooks, a Jesuit priest at Holy Cross college in Massachusetts, made it his mission to recruit a group of African American students to the school. He got in his car and drove up and down the East Coast, searching for young men that he felt had the potential to succeed if given an opportunity. Among the twenty students he had a hand in recruiting that fall were the Supreme... (more)
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  Kokoro

  The thinking and feeling heart

  by Natsume Sōseki, Meredith McKinney

  "Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature."~Haruki MurakamiOn one level a meditation on the changing face of Japanese culture and its attitudes towards honor, friendship, love, and death as well as a sly subversion of all of these things, this novel centers around the friendship between the narrator and the man he calls Sensei, who is haunted by mysterious... (more)
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  The Wealth Secrets You Must Know Before 40

  by Jay Onwukwe

  THE WEALTH SECRETS YOU MUST KNOW BEFORE40 The major reason many people suffer lack, poverty, deprivation, failure, grief and disappointment in life is Ignorance. By ignorance, I mean a lack of awareness, understanding, and application of the natural Laws, ancient Wisdom, common Secrets, spiritual Principles, and biblical Truths that govern Life, Money, Success and Prosperity. ' The Wealth Secrets... (more)
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  Bridging the Opportunity Gap: Leadership, Social Difference, Career and Education

  by Dr. Danielle Hyles-Rainford

  Bridging the Opportunity Gap offers an empowerment tool that investigates and analyzes the experiences of school principals and the processes they underwent in their promotion from educator to principal. Author Dr. Danielle Hyles-Rainford interrogates the notion of career mobility in school systems. The purpose of this study is to explore actual career barriers that impede the mobility of aspiring educators, with... (more)
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  Better Than College

  by Blake Boles

  Do you need college in order to be taken seriously and earn a real living?   Conventional wisdom says yes. But true success relies upon self-knowledge and entrepreneurship: two qualities that you can obtain effectively and inexpensively without traditional college. Better Than College provides the step-by-step guidance and inspiration necessary to design your own higher education. This book teaches you how... (more)
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  Hacking Your Education: Ditch the Lectures, Save Tens of Thousands, and Learn More Than Your Peers Ever Will

  by Dale J. Stephens

  More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.
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  Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens

  by Spencer Johnson

  Spencer Johnson who wrote the book Who Moved My Cheese? has helped millions of people around the world adapt and succeed in changing times. Now Dr. Johnson introduces his simple parable to teen readers-an audience whose lives are chock full of change-and provides a teen discussion section to address the unique problems that teenagers face every day. A group of friends are discussing a difficult change in... (more)
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  About a Boy

  by Nick Hornby

  Nick Hornby's second bestselling novel is about sex, manliness and fatherhood. Will is thirty-six, comfortable and child-free. And he's discovered a brilliant new way of meeting women - through single-parent groups. Marcus is twelve and a little bitnerdish: he's got the kind of mother who made him listen to Joni Mitchell rather than Nirvana. Perhaps they can help each other out a little bit, and both can start to... (more)
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  The Giver Quartet: Book 1

  The Giver

  by Lois Lowry

  Citation:Lowry, L. (1993). The giver. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. Genre: Modern Fantasy/Science FictionA major theme of this text set is accepting differences and overcoming the obstacles created by these differences. This novel is set in a society that values conformity and makes every attempt to eliminate individuality. I included this novel in the text set, so that... (more)
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  Letters to a Young Therapist

  by Mary Pipher

  Intimate and inspiring lessons from beloved author and therapist Mary Pipher. Mary Pipher's groundbreaking investigation of America's "girl-poisoning culture," Reviving Ophelia , has sold nearly two million copies and established its author as one of the nation's foremost authorities on family issues. In Letters to a Young Therapist , Dr. Pipher shares what she has learned in thirty years as a therapist,... (more)
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  Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People

  by S. Truett Cathy

  Truett Cathy's commitment reaches far beyond the people who work and eat in his restaurants. Through WinShape Centre Foundation, funded by Chick-fil-A, he operates foster homes for more than 1,600 children and has provided scholarships for more than 16,500 students. In ''Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People,'' Cathy challenges readers to focus on people and principles. The principles he outlines in this book have... (more)
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  Managing Paraeducators in Your School: How to Hire, Train, and Supervise Non-Certified Staff

  by Nancy K. French

  Provides proven strategies for how to best recruit, manage, and use paraeducators in schools.
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  Mentor: The Kid & The CEO

  by Tom Pace, Walter Jenkins

  Tony has run-ins with the law and no direction in life ~ until he meets Malcolm, a businessman who has faced many of the same challenges. Because Malcolm is willing to share his knowledge and experience with Tony, they both become successful and significant. There are setbacks for both student and teacher, but with hope and action they overcome challenges and difficulties and achieve significance. This uplifting... (more)