Download or read book Don t Let Your Elevator Get Stuck on Stupid written by Iselyn Lundy and published by . This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a teen thing! Don't Let Your Elevator Get Stuck on Stupid is a humorous resource for teenagers that will show them how to survive those tumultuous years between childhood and adulthood and come out on top. Author Iselyn Hamilton-Lundy realizes that her teenage years were the foundation on which she has built her adult life. In the no-nonsense guide Don't Let Your Elevator Get Stuck on Stupid, Hamilton-Lundy shares what she learned from these formative years as she discusses: Self-esteem Financial responsibility Enjoying womanhood How to control your destiny The realization that life is not easy Abstinence and much more Derrick Hamilton realizes that the choices he made in his teen years is why he is spending his adult life incarcerated. Don't Let Your Elevator Get Stuck on Stupid is designed to help teenagers navigate this awkward stage of development and emerge smarter and better prepared to make responsible life choices. Hamilton-Lundy offers teens humor and serious strategies for conquering challenging issues. She also gives parents entertaining insights into the complex minds of teenagers. Let the advice in Don't Let Your Elevator Get Stuck on Stupid help you to make your teenage years happy and memorable, so that your adult years may be joyful and prosperous! "In the chapter the Power of a Princess, Iselyn Lundy has captured the essence of what inspires, motivates, and empowers young girls to become great women of power. This insightful book gives you a wonderful opportunity to learn from a true diva, a true queen, and a mighty and virtuous woman."-Delatorro Mcneal II, CEO of Worldwide Empowerment Professional Speaker, Best selling Author, Entrepeneur, TV Personality

Download or read book Totally Naked and Unashamed written by Michele Turner and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michele Turner has walked through the fire of sexual sin and now hears God speak in a real and raw way. Her hunger and thirst for Him grows daily. By the power of God, she exposes the shame of her fornication and adultery and uses the experience to help others take control of their bodies. In Totally Naked and Unashamed, she shares how she and her husband, Tim, overcame years of infidelity in their marriage. In a society that constantly uses exposure to undermine the character of those in power, Michele employs her testimony to expose the sinful powers of Satan. Sharing how her personal encounter with God left an unforgettable impression, her passion and conviction shows her heart for marriages and deliverance. Totally Naked and Unashamed tells how God is the pillar of Michele’s strength. Her testimony developed from years of listening to her body speak to her so loudly she grew sick and tired of herself. She determined she would allow her spirit to speak back to her body in order to represent who she really is. Her flesh had to die along with her selfishness.

Download or read book Leave the World Behind written by Rumaan Alam and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. Written for the Screen and Directed by Sam Esmail. Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan Alam A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in Fiction One of Barack Obama's Summer Reads A Best Book of the Year From: The Washington Post * Time * NPR * Elle * Esquire * Kirkus * Library Journal * The Chicago Public Library * The New York Public Library * BookPage * The Globe and Mail * EW.com * The LA Times * USA Today * InStyle * The New Yorker * AARP * Publisher's Lunch * LitHub * Book Marks * Electric Literature * Brooklyn Based * The Boston Globe A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. From the bestselling author of Rich and Pretty comes a suspenseful and provocative novel keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped—and unexpected new ones are forged—in moments of crisis. Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they’ve rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G. H. are an older couple—it’s their house, and they’ve arrived in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. But in this rural area—with the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone service—it’s hard to know what to believe. Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple—and vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one other?

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Dealing with Difficult Employees written by Robert Bacal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides managers techniques such as intervention and arbitration to maintain a productive working environment despite problem employees, and discusses ways employees can effectively communicate with difficult bosses and co-workers.

Download or read book Hondees Book of Difference written by Kizzie Louise Miller Rodgers and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hondees Book of Difference is all about my God, my love, and my joy. My fear, hate, experience and my in-between makes my life a round object that rolls over and over but know when to stop.

Download or read book Tight written by Torrey Maldonado and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tight: Lately, Bryan's been feeling it in all kinds of ways . . . Bryan knows what's tight for him--reading comics, drawing superheroes, and hanging out with no drama. But drama is every day where he's from, and that gets him tight, wound up. And now Bryan's friend Mike pressures him with ideas of fun that are crazy risky. At first, it's a rush following Mike, hopping turnstiles, subway surfing, and getting into all kinds of trouble. But Bryan never really feels right acting so wrong, and drama really isn't him. So which way will he go, especially when his dad tells him it's better to be hard and feared than liked? But if there's one thing Bryan's gotten from his comic heroes, it's that he has power--to stand up for what he feels . . . Torrey Maldonado delivers a fast-paced, insightful, dynamic story capturing urban community life. Readers will connect with Bryan's journey as he navigates a tough world with a heartfelt desire for a different life.

Download or read book Mysterious Reality Revised written by Matthew Theisen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revised, more readable version of the 2006 edition. The ancient hero, Achilles, unites with the great Hindu warrior, Bhisma, to preserve the heavens against a demon invasion that threatens cosmic order. As the two spirits decide on battle plans, they try to convince the gods and goddesses to join their confederacy, but Lord Shiva has gone insane while incarnated on Earth, and Vishnu is no longer interested in human affairs. It is left to Ganesha and the goddesses to ward off the intruders or flee for protection in the new universe being created. The intrigue deepens when the wind god invents a plot to ensure peace. Written in pentameter rhyming couplets, Mysterious Reality has a combination of battlefield action and thoughtful dialogue.

Download or read book The Anti Anxiety Program written by Peter J. Norton and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2021 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A lifeline for anxiety sufferers, this expertly crafted workbook has been revised and updated to be even more user-friendly. Readers discover a new sense of freedom as they work through this comprehensive program grounded in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Step by step, the book provides skills for changing anxiety-provoking ways of thinking and for confronting feared situations safely and gradually. Updated with over a decade's worth of research advances, the second edition includes more detailed instructions for customizing the program, extra support for staying motivated, vivid stories that run throughout the book, new separate chapters on relaxation and mindfulness, and downloadable audio recordings. The large-size format makes it easy to fill in the worksheets; readers can download and print additional copies as needed"--

Download or read book Cupid Is Stupid written by Aaron Bryant, Jr. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-01-30 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four couples, four problems, four love levels, and four different ways to love, lead to four times the fun. Cupid is Stupid has real characters with real situations, which will have you laughing, and nodding your head in agreement. Read and learn why Cupid is Stupid, but we don't have to be.

Download or read book Project Hail Mary written by Andy Weir and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science—in development as a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling. HUGO AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: Bill Gates, GatesNotes, New York Public Library, Parade, Newsweek, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal • “An epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi.”—USA Today “If you loved The Martian, you’ll go crazy for Weir’s latest.”—The Washington Post Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.

Download or read book The Key to Fear written by Kristin Cast and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No touching today for a healthy tomorrow. For fifty years, the Key Corporation has defended humanity against a deadly virus that spreads through touch. Lovers don’t kiss, or even hold hands. Personal boundaries are valued above all. Break the laws, and you’ll face execution. Elodie, a talented young nurse, believes in the mission of the Key and has never questioned the laws that control her life. But Elodie is forced to break the rules when she sets out in search of a terminal patient who goes missing while under her care. From the outside, it seems like Aiden was given everything he could want from the Key—a purpose, an education, and a future. But Aiden knows more than he’s letting on, and the dark secrets he’s keeping could tear the Key’s strict society apart. When Elodie and Aiden’s lives collide, the fallout will be devastating. What do you do when the brutal system that once kept you safe hunts you down? Run.

Download or read book The Anti Anxiety Workbook written by Martin M. Antony and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2015-04-27 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent breakthroughs in the study and treatment of anxiety are empowering countless people to find relief from chronic fears, worrying, phobias, and obsessions. This inviting workbook shows how. The state-of-the-art program presented here is grounded in cognitive-behavioral therapy, the most effective treatment for anxiety. No matter what type of anxiety problem you suffer from, leading experts Drs. Martin M. Antony and Peter J. Norton provide an unrivaled toolkit of proven strategies to help you: *Understand what anxiety is and how it gets out of control *Identify your anxiety triggers *Change the beliefs and behaviors that make symptoms worse *Develop a safe, gradual plan for confronting feared situations *Learn the facts about medications and herbal remedies *Achieve a new level of calm with relaxation and meditation techniques *Find the right professional help, if and when you need it Vivid examples and user-friendly worksheets (you can download and print additional copies as needed) guide you to put the book's science-based techniques into action. Effective problem-solving tips ease you through the rough spots in recovery. If you're ready to take back your life from anxiety, you've come to the right place. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Self-Help Book of Merit

Download or read book Mean Girls at Work How to Stay Professional When Things Get Personal written by Katherine Crowley and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-11-02 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the New York Post's Top 10 Career Books of 2012 and a Booklist Top 10 Business Book DO YOU WORK WITH A MEAN GIRL? A woman’s field guide to the new frontier of professional development—working with other women Women-to-women relationships in the workplace are . . . complicated. When they’re good, they’re great. But when they’re bad, they can ruin your day, your week—even your year. Packed with proven advice from two of today’s leading experts in workplace relationships, this one-of-a-kind guide gives women the tools they need to navigate difficult situations unique to women-to-women relationships—whether with a boss, a colleague, a client, or an employee. Have you dealt with a woman in the workplace who: “Accidentally” excludes you from important meetings? Seems intent on taking you down professionally? Gossips about you with other coworkers? Makes you look bad by missing deadlines? Forms a “pack” of mean girls to make your life miserable? Mean Girls at Work isn’t just about surviving difficult situations. It’s about transforming a toxic relationship into one that benefits and supports both of you. This book is also for women who engage in mean behavior . . . but don’t know it. After all, who hasn’t gossiped about a female coworker? Who hasn’t rolled her eyes in the presence of a woman she doesn’t like? Who hasn’t scanned another woman head to toe—which is just a nonverbal way of saying, “You’ve just been judged”? The authors provide invaluable advice to the more subtle ways of being mean—even if they’re not intended. With a workforce composed of a higher percentage of women than ever, workplace dynamics have changed. Crowley and Elster cover every conceivable scenario, providing critical advice on how to rise above the fray and move forward professionally. Mean Girls at Work is your map to dodging the mines and moving forward in today’s transformed workplace. Praise for Mean Girls at Work “An invaluable suit of armor for surviving nine to five!” —Leil Lowndes, bestselling author of How to Talk to Anyone “If you think the emotional cruelty of comedies like Mean Girls and Heathers doesn’t exist in the real world workplace, think again. In Mean Girls at Work, Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster valuably chronicle female vs. female predators and offer solid defensive strategies.” —Ann Kreamer, author of It’s Always Personal: Navigating Emotion in the New Workplace “Whether you are in your twenties and just starting your professional career, your midcareer forties, when you are supposed to have figured it out already, or a woman in her fifties or sixties who’s seen it all—this book is a must-read. . . . The authors have finally given women the tools and the sound advice necessary to deal with . . . conflicts that keep us all from succeeding. . . . Carry this book with you to work every day!” —Carolyn Cassin, President, Michigan Women’s Foundation “A must-read for women of all ages in today’s workforce. This book offers what we all need to develop the capacities to endure this ever-changing workplace. We know it is all about relationships and you need the skills outlined in this book to survive and thrive when the Mean Girls attack.” —Kim Harrington, Coordinator, Professional Development and Training, Office of Human Resources, California State University, Sacramento

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Download or read book Flights of Love written by Bernhard Schlink and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernhard Schlink brings to these seven superbly crafted stories the same sleek concision and moral acuity that made The Reader an international bestseller. His characters–men with importunate appetites and unfortunate habits of deception–are uneasily suspended between the desire for love and the impulse toward flight. A young boy’s fascination with an eerily erotic painting gradually leads him into the labyrinth of his family’s secrets. The friendship between a West Berliner and an idealistic young couple from the East founders amid the prosperity and revelations that follow the collapse of communism. An acrobatic philanderer (one wife and two mistresses, all apparently quite happy) begins to crack under the weight of his abundance. By turns brooding and comic, and filled with the suspense that comes from the inexorable unfolding of character, Flights of Love is nothing less than masterful

Download or read book The Key Series Books 1 2 written by Kristin Cast and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when the brutal system that once kept you safe hunts you down? What price would you pay for freedom? In the acclaimed dystopian world of the Key by New York Times bestselling author Kristin Cast, two young rebels fight to determine their own worth and change the world along with themselves. The Key to Fear For fifty years, the Key Corporation has defended humanity against a deadly virus that spreads through touch. Lovers don’t kiss, or even hold hands. Personal boundaries are valued above all. Break the laws, and you’ll face execution. Elodie, a talented young nurse, believes in the mission of the Key and has never questioned the laws that control her life. But Elodie is forced to break the rules when she sets out in search of a terminal patient who goes missing while under her care. From the outside, it seems like Aiden was given everything he could want from the Key—a purpose, an education, and a future. But Aiden knows more than he’s letting on, and the dark secrets he’s keeping could tear the Key’s strict society apart. The Key to Fury After discovering the shocking truth behind the Key Corporation, nurse Elodie and misfit Aiden have managed to escape in search of New Dawn—the stronghold for the Eos resistance movement. There, they can fight for a better world, one where everyone can make their own futures. But things aren’t always as they seem, and as they navigate the tricky paths between perception and reality, freedom and fighting for survival, the two young rebels must discover who they can trust, even as they learn more about who they really are ...

Download or read book Whirlwind Ii written by Margot Vesel Rising and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composer, Ann Winslow finds love when she is over sixty. She is devasted when her late life romance suddenly ends. Not knowing why, she is resigned to live the rest of her life in loneliness. Walt Harmon ,a music publisher, is interested in publishing her music. She goes to Chicago to meet with him and it doesn't take long for him to fall in love with her. All he asks is for the chance to make her fall in love with him in the one week she will be in Chicago.