Download or read book It s Too Late to Leave Early written by William Walling and published by Virtualbookworm.com. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Heller's rollicking novel, Catch-22, used black humor to point out, and point up, the inanities and insanities experienced by men at war. In a similar vein, It's Too Late to Leave Early employs plain vanilla humor to illustrate the frustrations and idiocies common to an industry the author, a former aerospace engineer, knows all too well. You'll meet many outrageous characters a one time porn queen who's into blackmail; the wealthy great-grandson of a Russian aviation pioneer who'lll do anything to get back the company he believes was "stolen" from his family; a former Air Force lieutenant colonel who reinvents himself as a totally inept favorite of management; a wannabe Western film star who's never been within fifty yards of a horse; an ultra-paranoid executive vice president and general manager; a nymphomaniacal lady scheduler and sundry others all of whom are embroiled in situations ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime, and beyond. Enjoy!
Download or read book The Sign for Drowning written by Rachel Stolzman and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna has grown up haunted by her younger sister’s death. In the life she constructs as a barrier against the emotional wreckage of her family tragedy, Anna settles comfortably into a career as a teacher of deaf children. But a challenge arrives—in the form of a young girl. Adrea’s disarming vulnerability and obvious need for love offer Anna the possibility of reconnecting with the world around her—if she has the courage to open her heart.
Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together
Download or read book Before It s Too Late written by Sara Driscoll and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a serial killer plays games with the FBI, a special agent and her K-9 partner refuse to follow the rules in this Washington, D.C., thriller. Somewhere in the Washington, D.C. area, a woman lies helpless in a box—barely breathing and buried alive. In Quantico, the FBI receives a coded message from the woman’s abductor. He wants to play a game: decipher the clues, save the girl. But when FBI cryptanalysts crack the code, Special Agent Meg Jennings and her K-9 partner, Hawk, are too late. An innocent life is lost…and the killer’s game is far from over. With more coded messages, the deadly pattern is repeated—again and again. As the body count rises, Meg decides to break protocol and consult her brilliant sister, Cara, to decipher the kidnapper’s twisted clues. Putting her job on the line, Meg is determined not to let one more person die under her and Hawk’s watch. If the plan fails, it could bite them in the end. And if it leads to the killer, it could bury them forever . . .
Download or read book Before It s Too Late written by Stanton Samenow and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2011-03-16 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a body of work which gives concerned parents and professionals instructive insight into the personality of "problem children" and gives practical suggestions for taking corrective and remedial steps before it's too late.
Download or read book Selling Women Short written by Louise Marie Roth and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rocked by a flurry of high-profile sex discrimination lawsuits in the 1990s, Wall Street was supposed to have cleaned up its act. It hasn't. Selling Women Short is a powerful new indictment of how America's financial capital has swept enduring discriminatory practices under the rug. Wall Street is supposed to be a citadel of pure economics, paying for performance and evaluating performance objectively. People with similar qualifications and performance should receive similar pay, regardless of gender. They don't. Comparing the experiences of men and women who began their careers on Wall Street in the late 1990s, Louise Roth finds not only that women earn an average of 29 percent less but also that they are shunted into less lucrative career paths, are not promoted, and are denied the best clients. Selling Women Short reveals the subtle structural discrimination that occurs when the unconscious biases of managers, coworkers, and clients influence performance evaluations, work distribution, and pay. In their own words, Wall Street workers describe how factors such as the preference to associate with those of the same gender contribute to systematic inequality. Revealing how the very systems that Wall Street established ostensibly to combat discrimination promote inequality, Selling Women Short closes with Roth's frank advice on how to tackle the problem, from introducing more tangible performance criteria to curbing gender-stereotypical client entertaining activities. Above all, firms could stop pretending that market forces lead to fair and unbiased outcomes. They don't.
Download or read book The Herstories Project written by Jessica Smock and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bonds of women's friendship can be more intimate than marriage, and just as essential to emotional health. From the childhood friend who broke your heart to the college roommate who witnessed you at your highest and lowest, from the lost friendship that ended bitterly to the devoted companion who is still in your life, from the bond that was forged due to shared grief to the shaky connection born with new motherhood, all women have stories to tell about their friendships. The HerStories Project: Women Explore the Joy, Pain, and Power of Female Friendship is a collection of essays from over 50 women writers, encompassing tales of friendship from the sandbox to the inbox. The book includes a foreword from Jill Smokler of Scary Mommy and several chapters on understanding friendship from friendship experts Shasta Nelson and Carlin Flora. In this book, you will read stories of childhood friendship, relationships between sisters, mothers, and daughters, grown-up friendships--both real life and online-- friendships during motherhood, and stories of friendship break-ups and losses. Whether you identify with the new mother who struggles with loneliness, the woman who looks forward to her social media notifications, the challenging and complex relationship of sisters, or the stories of friends that have drifted apart, you will recognize yourself somewhere in the pages of this book.
Download or read book Posting to St Petersburg written by Jeffrey Reid and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord David Mountforte is appointed First Secretary to the British Ambassador at the Court of Catherine the Great, St. Petersburg. Young, personable and rich, David finds himself quickly embraced and invited into the fashionable and wealthy Russian Society. This historical novel, set in the late eighteenth century finds David embroiled in gambling, kidnapping and murder amongst the glamorous Aristocratic lives of some of Russia's oldest families. Glamour, tragedy, power and love creates a powerful fervid thriller.
Download or read book Shattered Home written by J.M. Adele and published by Book Flare Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read the beginning of Angel and Aiden’s story. She streaked by, a glow surrounding her and her black hair flowing behind. I had to rub my eyes. My heart just about beat right out of my chest because I knew I’d found an Angel. I hoped she’d been sent to save me. Aiden Thomas couldn’t believe his eyes when he spotted a real, live angel in the school yard. There was no way he could’ve comprehended how important she’d become in his miserable existence. Until their world is cruelly torn apart. * Intended for mature audiences due to adult scenes and language. *
Download or read book Spirits of a Feather written by Charles W. Shirriff and published by Modern Novels. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirits of a Feather is a fact-based novel which follows the adventures of Jay, a teenager who heads south to escape the isolation of his dysfunctional family in the wilderness of northern Canada. Winnipeg, the capital city of Manitoba, becomes the locale for Jay's experiences with the gay community, the occult, native shamanism, the drug culture, vegetarianism and a rich girlfriend. Through his experiences with his friends and the acceptance of two older men Jay matures from the egocentricity of youth to a burgeoning social conscience as he learns to cope with his homophobic feelings and the challenges of his new world. The nineteen vegetarian recipes included in the appendix are designed to be nourishing and enjoyable for nonvegetarians as well.
Download or read book BEFORE IT S TOO LATE written by George Clark and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was born in Paris, France at 3:00 PM on September 6th 1939 to a French father and a Russian mother only six days after Hitler's Nazis invaded Poland. Within six (6) months my parents travel to Shanghai, China where my mother, believe it or not, has just accepted a position with Macy's Department Store. This trip to China sets the stage for me, now just one year old, to be taken again by my parents to travel this time to Kobe, Japan in 1940 to be introduced to my new Grandparents. So begins my adventure as my parents spend a month in Kobe, and then return to Shanghai in order to "put their affairs in order" before returning to Japan to Join me, her parents and my grandparents.. Then the Pearl Harbor attack takes place and they' find themselves stranded in China while I'm stranded in Japan with my grandparents who are in their mid-sixties, now with the responsibility of taking care of their one (1) year old grandson. I can only imagine what their thoughts were as they considered what lay ahead. This book charts my experiences, close calls, and adventures for the next ten (10) years while living in war-torn and post-war Japan. I have also been blessed with a vivid memory making it possible for me to relive many of my early experiences, to the point that the more I wrote the more details I remembered. My research has been limited to checking spelling and certain geographic facts, and I'm writing this book as seen through the eyes of a ten (10) year old, although I'm now in my mid-sixties. Nevertheless, I have tried to be as accurate as possible and stand by this narrative.
Download or read book Before It s Too Late written by Sheila Overton, MD and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-10-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Note: Revised edition was published on March 8, 2016. Dr. Overton, an OB/GYN physician, offers a fresh perspective and medical expertise in this thoughtful, comprehensive guide. Before It's Too Late educates parents about key teen sexual health issues and empowers them to guide their children to values-based, smart, and healthy decisions about sex. "Dr. Overton has created this must-have resource for parents. A comprehensive, medically accurate guide that any parent, no matter the age of your child, can benefit from". Patricia Paluzzi, DrPH, CNM, President and CEO Healthy Teen Network
Download or read book DAYTON written by Allan Cannon and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DAYTONThey were drawn to the northern industrial cities by the hundreds of thousands, both during and after World War II. Companies needing employees even set up recruiting offices, just like the military, all over the Cumberland Plateau, where the three states come together. But the emigrants all had one trait in common, they still kept one foot stuck in the rocky soil of the mountains. Everybody wanted to make their pile, then head back "down home." But for most it never happened. The interrupted lives, learning of new cultures, and separated families, took their toll. Some men worked all their adult lives "up north," while their wives never left the mountains--raising a bunch of kids, and seeming reasonably happy. And through it all there was the returning, then leaving again.
Download or read book Proceedings written by New York State Horticultural Society and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Charmed Life Wildseed Witch Book 2 written by Marti Dumas and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by creole traditions, Charmed Life is the second book in Marti Dumas’s fun, middle-grade contemporary fantasy Wildseed Witch series with an all-BIPOC cast, about a social-media-loving tween—and witch! After a summer of being the worst witch at a fancy witch school, Hasani can’t wait to get back to the peace and normalcy of Riverbend Middle where she knows all the rules and is destined to be captain of the Mathletes. There are a few little hiccups to work out—like how she’s going to tell her best friend that she’s a witch—but even though the other two members of Hasani’s coven have joined her friend group and her school, there’s no reason to think that eighth grade won’t be smooth sailing . . . that is until her former friend (and fellow witch) LaToya shows up. LaToya starts trying to take her friends and make Hasani seem like the bad guy. To make matters worse, strange things begin happening around the school—including a termite infestation—and Hasani is sure that LaToya is to blame. However, when Miss Lafleur comes to visit to help deal with the termites and investigate the magic, she helps Hasani to channel her powers and realize just how strong her magic has become. But Miss Lafleur also isn’t convinced that LaToya could have caused all this chaos on her own—so Hasani sets out to prove it, and heads to a magical market, 3Thirteen, to find the ingredients she needs to do so. But in all her focus on proving she’s right and learning more about her magic, is Hasani losing sight of the people and things that are most important to her? Includes a teaser chapter of Fortunes & Frenemies (Wildseed Witch Book 3) The Wildseed Witch series Wildseed Witch (Book 1) Charmed Life (Book 2) Fortunes & Frenemies (Book 3)
Download or read book Earth s Wild Music written by Kathleen Dean Moore and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At once joyous and somber, this thoughtful gathering of new and selected essays spans Kathleen Dean Moore's distinguished career as a tireless advocate for environmental activism in the face of climate change. In this meditation on the music of the natural world, Moore celebrates the call of loons, howl of wolves, bellow of whales, laughter of children, and shriek of frogs, even as she warns of the threats against them. Each group of essays moves, as Moore herself has been moved, from celebration to lamentation to bewilderment and finally to the determination to act in defense of wild songs and the creatures who sing them. Music is the shivering urgency and exuberance of life ongoing. In a time of terrible silencing, Moore asks, who will forgive us if we do not save nature's songs?
