Doudna, Kelly
Summary: This title explores real-life people whose endurance is so amazing, it seems like a superpower! Readers will learn what endurance is and the factors that affect endurance and meet people whose endurance is superhuman! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.9 DOUThakur, Sophia
Summary: "In her publishing debut, internationally acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur takes you on an intimate journey through love, loss, sacrifice, and self-discovery. In four parts -- titled Grow, Wait, Break, and Grow Again -- she shares her raw self and gives voice to experiences that connect people, inspiring readers to explore the tendencies of the heart." -- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 811 THADuhigg, Charles
Summary: Redefining productivity as a discipline involving how one thinks, identifies goals, constructs teams, and makes decisions, explains how to transform thinking behaviors to increase self-motivation and shares illustrative examples.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 DUHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 158 DUHGiorno, John
Summary: "Memoir of the poet and performance artist John Giorno"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GIORNO, JOHN GIOWallace, Jennifer Breheny
Summary: "In Never Enough, reporter Jennifer Breheny Wallace investigates the deep roots of toxic achievement culture. Drawing on interviews with families, educators, and psychologists, she offers a humane view of the crisis plaguing today's teens and a practical framework for how to help"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2023
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Summary: "This title explores real-life people whose strength is so amazing, it seems like a superpower! Readers will learn what strength is, how muscles affect strength, and meet people whose strength is superhuman! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.9 DOUDuhigg, Charles.
Summary: Charles Duhigg explores the science of productivity, and why, in today's world, managing how people think rather than what they think can transform their lives.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 158 DUHHuang, Laura
Summary: "Laura Huang, a preeminent Harvard Business School professor, shows that success is about gaining an edge: that elusive quality that gives you an upper hand and attracts attention and support. Some people seem to naturally have it. Now, Huang teaches the rest of us how to create our own from the challenges and biases we think hold us back, and turning them to work in our favor"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio / Penguin 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 HUAKotler, Steven
Summary: Cutting-edge discoveries in embodied cognition, flow science, and network neuroscience have revolutionized how we think about peak performance aging. On paper, these discoveries should allow older athletes to progress in supposedly "impossible" activities. To see if theory worked in practice, Kotler conducted his own ass-on-the-line experiment in applied neuroscience and later-in-life skill...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 KOTRamalingam, Ben
Summary: "With over two decades' experience both observing and interpreting how people channel disaster into opportunity in the most extreme circumstances and environments on Earth, Ben Ramalingam has a unique vantage point from which to identify the key principles that can enable anyone to use stress as an opportunity for change. In Upshift, Ramalingam distils this expertise into an insightful,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 RAMSummary: The world's greatest drummers reflect on the art of drumming and how it has shaped their lives. Features interviews with Ringo Starr from The Beatles, Taylor Hawkins from Foo Fighters, Stewart Copeland from The Police, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann from Grateful Dead, Chad Smith from Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC LETDoerr, John E.
Summary: "In the fall of 1999, John Doerr met with the founders of a start-up he'd just given nearly $12 million, the biggest investment of his career. Larry Page and Sergey Brin had amazing technology, entrepreneurial energy, and sky-high ambitions, but no real business plan. For Google to change the world, or even survive, Page and Brin had to learn how to make tough choices on priorities while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2018
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Summary: Provides tips on how to work at a new job and how to learn that new job. Flip the book over and there's a story about two workers with different attitudes about their jobs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 HIGBar-Eli, Michael
Summary: Boost! breaks down the complex behavioral science of getting ahead. Through original scientific research, unique case studies, and anecdotes from the world of sports and beyond, Bar-Eli explains the psychological underpinnings of human behavior and how we can harness this knowledge to perform at our highest levels, succeeding in our careers and personal lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 BARPang, Alex Soojung-Kim
Summary: "For most of us, overwork is the new normal and rest is an afterthought. In our busy lives, rest is defined as the absence of work: late-night TV binges, hours spent trawling the internet, something to do once we've finished everything else on our to-do lists. But dismissing rest stifles our ability to think creatively and truly recharge. In Rest, Silicon Valley consultant Alex Pang argues that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 PANDaniels, Aubrey C.
Summary: Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement, presents Daniels proven strategies that have been successfully adopted by hundreds of organizations worldwide ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies and delivers step-by-step instruction and positive practices to help you implement and sustain positive change.With a behavioral foundation and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill Education 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 DANSeligman, Craig
Summary: "In the 1970s, queer people were openly despised and drag queens scared the public; this was also the era when Doris Fish (born Philip Mills in 1952 in Australia) rose to drag queen stardom. He was a leader of the generation that prepared the world not just for drag queens on TV but for a society that is more tolerant and accepting of LGBTQ+ people. How did we get from there to here? Craig...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FISH, DORIS SELByrd, Tommy Lee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CarTech 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 629.228 BYRCuddy, Amy Joy Casselberry
Summary: Shares strategic advice on how to live in accordance with one's inner resources to overcome social fears and self-doubt while increasing confidence, productivity, and influence.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 158 CUDRusick, Jessica
Summary: This title explores real-life people whose memory is so amazing, it seems like a superpower! Readers will learn what memory is, how humans develop short- and long-term memories, and meet people whose memory is superhuman! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.9 RUSSummary: Discover more than 70 of the most famous ballet dances, from The Nutcracker and Swan Lake to The Rite of Spring. Learn the stories behind renowned companies such as The Royal Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet. Explore the lives and achievements of dancers across the centuries, such as Margot Fonteyn, Carlos Acosta, and Darcey Bussell. Meet composers and choreographers, from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley Limited, DK, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 792.8 BALSummary: An intimate musical portrait of singer/songwriter Neil Young, shot over during a two-night performance at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Provides a view into the artist relationship with his family, friends, mortality and the passage of time.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006