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"It was more than that I had kissed away my twenties and was miserable I couldn't be naked with anybody, couldn't wear a backless dress, couldn't go to the beach—all the things a person should be able to do."

hen Muhammad Ali's daughter Khaliah hit 325 pounds, she didn't need to be told again that she was morbidly obese. A lifetime of dieting, of starving, had not helped. She thought about gastric bypass surgery but couldn't pursue it after reading the statistic that as many as one in twenty-five people suffers complications, and sometimes death, from the operation. She could not afford to risk leaving her young son without a mother.

Miserable, depressed, and unable to walk up a flight of stairs without losing her breath, she did not know which way to turn—until a friend pointed her toward a new type of surgery called gastric banding. It is just as effective as gastric bypass with a fraction of potential complications. With the band placed around her stomach and completely taking away her hunger, Khaliah slimmed down to half her former size.

The band she used has been the surgical option of choice in Europe for more than a decade but is only just now arriving in the United States. It is sure to become number one here too. Unlike gastric bypass surgery, gastric banding is reversible, is completely safe during pregnancy, involves no nutritional deficiencies, and best of all, takes away hunger forever, not just for the first year or so.

Khaliah wraps her story of weight loss in this memoir of what it was like to grow up the daughter of one of the world's most famous men, and teams up with her surgeons at the New York University Medical Center to detail the lifetime of misery suffered by an obese girl; the ins and outs of the banding operation; and the joy, serenity, and health resulting from a solution that until now had eluded her.

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Kyle MacDonald had a paperclip One red paperclip, a dream, and a resume to write. And bills to pay. Oh, and a very patient girlfriend who was paying the rent while he was once again “between jobs.” Kyle wanted to be able to provide for himself and his girlfriend, Dominique He wanted to own his own home. He wanted something bigger than a paperclip. So he put an ad on Craigslist, the popular classifieds website, with the intention of trading that paperclip for something better. A girl in Vancouver offered him a fish pen in exchange for his paperclip. He traded the fish pen for a doorknob and the doorknob for a camping stove. Before long he had traded the camping stove for a generator for a neon sign. Not long after that, avid snow-globe collector and television star Corbin Bernsen and the small Canadian town of Kipling were involved, and Kyle was on to bigger and better things.

In One Red Paperclip, Kyle takes you on a journey around the globe as he moves from paperclip holder to homeowner in just fourteen trades. With plenty of irreverent and insightful anecdotes and practical tips on how you can find your own paperclip and realize your dreams, he proves it’s possible to succeed in life and achieve your dreams on your own terms. Quirky and inspirational, this story of a regular guy and a small, red, now-legendary paperclip will have you looking at your office supplies-and your life-in a whole new way..
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A detailed look inside the minds and methods of 55 legendary business leaders

Behind every tale of breakthrough success is the visionary man or woman who made it happen. Profiles in Business Success examines the lives of 55 giants of the business world and reveals how they overcame obstacles, forged their own management philosophies, and drove their companies to the top.

This inspirational book helps business professionals understand and implement proven methods for innovation, growth, and achievement. Readers of every age and interest will learn:

• How Gap CEO Mickey Drexler built a $9 billion-a-year retail business by listening to 12-year-olds
• How Charles Walgreen Sr. turned a corner drugstore into one of the first multibillion-dollar chains
• How eBay founder Pierre Omidyar changed shopping forever--to help his wife find Pez dispensers

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Executive Thinking stands alone as the book that shows how any executive, manager, supervisor, or team leader today can create or communicate his or her vision, then develop the organizational systems and structures needed to gain commitment, establish alignment, and ensure success for themselves, their employees, and their organization..
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Mike Courtney deals with subject matter that is serious and more prevalent than we want to admit. The church must find answers and offer them-because without divine intervention, bondage and hopelessness will prove to be the result. Not only is the individual healed captive by addictive practices adversely affected, but every family member is impacted and the compulsive practices often spread like a contagious disease. This book is both a testimony and a textbook of how to break free from the chains of addiction that trap even believers. Foreward by James Robison, Life Outreach International.
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When Cuba Conquered Kentucky is a classic underdog tale of a basketball team from a tiny Kentucky high school that in 1952 won the state championship against supposedly stronger teams from much bigger schools..
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Leveraging the New Human Capital forever changes the way managers see today's highly complex employees. Through interviews with corporate executives, overviews of available research and four stories of major corporations, the book sets out five specific strategies organizations can use to adapt to this new workforce..
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This is an inspiring memoir of the author's near-fatal battle with anorexia and bulimia, and how she was able to emerge victorious 25 years later. Her incredible, thought-provoking journey takes you far beyond the eating disorder symptoms and into the obsessive mindset in a way that only someone who has been there can. But the story doesn't end there; it continues straight down the road of recovery proving that victory is possible no matter how many years you have struggled..
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The success stories of military and political leaders are an endless source of inspiration and ideas. Taken from Investor's Business Daily's popular "Leaders & Success" section, Military & Political Leaders & Success gives you the inside track on the leadership styles, strategies, and techniques of 55 greats in the history of war and politics. You will learn how:

• Winston Churchill's courage and take-action leadership stemmed the Nazi tide in World War II
• Patton's strategic discipline dealt the fatal blow to Hitler's Germany
• Norman Schwartzkopf motivated troops in one of the most successful ground assaults in U.S History

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Sports Leaders & Success chronicles how 55 celebrated athletes and coaches rose to the top of their games, uncovering methods that can be adapted to any competitive environment and translated into success. Building on the popular and respected Investor's Business Daily "Leaders & Succes" section, this inspirational, results-focused book examines:

• How basketball legend John Wooden won an unsurpassed 10 of 12 NCAA Championship titles
• How Mia Hamm's committment made her the all-time leading scorer in women's soccer
• How Michael Jordan's dedication won him the NBA scoring title a record 10 times

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