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This father of ten thriving children delivers knock-out advice on the art of being a dad.

George Foreman is an international symbol of a positive attitude, determination, and athleticism He's also well known for having ten children, five boys and five girls. As a man who strives to live in obedience to the Ultimate Father, Foreman has a powerful perspective on effective, godly fatherhood. Through his own experiences as a son in a single-parent home, as a faithful father, and now as a grandfather, he knows what works and what doesn't--all with a dose of humor and humility. The goal of this book is to provide commonsense fathering advice and anecdotes to a wide variety of men who themselves are encountering the challenges of fatherhood.

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Sailor's Secrets contains over 1,000 tips, suggestions, evaluations, and nuggets of hard-won advice from more than 300 seasoned veterans.

Instructive, humorous, biting, and challenging, Sailor's Secrets can be opened anywhere and enjoyed Its wide-ranging chapters cover routine maintenance, understanding weather, safety at sea, storm strategies, piloting, engine troubleshooting, gear and outfitting, and simple solutions to complex problems.

Michael Badham and Robby Robinson have created the nautical equivalent of an experts' forum. Don Casey, Dennis Conner, Bob Rice, Dave Gerr, Hank Hinckley, Bill Biwenga, Sheila McCurdy, Katy Burke, Meade Gougeon, Buddy Melges, Walter Greene, Steve Callahan, and a host of others share the insights they've developed over millions of sea miles..
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Just because it's a great idea doesn't mean it will succeed Drawing on the expertise and firsthand experience of inventors, financiers, market researchers, psychologists and sociologist and using examples as diverse as the Classic Coke, Napster, WebVan, the Mars Climate Orbiter and Voice recogniton software..
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A significant report on a critical topic, this classic volume of the New Directions for Evaluation series is now in print and available again.

The author presents thirty-one provocative propositions challenging traditional ideas about the nature and practice of program evaluation. In the process, he explores ways to improve popular evaluation models and approaches and to creatively address intermediate and advanced evaluation issues. While challenging well-held beliefs and developing new and innovative approaches to program evaluation, the author also aims to provide a substantial introduction to the most analytical and comprehensive of the various accepted methods.

This is the 58th issue of the Jossey-Bass quarterly series New Directions for Evaluation..
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Oprah told the world, "If you want to read a very inspiring book, read Hard Won Wisdom." Through exclusive interviews with many of the strongest women of our times, best-selling author Fawn Germer shares the insights of female groundbreakers, dreamers, and survivors who've found extraordinary success. In Hard Won Wisdom, more than fifty of today's most successful women -businesswomen and politicians, athletes and scientists, activists and actresses-act as mentors by sharing their hardships and triumphs while relating what they have learned. Through never-before-published interviews and analysis from the nation's foremost experts in women's psychology, business and sociology, Hard Won Wisdom offers a practical program for success and a guide to living a bolder and more fulfilling life. Featuring: Jane Goodall, Carly Fiorina, Rita Moreno, Jocelyn Elders, Cokie Roberts, hockey's Cammi Granato, journalism legend Helen Thomas, Academy Award winner Frances McDormand, and many, many others. Best-selling author is an international speaker and corporate coach. She is a four-time Pulitzer-nominated journalist who worked as a correspondent for The Washington Post and U.S.News and World Report, and was a staff writer for The Miami Herald..
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Computer programmer Alan Bartlet takes his new girlfriend to Las Vegas. There he meets Medusa, a backup singer for the now dead rock star Shane. She hints that Shane might be alive. In flashback, we see the rise and fall of Shane. Alan pursues Medusa and descends into a world of mystery, lust and murder to find out: Is Shane Alive?.
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The last 20 years has seen one management fad after another come and go. At the behest of consultants and gurus, businesses have re-engineered, downsized, learnt excellence, developed competencies and created customer-focused strategies. But to what avail? Despite all these fads and improvements we still find bad management, unhappy customers and companies that are extolled as excellent one day and go bust the next. There is a huge gulf between the excellence industry that is touted by the gurus and the real world of business. "Hard-core Management" aims to bridge that gap. It exposes all the core assumptions made by managers and their gurus by stripping them of their fancy garb and forcing us to confront the stark, warts-and-all reality. More than 100 overdressed assumptions are presented for frank examination such as: we know our customers; we know our competition; we have a strategy; our leader knows the way; we have a vision; we are in control; and we can change..
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The author of If You Could See What I Hear chose six families to interview in depth to express the wide range of issues and concerns confronting parents of children with such disabilities as deafness, blindness, cerebral palsy, and Down syndrome..
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This ambitious study presents the latest views on Dutch society during the famous Golden Age. Philosophy, religion and the arts are treated at length, and particular attention is paid to the institutions and media responsible for the dissemination of culture, including language, education and the printed word. Although 1650 is the central year, the subject is examined in a much broader time-frame, which makes the book an excellent introduction to seventeenth-century society in general.
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