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Here they are, hundreds of lovable winners of the 2008 Cat Calendar Contest: tiger tabbies, colorful calicoes, smoky grays. Chatty Siamese, poufy Persians, Aby athletes and cheetah-like Egyptian Maus. They're dangling from scratching posts, lurking by fish tanks, stalking squirrels, napping in bowls and baskets, and just hanging out—all that feline attitude on full display. Includes breed information, quotes and lore, health and care tips, and trivia..
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"Omigosh—so cute!" (The Boston Globe). Introducing a brand-new calendar based on the phenomenally popular, award-winning blog—with the singular mission of scouring the Web for "only the finest in cute imagery"—anointed "#1 MOOD LIFTER" in Time magazine's "50 Coolest Websites" issue. Cute Overload features day after day of sheer animal adorability: wiggly-nosed bunny rabbits, palm-size puppies, kittens mimicking human traits, fuzzy chicks, koalas, baby pandas, the occasional hedgehog, and The Rules of Cuteness, including #5: Fisheye lens + baby animal is always cute and #10: If you haven't grown into your feet yet, it's cute. Accompanied by a pitch-perfect, smart caption, every picture is guaranteed to elicit an "awww." Truly, "The Gold Standard of Cute" (Wonkette)..
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Foreword by Stephen R. Covey, Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

"Most books make promises This one delivers These skills have not only helped us to change the culture of our company, but have also generated new techniques for working together in ways that enabled us to win the largest contract in our industry's history."--Dain M. Hancock, President, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

A powerful, seven-step approach to handling difficult conversations with confidence and skill

"Crucial" conversations are interpersonal exchanges at work or at home that we dread having but know we cannot avoid. How do you say what needs to be said while avoiding an argument with a boss, child, or relationship partner? Crucial Conversations offers readers a proven seven-point strategy for achieving their goals in all those emotionally, psychologically, or legally charged situations that can arise in their professional and personal lives. Based on the authors' highly popular DialogueSmart training seminars, the techniques are geared toward getting people to lower their defenses, creating mutual respect and understanding, increasing emotional safety, and encouraging freedom of expression. Among other things, readers also learn about the four main factors that characterize crucial conversations, and they get a powerful six-minute mastery technique that prepares them to work through any highimpact situation with confidence..
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The attitude, the grace, the beauty and mystique of the cat, captured in hundreds of exquisitely composed and reproduced photographs. A white cat curled against a brilliant green door. A sleepy Siamese in mid-yawn. Silver tabby kittens piled in a heap. A Maine Coon, fluffed out to the max. These exceptional portraits, in color and black and white, are saturated in mesmerizing detail—a finely textured pink nose, the languid curve of a tail, brilliant gold-flecked eyes—and are a singular tribute to the ever-alluring cat..
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A tiny Chihuahua perched on a cushion A basset hound, ever droll. An elegant and expressive Italian greyhound, a dalmatian bounding across a field, and a shar-pei puppy sniffing a purple flower. Featuring hundreds of beautifully composed and reproduced photographs in color and black and white, this gallery-for-your-desktop celebrates the lively spirit and true, loving soul of the dog. Each portrait is a study in detail: a snowdusted muzzle, the silky ears of a spaniel, a puppy's playful gaze..
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Anyone who works in an office could use a little stress-reducing laughter The Office: Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes 2009 Calendar fills that need. With ample amounts of silly office terminology, humorous quotes, funny one-liners, plus resume "don'ts," this calendar is just what every office employee needs. Tear off each self-adhesive page you'd like to keep and stick it anywhere, or add a message and stick it in a coworker's office to add a little humor to the workday.

* This calendar is a perfect fit for any employee's desk and is guaranteed to provide hours of laughter.

* You Know You Are the Office Dork If . . . You wear the company logo attire on non-mandatory days.

* This calendar's adhesive-backed pages allow anyone to keep a joke or funny office quip simply by sticking the page to any surface..
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Using the dramatic scenario of an investigative journalist pursuing his story and leads, Lee Strobel uses his experience as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune to interview experts about the evidence for Christ from the fields of science, philosophy, and history. Winner of the Gold Medallion Book Award and twice nominated for the Christian Book of the Year Award..
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365 Dogs—the standard bearer of sheer lovableness—is back for its 17th year with an irresistible abundance of floppy ears, thumping tails, big wet noses, and goofy doggy grins. In beautiful full color, here are the hundreds of winners of the 2008 Dog Calendar Contest: funny-faced Pugs, gangly Great Danes, lively Labs, perky Bichons. Plus gentle bulldogs, ever-alert terriers, and more mutts than you can shake a tail at. They're romping, running, rolling, posing— until they're petered out from a long day of play. Photos are accompanied by health and care tips, quotes, breed information, trivia, and lore..
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Pierre Cardin and Robert Clergerie. Manolo Blahnik and Balenciaga. Fornarina, Ferragamo, Maud Frizon's iridescent pump, and Christian Dior's Olympic-inspired shoe--with a miniature globe for the heel. With sales surging 46% in 2008, "Shoes" is an irresistible parade of pumps, mules, and flats, boots, spikes, sling-backs, and platforms. Even if they don't all fit in your closet, they will fit on your desktop. Inspired by Linda O'Keefe's international bestseller "Shoes", with 535,000 copies sold in the U.S. alone..
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