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Working nine to five isn t the only way for them to make a living. They would rather start their own businesses than climb a corporate ladder. Salary is not their primary motivator. And they certainly aren t going to work twenty years at the same company to receive a gold watch at the retirement party. Generations X and Y are changing the way our world works because what s worked in the past isn t working for them. In many ways, they are like rock stars: young, talented, high performance, high maintenance, and in high demand. They have talent to offer, but they won t waste their time working for a talent agency that doesn t land them the gigs or give them the respect they want and deserve. Rock Stars Incorporated dispels the myths about the slacker, self-centered generations, and provides valuable insight on how to manage, motivate, and market to these rising stars. Read this book to rediscover a workforce with tremendous promise and talent, the very talent that can lead your company towards a bright and prosperous future..
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What is 'smart riding'? Well, it starts with a commitment to being the very best rider you can and then shaping your life to make it happen. Smart riding means you are able to utilize every resource---your mind, body, emotions, knowledge and your horse---as effectively as possible to progress quickly and correctly. This book shows the serious rider exactly how to become that smart rider..
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Up above the earth so far
Hang half a moon and one whole star
Hang one whole star and half a moon;
Nighttime will be coming soon.

And while a young girl sleeps, nighttime deepens all around her -- in the woods and garden, on the ocean, in the city, and on the porch, where her parents sit.

Crescent Dragonwagon's soothing, evocative poem is brought to life by the lush artwork of Jerry Pinkney in this bedtime treasure..
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From one of America's most famous and outspoken lawyers comes a modern American classic: a legal thriller, a family drama, a love story, and a visionary work of fiction that examines our dearest values of life and death....

When a local land developer is found murdered outside his home in Twin Buttes, Wyoming, Native American activist Charlie Redtail is immediately charged with the crime. Everyone knew that Charlie fiercely opposed the victim's plans to build on sacred ground, and the local D.A. is demanding the death penalty -- not for justice, but with her own agenda in mind.

The trial will draw Charlie's friends and family together despite the shared pains of their past and their own conflicting desires, and send idealistic small-town lawyer Abner Hill on a quest for the truth -- for his client, and himself. It will open old, unhealed wounds in the town of Twin Buttes, uncover a bitter legacy of prejudice against Native Americans that spans lifetimes, and keep readers on the edge of their seats until the final gavel falls..
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Most North Americans are overspent, overtired, overweight and overworked and believe that more money, more stuff, more time, more of everything will lead to more happiness In this anti-retirement guide for the boomer generation, Bruce O'Hara dismisses this idea and offers seven keys to happiness in the second half of life. Instead of working too much now so you can stop entirely later, why not enjoy retirement's best benefits — spare time and financial freedom — immediately, while avoiding the ennui and loss of purpose that can cloud your golden years?

O'Hara looks at research on the happiest and longest-lived seniors to understand how it is some people manage to live comparatively long, enjoyable, and useful lives. He peppers this engaging, lively and grounded call to arms with accounts of himself, his friends and neighbours to point out the kind of lives we could be leading - and why we don't.

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Claire's older brother, Daniel, has disappeared He leaves work one Friday afternoon, shortly before Christmas, and vanishes into thin air. Married, successful, rich, there seems no reason why he would abandon his life. Has he been killed? Has he been kidnapped? Or has he just had enough?

Set between London and Miami, this is the story of a family with ghosts to bury. It opens on the day of the Challenger shuttle explosion at Cape Canaveral: a tragic moment that rips this family apart and sets Daniel's disappearance in motion some 18 years later. In the midst of it all sits Claire—divorced, irresponsible, fluent in six foreign languages yet hopeless at interpreting life. It is Claire who knows Daniel best. It is Claire who becomes convinced that she knows where her older brother is and sets off on a journey to find him.

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Would an ardent male right-to-lifer change his tune if he found out he was pregnant? Thanks to advances in biotechnology, the female protagonists of Half Known Lives experiment with a fine upstanding citizen of their prairie city. They take Max Hoffman hostage, impregnate him, and keep him prisoner for the duration of the pregnancy. But the women's close knit sisterhood will fray to reveal the envy, resentment and hostility concealed beneath their solidarity. Max's pregnancy changes the lives of all involved — each of the women, Max, and not least, the foetus.

This mordant novel traces the consequences of the experiment to the end of the characters' lives. Expertly playing off multiple viewpoints, Givner skewers sacred beef, feminist and reactionary alike, ensnaring us by turns in narrative distortion and scalding satire.

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