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From the locker room to the living room to the boardroom—how winners become winners . . . and stay that way.

Is success simply a matter of money and talent? Or is there another reason why some people and organizations always land on their feet, while others, equally talented, stumble again and again?

There’s a fundamental principle at work–confidence–that makes the difference between winning and losing in any competition, be it a high school basketball game or a high-stakes business situation. In Confidence, Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter shows why organizations of all types may be brimming with talent but not be winners. Based on her extraordinary investigation of success and failure in companies such as Continental Airlines and Verizon and sports teams such as the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles, as well as the arenas of education, health care, and politics, Kanter explores a new theory and practice of success and provides people in leadership positions with a prescriptive program for maintaining a winning streak or turning around a downward spiral.

Packed with brilliant, practical ideas, Confidence provides fresh thinking about success in all facets of life—from the factors that can make or break corporations and governments to the keys for successful relationships in the workplace or at home..
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Achille Peroni loves the spicy food and passionate arguments of southern Italy, land of his birth. But fate -- and the Italian police force -- have stuck him in Verona, a city of bean soup and endless problems with the Red Brigades, a vicious gang that relies on bombs and high-profile kidnappings to further its rather fuzzy political aims. When a wealthy general, head of one of Italy's finest Fascist families, goes missing from his palatial estate, the Reds are the most obvious suspects. But Peroni finds himself considering a crime far more subtle and sinister than anything the Reds can dream up. A crime, in fact, the leads all the way back to Romeo and Juliet, the most famous Vernoseses of them all..
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By 2002, The Streak — a historic 13-year run of consecutive wins by the Spartans, a high-school football team from Concord, California, that couldn¹t be beat — was still going strong. In this revised edition of When the Game Stands Tall, author Neil Hayes, who had unrestricted access to the De La Salle team, writes from the inside about the games, the players, and their visionary coach, Bob Ladouceur, who managed to amass the highest winning percentage in football history (.995) through standing for something greater than winning. The book, which also features interviews with major sports figures like Bill Walsh and John Gruden, is a revealing portrait of the coach who believed above all in instilling basic life skills where winning is not the goal, but merely the by-product of playing the game.

The Streak had become a national story long before it ended in September 2004. In this revised paperback, Neil Hayes catches up on the lives of the main characters and takes readers through the final tumultuous year. What results is a timeless and inspirational story of struggle, tragedy, and triumph..
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Enter Laura's World...
Her family is brutally murdered, and she finds herself on her knees praying for things she never could have imagined Her dark journey of revenge takes off as she hunts her family's killers, while being chased down by a troubled detective, his lovelorn partner, and an inner voice that grants her no peace. Her quest lures her through an explosive music scene, down unlit alleyways, to the edge of a towering church rooftop, and into the nightmarish landscape of her own mind. Will she get her justice before time runs out? Will her own lust for vengeance consume all that is left of her in the process?
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Five years ago, an unknown entrepreneur named David Neeleman uprooted his wife and nine kids from Utah to New York to start a revolutionary airline that would make jaded travelers fall in love with flying again. Against all odds, Neeleman has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. JetBlue Airways has already reached $1 billion a year in sales, is consistently profitable despite the worst downturn in aviation history, and has the highest consumer ratings in the business.

Barbara S. Peterson has been reporting on JetBlue since before its first plane took off. She’s the only book author to gain full access to all the major players in the story, including the CEO and his inner circle. She even got to participate in flight attendant training for a rare inside look at JetBlue’s unusual corporate culture.

Blue Streak is the definitive book on what makes this hot company tick and why JetBlue’s customers are so fiercely loyal. (It’s not just the leather seats and individual TV screens.) This is a fun, exciting narrative about a tight band of true believers who dared to try a new approach to a tough business. Blue Streak also offers a fascinating look at the decline of American, Delta, and the other airlines that used to be on top..
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Byron Nelson was the top player in the game for several years during and immediately after World War II..
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Paul VI High School dominated boys’ scholastic cross-country in South Jersey over a span of 20 years. From 1980 through 1999, Paul VI was voted the number one boys’ cross-country team in South Jersey an unprecedented 15 times, including 11 straight seasons encompassing the years 1980 through 1990.

Paul VI won 7 New Jersey State Championships in boys’ cross-country over a 12-year period, within the toughest division in New Jersey—Parochial-A. The Paul VI Eagles also became the number one team in all of New Jersey 4 times by winning the prestigious Meet of Champions, the most titles won by any South Jersey high school.

Jason DiJoseph, a 1989 Paul VI graduate and 3-time State Champion in cross-country, was named the Runner-of-the-Century by the Courier-Post newspaper in 1999. DiJoseph’s coach, Mike Glavin, was voted the Coach-of-the-Century.

From 1980 through 2006, Paul VI High School won 240 consecutive dual meets in boys’ cross-country. This streak is the fourth longest high school winning streak in cross-country history.

Jim Enright had the pleasure of coaching the Paul VI boys’ cross-country team from 2003 through 2006..
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The Second in the Zeke Armstrong Mysteries-Zeke Armstrong goes to New York for the Big Apple Inline Skate-Off.. only to find malice in Manhattan. After another racer robs an aging heiress in Central Park, the police call it a mugging. 13 year old Zeke suspects that it's part of a more sinister plot. Will he figure out what's up in time to save the wealthy woman and skate the final race, or will the bad guys stop Zeke in his tracks?.
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