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The best-selling author of The Tipping Point and Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.
"In this provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell examines...
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[2017]
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English
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"From the 2017 People's Choice Award winner for Favorite YouTube Star comes the definitive guide to being a bawse: a person who exudes confidence, hustles relentlessly, and smiles genuinely because he or she has fought through it all and made it out the other side. Lilly Singh isn't just a superstar. She's Superwoman--which is also the name of her wildly popular YouTube channel. Funny, smart, and insightful, the actress and comedian covers topics...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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[2016]
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English
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Fitness, money, and wisdom -- here are the tools. Over the last two years, Tim Ferriss has collected the routines and tools of world-class performers around the globe while interviewing them for his self-titled podcast. Now the distilled notebook of tips and tricks that helped him double his income, flexibility, happiness, and more is available as Tools of Titans.
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"Eighty has been the new sixty for about twenty years now. In fact, there have always been late-in-life achievers, those who declined to go into decline just because they were eligible for social security. Journalist, humorist, and history buff Mo Rocca and coauthor Jonathan Greenberg introduce us to the people past and present who peaked when they could have been puttering--breaking out as writers, selling out concert halls, attempting to set land-speed...
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HarperCollins
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[2009]
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English
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"Gay Hendricks is a great role model for true success. He enjoys abundance and a deep connection with his own spiritual essence, and at the same time has lived for three decades in a thriving marriage. Now, he shows us how to do it for ourselves."
— Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of Cracking the Millionaire Code
In The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks, the New York Times bestselling author of Five Wishes, demonstrates how to eliminate
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"A picture book look at many of the men and women who revolutionized life for African Americans throughout history"--
9) Mastery
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Viking
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Robert Greene, the "modern Machiavelli" debunks the prevailing mythology of success and presents a radical new way to greatness.
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Simon & Schuster
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2020.
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English
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"The essential leadership playbook. Learn the principles and guiding philosophies of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Warren Buffet, Oprah, and many others through illuminating conversations about their remarkable lives and careers"--
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"With nothing but brains, ambition and sheer nerve, Charlotte Hale built a career as a tough, do-anything-to-succeed real-estate developer. She's at the top of that mountain...but her life is empty. Her friends are as grasping and insincere as she has become. Far worse, she's alienated her family so completely that she's totally lost touch with her only daughter. One terrifying day, facing her own mortality, she realizes that her ambition has almost...
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Little, Brown and Co
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2007.
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English
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A photographer and a New York Times bestsellingnovelist profile 50 women over the age of 50 who have been remarkably successful — whether in reaching the top of thecorporate ladder, finding fame in politics or the arts, orraising a son to be proud of a single mother — and revealthe ways that they have prevailed despite daunting obstacles.
Jewels includes well-known and little-known womenalike, from teachers and executives to artists,...
Jewels includes well-known and little-known womenalike, from teachers and executives to artists,...
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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2022.
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English
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This collection of illustrated portraits celebrates the lives of influential neurodivergent figures who have achieved amazing things in recent times.
Showcasing these 30 incredible people, the extraordinary stories in this book show that the things they've achieved, created and inspired they did not despite being different but because they are different. From politicians, activists and journalists to YouTubers, DJs and poets, this
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Editorial Reverté
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2021.
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Español
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Durante los últimos cinco años, Rubenstein ha hablado con los líderes de mayor desempeño del mundo sobre quiénes son y cómo alcanzaron el éxito. Aquí destila estas reveladoras conversaciones en una guía de liderazgo indispensable. Estos agentes de cambio discuten cómo comenzaron y cómo manejan la toma de decisiones, el fracaso, la innovación, el cambio y la crisis.
For the past five years, Rubenstein has spoken with the world's highest...
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Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"In this inspiring and provocative memoir, Caylin Moore tells the against-all-odds story of his rise from cruel poverty in gang-ridden Los Angeles to academic success at Oxford University, with hope as his compass."--Amazon.com.
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Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
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[2021]
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English
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"Some of the most important American products and ideas have been developed by people born outside the United States. They have influenced every part of U.S. culture, from what people wear and drive to how they stay healthy, how they communicate with each other, and what they do for fun. Meet 25 immigrants who have led the way with life-saving inventions, by opening up sports to women and people of color, and so much more"--
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Pajama Press Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"In this full-color, nonfiction resource, profiles of twenty-five diverse individuals share how each person got interested in their field, how they studied or trained for it, how others typically study or train for it, and their experience in their career. Informative sidebars share spin-off jobs, fun facts, pro tips about how readers can try out the field, and spotlight features about children who are doing just that. The book includes a table of...
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Successful people literally see the world differently. Now an award-winning scientist explains how anyone can leverage this "perception" gap to their advantage. When it comes to setting and meeting goals, we are often susceptible to perceptual illusions: We think we are closer or further away depending on our mindset, and we might handicap ourselves by looking only at the big picture or too long at the fine detail. But as award-winning social psychologist...
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Little Bee Books
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2018.
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English
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This beautifully illustrated collection tells the awe-inspiring stories of 50 women who have pushed the boundaries of human excellence and endeavor. Featuring familiar icons like Elizabeth I and Malala Yousafzai, and introducing hidden figures like Chien-Shiung Wu and Aud the Deep-Minded, kids will be fascinated reading about these women's achievements in science, sports, the arts, politics, and history, and it is sure to inspire a new generation...
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Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"A beautifully illustrated collection of diverse, remarkable lives inspired by "Overlooked," the groundbreaking New York Times series that publishes the obituaries of notable people whose deaths went unreported in the paper"--
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