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Author | : Robert Gadkey |
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Release | : 2021-12-13 |
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A laugh-out-loud, unforgettable story about the things people do to be seen and the courage it takes to follow one's heart, wherever it leads.When thirty-four-year-old Harvard law graduate, Kate Becker, lands her dream job at an all-woman firm in Austin, Texas, she is on top of the world. Her quest to become a judge, and follow in the footsteps of her hero, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, suddenly seems possible. And best of all, she did it by edging out her sister and a shady colleague to boot.Everything in her life is on track. If she doesn't screw up. The firm doesn't tolerate mistakes. It employs winners, only winners.But when a misguided attempt to impress the boss goes horribly wrong, Kate must decide how far she's willing to go to save her dream. And what she'll risk for it. With help from her sister, mother, and a group of zany retired card club members, she discovers what really matters in work and in life.Quirky, clever, and eminently relatable, The Pursuit of Being Noticed is filled with eccentric characters and is the perfect read for anyone who doubts if they are on the right path.
Author | : Robert Gadkey |
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Release | : 2021-12-13 |
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Author | : Erica Armstrong Dunbar |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2017-02-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1501126431 |
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A startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of “extraordinary grit” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation’s capital. In setting up his household he brought along nine slaves, including Ona Judge. As the President grew accustomed to Northern ways, there was one change he couldn’t abide: Pennsylvania law required enslaved people be set free after six months of residency in the state. Rather than comply, Washington decided to circumvent the law. Every six months he sent the slaves back down south just as the clock was about to expire. Though Ona Judge lived a life of relative comfort, she was denied freedom. So, when the opportunity presented itself one clear and pleasant spring day in Philadelphia, Judge left everything she knew to escape to New England. Yet freedom would not come without its costs. At just twenty-two-years-old, Ona became the subject of an intense manhunt led by George Washington, who used his political and personal contacts to recapture his property. “A crisp and compulsively readable feat of research and storytelling” (USA TODAY), historian and National Book Award finalist Erica Armstrong Dunbar weaves a powerful tale and offers fascinating new scholarship on how one young woman risked everything to gain freedom from the famous founding father and most powerful man in the United States at the time.
Author | : Dave Barkey |
Publisher | : Author House |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2010-12-22 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 1452085080 |
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The Pursuit is the saga of Brad Crosley, a young principal of an elementary school in northcentral Iowa, whose wife Stella has abandoned him and their infant son. Brad attempts to balance his career with being a single Dad while trying to track down Stella to bring her back. A private detective finds her working as a prostitute. Before Brad is able to make contact with her, she disappears. The pursuit continues but not without complications. Along the way Brad discovers that he is also being pursued.
Author | : James Seligman |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 82 |
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ISBN | : 0244263329 |
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Author | : Charles Derber |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2000-06-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780199761067 |
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"Enough about me," goes the old saying, "what about you? What do you think about me?" Hence the pursuit of attention is alive and well. Even the Oxford English Dictionary reveals a modern coinage to reflect the chase in our technological age: "ego-surfing"--searching the Internet for occurrences of your own name. What is the cause of this obsessive need for others' recognition? This useful and popular volume, now in a second edition that features major new introductory and concluding essays, entertainingly ponders this question. Derber argues that there is a general lack of social support in today's America, one which causes people to vie hungrily for attention, and he shows how individuals will often employ numerous techniques to turn the course of a conversation towards themselves. Illustrating this "conversational narcissism" with sample dialogues that will seem disturbingly familiar to all readers, this book analyzes the pursuit of attention in conversation--as well as in politics and celebrity culture--and demonstrates the ultimate importance of gender, class, and racial differences in competing for attention. Derber shows how changes in the economy and culture--such as the advent of the Internet--have intensified the rampant individualism and egotism of today. And finally, in a new afterword, he focuses on solutions: how to restructure the economy and culture to humanize ourselves and increase the capacity for community, empathy, and attention-giving.
Author | : Erica Armstrong Dunbar |
Publisher | : Aladdin |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2020-08-18 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1534416188 |
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“A brilliant work of US history.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Gripping.” —BCCB (starred review) “Accessible…Necessary.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction, Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave, who risked everything for a better life—now available as a young reader’s edition! In this incredible narrative, Erica Armstrong Dunbar reveals a fascinating and heartbreaking behind-the-scenes look at the Washingtons when they were the First Family—and an in-depth look at their slave, Ona Judge, who dared to escape from one of the nation’s Founding Fathers. Born into a life of slavery, Ona Judge eventually grew up to be George and Martha Washington’s “favored” dower slave. When she was told that she was going to be given as a wedding gift to Martha Washington’s granddaughter, Ona made the bold and brave decision to flee to the north, where she would be a fugitive. From her childhood, to her time with the Washingtons and living in the slave quarters, to her escape to New Hampshire, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, along with Kathleen Van Cleve, shares an intimate glimpse into the life of a little-known, but powerful figure in history, and her brave journey as she fled the most powerful couple in the country.
Author | : Arsen Dallan |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2016-11-15 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 3838269500 |
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This important book unveils how the pleasure principle has taken humanity hostage to the powers of branding and consumerism, steering our most basic desires. Radically re-evaluating the notion of pleasure and arguing for a deep societal change, it shows the way to a new humanist culture.
Author | : Thomas Perry |
Publisher | : Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2006-02-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0812971388 |
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“Perry is the best suspense writer in the business. . . . Pursuit is relentless, filled with twists and turns, that rare page-turner that keeps one reading late into the night to finish.” –The Boston Globe Thirteen bodies are found in a Louisville restaurant. When the police can find no suspect or motive, a victim’s family seeks the services of the enigmatic and solitary specialist Roy Prescott, known for his ability to find people who don’t want to be found. Working outside the law and willing to do what the police can’t, Prescott hunts the killer, an elusive adversary who is as smart, as methodical, as deadly as he is. The only way to conduct this pursuit is to goad the killer into believing that he must kill Roy Prescott. It is a contest fought from one end of the country to the other, and both men understand that when it’s over, only one of them will be alive.
Author | : Sally Wagner |
Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2019-02-01 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1574634933 |
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(Meredith Music Resource). This nuts-and-bolts collection of essential concepts for successful ensemble directors, like the author's The Pursuit of Excellence: A Band Director's Guide to Success , is comprised of short, easy-to-read chapters. The book's multiple sections focus on musical excellence, professional excellence, auditioning, domestic and international travel and inspirational quotes. The author, a highly successful high school band director for 37 years, addresses a wide variety of topics including: ensemble balance * commissioning * preventing teacher burnout * breathing and tone production * organization * 100+ life skills learned or reinforced through instrumental music * managing multiple levels in ensemble classes * teaching instrumentalists to sing * fundraising and keeping track of funds * an easy approach to sight reading * practicing * programming suggestions * the value of silence in music * developing the percussion section * ten common mistakes to avoid at assessment * establishing and maintaining trust.