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A revised edition of the best-selling guide to interpersonal relationships provides suggestions for successfully dealing with people both in social and business situations. You can go after the job you want and get it! You can take the job you have and improve it! You can take any situation you're in and make it work for you! For over 50 years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder...
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Parenting experts Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish offer realistic answers to the traditional sibling rivalry question. This presentation also provides a series of family exercises that enables brothers and sisters to express negative feelings without damaging the family unit. Techniques for ending sibling squabbles encourage children to interact in positive ways
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[2014]
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"Packed with indispensable tips, proven techniques, and 'must-do-now' strategies, this book generates immediate results for success in school, work, and life. A must-read to master valuable social skills, prepare for a job, and get a head start in a career. Perfect if you are looking for a job, working, starting your own business, volunteering, or applying to college."--Back cover.
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Rosa books (Vera B. Williams) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother saves dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.
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Spy school volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
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Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley has been caught in the snares of SPYDER more than once and knows well enough to be suspicious of anything that seems too good to be true--despite needing special tutoring in advanced survival techniques. So when Murray Hill finally breaks his silence with an offer to hand over the SPYDER elite, Ben knows that there must be something going on. But his hesitation doesn't stop the assignment. The Mission: Follow Murray Hill...
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Whether you're a first-time backpacker, an occasional weekend warrior, or a seasoned long-distance trekker, this guide is a must for any backpacking, hiking, or camping trip. Supreme long-distance hiker Andrew Skurka-accomplished adventure athlete, speaker, guide, and writer-shares his knowledge in this essential guide to backpacking gear and skills. Skurka recounts what he's learned from more than 30,000 miles of long-distance hikes, including the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
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[This book is] a simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger ... Uniquely ... African, at the same time it reveals [the author's] ... awareness of the human qualities common to men of all times and places.-Back cover.
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2013.
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Pavement construction and maintenance problems due to the presence of sulfates in limestabilized subgrade soils have been widely reported in many transportation projects. In Colorado, problems associated with sulfate-induced distresses have been observed at the Denver International Airport and, more recently, at the U. S. Highway 287 Berthoud By-pass project. It would be desirable if CDOT engineers could count on alternative soil stabilization techniques...
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2013.
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Species distribution modeling is one of many tools available to assist managers in understanding the potential distribution of rare and endemic species when regulating and prioritizing different land-use scenarios. Developing a predictive model of the distribution of a particular species can involve several different techniques, and be reported under a variety of names. In this study we used an iterative modeling approach to investigate the potential...
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2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
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"His name is synonymous with high-stakes wilderness survival stories. Now, beloved author Gary Paulsen portrays a series of life-altering moments from his turbulent childhood as his own original survival story. If not for his summer escape from a shockingly neglectful Chicago upbringing to a North Woods homestead at age five, there never would have been a Hatchet. Without the encouragement of the librarian who handed him his first book at age thirteen,...
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Previously Hoag introduced millions of fans to Oak Knoll, a small California town that, in the mid-eighties, seemed idyllic until the See-No-Evil killer shattered that notion. It took FBI agent Vince Leone and a new technique called "profiling" to put an end to the trauma. Now, through Leone's pioneering science-based investigative skills, Hoag explores the early days of forensic police work.