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This practical guide shows you what really does (and doesn't) contribute to community building success. It reveals 28 keys to help you build community more effectively and efficiently. You won't find another single report that pulls out common lessons from across community building initiatives about what works. You can use this report to find out what community characteristics contribute to successful community building, make sure key processes such...
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author David Brooks, a controversial and eye-opening look at how our culture has lost sight of the value of humility--defined as the opposite of self-preoccupation--and why only an engaged inner life can yield true meaning and fulfillment"--Provided by the publisher.
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Throwing a block party? Creating a community garden? Building a playground? Helping an ailing neighbor with a food circle? Jill Doucette, founder of Synergy which works to catalyze the green economy, helps you strengthen your community with sustainable ideas to environmentally improve where you live.
6) Learn to program with small basic: an introduction to programming with games, art, science, and math
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No Starch Press
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[2016]
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English
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"An introduction to programming with Small Basic, the free programming language for beginners based on BASIC and created by Microsoft. Covers topics like storing and manipulating data with variables; processing user input to make interactive programs; if/else statements; loops; and subroutines. Each chapter includes practice examples"--
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Naxos
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c2007
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English
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The plow that broke the plains depicts the social and economic history of the Great Plains from the settlement of the prairies by cattlemen and farmers through the World War I boom to drought and depression. The river traces life in the Mississippi River Valley during the previous 150 years, showing the consequences of sharecropping, soil exhaustion, unchecked erosion and floods, and concludes with scenes of regional planning, TVA development and...
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“Breaking into the Boys' Club” is the ultimate guide to success for women in business. No matter what stage in your career or what job position you hold, this book offers you practical, relatable ways to evaluate your work style and workplace culture in order to better understand behavior that may be holding you back from advancing in your field.
Based on extensive research, “Breaking into the Boys' Club” offers compelling stories, quizzes,...
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Kogan Page
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"Success. Innovation. Creativity. Growth. We all want these things at work - but the one thing they all have in common is that they involve failure. A fear of failure, or the inability to bounce back and learn from failures, is one of the biggest things that can hold us back in our professional development - so how do we learn how to fail well and develop our resilience? Wherever we work, and whatever role we deliver, we all have the power to change...
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NOLO
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2020.
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English
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"This book is a complete guide to hiring and working with independent contractors for employers and businesses. Topics include: determining who qualifies as an independent contractor, how to avoid misclassifying workers, creating valid contracts and agreements, complying with state labor and antidiscrimination laws, assessing the risks of hiring freelancers and gig workers, safeguarding company intellectual property, protecting oneself if there's...
18) Clean protein: the revolution that will reshape your body, boost your energy--and save our planet
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Outlines a strength-building plan for reshaping the body and promoting health through responsible protein consumption, discussing such topics as the role of protein in nutrition, how much to consume, and where to find clean sources.
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