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Over the past few decades, we've experienced a leadership deficit not just in our workplace, but also in our communities and other important aspects of our lives. There is a way to cultivate leadership in yourself and others around you. It starts with you. Embed yourself in this remarkable story about Jim, a reluctant leader who with the help of his mysterious coach, applies the Five Cs of leadership to become an inspirational leader for his team...
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Hundreds of books have been written in the last fifty years about Islam as a religion and its epistemology, jurisprudence, and historical abundance. Most of them were written by scholars, journalists, and historians, from various Muslim countries for educational and inspirational purposes.
These books form the core of the Islamic knowledge in the English literature, available readily in Islamic bookstores, institutional libraries, and personal...
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The Statue of Liberty has welcomed immigrants and visitors alike to New York Harbor since 1886. Each part of the statue, from the lit torch to the weighty tablet, has meaning. Your readers will learn why France gave the Statue of Liberty to the U.S. and who designed it. They'll be riveted while learning how it was constructed. Bright photographs boldly display this amazing symbol of friendship and freedom.
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In Making Uzbekistan, Adeeb Khalid chronicles the tumultuous history of Central Asia in the age of the Russian revolution. He explores the complex interaction between Uzbek intellectuals, local Bolsheviks, and Moscow to sketch out the flux of the situation in early-Soviet Central Asia. His focus on the Uzbek intelligentsia allows him to recast our understanding of Soviet nationalities policies. Uzbekistan, he argues, was not a creation of Soviet policies,...
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The novel encircle around the events of the World War II in 1942, when the Nazis were fighting with the Allied Forces in the Desert of Sahara. The entire story focuses on two soldiers, Captain Adam Rayan and Lieutenant Zayn Danyal of the 7th Indian Subcontinent Division of 12th Brigade of the British Army. The major portion of the novel deals with how both of the soldiers manages to escape from the Nazi occupied areas and how during their secret operations...
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The worst fears of a generation realized; climate change in its worst-case scenario.
Barbados 2050: Rising Tide is a science fiction short story that follows the main characters as they make a stand against climate change on the Caribbean island of Barbados.
When an unexpected message from the future is received by the world's first quantum computer, it confirms the scientific consensus that climate change is real and going to get much worse. Attempts...
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The United States commemorates unidentified fallen soldiers in a special way. All unknown soldiers that have lost their lives since World War I are honored through tombs, which symbolize the courage and bravery possessed by the unknown people buried inside them. Arlington Cemetery, home to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, boasts a peaceful atmosphere appropriate for the burial ground of hundreds of thousands of United States soldiers. This title uses...
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Read along as Ximena and Miguel laugh, share and play with their little sister, Ariana. While in play, the older siblings show Ariana the values of teamwork, responsibility and love as only a family can. The story is told in both, English and in Spanish for bilingual readers and language learners.
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Read along as Mateo and Amaya laugh, share, and play with their little brother, Santiago. Hermanito teaches children the values of teamwork, responsibility and love in an environment filled with positive imagery from a lovely Afro-Latinx family. The story is, told in both English and in Spanish for bilingual readers and language learners.
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Youngbloods volume 2
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Angry and on the streets alone, Jackie meets a gang of vampires that seem different from the rest. Will they help her stay alive and get to her family?
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Youngbloods volume 1
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Jackie may be 14 but she's old enough to know not to go out of the house on Blood Night. The vampire gangs in her neighborhood are vicious! Her dad thinks that his bat is enough to keep them safe and her little sister isn't scared of anything. A trip down the street to the convenience store will change their lives forever.
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Youngbloods volume 6
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In the darkest depths of the sewer, the Youngbloods gang discover the Bone Eater is more than just a bloody myth.
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Youngbloods volume 7
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The Youngbloods gang faces their final battle at the edge of the city and confirm whether or not they can be cured of the vampire virus for good.
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Youngbloods volume 3
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The Youngbloods reveal their history to Jackie and battle a group of vampires hell bent on taking them down.
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Youngbloods volume 5
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As the Youngbloods work to find their way out of the subway tunnels, dangerous creatures attack with powers that have never been seen in the city of Tritoria.
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Youngbloods volume 4
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Something is changing inside of Jackie. As the gang goes underground, can she keep the darkness inside at bay?
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Affluent and playful, Khusro, the thirteenth century poet and musician who would become known throughout India and Middle East - and now the world - is a Persian mystic who loved melody, words and romance. His interpretation of love's musings is frivolous, fanciful and lovely proving that love and poetry walk hand in hand - always have and always will. With a classical vision of the Persian mystic and poetic experience, the translator, Khalid Hameed...
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This is a powerful, at times playful. collection of the sufi master's first hundred lyrical poems, or ghazals, that brings to fruition love, mysticism. and other early sufi themes. With a keen sense of timing and verse, the translator is able to capture the lyrical quality as well as Hafiz's profound messages that possess elements of modern surrealism. This complation stresses form and verse as it weaves a nearly magical intensity that will have new...