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THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
by HOSSEINI, KHALED |
| Mariam is only fifteen when she is send to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who must leave her home and join Mariam¡¦s unhappy household. Laila and Marian are to find consolidation in each other, their friendship to grow as deep as the bond between sisters, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter.
A Thousand Splendid Suns is an unforgettable portrait of a wounded country and a deeply moving story of family and friendship. It is a beautiful, heart-wrenching story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond and an indestructible love.
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GO PUT YOUR STRENGTHS TO WORK: 6 POWERFUL STEPS TO ACHIEVE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
by BUCKINGHAM, MARCUS |
| Research data show that most people do not come close to making full use of their assets at work ¡V in fact, only 17 percent of the workforce believe they use all of their strengths on the job. Go Put Your Strengths to Work aims to change that through a six-step, six-week experience that will reveal the hidden dimensions of your strengths. Buckingham shows you how to seize control of your assets and rewrite your job description under the nose of your boss. |
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18 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF CORPORATE REPUTATION: CREATING, PROTECTING & REPAIRING YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET
by ALSOP, RONALD J. |
| In this illuminating study of that vital element of doing business ¡V corporate reputation ¡V veteran journalist Ron Alsop recounts numerous tales from household names such as Starbucks, McDonald¡¦s, Coca-Cola and Microsoft. With 85 per cent of companies interviewed believing that reputation can have a major impact on business performance, this book shows you the benefits of a good reputation and the consequence of a bad one, as well as how to measure reputation and nurture a good one. Alsop provides 18 laws, drawn from years of experience, covering every aspect of corporate reputation.
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I AM, THEREFORE I THINK: PHILOSOPHERS ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT LOVE, NOTHINGNESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE
by GEORGE, ALEXANDER |
| Everyone confronts philosophical issues, so why shouldn¡¦t everyone have access to a philosopher? In this wise and witty book, over twenty philosophers answer real readers¡¦ most difficult questions on dozens of subjects, from art, adultery and animals, to God, suicide and war. They even address the question, ¡¥Why can¡¦t philosophers ever agree?¡¦ |
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GREAT TRANSFORMATION: THE WORLD IN THE TIME OF BUDDHA, SOCRATES, CONFUCIUS AND JEREMIAH
by ARMSTRONG, KAREN |
| The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious and philosophical concepts. Their emergence is second only to man¡¦s harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. But why did Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah and Lao Tzu ¡V among others ¡V all emerge in this five-hundred-years span? And why did they have such similar ideas about humanity? In The Great Transformation, Karen Armstrong examines this phenomenal period and the connections between such a disparate group of philosophers, mystics and theologians. It is nothing less than a global account of the time when religious belief, as we understand it, was born. |
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