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2) A Wild Idea: The True Story of Douglas Tompkins-The Greatest Conservationist (You've Never Heard Of)
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The incredible true story of the entrepreneur turned conservationist-the founder of the iconic company The North Face who used his fortune to protect over 25-million acres of land from development and exploitation and "foster peace between people and wild nature."
Expelled from his Connecticut prep school in 1964, Douglas Tompkins headed for freedom in San Francisco, where he opened a ski and outdoor equipment shop he called The North Face. Over...
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#1 Doug Tompkins, the founder of The North Face, was a street salesman in San Francisco who thrived on the weave and bob of the street salesman. He loved to dress up and harangue passersby. His store was just the first of his three mighty brands that he would turn into world-renowned enterprises over the course of his life.
#2 In the 1960s, North Beach was not as counterculture...
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Imagine a workplace where employees don't complain about problems but instead work together in idea-generating clubs to present positive solutions. The Wild Idea Club will help you get there, by providing managers with an easy, step-by-step approach that harnesses the collective genius of their people to drive innovation, improve efficiency, and increase morale. In tough times like these-with managers facing increasing pressure to get more done with...
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"From a New York Times reporter and memoirist Sopan Deb comes a heartwarming and charmingly funny debut novel about a box in the attic that leads one Bengali-American family down a path toward rediscovering family love, even when splintered. Shantanu Das is living in the shadows of his past. In his 60s, he finds himself iced out of his traditional Bengali community after an uncouth divorce from his wife, Chaitali; he hasn't spoken to his eldest daughter...
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"Sunny, Arianna and Molly are having three very different but equally terrible Christmases. Sunny is a newlywed with two new stepkids who want nothing to do with her; Arianna is newly divorced and hates having to send her daughter off to spend the holiday with her dad; for Molly, nothing is new, but her job at the post office is getting very, very old. The whole Christmas season has been a bust all around. But Sunny and Arianna have a wild idea: What...
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"For one 1970's family, the center may not hold, but it certainly does fold. In 1978 Jimmy Carter mediates the Camp David Accords, Fleetwood Mac tops charts with Rumours, Starsky fights crime with Hutch, and twelve-year-old Lou Cove is uprooted from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Salem, Massachusetts- a backwater town of witches, Puritans, and sea-captain wannabes. After his eighth move in a dozen years, Lou figures he should just resign himself...
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“Good corporate drama . . . an enlightening narrative of how new communications infrastructures often come about.” —The Economist, “A Book of the Year 2016”
In the early 1990s, Motorola developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Its constellation of 66 satellites in polar orbit was a mind-boggling technical...
In the early 1990s, Motorola developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Its constellation of 66 satellites in polar orbit was a mind-boggling technical...
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Movie director Mac Smythe can't help it if sometimes he's jinxed. The premiere of his film at the State Fair? A wild idea. Turning it into a special date night with the love of his life, chef Roxy LaFollette, seemed the perfect way to cap off a great event. Unless, of course, Roxy receives a dare. Knives flashing, she can't help but say yes.
This seasonal novella features Mac's first person account of the tension, drama, and yes, love, that only...
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Will her family's worst enemy make the best fake fiancé? Find out in this new Dynasties: Tech Tycoons novel by New York Times bestselling author Shannon McKenna.
"I have a wild idea…
I just need your help."
Tech heiress Maddie Moss must marry or lose the family company. So she chooses the last man her controlling grandmother will accept-Jack Daly. Her brother's ex–business partner is a thief, a traitor and-most importantly-guaranteed...
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Marilyn Rose was a world champion figure skater. She was the best of the best, so when she had a daughter, much was expected of her. Vyria Rose was born to follow in her mothers footstepsbut she just cant seem to make the grade. She loves figure skating, but she has yet to turn in a winning performance. In frustration, her mother decides to take on a new student named Alice. Vyria, feeling rejected and jealous of her mothers new pupil, turns her focus...
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In Next Step: Hope, Dr. Lawrence Dorr, a world renowned hip and knee surgeon, tells the astonishing story of Operation Walk, a pioneering organization that offers free hip and knee replacements to those who could never otherwise receive them. What began as a wild idea on a midnight train ride across Russia became an international humanitarian organization that takes volunteer medical teams-along with tons of equipment, supplies and implants-to some...
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Dakota Timmons, a registered nurse, leaves the bustling city life for small town comfort in Washington's wine country. As a child, she wished for a white Christmas. As an adult, her wish remains the same along with a new one. Vinegrove is exactly what she needs. She only hopes she's what the doctor ordered. Or that he at least accepts her shocking news.
Avoiding an accident by seconds on her way into town introduces Dakota to Tristan Hart. Instant...
15) Julia's kitchen
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When her mother and younger sister are killed in a house fire, eleven-year-old Cara struggles to find a way to deal with her emotions and to reach out to her grieving father.
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In the Oklahoma Winds contains three novellas set in Swells, Oklahoma in the same storyverse as the Only an Okie Will Do series. Cowboy Kind of BlissWedding planner Valentine Hart has put together plenty of weddings, but after her last break-up, she doesn't have any prospects of her own. When her friend Todd Dayson proposes a wild idea of staging a wedding photoshoot to sell a package, their playful charade ignites unexpected feelings. When Val's...
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The Story of the Fly explores how a humble insect, with its fascinating history and manifold talents, holds the answer to profitably solving some of the most significant environmental challenges we face today.
This book offers unique insight into an extraordinary insect that most of us take for granted. It presents real-world examples of how businesses are learning from, working with, and industrialising the fly – from space exploration to waste...
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Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume Prequel
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In this prequel, Ezylryb the Screech owl recounts the story of his life in the Northern Kingdoms--his rise through the ranks of the Killian Army, his brother's betrayal, and his friendship with Octavia the snake, to finally become a Guardian of Ga'Hoole.
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What happens when you've made the biggest mistake of your life?You do whatever it takes to make it right.RaddixFor all intents and purposes, Raddix McKay had the perfect life. He'd been raised like every child in the world should be raised, and that was with loving parents, a supportive sibling, and the best of friends. There was also the fact that he'd been fortunate enough to have met the love of his life during his sophomore year of high school,...
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We have freedom of speech but we're afraid to speak. Our lives have become subjected to PC tyranny, a constant fear of "offending" someone. We think that we are independent and that it is the other guy who is influenced, brain washed, duped, persuaded. We feel like we think for ourselves. How can we feel" otherwise? There's no way to know because countless influences and interactions have molded us. We're members of various groups--circles of friends,...
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