Susan: 10531 books
Circling Faith
Southern Women on Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
Circling Faith is a collection of essays by southern women that encompasses spirituality and the experience of winding through the religiously charged environment of the American South.
Mary Karr, in “Facing Altars,” describes how the consolation she found in poetry directed her...
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The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2007
Sir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir apparent to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and great prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into exile in England, banned from his own country. His...
Mistress of the Elgin Marbles
A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
The remarkable Mary Nisbet was the Countess of Elgin in Romantic-era Scotland and the wife of the seventh Earl of Elgin. When Mary accompanied her husband to diplomatic duty in Turkey, she changed history. She helped bring the smallpox vaccine to the Middle East, struck a seemingly impossible deal...
by Susan Jaques
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Ruthless and passionate, Catherine the Great is singularly responsible for amassing one of the most awe-inspiring collections of art in the world and turning St. Petersburg in to a world wonder. The Empress of Art brings to life the creation of this captivating woman's greatest legacy
An...
by Susan E. Cayleff
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
A gold medal Olympian, Babe Didrikson was arguably the greatest athlete of the twentieth century, excelling at every sport she tried: running, jumping, javelin throwing, swimming, basketball, golf, and baseball, to name just a few. Gifted and controversial, the Babe's athletic prowess and personality...
How to Work a Room, 25th Anniversary Edition
The Ultimate Guide to Making Lasting Connections--In Person and Online
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Fully revised and updated, the ground-breaking, classic book on improving communication and socializing skills in any situation to succeed in business and life
Have you ever walked into a roomful of strangers and felt uncomfortable? If the answer is yes, you’re not alone! Over 85% of American...
Backlash
The Undeclared War Against American Women
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2009
From the author of In the Darkroom, a feminist classic and skillful examination of the attack on women’s rights.
Today’s political climate leaves no doubt that American women are still being assaulted by the same antifeminist backlash messages that Susan Faludi brilliantly exposed in her...
New Rules of the Game
10 Strategies for Women in the Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Business is a team sport. Learn how to win.
Where would your career be if you could understand how your colleagues--especially men--succeed and win at work? And if, in understanding and applying the rules, you could win, too?
In New Rules of the Game, business leader Susan Packard shows...
Fierce Conversations (Revised and Updated)
Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2004
Fully revised and updated—the national bestselling communication skills guide that will help you achieve personal and professional success one conversation at a time.
The master teacher of positive change through powerful communication, Susan Scott wants you to succeed. To do that, she explains,...
Play to Your Team's Strengths
The Manager's Guide to Boosting Innovation, Productivity, and Profitability
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Why is it a struggle for managers to get their staff to meet or exceed their goals? The answer is simple: employees are working at jobs that are not based on their individual strengths. JoAnn Warcholic Ashman and Susan Shelly, seasoned management consultants, show managers how to tap into the true...
Social Entrepreneurship:What Everyone Needs to Know
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2010
In development circles, there is now widespread consensus that social entrepreneurs represent a far better mechanism to respond to needs than we have ever had before--a decentralized and emergent force that remains our best hope for solutions that can keep pace with our problems and create a more...
by Susan Weinschenk
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Thousands of designers, marketers, and product managers have come to rely on Susan Weinschenk’s original 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People as a “go-to book” for practical advice on how to use the latest findings in psychology and neuroscience to directly inform and improve...
Emotional Agility
Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
**#1 Wall Street Journal Best Seller
USA Today Best Seller
Amazon Best Book of the Year
TED Talk sensation - over 3 million views!
The counterintuitive approach to achieving your true potential, heralded by the Harvard Business Review as a groundbreaking idea of the year.**
The path...
by Susan M. Drake
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
Are you ready to fly the corporate coop and become the boss of you? Do you dream of busting out of the cubicle wasteland and finding greener pastures as a freelancer? If so, you’re in good company. The U S Department of Labor estimates that nearly one-fourth of the American workforce is self-employed...