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Pub. Date
2013
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Running a successful fashion empire in Paris and New York that hides the pain of a failed marriage, Timmie O endures a sequence of meaningless relationships before a surprise bout of appendicitis places her under the care of alluring but married French doctor, Jean-Charles Vernier.
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2013.
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In "Lean In", Sheryl Sandberg -- Facebook COO and one of "Fortune" magazine's most powerful women in business -- looks at what women can do to help themselves, and make the small changes in their life that can effect change on a more universal scale. She draws on her own experiences working in some of the world's most successful businesses, as well as academic research, to find practical answers to the problems facing women in the workplace.
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"Two people realize that it's no longer an act when they veer off-script in this sizzling romantic comedy by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory. Ben Stephens has never bothered with serious relationships. He has plenty of casual dates to keep him busy, family drama he's trying to ignore, and his advertising job to focus on. When Ben lands a huge ad campaign featuring movie star Anna Gardiner, however, it's hard to keep it purely professional....
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
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Offers practical steps for women to bring their passion, brains, and background to the power tables and make life better for themselves, their company or organization and global society. Combines compelling research, international experience, and fascinating personal stories with solid advice. Tarr-Whelan has extensive background as a business woman, a government official, a non-profit leader, and a nurse. A few "first women" are making key decisions...
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Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
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A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids. When Kate gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, Richard also wins the new job he's been hoping for and both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate's charming new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who begins to prove an unexpected source of temptation.
7) The G quotient: why gay executives are excelling as leaders-- and what every manager needs to know
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Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
©2006
8) White tears
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Pub. Date
2017.
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Two ambitious young musicians are drawn into the dark underworld of blues-record collecting while navigating the fallout of a scam involving one's claim that a viral video of an unknown singer is a long-lost recording of a famous blues musician.
Seth is awkward and shy; Carter is the glamorous heir to one of America's great fortunes. They have one thing in common: an obsession with music. Seth is desperate to reach for the future; Carter is slipping...
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Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
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Bundles, a journalist and great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker, offers a lively portrait of an American businesswoman. Walker, the first freeborn child of slaves, rose from poverty to establish a successful hair-care business, became one of the wealthiest women in the U.S., and devoted herself to a life of activism and philanthropy toward race and women's issues. photo insert.
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WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
2006
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"This captivating tale of three generations of women validates our faith that we are called to use our God-given gifts...never knowing when they might bring a stranger to a new place of hope. Ragni Clauson's life is falling apart, but she's determined to restore her great-grandmother Nilda's cabin in the Badlands. Working with her rebellious teenage niece, Erika, she uncovers Nilda's hidden paintings and clues to the challenges she faced in her life....
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
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"Rosa Guerrero beat the odds as she rose to the top of the corporate world. An attractive woman of a certain age, the longtime chief of human resources at Ellery Consumer Research is still a formidable presence, even if her most vital days are behind her. A leader who wields power with grace and discretion, she has earned the devotion and loyalty of her staff. No one admires Rosa more than her doting lieutenant Leo Smalls, a benefits vice president...
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
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"A relentlessly optimistic memoir by one of the most influential Black business leaders in America today, offering hope and practical guidance for navigating life's most difficult challenges, inspired by the author's cancer journal that went viral "Focus. Pray. Act. Serve. And we'll get through this together." Cynthia "Cynt" Marshall has spent her life beating the odds. Growing up in the public housing projects of Richmond, California, Cynt never...
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Scribner Paperback
Pub. Date
1998
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From the author of the smashing-debut bestseller Good Hair comes The Itch, the stirring story of a crisis-torn woman who discovers a depth of character and a sense of self she never knew she possessed. With this novel, Benilde Little has created a stunning drama about the African American upper class. These thirtysomething urban sophisticates -- urbane men and elegantly hip women -- lead lives of immense privilege in which each possession and every...
17) The ninth month
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Midwife Murders comes a twisted psychological thriller about a mother-to-be trying to find proof that she's being stalked, even when everyone around her distrusts her mother's intuition. Emily Atkinson leads a complicated life in New York City. She's a successful marketing executive who lives in a luxury apartment and enjoys a glamorous existence until she lands in the hospital with a double diagnosis:...
18) Hot item
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2007
Description
What star quarterback has been spotted with a new flavor of arm candy? It's notorious bad boy Riley Nash, but his newest flame is the last person onearth this reporter could imagine- none other than Sophie Jordan, beautiful, buttoned-down co-owner of The Hot Zone, the industry's top sports management agency. What's behind this unlikely team?
19) Walking on water
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Series
Walk volume 5
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"In this fifth entry in the New York Times bestselling Walk series, Richard Paul Evans's hero Alan Christoffersen must say some painful goodbyes and learn some important lessons as he comes to the end of his cross-country walk to Key West"--
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"Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don't really know what you're doing. That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of twenty-five. She stared at a long list of challenges--from hiring to firing, from meeting to messaging, from planning to pitching--and faced a thousand...
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