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In today\'s fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help manage, adapt, and be more successful with communicating. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 delivers a step-by-step guide for increasing your emotional intelligence using the four core EQ skills-self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship

The fun-filled quiz book that kids and the whole family will enjoy this Christmas The fun-filled gift book that kids and the whole family will enjoy. Quiz your family and friends with this ultimate Big Quiz Book from National Geographic Kids, bursting with questions that will keep everyone guessing and give you hours of

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Everything stays the same for the tenants of The Beresford, a grand old apartment building just outside the city ... until the doorbell rings... Will Carver returns with an eerie, deliciously and uncomfortably dark standalone thriller. \'A gripping novel laced with humour and cutting character insight ... a thrill from start to finish. Expect the unexpected!\' Sarah Pinborough \'The strangest and

Eleven guests. Three nights. One murderer . . . A haunting and atmospheric new thriller from rising star of crime fiction Rachael Blok. In a crumbling old mansion in the English countryside, eleven people gather, each one famous in their field. They have been invited for a three-day house party, to celebrate the launch of a groundbreaking virtual reality game that promises to unite the worlds of

An interactive touch and feel book for babies that inspires hands-on learning. Tactile elements and delightful imagery will encourage the development of motor skills and early learning.Baby Touch and Feel: First Words is an interactive and fun way to help your child learn not only words but shapes and textures too. Bold, bright pictures and colourful illustrations will be more than enough to keep your

Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School integrates principles of learning and motivation with practical teaching ideas for implementing them. Paralleling what scientists do, project-based learning (PBL) represents the essence of inquiry and the nature of science, and engages children and teachers in investigating meaningful, real-world questions about the world around them. This text provides

In June 1944, the United States launched a crushing assault on the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The capture of the Mariana Islands and the accompanying ruin of Japanese carrier airpower marked a pivotal moment in the Pacific War. No tactical masterstroke or blunder could reverse the increasingly lopsided balance of power between the two combatants. The War in the Pacific had entered

\'As we contemplate the coming months, not knowing when we can breathe again, it\'s worth thinking about how already the foundations have been laid for whatever new opportunities God has for us on the far side of this crisis.\'Rowan Williams offers these words of wisdom and many more in Candles in the Dark. This powerful and timely book brings together the 26 weekly Christian meditations originally

An almost forgotten classic though a founding text of Victorian middle-class identity, Mrs. Beeton\'s Book of Household Management is a volume of insight and common sense. Written by what one might now describe as a Victorian Martha Stewart, the book offers advice on fashion, child-care, animal husbandry, poisons, and the management of servants. To the modern reader expecting stuffy verbosity or heavy

11 lectures in Torquay, England, August 11-22, 1924 (CW 243)\"Bearing in mind we are dealing here with spiritual research and not just spiritual experiences in general, a \'true\' path in this sense is one that leads to genuine and reliable results that advance our knowledge of the human being and the world. A \'false\' path is one that uses methods that are inappropriate for the subject, or anachronistic,

There were stray people, stray dogs, stray bullets, and stray butterflies.\'Fourteen-year-old Pearl France lives in the front seat of a broken down car and her mother Margot lives in the

Winner, 2022 Atomium Comic Strip PrizeA comprehensive graphic biography of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the authoritarian president of Turkey.One of the world\'s most divisive and controversial leaders, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ruled over Turkey as either prime minister or president since 2003. This graphic biography sheds light on the origins of Turkey\'s most powerful man, from his youth as a budding soccer

Create cool carryalls--no pattern required Hit the town, office or schoolyard with these one-of-a-kind bags and totes In this handy beginner\'s guide, the experts behind Sew4Home.com show you how to create ten hip projects, from clutches and shoulder bags to a slick yoga mat sling and a vintage kids\' book bag. No paper patterns required Throughout Sew4Home Bags and Totes, you\'ll find step-by-step

The poignant saga of Guatemala\'s adoption industry: an international marketplace for children, built on a foundation of inequality, war, and Indigenous dispossession. In 2009 Dolores Preat went to a small Maya town in Guatemala to find her birth mother. At the address retrieved from her adoption file, she was told that her supposed mother, one Rosario Colop Chim, never gave up a child for adoption--but

Rethinking Decision-Making Strategies and Tools: Emerging Research and Opportunities analyses established decision-making tools, and on the necessity to re-arrange and re-evaluate some of them. The authors propose a new matrix with eight quadrants of the dynamic SWOT analysis. The new tool also considers three dimensions: (1) Actual - Potential, (2) Positive - Negative and (3) Internal - External.

- Waterproof - Tear-Resistant - Reference MapExpertly researched and designed, National Geographic\'s Europe Flags & Facts Map is the authoritative map of Europe by which other reference maps are measured. The map side includeds a political map showing countries, cities and other landmarks and a physical map shows the landforms such as mountain ranges and rivers.Clearly defined boundaries, major cities,

- This visually stunning book celebrates twenty-two Australian chef greats at home in their private kitchen. Each chef includes a recipe in the book - This collection of some of Australia\'s finest chefs are interviewed by renowned architecture and design writer Stephen Crafti, and each profile is captured through gorgeous, intimate imagery by celebrated photographer Catherine Sutherland. The foreword