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"While nobody ever dreams they could personally be caught in a situation with mass casualties or injuries due to premeditated or random violence, this guide provides readiness techniques to help avoid becoming a victim in dangerous situations. Includes tips to boost awareness and possibly even stop a violent event before it starts." --
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The ART OF WAR FOR WOMEN brings the eternal wisdom of Taoist philosopher-general Sun Tzu to an underserved audience looking for strategies that will help them thrive in their careers. While more women are succeeding in business than ever before, corporate America is still very much a boys' club. This audiobook offers listeners specific strategies on how to win in the corporate world by "kicking some butt with those stilettos." Following the format...
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The dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, when every minute counted.
At 8:46 AM on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers — reading e-mails, making trades, eating croissants at Windows on the World. Over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a drama for the ages, one witnessed only by the people who lived it — until now.
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...4) The descent
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Lionsgate
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On an annual extreme outdoor adventure, six women friends meet in a remote part of the Appalachians to explore a cave hidden deep int the woods. Far below the surface of the earth, disaster strikes when a rock fall blocks their exit and there is no way out. The women push on, praying for another exit, but there is something else lurking under the earth. The friends are now prey, forced to unleash their most primal instincts in an all-out war against...
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Balance
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2023.
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"Grit isn't always great. Perseverance doesn't always pay off. In Quitting: A Life Strategy, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Julia Keller dives into "the neuroscience of nope," and the cultural messaging that drives our reluctance to throw in the towel, to dismantle the myth of perseverance once and for all. Combining reportage from the front lines of scientific research, pop culture, with conversations with people who have made profound change...
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Angry Robot
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[2021]
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English
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"How close would you hold those you love, when the end comes? In a society where self-preservation is as much an art as a science, Norah and Arthur are learning how to co-exist in their new little world. Though they hardly know each other, everything seems to be going perfectly - from the home they're building together to the ring on Norah's finger. But survival in this world is a tricky thing, the air is thicker every day and illness creeps fast...
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Little, Brown
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[1999]
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English
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A black comedy on a woman who hires a hit man to kill her accident-prone husband before he kills her. He breaks her arm during an embrace, his lovemaking gives her concussion, he wrenches her neck, breaks her toe. It's him or her, she decides. By the author of After Moondog.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2023]
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English
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"The New York Times best-selling author tells the stories of whistleblowers, revolutionaries, underdogs and ordinary people who chose to fight for what's right in the face of overwhelming odds and obstacles."--
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Grove Press Film Division
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1970.
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English
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Four alienated people meet at an isolated hotel where their identities begin to merge as they become absorbed in a ritualistic power game. Duras' first film as director is a psychodrama based on her own play written in the wake of the 1968 street demonstrations in Paris. Duras' method, which she followed in subsequent films, was to write the scenario and film quickly in a matter of days, stripping the work to its basic elements.
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YMAA Publication Center
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[2021]
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English
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"This is a book about presenting the concepts of situational awareness to children in a way that will keep them engaged and help them take an active role in their own personal security. It will show you how to use fun, interactive games to build situational awareness skills such as: how children can identify and understand normal environmental behaviors; how children can spot abnormal behaviors within their given environment; how to give children...
12) Spotting danger before it spots your teens: teaching situational awareness to keep teenagers safe
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YMAA Publication Center
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[2022]
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According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, roughly 800,000 children are reported missing each year in the United States. This book provides the information your teenage child needs to spot those dangerous situations before they have a chance to materialize. "Spotting Danger Before It Spots Your Teens" is designed around the principles of positive communication, trust, and teamwork. It's written specifically to set parents'...
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