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Because we are bad: OCD and a girl lost in thought
By Lily Bailey. 2018
As a child, Lily created a second personality inside herself--"I" became "we" to help manifest compulsions that drove every minute…
of every day of her young life. Now Bailey writes about the forces beneath her skin, and how they ordered, organized, and urged her forward. 2018.Happy customers everywhere: how your business can profit from the insights of positive psychology (Your coach in a box)
By Bernd Schmitt, Glenn Van Zutphen. 2012
Schmitt combines his extensive business knowledge with the latest discoveries in positive psychology to create three unique approaches sure to…
turn casual buyers into devoted fans. Using these methods, marketers, brand managers, and entrepreneurs alike can harness and sustain immense customer goodwill. 2012.Hurry up and slow down - Laura's story
By Laura Ferreira. 2012
For Sasha, with love: an Alzheimer's crusade : the Anne Bashkiroff story
By Gail Bernice Holland. 1985
Horizontal woman: the story of a body in exile
By Suzanne E Berger. 1996
In twenty-eight autobiographical essays, a young wife and mother lyrically articulates her pain, frustration, and depression upon suddenly finding herself…
disabled. A lower-back injury forces her to live lying down for six years. Her limited mobility causes her to reexamine her relationships with family, friends, and everyday contacts. Some strong language. 1996.Give me one wish: A True Story Of Courage And Love
By Jacquie Gordon. 1988
At age 4, Christine learns that she has cystic fibrosis, a terminal disease of the exocrine glands. For the next…
17 years, her life was a constant struggle against death. 1988.From free trade to forced trade: Canada in the global economy
By Peter Urmetzer. 2003
In 1988, the federal election effectively served as a plebiscite for a free trade agreement with the United States. Since…
then, free trade has become an increasingly divisive issue in Canada as well as around the world. The author attempts to show both sides of the issue, including that the evidence shows neither great advantages nor disadvantages to free trade. 2003.Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
By Steven D Levitt, Stephen J Dubner. 2005
The author offers his view of how the economy really works; examining issues from cheating and crime, to sports and…
child-rearing. He offers a very different view on what drives the economy. 2005.Free to choose: a personal statement
By Milton Friedman, Rose D Friedman. 1980
The Nobel laureate economist and his wife discuss the relationship of government and the economy. They describe how freedom has…
been eroded and prosperity undermined through the explosion of laws, regulations, agencies, and spending in Washington. Bestseller. 1980.Heartwarming, inspirational and genuinely touching, 'Finding Harmony' is the remarkable true story of an extraordinary dog that rescued a woman…
from the depths of depression and transformed a family for ever. Includes strong language. 2011.Fences and windows: dispatches from the front lines of the globalization debate
By Naomi Klein, Debra Ann Levy. 2002
Eat the rich: A Treatise On Economics
By P. J O'Rourke. 1998
In a treatise on economics by a conservative humourist, the author visits Wall Street to learn how the stock market…
works. He then ventures to different countries with diverse economic systems to see which succeed. Concludes with the observation that the free market equals economic truth and wealth. 1998.Economics explained: everything you need to know about how the economy works and where it's going
By Robert L Heilbroner, Lester C Thurow. 1998
Economics in perspective: a critical history
By John Kenneth Galbraith. 1987
Crunch: why do I feel so squeezed? (and other unsolved economic mysteries) (Your coach in a box)
By Jared Bernstein. 2008
Is Social Security really going bust, and what does that mean to me? If I hire an immigrant, am I…
hurting a native-born worker? How much can presidents really affect economic outcomes? Why does the stock market go up when employment declines? What's a "living wage"? Why do I feel so squeezed? 2008.Blue ocean strategy: how to create uncontested market space and make the competition irrelevant (Your coach in a box)
By W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne. 2006
In a book that challenges the typical entrepreneurial strategy, W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne assert that tomorrow's leading companies…
will succeed, not by battling their rivals for market share in the bloody "red ocean" of a shrinking profit pool, but by creating "blue oceans": untapped new market spaces ripe for growth. 2006.Boom, bust & echo: how to profit from the coming demographic shift
By David K Foot, Daniel Stoffman. 1996
Foot uses demography as a tool to understand the past and foretell the future. He explains how demographics play a…
critical role in Canada's economy and social life, and how they affect every one of us as individuals. He argues that by understanding demographic realities, we will be better prepared to cope with them and to turn them to our advantage. 1996.Black bird fly away: disabled in an able-bodied world
By Hugh Gregory Gallagher, Geoffrey C Ward. 1998
The author presents journal entries, essays, and speeches. Gallagher was a college student of twenty when he almost died of…
polio. As an influential Senate aide and lobbyist in Washington, D.C., he was instrumental in passing the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968. 1998.Cities and the wealth of nations: principles of economic life
By Jane Jacobs. 1984
Born on a blue day: a memoir of Asperger's and an extraordinary mind
By Daniel Tammet. 2006
This unique first-person account offers a window into the mind of a high-functioning, 27-year-old British autistic savant with Asperger's syndrome.…
Tammet's ability to think abstractly, deviate from routine, and empathize, interact and communicate with others is impaired, yet he's capable of incredible feats of memorization and mental calculation. Besides being able to effortlessly multiply and divide huge sums in his head with the speed and accuracy of a computer, he learned Icelandic in a single week and recited the number pi up to the 22,514th digit. Tammet traces his life from a frustrating, withdrawn childhood and adolescence to his adult achievements. Bestseller. 2006.