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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A former FBI agent shares his simple but powerful toolkit for assessing who you can trust--and who you can't. After two decades as a behavior analyst in the FBI, Robin Dreeke knows a thing or two about sizing people up. He's navigated complex situations that range from handling Russian spies to navigating the internal politics at the Bureau. Through that experience, he was forced to develop a knack for reading people--their intentions, their capabilities,...
Author
Language
English
Description
In this treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, the author aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers - to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. The author uses a variety of examples from history and from headlines to illustrate that people size up the...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Each one of us has the opportunity to be a leader and to encourage the success and productivity of those around us. But such influence takes work, especially if you want to leave a lasting impact. Based on twenty-five years of research, Kouzes explores the tough issues today's leaders face, including how you can't take trust for granted, why failure should always be an option, and how to liberate the leader in everyone. Kouzes explains that leadership...
Author
Series
Nena Knight novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"For elite assassin Nena Knight, eliminating dangerous players on the world stage is part of the job. The Tribe, a powerful business syndicate in Africa, ensures that she has those opportunities. But for Nena, the Tribe is more than just her employer; it's an organization that supports the African people--until it turns on itself. As Nena embarks on a new mission, a violent siege by a paramilitary group throws the Tribe into chaos, and mysterious...
Author
Language
English
Description
When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.
Author
Series
Impostors (Scott Westerfeld) volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Raised to be her twin sister Rafia's body double and bodyguard, but now with new face and body, Frey and her lover Col are determined to return to Shreve to rescue Boss X, a friend and ally in the rebellion of the free cities against people like Frey's father, ruthless ruler of Shreve; but Frey is troubled by things even beyond the dangers of her mission--confusion over her own identity, guilt over having killed her brother (even if he was trying...
10) Millie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
A street dog named Millie and a young girl, who are both dealing with abandonment issues, give trust and belonging a second chance.
Author
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
Beth Moore speaks truth into the lives of readers, showing them how to deal with their innermost fears, rediscover their God-given dignity, and develop a whole new stronger sense of self. Women of all ages and backgrounds will identify with this message of security and discover truths that will free them emotionally and spiritually and lead them to a better life as they walk with God.
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