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Publisher
Platinum Disc Corporation
Pub. Date
c1952
Language
English
Description
A drama about a successful but disillusioned writer who is near death from a hunting wound in Africa and who reviews his amorous intrigues and his experiences as hunter and world traveler. Filmed in part in Africa, Paris, and on the Riviera.
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In a crime novel that upends all the genre's conventions, a biologist returns to Colombia after fifteen years abroad and quickly becomes entangled in the trappings of his past: a murdered brother, a dealer of beautiful thoughts, a private school where students disappear and girls give birth to strange creatures. A chance encounter with an old acquaintance leads to a job offer and launches an inner conflict full of holes and missteps. Ultimately,...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Partners
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"This fun book of quirky failures and famous flops will keep kids laughing while they learn the importance of messing up in order to get it right. Science, architecture, technology, entertainment--there are epic fails and hilarious goof-ups from every important field. Silly side features help to analyze the failures: Lesson Learned, It Could Be Worse, Losing Combinations, and a Fail Scale help readers navigate the different kinds and scopes of the...
25) Herzog
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
A suffering and persecuted intellectual, Moses E. Herzog passively accepts the disasters of his private and public affairs in an effort to survive modern civilization.
26) Even more fantastic failures: true stories of people who changed the world by falling down first
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"There is a lot of pressure in today's society for kids to succeed, but failing is a part of learning how to be a successful person. In his teaching career, Luke Reynolds saw the stress and anxiety his students suffered, whether it was over grades, fitting in, or simply getting things right the first time. Even More Fantastic Failures is a second installment in Reynolds personal campaign to show kids it's ok to fall down or make a mistakes, just so...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"There is a lot of pressure in today's society for kids to succeed, but failing is a part of learning how to be a successful person. In his teaching career, Luke Reynolds saw the stress and anxiety his students suffered over grades, fitting in, and getting things right the first time. Fantastic Failures was created for these students to learn that their mistakes and failures do not define their whole lives, but help them grow into their potential....
Author
Series
Mistborn novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
The Skaa, having slaved in misery for a thousand years under the corrupt, absolute power of the Lord Ruler, still manage to find hope, which rises once again when a criminal mastermind teams up with an unlikely heroine.
Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga. For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed....
Author
Series
Publisher
Seix Barral
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Antonio Ortuño, uno de los más reconocidos narradores iberoamericanos de su generación, nos entrega una novela entrañable sobre la adultez, el fracaso y la amistad, escrita con la combinación exacta de ironía, nostalgia y reflexión. Barry Dávila, un cuarentón que viste como metalero de los años ochenta, tiene un plan: reunir a La Armada Invencible, el grupo de heavy y thrash con el que pudo haber triunfado si las peleas internas y una sociedad...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Award-winning Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson has influenced legion MBA grads as well as Big Think authors from Brenae Brown to Adam Grant with her pioneering work on psychological safety. Now, Amy is bringing her work to the wider world,upending our entire cultural notion of failure with this guide to the science of failing well, which actualizes the potential of psychological safety for both individuals and organizations alike"--
"A...
32) My losing season
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Formats
Description
Conroy recalls his career as a basketball player at the Citadel.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Failure is something that everyone encounters at some point in their lives, no matter how much you try to avoid it. Whether that's in school, in a friendship, or even playing your favorite sport, success is not a 100% certainty. Grownups, it's up to you to teach kids how to embrace it. This book doesn't paint a pretty face on failure. Instead, it rethinks what it means, and shows kids how to live their lives not trying to avoid it"--
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