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"For most of us, overwork is the new normal and rest is an afterthought. In our busy lives, rest is defined as the absence of work: late-night TV binges, hours spent trawling the internet, something to do once we've finished everything else on our to-do lists. But dismissing rest stifles our ability to think creatively and truly recharge. In Rest, Silicon Valley consultant Alex Pang argues that we can be more successful in all areas of our lives by...
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Max Einstein volume 1
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2020.
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313 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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"Conoce a Maxine Einstein. Valiente. Creativa. Brillante. Los únicos superpoderes que necesita una chica."--Back cover.
Max y sus amigos de CMI intentan usar su inteligencia para encontrar soluciones a una crisis de agua, mientras que una corporaci̤n codiciosa con el objetivo de capturar a Max parece conocer todos sus movimientos.
Max and her CMI friends attempt to use their smarts to find solutions to a water crisis, while a greedy corporation...
164) I'm ogre it
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2022.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"Izzie and her a new friend, an Ogre named Tim, plan an obstacle course to lure her brother Ollie away from his video game. Ollie is so absorbed in the video game Smash Tower that he doesn't notice that his sister and an ogre named Tim have emptied his room and constructed an obstacle course that mirrors the levels of the game in the yard. But a tell-tale red string leads him to the challenges. This comic is perfect for reintroducing kids to the fun...
166) The spark in you
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2024.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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A young girl unleashes her inner spark and expresses her creativity and uniqueness during Carnival's lively atmosphere.
167) Sun
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[2019]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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Sun loves playing soccer but after seeing his brother, Pablo, making art he goes on an adventure with a fox and reconnects with his creative side.
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[2020]
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141 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"Akiko has finally achieved her dream of becoming a manga artist! She's almost ready to fully immerse herself in the wonderful world of shoujo when Hidaka-sensei approaches her. Just what does he want?"--Provided by publisher.
169) Yasmin the painter
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[2019]
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Unsure about her artistic skills, second-grader Yasmin is not looking forward to the art competition at school--but with the support and encouragement of her family she produces a prize-winning painting.
171) Ready to dream
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2009
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
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While drawing pictures of the animals she sees on her trip to Australia, a young girl named Ally meets Pauline, an aborigine woman and fellow artist, from whom Ally learns that art is not always created with just paper and paints, and that mistakes are actually happy accidents.
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2014.
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viii, 542 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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The Innovators is Walter Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is also a history of the digital revolution and a guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail? Isaacson begins with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter,...
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[2016]
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xii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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With his previous book, Give and Take, Adam Grant introduced a new paradigm for success. In Originals he again addresses the challenge of improving the world, but now from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions. How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all? Using surprising studies and stories spanning...
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2019.
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xvi, 237 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
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"A handsome, beautifully produced compilation of meditations and exercises to inspire us to find joy and expand the ways we engage with the people and places, the objects and tasks we encounter in our everyday lives. Long-time workplace advice columnist for The New York Times, Rob Walker, draws from his annual School for Visual Arts course and from interviews he conducted with men and women from a wide range of disciplines, has designed 131 exercises...
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[2020]
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6 audio discs (approximately 7 1/4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Humans have two basic desires: to stand out and to fit in. Companies respond by creating groups that tend to the extreme, where everyone fits in and no one stands out, or where everyone stands out and no one fits in. How do we find that happy medium where workers can demonstrate their individuality while also feeling they belong? The answer, according to Stefanie Johnson, is to Inclusify. In this essential handbook, she explains what it means to Inclusify...
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