Everything Under the Sun

Everything Under the Sun
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Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781553655282
ISBN-13 : 1553655281
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Everything Under the Sun by : Ian Hanington

Co-published by the David Suzuki Foundation.

A Parent's Guide to Down Syndrome

A Parent's Guide to Down Syndrome
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Publisher : Brookes Publishing Company
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : CORNELL:31924085806135
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis A Parent's Guide to Down Syndrome by : Siegfried M. Pueschel

Crossing the lifespan, this best-selling book on parenting a child with Down syndrome highlights developmental stages and shows recent advances that can improve the quality of life for children with Down syndrome.

Bright Green Future: How Everyday Heroes Are Re-Imagining the Way We Feed, Power, and Build Our World

Bright Green Future: How Everyday Heroes Are Re-Imagining the Way We Feed, Power, and Build Our World
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Publisher : First Edition Design Pub.
Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : 9781506900186
ISBN-13 : 1506900186
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Bright Green Future: How Everyday Heroes Are Re-Imagining the Way We Feed, Power, and Build Our World by : Gregory Schwartz

Bright Green Future chronicles a renaissance at the edge of a crisis. As climate change shifts our planet towards an uncertain future, a movement of unlikely heroes are building a blueprint for a better world. It’s a world where clean power grows wealth for local communities, resources regenerate themselves, city planning is driven by the people, and healthy soil is our greatest asset. These changemakers have opened a gateway for ordinary people to begin imagining and building the bright future we deserve.

This Bright Future

This Bright Future
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9781982158262
ISBN-13 : 1982158263
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis This Bright Future by : Bobby Hall

The instant New York Times bestseller and “inspiring and vulnerable” (Trevor Noah) memoir from Bobby Hall, the multiplatinum recording artist known as Logic and the #1 bestselling author of Supermarket. This Bright Future is a raw and unfiltered journey into the life and mind of Bobby Hall, who emerged from the wreckage of a horrifically abusive childhood to become an era-defining artist of our tumultuous age. A self-described orphan with parents, Bobby Hall began life as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, the only child of an alcoholic, mentally ill mother on welfare and an absent, crack-addicted father. After enduring seventeen years of abuse and neglect, Bobby ran away from home and—with nothing more than a discarded laptop and a ninth-grade education—he found his voice in the world of hip-hop and a new home in a place he never expected: the untamed and uncharted wilderness of the social media age. In the message boards and livestreams of this brave new world, Bobby became Logic, transforming a childhood of violence, anger, and trauma into music that spread a resilient message of peace, love, and positivity. His songs would touch the lives of millions, taking him to dizzying heights of success, where the wounds of his childhood and the perils of Internet fame would nearly be his undoing. A landmark achievement in an already remarkable career, This Bright Future “is just like the author—fearless, funny, and full of heart” (Ernest Cline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ready Player One) and looks back on Bobby’s extraordinary life with lacerating humor and fearless honesty. Heart-wrenching yet ultimately uplifting, this book completes the incredible true story and transformation of a human being who, against all odds, refused to be broken.

A Future So Bright

A Future So Bright
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Publisher :
Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 1737187809
ISBN-13 : 9781737187806
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis A Future So Bright by : Kate O'Neill

Journal of Proceeding and Addresses

Journal of Proceeding and Addresses
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1118
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015035870438
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Journal of Proceeding and Addresses by : National Education Association of the United States

Vols. for 1866-70 include Proceedings of the American Normal School Association; 1866-69 include Proceedings of the National Association of School Superintendents; 1870 includes Addresses and journal of proceedings of the Central College Association.

The Time Cure

The Time Cure
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9781118205679
ISBN-13 : 1118205677
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis The Time Cure by : Philip Zimbardo

In his landmark book, The Time Paradox, internationally known psychologist Philip Zimbardo showed that we can transform the way we think about our past, present, and future to attain greater success in work and in life. Now, in The Time Cure, Zimbardo has teamed with clinicians Richard and Rosemary Sword to reveal a groundbreaking approach that helps those living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to shift their time perspectives and move beyond the traumatic past toward a more positive future. Time Perspective Therapy switches the focus from past to present, from negative to positive, clearing the pathway for the best yet to come: the future. It helps PTSD sufferers pull their feet out of the quicksand of past traumas and step firmly on the solid ground of the present, allowing them to take a step forward into a brighter future. Rather than viewing PTSD as a mental illness the authors see it as a mental injury—a normal reaction to traumatic events—and offer those suffering from PTSD the healing balm of hope. The Time Cure lays out the step-by-step process of Time Perspective Therapy, which has proven effective for a wide range of individuals, from veterans to survivors of abuse, accidents, assault, and neglect. Rooted in psychological research, the book also includes a wealth of vivid and inspiring stories from real-life PTSD sufferers—effective for individuals seeking self-help, their loved ones, therapists and counselors, or anyone who wants to move forward to a brighter future.

Growing Fairly

Growing Fairly
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Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9780815739494
ISBN-13 : 0815739494
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Growing Fairly by : Stephen Goldsmith

Tested, practical ideas to meet current and future skilling needs of both workers and employers The labor market in the United States faces seemingly contradictory challenges: Many employers have trouble finding qualified applicants for current and future jobs, while millions of Americans are out of work or are underemployed—their paths to living-wage jobs blocked by systemic barriers or lack of adequate skills. Growing Fairly offers workforce development reforms that meet the needs of both workers and employers. Based on the experiences of hundreds of leaders and workers, the authors set out ten principles for designing a more effective and equitable system that helps workers obtain the skills necessary for economic mobility. The principles outlined in the book argue for a more comprehensive view of the skilling needs of current and prospective workers. They spell out the attributes of effective programs and make the case for skill-based hiring, widely distributed performance data, and collaboration. The book emphasizes the importance of local action to overcome the structural barriers that challenge even the most determined would-be learners. Growing Fairly shows cross sector leaders how to work across organizational boundaries to change the trajectory of individuals struggling to make a living wage. This is not a book of untested theories. Instead, it is written by practitioners for practitioners. Much of it is told through the voices of those who run programs and people who have taken advantage of them. While the issues the book addresses are profound, its take on the subject is optimistic. Between them, the authors have spent decades searching out and supporting effective practices. Even more critically, they have learned how to knit competing agencies and organizations into cohesive systems with coordinated missions. Their practical ideas will benefit a wide range of readers, from practitioners in the field to students and scholars of the American labor system.

A Bright Future

A Bright Future
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Publisher : PublicAffairs
Total Pages : 199
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ISBN-10 : 9781541724099
ISBN-13 : 1541724097
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis A Bright Future by : Joshua S. Goldstein

The inspiration for Nuclear Now, the new Oliver Stone film, co-written by Joshua Goldstein As climate change quickly approaches a series of turning points that guarantee disastrous outcomes, a solution is hiding in plain sight. Several countries have already replaced fossil fuels with low-carbon energy sources, and done so rapidly, in one to two decades. By following their methods, we could decarbonize the global economy by midcentury, replacing fossil fuels even while world energy use continues to rise. But so far we have lacked the courage to really try. In this clear-sighted and compelling book, Joshua Goldstein and Staffan Qvist explain how clean energy quickly replaced fossil fuels in such places as Sweden, France, South Korea, and Ontario. Their people enjoyed prosperity and growing energy use in harmony with the natural environment. They didn't do this through personal sacrifice, nor through 100 percent renewables, but by using them in combination with an energy source the Swedes call käkraft, hundreds of times safer and cleaner than coal. Clearly written and beautifully illustrated, yet footnoted with extensive technical references, Goldstein and Qvist's book will provide a new touchstone in discussions of climate change. It could spark a shift in world energy policy that, in the words of Steven Pinker's foreword, literally saves the world.

Three Revolutions

Three Revolutions
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Publisher : Island Press
Total Pages : 253
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781610919050
ISBN-13 : 161091905X
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Three Revolutions by : Daniel Sperling

Front Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Will the Transportation Revolutions Improve Our Lives-- or Make Them Worse? -- 2. Electric Vehicles: Approaching the Tipping Point -- 3. Shared Mobility: The Potential of Ridehailing and Pooling -- 4. Vehicle Automation: Our Best Shot at a Transportation Do-Over? -- 5. Upgrading Transit for the Twenty-First Century -- 6. Bridging the Gap between Mobility Haves and Have-Nots -- 7. Remaking the Auto Industry -- 8. The Dark Horse: Will China Win the Electric, Automated, Shared Mobility Race? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- About the Contributors -- Index -- IP Board of Directors