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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"'Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices... Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?' A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
David Ponder is at a crossroads. Having lost his job and the will to live, he has been supernaturally selected to travel through time, gathering wisdom for future generations. Visits to historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln, King Solomon, and Anne Frank yield the Seven Fundamentals for Success that will impact the entire world.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Explores the process by which people make decisions, explaining how the difference between good and bad decision making is directly related to the details on which people focus, and offers advice on how to improve decision making skills.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his father and sister are injured in an accident that has rendered his father comatose, estranged son Edward decides to stop his father's life support so that his organs can be donated, a choice his sister urges him to reconsider.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious classic Southern yellow cake, the perfect pinwheel cookies, and other sweet essentials. Her classes have become so popular that she's hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an assistant. Iris doesn't know how to bake but she needs to...
Author
Publisher
Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Popular blogger offers readers strategies to avoid negative thought patterns, streamline decisions they're often prone to overthink, and proactively bring more peace, joy, and love into their lives.
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First large print edition.
Physical Desc
364 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Big, life-altering decisions matter so much more than the decisions we make every day, and they're also the most difficult: where to live, whom to marry, what to believe, whether to start a company, how to end a war. There's no one-size-fits-all approach for addressing these kinds of conundrums. Steven Johnson's classic Where Good Ideas Come From inspired creative people all over the world with new ways of thinking about innovation. In Farsighted,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this illustrated choose-your-own-ending book, Quinn deals with conflict on the playground: who will get to use the swing? Readers make choices for Quinn and read what happens next, with each story path leading to different consequences. Includes five different endings and discussion questions"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this illustrated choose-your-own-ending book, Kendra is angry that her dad wants her to go to bed. Will she throw a fit or talk it out? Readers make choices for Kendra and read what happens next, with each story path leading to different consequences. Includes four different endings and discussion questions"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 213 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In "Little Bets", leading business consultant Peter Sims turns problems on their heads and outlines a counter-intuitive path to perfection using negativity to positive effect.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this illustrated choose-your-own-ending book, Toby can hardly contain his excitement to meet his new baby brother. Will he act wild or stay calm? Readers make choices for Toby and read what happens next, with each story path leading to different consequences. Includes three different endings and discussion questions"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Decision making is one of the most important skills when it comes to working. This book teaches young people how to plan for the future, solve problems, and to communicate their decisions effectively for workplace success.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language
English
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Description
Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate in Economics for his seminal work in psychology that challenged the rational model of judgment and decision making, is one of our most important thinkers. His ideas have had a profound impact on many fields, but he has never brought them together in one book. Here, he explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical....
Author
Publisher
HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First HarperLuxe edition.
Physical Desc
xlii, 1011 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Despite millions of words of analysis and reflection on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the young stars of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, no historian has been able to explain why such decent, brilliant, and previously successful men stumbled so badly. With this book--more than twenty years in the making--that changes. In Road to Disaster, Brian VanDeMark draws upon decades of research, exclusive interviews, and previously...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Discusses why people make bad judgements and how to make better ones by reducing the influence of "noise"--variables that can cause bias in decision making--and draws on examples in many fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, strategy, and personnel selection.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A boy wants all of the pets in a pet store but he and his sister can choose only one, with end notes discussing Dr. Seuss's pets, his creative process, and the discovery of the manuscript and illustrations for "What Pet Should I Get?."