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Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
302 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A contract killer, Edison North, meets a young girl, Chistian, at a random road stop and takes her under his wing, as years later Christian looks back on her chaotic upbringing and at how Edison made her into a muderer.
Author
Publisher
Meredith Books
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Highlighting the importance of everyday mentorship, a Hollywood star shares his personal story of mentoring and mentors who shaped his life, and introduces the life-changing stories of more than seventy of America's leading personalities.
Author
Publisher
LifeTree Media Ltd
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
HumanKind is the heartwarming feel-good book that we all need right now. Brad Aronson's life changed in an instant when his wife, Mia, was diagnosed with leukemia. After her diagnosis, Brad spent most of the next two and a half years either by her side as she received treatment or trying to shield their five-year-old son, Jack, from the worst of Mia's illness. Amid the stress and despair of waiting for the treatment to work, Brad and Mia were met...
4) The epic mentor guide: insider advice for girls eyeing the workforce from 180 boss women who know
Publisher
Forefront Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xv, 180 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Answering girls' questions from around the globe about diversity and inclusion, raising hands, speaking up, and standing out, The Epic Mentor Guide is your early inside track to the work world.Created by Illana Raia, founder of the mentorship platform Être, and featuring women who remember what it felt like to take that first step on their career path, this book is for every girl building a future. --Provided by the publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
x, 177 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Joe Ehrmann, a former NFL football star, devotes his life to teaching young men a whole new meaning of masculinity. Being a man means emphasizing relationships and having a cause bigger than yourself. It means accepting responsibility and leading courageously while living a life of service to others.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Tired of being singled out at her mostly-white private school as someone who needs support, Jade would rather participate in the school's Study Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for at-risk girls.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given...
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"I call this book a novoir--a memoir with true characters and actual dialogue, but with the structure and stylistic elements of a novel. It is my story and that of my mentor Anais Nin, intertwined as we were, based on her diaries, published and unpublished, and on mine. I have taken liberties with chronology, point of view, and dramatization of events, disguised a few identities, and used novelistic devices to quicken the narrative--but the emotional...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Now in middle school, Isaiah Dunn participates in a mentoring program, but he has a hunch that his mentee--a troublemaking third-grader name Kobe--has a secret and Isaiah is determined to get to the bottom of it.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
277 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Offers the story of a former prostitute's fight to free herself from the hardships of the street and her rise to become the founder of a nonprofit organization designed to help young girls escape the commercial sex industry.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
First Harper Perennial Edition.
Physical Desc
277 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
During her teens, Rachel Lloyd ended up a victim of commercial sexual exploitation. With time, through incredible resilience, and with the help of a local church community, she finally broke free, leaving her past behind. She is the founder of GEMS, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (355 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Physicists Leonard and Sheldon understand everything from the inescapable gravitational pull of a black hole to the intricate structure of the atom. But take those atoms and assemble them into a woman, and their comprehension comes to a grinding halt. And when Penny, a woman with all those atoms in all the right places, moves in across the hall, Leonard and Sheldon's universe begins to expand in ways they never could have imagined.
Author
Publisher
Andscape
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 172 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A giftable collection of essays from celebrity contributors celebrating the great work of teachers or a teacher they admire, curated by ABC journalist Deborah Roberts. Contributors include Oprah Winfrey, Jenna Bush Hager, Robin Roberts, Brooke Shields, Octavia Spencer, Misty Copeland, among others. Everyone can name a teacher that had an impact on their life. Educators not only open our minds to new ideas, but they also help us recognize our potential...
Author
Publisher
Chosen Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
219 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Pastor and bestselling author walks with men through deep heart work that challenges and equips them as sons, fathers and mentors who eradicate the orphan spirit and usher in a new era of family"--
15) Shadow of night
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
584 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Diana Bishop, an Oxford scholar and reluctant witch, and Matthew Clairmont, an vampire geneticist, are in the center of the battle over an enchanted manuscript when they are unexpectedly sent on a dangerous journey together.