Landing on Your Feet


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This book is about mistakes-mistakes in business and in life-and how their lessons can transform your business and your life into lasting success. Today's business culture glorifies success and shuns failure. (Look at the book next to this one. See what I mean?) But real learning often comes from our mistakes. In Landing On Your Feet, Mike Kerrison tells the truth about what it really takes to start and build a business. This is a rags-to-riches story. No, he's not Bill Gates, but all three of his technology companies reached multimillion-dollar levels, earned national recognition, and created several millionaires. But not without making many mistakes along the way. Kerrison takes you through his mistakes, meltdowns, and remarkable recoveries, then explains what he learned and how to transform mistakes into lasting success, without burying you under a deluge of en vogue business theory. Reading like a novel and paved with humor, Kerrison gives us the inside story - twenty-five years of practical, useable business wisdom. So if you're looking to start a business, or if you already have one and can't push it to the next level, or if you're a blue-chip executive struggling to restore the trust and vitality that once made your company great, or if you're just making too many mistakes, this book is for you. Book jacket.




How to Land on Your Feet


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Why spend one life worrying . . . when you could spend nine lives napping? Take it from artist Jamie Shelman's wry and furry felines: Cats work reasonable hours (zero), love wisely (from a distance), and live boldly (until someone starts vacuuming). Don't go without these 100 sage lessons: ·Be especially attentive to the one person who doesn’t like you. ·Get away with murder by looking cute. ·Ignore anyone who doesn't worship you. ·Be pleased with your achievements, however small. ·The best solution to a problem is a nap.Live better—live like your cat!




Landing on My Feet


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Examines the determination and drive throughout her life which led Strug to secure the gold medal for the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta despite performing her final vault with a badly injured ankle.




Why Cats Land on Their Feet


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How to use physical reasoning to solve surprising paradoxes Ever wonder why cats land on their feet? Or what holds a spinning top upright? Or whether it is possible to feel the Earth's rotation in an airplane? Why Cats Land on Their Feet is a compendium of paradoxes and puzzles that readers can solve using their own physical intuition. And the surprising answers to virtually all of these astonishing paradoxes can be arrived at with no formal knowledge of physics. Mark Levi introduces each physical problem, sometimes gives a hint or two, and then fully explains the solution. Here readers can test their critical-thinking skills against a whole assortment of puzzles and paradoxes involving floating and diving, sailing and gliding, gymnastics, bike riding, outer space, throwing a ball from a moving car, centrifugal force, gyroscopic motion, and, of course, falling cats. Want to figure out how to open a wine bottle with a book? Or how to compute the square root of a number using a tennis shoe and a watch? Why Cats Land on Their Feet shows you how, and all that's required is a familiarity with basic high-school mathematics. This lively collection also features an appendix that explains all physical concepts used in the book, from Newton's laws to the fundamental theorem of calculus.




Fixing Your Feet


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Foot pain and injuries can thwart even the most experienced athletes. Foot expert and ultra runner John Vonhof discredits the conventional wisdom of 'no pain, no gain, ' teaching instead how the interplay of anatomy, biomechanics, and footwear can lead to happy or hurting feet. With a focus on individual and team care, the 6th edition of Fixing Your Feet covers all that any active person needs to know to find out what works now and also hundreds of miles down the road. This sixth edition has an important new chapter, Blister Prevention - A New Paradigm. It contains new information about blister formation and introduces the concept of shear, which in turn, changes the way we look at blister prevention and treatment. This comprehensive resources covers the full gamut of footwear basics, prevention, and treatments. If it can happen to a foot, it's covered in this book.




The Landing of the Pilgrims


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Learn how and why the Pilgrims left England to come to America! In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bradford and his friends believed they had every right to belong to whichever church they wanted. In the name of religious freedom, they fled to Holland, then sailed to America to start a new life. But the winter was harsh, and before a year passed, half the settlers had died. Yet, through hard work and strong faith, a tough group of Pilgrims did survive. Their belief in freedom of religion became an American ideal that still lives on today. James Daugherty draws on the Pilgrims' own journals to give a fresh and moving account of their life and traditions, their quest for religious freedom, and the founding of one of our nation's most beloved holidays; Thanksgiving.




The Cat Man of Aleppo


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The Caldecott Honor-winning true story of Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel, who in the midst of the Syrian Civil War courageously offered safe haven to Aleppo's abandoned cats. Aleppo's city center no longer echoes with the rich, exciting sounds of copper-pot pounding and traditional sword sharpening. His neighborhood is empty--except for the many cats left behind. Alaa loves Aleppo, but when war comes his neighbors flee to safety, leaving their many pets behind. Alaa decides to stay--he can make a difference by driving an ambulance, carrying the sick and wounded to safety. One day he hears hungry cats calling out to him on his way home. They are lonely and scared, just like him. He feeds and pets them to let them know they are loved. The next day more cats come, and then even more! There are too many for Alaa to take care of on his own. Alaa has a big heart, but he will need help from others if he wants to keep all of his new friends safe.




You'll Land on Your Feet


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In "You'll Land on Your Feet", André W. Renna, through his own personal experience, offers the reader an honest portrayal of the emotional roller coaster that follows job loss. Through the author's unique wit and conversational "voice", you will learn you are not alone, "not by any stretch". More importantly, you will learn what to do in the days and months following this life altering event that will help you endure the present and prepare you for a successful "landing". "You'll Land on Your Feet" was written not only for the person who lost their job, but also for their friends, family members, and former coworkers so they can become better at offering words of empathy and encouragement. Company owners, CEO's, Human Resource personnel and outplacement counselors will also benefit from reading "You'll Land on Your Feet" as it will give them insight into the emotional toll job elimination and its process can bring to the employee and their family.




Navigating Your Freshman Year


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Written by students, for students, this guide shows freshmen how to get through their first year with flying colors.




How to Land on Your Feet


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Why spend one life worrying . . . when you could spend nine lives napping? Take it from artist Jamie Shelman's wry and furry felines: Cats work reasonable hours (zero), love wisely (from a distance), and live boldly (until someone starts vacuuming). Don't go without these 100 sage lessons: Be especially attentive to the one person who doesn’t like you. Get away with murder by looking cute. Ignore anyone who doesn't worship you. Be pleased with your achievements, however small. The best solution to a problem is a nap. Live better—live like your cat!