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"Drawing on groundbreaking brain and behavioral research, Goleman shows the factors at work when people of high IQ flounder and those of modest IQ do surprisingly well. These factors, which include self-awareness, self-discipline, and empathy, add up to a different way of being smart - and they aren't fixed at birth. Although shaped by childhood experience, emotional intelligence can be nurtured and strengthened throughout adulthood - with immediate...
11) The four loves
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"We need others physically, emotionally, intellectually; we need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves."
We hear often that love is patient and kind, not envious or prideful. We hear that human love is a reflection of divine love. We hear that God is love. But how do we understand its work in our lives, its perils and rewards? Here, the incomparable C. S. Lewis examines human love in four forms: affection, the most basic,
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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410L
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English
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Clifford loves to help others! Clifford and Emily Elizabeth want to do good deeds every day. They try to help a woman painting her fence, a man with a flat tire, and a kitten stuck in a tree. But every time Clifford tries to help, something goes wrong. Then Clifford sees two kids in trouble! Can they save the day after all?
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Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over? People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers might have little in common, but they all started with why. It was their natural ability to start with why that enabled...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
690L
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English
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While playing golf, Bobby Jones and Dr. Thomas discover a dying man at the base of a cliff. Before he dies, the man manages to get out the words, "Why didn't they ask Evans?" Days later, remembering things that don't seem to add up about the death, Bobby decides to investigate, and his friend Frances Derwent immediately agrees to help. Was it a misstep that sent a handsome stranger plummeting to his death over a cliff? Or was it a something more sinister?...
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Pragmatics and beyond volume new ser., 157
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J. Benjamins Pub
Pub. Date
2007
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English