There’s no denying that we live in a world full of instant gratification. As for emailing an employer to follow up on a recent job interview? Anticipate hearing back in several days, if not longer. With a slight adjustment to your outlook and timeframe, you can still soar through your job search with patience and […]
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Worthy: From Corn Fields to Corner Office of Microsoft, Stories of Overcoming by Jane Boulware
WORTHY’s relatable stories will make you snort, sob, cheer and rethink what’s possible. Jane Boulware shares failures and successes from dirt-poor Iowa field worker to corner-office Microsoft executive. Too scrappy to fail, too stubborn to give up and too scared to let others down, Worthy is a vulnerable journey of grit, wit and learning self-worth […]
The Power of Imperfect Parents: Practical tools to parent your child with disabilities by Lynda Drake
Author Lynda Drake shares a toolkit for parents of children with disabilities. It aims to teach kids about handling money and food. It also helps deal with disappointments, failures, extreme behaviors, and more. Lynda shares her experiences raising three children with various disabilities and diagnoses, including Down syndrome, diabetes, life-threatening allergies, severe behaviors, mood disorder, […]
The Life and Times of Walter Reuther: An Unfinished Liberal Legacy by James Ten Eyck
The Life and Times of Walter Reuther recounts the events and social movements that have shaped modern America and the role Walter Reuther played in many of them. For over thirty years Reuther and his United Automobile Workers Union were in the vanguard of voices advancing economic and social policies that raised the standard of […]
Hydrocarbon Man Memoirs of a 20th-Century Oil Business Executive: Experience the Age of Energy from an Oil Executive’s View—One Who Has Witnessed the Trials … of an Industry Fueling Our Lives by Ronald Goodman Nelson
Ronald G. Nelson grew up on a central Minnesota dairy farm, is a Petroleum Engineer and holds a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Minnesota. Mr. Nelson’s career spanned many countries and major oil field production areas, including Libya, the North Sea and various US oil and natural gas fields. He has previously had […]