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“lesley alderman”

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  • The Book of Times

    From Seconds to Centuries, a Compendium of Measures

    by Lesley Alderman ...
    "Clever and entertaining . . . contains everything you'd want to know about the ticking away of seconds, minutes, hours, days, years, decades and centuries." — Time.comOur relationship to time is complex and paradoxical: Time stands still. Time also flies. Tomorrow is another day. Yet there's no time like the present. We want to do more in less time, but wish we could slow the clock. And despite ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Start a Successful Home Business

    by Karen Cheney, Lesley Alderman ...
    With computer, fax machines, and other technologies becoming commonplace, more and more people are running businesses from their homes and making a good living in the process. "Money" has been tracking the trend, and, in this new guide, two of the magazine's writers explain how to turn a hobby into a business, find money to start, create a winning business plan, manage cash flow, write great press ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • The Power of When

    Discover Your Chronotype--and the Best Time to Eat Lunch, Ask for a Raise, Have Sex, Write a Novel, Take Your Meds, and More

    by Michael Breus, PhD ...
    Learn the best time to do everything—from drink your coffee to have sex or go for a run—according to your body's chronotype.Most advice centers on what to do, or how to do it, and ignores the when of success. But exciting new research proves there is a right time to do just about everything, based on our biology and hormones.As Dr. Michael Breus proves in The Power Of When, working with your body ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Average Is Over

    Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation

    by Tyler Cowen ...
    Renowned economist and author of Big Business Tyler Cowen brings a groundbreaking analysis of capitalism, the job market, and the growing gap between the one percent and minimum wage workers in this follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Great Stagnation.The United States continues to mint more millionaires and billionaires than any country ever. Yet, since the great recession, three ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Is It Worth Dying For?

    How To Make Stress Work For You - Not Against You

    by Robert S. Eliot, Dennis L. Breo ...
    A groundbreaking examination of stress and its effects on health and diseaseCardiologist Robert S. Eliot identifies “hot reactors”—apparently healthy people who overreact to such common occurrences as losing a tennis game or missing a train. If you are a “hot reactor,” you may be responding to stress with an all-out physical effort that is taking a heavy toll on your health . . . without your even ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)

    My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement

    by Jane Mcalevey, Bob Ostertag ...
    See how one militant union organizer fought the bosses—and national labor leaders—in this “breathtaking trip through the union-organizing scene” (Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed).“ . . . renews my faith that organizing works . . . makes a compelling case for a new vision for the American labor movement.” —Van JonesIn 1995, in the first contested election in the history of the AFL ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Procrastination

    Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now

    by Jane B. Burka, Lenora M. Yuen ...
    Updated Edition: A practical, tested anti-procrastination program that "show[s] you how to fix this vexing, life-sapping problem" ( Business Today (NC)).This guide is a must-have for anyone who puts things off until tomorrow. Based on their workshops and counseling experience, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen offer a probing, sensitive, and at times humorous look at a problem that ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • We Wanted Workers

    Unraveling the Immigration Narrative

    by George J. Borjas ...
    From "America’s leading immigration economist" (The Wall Street Journal), a refreshingly level-headed exploration of the effects of immigration.We are a nation of immigrants, and we have always been concerned about immigration. As early as 1645, the Massachusetts Bay Colony began to prohibit the entry of "paupers." Today, however, the notion that immigration is universally beneficial has become ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Time Is Money: A Simple System To Cure Procrastination Without Willpower, Become More Productive, Find Your Focus & Get More Done In Less Time!

    Productivity & Success, #1

    by Aiden Nolan ...
    Series Book 1 - Productivity & Success
    Do you have a procrastination problem? Do you ever wonder whats “wrong” with you? Ever wonder why you just don’t seem to have the willpower needed to get things done?In Time Is Money, you get a step-by-step system to accomplish your goals with the need of willpower. You’ll be able to have fun, build unstoppable motivation and even break lazy habits that are holding you back. You’ll learn how to ... Read more

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  • Know Your Rights

    Employment and Family Rights

    by Andrew McCann ...
    Know Your Rights: Employment and Family brings together the most up-to-date information on:Family law, including the Civil Partnership Act, from marriage to divorce; adoption to guardianship; sale of the family home to wills and inheritance; domestic violence to custody.The rights of the employee and the employer, including terms of employment, notice periods, redundancy, unfair dismissal, payment ... Read more

    $12.37 CAD

  • Daily Planner: Productivity Boosts for Faster Results

    by Noel N ...
    The Keys to Ending ProcrastinationIf you have things on a list somewhere that you never get around to doing, it's because you will never do them. The time will never be right. You need to have proper time management habits and appropriate goals everyday. Just think of finally living and enjoying the life you want to live. Maybe you want to start your own business, maybe you want get through all ... Read more

    Free

  • How to be a Productivity Ninja - FREE SAMPLER

    Worry Less, Achieve More and Love What You Do

    by Graham Allcott ...
    Series series Productivity Ninja
    THIS IS A FREE EBOOK SAMPLER. IT INCLUDES THE FIRST 42 PAGES OF THE FULL BOOK. If you would like to purchase Graham Allcott's How to be a Productivity Ninja in full, you can do so with all good ebook retailers.In the age of information overload, traditional time management techniques simply don't cut it when it comes to overflowing inboxes, ever-expanding to-do lists and endless, pointless ... Read more

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