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1) A seat at the C-suite table: insights from the leadership journeys of African American executives
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Series
Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A seat at the c-suite table is an insightful look at the leadership journeys of 30 African American male C-suite executives. In their own compelling words, executives describe earning and maintaining a seat at the C-suite table. They speak candidly about how the lack of mentors, coaches, and role models impacted--but did not stop them. They talk openly about navigating corporate settings designed years ago by White men. They speak freely about their...
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Series
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Legendary singer Billie Holiday comes alive in this first-ever collection of interviews from throughout her career. Included is her last interview, given from her deathbed in a New York City hospital, where police were standing by ready to arrest her for a parole violation should she recover. Also included: The transcript of an interrogation by a US Customs official questioning about whether she'd violated her parole by using drugs on a foreign tour....
Author
Publisher
Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed music journalist Marc Myers collects fifty-five new oral histories of iconic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column. Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more-iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also change the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More Songs, based on his column for the Wall Street Journal, music...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This powerful photography collection, drawn from the celebrated National Geographic archive, reveals the lives of women from around the globe, accompanied by revelatory new interviews and portraits of contemporary trailblazers including Oprah Winfrey, Jane Goodall, and Christiane Amanpour.
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Language
English
Description
"A photographic celebration of contemporary Native American life and an examination of important issues the community faces today by the creator of Project 562, Matika Wilbur"--
"In 2012, Matika Wilbur sold everything in her Seattle apartment and set out on a Kickstarter-funded pursuit to visit, engage, and photograph people from what were then the 562 federally recognized Native American Tribal Nations. Over the next decade, she traveled six hundred...
Author
Publisher
Aguilar
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"La periodista y presentadora de televisión Verónica Zumalacárregui nos presenta en este libro-reportaje quince historias de mujeres que, como ella misma dice, le han cambiado la mirada y aportan distintas opiniones y perspectivas de temas y retos sociales a los que nos enfrentamos. Un poliédrico y rico retrato de nuestros desafíos y nuestros logros. "En mis viajes a lo largo y ancho del planeta he conocido a mujeres con valores, culturas y vidas...
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Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A riveting, must-read, year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what's really going on behind school doors, by New York Times bestselling author and education expert Alexandra Robbins Alexandra Robbins goes behind the scenes to tell the true, sometimes shocking, always inspirational stories of three teachers as they navigate a year in the classroom. She follows Penny, a southern middle school math teacher who...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"A través de la conversación entre Oprah Winfrey y el Dr. Perry, en este libro descubrirás cómo lo que nos sucede en la primera infancia tiene una gran influencia sobre la persona adulta en que nos convertimos. También comprenderás que las adversidades que experimentamos impactan en nuestra salud física y emocional y qué dice la ciencia sobre los patrones de comportamiento que nos cuesta tanto entender. Este libro te ofrece una nueva perspectiva...
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