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Maximize the Moment
Brief Summary
Maximize the Moment: God's Action Plan for Your Life.
Using ageless biblical principles, Bishop T.D. Jakes teaches that every moment of every day, God provides all we need to achieve success. In Maximize the Moment, he explains how to release ourselves from damaging relationships and debilitating fears, how to face and conquer obstacles that may stand in our path to success, and how to move beyond our painful pasts.
ISBN:9780425181638
Author:T. D. Jakes
Grit by Angela Duckworth
In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, athletes, students, and business people-both seasoned and new-that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called "grit.”
Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur "genius” Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success. Rather, other factors can be even more crucial such as identifying our passions and following through on our commitments.
Drawing on her own powerful story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently bemoaned her lack of smarts, Duckworth describes her winding path through teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience, which led to the hypothesis that what really drives success is not "genius” but a special blend of passion and long-term perseverance. As a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Duckworth created her own "character lab” and set out to test her theory.
Here, she takes readers into the field to visit teachers working in some of the toughest schools, cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance.
Finally, she shares what she’s learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers-from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to the cartoon editor of The New Yorker to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll.
Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that-not talent or luck-makes all the difference.
Finding My Virginity by Richard Branson
Never lose the thrill of trying something for the first time.
Fifty years ago, Sir Richard Branson started his first business. In his new autobiography, Finding My Virginity, the Virgin Founder shares his personal, intimate thoughts on five decades as the world’s ultimate entrepreneur.
Following on from where bestselling Losing My Virginity left off at the dawn of the new millennium, Finding My Virginity reveals how Branson created 12 different billion dollar businesses and hundreds more companies across dozens of sectors, whilst breaking world records on land, sea and air. It takes us behind the scenes as Sir Richard Branson creates the world's first commercial space line, Virgin Galactic, and handles the biggest crisis he has ever faced.
Join Sir Richard as he juggles working life with raising his children Holly and Sam, building a marriage with his wife Joan and creating a unique company culture. Discover how he created a new life on Necker Island, while continuing to grow the Virgin brand into all corners of the world. Get the real story behind adventures and run-ins with everyone from Bill Gates and Kate Moss to Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama.
This is the true account of how the Virgin Founder reinvented himself and his brand for the 21st century, while continuing to push boundaries, break rules and reach for the stars in more ways than one. This is the story of the man behind the beard, the business, the bravado and the brand. Find out how the ultimate entrepreneur did it for the first time – all over again.
Trailblazer: Breaking Through in Keny...
As a child during the Mau Mau Emergency, Peter Kuguru personally witnessed scenes of horrific brutality. He and his family experienced great hardship and upheaval as the British colonial regime acted ruthlessly to crush the freedom movement.
As Peter made his way slowly through school at this terrible time, he must have despaired about his future prospects in life. But the euphoria of Independence and the promise it held, coupled with the values of hard work and education insistently drilled into him by his father, encouraged him to dream big.
From a young schoolboy paparazzo snapping pictures of his schoolmates for a few cents, to the courageous and far-sighted industrialist who dared to tackle Coca Cola head-on, Peter Kuguru has travelled a trailblazing journey. At the same time he has never forsaken a fundamental, heartfelt personal commitment to improving the welfare of the people of Mathira.
It was this dedication that led him to follow his father, a powerful oak of a man, into politics. Now, in this book, for the first time, a candidate in a Kenyan Parliamentary Election discloses the tricks, deceit and skullduggery that tragically characterize campaigns at the grassroots.
These corrupt, dirty, evil and underhand maneuvers have transformed our electoral process into a mere travesty of democracy, destroying the credibility of many politicians in the eyes of the trusting wananchi. This fascinating and revealing book has much to teach our budding industrialists, while leaving our political class with a great deal both to be ashamed of and to change radically and immediately.
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Tricky Tortoise – African Anima...
Brief summary
When Elephant trod on Tricky Tortoise for the three hundred and thirty second time, Tortoise devised a cunning plan to teach Elephant a lesson.
This is the story of how Tricky Tortoise proves that brains are often better than strength or size.
ISBN:9780340516249
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Running Rhino – African Animal ...
Brief summary
Rhino runs everywhere. And as he runs, he leaves a wake of devastation in his path. The other animals are fed up of this rampant running and so Lion confronts him, telling him he must stop. Rhino refuses and challenges anyone to try and stop him.
Out of all the animals it is little Tickbird who takes up his challenge, with interesting results.
ISBN:9780340989388
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Lazy Lion African Animal Tales
Brief summary
Lazy Lion orders the animals to build him a house on the African plain.
The Weaver Birds build him a house of nest grasses and palm leaves, but Lazy Lion is too heavy to reach the door. The Ant Bears build him a house with many rooms and caverns, but it is so dark Lion can't see anything.
The animals do their best to please Lion, but he is very difficult to please. Will he ever find a home?
This is the story of how Lazy Lion found his home on the great African plain.
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ISBN:9780340565650
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Laughing Giraffe – African Anim...
Brief summary
In the days long ago, Giraffe was the noisiest animal on the Great African Plain. He shouted a lot and he laughed all the time. This is the story of how the littlest Egret proved to Laughing Giraffe that you don't need to be loud to be heard.
ISBN:9780340945209
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Hungry Hyena
Brief summary
Hungry Hyena steals Fish Eagle's dinner and sets off a chain of events which leads to the hyenas reaching for the moon ... with disastrous results. This is the story of how Hungry Hyena came to slink about on the great African plain and how Fish Eagle soars in the clouds.
ISBN:9780340626856
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Hot Hippo
Brief summary
Hippo was hot and thought how wonderful it would be to live in the water, so he walked and ran until he came to the mountain where Ngai lived.
Hippo pleaded and eventually Ngai agreed Hippo could live in the water, but only if he did not eat the fish and came onto the land at night.
ISBN:9780316337182
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Handsome Hog
Greedy Zebra
Brief summary
When the animal’s discovered a cave full of furs and skins, they discarded their drab skins for glossy new ones. Greedy zebra, arrives late, after a delicious snack, only to find a few stripes of black cloth. He squeezes into them but Greedy Zebra is too big for them and his new coat bursts open!
The story of how all the animals chose their clothing, except for Greedy Zebra, who had to take the left-over pieces. .
ISBN:9780340409121
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Enormous Elephant – African Ani...
Cross Crocodile
Brief summary
Long ago on the Great African Plains, it was so dry before the rain came that all the animals were hot, thirsty, and hungry. All, that is, except Cross Crocodile.
This is the story of how Monkey tricked Crocodile into sharing his food with the other animals.
ISBN:9780340970324
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Crafty Chameleon – African Anim...
Brief summary
Tormented every morning by leopard and bullied by crocodile, the clever little chameleon decides to play a trick on them. He manages to get the better of his two oppressors without them even knowing how he did it!
This is the story of why Crafty Chameleon changes color and hides when he hears you coming.
ISBN:9780340486986
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Bumping Buffalo – African Anima...
Baby Baboon
Brief summary
Leopard is hungry, but he is also lazy. How will he catch his dinner? Leopard recruits the help of Baboon and Baby Baboon to trap Hare whom he plans to eat for his dinner. But Leopard is outwitted and Baby Baboon laughs and laughs.
This is the story of how Leopard came to lie in wait in the trees and why you just might hear Baby Baboon laughing and laughing.
ISBN:9780340580486
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Awkward Aardvark-African Animal Tales
Brief summary
Aardvark's snoring keeps the other animals awake night after night. Something has got to be done! Mongoose calls on the others for help, but it is not until the termites get involved that the problem is solved.
This is the story of how Awkward Aardvark came to sleep during the day and eat termites at night.
ISBN:9780340525814
Author:Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
Grandpa’s Great Escape
Brief summary
Grandpa lives in a Maximum Security Twilight Zone, and his Grandson attempts to set him free.
Jack’s Grandpa…
1. wears his slippers to the supermarket
2. serves up tinned tongue for dinner
3. and often doesn’t remember Jack’s name
But he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day…
An exquisite portrait of the bond between a small boy and his beloved Grandpa – this book takes readers on an incredible journey with Spitfires over London and Great Escapes through the city in a high octane adventure full of comedy and heart. Illustrated by the award-winning Tony Ross
ISBN:9780007494019
Author:David Walliams
