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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
Leto II, God Emperor of Dune, trades his humanity for immortality. As the despotic sandworm of Dune, he desperately attempts to save humankind, in spite of a rising rebellion led by Siona, a member of the Atreides, who is unaware of her own destined role in preserving the future.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Lucas Ray is shocked when an adorable puppy jumps out of an abandoned building and into his arms. Though the apartment he shares with his mother, a disabled veteran, doesn't allow dogs, Lucas can't resist taking Bella home. Bella is inexplicably drawn to Lucas, even if she doesn't understand the necessity of games like No Barks. As it becomes more difficult to hide her from the neighbors, Lucas begins to sneak Bella into the VA where he works. There,...
4) Lone Wolf
Author
Publisher
Zebra
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Fleeing her mother's killer, Esther Marist ends up at a rugged stranger's cabin. A wildlife rehabilitator with a menagerie that includes an elderly wolf, Matthews isn't the type to turn any creature away. As Esther heals, she realizes how much danger she's brought to his door-and how far he'll go to protect her. The Wolf On Her Doorstep By Kate Pearce Beth Baker senses her grumpy summer tenant must be in trouble when his pet wolf shows up at her...
Author
Publisher
American Management Association
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Loyal customers are the beating heart of every great business.
So why do so many companies act like adrenalin junkies, chasing after new customers at the expense of creating deeper, more profitable relationships with the ones they already have?
Evergreen exposes the mad pursuit for what it is: a brief spike in metrics and an ongoing revenue drain, as one-time customers fail to return.
A better solution is to shift resources from attracting new...
Author
Publisher
BQB Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Every summer, Jessie and Emma leave their suburban home in the Central Valley of California and fly north to Baymont. Nestled among Mendocino's golden hills, with ponies to love and endless acres to explore, Baymond should be a child's paradise. But Baymont belongs to Laurel, the firls' birth mother, whose heedless parenting and tainted judgement cast a long shadow over the sisters' summers---and their lives. Caught in a web of allegiences, the girls...
7) Allegiant
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered -- fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories. But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Compelling and perceptive, Tomb Sweeping probes the loyalties we hold: to relatives, to strangers, and to ourselves. In stories set across the US and Asia, Alexandra Chang immerses us in the lives of immigrant families, grocery store employees, expecting parents, and guileless lab assistants. A woman known only to her neighbors as “the Asian recycling lady” collects bottles from the streets she calls home. A young college grad ponders the void...
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Lencioni illustrates the principles of inspiring client loyalty through a business fable. He explains the theory of vulnerability in depth and presents concrete steps for putting it to work in any organization. The story follows a small consulting firm, Lighthouse Partners, which often beats out big-name competitors for top clients. One such competitor buys out Lighthouse and learns important lessons about what it means to provide value to its clients....
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When Angela met Jason Powell while catering a dinner party in East Hampton, she assumed their romance would be a short-lived fling, like so many relationships between locals and summer visitors. To her surprise, Jason, a brilliant economics professor at NYU, had other plans, and they married the following summer. For Angela, the marriage turned out to be a chance to reboot her life. She and her son were finally able to move out of her mother's home...
Author
Publisher
Crossway Books
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
He was one of the Bible's greatest leaders. A man of action who took on the incredible task of rebuilding ancient Jerusalem. He was dedicated. Wise. A zealous man who saturated himself with prayer. In all of this he helped set the standard for godly leadership. And yet you probably know nothing about him. He was Nehemiah.
Indeed, his Old Testament book reads like the memoirs of a pastoral leader and politician par excellence. In it Nehemiah tells...
Author
Publisher
Bard Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Little Red Book of Selling: A new guide from the author of The Sales Bible helps salespeople learn why sales happen, and how it has everything to do with understanding buying motives and taking ethical actions, allowing the readers to make sales for the moment and for the rest of their lives.
14) Gunslinger girl
Author
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In a post-Second Civil War lawless West, sharpshooter Serendipity "Pity" Jones stars in, and lives at, the Theater Vespertine, but there is a dark cost to her freedom that Pity may not be willing to pay.
Author
Series
Aristotle and Dante volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
Pride Month
Pura Belpre Award
Stonewall Children's & Young Adult
Pride Month
Pura Belpre Award
Stonewall Children's & Young Adult
Description
From the cover. Dante can swim. Ari can't. Dante is articulate and self-assured. Ari has a hard time with words and suffers from self-doubt. Dante gets lost in poetry and art. Ari gets lost in thoughts of his older brother who is prison. Dante is fair-skinned. Ari's features are much darker. It seems that a boy like Dante, with his open and unique perspective on life, would be the last person to break down the walls that Ari has built around himself....
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Harness the power of communities, both inside and outside of your organization, to drive value and revenue, activate your employees' and customers' talents, and create a highly engaged, loyal customer base. What if you discovered a blueprint that could grow your brand's reputation and loyalty, dramatically reduce customer service issues, produce content and technology, and cement a powerful, lasting relationship between you and your customers? Customer...
17) The science of service: the proven formula to drive customer loyalty and stand out from the crowd
Author
Publisher
Page Two Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In The Science of Service, customer service expert Mark Colgate uses the latest research into the science and discipline of great service, combined with fascinating case studies from companies as diverse as Whistler Blackcomb to Australia's Commonwealth Bank to Amazon, to empower you to differentiate your organization, increase customer loyalty, and drive revenue. Colgate distills more than twenty years of teaching customer service courses into his...
18) Whiskey
Author
Publisher
MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A family moves violently through their lives, fierce with each other yet deeply loyal.
Author
Publisher
Harlequin MIRA
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
To save himself from the hangman's noose, John Wesley Hawkins agrees to infiltrate the Irish resistance against English rule by seducing the rebels' secrets from Caitlin MacBride, a headstrong Irishwoman who spurns his advances, making no secret of her loyalty to her countrymen.