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In our increasingly distrusting and polarized nations, accusations of hypocrisy are everywhere. But the strange truth is that our attempts to stamp out hypocrisy often backfire, creating what Michael Hallsworth calls The Hypocrisy Trap. In this groundbreaking book, he shows how our relentless drive to expose inconsistency between words and deeds can actually breed more hypocrisy or, worse, cynicism that corrodes democracy itself.

“My favorite book of the year.”—Doug McMillon, CEO, Wal-Mart Stores Harvard Business School Professor of Strategy Bharat Anand presents an incisive new approach to digital transformation that favors fostering connectivity over focusing exclusively on content. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF...

Can't say no? Reluctant to delegate? Information overload? More and more people today are finding their time clogged up with endless activities and responsibilities, and their work lives spinning out of control. No matter how hard they try to get things done...there's never enough time! Now practical, realistic solutions to the problem are spelled out clearly and concisely in this new edition of the classic book on time management.

New learning models. Structural reforms. AI-powered everything. Vendor pitches that promise growth, efficiency, and transformation. Across colleges and universities, leaders are surrounded by solutions. Yet the same problems persist: declining enrollment, rising costs, political pressure, and eroding public trust. What if the real problem isn’t a lack of solutions? What if it's how decisions get made under pressure? In The Solution Trap, higher education strategist Dr. Brian Fleming exposes a hidden pattern behind many of the most expensive and disappointing decisions in higher education.

Something is deeply wrong with school—and everybody knows it. Students forget nearly everything they learn within months of passing a test. Teachers burn out, crushed between impossible bureaucratic demands and classrooms full of children who would rather be anywhere else. Parents oscillate between guilt and helplessness, dimly aware that the system they entrust with their children's futures is failing spectacularly—yet unable to imagine an alternative.

AN NPR AND NEW YORK POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From acclaimed Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Mitchell, the “devastating account” (The Wall Street Journal) of student debt in America. In 1981, a new executive at Sallie Mae took home the company’s financial documents to review...

In The Student’s Guide to Financial Freedom, nationally recognized financial educator and bestselling author Dr. Paris Woods shows students how to use money as a tool—not a source of stress—so they can build real freedom from the very beginning.

A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal – that...

Get to know what you are dealing with and how it is taking a toll on your body and quality of life. Get rid of the myths "diet culture" has had you believe. Find out where to go and who to turn to for expert and compassionate care, maximizing your potential for recovery. Or, you might be a treatment provider looking for sound knowledge regarding eating disorder screening tools, lab tests, online resources, and how to put together the most effective treatment team. If that is the case, then this book is for you.

It’s time to say, “Hell no” to the status quo! If it feels like the zombie apocalypse has invaded your career, it doesn’t have to become your ultimate fate. No one prepared you for your mid-career funk or how to avoid it. If you have a massive case of “I-don’t-give-a-shit-itis,” you are not alone! It sneaks up on you until one day you look around and wonder, How did this happen to me? If you dread Mondays, find yourself wondering “What’s the point?” and worry it’s too late for you to make a change, then look no further.

To be honest, making traps in Minecraft requires vast knowledge of game items, creativity, and player behavior. It is true that trap blueprints will allow you to create traps instantly. However, it will limit you to those traps you see alone. And unfortunately, using the same trap all over again is not fun - not to mention that your victims will become used to them and become capable of detecting and disarming them.

This book is for education leaders who do not accept that the underachievement of African American, Latino, Indigenous, low income and other vulnerable student groups is inevitable. Where Equity Lives: Eliminating Systemic Inequity in Schools and Districts is the result of 25 years of studying over 300 schools and districts struggling to overturn the longstanding pattern of under achievement of the same demographic groups. This book is a reveal of the five most common systemic inequity traps identified through the Study of Studies that help explain historic achievement patterns.

Do you feel anxious about sending your child to kindergarten? Are you looking for ideas on how to prepare your child for kindergarten? If so, this book will replace such worries with wisdom and confidence. It does so by defining what school readiness means and why it is such a big deal, both socially and politically. It also examines what is known about sending children to kindergarten and what occurs if parents decide to hold their children out of kindergarten for a year.

Goodnature a24, human rat trap, Mouse Poison, no kill mouse traps, decon rat poison, live rat traps, tomcat rat trap, and glue traps for rats, don't work on large rats. You need a different strategy to force them to go where your traps are. This book will increase your kill ratio and prevent them from going into your mobile home walls.