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"#1 New York Times bestselling author David Brooks, a controversial and eye-opening look at how our culture has lost sight of the value of humility - defined as the opposite of self-preoccupation - and why only an engaged inner life can yield true meaning and fulfillment"--
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"The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese-cathlon comes around, the Big Cheese is prepared to win, as always. But what happens when the quiet new kid, Wedge Wedgeman, comes out on top? Is a slice of humility all the Big Cheese needs to discover that some things are better than being the best? "
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"A life-changing guide to achieving your goals, by the 2013 NCAA champion college basketball coach and #1 New York Times bestselling author. Rick Pitino is famous as one of the most dynamic and successful basketball coaches of our time, leading the University of Louisville Cardinals to the NCAA basketball championship in 2013, and is renowned for writing the #1 New York Times bestselling success and leadership book, Success is a Choice.In his new...
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Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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The Key to Effective Communication: Communication is essential in a healthy organization. But all too often when we interact with people-especially those who report to us-we simply tell them what we think they need to know. This shuts them down. To generate bold new ideas, to avoid disastrous mistakes, to develop agility and flexibility, we need to practice Humble Inquiry. Ed Schein defines Humble Inquiry as "the fine art of drawing someone out, of...
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Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Success is all very well, but failure teaches us what is most important: humility. Costica Bradatan tells the stories of four thinkers who, for all their external success, courted failure throughout their years. From Simone Weil to Seneca and Gandhi, the greatest of us made meaningful lives by grasping the epiphanies of failure"--
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Marvel
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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Tells the story of Thor, prince and great protector of the realm Asgard, whose father Odin strips him of his memory and power and banishes him to Earth to learn humility, the only virtue he lacks, so that he might wield the mighty hammer Mjolnir.
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
2002.
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English
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Wellington Boone, author of the popular, well-reviewed Christian marriage manual Your Wife Is Not Your Momma, delivers the unvarnished truth about what it takes for Christian believers to become Christ-like. While becoming a believer in Jesus and joining the Christian faith are a gift of God a person need only accept, following Jesus requires much more. To walk in the footsteps of Jesus means making sacrifices like those he made if one is to imitate...
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Marvel
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[2013]
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English
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Tells the story of Thor, prince and great protector of the realm Asgard, whose father Odin strips him of his memory and power and banishes him to Earth to learn humility, the only virtue he lacks, so that he might wield the mighty hammer Mjolnir.
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Mighty Thor ; 5
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Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"The final judgement comes as the mangog arrives. The War Thor meets the beast head-on, but even the bloothirst of this ultimate hammer-wielder may pale in comparions to the Mangog's might. The battle rages as Jane Foster's cancer takes a turn for the worse, and she might not have to wait for the final judgment at all. The clock is ticking, the war of the Realms is spreading and Mjolnir cannot save her this time. Can Doctor Strange and the Falcon...
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EOne Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Abe and the amazing promise: While on the set filming, Bob the Tomato decides to respond to a fan's letter about 'waiting.' Meanwhile, everyone's patience is tested by spitting camels, a confused nurse, and a distracted film crew. Children learn that God always keeps his promises, even if they have to wait a while.
King George and the Ducky: King George, unlike most kings, spends most of his time in the bathtub, playing with his favorite toy - a...
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Little Ning Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Pepper Zhang, Artist Extraordinaire!" is an extraordinary story about an ordinary little girl who discovers an interest in art and transforms into an "Artist Extraordinaire!" Through her journey into fame and stardom, Pepper learns an important life lesson about humility.
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