I Am The Boss Of This Chair

Author : Carolyn Crimi
Publisher : Sterling Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9781454923220
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Am the Boss of This Chair written by Carolyn Crimi and published by Sterling Children's Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pom-Pom the kitten threatens to unseat Oswald, a top cat who thinks he's top dog--even to the extent of taking over a favorite chair.

Author : Ashton Applewhite
Publisher : Celadon Books
ISBN 13 : 1250311489
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Chair Rocks written by Ashton Applewhite and published by Celadon Books. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wow. This book totally rocks. It arrived on a day when I was in deep confusion and sadness about my age. Everything about it, from my invisibility to my neck. Within four or five wise, passionate pages, I had found insight, illumination, and inspiration. I never use the word empower, but this book has empowered me.” —Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age. In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Beauty and pharmaceutical companies work overtime to convince people to purchase products that will retain their youthful appearance and vitality. Wrinkles are embarrassing. Gray hair should be colored and bald heads covered with implants. Older minds and bodies are too frail to keep up with the pace of the modern working world and olders should just step aside for the new generation. Ashton Applewhite once held these beliefs too until she realized where this prejudice comes from and the damage it does. Lively, funny, and deeply researched, This Chair Rocks traces her journey from apprehensive boomer to pro-aging radical, and in the process debunks myth after myth about late life. Explaining the roots of ageism in history and how it divides and debases, Applewhite examines how ageist stereotypes cripple the way our brains and bodies function, looks at ageism in the workplace and the bedroom, exposes the cost of the all-American myth of independence, critiques the portrayal of elders as burdens to society, describes what an all-age-friendly world would look like, and offers a rousing call to action. It’s time to create a world of age equality by making discrimination on the basis of age as unacceptable as any other kind of bias. Whether you’re older or hoping to get there, this book will shake you by the shoulders, cheer you up, make you mad, and change the way you see the rest of your life. Age pride!

Author : Michael Palin
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466836083
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hemingway's Chair written by Michael Palin and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 1999-06-23 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Sproale is an assistant postmaster obsessed with Ernest Hemingway. Martin lives in a small English village, where he studies his hero and putters about harmlessly--until an ambitious outsider, Nick Marshall, is appointed postmaster instead of Martin. Slick and self-assured, Nick steals Martin's girlfriend and decides to modernize the friendly local office by firing dedicated but elderly employees and privatizing the business. Suddenly, gentle Martin is faced with a choice: meedly accept defeat as he always has, or fight for what he believes in, as his hero, Hemingway, would. Filled with Michael Palin's trademark wit and good humor, this novel is for anyone who has ever dreamed of triumphing over the technocrats and backstabbers of the world. Hilarious, touching, and ultimately inspirational, Hemingway's Chair will make readers stand up and cheer.

Author : Vera B. Williams
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063222493
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Chair for My Mother written by Vera B. Williams and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic and heartwarming picture book was written and illustrated by the celebrated Vera B. Williams and was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association. "A tender knockout. It's rare to find much vitality, spontaneity, and depth of feeling in such a simple, young book."—Kirkus Reviews Vera Williams tells of a young girl who, along with her waitress mother, saves coins in a big jar in hopes that they can someday buy a new chair for their apartment, the kind of chair her mother deserves after being on her feet all day in the Blue Tile Diner. Into the jar also goes the money Grandma saves whenever she gets a bargain at the market. There hasn't been a comfortable place to sit in the apartment since a fire in their previous apartment burned everything to "charcoal and ashes." Friends and neighbors brought furniture to their new apartment downstairs, but no one brought anything big or soft or comfortable. Finally the jar is full, the coins are rolled, and in the book's crowning moment, mother, daughter, and Grandma search four different furniture stores, and after carefully trying several chairs, like Goldilocks, they find the chair they've been dreaming of at last. Vera Williams enhances this story about family, community, and the power of working together toward a common goal with her signature folk art-inspired paintings. A Chair for My Mother has sold more than a million copies and is an ideal choice for reading and sharing at home and in the classroom. "A superbly conceived picture book expressing the joyful spirit of a loving family."—The Horn Book Vera B. Williams's beloved picture book favorites include: "More More More," Said the Baby Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart A Chair for Always A Chair for My Mother Cherries and Cherry Pits Music, Music for Everyone Something Special for Me Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

Author : Linda A. Hill
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 142217235X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Being the Boss written by Linda A. Hill and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You never dreamed being the boss would be so hard. You're caught in a web of conflicting expectations from subordinates, your supervisor, peers, and customers. You're not alone. As Linda Hill and Kent Lineback reveal in Being the Boss, becoming an effective manager is a painful, difficult journey. It's trial and error, endless effort, and slowly acquired personal insight. Many managers never complete the journey. At best, they just learn to get by. At worst, they become terrible bosses. This new book explains how to avoid that fate, by mastering three imperatives: · Manage yourself: Learn that management isn't about getting things done yourself. It's about accomplishing things through others. · Manage a network: Understand how power and influence work in your organization and build a network of mutually beneficial relationships to navigate your company's complex political environment. · Manage a team: Forge a high-performing "we" out of all the "I"s who report to you. Packed with compelling stories and practical guidance, Being the Boss is an indispensable guide for not only first-time managers but all managers seeking to master the most daunting challenges of leadership.

Author : Carl Reader
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1789666422
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boss It written by Carl Reader and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER: Independent Press Awards 2021 - Business: Entrepreneurship & Small Business HIGHLY COMMENDED: Business Book Awards 2021 - Start up/Scale up Do you dream of ditching the day job, doing your own thing and being your own boss? Are you ready to Boss It? In this invigorating and highly practical book, serial entrepreneur Carl Reader provides exactly the fire and guidance you need to get started. Designed to cut through the business jargon, this handy guide will take you through everything you need to establish and run your own business - from the mindset it takes to turn a dream into a plan, to the need-to-know practical stuff for running and growing a business. Featuring case studies, templates and exercises to help you put what you read into action, and turn that dream into a reality, this motivational book will enable you to be your own boss, to take control of your income, your time and your life... and Boss It.

Author : Ross Collins
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536224065
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book There's a Bear on My Chair written by Ross Collins and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor Mouse! A bear has settled in his favorite chair, and that chair just isn't big enough for two. Mouse tries all kinds of tactics to move pesky Bear, but nothing works. Once Mouse has gone, Bear gets up and walks home. But what's that? Is that a mouse in Bear's house?

Author : Bob Selden
Publisher : Hachette Australia
ISBN 13 : 0733626742
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What to Do When You Become the Boss written by Bob Selden and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition tells you what you need to know about managing in a global environment - dealing with social media, managing change, and virtual and remote teams. Congratulations. You got the promotion – you're finally THE boss. You've been rewarded for knowing your stuff BUT as a first-time manager, you may not know how to be a good manager. Where do you start? How do you get things done? Bob Selden's always practical book offers seasoned advice to help you make a success of your new role.

Author : Carolyn Crimi
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Louds Move In! written by Carolyn Crimi and published by Cavendish Square Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louds Move In! is a Marshall Cavendish publication.

Author : Peter Opsvik
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393732887
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Sitting written by Peter Opsvik and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Scandinavian furniture designer offers insight into his thinking about sitting and explains the philosophy that informs his pioneering chairs. For millions of years humans have led physically active lives. In recent centuries, however, industrialization has fostered passivity and the growing predominance of the sitting posture for more and more people. Increasingly, chairs and furniture for sitting have become standard pieces of equipment in the workplace, institutions, and private homes. These sitting devices were designed according to the established standard of the chair, based on the accepted western manner of sitting. In Rethinking Sitting, Scandinavian industrial designer Peter Opsvik addresses the issue of whether this is the only, and functionally best, design for the human body. When the various authorities on ergonomics promote their one and only “correct” sitting posture, he says all of them are right: Every recommended sitting posture is good. Opsvik sees it as his task to design chairs that allow as many different sitting postures as possible and make it easy to move and change frequently between positions. In this beautifully illustrated reference Opsvik offers insight into his thinking on the subject of sitting and explains the philosophy that informs his furniture designs. Rethinking Sitting contains important information for everyone who is interested, for professional, educational, or personal reasons, in sitting solutions.