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Parenting While PhDing

Surviving and Improving the Working Conditions of Graduate Student Parents

by Jackie Hoermann-Elliott, Judith Chriqui Benchimol, Jennifer C. Judd, Whitney Zahar Rich, Alicia Christine Beretta, Elizabeth M. Williams, Elise Green, Emily Gresbrink, Keith Jackson, Karen Tellez-Trujillo0, Dalel Serda1, Lisa E. Wright2, Rachael Jordan3, Laura Fitzwater Gonzales4, Natasha Trace Robinson5, Tiffani Tijerina6, Jennifer Burke Reifman7, Kate Lafferty-Danner8, James B. Harr III9, Calvin Olsen0, Daniel Henke1, Erin Henke2, Brita M. Thielen3, Hayley E. Verdi4, Aleashia Walton Valentin5, Courtney Lund O'Neil6, April Cobos7, Daniel L. Hocutt8, Megan McKittrick9, Danielle Marie Koepke0, Gitte Frandsen1, Celeste Graham2, Nabila Hijazi3, Amie McLean4, Lourdes Fernandez5, Jessica McCaughey6, Rachael Graham Tin7, Beth Buyserie8, Kristin Osborne9, Siham Lekchiri0, Barbara A.W. Eversole1, Stephanie L. Graff2, Mariya Tseptsura3, Morgan Buchs4, Rachel Flynn5, Laura Leigh Menard6, Brandie Bohney7, Jennifer Phillips-Denny8, Jacqueline Cerda-Smith9, Joan Jiyoung Hwang0, Sara Bartlett Large1, Danielle DeVasto2, Camila Ring3, Dr. Jenna Morton-Aiken5 ...

Being a PhD student is not easy. Navigating the highly competitive world of academia while working hard for little or no pay would be stressful for anyone—but it’s especially challenging for graduate students who are also parents.Featuring contributions from more than forty current and former graduate students raising children, Parenting While PhDing offers valuable advice for students and ... Read more

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Being a PhD student is not easy. Navigating the highly competitive world of academia while working hard for little or no pay would be stressful for anyone—but it’s especially challenging for graduate students who are also parents.Featuring contributions from more than forty current and former graduate students raising children, Parenting While PhDing offers valuable advice for students and
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Navigating Life's Choices After High School

Success Guide

by Allison Haviland, Debraca Russell MBA CPCC, Javed Morgan 4. Zaneta Ellison LMHC ...

Navigating Life's Choices After High School is an all-encompassing resource guide, book, and manual that WILL make your quest for information significantly easier. This resource guide was created for caregivers that want to outline a clear plan that ensure their teen moves to their next step without fear and the stressors of the unknown.Financing your teen's education does not have to be a mystery ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Navigating Life's Choices After High School is an all-encompassing resource guide, book, and manual that WILL make your quest for information significantly easier. This resource guide was created for caregivers that want to outline a clear plan that ensure their teen moves to their next step without fear and the stressors of the unknown.Financing your teen's education does not have to be a mystery
... Read more

Rage Becomes Her

The Power of Women's Anger

by Soraya Chemaly ...

***A BEST BOOK OF 2018 SELECTION***NPR * The Washington Post * Book Riot * Autostraddle * Psychology Today***A BEST FEMINIST BOOK SELECTION***Refinery 29, Book Riot, Autostraddle, BITCHRage Becomes Her is an “utterly eye opening” (Bustle) book that gives voice to the causes, expressions, and possibilities o... ... Read more

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***A BEST BOOK OF 2018 SELECTION***NPR * The Washington Post * Book Riot * Autostraddle * Psychology Today***A BEST FEMINIST BOOK SELECTION***Refinery 29, Book Riot, Autostraddle, BITCHRage Becomes Her is an “utterly eye opening” (Bustle) book that gives voice to the causes, expressions, and possibilities o...
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The Gig Economy

The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life You Want

by Diane Mulcahy ...

Today, most Americans are working in the gig economy--mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. Learn how to embrace the independent and self-sufficient world of freelance!The Gig Economy is your guide to this uncertain but ultimately rewarding world. Packed with research, exercises, and anecdotes, this eye-opening book supplies strategies--ranging from the ... Read more

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Today, most Americans are working in the gig economy--mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. Learn how to embrace the independent and self-sufficient world of freelance!The Gig Economy is your guide to this uncertain but ultimately rewarding world. Packed with research, exercises, and anecdotes, this eye-opening book supplies strategies--ranging from the
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For the Love of Men

From Toxic to a More Mindful Masculinity

by Liz Plank ...

A nonfiction investigation into masculinity, For The Love of Men provides actionable steps for how to be a man in the modern world, while also exploring how being a man in the world has evolved.In 2019, traditional masculinity is both rewarded and sanctioned. Men grow up being told that boys don’t cry and dolls are for girls (a newer phenomenon than you might realize—gendered toys came back in ... Read more

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A nonfiction investigation into masculinity, For The Love of Men provides actionable steps for how to be a man in the modern world, while also exploring how being a man in the world has evolved.In 2019, traditional masculinity is both rewarded and sanctioned. Men grow up being told that boys don’t cry and dolls are for girls (a newer phenomenon than you might realize—gendered toys came back in
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Smart Mom, Rich Mom

How to Build Wealth While Raising a Family

by Kimberly Palmer ...

Ladies, this collection of stories from moms who have successfully worked full-time, freelance, self-employed, and in other ways, while also raising amazing children and providing financial freedom for their families, has room to add more--your story! Start it today!Of all life’s financial shocks, few compare to the $250,000 price tag--not including college!--of raising a child. How will you pay ... Read more

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Ladies, this collection of stories from moms who have successfully worked full-time, freelance, self-employed, and in other ways, while also raising amazing children and providing financial freedom for their families, has room to add more--your story! Start it today!Of all life’s financial shocks, few compare to the $250,000 price tag--not including college!--of raising a child. How will you pay
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Seven Strategy Questions

A Simple Approach for Better Execution

by Robert Simons ...

To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive strategy into the day-to-day actions carried out in your company. That means channeling resources into the right efforts, achieving the right balance between innovation and control, and getting everyone pulling in the same direction. How to keep all this on track?Identify critical gaps in your strategy execution ... Read more

$25.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive strategy into the day-to-day actions carried out in your company. That means channeling resources into the right efforts, achieving the right balance between innovation and control, and getting everyone pulling in the same direction. How to keep all this on track?Identify critical gaps in your strategy execution
... Read more
All the Rage

Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership

by Darcy Lockman ...

Why do men do so little at home? Why do women do so much? Why don't our egalitarian values match our lived experiences?Journalist-turned-psychologist Darcy Lockman offers a clear-eyed look at the most pernicious problem facing modern parents—how progressive relationships become traditional ones when children are introduced into the household.In an era of seemingly unprecedented feminist activism ... Read more

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Why do men do so little at home? Why do women do so much? Why don't our egalitarian values match our lived experiences?Journalist-turned-psychologist Darcy Lockman offers a clear-eyed look at the most pernicious problem facing modern parents—how progressive relationships become traditional ones when children are introduced into the household.In an era of seemingly unprecedented feminist activism
... Read more

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You're On Your Own (But I'm Here If You Need Me)

Mentoring Your Child During the College Years

by Marjorie Savage ...

Realistic and practical advice for parents of college-age kids.Parents whose kids are away at college have a tough tightrope to walk: they naturally want to stay connected to their children, yet they also need to let go. What's more, kids often send mixed messages: they crave space, but they rely on their parents' advice and assistance. Not surprisingly, it's hard to know when it's appropriate to ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Realistic and practical advice for parents of college-age kids.Parents whose kids are away at college have a tough tightrope to walk: they naturally want to stay connected to their children, yet they also need to let go. What's more, kids often send mixed messages: they crave space, but they rely on their parents' advice and assistance. Not surprisingly, it's hard to know when it's appropriate to
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Moral Intelligence 2.0

Enhancing Business Performance and Leadership Success in Turbulent Times

by Doug Lennick, Fred Kiel Ph.D. ...

The best-performing companies have leaders who actively apply moral values to achieve enduring personal and organizational success. Lennick and Kiel extensively identify the moral components at the heart of the recent financial crisis, and illuminate the monetary and human costs of failed moral leadership in global finance, business and government. The authors begin by systematically defining the ... Read more

$22.39 USD

The best-performing companies have leaders who actively apply moral values to achieve enduring personal and organizational success. Lennick and Kiel extensively identify the moral components at the heart of the recent financial crisis, and illuminate the monetary and human costs of failed moral leadership in global finance, business and government. The authors begin by systematically defining the
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This Chair Rocks

A Manifesto Against Ageism

by Ashton Applewhite ...

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 ... Read more

$11.99 USD

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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
... Read more

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How Do I Get There from Here?

Planning for Retirement When the Old Rules No Longer Apply

by George Schofield ...

No matter how far or close you think you are to retirement, this book is your one-stop guide to help you plot your direction for the coming decades.Not long ago everyone knew what the word retirement meant--retire at age 65 after 40 years at the same job and coast through your golden years courtesy of a comfortable nest egg. But now, age expectancy is higher, savings are slimmer, and people change ... Read more

$6.49 USD

No matter how far or close you think you are to retirement, this book is your one-stop guide to help you plot your direction for the coming decades.Not long ago everyone knew what the word retirement meant--retire at age 65 after 40 years at the same job and coast through your golden years courtesy of a comfortable nest egg. But now, age expectancy is higher, savings are slimmer, and people change
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