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Words Like Thunder New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers


Free Download Lois Beardslee, "Words Like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers "
English | ISBN: 0814347487 | 2020 | 280 pages | EPUB | 353 KB
Words like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers is a collection of poetry by award-winning Ojibwe author Lois Beardslee. Much of the book centers around Native people of the Great Lakes but has a universal relevance to modern indigenous people worldwide. Beardslee tackles contemporary topics like climate change and socioeconomic equality with a grace and readability that empowers readers and celebrates the strengths of today’s indigenous peoples. She transforms the mundane into the sacred. Similar in style to Nikki Giovanni, Beardslee might lure in readers with the promise of traditional cultural material, even stereotypes, before quickly pivoting toward a direction of respect for the contemporaneity and adaptability of indigenous people’s tenacious hold on traditions.

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Words Like Thunder New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers


Free Download Lois Beardslee, "Words Like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers "
English | ISBN: 0814347487 | 2020 | 280 pages | EPUB | 353 KB
Words like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers is a collection of poetry by award-winning Ojibwe author Lois Beardslee. Much of the book centers around Native people of the Great Lakes but has a universal relevance to modern indigenous people worldwide. Beardslee tackles contemporary topics like climate change and socioeconomic equality with a grace and readability that empowers readers and celebrates the strengths of today’s indigenous peoples. She transforms the mundane into the sacred. Similar in style to Nikki Giovanni, Beardslee might lure in readers with the promise of traditional cultural material, even stereotypes, before quickly pivoting toward a direction of respect for the contemporaneity and adaptability of indigenous people’s tenacious hold on traditions.

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What Is It Like to Be a Bat


Free Download Thomas Nagel, "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?"
English | ISBN: 0197752799 | 2024 | 80 pages | EPUB, PDF | 598 KB + 2 MB
A 50th anniversary edition of one of the most widely influential articles of 20th Century philosophy

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Think Like a Tech Founder (MEAP V12)


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 9781633438422 | 361 Pages | PDF EPUB | 4 MB
Jothy Rosenberg is an incorrigible entrepreneur. As the founder of nine companies, he’s experienced both the stunning success of $100 million sales and the inevitable setbacks that any startup faces. In Think Like a Tech Founder: Anecdotes of an incorrigible entrepreneur Jothy tells stories from his decades in business that will give guidance, insight, and inspiration to anyone who’s ever thought of founding or running a company. Every story recounts a success or mistake that becomes a vital lesson to any aspiring founder. You’ll benefit from Jothy’s unvarnished truth-telling about investors, boards, successes, failures, and more.

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Think Like a Tech Founder (MEAP V07)


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English | 2023 | ISBN: 9781633438422 | 226 pages | MOBI | 0.69 Mb
Jothy Rosenberg is an incorrigible entrepreneur. As the founder of nine companies, he’s experienced both the stunning success of $100 million sales and the inevitable setbacks that any startup faces. In Think Like a Tech Founder: Anecdotes of an incorrigible entrepreneur Jothy tells stories from his decades in business that will give guidance, insight, and inspiration to anyone who’s ever thought of founding or running a company. Every story recounts a success or mistake that becomes a vital lesson to any aspiring founder. You’ll benefit from Jothy’s unvarnished truth-telling about investors, boards, successes, failures, and more.

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Think Like a Startup Founder (MEAP V12)


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 9781633438422 | 361 Pages | PDF EPUB | 4 MB
Jothy Rosenberg is an incorrigible technology entrepreneur. As the founder of nine companies, he’s experienced both the stunning success of $100 million sales and the inevitable setbacks that any startup faces. In Think Like a Startup Founder: Anecdotes of an incorrigible technology entrepreneur Jothy tells stories from his decades in business that will give guidance, insight, and inspiration to anyone who’s ever thought of founding or running a company. Every story recounts a success or mistake that becomes a vital lesson to any aspiring founder. You’ll benefit from Jothy’s unvarnished truth-telling about investors, boards, successes, failures, and more.

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Think Like a Software Engineering Manager (MEAP V08)


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 9781633438439 | 427 Pages | PDF EPUB | 9 MB
Most dev teams are only as good as their leader. Think Like a Software Engineering Manager teaches you the skills you need to hire, train, and lead a successful software development team. In this practical guide, you’ll explore all aspects of the Software Engineering manager’s job, from operational practices along the software development lifecycle to the core skills of handling humans. Experienced team leader Akansha Gupta provides a well-tested framework that can help you handle almost any quandary or crisis, along with interesting and revelatory stories about her experience as an engineering manager.

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So, You Want To Be Like Christ Eight Essentials to Get You There


Free Download Charles Swindoll, "So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There"
English | 2007 | ISBN: 0849913527, 084991731X | EPUB | pages: 208 | 1.0 mb
Inspired by the acts of sacrifice and discipline exemplified by the D-Day generation as well as the current generation of young American soldiers, many Christians today are looking for an obedient, disciplined approach to faith. This user-friendly study guides readers toward a greater understanding of eight spiritual disciplines of the Christian faith-prayer, humility, self-control, sacrifice, submission, solitude, silence, and hope. Each chapter defines and discusses the concept, then provides interactive assignments and suggestions for further study, as well as content summaries and outlines that aid in retention. Activities can be revisited again and again for a new outlook or just for a periodic refresher. Perfect for individual or group or family study, So, You Want to be Like Christ? is just right for anyone desiring to delve deeper into the fundamental elements of Christian life, and essential for all who hunger for authentic faith experiences. It is destined to be a classic text on the practice of Christianity.

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Sleeping Like a Baby


Free Download Pinky McKay, "Sleeping Like a Baby"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1525241001 | EPUB | pages: 376 | 0.7 mb
Sleeping Like A Baby is a must read for stress-free, guilt-free parenting and offers down-to-earth and heartening advice on helping babies (and their parents!) to sleep better.

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