Author: Zhuo, Julie, author. Stanley, Pablo, illustrator.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 658.4 ZHUO
Format: Books
Summary: "Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don't really know what you're doing. That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of twenty-five. She stared at a long list of challenges--from hiring to firing, from meeting to messaging, from planning to pitching--and faced a thousand questions and uncertainties. How was she supposed to spin teamwork into value? How could she be a good steward of her reports' careers? What was the secret to leading with confidence in new and unexpected situations? Now, having managed dozens of teams spanning tens to hundreds of people, Julie knows the most important lesson of all: great managers are made, not born. If you care enough to be reading this, then you care enough to be a great manager. The Making of a Manager is a modern field guide packed with everyday examples and transformative insights, including: How to tell a great manager from an average manager (illustrations included); When you should look past an awkward interview and hire someone anyway; How to build trust with your reports through not being a boss; Where to look when you lose faith and lack the answers. Whether you're new to the job, a veteran leader, or looking to be promoted, this is the handbook you need to be the kind of manager you wish you had"--Dust jacket flap.
Author: Wallaert, Matt, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 658.5752 WALLAERT
Format: Books
Summary: "Start at the End offers a new framework for design, grounded in behavioral science. Technology executive and behavioral scientist Matt Wallaert argues that the purpose of everything is behavior change. By starting with outcomes instead of processes, the most effective companies understand what people want to do and why they aren't already doing it, then build products and services to bridge the gap. Wallaert is a behavioral psychologist who has led product design at organizations ranging from startups like Clover Health to industry leaders such as Microsoft. Whether dissecting the success behind Uber's ridesharing service or Flamin' Hot Cheetos, he underscores with clarity and humor how this approach can improve the way we work and live."--
Author: Doerr, John E., author. Page, Larry, 1973- writer of foreword.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 658.4 DOERR
Format: Regular print
Summary: "In the fall of 1999, John Doerr met with the founders of a start-up he'd just given nearly $12 million, the biggest investment of his career. Larry Page and Sergey Brin had amazing technology, entrepreneurial energy, and sky-high ambitions, but no real business plan. For Google to change the world, or even survive, Page and Brin had to learn how to make tough choices on priorities while keeping their team on track. They had to know when to pull the plug on losing propositions, to fail fast. They needed timely, relevant data to track their progress--to measure what mattered. Doerr introduced them to a proven approach to operating excellence--Objectives and Key Results. The rest is history."--Jacket.
Author: Hart, Charlie, author. Howarth, Jill, illustrator. Based on (work): Piper, Watty. Little engine that could.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 158.128
Format: Books
Summary: A whimsical guide to life featuring illustrations from "The Little Engine That Could" includes such words of advice as "always run on time" and it's okay to take a break."
Author: Hawken, Paul, editor.
Published: 2017
Call Number: 363.738 DRAWDOWN
Format: Books
Summary: "In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. One hundred techniques and practices are described here--some are well known; some you may have never heard of. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. The solutions exist, are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are currently enacting them with skill and determination. If deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, they represent a credible path forward, not just to slow the earth's warming but to reach drawdown, that point in time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere peak and begin to decline. These measures promise cascading benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being--giving us every reason to see this planetary crisis as an opportunity to create a just and livable world"--Back of cover.
Author: Nagiewicz, Stephen D., author.
Published: 2016
Call Number: 974.931
Format: Books
Summary: An estimated three thousand shipwrecks lie off the coast of New Jersey--but these icy waters hold more mysteries than sunken hulls. Ancient arrowheads found on the shoreline of Sandy Hook reveal Native American settlement before the land was flooded by melting glaciers. In 1854, 240 passengers of the New Era clipper ship met their fate off Deal Beach. Nobody knows what happened to two hydrogen bombs the United States Air Force lost near Atlantic City in 1957. Lessons from such tragic wrecks and dangerous missteps urged the development of safer ships and the U.S. Coast Guard. Captain Stephen D. Nagiewicz uncovers curious tales of storms, heroism and oddities from New Jersey's maritime past.
Author: Tosi, Christina, author.
Published: 2015
Call Number: 641.86
Format: Books
Summary: "Go off the clock with Christina Tosi of Momofuku Milk Bar as she bakes one-bowl treats, grills with skills, and embraces simple, nostalgic--and often savory--recipes made from supermarket ingredients. For anyone addicted to crack pie, compost cookies, and cake truffles, here are their savory counterparts--such as Kimcheezits with Blue Cheese Dip, Burnt Honey-Butter Kale with Sesame Seeds, and Choose Your Own Adventure Chorizo Burgers--along with enough make-at-home sweets to satisfy a cookie-a-day habit. Join Christina and friends as they cook their way through "weaknights," sleepovers, and late-night snack attacks to make mind-blowingly delicious meals with whatever is in the pantry"--
Author: Horowitz, Ben, 1966- author.
Published: 2014
Call Number: 658.4
Format: Books
Summary: In this book, Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz, draws on his own story of founding, running, selling, buying, managing, and investing in technology companies to offer essential advice and practical wisdom for navigating the toughest problems business schools don't cover. His blog has garnered a devoted following of millions of readers who have come to rely on him to help them run their businesses. A lifelong rap fan, Horowitz amplifies business lessons with lyrics from his favorite songs and tells it straight about everything from firing friends to poaching competitors, from cultivating and sustaining a CEO mentality to knowing the right time to cash in. His advice is grounded in anecdotes from his own rise -- from cofounding the early cloud service provider Loudcloud to building the successful Andreessen Horowitz venture capital firm, both with fellow tech superstar Marc Andreessen (inventor of Mosaic, the Internet's first popular Web browser). This is no polished victory lap; he analyzes issues with no easy answers through his trials, including demoting (or firing) a loyal friend; whether you should incorporate titles and promotions, and how to handle them; if it's OK to hire people from your friend's company; how to manage your own psychology while the whole company is relying on you; what to do when smart people are bad employees; why Andreessen Horowitz prefers founder CEOs, and how to become one; and whether you should sell your company and how to do it.
Author: Gabriele, Michael C., author.
Published: 2013
Call Number: 647.95
Format: Books
Summary: "The history of diners in New Jersey, including how diners came to be so important to Jersey culture as well as diner manufacturing's home in the Garden State"-- The silver Airstreams and neon signs of the classic American diner brighten New Jersey's highways and Main Streets. But the intrinsic role they have played in the state's culture and industry for more than one hundred years is much more than eggs-over-easy and coffee. Diners are the state's ultimate gathering places--at any moment, high school students, CEOs, construction workers and tourists might be found at a counter chatting with the waitresses and line cooks. Jerseyans yearn for lost favorites like the Excellent Diner and Prout's Diner and still gather at beloved haunts like the Bendix and Tick Tock Diners. Although the industry is all but gone today, New Jersey was once the hub of diner manufacturing, making mobile eateries that fed hungry Americans as far away as the West Coast. Author Michael C. Gabriele offers this delicious history--collected from interviews with owners, patrons and experts--and indulges in many fond memories of New Jersey diners.
Author: Toht, David, author.
Published: 2013
Call Number: 640.286 TOHT
Format: Books
Summary: Provides details on how to build more than 40 projects--sheds, feeders, fences, and other structures--to enhance readers' sustainable living.
Author: Shepard, Sara, 1977-
Published: 2012
Call Number: Y SHEPARD
Format: Books
Summary: "Now that troubled Thayer Vega is back in town, Emma Paxton must struggle to figure out the relationship her twin has with him...and whether he may have been the one to kill her."--
Author: Maslansky, Michael, author. West, Scott, 1959- author. DeMoss, Gary, author Saylor, David, author
Published: 2011 2010
Call Number: 658.45 MASLANSK
Format: Books
Summary: A step-by-step guide to help salespeople, corporate communicators, managers and marketers sell their ideas and products to a generation of skeptical customers hurt by the financial crisis and influenced by nonconventional marketing. Trust is dead. Now what? If you're trying to sell something--whether it 's a product, a service, or an idea--you are facing a new era of consumers who listen less and question more. Armed with more knowledge and jaded by a lifetime of unfulfilled promises, these consumers reject the traditional approach to sales and marketing. But what if you have something good to say and can't get beyond this skepticism? To engage today's consumer, a new language of trust is needed. In this groundbreaking audio book, you'll learn what words to use, what words to lose, and how to structure your message to overcome skepticism and build and keep the trust of your audience. -- Amazon.
Author: Fox, Thomas, 1947- author.
Published: 2011
Call Number: 305.8916
Format: Books
Summary: The Irish have a long and proud history in America, and New Jersey is no exception. Beginning with the first Irish immigrants who settled in every corner of the state, this vital ethnic community has left an indelible mark on all facets of life in the Garden State. New Jersey's Irish natives expressed their own discontent over British oppression by fighting alongside colonists in the American Revolution. Brave Fenians fought to preserve their new home in the Civil War. New Jersey's Irish also have become professional athletes, Unites States representatives, religious leaders, spies and business trailblazers. Author and Irish heritage researcher Tom Fox relays these and other stories that demonstrate the importance of Ireland to the development of New Jersey and the United States.
Author: Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010.
Published: 2010 1951
Call Number: CL SALINGER
Format: Books
Summary: Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there.
Author: Quinn, Julia, 1970-
Published: 2008
Call Number: PB QUINN
Format: Books
Author: Golding, William, 1911-1993.
Published: 2007 1954
Call Number: CLASSICS GOLDING
Format: Books
Author: Orwell, George, 1903-1950.
Published: 1993
Call Number: F ORWELL
Format: Books
Author: Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977, author.
Published: 1989 1972
Call Number: F NABOKOV
Format: Books
Summary: "Transparent Things revolves around the four visits of the hero--sullen, gawky Hugh Person--to Switzerland... As a young publisher, Hugh is sent to interview R., falls in love with Armande on the way, wrests her, after multiple humiliations, from a grinning Scandinavian and returns to NY with his bride... Eight years later--following a murder, a period of madness and a brief imprisonment--Hugh makes a lone sentimental journey to wheedle out his past... The several strands of dream, memory, and time [are] set off against the literary theorizing of R. and, more centrally, against the world of observable objects."--Martin Amis.
Author: Sandford, John, 1944 February 23- author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: LP F SANDFORD
Format: Large print
Summary: "By age twenty-four, Letty Davenport has seen more action than many law enforcement professionals. Now a recent Stanford grad with a master's in economics, she's restless and bored in a desk job for U.S. Senator Colles. Letty's ready to quit, but Colles offers her a carrot: feet-on-the-ground investigative work in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security. Several oil companies in Texas have reported thefts of crude. Who is selling the oil, and what are they doing with the profits? Rumor has it that a militia group might be involved. Letty is partnered with a DHS investigator, John Kaiser. When the case turns deadly, they know the clock is ticking down"--
Author: Sandford, John, 1944 February 23- author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: LP F SANDFORD
Format: Large print
Summary: "By age twenty-four, Letty Davenport has seen more action than many law enforcement professionals. Now a recent Stanford grad with a master's in economics, she's restless and bored in a desk job for U.S. Senator Colles. Letty's ready to quit, but Colles offers her a carrot: feet-on-the-ground investigative work in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security. Several oil companies in Texas have reported thefts of crude. Who is selling the oil, and what are they doing with the profits? Rumor has it that a militia group might be involved. Letty is partnered with a DHS investigator, John Kaiser. When the case turns deadly, they know the clock is ticking down"--
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