![]() There are twelve leadership principles covered in Extreme Ownership. They soon learned that their philosophy was broadly applicable to leaders of all kinds, and formed a consulting firm, Echelon Front (opens in a new tab). Upon returning from Iraq, they found themselves privately consulting with businesses in the private sector. Jocko and Leif served as Navy SEAL officers in Ramadi during Operation Iraqi Freedom. This philosophy was formalized by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin in their book Extreme Ownership (opens in a new tab). It means you are responsible for not just those tasks which you directly control, but for all those that affect whether or not your mission is successful. ![]() ![]() Download Extreme Ownership Study Guides (opens in a new tab) What is Extreme Ownership?Įxtreme Ownership is the practice of owning everything in your world, to an extreme degree. ![]()
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![]() ![]() All her life she has been searching for an answer and fighting the will of that voice, and of the 'gods'. One major parallel between this tale and Christianity comes at the very end of the story, just before Orual's death. At the end of the tale, 'a great voice' is spoken of as even greater than those gods. However, Lewis often uses the pagan ideas of 'gods' and 'goddesses' as spiritual beings we know as angels and demons - something that comes out in many of his other writings. It was hard to find Christian allegory in this story. Venus (Aphrodite) is the goddess Ungit in the tale, while her son Cupid plays a major role. It talks throughout the book about gods and goddesses, planets like Jupiter and Mars. ![]() Very pagan, coming from a Greek myth as it does. Her father, the king, is a cruel man with no moral laws at all. ![]() Orual struggles throughout the story with morality, but as a queen she is just to the people. The story takes the reader from the death of Orual's mother to Orual's own death. She tells her sister's story by what she remembers and in her own words. The story jumps into the present day with Orual reminiscing over her now-goddess sister, Psyche. The tale is told from the perspective of Orual, half-sister of Psyche. ![]() The plot is built around the old Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche with Lewis putting a twist to the original plot. A good book with some non-graphic sexual content and deep spirituality. ![]() ![]() When not writing, Aprilynne can usually be found at the gym she also enjoys singing, acting, reading, and working with pregnant moms as a childbirth educator and doula. At the age of twenty she received her BA in Creative Writing from Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. In this tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be chang Aprilynne Pike has been spinning faerie stories since she was a child with a hyper-active imagination. ![]() ![]() ![]() Aprilynne Pike's #1 New York Times best-selling debut, WINGS, is the first of four books about a seemingly ordinary girl with a not-so-ordinary destiny. Aprilynne currently lives with her husband and three kids in Utah, and dreams of warmer climates. Aprilynne Pike has been spinning faerie stories since she was a child with a hyper-active imagination. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He writes poems back, but circumstances keep them apart. ![]() Marylou loves Herbie and she writes poems (in slime!) to let him know she cares. This is a humorous Valentine picture book. Written by Susan Pearson and illustrated by Kevin O’Malley You can also use it to explore how our words can have a huge impact on others! Slugs in Love It’s a great one for exploring how a character changes. Written by Eileen Spinelli and illustrated by Paul Yalowitz Be sure to read the last paragraph about where you can find Valentine picture books for 3rd graders - watch, buy, or borrow! □ Somebody Loves You, Mr. Some of them are available as YouTube videos. This list has some Valentine Day picture books that will engage your 3rd graders! They can be read-alouds or you could setup a picture book display of Valentine books for them to read on their own. There are a bunch of fun Valentine picture books, but not many are written to interest upper elementary students. ![]() ![]() ![]() How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and distinguished astronomer Carl Sagan argues that scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions.Ĭasting a wide net through history and culture, Sagan examines and authoritatively debunks such celebrated fallacies of the past as witchcraft, faith healing, demons, and UFOs. ![]() From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought.” - Los Angeles Times ![]() A prescient warning of a future we now inhabit, where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace ![]() ![]() It is also a book that virtually cries out for a companion. When one compares its reputation with its actual effects, one might just conclude that Anarchy, State, and Utopia is the most uninfluential influential book ever written. The one notable exception to this generalization merely heaps irony upon neglect: left-libertarians like Hillel Steiner and Peter Vallentyne follow closely in the neo-Lockean tradition revitalized by Nozick and frequently refer to his work, but all in the service of a politics that is largely opposed to the kind of free market society championed by Nozick. It hasn't even really produced very many people who consider themselves to be working in a broadly Nozickian tradition. ![]() ![]() It has, for instance, produced almost no Nozickians. And yet, for all that, Nozick's masterpiece has played a rather curiously limited role in academic political philosophy since its publication almost 40 years ago. It is certainly the most influential book of libertarian political philosophy, at least within the academy. Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia is widely regarded as one of the most influential books of political philosophy of the 20th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() Realizing Bugs has no respect for authority or rules, and that he's going to get in trouble either way, Adam relinquishes any thought of a somber, relaxing, restful visit to Toronto and resigns himself to minimizing the damage Potter can do. Only problem: the clubs where they play only open after it's light's out in the young adult wing of the hotel where the band is staying, and the band leader has a rule to keep the kids in check: if your room mate gets in trouble, you share the punishment. When he finds out his favorite bands are in town performing, he realizes he has to go see them. Bugs lives and breathes for music, but not the stuffy, stodgy world of the orchestra-he desires the glitz, glamour, and noise of the rock stage. ![]() What he thought would be a nice, quiet, low-key visit to Toronto to play flute in the youth orchestra instead turns into an unending deluge of chaos when his room mate winds up being an drum-obsessed being of pure chaos named David "Bugs" Potter. ![]() ![]() ![]() His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark renewed life into her-until she discovers that he’s completely unavailable. While browsing the local antiques shop for her next trophy, she finds Sagan. Merit Voss collects trophies she hasn’t earned and secrets her family forces her to keep. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness. Not every mistake deserves a consequence. ![]() From Colleen Hoover, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends With Us, comes a moving and haunting novel of family, love, and the power of the truth. ![]() ![]() ![]() If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together?lay everything on the table, make it all right. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. Poppy has everything she should want, but she?s stuck in a rut. Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. For most of the year they live far apart?she?s in New York City, and he?s in their small hometown?but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together. The book is a New York Times best seller. ![]() And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. People We Meet on Vacation is a romance novel by Emily Henry, published by Berkley Books. ![]() She has insatiable wanderlust he prefers to stay home with a book. You and Me on Vacation ) Emily Henry € 13.99 If ordered before 12:00h, this title will be in our store within 24 hours. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her older sister Sukie went missing in an air raid, and she's desperate to discover what happened to her. Desperate to be helpful, Olive becomes his post-girl, carrying secret messages (as she likes to think of the letters) to the villagers. But he's not used to company and he certainly doesn't want any evacuees. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. We weren't even meant to be outside, not in a blackout, and definitely not when German bombs had been falling on London all month like pennies from a jar.February, 1941. ![]() From the queen of historical fiction, Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll is a stunningly evocative wartime drama, and sure to keep you breathlessly reading to its very last page.We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. ![]() |
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