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Out of these 18 book which one should I read for my summer reading?
…I am taking honors english.
The Endurance: Shackelton’s Legendary Expedition ~ Caroline Alexander
In these girls Hope is a Muscle~ Blais Madeline
Fahrenheit 451 ~ Bradbury Ray
Cold Sassy Tree~ Olive Ann Burns
Ender’s Game~ Orson Scott Card
The House on Mango Street~ Sandra Cisneros
My Losing Season~ Conroy Pat
Ordinary People~ Judith Guest
October Sky~ Homer Hickam
The Bean Trees~ Barbara Kingsolver
Inherit the Wind~ Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Out of the Silent Planet~ CS Lewis
Life of Pi~ Yann Martel
Three Cups of Tea~ Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Persepolis: The story of a childhood ~ Marjane Satrapi
The Radioactive Boyscout~ Ken Silverstein
Very Good Jeeves~ PG Woodhouse
This Boy’s Life: a Memoir~ Tobias Wolff
I would read Life of Pi. That was an amazing book. I found it to be really interesting and once i picked it up I couldn’t put it down!
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PLAYBOY MAGAZINE(58)JUDY LEE TOMERLIN SHEL SILVERSTEIN $12.95 |
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Consider the Alternative by Lee M. Silverstein $1.20 |
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Consider the Alternative, Lee M. Silverstein, Good Book $1.00 |
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Dice Rules $24.99 Whoa! If you want sensitive, politically correct, “nice”–take a walk. Now you’ve entered Dice’s world–raw, raunchy and *@$&ing hilarious! Nobody’s like the Diceman–America’s leather-jacketed bad boy comic who cranks out controversy wherever he goes. He’s scored all over–on TV, in movies–but he’s hottest on stage, now captured on video in two sold-out shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden…. |
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Dohnányi: Serenade, Op.10/Kodály: Serenade, Op.12/Bartók: Sonata For 2 Pianos & Percussion $9.68 This is an excellent goulash from New York’s Lincoln Center, featuring the three greatest Hungarian composers of the 20th century. Longest and most substantial is the Bartók sonata, one of his masterpieces and here given one of its more colorful performances. The rhythms really snap and the percussionists are as adept as the pianists. Dohnányi’s Serenadeis a sweet, late Romantic piece, while Kod… |
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Cocktail Classics $5.35 … |
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Cat Ballou $6.20 CLASSIC WESTERN SPOOF ABOUT A NOTORIOUS FEMALE OUTLAW AND HER DEVOTED GANG OF FOLLOWERS. HIGHLIGHTED BY LEE MARVIN’S OSCAR WINNING PERFORMANCE AS THE LEGENDARY GUNSLINGER AND TOWN DRUNK, KID SHELLEEN. SPECIAL FEATURES: TALENT FILES, INTERACTIVE MENUS, PRODUCTION NOTES, SCENE SELECTIONS, AND MUCH MORE…. |
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The Twilight Zone – Season 5 (The Definitive Edition) $29.50 Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 09/04/2007… |
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Andrew Dice Clay – Dice Rules! $4.40 enter at your own risk the world of The Dice man. He s one lewd crude rude dude and his comedy routines aren t for the timid. As a matter of fact he s an equal opportunity offender in this live concert film shot on his home turf at a sold-out Madison Square Garden the bad body of comedy spates on punches so if you like Cute check out Eddie Billy you re looking for a knockout there s no questio… |
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Cat Ballou [VHS] $4.50 Long before Unforgiven deconstructed the Western, or Blazing Saddles lampooned it, Cat Ballou poked the genre in the eye. An altogether enjoyable comedy, the film is full of small surprises, big laughs, and wonderful character turns. Catherine Ballou (Jane Fonda) is a schoolteacher until a hired thug kills her daddy. To protect what she loves, she collects two petty criminals, a wisecracking hired… |
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Cat Ballou [VHS] Long before Unforgiven deconstructed the Western, or Blazing Saddles lampooned it, Cat Ballou poked the genre in the eye. An altogether enjoyable comedy, the film is full of small surprises, big laughs, and wonderful character turns. Catherine Ballou (Jane Fonda) is a schoolteacher until a hired thug kills her daddy. To protect what she loves, she collects two petty criminals, a wisecracking hired… |
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Squeeze,the [VHS] $7.99 … |
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Guinea Pigs, All About Them … |
How to Work with a Difficult Employee
Does your company have an employee who is hard working, competent and loyal but who does not comply with policies, procedures or “bad-mouths” the organization?
If this sounds familiar, you have an “organization destroyer” working for you. These are people who on the surface glitter like a diamond but, if you look closer, have many flaws.
On the surface, destroyers look so good that we give them the extra chance and benefit of the doubt. But these people operate behind the scenes destroying morale, causing dissention and dividing teams with an “us against them” attitude.
Because they seem to be such good workers, we question how we can motivate them to stay on the right track. If only we could change them, they would be great employees and as we know, great employees are so hard to find nowadays. The truth is, no matter what we try, they never blossom but only wither on the vine.
Many managers feel they cannot discharge these people because they perform their jobs well. But the laws of physics apply here. Sir Isaac Newton stated, “To every action, there is always an equal reaction.” The action in this situation is taking no action and leaving the destroyer in place. The reaction is a further deterioration of morale and employee attitude.
The manager may fear to make a change because the work may not get done. Amelia Earhart said, “Courage is the price life exacts for granting peace.” It takes courage to remove a destroyer, but it is the price to create peace in the organization.
Those who remove destroyers from their organizations report that the company functions much better. The trade-off of improving total performance with a possible reduction of efficiency in one area was well worth the action.
Going to work should not be a destructive activity. Attitude in the workplace is a key ingredient to productivity, customer service and employee retention. It is obvious that when one views the whole organization instead of just a job, the destroyer must be discharged.
A key question is how to determine if a person is actually a destroyer or if he or she has legitimate concerns. It is incumbent for the manager to exercise “MBWA” (Management by Walking Around). This means keeping your eyes and ears open and listening to employee concerns and watching their actions and attitude. The judgement is subjective because it is based upon one’s experience and observation. In short, act like the monkeys: see evil, hear evil, eliminate evil.
Lee Iacocca said, “There’s a world of difference between a strong ego, which is essential, and a large ego, which can be destructive.” A manager’s role is to know the difference and to have the courage to take the necessary action.
About the Author
Ray Silverstein is president of PRO (President’s Resource Organization),
Chicago based network of small business peer groups. A CEO three times over,
Silverstein is a
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