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Friction / by Brown, Sandra,1948-;
Subjects: Romantic suspense fiction.; Texas Rangers; Custody of children; Women judges;
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Friction [sound recording] / by Brown, Sandra,1948-author.; Lang, Stephen,1952-narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Stephen Lang.A Texas Ranger, relegated to deskwork due to past recklessness, petitions to regain custody of his five-year-old daughter, and his case is assigned to a family court judge who is as attractive as she is ambitious. When a masked gunman barges in during the custody hearing with his sights on the judge, the Ranger reacts instinctually and goes after him. Will this take-charge lawman jeopardize his chances of custody by going after the would-be assassin?
Subjects: Romantic suspense fiction.; Texas Rangers; Audiobooks.; Custody of children; Women judges;
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The friction project : how smart leaders make the right things easier and the wrong things harder / by Sutton, Robert I.,author.; Rao, Hayagreeva,1959-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Every organization is plagued by destructive friction-the forces that make it harder, more complicated, or downright impossible to get anything done. Yet some forms of friction are incredibly useful, and leaders who attempt to improve workplace efficiency often make things even worse. Drawing from seven years of hands-on research, The Friction Project by bestselling authors Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao teaches readers how to become "friction fixers," so that teams and organizations don't squander the zeal, damage the health, and throttle the creativity and productivity of good people-or burn through cash and other precious resources. Sutton and Rao kick off the book by unpacking how skilled friction fixers think and act like trustees of others' time. They provide friction forensics to help readers identify where to avert and repair bad organizational friction and where to maintain and inject good friction. Then their help pyramid shows how friction fixers do their work, which ranges from reframing friction troubles they can't fix right now so they feel less threatening to designing and repairing organizations. The heart of the book digs into the causes and solutions for five of the most common and damaging friction troubles: oblivious leaders, addition sickness, broken connections, jargon monoxide, and fast and frenzied people and teams. Sound familiar? Sutton and Rao are here to help. They wrap things up with lessons for leading your own friction project, including linking little things to big things; the power of civility, caring, and love for propelling designs and repairs; and embracing the mess that is an inevitable part of the process (while still trying to clean it up)"--
Subjects: Industrial management; Leadership.; Organizational change.; Problem solving.;
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Push and pull : the science of forces / by Hawkins, Jay; Painter, Andrew.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.LSC
Subjects: Force and energy; Friction;
© 2013., Windmill Books,
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Give it a push! Give it a pull! : a look at forces / by Boothroyd, Jennifer,1972-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.Introduces the properties of force and how forces act on different objects.
Subjects: Force and energy; Motion; Friction;
© 2011., Lerner,
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A world without work : technology, automation, and how we should respond / by Susskind, Daniel,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Automation; Social change.; Technology;
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Whiskey tender : a memoir / by Taffa, Deborah Jackson,1969-author.;
"Whiskey Tender is a memoir of family and survival, coming-of-age on and off the reservation, and the frictions between being raised to strive towards the American dream while also coming into an understanding of how the narratives of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo heritages have been excluded from the central mythologies and structures of America"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Taffa, Deborah Jackson, 1969-; Yuma Indians; Yuma Indians; Pueblo (North American people); Pueblo (North American people);
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Like every form of love : a memoir of friendship and true crime / by Viswanathan, Padma,1968-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Padma Viswanathan was staying on a houseboat on Vancouver Island when she struck up a friendship with a warm-hearted, working-class queer man named Phillip. Their lives were so different it seemed unlikely to Padma that their relationship would last after she returned to her usual life. But, that week, Phillip told her a story from his childhood that kept them connected for more than twenty years. Phillip was the son of a severe, abusive man named Harvey, a miner, farmer and communist. After Phillip's mother left the family, Harvey advertised for a housekeeper-with-benefits. And so Del, the most glamorous and loving of stepmothers, stepped into Phillip's life. Del had hung out with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in Mexico City before the Cuban revolution; she was also a convicted bank robber who had violated her parole and was suspected in her ex-husband's murder. Phillip had long since lost track of Del, but when Padma said she'd like to write about her and about his own young life, he eagerly agreed. Quickly, though, Padma's research uncovered hidden truths about these larger-than-real-life characters. Watching the effects on Phillip as these secrets, evasions and traumas came to light, she increasingly feared that when it came to the book or the friendship, only one of them would get out of this process alive. In this unforgettable memoir, Padma reflects on the joys and frictions of this strange journey with grace, humour and poetry, including original readings of Hans Christian Andersen fairytales and other stories that beautifully echo her characters' adventures and her own. Like Every Form of Love is that rare thing: an irresistible literary page-turner that twists and turns, delivering powerful revelations, right to the very end."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Viswanathan, Padma, 1968-; Family secrets.;
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The Lone Ranger [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Depp, Johnny; Carter, Helena Bonham; Pepper, Barry; Frain, James; Wilkinson, Tom; Fichtner, William; Dale, James Badge; Hammer, Armie;
Director, Gore Verbinski.James Badge Dale, Armie Hammer, James Frain, Helena Bonham Carter, Barry Pepper, Tom Wilkinson, Johnny Depp, William Fichtner.A thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice - taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.CHVRS rating: PG.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Action.; Western.; Action / Adventure.;
© 2013., Touchstone Home Entertainment,
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The Lone Ranger [viderecording] / by Depp, Johnny.; Elliott, Ted,1961-; Fichtner, William.; Hammer, Armie,1986-; Haythe, Justin,1973-; Rossio, Terry.; Verbinski, Gore.; Walt Disney Company.; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
Cinematographer, Bojan Bazelli ; music, Hans Zimmer.Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner.A thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice -- taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (2.40:1); Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Justice; Lone Ranger (Fictitious character); Male friendship; Tonto (Fictitious character); Western films.;
© c2013., Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment,
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