Talent Is Overrated
'Excellent.'--The Wall Street Journal Since its publication ten years ago, businesspeople, investors, doctors, parents, students, athletes, and musicians at every level have adopted the maxims of Talent Is Overrated to get better at what they're passionate about. Now this classic has been updated and revised with new research and takeaways to help anyone achieve even greater performance. Why are certain people so incredibly great at what they do? Most of us think we know the answer--but we're almost always wrong. That's important, because if we're wrong on this crucial question, then we have zero chance of getting significantly better at anything we care about. Happily, the real source of great performance is no longer a mystery. Bringing together extensive scientific research, bestselling author Geoff Colvin shows where we go wrong and what actually makes world-class performers so remarkable. It isn't specific, innate talent, nor is it plain old hard work. It's a very specific type
Humans Are Underrated
In the dawning age of brilliant machines, what will people do better than computers? It's easy to imagine a frightening future in which technology takes over the jobs that we now get paid to do, working more accurately and for barely any cost. Com...
Talent is Overrated 2nd Edition
What if everything you know about raw talent, hard work, and great performance is wrong? Very few people are truly great at what they do. But why aren't they? Why don't we manage businesses like Warren Buffett, play golf like Tiger Woods or play t...
Cheers, Geoff!
Cheers, Geoff!
Managing the Cycle of Meltdowns for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder
This book's seven-phase model, which is similar to positive behavior support, helps teachers pinpoint specific behaviors, develop interventions at each phase, and create an individualized behavior support plan.
Marine Art of Geoff Hunt
Geoff Hunt is known to millions of readers across the world as the artist responsible for the covers of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels, and more recently for those of Julian Stockwin's Thomas Kydd books. He is widely acknowledged to be on...
Aquaman by Geoff Johns Omnibus
Arthur Curry is a man of two worlds. Six years ago he was a surface dweller, raised as the son of a lighthouse keeper. Then tragedy struck. Destiny was revealed. And young Arthur Curry claimed his birthright: the Throne of Atlantis. But his reign ...
Flash By Geoff Johns Book One
The first in a series of paperback books that collect all of the best-selling issues of THE FLASH written by best-selling writer and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics, Geoff Johns! Wally West finds himself without his super speed in a darker, mi...
Absolute Superman by Geoff Johns & Gary Frank
Absolute Superman by Geoff Johns & Gary Frank
Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 1
The critically acclaimed adventures of Wally West, the Fastest Man Alive, written by Geoff Johns. Wally West finds himself without his super-speed in a darker, mirror version of Keystone City. Can a powerless Flash defeat Captain Cold and Mirror M...
Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Book Three
The New York Times best-selling and critically acclaimed series GREEN LANTERN written by Geoff Johns heats up with the Sinestro Corps War! Sinestro--Hal Jordan's former mentor and ongtime archnemesis--has gathered an army of soldiers fueled by the fear they instill in others, consisting of Arkillo, Karu-Sil, the Cyborg Superman and hundreds more of the most terrifying villains the universe has ever seen! Former Green Lantern Kyle Rayner has been possessed by the entity known as Parallax and now assists the Sinestro Corps in cutting a swath of evil across the universe. Trapped in the depths of the Sinestro Corps' Citadel and face to face with the Guardian of Sinestro's army of fear, Hal Jordan must find the will power to battle these terrible foes. And as one of the Book of Oa's prophecies comes true, the Green Lantern Corps makes a last stand that reveals the reincarnation of one of their fold! This volume collects Green Lantern #18-25, Green Lantern Corps #14-18, Green Lantern
Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Book Four
Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Book Four
Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 3
Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver, the writer/artist team behind the blockbuster Green Lantern: Rebirth and The Sinestro Corps War, brought Barry Allen back after his death in Crisis On Infinite Earths in an explosive, jaw-dropping epic that reintr...
Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 2
Blackest Night is here as the dead rise across the cosmos! Hal Jordan and the battle-worn Green Lanterns must unite the new and different colored Corps if they have any chance at defeating the seemingly endless and unstoppable army of the dead.
Green Lantern By Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 1
* The New York Times best-selling and critically acclaimed series Green Lantern written by Geoff Johns begins here! It's been years since the the death of Hal Jordan and the end of the Green Lantern Corps. But as the Torchbearer Kyle Rayner is about to find out, the adventure of epic and mythological proportions is about to begin as the former Lantern returns to the land of the living to atone for his sins. And the cosmos will never be the same as Sinestro wages his war against the Green Lanterns with his newly founded, Sinestro Corps! * This volume collects Green Lantern: Rebirth #1-6, Green Lantern Corps Recharge #1-5, Green Lantern #1-25, Green Lantern Corps #14-18, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1, Green Lantern Secret Files 2005 #1, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman Prime #1, and Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files #1.
Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 3
Twelve heroes and villains have been resurrected by a white light from the center of the earth. Now Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Firestorm, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Deadman, Jade, Osiris, Hawk, Captain Boomerang and Zoom must discover the reason for thei...
Claudette Colvin
Before Rosa Parks, there was 15-year-old Claudette Colvin. Now available in paperback: her National Book Award-wining story, told by the incomparable Phillip Hoose.
Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Book Two (New Edition)
Writer Geoff Johns continues to re-establish Green Lantern as one of the greatest heroes in the universe, with help from superstar artists Carlos Pacheco and Ivan Reis! THE GREATEST GREEN LANTERN OF THEM ALL IS BACK! Hal Jordan has been resurrecte...
Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Book One (New Edition)
For nearly a decade, Geoff Johns was the primary architect of the Green Lantern universe. He created a vibrant world that elegantly built upon and streamlined decades of Green Lantern mythology, earning both critical and commercial success. From t...
Shawn Colvin: Fat City
Shawn Colvin: Fat City [CD]
Muldaur Geoff: Password
Muldaur Geoff: Password [CD]
A Historical Greek Reader
A Historical Greek Reader provides an introduction to the history of the ancient Greek language by means of a series of texts with linguistic commentary, cross-referenced to each other and to a reference grammar at the front. It offers a selection...
Fado and the Urban Poor in Portuguese Cinema of the 1930s and 1940s
A compelling account of the role of Fado and the fadista in Portuguese film and the wider culture. Colvin studies the evolution of Fado music as the soundtrack to the Portuguese talkie. He analyzes the most successful Portuguese films of the first...
A Historical Greek Reader
A Historical Greek Reader provides an introduction to the history of the ancient Greek language by means of a series of texts with linguistic commentary, cross-referenced to each other and to a reference grammar at the front. It offers a selection...
Achison Geoff: Sovereign Town
Achison Geoff: Sovereign Town [CD]
Keezer Geoff: Falling Up
Keezer Geoff: Falling Up [CD]
The Geoff Hamilton Collection
OBS! Import. Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.Timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Gardeners World, this set features three of former Gardeners World presenter Geoff Hamilton's most popular series: The Cottage Garden, The Ornamental Kitchen Garden and The Paradise Garden. 'The Cottage Garden' examines both the history and methods of gardening over the years, as Geoff visits gardens covering the length and breadth of Britain. In 'The Ornamental Kitchen Garden', Geoff provides practical advice on how to construct and manage your own kitchen garden, with advice on what plants to grow where, and how to get the best results from you're soil. Finally, in 'The Paradise Garden', Geoff shows you how to escape the humdrum of daily life by creating a tranquil space full of colour. This series also looks at installing water features into the garden to encourage wildlife, as well as examining the use of colour and scent.Typ: DVD
Palmer Geoff: Charts & Graphs
Palmer Geoff: Charts & Graphs [CD]
Buddha, Geoff and Me
Ed is having a hard time - at work, in his love life and, well, generally. Then he meets an unlikely Buddhist - who drinks and smokes and talks his kind of language. Bit by bit, things begin to change... Ed doesn't always take Geoff's advice. Or, ...
On the Front Line
Veteran Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin was killed in February 2012 when covering the uprising in Syria. On the Front Line is an Orwell Special Prize winning journalism collection from veteran war correspondent Marie Colvin, who is th...
Diamond in the Rough: A Memoir
After learning to play guitar at the age of ten, Shawn Colvin was determined to make a life in music - a decision that would send a small-town girl out on the open road for good. In 1997, two decades after she started, she got her big break. Like ...
Ulrike Meinhof and West German Terrorism
First specialized study of Meinhof and the RAF in English, focusing on their use of language to justify extreme violence. In 1970 Ulrike Meinhof abandoned a career as a political journalist to join the Red Army Faction; captured as a terrorist alo...
The Great Green Island
Meet adventurous Ali, a nature-loving girl with a mystery to solve on an island that is much more than it seems. Because this small island holds a big secret. A magical secret in the shape of a Great Green Crocodile . . . Ali lives with her Dad on a beautiful island with a busy fishing village. So busy in fact that, no matter how hard she tries, Ali can never persuade anyone to stop what they are doing and come exploring with her. That is until the morning everyone wakes to find ALL the fish have disappeared. Every. Last. One. Who – or what - could have taken them? The Great Green Island weaves mystery and adventure with the wonders of nature, reminding us all to stop and experience the world around us - and to do it together! Inspiring and imaginative, this is a tale that will make you see magic. A stunning first picture book from Becky Colvin, winner of the Macmillan Prize for Illustration 2023.
The Great Green Island
Meet adventurous Ali, a nature-loving girl with a mystery to solve on an island that is much more than it seems. Because this small island holds a big secret. A magical secret in the shape of a Great Green Crocodile . . . Ali lives with her Dad on a beautiful island with a busy fishing village. So busy in fact that, no matter how hard she tries, Ali can never persuade anyone to stop what they are doing and come exploring with her. That is until the morning everyone wakes to find ALL the fish have disappeared. Every. Last. One. Who – or what - could have taken them? The Great Green Island weaves mystery and adventure with the wonders of nature, reminding us all to stop and experience the world around us - and to do it together! Inspiring and imaginative, this is a tale that will make you see magic. A stunning first picture book from Becky Colvin, winner of the Macmillan Prize for Illustration 2023.
Landor
Landor
She Persisted: Claudette Colvin
Before Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin made the same choice. She insisted on standing up - or in her case, sitting down - for what was right, and in doing so, fought for equality, fairness, and justice. In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome, readers learn about the amazing life of Claudette Colvin - and how she persisted. Complete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton!