"This inspirational picture book memoir from the world's first openly gay professional stongman competitor speaks to the joyful power of discovering your strengths." -- Back cover. This fictional autobiography follows Rob Kearney as he grows from a strong teen to a professional strongman and finds the courage to wear rainbows to the North American championship. Includes author's note.

How do sales leaders succeed in today's world? It's becoming harder to be a successful sales leader. You must attract and retain top performers and motivate and engage your teams to deliver, if not exceed, their goals in a tough market. After all, company success rests on your team's ability to achieve their KPIs. As a sales leader, you have more impact on your people than any other factor, which adds to the pressure. STRONG explores the intersection...

"What modern authoritarian leaders have in common (and how they can be stopped). Ours is the age of authoritarian rulers: self-proclaimed saviors of the nation who evade accountability while robbing their people of resources and corroding or destroying democracy. Their mutual-admiration club also draws on models from the past. Vladimir Putin rehabilitates Soviet tyrant Joseph Stalin, Donald Trump praises Libyan despot Muammar Gaddafi, Jair Bolsonaro...

Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing is a collection of significant speeches, made both by those who held the reins of power and those who didn't, at significant times in American history. Read the original words—sometimes abridged and sometimes in their entirety—that have shaped our cultural fabric. A Chicago Public Library Best Book!

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"In 1857 India, 12-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in--and certain death on her husband's funeral pyre--only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. When a rebellion against British colonizers spreads, she must choose between relative safety in a British household or standing up for herself and her people"--