It's Your Ship

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Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0446535532
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Book Synopsis It's Your Ship by : Captain D. Michael Abrashoff

Download or read book It's Your Ship written by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2007-10-15 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary New York Times bestselling tale of top-down change for anyone trying to navigate today's uncertain business seas. When Captain Abrashoff took over as commander of USS Benfold, it was like a business that had all the latest technology but only some of the productivity. Knowing that responsibility for improving performance rested with him, he realized he had to improve his own leadership skills before he could improve his ship. Within months, he created a crew of confident and inspired problem-solvers eager to take the initiative and responsibility for their actions. The slogan on board became "It's your ship," and Benfold was soon recognized far and wide as a model of naval efficiency. How did Abrashoff do it? Against the backdrop of today's United States Navy, Abrashoff shares his secrets of successful management including: See the ship through the eyes of the crew: By soliciting a sailor's suggestions, Abrashoff drastically reduced tedious chores that provided little additional value. Communicate, communicate, communicate: The more Abrashoff communicated the plan, the better the crew's performance. His crew eventually started calling him "Megaphone Mike," since they heard from him so often. Create discipline by focusing on purpose: Discipline skyrocketed when Abrashoff's crew believed that what they were doing was important. Listen aggressively: After learning that many sailors wanted to use the GI Bill, Abrashoff brought a test official aboard the ship-and held the SATs forty miles off the Iraqi coast. From achieving amazing cost savings to winning the highest gunnery score in the Pacific Fleet, Captain Abrashoff's extraordinary campaign sent shock waves through the U.S. Navy. It can help you change the course of your ship, no matter where your business battles are fought.

My Quiet Ship

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Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN 13 : 0807567140
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (75 download)

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Book Synopsis My Quiet Ship by : Hallee Adelman

Download or read book My Quiet Ship written by Hallee Adelman and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sensitive and imaginative story about coping with conflict at home. Whenever the yelling in his house starts, Quinn runs to a special hiding place. There he becomes captain of the Quiet Ship, where he can get far, far away from the yelling that hurts his ears and makes him feel scared. But one day the Quiet Ship is broken and Quinn needs a new plan, one that requires him to be brave. A thoughtful treatment of a difficult topic, this story is for any child who faces fighting in the home.

The Ship We Built

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525554858
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ship We Built by : Lexie Bean

Download or read book The Ship We Built written by Lexie Bean and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ship We Built is an expertly told epistolary middle grade novel about a trans boy learning to stand up for himself--especially to those he loves--and the power of finding a friend who treasures him for all that he is. "Incredibly good; by turns raw, sweet, horrifying, tender, and hopeful."--Laurie Halse Anderson, NYT bestselling and award-winning author of Speak and SHOUT Sometimes I have trouble filling out tests when the name part feels like a test too. . . . When I write letters, I love that you have to read all of my thoughts and stories before I say any name at all. You have to make it to the very end to know. Rowan has too many secrets to write down in the pages of a diary. And if he did, he wouldn't want anyone he knows to read them. He understands who he is and what he likes, but it's not safe for others to find out. Now the kids at school say Rowan's too different to spend time with. He's not the "right kind" of girl, and he's not the "right kind" of boy. His mom ignores him. And at night, his dad hurts him in ways he's not ready to talk about yet. Then Rowan discovers another way to share his secrets: letters. Letters he attaches to balloons and releases into the universe, hoping someone new will read them and understand. But when he befriends a classmate who knows what it's like to be lonely and scared, even at home, Rowan realizes there might already be a person he can trust right by his side.

Turn the Ship Around!

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101623691
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Turn the Ship Around! by : L. David Marquet

Download or read book Turn the Ship Around! written by L. David Marquet and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the 12 best business books of all time…. Timeless principles of empowering leadership.” – USA Today "The best how-to manual anywhere for managers on delegating, training, and driving flawless execution.” —FORTUNE Since Turn the Ship Around! was published in 2013, hundreds of thousands of readers have been inspired by former Navy captain David Marquet’s true story. Many have applied his insights to their own organizations, creating workplaces where everyone takes responsibility for his or her actions, where followers grow to become leaders, and where happier teams drive dramatically better results. Marquet was a Naval Academy graduate and an experienced officer when selected for submarine command. Trained to give orders in the traditional model of “know all–tell all” leadership, he faced a new wrinkle when he was shifted to the Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered submarine. Facing the high-stress environment of a sub where there’s little margin for error, he was determined to reverse the trends he found on the Santa Fe: poor morale, poor performance, and the worst retention rate in the fleet. Almost immediately, Marquet ran into trouble when he unknowingly gave an impossible order, and his crew tried to follow it anyway. When he asked why, the answer was: “Because you told me to.” Marquet realized that while he had been trained for a different submarine, his crew had been trained to do what they were told—a deadly combination. That’s when Marquet flipped the leadership model on its head and pushed for leadership at every level. Turn the Ship Around! reveals how the Santa Fe skyrocketed from worst to first in the fleet by challenging the U.S. Navy’s traditional leader-follower approach. Struggling against his own instincts to take control, he instead achieved the vastly more powerful model of giving control to his subordinates, and creating leaders. Before long, each member of Marquet’s crew became a leader and assumed responsibility for everything he did, from clerical tasks to crucial combat decisions. The crew became completely engaged, contributing their full intellectual capacity every day. The Santa Fe set records for performance, morale, and retention. And over the next decade, a highly disproportionate number of the officers of the Santa Fe were selected to become submarine commanders. Whether you need a major change of course or just a tweak of the rudder, you can apply Marquet’s methods to turn your own ship around.

The Ship Who Searched

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Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 1618249894
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (182 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ship Who Searched by : Anne McCaffrey

Download or read book The Ship Who Searched written by Anne McCaffrey and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman becomes paralyzed and must become a brainship¾and find her Brawn, her human soul mate, so that she can discover a cure for her illness. Tia Cade is a headstrong, smart, and very normal girl until she contracts a terrible illness that leaves her with the bare semblance of life. Tia's only hope: to become the oldest person ever to train to be one of the legendary star travelers, the brainships. But now that Tia is free of her ravaged body, there still remains the task of finding the right partner to be her Brawn, the human element every brainship requires. And when the disease that debilitated Tia threatens thousands more, selecting a Brawn who is her true soul mate may allow Tia to find the origin of the terrible plague¾and perhaps even a cure. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Jump Ship

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312646739
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Book Synopsis Jump Ship by : Josh Shipp

Download or read book Jump Ship written by Josh Shipp and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We've always been told "winners never quit," but TV personality and motivational speaker Josh Shipp knows it isn't true. Smart people quit the right things at the right time. But how do you know if you're in the wrong career? What is the right thing for you? And when's the best time to jump ship? Jump Ship is a step-by-step guide through one of life's most difficult—and most important—transitions. Leaving behind an unsatisfying job and embarking upon a new career can open up a world of fulfillment, but it isn't easy. As a role model and mentor to tens of thousands of young professionals, Shipp has seen the impact that a new career can have on a person's life. In Jump Ship, he offers you the time-tested tools to get there. This book will help you discover your truest priorities and provide you the resources you need to succeed, drawing inspiration from the countless people whose lives he has improved. Filled with powerful stories and practical guidance, this is a book designed to help you face down your fears—and take the plunge.

The Ship Who Sang

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Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0425287114
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ship Who Sang by : Anne McCaffrey

Download or read book The Ship Who Sang written by Anne McCaffrey and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2017-01-18 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helva had been born human, but only her brain had been saved—saved to be schooled, programmed, and implanted into the sleek titanium body of an intergalactic scout ship. But first she had to choose a human partner—male or female—to share her exhilirating excapades in space! Her life was to be rich and rewarding . . . resplendent with daring adventures and endless excitement, beyond the wildest dreams of mere mortals. Gifted with the voice of an angel and being virtually indestructable, Helva XH-834 antipitated a sublime immortality. Then one day she fell in love!

The Ship

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Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316469890
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ship by : Antonia Honeywell

Download or read book The Ship written by Antonia Honeywell and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thought-provoking and lyrical debut novel, a young woman's only hope for survival in the dystopian future is a ship, a Noah's Ark, that can rescue 500 people. London burned for three weeks. And then it got worse. . . Young, naive, and frustratingly sheltered, Lalla has grown up in near-isolation in her parents' apartment, sheltered from the chaos of their collapsed civilization. But things are getting more dangerous outside. People are killing each other for husks of bread, and the police are detaining anyone without an identification card. On her sixteenth birthday, Lalla's father decides it's time to use their escape route -- a ship he's built that is only big enough to save five hundred people. But the utopia her father has created isn't everything it appears. There's more food than anyone can eat, but nothing grows; more clothes than anyone can wear, but no way to mend them; and no-one can tell her where they are going.

Ship Breaker (National Book Award Finalist)

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Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 031608168X
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Ship Breaker (National Book Award Finalist) by : Paolo Bacigalupi

Download or read book Ship Breaker (National Book Award Finalist) written by Paolo Bacigalupi and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in a dark future America devastated by the forces of climate change, this thrilling bestseller and National Book Finalist is a gritty, high-stakes adventure of a teenage boy faced with conflicting loyalties. In America's flooded Gulf Coast region, oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer. Grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota--and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or by chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life.... In this powerful novel, Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Paolo Bacigalupi delivers a fast-paced adventure set in the vivid and raw, uncertain future of his companion novels The Drowned Cities and Tool of War. "Suzanne Collins may have put dystopian literature on the YA map with The Hunger Games...but Bacigalupi is one of the genre's masters, employing inventively terrifying details in equally imaginative story lines." —Los Angeles Times A New York Times Bestseller A Michael L. Printz Award Winner A National Book Award Finalist A VOYA 2010 Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers Book A Rolling Stone 40 Best YA Novels Book Don’t miss the other books in the series: The Drowned Cities Tool of War

Get Off My Ship

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Publisher : Avon Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Get Off My Ship by : E. Lawrence Gibson

Download or read book Get Off My Ship written by E. Lawrence Gibson and published by Avon Books. This book was released on 1978 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an account of Ensign Vernon E. Berg III's effort to claim his basic constitutional rights of due process which evolved into an ordeal and a judicial case that attracted international attention. The inordinate actions taken by the United States Navy against Ensign Berg provide a shameful record of abuse of power and covert maneuvers to effect a vindictive discharge of the first naval officer to challenge the U.S. Navy's policy of categorically excluding people who are homesexual.

Captain of My Ship, Master of My Soul

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Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781571742476
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (424 download)

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Book Synopsis Captain of My Ship, Master of My Soul by : F. Holmes Atwater

Download or read book Captain of My Ship, Master of My Soul written by F. Holmes Atwater and published by Hampton Roads Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An originator of the U.S. government's psychic surveillance program, STARGATE, examines the role of spiritual guidance in human life while considering the technologies of the Monroe Institute and explaining how to rely on inner guidance. Original.

Ship of Magic

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Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0553900250
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)

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Book Synopsis Ship of Magic by : Robin Hobb

Download or read book Ship of Magic written by Robin Hobb and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2003-12-30 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in a seafaring fantasy trilogy that George R. R. Martin has described as “even better than the Farseer Trilogy—I didn’t think that was possible.” Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships—rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. Now the fortunes of one of Bingtown’s oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia. For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy. For Althea’s young nephew, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard the Vivacia, the ship is a life sentence. But the fate of the ship—and the Vestrits—may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider: the ruthless buccaneer captain Kennit, who plans to seize power over the Pirate Isles by capturing a liveship and bending it to his will. Don’t miss the magic of the Liveship Traders Trilogy: SHIP OF MAGIC • MAD SHIP • SHIP OF DESTINY

Tiny Beautiful Things

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307949338
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Book Synopsis Tiny Beautiful Things by : Cheryl Strayed

Download or read book Tiny Beautiful Things written by Cheryl Strayed and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a Hulu Original series • The internationally acclaimed author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this "wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review) book is a balm for everything life throws our way. Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can’t pay the bills—and it can be great: you’ve had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice.

The Ship from Simnel Street

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ISBN 13 : 9780688061821
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ship from Simnel Street by : Jenny Overton

Download or read book The Ship from Simnel Street written by Jenny Overton and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A London baker's daughter runs off to Lisbon to search for her sweetheart who is fighting in th Peninsular War, leaving behind a distraught family that concocts a colossal scheme to demonstrate their support of her action.

The Ship Who Sang

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Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0345334310
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (453 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ship Who Sang by : Anne McCaffrey

Download or read book The Ship Who Sang written by Anne McCaffrey and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 1985-12-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helva had been born human, but only her brain had been saved—saved to be schooled, programmed, and implanted into the sleek titanium body of an intergalactic scout ship. But first she had to choose a human partner—male or female—to share her exhilirating excapades in space! Her life was to be rich and rewarding . . . resplendent with daring adventures and endless excitement, beyond the wildest dreams of mere mortals. Gifted with the voice of an angel and being virtually indestructable, Helva XH-834 antipitated a sublime immortality. Then one day she fell in love!

The Ship of Brides

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 069815634X
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ship of Brides by : Jojo Moyes

Download or read book The Ship of Brides written by Jojo Moyes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes, a post-WWII story of the war brides who crossed the seas by the thousands to face their unknown futures 1946. World War II has ended and all over the world, young women are beginning to fulfill the promises made to the men they wed in wartime. In Sydney, Australia, four women join 650 other war brides on an extraordinary voyage to England—aboard HMS Victoria, which still carries not just arms and aircraft but a thousand naval officers. Rules are strictly enforced, from the aircraft carrier’s captain down to the lowliest young deckhand. But the men and the brides will find their lives intertwined despite the Navy’s ironclad sanctions. And for Frances Mackenzie, the complicated young woman whose past comes back to haunt her far from home, the journey will change her life in ways she never could have predicted—forever.

See It Feelingly

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Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478002735
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis See It Feelingly by : Ralph James Savarese

Download or read book See It Feelingly written by Ralph James Savarese and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “We each have Skype accounts and use them to discuss [Moby-Dick] face to face. Once a week, we spread the worded whale out in front of us; we dissect its head, eyes, and bones, careful not to hurt or kill it. The Professor and I are not whale hunters. We are not letting the whale die. We are shaping it, letting it swim through the Web with a new and polished look.”—Tito Mukhopadhyay Since the 1940s researchers have been repeating claims about autistic people's limited ability to understand language, to partake in imaginative play, and to generate the complex theory of mind necessary to appreciate literature. In See It Feelingly Ralph James Savarese, an English professor whose son is one of the first nonspeaking autistics to graduate from college, challenges this view. Discussing fictional works over a period of years with readers from across the autism spectrum, Savarese was stunned by the readers' ability to expand his understanding of texts he knew intimately. Their startling insights emerged not only from the way their different bodies and brains lined up with a story but also from their experiences of stigma and exclusion. For Mukhopadhyay Moby-Dick is an allegory of revenge against autism, the frantic quest for a cure. The white whale represents the autist's baffling, because wordless, immersion in the sensory. Computer programmer and cyberpunk author Dora Raymaker skewers the empathetic failings of the bounty hunters in Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Autistics, some studies suggest, offer instruction in embracing the nonhuman. Encountering a short story about a lonely marine biologist in Antarctica, Temple Grandin remembers her past with an uncharacteristic emotional intensity, and she reminds the reader of the myriad ways in which people can relate to fiction. Why must there be a norm? Mixing memoir with current research in autism and cognitive literary studies, Savarese celebrates how literature springs to life through the contrasting responses of unique individuals, while helping people both on and off the spectrum to engage more richly with the world.