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Author(s):
Candlewick Press
Genre(s):
Animals
Peppa Pig and the Career Day
November 12, 2018
Reviewed by: 
Barbara Bottner
Peppa Pig has been around for 14 years as a character on television and in picture books, but she’s retained her youth: she looks to be barely four.
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Author(s):
Caitlin Kelly
Genre(s):
Business, Investing & Economics
Malled: My Unintentional Career in Retail
March 25, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner
Ms. Kelly has taken on a very timely subject and brought it into focus via her experiences in dealing with the “repressed” economy of this country.
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Author(s):
A. Alfred Taubman
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir
Threshold Resistance: The Extraordinary Career of a Luxury Retailing Pioneer
October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner
This autobiography is subtitled “the extraordinary career of a luxury retailing pioneer,” but there is a question which arises, and that is: “If you are a builder of shopping centers” does that qua
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Author(s):
Donald Bogle
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir
Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters
February 4, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Vinton Rafe McCabe
Good biographies accomplish two things.
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Author(s):
Kate Gavino
Genre(s):
Graphic Novels & Comics, Literary, Asian American, Contemporary
A Career in Books: A Novel about Friends, Money, and the Occasional Duck Bun
August 1, 2022
Reviewed by: 
Marissa Moss
“sharp and funny”
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Author(s):
David Cutler
Genre(s):
Arts, Design & Photography
The Savvy Musician: Building a Career, Earning a Living & Making a Difference
October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Amanda Mark
Music, music everywhere. But is anyone making any money?
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Author(s):
David Couper
Genre(s):
Business, Investing & Economics
Outsiders on the Inside: How to Create a Winning Career...Even When You Don't Fit In!
October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Robert Nersesian
Thank goodness not everyone can make a living off of their childhood ambitions. Otherwise, who would serve as insurance actuaries?
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Author(s):
Sue Frederick
Genre(s):
Religion
I See Your Dream Job: A Career Intuitive Shows You How to Discover What You Were Put on Earth to Do
October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Robert Nersesian
I want to be careful here.
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Author(s):
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg
Editor(s):
Bill Morgan
Genre(s):
Literary
I Greet You at the Beginning of a Great Career: The Selected Correspondence of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, 1955–1997
July 13, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Vinton Rafe McCabe
“This is a thoughtful, thought-provoking little book that is well worth your attention.”
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Author(s):
Sharlene Martin
Genre(s):
Writing & Journalism
Publish Your Nonfiction Book: Strategies for Learning the Industry, Selling Your Book, and Building a Successful Career
October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Geri Spieler
How badly do you want to be published?
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Author(s):
Jonathan Gelber M.D. M.S.
Genre(s):
Sports, Medical Writing
Tiger Woods's Back and Tommy John's Elbow: Injuries and Tragedies That Transformed Careers, Sports, and Society
September 30, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Roger I. Abrams
“Dr. Gelber adds to his account of sports his articulacy in medicine. That is what makes this work notable.”
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Author(s):
Roxanne Lowit
Genre(s):
Arts, Artists & Photographers
Yves Saint Laurent
November 17, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner
“. . . the kind of book that provides endless possibilities in terms of multiple readings as it is a timeline, a diary, a love letter to the designer’s career.”
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Author(s):
jim Stovall
Genre(s):
Nonfiction
Wisdom for Winners: A Millionaire Mindset
August 18, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Alex Hapka
“Wisdom for Winners contains a unique combination of guidance for the career professional and the entrepreneur combined with spiritual wisdom that
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Author(s):
J. D. Robb
Genre(s):
Detective
Festive in Death
September 8, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Carolyn Haley
“J. D. Robb continues to do a fine job balancing Eve the woman against Eve the career homicide detective. . . .
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Author(s):
Nate Jackson
Genre(s):
Fiction
Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile
April 27, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Michael Levin
“The book may be called Slow Getting Up, but if you take the time to read it, you’ll find yourself incredibly slow to put it down.
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Author(s):
Michael Paul Ziegfeld
Genre(s):
Pop Culture, Arts, Artists & Photographers
Breaking Out of Show Business: What I've Discovered By Not Being Discovered
April 8, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Kristen Hansen Brakeman
“behind-the-scenes life of a working performer . . .”
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Author(s):
John Waters
Genre(s):
Business, Investing & Economics, Humor, Essays
Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder
November 26, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Annette Lapointe
“Mr. Know-It-All is an argument for deviance, performance, and shock.”
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Editor(s):
Ingo Taubhorn, Brigitte Woischnik
Other Contributors:
Sarah Moon
Genre(s):
Fashion Photography
Sarah Moon: Now and Then
April 25, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner
The most pertinent fact about Sarah Moon: Now and Then is that this is not some glossy table coffee table book but rather a very scholarly, if not erudite, examination of Sarah Moon’s body
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Author(s):
Douglas Branson
Genre(s):
Baseball, Civil Rights
Greatness in the Shadows: Larry Doby and the Integration of the American League
May 9, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Russell P. Gantos
Douglas M.
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Author(s):
Shawn Green
Genre(s):
Sports
The Way of Baseball: Finding Stillness at 95 mph
June 25, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Tom Caraccioli
“Shawn Green takes us through the mental process with the singular clarity that once allowed him to go 6x6 with four home runs in one game. Though retired for nearly four years, Mr.
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