Suzanne Barbetta
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With current statistics suggesting that the average American over the age of 14 engages with screens upwards of 10 hours a day, the topic of our growing dependence upon technology applies to nearly everyone. While the effects differ at each point of development, real changes to the brain, relationships, and personal lives are well documented. Deviced! explores these alterations and offers a realistic look at how we can better use technology and break...
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Accepting second best is good for her career, but first-grade teacher, Retta Curt, delays signing up for the disappointment. Given two weeks to reconsider her contract, she retreats to Gram's cottage on Moon Lake, the last place she felt contentment. But the cottage is derelict, Cousin Julie, distant, childhood beaux, Dean, bitter, and Sweet Picks, the family ice cream stand, in danger of folding. Magruder, a surly newcomer, is buying and then neglecting...
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Miserable and depressed after yet another failed relationship...
Dixie Claiborne has been roped into playing chauffeur on her grandmother's and great aunt's annual pilgrimage to Graceland. The only thing worse than being depressed and alone with a pint of ice cream, is being depressed and accompanied by a couple of batty septuagenarians with Elvis obsessions. It's all well and good until the ancient Cadillac breaks down in the middle of nowhere....
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Employers consider communication one of the most critical skills for workers today. Written to address the needs of both students entering the workforce and business professionals looking to improve their written communication, Writing for the Workplace is a matter-of-fact, how-to guide that provides strategies for effective professional communication. From targeted emails and convincing long reports to winning presentations and engaging resumes,...
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“Geek, Actually” is a sexy, geeky contemporary women's fiction series that follows the lives of five diverse, nerdy women as they navigate work, love, life, and the internet. For fans who love “Sex and the City” as well as “Star Wars,” for anyone who knows that sci-fi can be sultry and that gamer is not gender specific, this serial will turn you on, rile you up, and leave you with five new friends.
Meet your new best girlfriends. Michelle...
