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Studying competitive arenas from the workplace, the stock market, sports, politics, the military and schools and using the latest findings in genetics, neuroscience and behavioral psychology, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman unveil the astounding, often counter-intuitive truths about how we compete and the crucial ingredients that sometimes stand between winning and losing.
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English
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Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she’s competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening,...
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Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The fastest man with a handgun this side of Abilene, middle-aged marshal Dan Blaine is about to have his reputation tested ... again. Riding into town is Lot McGuire, a young gunman of blinding speed who doesn't want to live his life thinking he's second best. And while Blaine's girlfriend would rather he avoid a showdown, the marshal refuses to back down, knowing a gunslinger who's not the best at what he does is a dead man anyway.
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English
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For Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman, executive assistants to the CEOs of newly merged Bexley-Gamin Publishing, it's hate-at-first-sight. So begins a series of daily passive-aggressive maneuvers, including the staring game, the mirror game, and the HR game, each played with the intensity of the Hunger Games. Their mutual antipathy grows when a new executive position opens at Bexley-Gamin, and both their bosses put their names up for the promotion....
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Series
Dragon Ball Vizkids chapter books volume Vol. 6
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Now that the Dragon Balls are nothing more than rocks scattered around the globe, what's a young monkey-boy to do? Train with the Turtle Guy, of course! After that awesome display at Fry Pan Mountain, it's clear that Goku has much to learn from Master Roshi. Plus, the old guy has a stocked fridge. But Goku's not the only one who wants to train with the master. And the new guy is determined to give Goku a run for his money."--P. [4] of cover.
7) I'm on it!
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Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2021]
Language
English
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Description
"When Frog and Goat turn a simple game into an all-out competition, things get out of hand...until finally, they're over it"--
Author
Series
Prince of Tennis volume 19
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Seishun Academy is up against a team coached by a four-time Japan Open winner. The pressure is on.
9) Boxitects
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Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Meg goes to Maker School to hone her talent for building with boxes, but when Simone, another boxitect, arrives they become so competitive they nearly fail in the annual Maker Match.
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Series
League of griefers volume 1
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Noah and Violet have to battle the league of griefers, including the tricky and powerful rainbow griefers.
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Series
Dragon Ball volume chapter 9
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
And then there were three: Namu, Goku, and Jackie Chun. Each is powerful enough to go all the way, but only one is... taking a nap?! What the Kamehameha is going on?
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Series
Poplar kids volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A friendly neighborhood business competition between sixth-graders Rachel Chambers, so quiet she is practically invisible, and Peter S. Gronkowski, future mogul, turns into a ruthless rivalry.
18) The hating game
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis Joshua, a rivalry that is complicated by her growing attraction to him.
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Series
Unofficial gamer's adventure volume 3
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"In this third installment of the Minecraft Gamer's Adventure series, Steve is invited to participate in an elite building competition on Mushroom Island. His friends Max, Lucy, and Henry are impressed and want to join their friend on a journey to the island. Yet not everyone is happy: Steve's neighbor Kyra is upset because she wasn't chosen as a contestant. Steve asks Kyra to come to the competition and help the gang build boats to get to Mushroom...
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From the slightly fantastical to the utterly real, light and sweet romance to tales tinged with horror and thrills, Game On is an anthology that spans genre and style. But beneath each story is a loving ode to competition and games perfect for anyone who has ever played a sport or a board game, picked up a video game controller, or rolled a twenty-sided die. A manhunt game is interrupted by a town disappearing beneath the players' eyes. A puzzle-filled...
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