Sims: 403 books
Disruptive Fixation
School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-Idealism
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
In New York City in 2009, a new kind of public school opened its doors to its inaugural class of middle schoolers. Conceived by a team of game designers and progressive educational reformers and backed by prominent philanthropic foundations, it promised to reinvent the classroom for the digital age....
by Bennett Sims
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2017
*Winner of the Rome Prize for Literature 2018-19
*Named one of the Best Books of the Year —Bookforum
Synopsis
With all the brilliance, bravado, and wit of his award-winning debut, A Questionable Shape, Bennett Sims returns with an equally ambitious and wide-ranging collection of stories.
A...
by Alexandrea Sims
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Author Alexandrea Sims has written this book especially for young people and their adult leaders, to remind readers that the only person you need to be better than is the person you were yesterday; and that the only way you can reach your full potential and become everything you were born to be is...
by Gill Sims
Language: Dutch
Release Date: May 13, 2019
Language: Dutch
Release Date: May 13, 2019
Welkom in mama's wereld... Zoon Peter is vastgegroeid aan zijn iPad, dochter Jane heeft maar één droom - rijk worden van een carrière als Instagram-influencer -, en vader is voortdurend op pad voor exotische zakenreisjes. Mama's huwelijk staat onder druk, haar kinderen trekken zich nergens wat...
by Graeme Sims
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Dopo il successo de L’uomo che sussurra ai cani, Graeme Sims racconta come ha costruito con i suoi cani una vera, grande amicizia. Un cane è un regalo, una creatura in grado di cambiarci la vita, a patto di saper costruire con lui il rapporto giusto. Graeme Sims ci spiega come farlo attraverso il...
Little Bets
How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
“An enthusiastic, example-rich argument for innovating in a particular way—by deliberately experimenting and taking small exploratory steps in novel directions. Light, bright, and packed with tidy anecdotes” (The Wall Street Journal).
What do Apple CEO Steve Jobs, comedian Chris Rock,...
The Everyday Supermodel
My Beauty, Fashion, and Wellness Secrets Made Simple
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
With down-to-earth charm, humor, and best-girlfriend tough love, supermodel next door Molly Sims shares her hard-earned beauty, fashion, fitness, and health secrets in this fully illustrated four-color guide.
Molly Sims wasn’t born looking the way she does on television and in print. Like...
Bluefishing
The Art of Making Things Happen
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Whether it’s climbing Everest, launching a business, applying for a dream job, or just finding happiness in everyday life, Steve Sims, founder of the luxury concierge service, Bluefish, reveals simple and effective ways to sharpen your mind, gain a new perspective, and achieve your goals.
From...
Adam's Navel
A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2004
In this amusing and brilliantly conceived book, Michael Sims introduces you to your body. Moving from head to toe, Sims blends cultural history with evolutionary theory to produce a wonderfully original narrative in which he analyzes the visible parts of the body. In this fascinating brew of science...
The Phantom Coach
A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Ghost Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Ghost stories date back centuries, but those written in the Victorian era have a unique atmosphere and dark beauty. Michael Sims, whose previous Victorian collections Dracula's Guest (vampires) and The Dead Witness (detectives) have been widely praised, has gathered twelve of the best stories about...
The New SuperLeadership
Leading Others to Lead Themselves
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2001
The truly effective leader today must be one who leads others to lead themselves. The rapid pace of change demands fast and flexible responses throughout the organization-there's no time to wait for directives from the top. And the highly-skilled workers so vital to organizational success also demand...
Practical Influence
10 Positive Principles to help you increase your influence and build better relationships
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Think about the influence you have today. You significantly influence your spouse and your children. You influence your co-workers, peers, subordinates, and your boss. You can even influence others you meet for the very first time. Is it a good idea to make sure you are a good influence in all these...
What Happens After Shattered?
Finding Hope and Healing After Infidelity
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
It is no secret that many hearts have been shattered by infidelity. With affairs and sexual addiction at all time highs in our society, it is no wonder that those affected by the real-life trauma and agonizing pain of unfaithfulness search for ways to cope, forgive, and eventually heal.
In...
by Richard Sims
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Drapers Forge
By: Richard Sims
Follow along in this adventure featuring Jacob Horn and the frontier settlement of Drapers Forge, set in Eastern Kentucky and Western Virginia in 1774-75.
The tensions of the pre-revolution years are building to an exciting climax, with the survival of...