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What would you do with a billion dollars? This question gets a definitive answer from billionaire Richard Branson: do everything! Born into a wealthy family in London, Branson suffered from dyslexia and was a poor student. Still, his knack for business started early with a successful parakeet-breeding enterprise at age 11. The entrepreneur launched his first major business, Virgin Records, at age 22 and spent the next few decades building the Virgin...
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[Where love meets destiny volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"The moment she met Callen Hayes, eleven-year-old Jessica Creswell knew he was a broken prince. Her prince. They became each other's refuge, a safe and magical place far from their troubled lives. Until the day Callen kissed her--Jessica's first real, dreamy kiss--and then disappeared from her life without a word. Years later, everyone knows who Callen Hayes is. Famous composer. Infamous bad boy. What no one knows is that Callen's music is now locked...
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"When a woman who'd rather do anything than read meets a swoon-worthy bookworm, sparks fly, making for one hot-summer fling in New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay's new rom-com. For Samantha Gale, a summer on Martha's Vineyard at her family's tiny cottage was supposed to be about resurrecting her career as a chef, until she's tasked with chaperoning her half-brother, Tyler. The teenage brainiac is spending his summer at the local library...
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2022.
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124 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"This book shares interviews and insights from adults with dyslexia, sharing the obstacles they have faced in life and the things that helped them overcome them. Based on lived experience, these accounts provide practical tips and advice for those supporting young people with dyslexia and those who have been recently diagnosed"--
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[2013]
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1 videodisc (approximately 51 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Produced with the purpose of alleviating the stigma associated with dyslexia, The big picture features the testimony of individuals from various backgrounds diagnosed with dyslexia (including investment advisor Charles Schwab and billionaire Richard Branson) describing how they learned to live with and overcome their disability. Medical experts explain the neurological causes of the condition.
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2016.
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xx, 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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Do you want to improve your study skills? Packed full of advice on topics including note taking, essay writing, reading strategies and exam techniques, Study Skills for Students with Dyslexia is an essential read for students with dyslexia and other Specific Learning Differences (SpLDs) in further and higher education. The guidance and tools provided help you organise and plan your work, improve your skills and boost your confidence, so you succeed...
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2016.
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403 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Miranda Kane is finally beginning to harness her magical powers, but when a near death experience leaves her with a mysterious tattoo she goes on the hunt for answers, just as her sister disappears.
Dyslexic witch Miranda Kane is finally beginning to harness her magical powers. When a near death experience leaves her with a mysterious tattoo that begins to spread over her body, she goes on the hunt for answers. Then a new problem arises: her sister...
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[2005]
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xxii, 225 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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English
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Paul Orfalea, founder of the Kinko's chain of copy shops, discusses the challenges he faced as a hyperactive dyslexic and tells how he was able to see those obstacles as learning opportunities that allowed him to develop one of America's best companies.
11) Most unlikely to succeed: the trials, travels, and ultimate triumphs of a "throwaway kid" : a memoir
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[2011]
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311 pages ; 23 cm
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English
12) Rudy: my story
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Pub. Date
[2012]
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xvi, 281 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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A biography of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, an undiagnosed dyslexia who struggles against tremendous odds to become a Notre Dame football player.
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2016.
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292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"The thrilling, true-life account of the FBI's hunt for the ingenious traitor Brian Regan--known as The Spy Who Couldn't Spell. Before Edward Snowden's infamous data breach, the largest theft of government secrets was committed by an ingenious traitor whose intricate espionage scheme and complex system of coded messages were made even more baffling by his dyslexia. His name is Brian Regan, but he came to be known as The Spy Who Couldn't Spell. In...
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