The go-to bestselling guide to help young people navigate from a middle school book report to English Comp 101In How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids, New York Times bestselling author and professor
Over 100 hilarious poems about strange creatures and people--from jellyfish stew to a bouncing mouse, and a boneless chicken. "The illustrations bring a frivolity to a fever pitch".--School Library Journal. Full color. ALA Notable Children's Book.
With the popularity of Downton Abbey, fans are dying to know more about the splendid familys of the time. This look at the Vanderbilts shows a real life American version of the Crawley Family. So much drama and money itżs hard to believe itżs non-fiction!
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 176, Publishers: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, Author: Tim Wesson, ISBN-13: 9780063349476, Date of issue: 2025
Now in Paperback--the New York Times bestseller--and follow up to the revolutionary bestsellers Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics--with a new author Q&A. With their trademark blend of captivating stor
In Together Tea, Marjan Kamali's delightful and heartwarming debut novel, Darya has discovered the perfect gift for her daughter's twenty-fifth birthday: an ideal husband. Mina, however, is fed up with her mother's years of endless matchmaking
This cross stitcher's design book features 100 blank graph paper charts for you to sketch out your own cross stitch patterns and designs. There are also pages at the back of the book for notes and sketches.This book contains: Index pa
Dieses Unterrichtsmodell bezieht sich auf die Neubearbeitung 2023 folgender Textausgabe aus der Reihe EinFach Deutsch: Heinrich von Kleist: Der zerbrochne Krug. ISBN 978-3-14-108113-8 Die den Bausteinen zugeordneten Arbeitsblätter und die Zusatzmaterialien sind als Webcodes abrufbar.
Pete the Cat builds a playground in New York Times bestselling artist James Dean's Pete the Cat: Construction Destruction. When Pete sees that the playground is in bad shape, he gets a totally groovy idea--make
The first in a stunning action-packed series from one of the writers of THE WIRE. Spero Lucas has a new line of work. Since he returned home after serving in Iraq, he has been doing special investigations for a defence attorney. He's good at it, and he has carved out a niche: recovering stolen property, no questions asked. His cut is 40%. A high-profile crime boss who has heard of Lucas's speciality hires him to find out who has been stealing from his operation. It's the biggest job Lucas has ever been offered, and he quickly gets a sense of what's going on. But before he can close in he tangles with a world of men whose amorality and violence leave him reeling. Is any cut worth your family, your lover, your life? Autorid: George Pelecanos
Language: French, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 140, Publishers: HATIER, Author: Pierre Sève,Stephane Degeorges,Véronique Ansart, ISBN-13: 9782401096738, Date of issue: 2023
"With this edition, we welcome a new coauthor, Rachel Sturm, to the author team. Rachel is a highly accomplished scholar who has received numerous teaching and research awards. We are pleased to have her contribution and insight as we continue to work onthe competing values framework in this edition and in the coming years. Nearly four decades have passed since the competing values framework was originally developed. Becoming a Master Manager was one of the first management development texts to emphasize the importance, not only of a conceptual understanding of managerial skills, but also of the need to practice these skills through learning exercises. Over the intervening decades, management education has shifted decisively in the same direction, wherethe orientation is to learn by doing. A large number of skills-focused managerial texts is the evidence of the value of our original approach"-- Integrating theory and empirical evidence, Becoming a Master helps students and future managers master the dynamics and intricacies of the modern business environment. The text’s unique “competing values framework” provides a deep and holistic understanding of what is required to effectively manage any type of organization. Readers learn to develop and apply critical managerial skills that encourage change, promote adaptability, build stability, maintain continuity, strengthen commitment and cohesion, and yield positive organizational results. The seventh edition features new and revised content throughout, offering students a comprehensive and up-to-date presentation of critical management competencies and their underlying theoretical value intentions and real-life application. Throughout the text, classroom-tested exercises enable students to assess, analyze, practice, and apply the material while gaining insight into the paradoxes and contradictions that make the practice of management so complex. Autorid: Robert E. Quinn, David S. Bright, Rachel E. Sturm
Armed with answers: a short guide to help young Christians defend their faith. The only option is not to hope the ground will open and swallow us up Confident that our faith can stand up to scrutiny, Stephen Nichols has written this short book to help you defend what you believe. The Bible says we should be prepared to give an account of our faith. Its good to be prepared for hard questions. And, if youre a Christian, hard questions are going to come. This compact yet comprehensive guide covers essential topics such as the nature of truth, the existence of God, the problem of evil, and the historical reliability of the New Testament. With academic rigor packaged in accessible language, complex ideas are made understandable and relatable for everyday conversations. Cultivating effective ambassadors for the faith, this book will equip readers to confidently engage with doubters and share the reasons for their hope with clarity and conviction. Contents: Peter, Paul, and Mary: Biblical Foundations for Apologetics Grilled Hot Dogs Need a Hot Dog Griller: Belief in God Makes Sense Old Rocks, Ancient Scrolls, and John Ran on Ahead: You Can Trust the Bible The Way, the Truth, and the Life: Jesus and His Compelling Message Put it all Together: The Gospel The Apologist and the Work of God Appendix A: What Now? Appendix B: Other Books on This Topic Appendix C: Key Biblical Passages for Apologetics Track is a series of books designed to disciple the next generation in the areas of culture, doctrine, and the Christian life. While the topics addressed arent always simple, they are communicated in a manner that is. With the intention of the content being absorbed, examined and applied, each chapter includes a summary of the main point, and reflection questions that can be used individually, in 121 mentoring or in a group setting. Autorid: Stephen J. Nichols
Only in the darkest moments of our lives do the brightest stars appear. An artist, mother, teacher, and rebel, Audrey Flack is counted among the most important American artists of the twentieth century. In With Darkness Came Stars, she recounts and reflects upon a life fully lived. Flack came up in the New York art scene when the city was fast becoming a world arts center. She had a studio in the Bowery and frequented the Cedar Tavern, where she rubbed elbows with Jackson Pollock, Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, and other giants of the Abstract Expressionist movement. After leaving that scene and starting a family, she spearheaded Photorealist painting, alongside the likes of Chuck Close and Richard Estes. Flack has lived a remarkable life, successfully navigating a vibrant and virulently sexist art world, escaping an abusive marriage, and reshaping the rules of art creation in the middle of the twentieth centuryall while raising two children, one with severe autism. Her story is full of strife and striving, but as an artist, Flack has always been able to find the beauty in it. Autorid: Audrey Flack
Almost one hundred years have passed since Walter Lippmann and John Dewey published their famous reflections on the problems of the public, but their thoughts remain surprisingly relevant as resources for thinking through our current crisis-plagued predicament. This book takes stock of the reception history of Lippmanns and Deweys ideas about publics, communication, and political decision-making and shows how their ideas can inspire a way forward. Lippmann and Dewey were only two of many twentieth-century thinkers trying to imagine how a modern industrial democracy might (or might not) come to pass, but despite that, the Lippmann/Dewey debate became a symbol of the two alleged options: an epistocracy, on the one hand, and grassroots participation, on the other. In this book, distinguished scholars from rhetoric, communication, sociology, and media and journalism studies reconsider this debate in order to assess its contemporary relevance for our time, which, in some respects, bears a striking resemblance to the 1920s. In this way, the book explains how and why Lippmann and Dewey are indispensable resources for anyone concerned with the future of democratic deliberation and decision-making. In addition to the editor, the contributors to this volume include Nathan Crick, Robert Danisch, Steve Fuller, William Keith, Bruno Latour, John Durham Peters, Patricia Roberts-Miller, Michael Schudson, Anna Shechtman, Slavko Splichal, Lisa S. Villadsen, and Scott Welsh. Autorid: Kristian Bjørkdahl
Two roommates. One calculus exam. A whole lot of extracurricular activity.Living with four other guys, it's bound to happen.Every guy's been caught taking care of business at least once, right?It shouldn't be a big deal.But I don't know Eric as well as my other roommates, and things are a little awkward now.He's a loner. A mystery. Quietly confident. Smart.Sexy as hell.I've been happily subsisting on the typical frat guy diet of booze and sorority girls.But the way Eric looked at me that night?There was something there.Something that's got me curious.Something that's stirring up feelings I thought I'd left behind for good.Something that's making me think I'm not as straight as I thought I was.I can't get him off of my mind.I don't think I want to.So when he offers to help me study for a midterm, I take him up on it.It's innocent.Probably. Maybe.There's no way I could've known what it'd start...This is a steamy standalone new adult/college mm romance with HEA that unfolds across six episodes following Nate and Eric. Now bundled up in one collection with a bonus episode for a seamless reading experience. 87,000 words.
The Argentinian Aircraft Factory, Fábrica Argentina de Aviones SA (FAdeA), is Argentina's main aircraft manufacturer. Founded in 1927 and located in Córdoba for most of its existence it was known as Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA) until its privatisation in the 1990s when it became part of Lockheed Martin. In 2009, it was renationalised and the company is now once again wholly owned by the Argentine government.Initially, the factory produced aircraft built under licence from companies such as Avro but it is best known for making the first jet fighter aircraft in Latin America: the Pulqui I (1947) and the Pulqui II (1950) under the director of engineers Emile Dewoitine and Kurt Tank respectively. The post World War Two era was a particularly interesting one at the FAdeA with creative and innovative designers such as Reimar Horten being involved with the business.This book is a history of the company and the aircraft it produced from the 1920s to the present day. It covers all the aircraft that were produced by the company, both those built under licence and original designs. It also examines the many projects and prototypes which were developed over the years. For all those with an interest in some of the less well-known aspects of aviation history, this book will be a revelation.
Gottfried Benn (1886-1957) occupies a position in modern German literature often compared to that of T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound in English. This volume presents a comprehensive anthology of the author's finest work-poetry (with the German originals en face), short stories, a scene from one of his plays, essays and autobiographical writings, including a unique insight into the German intellectual metamorphosis before, under and after Hitler. And in a long introduction, the editor, E. B. Ashton, places Benn in the perspective of recent German history and gives an account of his life--a dramatic and moving story in its own right. By profession a physician, Benn was fascinated by the philosophical aspects of many branches of science, and over the years he wrote a number of extraordinary essays in which the poet's intuitive vision was accorded the utmost imaginative freedom.
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Language: French, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 192, Publishers: HATIER, Author: Pierre Sève,Stephane Degeorges,Véronique Ansart, ISBN-13: 9782401096721, Date of issue: 2023
