| In the Shadow of Greatness: Voices of Leadership, Sacrifice, and Service from America's Longest War Publication Date: August 15, 2012They were walking to class on 9/11 when the World Trade Center and Pentagon were struck. These midshipmen were soon to graduate from the Naval Academy into a nation at war, the first officers to do so since Vietnam. The men and women of the Class of 2002 lost their youth to a decade of deployments and their innocence on battlefields in distant places. Each story provides a glimpse into the lives of modern day Navy or Marine Corps officers who were faced with unique challenges and sacrifices. Their stories poignantly explain the trials of war and reveal a worl...
| | Dare Me: A Novel Publication Date: July 31, 2012Addy Hanlon has always been Beth Cassidy's best friend and trusted lieutenant. Beth calls the shots and Addy carries them out, a long-established order of things that has brought them to the pinnacle of their high-school careers. Now they're seniors who rule the intensely competitive cheer squad, feared and followed by the other girls -- until the young new coach arrives.Cool and commanding, an emissary from the adult world just beyond their reach, Coach Colette French draws Addy and the other cheerleaders into her life. Only Beth, unsettled by the new regime, ...
| | Washington Square Publication Date: April 27, 2011This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works. ...
| | Middlepost Release Date: April 8, 1989A tragic-comic first novel set in South Africa at the turn of the century. The novel's hero emigrates from Lithuania because of anti-semitism. He arrives in South Africa and encounters a culture full of contradictions, peopled by bizarre and colourful characters: Breedt and Quinn, foes from the recent Boer War, locked in a silent battle of wills; April, their Shakespeare-spouting slave; Nakosa, the Bushgirl with extra breasts; Gommie, the half-caste who rises from the dead only to die again; the Scuteris, travelling opera singers-cum-barbers who bring a day of magi...
| | Romeo and Juliet (The Annotated Shakespeare) Publication Date: July 11, 2004| ISBN-10: 0300104537 | ISBN-13: 978-0300104530Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most read and beloved of all stage works. Now the most extensively annotated version of the play to date makes it completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. The new edition is a rich resource for students, teachers, and the general reader.Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annota...
| | How to Bake an American Pie Release Date: May 22, 2007| Age Level: 4 and upHow do you bake an American pie?Preheat the world until fiery hot with a hunger and thirst to be free. Now find a giant melting pot on the shores of a great shining sea. From the bestselling author of Bear Snores On comes a remarkable recipe for America. Including a dash of purple mountain majesties, cupfuls of courage, and a pinch of liberty, this beautifully illustrated combination of ingredients yields an irresistible treat that promises plenty of servings for children everywhere. ...
| | Chicken, Pig, Cow and the Class Pet Publication Date: May 19, 2011| Age Level: 2 and up...
| | Curious Baby Awake/Asleep Cloth Book (Curious George) (Curious Baby Curious George) Publication Date: October 25, 2010| Grade Level: P and up...
| | Another Tree In The Yard Publication Date: September 2004| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up WHAT could possibly make a beautiful magnolia tree so upset in the springtime of her life? Perhaps the arrival of another (a brother) tree who comes to stay beside her and steals all of the attention...Another Tree in the Yard is the story of sibling resentment and eventual love, uniquely told through two trees in a yard. "Maggie", a beloved magnolia tree, stands in the center of the Soto family's life. They enjoy having her so much that they decide to get another tree: "Figaro". So begins the jealousy that is comm...
| | Tropical Rainforests Release Date: August 24, 2010| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: K and upTropical rainforests are home to brilliantly colored birds and spider monkeys that swing like acrobats. Here, tiny tadpoles, lizards, and crabs live in sky-high penthouse mini-ponds formed in the leaves of rootless plants. The understory and forest floor swarm with insects, worms, frogs, toads, and millions of marching army ants. But beware! There are poisonous butterflies, frogs, and insects; venomous snakes; and plants that can paralyze. Now, you can enter this wild world! Award-winning science writer Seymour Sim...
| | Getting to Know Italy and Italian Publication Date: February 4, 1993| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
| | African Americans and the Civil War (Civil War: A Nation Divided) Publication Date: May 1, 2009| Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up...
| | How To Do Homework Without Throwing Up Publication Date: June 13, 2012| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up If homework makes you uneasy or queasy, this book is for you. Author Trevor Romain understands how horrible homework can be. And he knows how you can do yours without throwing up. As you laugh along with Trevor's jokes and cartoons, you'll learn important homework truths. So don't avoid this book (it's NOT your homework). Read it. Try the ideas in it. They really work! ...
| | Amazing Grace Publication Date: June 1993Grace loves to act out stories. When her school decides to do "Peter Pan", Grace longs to play Peter, but classmates say that Peter was a boy, and besides, he wasn't black. But her mum says she can do anything if she puts her mind to it. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition....
| | Who Said What?: Philosophy Quotes for Teens Publication Date: April 9, 2009WHO SAID WHAT? PHILOSOPHY QUOTES FOR TEENS. Add your wisdom to the wisdom of the ages. Compare what everybody said to what you think about life, sex, anger, love, work, money, depression, drugs, popularity, school, parents, friends, loneliness, joy. "Thought-provoking guide." SLJ --This text refers to the Paperback edition....
| | Corporate Tides: The Inescapable Laws of Organizational Structure Publication Date: January 1, 1996The bestselling author of The Path of Least Resistance shows business men and women how to recognize the roots of their organization's failure, and build a healthy structure from the bottom up. Nationally acclaimed business consultant Robert Fritz outlines the basic laws of structure that determine a coporation's ultimate success or failure. ...
| | Coins and Currency: An Historical Encyclopedia Publication Date: August 26, 2003| ISBN-10: 0786414502 | ISBN-13: 978-0786414505Throughout history, money has developed along with society. During ancient times currency took many forms, including such varied items as beaver skins and sea salt blocks. As societies made technological and artistic advancements, their monetary systems and currencies advanced as well. Today, coins and currency are an important part of the historical and archaeological record, providing information regarding the culture, religion, interests, and major leaders of societies throughout the world. This reference ...
| | Frontiers in Statistics Publication Date: July 17, 2006| ISBN-10: 1860946984 | ISBN-13: 978-1860946981During the last two decades, many areas of statistical inference have experienced phenomenal growth. This book presents a timely analysis and overview of some of these new developments and a contemporary outlook on the various frontiers of statistics. Eminent leaders in the field have contributed 16 review articles and 6 research articles covering areas including semi-parametric models, data analytical nonparametric methods, statistical learning, network tomography, longitudinal data analysis, financial econome...
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| | Sport as a Business: International, Professional and Commercial Aspects Release Date: June 15, 2011| ISBN-10: 0230249256 | ISBN-13: 978-0230249257Sport has a number of distinctive characteristics which impact on the extent of its globalization. This book seeks to gain a deeper understanding of the unique development in sports, its governance, its logic of co-creation of value and the advancement of the industry towards internationalisation, professionalisation and commercialisation. ...
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