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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
"Great by Choice" distinguishes itself from Collins's prior work by its focus not just on performance, but also on the type of unstable environments faced by leaders today. With a team of more than twenty researchers, Collins and Hansen studied companies that rose to greatness--beating their industry indexes by a minimum of ten times over fifteen years--in environments characterized by big forces and rapid shifts that leaders could not predict or...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sources. The men and women of the Red Army, a ragtag mass of soldiers, confronted Europe's most lethal fighting force and by 1945 had defeated it. Sixty years have passed since their epic triumph, but the heart and mind of Ivan--as the ordinary Russian soldier was called--remain a mystery. We know something about how the soldiers died, but...
3) Cat's cradle
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the Publisher: Cat's Cradle is Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist; a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer; and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
©2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Join Emily, Roger and their friends as they spend a wonderful year in Kindergarten. Each day, Miss Cribbage has something new for them to learn, like new songs, counting, writing poetry. Each month features a new theme: fall, festivals, music.
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A riveting, must-read, year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what's really going on behind school doors, by New York Times bestselling author and education expert Alexandra Robbins Alexandra Robbins goes behind the scenes to tell the true, sometimes shocking, always inspirational stories of three teachers as they navigate a year in the classroom. She follows Penny, a southern middle school math teacher who...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"The name Waterloo has become synonymous with final, crushing defeat. Now this legendary battle is re-created in a groundbreaking book by an eminent British military historian making his major American debut. Revealing how and why Napoleon fell in Belgium in June 1815, The Battle of Waterloo definitively clears away the fog that has, over time, obscured the truth." "With fresh details and interpretations, Jeremy Black places Waterloo within the context...
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