Download or read book A Wedding for Wiglaf written by Kate McMullan and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the headmaster of the Dragon Slayers' Academy hears that Princess Belcheena will pay the matchmaker who finds her a husband, he decides that Wiglaf is the perfect candidate.
Download or read book Faith the Cinderella Fairy written by Daisy Meadows and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Happily Ever After? Once upon a time, Rachel and Kirsty were excited to attend the special Fairy Tale Festival at TipTop Castle. But when Jack Frost steals the Fairytale Fairies' magic items, stories everywhere get all jumbled up. Even worse, characters from inside the books are coming to life and finding their way into the human world! Rachel and Kirsty are headed to a Fairy Tale-themed ball. But first, they have to track down Faith's magic glass slipper-or the dance will be a disaster, and Cinderella will be stranded! Find the special fairy object in each book and help save the Fairy Tale Magic!
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily written by Katie Forgette and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wit of Oscar Wilde meets the cunning of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when Wilde brings his dear friend, Lillie Langtry, to Baker Street. Someone has stolen the highly intimate letters Lillie exchanged with the Prince of Wales, and now she is being blackmailed. Only Holmes can solve the case, going so far as to disguise himself as an early version of Lady Bracknell from Wilde's latest play, The Importance of Being Forthright, while Watson falls head-over-heels for the Jersey Lily and a wicked professor attempts to bring the Crown to its knees.
Download or read book Winter Wonderettes written by Roger Bean and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wonderettes are back! This seasonal celebration finds the girls entertaining at the annual Harper's Hardware Holiday Party. When Santa turns up missing, the girls use their talent and creative ingenuity to save the holiday party! Featuring great 60s versions of holiday classics such as "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," "Jingle Bell Rock," "Run, Rudolph, Run," and "Winter Wonderland," the result is, of course, marvelous! This energetic and glittering holiday package is guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages. "A scrumptious confection!" -Backstage
Download or read book From the Ground Up written by Howard Schultz and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-01-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the longtime CEO and chairman of Starbucks, a bold, dramatic work about the new responsibilities that leaders, businesses, and citizens share in American society today—as viewed through the intimate lens of one man’s life and work. What do we owe one another? How do we channel our drive, ingenuity, even our pain, into something more meaningful than individual success? And what is our duty in the places where we live, work, and play? These questions are at the heart of the American journey. They are also ones that Howard Schultz has grappled with personally since growing up in the Brooklyn housing projects and while building Starbucks from eleven stores into one of the world’s most iconic brands. In From the Ground Up, Schultz looks for answers in two interwoven narratives. One story shows how his conflicted boyhood—including experiences he has never before revealed—motivated Schultz to become the first in his family to graduate from college, then to build the kind of company his father, a working-class laborer, never had a chance to work for: a business that tries to balance profit and human dignity. A parallel story offers a behind-the-scenes look at Schultz’s unconventional efforts to challenge old notions about the role of business in society. From health insurance and free college tuition for part-time baristas to controversial initiatives about race and refugees, Schultz and his team tackled societal issues with the same creativity and rigor they applied to changing how the world consumes coffee. Throughout the book, Schultz introduces a cross-section of Americans transforming common struggles into shared successes. In these pages, lost youth find first jobs, aspiring college students overcome the yoke of debt, post-9/11 warriors replace lost limbs with indomitable spirit, former coal miners and opioid addicts pave fresh paths, entrepreneurs jump-start dreams, and better angels emerge from all corners of the country. From the Ground Up is part candid memoir, part uplifting blueprint of mutual responsibility, and part proof that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. At its heart, it’s an optimistic, inspiring account of what happens when we stand up, speak out, and come together for purposes bigger than ourselves. Here is a new vision of what can be when we try our best to lead lives through the lens of humanity. “Howard Schultz’s story is a clear reminder that success is not achieved through individual determination alone, but through partnership and community. Howard’s commitment to both have helped him build one of the world’s most recognized brands. It will be exciting to see what he accomplishes next.”—Bill Gates
Download or read book Blueprint Reading Basics written by Warren Hammer and published by Industrial Press Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A best selling text and self-training manual.
Download or read book Fighter in Velvet Gloves written by Annie Boochever and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2019-02-16 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “No Natives or Dogs Allowed,” blared the storefront sign at Elizabeth Peratrovich, then a young Alaska Native Tlingit. The sting of those words would stay with her all her life. Years later, after becoming a seasoned fighter for equality, she would deliver her own powerful message: one that helped change Alaska and the nation forever. In 1945, Peratrovich stood before the Alaska Territorial Legislative Session and gave a powerful speech about her childhood and her experiences being treated as a second-class citizen. Her heartfelt testimony led to the passing of the landmark Alaska Anti-Discrimination Act, America’s first civil rights legislation. Today, Alaska celebrates Elizabeth Peratrovich Day every February 16, and she will be honored on the gold one-dollar coin in 2020. Annie Boochever worked with Elizabeth’s eldest son, Roy Peratrovich Jr., to bring Elizabeth’s story to life in the first book written for young teens on this remarkable Alaska Native woman.
Download or read book Living Beyond Your Lifetime written by Mike Huckabee and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether in politics, marriage, education or business, what matters most is what lasts beyond the immediate to the ultimate. Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee encourages readers to develop a worldview that looks beyond one's lifetime. He explores the legacy being left by the culture in politics as well as various expressions of art and media.
Download or read book Power Ambition Glory written by Steve Forbes and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on an extraordinary collaboration between Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO, and editor in chief of Forbes Media, and classics professor John Prevas, Power Ambition Glory provides intriguing comparisons between six great leaders of the ancient world and contemporary business leaders. • Great leaders not only have vision but know how to build structures to effect it. Cyrus the Great did so in creating an empire based on tolerance and inclusion, an approach highly unusual for his or any age. Jack Welch and John Chambers built their business empires using a similar approach, and like Cyrus, they remain the exceptions rather than the rule. • Great leaders know how to build consensus and motivate by doing what is right rather than what is in their self-interest. Xenophon put personal gain aside to lead his fellow Greeks out of a perilous situation in Persia–something very similar to what Lou Gerstner and Anne Mulcahy did in rescuing IBM and Xerox. • Character matters in leadership. Alexander the Great had exceptional leadership skills that enabled him to conquer the eastern half of the ancient world, but he was ultimately destroyed by his inability to manage his phenomenal success. The corporate world is full of similar examples, such as the now incarcerated Dennis Kozlowski, who, flush with success at the head of his empire, was driven down the highway of self-destruction by an out-of-control ego. • A great leader is one who challenges the conventional wisdom of the day and is able to think out of the box to pull off amazing feats. Hannibal did something no one in the ancient world thought possible; he crossed the Alps in winter to challenge Rome for control of the ancient world. That same innovative way of thinking enabled Serge Brin and Larry Page of Google to challenge and best two formidable competitors, Microsoft and Yahoo! • A leader must have ambition to succeed, and Julius Caesar had plenty of it. He set Rome on the path to empire, but his success made him believe he was a living god and blinded him to the dangers that eventually did him in. The parallels with corporate leaders and Wall Street master-of-the-universe types are numerous, but none more salient than Hank Greenberg, who built the AIG insurance empire only to be struck down at the height of his success by the corporate daggers of his directors. • And finally, leadership is about keeping a sane and modest perspective in the face of success and remaining focused on the fundamentals–the nuts and bolts of making an organization work day in and day out. Augustus saved Rome from dissolution after the assassination of Julius Caesar and ruled it for more than forty years, bringing the empire to the height of its power. What made him successful were personal humility, attention to the mundane details of building and maintaining an infrastructure, and the understanding of limits. Augustus set Rome on a course of prosperity and stability that lasted for centuries, just as Alfred Sloan, using many of the same approaches, built GM into the leviathan that until recently dominated the automotive business.
Download or read book Elementals written by Jared Files and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the near future, much of the globe wages war against the virtaiyu: a high-tech alien race ? and humanity?s greatest threat. Drafted alongside all other seventeen-year-old males, Kaiba Cassidy prepares for the battlefront and struggles with leaving behind everything he has ever known. Simultaneously, Nassira Arujo works desperately in the Brazilian rainforest to keep her family?s refugee camp safe, and Emily Sursten tries to convince herself that the bliss of Australia can last. Kaiba, Nassira and Emily have no idea that their fates are intertwined until each discovers an Elemental Sphere: a mysterious orb that fuses to their bodies and bestows the capability to control an element of nature. But the trio finds that their new powers come with unexpected consequences, and if they are to keep themselves and their loved ones safe, they will have to fight to prevent the elements from falling into the wrong hands while maintaining their humanity in the process?
Download or read book Wondrous Creatures written by Dean Jacobs and published by Travel 4 Life. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blue Ribbon Story written by Robert L. Kravitz and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about an entrepreneur who turns an underperforming school into a nationally recognized school. Using business models, he increases test scores, increases morale among staff, children and parents, and lowers his budget. In this book Mr. Kravitz also shares his vision for what is wrong with our educational system and what steps need to be taken to change. This book is like having a conversation with an educator at a party and listening to all the stories you have always wanted to hear. It is a easy read and will make you think as to where this country needs to go to educate our next generation.
Download or read book Dawn s Revenge written by L. D. Sledge and published by Art Universe. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Chandler is a down-and-out lawyer living in the New Orleans French Quarter. He stumbles on a conspiracy involving the brutal rape and murder of his housekeeper's daughter, Dawn. He, himself, becomes a target. A page turner of danger, romance, and voodoo magic that will keep you up and turning the pages to fdiscover the exciting twist at the end.
