Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Go Free or Die
Author: Jeri FerrisPublisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 0822535459
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
For the first twenty-eight years of her life. Harriet Tubman lived as a slave on a southern plantation. Finally, with the help of a Quaker woman, she was able to escape to Philadelphia by way of the Underground Railroad. After her escape, Harriet began her quest to help free other slaves. Over a ten-year period she led more than three hundred people through the Underground Railroad. In Go Free or Die, young readers will learn about this courageous woman who refused to be a slave and who fought for freedom for everyone.
The Discovery of the Americas
Author: Betsy MaestroPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0688115128
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
"The Maestros do a real service here in presenting the more familiar explorers in the context of all the migrations that have populated the Western Hemisphere....An outstanding introduction."--Kirkus Reviews. "The dazzlingly clean and accurate prose and the exhilarating beauty of the pictures combine for an extraordinary achievement in both history and art."--School Library Journal.
Abe Lincoln Grows Up
Author: Carl SandburgPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Adapted from the author's Abraham Lincoln: the prairie years, this narrative covers Lincoln's early life, up until he left home at age nineteen.
The Giver
Author: Lois LowryPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054434068X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. This movie tie-in edition features cover art from the movie and exclusive Q&A with members of the cast, including Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites and Cameron Monaghan.
EMPOWERED
Author: Marty CaganPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119691257
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
"Great teams are comprised of ordinary people that are empowered and inspired. They are empowered to solve hard problems in ways their customers love yet work for their business. They are inspired with ideas and techniques for quickly evaluating those ideas to discover solutions that work: they are valuable, usable, feasible and viable. This book is about the idea and reality of "achieving extraordinary results from ordinary people". Empowered is the companion to Inspired. It addresses the other half of the problem of building tech products?how to get the absolute best work from your product teams. However, the book's message applies much more broadly than just to product teams. Inspired was aimed at product managers. Empowered is aimed at all levels of technology-powered organizations: founders and CEO's, leaders of product, technology and design, and the countless product managers, product designers and engineers that comprise the teams. This book will not just inspire companies to empower their employees but will teach them how. This book will help readers achieve the benefits of truly empowered teams"--
Update 12-6, Military Occupational Classification and Structure, Issue No. 6, June 26, 1995
Author: Multidisciplinary Units for Grades 6-8
Author: Susan Pauline O'HaraPublisher: ISTE (Interntl Soc Tech Educ
ISBN: 9781564842060
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Contains multidisciplinary units featuring the use of computer and other educational technologies and based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Students devised by ISTE.
The Unchained Book
Author: Nicklas PadrunsPublisher:
ISBN: 1521338957
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Part 1 // Scene 1 to 7 In the Plaetscher publishing company, an unscrupulous team leader is on the rampage. Amidst this adversity, an employee begins to spread rumours. Was the death of a female employee, just a few years earlier, really a suicide? Part 2 // Scene 8 to 14 These hints also awaken the interest of the publisher. Plaetscher ponders more carefully what he remembers. He comes upon a new interpretation of a statement made by the deceased woman, and he gets closer to the truth. Part 3 // Scene 15 to 21 Relations between the deceased employee and the ruthless team leader were initially friendly. Insults, breaches of trust and despair then led to an extreme turn of events. Who bears how much of the blame?
Writing Lesson Level 6--Organizing the Writer's Notebook
Author: Richard Gentry, Ph.D.Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1480778079
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Incorporate writing instruction in your classroom as an essential element of literacy development while implementing best practices. Simplify the planning of writing instruction and become familiar with the Common Core State Standards of Writing.
Author: A. P. Way