"True North" shows how anyone who follows their internal compass can become an authentic leader. This leadership tour de force is based on research and first-person interviews with 125 of today's top leaders - with some surprising results. In this important book, acclaimed former Medtronic CEO Bill George and co-author Peter Sims share the wisdom ...
"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." With those words, millions of readers were introduced to Stephen King's Roland - an implacable gunslinger in search of the enigmatic Dark Tower, powering his way through a dangerous land filled with ancient technology and deadly magic. Now, in a comic book personally overseen ...
It's the return of the best-selling comic book series, inspired by Stephen King's epic "The Dark Tower"! Gunslinger Roland Deschain has seen the death of his lover Susan Delgado. And the Big Coffin Hunters who burned her at the stake are now in pursuit of Roland and his ka-tet Cuthbert and Alain. The friends are forced to flee into the desert with ...
Written in an informal colloquial style, this student-friendly "Principles of Microeconomics" textbook does not sacrifice intellectual depth in its quest for accessibility. The author's primary concern is to instill "economic sensibility" in the student. Colander emphasizes the intellectual and historical context to which the economic models are ...
There is more to "Environment, 4e" by Raven and Berg than what you see in this text. An enhanced book-specific Web site will help you further examine critical environmental issues. The Web site offers a variety of activities to help you succeed in your course and additional tools that will help you make environmentally responsible choices. Online ...
Practice the math skills you'll need for success in other college courses and in your daily life with COLLEGE ALGEBRA, the textbook that has helped hundreds of thousands of students excel in the algebra course. Over 400 worked examples include authors' notes, which explain the steps involved in the problem-solving process. Review Exercises, ...
Get the grade you want in algebra with Gustafson and Frisk's "Beginning and Intermediate Algebra"! Written with you in mind, the authors provide clear, no-nonsense explanations that will help you learn difficult concepts with ease. This book helps you prepare for exams with numerous resources located online and throughout the text such as online ...
This highly visual survey of American history introduces students to the key features of American political, social, and economic history in an exciting format designed to ignite students passion to know history. The Teaching & Learning Classroom Edition of the highly successful The American Journey provides students with the most help available ...
Adapted for younger audiences, a new edition of the bestselling classic, The Light and the Glory. The authors recount key events in early American history from the time of Columbus' voyage to George Washington's election without forfeiting any of the historical significance, truthfulness, dramatic appeal, or spirituality of the original. Includes ...
The ka-tet of Roland, Alain, and Cuthbert have returned safely to their home in Gilead. But all is not well. Roland has kept the evil Maerlyn's Grapefruit and has become obsessed with peering into its pinkish depths despite the deadly toll it's taken on his health. And what the young gunslinger sees brings him the darkest of nightmares. Meanwhile, ...
The text is designed primarily for a one semester survey course in general economics. It has also been successfully used in M.B.A. economics courses and in Master's courses in economic education.The Economic Way of Thinking develops the basic principles of micro- and macroeconomic analysis, and rigorously employs them as tools rather than ends ...
Lively writing and beautiful full-color photographs provide a brief history of treehouses from the time of Rome's Caligula to Queen Victoria. The stories of dozens of treehouses and their builders parallel how-to instructions and a photo-essay centerpiece of the author's 200 sq.ft. octagonal treehouse in Canada.
A lively text bring this noble species of birds to life. This volume covers the 23 most common diurnal raptors of North America identified by body shape, habitat, and movement. 92 illustrations. 173 photos.
From Ativan to Zoloft, Effexor to Prozac, this work describes at the dangers of psychiatric medication, and offers guidance on how to safely stop taking them. When first published in 1999, "Your Drug May Be Your Problem" was ahead of its time. The only book to provide an uncensored description of the dangers involved in taking every kind of ...
In "From Sea to Shining Sea" history buffs are transported back to the post-revolutionary era to discover how God intervened on behalf of a struggling nation. This fast-paced, absorbing narrative and sequel to the bestselling "The Light and the Glory" covers that fragile time in America's history from 1787 to 1837 when a newborn nation faced ...
Get the grade you want in algebra with Gustafson and Frisk's "Beginning Algebra"! Written with you in mind, the authors provide clear, no-nonsense explanations that will help you learn difficult concepts with ease. This book helps you prepare for exams with numerous resources located online and throughout the text such as online tutoring, Chapter ...
Linux Journal Readers' Choice Awards 2008 Favorite Linux Book, Honorable Mention. http://www.linuxjournal.com "...this one (Ubuntu Linux book) is at the head of the pack for getting started with your penguin experience..." --Tom Duff "Benjamin Mako Hill et al. have produced an excellent book that speaks to everyone who uses or is considering ...
The American Journey, a cornerstone series for the U.S. History market, successfully blends the coverage of political and social histories of our great nation throughout the series. With this focus, the authors show that our attempt to live up to our American ideals is an ongoing journey. This journey, while still a work in progress, is ...
Get the grade you want in algebra with Gustafson and Frisk's "Intermediate Algebra"! Written with you in mind, the authors provide clear, no-nonsense explanations that will help you learn difficult concepts with ease. Prepare for exams with numerous resources located online and throughout the text such as online tutoring, Chapter Summaries, Self ...
During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, television, air travel and satellites has woven a network of communications which puts each part of the world into almost instant contact with all the other parts. Yet, in spite of this world-wide system of linkages, there is, at every moment, a general feeling that communication is ...
Drawing heavily from Bloom's Taxonomy, this new book helps teachers understand and implement a standards-based curriculum. An extraordinary group of cognitive psychologists, curriculum specialists, teacher-educators, and researchers have developed a two-dimensional framework, focusing on knowledge and cognitive processes, that defines what ...
To know history is to love history--This highly visual survey of U.S. History introduces students to the key features of American political, social, and economic history in a exciting new format designed to ignite in students a passion to know and love history the way that their professors do. The Teaching & Learning Classroom edition of the ...
Did Columbus believe that God called him west to undiscovered lands? Does American democracy owe its inception to the handful of Pilgrims that settled at Plymouth? If, indeed, there was a specific, divine call upon this nation, is it still valid today? The Light and the Glory answers these questions and many more for history buffs. As readers ...
Extensively revised and updated, this authoritative biochemistry text is known worldwide for its comprehensive and up-to-date coverage. Extensively illustrated and user-friendly, the text offers examples of how knowledge of biochemistry is essential for understanding the molecular basis of health and disease. The 26th edition also features ...
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