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Danny is a Superhero-in-Training learning about his most important superpower of all, "The Power to Choose." Written in a "Choose Your Own Story" style, your child will have a blast trying to reach all nine endings. And in the process, they will learn some of life's most important lessons.
The Labyrinth of Power is a book written by a soldier, commander and statesman, who has recorded grand chapters in Israel's struggle for security and peace. Danny Yatom filled a number of senior, sensitive and classified positions in the security forces and in the civil service; from soldier and commander in the Israeli commando to Major General in the IDF, director of the Mossad and Head of the Military-Political staff at the Prime Minister's bureau. Yatom oversaw operations that were crucial for the State of Israel's security, and was one of the main partners in the diplomatic negotiations in which Israel participated in the last decades in an effort to achieve peace. Throughout his life Y...
Superagent David Falk -- the man who called the shots for some of the greatest heroes in the history of basketball -- reveals the innovative business secrets that catapulted him to the top of his game. David Falk is the most successful agent in the game of basketball. He has represented more NBA first-round draft selections, lottery picks, Rookies-of-the-Year, and All-Stars than anyone else in the business. He changed the NBA's entire salary structure with a unique approach to negotiations that garnered some of the biggest contracts in league history, including Alonzo Mourning's $100-plus million contract with the Miami Heat -- the first ever in professional sports. His groundbreaking Nike d...
Facing a lawsuit against their father’s marina, Danny and Michael Peters are looking for legal papers when Michael discovers a gun, along with news clippings of the shooting of Rochelle Bea, Danny’s girlfriend from ten years ago. The gun is owned by their older brother Norman, and Michael and Danny agree to get rid of it. While Danny is at the hospital visiting his father, who was in car accident, he runs into Rochelle, who tells Danny she has moved on. Danny also learns that there has been a break-in at the marina, and in the confusion, Michael has shot Norman with the gun he and Danny found. And the three brothers could be facing jail time if the police match the gun that shot Rochelle to Norman’s wounds. With buried treasure, a little mystery, a woman who believes the troublesome gun has magical powers, and a kiss that stings Danny’s heart, Dennis Boisvert’s The Sting of the Love Bee is a play that will keep readers on the edge of their seat.
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This book reveals the profound impact that our purchasing-obsessed culture has on our children and argues that corporate marketing to youth has reshaped the experience of childhood into something that is prefabricated. Top scholars in education, sociology, and cultural studies contribute insightful essays that students, parents, and educators will find entertaining and disturbing. This third edition is thoroughly updated with examinations of the icons that shape the values and consciousness of today's children, including Twilight, Barbie, hip-hop, Disney, McDonald's, and many more.
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl became the focus of international concern when he was kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Pakistan while investigating a story. News of his brutal murder in February 2002 was universally denounced, a tragic loss of a good man and a compassionate journalist who was at home anywhere in the world. At Home in the World celebrates Pearl's life through 50 of his best stories. Edited by his longtime friend and colleague, Helene Cooper, At Home in the World gives testimony to Mr. Pearl's extraordinary skill as a writer and to his talent for friendship and collaboration. With datelines from the United States and abroad, the articles showcase a dogged reporter ...
Kasper Wise has a goal of running the 1600 meters in the low four twenties, to gain an athletic college scholarship that will pay for his college-but he attends a small country school, with his two brothers and cousin, that has no history of developing outstanding distance runners. Then Kasper finds he can gain admittance to a major university, if he can excel on a physics examination the school offers. He devotes much of his time studying for this very difficult test and then he must push his body to its physical limits in running everyday. Examining their training regimen and methods to solve physics problems gets detailed attention. The community, confronted by some adverse activities and a stalker following the team's one girl distance runner, leads Kasper into situations that threatens and interferes with his running and studies. Kasper must use his knowledge of the German language to confront a situation and brute intelligence to solve a coded message for an English assignment. Kasper is constantly being pushed to his limits to complete his goals and juggle his limited resources available.
Looks at the history of radio broadcasting as an aspect of American culture, and discusses social tensions, radio formats, and the roles of African Americans and women
A botched Tuxedo Park robbery attempt with Clearsands cronies Peter Cooper, Frank Baldwin, and Gilbert Glough posing as early morning DPW garbagemen, initiated by Clearsands CEO, Daniel Crosswell, to fund cocaine into the states has awake and wandering, sleep apnea, one hundred and fifty million in cash and bond asset Richard Anthony Southwick murdered during the home invasion. When greed clouds the cronies' judgment they steal the garbage truck compacted cash and bond assets with the Clearsands helicopter crashing into Reeves Meadow Remo house nine miles away killing Craig Remo and his young son Jason. This one act of defiance resonates throughout the Clearsands hierarchy, tipping the very axis by which Clearsands has operated unscathed for so many years shredding the very fabric of its existence.