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Teens Talk About Leadership and Activism
In this compilation of real stories, teens will read first-person accounts of young adults finding their way as leaders and activists. The volume offers narratives that deal with topics including the profound influence a teacher has on a student, the importance of teamwork while participating in an artistic performance, and the impact that attending a rally against genocide has on a young adult. Each story is written with an earnestness that is sure to move readers as it reveals the passion of these teens learning more about the world and themselves.
Jeff Bezos and Amazon
This insightful work combines Jeff Bezos's life story, beginning in 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with the creation of Amazon, in 1995, and its rise as the largest online retailer in the world. Bezos's zeal and tirelessness has seen Amazon through the inevitable ups and downs that come with building a start-uptaking it from a garage and turning it into a worldwide powerhouse. Although Bezos has wide-ranging interests and investments today, Amazon remains the cornerstone of his work life, and he is determined to keep his company at the forefront of technological and commercial innovation. The narrative includes captivating sidebars on Bezos's life and innovations, and fact sheets on his life and the company. A timeline helps readers glean pertinent facts about Bezos and Amazon quickly.
Jane Lynch
After years of theater, film, and television work, actress Jane Lynch has reached icon status. Her portrayal of Sue Sylvester on Glee has led to Emmy and Golden Globe Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a wax figure at Madame Tussaud's. She has hosted TrevorLIVE, a fund-raiser for crisis intervention services for LGBT youths. This revealing volume describes Lynch's endeavors to raise awareness of marriage equality, the bullying of LGBT teens, the Ban Bossy campaign to encourage girls to take leadership roles in their community, and Project Angel Food, which provides food to people with AIDS.
Vincent Van Gogh
This biography details Vincent van Gogh's life, challenges, and artistic masterpieces.
Cybercitizenship
Data from a July 2011 study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project showed that 95 percent of teens were online and 80 percent used social networking sites. No matter what platform they use, Web site they visit, or device they own, it's important that teens follow certain rules of the road as they're traveling through cyberspace. Good cybercitizens know both their rights and responsibilities when interacting online, and they stick to a code of conduct that makes a clear distinction between proper and improper behavior. In this narrative, aligned to reading standards for literacy in technical subjects, readers learn that this code of conduct is known as ethics and that it will help them make smart and safe decisions while online. The volume offers them tips about safeguarding online privacy and their identity, enhancing their digital footprints, understanding plagiarism and piracy, and using etiquette and courtesy in the online world.
How to Beat Psychological Bullying
Examines psychological bullying, describing specific steps targets can take to avoid this type of bullying, and provides examples of specific psychological bullying tactics, how people become psychological bullies and victims, proactive methods for handling and overcoming problem situations, including those for bystanders, and more.
Smart Strategies for Sharing, Subletting, and Renting an Apartment
Moving into one's own apartment is one of life's most important milestones, yet it is one fraught with pitfalls. Readers of this guide will get lots of insider tips about how to make smart decisions that will put them in a great living space at a price that will not jeopardize their financial health. They will learn all about leases and subletting agreements, security deposits, budgeting for monthly rent, dividing bill-paying responsibilities with roommates, and managing disputes with landlords. No one who is just starting out should begin an apartment search before reading this guide cover to cover.
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was a bold and brutal adventurer who was the first European to find an all-sea route to India. Along the way, he made contact with local people in South Africa, Mozambique, and the Indian kingdom of Calicut. Though revered in his time for helping Portugal become a powerful force on the world stage, da Gama is also remembered as a controversial figure for his forceful and cruel behavior in Africa and India. This warts-and-all biography identifies da Gama’s achievements while also offering an unsparing examination of the darker aspects of his life and legacy.
Michigan Ensian
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The World Café
The World Cafe is a flexible, easy-to-use process for fostering collaborative dialogue, sharing mutual knowledge, and discovering new opportunities for action. Based on living systems thinking, this innovative approach creates dynamic networks of conversation that can catalyze an organization or community's own collective intelligence around its most important questions. Filled with stories of actual Cafe dialogues in business, education, government, and community organizations across the globe, this uniquely crafted book demonstrates how the World Cafe can be adapted to any setting or culture. Examples from such varied organizations as Hewlett-Packard, American Society for Quality, the nation of Singapore, the University of Texas, and many others, demonstrate the process in action. Along with its seven core design principles, The World Cafe offers practical tips for hosting "conversations that matter" in groups of any size- strengthening both personal relationships and people's capacity to shape the future together.
