Author: John R. Brooks
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1615662995
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
In book three of the Bobby Bright series, the world's first talking Christmas tree light bulb faces his greatest challenge ever. The McGillicuddys are going to Spain this Christmas to visit their nine-year old grandson, Remington-and Bobby Bright, the world's most amazing and magical Christmas tree light bulb, is also determined to go. Find out how Bobby smuggles himself and his family of bulbs to Madrid. Cheer for Remington when he becomes lost in the dark streets of Madrid and only Bobby and a strange homeless woman can save him.Bobby Bright Spends Christmas in Spainexplores the famous attractions of Madrid and allows young readers to learn unique Spanish Christmas traditions and special Spanish words. Join Remington, Bobby, and all the bulbs as they celebrate the twelve days of Christmas, attend a fantastic party, and see one of the biggest parades in the world. Then, when it's time for the McGillicuddys to return home to America, discover the shocking news that could change Remington's life forever, and gives Bobby and his bulb family a chance to have their greatest year ever.
Bobby Bright Spends Christmas in Spain
Author: John R. Brooks
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1615662995
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
In book three of the Bobby Bright series, the world's first talking Christmas tree light bulb faces his greatest challenge ever. The McGillicuddys are going to Spain this Christmas to visit their nine-year old grandson, Remington-and Bobby Bright, the world's most amazing and magical Christmas tree light bulb, is also determined to go. Find out how Bobby smuggles himself and his family of bulbs to Madrid. Cheer for Remington when he becomes lost in the dark streets of Madrid and only Bobby and a strange homeless woman can save him.Bobby Bright Spends Christmas in Spainexplores the famous attractions of Madrid and allows young readers to learn unique Spanish Christmas traditions and special Spanish words. Join Remington, Bobby, and all the bulbs as they celebrate the twelve days of Christmas, attend a fantastic party, and see one of the biggest parades in the world. Then, when it's time for the McGillicuddys to return home to America, discover the shocking news that could change Remington's life forever, and gives Bobby and his bulb family a chance to have their greatest year ever.
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1615662995
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
In book three of the Bobby Bright series, the world's first talking Christmas tree light bulb faces his greatest challenge ever. The McGillicuddys are going to Spain this Christmas to visit their nine-year old grandson, Remington-and Bobby Bright, the world's most amazing and magical Christmas tree light bulb, is also determined to go. Find out how Bobby smuggles himself and his family of bulbs to Madrid. Cheer for Remington when he becomes lost in the dark streets of Madrid and only Bobby and a strange homeless woman can save him.Bobby Bright Spends Christmas in Spainexplores the famous attractions of Madrid and allows young readers to learn unique Spanish Christmas traditions and special Spanish words. Join Remington, Bobby, and all the bulbs as they celebrate the twelve days of Christmas, attend a fantastic party, and see one of the biggest parades in the world. Then, when it's time for the McGillicuddys to return home to America, discover the shocking news that could change Remington's life forever, and gives Bobby and his bulb family a chance to have their greatest year ever.
Alumnae Bulletin of Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Author: Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Alumnae Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Princeton Alumni Weekly
Author:
Publisher: princeton alumni weekly
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Publisher: princeton alumni weekly
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated
Author: Robert D. Putnam
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1982130849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
*The basis for the documentary Join or Die—now streaming on Netflix!* Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened to our sense of community remains more relevant than ever in today’s fractured America. Twenty years, ago, Robert D. Putnam made a seemingly simple observation: once we bowled in leagues, usually after work; but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolized a significant social change that became the basis of the acclaimed bestseller, Bowling Alone, which The Washington Post called “a very important book” and Putnam, “the de Tocqueville of our generation.” Bowling Alone surveyed in detail Americans’ changing behavior over the decades, showing how we had become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether it’s with the PTA, church, clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. In the revised edition of his classic work, Putnam shows how our shrinking access to the “social capital” that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing still poses a serious threat to our civic and personal health, and how these consequences have a new resonance for our divided country today. He includes critical new material on the pervasive influence of social media and the internet, which has introduced previously unthinkable opportunities for social connection—as well as unprecedented levels of alienation and isolation. At the time of its publication, Putnam’s then-groundbreaking work showed how social bonds are the most powerful predictor of life satisfaction, and how the loss of social capital is felt in critical ways, acting as a strong predictor of crime rates and other measures of neighborhood quality of life, and affecting our health in other ways. While the ways in which we connect, or become disconnected, have changed over the decades, his central argument remains as powerful and urgent as ever: mending our frayed social capital is key to preserving the very fabric of our society.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1982130849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
*The basis for the documentary Join or Die—now streaming on Netflix!* Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened to our sense of community remains more relevant than ever in today’s fractured America. Twenty years, ago, Robert D. Putnam made a seemingly simple observation: once we bowled in leagues, usually after work; but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolized a significant social change that became the basis of the acclaimed bestseller, Bowling Alone, which The Washington Post called “a very important book” and Putnam, “the de Tocqueville of our generation.” Bowling Alone surveyed in detail Americans’ changing behavior over the decades, showing how we had become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether it’s with the PTA, church, clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. In the revised edition of his classic work, Putnam shows how our shrinking access to the “social capital” that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing still poses a serious threat to our civic and personal health, and how these consequences have a new resonance for our divided country today. He includes critical new material on the pervasive influence of social media and the internet, which has introduced previously unthinkable opportunities for social connection—as well as unprecedented levels of alienation and isolation. At the time of its publication, Putnam’s then-groundbreaking work showed how social bonds are the most powerful predictor of life satisfaction, and how the loss of social capital is felt in critical ways, acting as a strong predictor of crime rates and other measures of neighborhood quality of life, and affecting our health in other ways. While the ways in which we connect, or become disconnected, have changed over the decades, his central argument remains as powerful and urgent as ever: mending our frayed social capital is key to preserving the very fabric of our society.
Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year
Author: Beth Kempton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982151862
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Shares strategies for achieving an authentic, meaningful, and stress-free holiday season, providing holistic guidelines for late November through early January for setting and achieving prioritized, mindful seasonal goals.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982151862
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Shares strategies for achieving an authentic, meaningful, and stress-free holiday season, providing holistic guidelines for late November through early January for setting and achieving prioritized, mindful seasonal goals.
The Works of Robert Browning
Author: Robert Browning
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853264184
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Robert Browning represents the intellectual and argumentative strand in English poetry, in contrast to the more ornate style of Spenser and Tennyson. His poetry demonstrates that a poet must be a sharp observer of the human condition. The most moving poems deal with his feelings for his wife.
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853264184
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Robert Browning represents the intellectual and argumentative strand in English poetry, in contrast to the more ornate style of Spenser and Tennyson. His poetry demonstrates that a poet must be a sharp observer of the human condition. The most moving poems deal with his feelings for his wife.
Everybody Matters
Author: Bob Chapman
Publisher: Portfolio
ISBN: 1591847796
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
“Bob Chapman, CEO of the $1.7 billion manufacturing company Barry-Wehmiller, is on a mission to change the way businesses treat their employees.” – Inc. Magazine Starting in 1997, Bob Chapman and Barry-Wehmiller have pioneered a dramatically different approach to leadership that creates off-the-charts morale, loyalty, creativity, and business performance. The company utterly rejects the idea that employees are simply functions, to be moved around, "managed" with carrots and sticks, or discarded at will. Instead, Barry-Wehmiller manifests the reality that every single person matters, just like in a family. That’s not a cliché on a mission statement; it’s the bedrock of the company’s success. During tough times a family pulls together, makes sacrifices together, and endures short-term pain together. If a parent loses his or her job, a family doesn’t lay off one of the kids. That’s the approach Barry-Wehmiller took when the Great Recession caused revenue to plunge for more than a year. Instead of mass layoffs, they found creative and caring ways to cut costs, such as asking team members to take a month of unpaid leave. As a result, Barry-Wehmiller emerged from the downturn with higher employee morale than ever before. It’s natural to be skeptical when you first hear about this approach. Every time Barry-Wehmiller acquires a company that relied on traditional management practices, the new team members are skeptical too. But they soon learn what it’s like to work at an exceptional workplace where the goal is for everyone to feel trusted and cared for—and where it’s expected that they will justify that trust by caring for each other and putting the common good first. Chapman and coauthor Raj Sisodia show how any organization can reject the traumatic consequences of rolling layoffs, dehumanizing rules, and hypercompetitive cultures. Once you stop treating people like functions or costs, disengaged workers begin to share their gifts and talents toward a shared future. Uninspired workers stop feeling that their jobs have no meaning. Frustrated workers stop taking their bad days out on their spouses and kids. And everyone stops counting the minutes until it’s time to go home. This book chronicles Chapman’s journey to find his true calling, going behind the scenes as his team tackles real-world challenges with caring, empathy, and inspiration. It also provides clear steps to transform your own workplace, whether you lead two people or two hundred thousand. While the Barry-Wehmiller way isn’t easy, it is simple. As the authors put it: "Everyone wants to do better. Trust them. Leaders are everywhere. Find them. People achieve good things, big and small, every day. Celebrate them. Some people wish things were different. Listen to them. Everybody matters. Show them."
Publisher: Portfolio
ISBN: 1591847796
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
“Bob Chapman, CEO of the $1.7 billion manufacturing company Barry-Wehmiller, is on a mission to change the way businesses treat their employees.” – Inc. Magazine Starting in 1997, Bob Chapman and Barry-Wehmiller have pioneered a dramatically different approach to leadership that creates off-the-charts morale, loyalty, creativity, and business performance. The company utterly rejects the idea that employees are simply functions, to be moved around, "managed" with carrots and sticks, or discarded at will. Instead, Barry-Wehmiller manifests the reality that every single person matters, just like in a family. That’s not a cliché on a mission statement; it’s the bedrock of the company’s success. During tough times a family pulls together, makes sacrifices together, and endures short-term pain together. If a parent loses his or her job, a family doesn’t lay off one of the kids. That’s the approach Barry-Wehmiller took when the Great Recession caused revenue to plunge for more than a year. Instead of mass layoffs, they found creative and caring ways to cut costs, such as asking team members to take a month of unpaid leave. As a result, Barry-Wehmiller emerged from the downturn with higher employee morale than ever before. It’s natural to be skeptical when you first hear about this approach. Every time Barry-Wehmiller acquires a company that relied on traditional management practices, the new team members are skeptical too. But they soon learn what it’s like to work at an exceptional workplace where the goal is for everyone to feel trusted and cared for—and where it’s expected that they will justify that trust by caring for each other and putting the common good first. Chapman and coauthor Raj Sisodia show how any organization can reject the traumatic consequences of rolling layoffs, dehumanizing rules, and hypercompetitive cultures. Once you stop treating people like functions or costs, disengaged workers begin to share their gifts and talents toward a shared future. Uninspired workers stop feeling that their jobs have no meaning. Frustrated workers stop taking their bad days out on their spouses and kids. And everyone stops counting the minutes until it’s time to go home. This book chronicles Chapman’s journey to find his true calling, going behind the scenes as his team tackles real-world challenges with caring, empathy, and inspiration. It also provides clear steps to transform your own workplace, whether you lead two people or two hundred thousand. While the Barry-Wehmiller way isn’t easy, it is simple. As the authors put it: "Everyone wants to do better. Trust them. Leaders are everywhere. Find them. People achieve good things, big and small, every day. Celebrate them. Some people wish things were different. Listen to them. Everybody matters. Show them."
Poems of Robert Browning
Author: Robert Browning
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Red Planet Blues
Author: Robert J. Sawyer
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101622210
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Incorporating the Hugo & Nebula award–nominated novella “Identity Theft” The name’s Lomax—Alex Lomax. I’m the one and only private eye working the mean streets of New Klondike, the Martian frontier town that sprang up forty years ago after Simon Weingarten and Denny O’Reilly discovered fossils on the Red Planet. Back on Earth, where anything can be synthesized, the remains of alien life are the most valuable of all collectibles, so shiploads of desperate treasure hunters stampeded here in the Great Martian Fossil Rush. I’m trying to make an honest buck in a dishonest world, tracking down killers and kidnappers among the failed prospectors, the corrupt cops, and a growing population of transfers—lucky stiffs who, after striking paleontological gold, upload their minds into immortal android bodies. But when I uncover clues to solving the decades-old murders of Weingarten and O’Reilly, along with a journal that may lead to their legendary mother lode of Martian fossils, God only knows what I’ll dig up...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101622210
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Incorporating the Hugo & Nebula award–nominated novella “Identity Theft” The name’s Lomax—Alex Lomax. I’m the one and only private eye working the mean streets of New Klondike, the Martian frontier town that sprang up forty years ago after Simon Weingarten and Denny O’Reilly discovered fossils on the Red Planet. Back on Earth, where anything can be synthesized, the remains of alien life are the most valuable of all collectibles, so shiploads of desperate treasure hunters stampeded here in the Great Martian Fossil Rush. I’m trying to make an honest buck in a dishonest world, tracking down killers and kidnappers among the failed prospectors, the corrupt cops, and a growing population of transfers—lucky stiffs who, after striking paleontological gold, upload their minds into immortal android bodies. But when I uncover clues to solving the decades-old murders of Weingarten and O’Reilly, along with a journal that may lead to their legendary mother lode of Martian fossils, God only knows what I’ll dig up...
First Landing
Author: Robert Zubrin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101208074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
From renowned Mars visionary Robert Zubrin comes his much-anticipated debut novel. Filled with startling authenticity, First Landing follows humankind’s first manned mission to Mars, a new frontier of undreamed-of possibilities—and nightmarish dangers. Five are chosen for the landmark mission to Mars—to become the first humans to walk upon the Red Planet. But when their findings set off a wave of controversy and political upheaval back home, public opinion turns against the Mars mission—and an ineffective government leaves the team stranded. As their situation becomes more desperate, all trust is lost in NASA Mission Control. With differences dividing the crew into warring cliques, life-threatening accidents begin to look like sabotage. Yet somehow the crew must try to pull together. Because if they don’t save themselves, no one will.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101208074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
From renowned Mars visionary Robert Zubrin comes his much-anticipated debut novel. Filled with startling authenticity, First Landing follows humankind’s first manned mission to Mars, a new frontier of undreamed-of possibilities—and nightmarish dangers. Five are chosen for the landmark mission to Mars—to become the first humans to walk upon the Red Planet. But when their findings set off a wave of controversy and political upheaval back home, public opinion turns against the Mars mission—and an ineffective government leaves the team stranded. As their situation becomes more desperate, all trust is lost in NASA Mission Control. With differences dividing the crew into warring cliques, life-threatening accidents begin to look like sabotage. Yet somehow the crew must try to pull together. Because if they don’t save themselves, no one will.