Author: Stacey Hamm
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304925714
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
It is JD's first baseball game. He is nervous about playing in front of a crowd and his team. JD's coach helps him get the courage to play. JD makes several strikes while playing. Before the game is over, JD scores the winning home run for his team.
JD's Baseball Game
Author: Stacey Hamm
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304925714
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
It is JD's first baseball game. He is nervous about playing in front of a crowd and his team. JD's coach helps him get the courage to play. JD makes several strikes while playing. Before the game is over, JD scores the winning home run for his team.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304925714
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
It is JD's first baseball game. He is nervous about playing in front of a crowd and his team. JD's coach helps him get the courage to play. JD makes several strikes while playing. Before the game is over, JD scores the winning home run for his team.
World-Tree Online
Author: Ea Hooper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781793491619
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
In 2056, the world's most powerful AI System, ARKUS, comes online. Created to extend human lifespans, it quickly makes world-changing discoveries in health science. It also develops an advanced VR headset that uses consumable nanomachines to let users experience time faster in virtual worlds.Two years later, ARKUS releases World-Tree Online, a game where players scale a giant tree with thousands of unique game worlds hanging from the branches. The game's time-dilation makes it so that one hour of playtime feels like one month to those in-game, allowing humans to virtually extend their lifespans.However, after an old gamer named Vincent joins World-Tree Online, an update begins that stretches the time-dilation to one year for every five seconds. Players are unable to exit the game during the update-with an estimated wait time of three hundred sixty years.After experimenting with an exploit, Vincent begins to develop new spells that will take him higher in the game than he ever thought possible. Unfortunately, he crosses paths with the last moderator, a young man named Lucas that uses his mod abilities to torture and subjugate other players.Lucas is willing to abuse his power to conquer the World-Tree, but Vincent's exploit might just be the key to stopping him.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781793491619
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
In 2056, the world's most powerful AI System, ARKUS, comes online. Created to extend human lifespans, it quickly makes world-changing discoveries in health science. It also develops an advanced VR headset that uses consumable nanomachines to let users experience time faster in virtual worlds.Two years later, ARKUS releases World-Tree Online, a game where players scale a giant tree with thousands of unique game worlds hanging from the branches. The game's time-dilation makes it so that one hour of playtime feels like one month to those in-game, allowing humans to virtually extend their lifespans.However, after an old gamer named Vincent joins World-Tree Online, an update begins that stretches the time-dilation to one year for every five seconds. Players are unable to exit the game during the update-with an estimated wait time of three hundred sixty years.After experimenting with an exploit, Vincent begins to develop new spells that will take him higher in the game than he ever thought possible. Unfortunately, he crosses paths with the last moderator, a young man named Lucas that uses his mod abilities to torture and subjugate other players.Lucas is willing to abuse his power to conquer the World-Tree, but Vincent's exploit might just be the key to stopping him.
No Standing Around in My Gym
Author: J. D. Hughes
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 9780736041799
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Alberta authorized teaching resource for Physical Education, grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2004-
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 9780736041799
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Alberta authorized teaching resource for Physical Education, grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2004-
Blood Runner
Author: Jd Stanley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781999436278
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
★Book Excellence Award 2017 Fantasy Finalist★ "I'm everything they speak about in whispers. I'm the evil that travels through the mist at night. I am the bringer of death the whole world fears..." Richard can't die. And he's sure he's a monster, though can't remember. Cranky, changing names and inventing his own reality century after century, a healer by trade, he's riddled with guilt over the blood-stealing curse he can't outrun while people keep showing up for help. Mostly? He wants to be left alone. He says he's been in the world so long he stopped looking at why things happen. But maybe he should. Frantic and needing protection, in eighteenth century Britain, Maggie falls across his threshold one night all brilliant light and life and wholly irresistible. And ten-year-old Myles sees past his growling to worm his way into his undead heart, too. But after vicious pirate captain, Billy the Blackdeath, calls at the little house in the hills Richard builds for Maggie, things are never the same again. Morose, Richard drifts through three-hundred years of self-imposed isolation in a remote forest in the New World until, to his undying annoyance, in the present day he's forced into foster-parenthood by an exasperating, young, computer-savvy vampire, Alan, and his cohorts. And learns there is a reason for everything. Richard protests he's nobody's hero though a manic, all-consuming need to protect human and not-so-human says otherwise, but the harder he resists, the more it smacks of godly interference of mythological proportion that threatens to drop destiny and the fate of the entire world in his own backyard.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781999436278
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
★Book Excellence Award 2017 Fantasy Finalist★ "I'm everything they speak about in whispers. I'm the evil that travels through the mist at night. I am the bringer of death the whole world fears..." Richard can't die. And he's sure he's a monster, though can't remember. Cranky, changing names and inventing his own reality century after century, a healer by trade, he's riddled with guilt over the blood-stealing curse he can't outrun while people keep showing up for help. Mostly? He wants to be left alone. He says he's been in the world so long he stopped looking at why things happen. But maybe he should. Frantic and needing protection, in eighteenth century Britain, Maggie falls across his threshold one night all brilliant light and life and wholly irresistible. And ten-year-old Myles sees past his growling to worm his way into his undead heart, too. But after vicious pirate captain, Billy the Blackdeath, calls at the little house in the hills Richard builds for Maggie, things are never the same again. Morose, Richard drifts through three-hundred years of self-imposed isolation in a remote forest in the New World until, to his undying annoyance, in the present day he's forced into foster-parenthood by an exasperating, young, computer-savvy vampire, Alan, and his cohorts. And learns there is a reason for everything. Richard protests he's nobody's hero though a manic, all-consuming need to protect human and not-so-human says otherwise, but the harder he resists, the more it smacks of godly interference of mythological proportion that threatens to drop destiny and the fate of the entire world in his own backyard.
Political Tribes
Author: Amy Chua
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399562850
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Discusses the failure of America's political elites to recognize how group identities drive politics both at home and abroad, and outlines recommendations for reversing the country's foreign policy failures and overcoming destructive political tribalism at home.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399562850
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Discusses the failure of America's political elites to recognize how group identities drive politics both at home and abroad, and outlines recommendations for reversing the country's foreign policy failures and overcoming destructive political tribalism at home.
Hillbilly Elegy
Author: J. D. Vance
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062300563
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A riveting book."—The Wall Street Journal "Essential reading."—David Brooks, New York Times From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance’s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the demons of their chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062300563
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A riveting book."—The Wall Street Journal "Essential reading."—David Brooks, New York Times From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance’s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the demons of their chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.
PE2themax
Author: J. D. Hughes
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 9780736056359
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
If you agree that physical education should be fun, instructive, and a place where students acquire physical and life skills, then you'll love PE2theMax: Maximize Skills, Participation, Teamwork, and Fun. J.D. Hughes, author of the popular No Standing Around in My Gym, has created 30 never-been-done-before games, tried and tested in the gymnasiums and on the fields and courts of Villa Rica, Georgia, where he teaches elementary school. These games are designed for large groups--anywhere from 30 to 75 students--but can be scaled back easily for smaller class sizes. Each game provides students of all athletic abilities the opportunity to have fun, be active, and acquire movement and sport skills. Here's what you will discover about the games in PE2theMax: - No down time. The games are quick and easy to get going, and they'll keep students active for the entire class period. - Essentially no prep time. These games are ready to use, simple to understand, and supplemented with clear illustrations, diagrams, and a game finder to help you readily find the game you want. - Plenty of skill-building time. Students acquire not only movement and sport skills but life skills as well. The games emphasize cooperation, communication, personal responsibility, respect for others, positive competition, critical thinking, and problem solving. - Fun participation. If PE is fun, kids will want to participate. If they participate, they will experience the joy of being active. If they experience that joy, they just might move toward remaining active throughout their lives. The games in PE2theMax are student centered, not teacher centered. As such, students are motivated to challenge themselves to succeed. The games are inclusive and developmentally appropriate. They define what a quality PE program and the New PE philosophy are all about: promoting participation and lifelong fitness as well as self-esteem and initiative. Most important, from the kids' perspective, "these games rock."
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 9780736056359
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
If you agree that physical education should be fun, instructive, and a place where students acquire physical and life skills, then you'll love PE2theMax: Maximize Skills, Participation, Teamwork, and Fun. J.D. Hughes, author of the popular No Standing Around in My Gym, has created 30 never-been-done-before games, tried and tested in the gymnasiums and on the fields and courts of Villa Rica, Georgia, where he teaches elementary school. These games are designed for large groups--anywhere from 30 to 75 students--but can be scaled back easily for smaller class sizes. Each game provides students of all athletic abilities the opportunity to have fun, be active, and acquire movement and sport skills. Here's what you will discover about the games in PE2theMax: - No down time. The games are quick and easy to get going, and they'll keep students active for the entire class period. - Essentially no prep time. These games are ready to use, simple to understand, and supplemented with clear illustrations, diagrams, and a game finder to help you readily find the game you want. - Plenty of skill-building time. Students acquire not only movement and sport skills but life skills as well. The games emphasize cooperation, communication, personal responsibility, respect for others, positive competition, critical thinking, and problem solving. - Fun participation. If PE is fun, kids will want to participate. If they participate, they will experience the joy of being active. If they experience that joy, they just might move toward remaining active throughout their lives. The games in PE2theMax are student centered, not teacher centered. As such, students are motivated to challenge themselves to succeed. The games are inclusive and developmentally appropriate. They define what a quality PE program and the New PE philosophy are all about: promoting participation and lifelong fitness as well as self-esteem and initiative. Most important, from the kids' perspective, "these games rock."
A Far Better Thing
Author: JD Wilburn
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN: 1635558336
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Detective Bo Alexander knows the perils of drugs and alcohol all too well, and she’s made it her mission to keep people safe. Cass Halliburton grew up in the Voleurs, the most ruthless motorcycle outlaw club in the world, and she’s in Galveston Island to watch over the national expansion of her "business." Bo’s assigned to the task force looking to take her down, and Cass plans on making sure Bo keeps her nose out of club business. But the clues aren’t adding up, and the attraction surging between them only makes things more dangerous. When Bo stumbles on a secret far more threatening than anyone anticipated, a stranger in the shadows wants payback. Bo and Cass are on opposite sides of the law, and their battle of wills may not only decide their chances at love, but also their fate.
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN: 1635558336
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Detective Bo Alexander knows the perils of drugs and alcohol all too well, and she’s made it her mission to keep people safe. Cass Halliburton grew up in the Voleurs, the most ruthless motorcycle outlaw club in the world, and she’s in Galveston Island to watch over the national expansion of her "business." Bo’s assigned to the task force looking to take her down, and Cass plans on making sure Bo keeps her nose out of club business. But the clues aren’t adding up, and the attraction surging between them only makes things more dangerous. When Bo stumbles on a secret far more threatening than anyone anticipated, a stranger in the shadows wants payback. Bo and Cass are on opposite sides of the law, and their battle of wills may not only decide their chances at love, but also their fate.
Searching for Christmas
Author: J.D. Greear
Publisher: The Good Book Company
ISBN: 1784985538
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Most of us are familiar with the events of the first Christmas—the manger scene, shepherds watching sheep, angels singing their songs, and wise men arriving—but what if there’s more to the story? What if the birth of Jesus is actually the most significant event in all of history and can transform our lives? This evangelistic book goes beyond the birth of Jesus to look at what he did when he grew up and how he fulfilled the names given to him centuries beforehand by the prophet Isaiah. In a compelling, insightful, winsome and personal way, J.D. Greear shows that if we get to know the God who lies behind the Christmas story and at the heart of the Christmas story, we'll discover the joy, hope, purpose and belonging we're all searching for. Readers will see that Jesus is the Wonderful Counsellor, who can guide them in all truth; the Mighty God, who made and owns everything; the Eternal Father, who they can trust to love them for ever; and the Prince of Peace, who died in their place so that they can be forgiven and accepted eternally.
Publisher: The Good Book Company
ISBN: 1784985538
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Most of us are familiar with the events of the first Christmas—the manger scene, shepherds watching sheep, angels singing their songs, and wise men arriving—but what if there’s more to the story? What if the birth of Jesus is actually the most significant event in all of history and can transform our lives? This evangelistic book goes beyond the birth of Jesus to look at what he did when he grew up and how he fulfilled the names given to him centuries beforehand by the prophet Isaiah. In a compelling, insightful, winsome and personal way, J.D. Greear shows that if we get to know the God who lies behind the Christmas story and at the heart of the Christmas story, we'll discover the joy, hope, purpose and belonging we're all searching for. Readers will see that Jesus is the Wonderful Counsellor, who can guide them in all truth; the Mighty God, who made and owns everything; the Eternal Father, who they can trust to love them for ever; and the Prince of Peace, who died in their place so that they can be forgiven and accepted eternally.
The JD.com Story
Author: Li Zhigang
Publisher: Lid Publishing
ISBN: 9781910649718
Category : Business enterprises
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Valued at more than $25 billion following its U.S. IPO in 2014, JD.com (Jingdong) is China's largest e-commerce company by revenue. It leads the way in sales of consumer electronics, books, apparel, fresh foods and countless other items that the company stores in its own warehouses and ships through its own homegrown, nationwide logistics network. With the author's unprecedented access to the inner workings of JD.com, including its founder, Richard Liu, key executives, partners, investors and other main players, this book offers the most detailed examination yet of the success behind one of China's most successful companies of recent times. Founded in 1998 as a modest store selling magneto-optical equipment, the company evolved into selling books, CDs, videos and consumer electronics online on an enormous scale. In 2014, Asia's largest Internet company, Tencent, acquired a minority stake in JD.com, which brought new attention to the company and triggered a fierce battle with Alibaba for dominance in the China market. The unique story of JD.com's growth and evolution and the strategies and philosophy of its charismatic founder are featured in this fascinating book.
Publisher: Lid Publishing
ISBN: 9781910649718
Category : Business enterprises
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Valued at more than $25 billion following its U.S. IPO in 2014, JD.com (Jingdong) is China's largest e-commerce company by revenue. It leads the way in sales of consumer electronics, books, apparel, fresh foods and countless other items that the company stores in its own warehouses and ships through its own homegrown, nationwide logistics network. With the author's unprecedented access to the inner workings of JD.com, including its founder, Richard Liu, key executives, partners, investors and other main players, this book offers the most detailed examination yet of the success behind one of China's most successful companies of recent times. Founded in 1998 as a modest store selling magneto-optical equipment, the company evolved into selling books, CDs, videos and consumer electronics online on an enormous scale. In 2014, Asia's largest Internet company, Tencent, acquired a minority stake in JD.com, which brought new attention to the company and triggered a fierce battle with Alibaba for dominance in the China market. The unique story of JD.com's growth and evolution and the strategies and philosophy of its charismatic founder are featured in this fascinating book.