Over the span of his 60-year career, Peter F. Drucker has worked with many exemplary leaders in the nonprofit sector, government, and business. In the course of his work, he has observed these leaders
"To create a high-performing team, leaders must be prepared for a long and difficult journey. . . . At every step along the way there is the potential for the effort to become derailed and the team tr
The C++ programming language is introduced with particular emphasis on the techniques used in real-life programs. Requiring little prior knowledge of the C programming language and working from realis
Singled out by Fortune and The New York Times as a remarkable manager, Dan Kaplan has pioneered a revolutionary new system for measuring service quality to help managers keep track of intangibles in a
You can shoot in the 70's! Ben Hogan has long believed that any golfer with average coordination can learn to break 80 if he applies himself intelligently -- and here, with Herbert Warren Wind, and a
The popular Big Anthony tries once again to use Strega Nona’s magic with the usual hilarious and disastrous results. “Played for laughs-successfully.”--Booklist
The remarkable achievements that modern science has made in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and engineering contrast sharply with our limited knowledge of the huma
In this heartwarming and hilarious memoir, Claude Knobler describes how he learned the hard way that the apple actually can fall far from the tree?and that’s Okay. Already the biological parents
As Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) points out, ?These stories will make milk shoot from one of your nostrils and a martini from the other. Johanna Stein brings to mind the unflinching hon
"If your 'weighty thinking' does not change, then even if you lose weight you'll retain an overwhelming subconscious urge to gain it back. It's less important how quickly you lose weight, and more imp
Help students get a firm grasp of key problem-solving strategies with this collection of reproducible packets that give them meaningful practice in essential number concepts and skills. Step-by-step m
Veteran teacher Karen Kindle offers practical strategies for effectively building children’s vocabulary. She shows teachers how to select robust words from read alouds and infuse them into classroom t
"What children's book changed the way you see the world?"Anita Silvey asked this question to more than one hundred of our most respected and admired leaders in society, and she learned about th
Considered one of the nation's most competitive and prestigious fellowships, the White House Fellowship program has produced an impressive roster of American leaders. The men and women of this select
Two professors share their research-based, field-tested approach for helping students identify and analyze the most common expository text structures in order to better comprehend the nonfiction they
Wacky Wisdom about the Weird and Wonderful Things of Life that bring Refreshment to Your Soul Martin Babb's slightly skewed view of the world makes for engaging, enlightening, and enlivening readin
An indispensable guide to brain-based learning. Diane Connell summarizes current brain research and discusses the implications for the classroom. She offers tools to identify learning styles and idea
This unique resource gives middle and secondary school English teachers 180 high-interest activities that build students’ proficiency in the three major areas of the English curriculum—reading/literat
The perfect guide for aspiring DJs, this book breaks down everything you need to know into 10 simple lessons. Covering the basics of equipment and software first, How to Be a DJ then moves on to basic
"Unwrap" the mystery of mummies with this fun and educational toy.Embalm your own mummy! Discover ancient burial rituals! Freak out your family members! This exploration kit combines lessons in scienc
To cradle these artifacts in your hand is to hold a spark of connection with a past long dark. But is that artifact a tool, used in work and war, or is a core, an object used to make such a tool? Thes
Instructional language lessons for the beginning level student of Mandarin Chinese to achieve total fluency. Intended to accompany textbooks and workbooks of the same title.
Much of the art and art theory of the 1980s has addressed the question Abigail Solomon-Godeau asks in her essay for this book: whether "the art object can carve a place for itself outside the determin
Providing for different reading abilities, these books incorporate all the features of non-fiction texts that pupils are now required to study in their literacy lessons: a contents list, diagrams, cha
Providing for different reading abilities, these books incorporate all the features of non-fiction texts that pupils are now required to study in their literacy lessons: a contents list, diagrams, cha
Inncorporating all the features of non-fiction texts that pupils are required to study in their literacy lessons: a contents list, diagrams, charts, captions, informational text, a glossary, an index,
Inncorporating all the features of non-fiction texts that pupils are required to study in their literacy lessons: a contents list, diagrams, charts, captions, informational text, a glossary, an index,
本書解說、實證並應用了資訊時代中的兩大工具的技巧，其中一項工具，也就是資料庫，相形之下是舊有的工具，而另一項則是新興的網際網路。只要同時並用這兩項工具，就能創造出功能強大的網頁。讀者可在本書中學到如何在 ASP 應用程式中使用 ActiveX Data Object（ADO）來結合資料庫。 ADO 提供了一組可以與資料庫連結、讀取及寫入的物件，只要安裝必要的軟體、對 SQL 預儲程序具備基本
Corporate citizenship is enmeshed in the debate about Africa's future. Africa is the continent where the social needs are greatest and where the benefits of globalization have been least felt. What ma
