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In Journey to Success: Navigating the Treacherous Slopes of Working with a Variety of People, educational administrators find themselves on a journey through the universe to find the keys to successful leadership. By embracing certain qualities, carrying out specific actions, and refraining from making the same mistakes that others—from a variety of places, both real and imaginative—have made, anyone who has educating others as their primary goal will find success through an analysis of those who have trekked through adversity. This journey begins here. Destination: Atlantian Fields. Mission: to build a school district from the ground up. Accompanying us on that journey are several peopl...
SPUR AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR Bill Varney is twenty-three years old and resents the way he has been treated by his father, ruthless ranch owner Old Mike Varney; he is just a hired hand on the Pitchfork Ranch, sleeping in the bunkhouse with the other hands. If Old Mike had ever cared about anybody, it's Bill's twin sister, Vida. She lives in the ranch house with her father and cares deeply about the old man. Bill's girl friend, Marian Tracey, who operates a millinery shop in the nearby town of Broken Nose, is so distracted by the constant care demanded by her ailing mother that she cannot make a commitment to Bill. But it does seem that Marian might make a commitment to rich storekeeper Phil Nide...
The ultimate book of baby names for comic book nerds, sci-fi fans and more—with the meanings and stories behind more than 1,000 names! Having trouble finding a baby name that celebrates your favorite fandom? Whether you want your child’s name to stand out in a crowd or fit in on the playground, Naming Your Little Geek is here to save the day! This ultimate guidebook is complete with every name a geek could want to give their baby—from Anakin and Frodo to Indiana and Clark; and from Gwen and Wanda to Buffy and Xena—plus their meanings, and a list of all the legends who have borne them. Naming Your Little Geek covers everything from comic book superheroes to role-playing game icons, Starfleet officers to sword and sorcery legends with characters who have appeared on film and TV, in novels and comic books, on the tabletop, and beyond. With nearly 1,100 names referencing more than 4,400 characters from over 1,800 unique sources, it's the perfect resource for parents naming a child or anyone looking for a super cool and meaningful new name.
Dan Fancy and Scott Bailey, former U.S. Naval aviators, find themselves and their wives working for Southern Air Transport in the Caribbean, on the island of St. Barts. Because of partially disabling injuries previously suffered, their boss at Southern Air Transport arranges for them to keep flying, shuttling passengers from St. Barts to his new undersea resort, Atlantis. After a friend of Fancy's is murdered in a particularly horrific way and people begin to mysteriously disappear from their yachts, Fancy and Bailey are recruited by the Office of Budget and Plans, an intelligence gathering arm of the United States Navy. They are tasked with "just keeping their eyes open" under the authority of a Letter of Marque. A chain of events draws them into a vortex of violence and intrigue.
Cook + Cork: Recipes and frank advice on how to enjoy food and wine in your life every day What you drink with what you eat is a big deal, but it's hard to navigate the sea of information (and misinformation) when it comes to food and wine pairing. Chef Harry ?Coach? Mills and Sommelier Chris Horn of Purple Café & Wine Bar in Seattle want to outfit you with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to make food and wine pairing as natural (and fun) as chocolate chip cookies and milk. Cook + Cork explores basic food and wine relationships, introduces the idea of the Mind Mouth, and lays out an essential Wine Wardrobe with friendly recipes to get you started on your way to cooking food with pairing in mind. Sommelier Chris Horn gives his honest opinions and instruction on how to navigate the daunting world of wine stores and restaurant wine lists and gives you the template for what bottles to have on hand at all times. Each essential bottle is matched with a recipe written with helpful insider tips from the point of view of a former culinary instructor and 20-year restaurant veteran, Chef Harry ?Coach? Mills. Cook + Cork is your guidebook to a more delicious existence.
This book addresses the sustained resurgence of American economy, and the firms, regions, and technologies that are driving this growth. Michael Best develops a new model of technology management and regional innovation based on the principle of systems integration. The principle of systems integration is manifest in the organizational capability of firms, individually and networked, to foster rapid technological change. Application of the principle of sysyems integration to business organization means integrating an ongoing technology management capability into a production system. The effect is a network or clusterof entrepreneurial firms in which design is decentralized within the enterpr...
An eye-popping oversized hardcover showcasing the design and art from the hit table top games set within the Android Universe! From the megapolis of New Angeles to the lunar Heinlein colony to the dangerous Martian frontier and beyond, the universe of Android is a grand futuristic setting like no other. This volume explores the fantastic designs of each of the games’ characters, accompanied by intricate examinations of the technological marvels of the worlds and the surrealist landscapes of cyberspace! Whether you’re a scrappy runner, a calculating sysop, a down-on-your-luck detective, or an artificial android, this gorgeous art book is a must own item for any fan of of near-future science fiction or iconic tabletop games.
A global virus has turned the seven billion inhabitants of Earth into mindless brain-and-flesh-hungry zombies. Best friends Straw and Whip have been able to survive in this savage land by disguising themselves as zombies. Now their new friend, Betty, is posed to be their Yoko Ono. In the final act, Straw narrowly escapes a zombie attack to find Whip making his famous _boeuf bourguignon_ for Betty. But when zombies break into their home, will their disguises hold, or will one of these hard rockers fall victim to the flesh-hungry masses? **Two boys, a girl, and seven billion living dead.**
The Twilight Zone explores the possibilities inhering in the ordinary. A Twilight Zone episode can move us by being poignant and intimate, rambunctious or thought provoking. It can also be orchestrated as a set of intertwined plot developments or as a serial progression. But regardless of whether it takes place on an asteroid, in a city pool room, or in the backwoods, it will usually convey both a folklorist's eye for detail and the born raconteur's sense of pace. Rod Serling, the show's founder, main scriptwriter, and artistic director, knew how much burden he could place on his rhetorical and dramatic gifts. Deservedly celebrated as a pioneer in TV science fiction, he also writes about history and loyalty, the grip of everyday reality, and the dangers of both forgetting about one's ghosts and giving them the upper hand.
The **_hit_** of any party! The pressure is on for Josie as the conflict increases between her cozy suburban home life and her work as a paid killer! No one said it'd be easy to be a wife and mother, but now she faces her toughest job yetone where she'll find out how cold-blooded she really is. New original series from Jo��lle Jones! [Jones] varies her style to suit the mood of each piece, and the results can be spellbinding.�Powell's Books