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Dave Thomas: Wendy's Founder
In this title, unwrap the life of talented Wendy's founder Dave Thomas! Readers will enjoy getting the scoop on this Food Dude, beginning with his childhood love of restaurants. Students can follow Thomas's success story from his teenage years in the restaurant business, to his investment in Kentucky Fried Chicken, to his founding of Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers. Thomas's family and his retirement years as a television advertising star are also highlighted. Engaging text familiarizes readers with topics of interest, including Thomas's focus on adoption and the state of Wendy's in the fast food world today. An entertaining sidebar, a helpful timeline, a glossary, and an index supplement the historical and color photos showcased in this inspiring biography. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Dave's Way
Dave Thomas uses commonsense language and lively anecdotes to reveal the secrets behind his success, as he tells the story of his fascinating life from an adopted child to the head of the three-billion-dollar Wendy's empire. "Sound advice for any entrepreneur or business manager".--Chicago Tribune.
SCTV
The ultimate book for the millions of fans of "SCTV", the most innovative and consistently funny late-night comedy program on television, "SCTV: Behind the Scenes" features interviews with virtually every member of The Second City troupe--including John Candy, John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Dave Thomas, and Rick Moranis. 120 photos, 60 in color.
Mud, Sweat and Shears
Mud, Sweat and Sheers is the story of how a miner became one of football's leading groundsmen. It tells how he met some of the greatest names in the 1970s and 1980s. A unique football book through a groundsman's eyes, it tells the story of what typically went on behind the scenes before football became the multi-million-pound industry it is today.
Vanity Project
In 1988, Dave Thomas was an unemployed plumber in Gloucester with a seemingly impossible dream: to enter the world of fashion. He moved to London, worked weekends as a caf dishwasher and evenings as a toilet attendant in a West End nightclub, and in every spare moment he hammered on the doors of fashion editors until one of them finally opened a tiny crack. Thomas seized the chance to be an unpaid dogsbody at Riva magazine, where he worked with legends of style Judy Blame and Isabella Blow and dressed artists like Lisa Stansfield, Boy George, and Kylie Minogue. Soon after, he was hired by Esquire UK and became the youngest fashion editor in the world. He ultimately moved on to edit fashion a...
The Pragmatic Programmer
What others in the trenches say about The Pragmatic Programmer... “The cool thing about this book is that it’s great for keeping the programming process fresh. The book helps you to continue to grow and clearly comes from people who have been there.” — Kent Beck, author of Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change “I found this book to be a great mix of solid advice and wonderful analogies!” — Martin Fowler, author of Refactoring and UML Distilled “I would buy a copy, read it twice, then tell all my colleagues to run out and grab a copy. This is a book I would never loan because I would worry about it being lost.” — Kevin Ruland, Management Science, MSG-Logistics “T...
Dave Thomas
A biography of the man who founded Wendy's, one of the nation's largest restaurant chains.
Wild Things
A practical guide to understanding the way, the mind, and the heart of a boy. A boy’s endless imagination, hunger for adventure, and passionate spirit are matched only by his deep desire to be affirmed, esteemed, and loved. Yet over the past few decades, our culture has adopted a model of parenting and educating children that doesn’t affirm, celebrate, nurture, or embrace a boy’s wildness but rather seeks to tame it. As a result, many moms and dads find themselves frustrated, confused, and wearied by their sons’ behavior. The truth is, boys don’t need to be tamed—they need to be understood, loved, challenged, and encouraged. Based on clinical research and filled with practical ti...
