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Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
171 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A kid's guide to leaving the planet from someone who's done it! Former astronaut Terry Virts guides readers through the practical elements of becoming an astronaut, along with the wonders (and challenges!) of space travel. With insider information on training, piloting a ship, and working in space, readers and aspiring astronauts will be inspired to start their own journey to the stars. This practical guide is full of valuable wisdom and insight...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
The author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can't walk for a year? have sex? smell flowers?...
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
volumes : forms ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM
Language
English
Description
Anyone who hires and supervises employees needs clear policies when it comes to crucial issues like pay and overtime, medical leave, and social media. Create Your Own Employee Handbook provides everything business owners, managers, and HR professionals need to create (or update) a legal and plain-English employee handbook.
Author
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
x, 197 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Hal Hidgon's name is synonymous with running. As contributing editor of Runner's World and best-selling author, he has helped countless runners achieve their distance goals. Now, he's created the definitive guide on today's most popular distance, the 13.1-mile half marathon. This book has everything you wanted to know about running the half marathon, including where to begin, what to focus on, how to pace yourself, how to avoid injury, how to track...
Author
Publisher
Box of Crayons Press, Page Two Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
In this companion to "The Coaching Habit," leadership coach Michael Bungay Stanier shares his invaluable insights into developing team members' professional performance, using tips that even the busiest managers can put into play. Learn how to confront and quell the three advice monsters that lurk inside us all, and how to resist the seven temptations that can ensnare even the most well-meaning manager. Michael shows you exactly how to ask questions...
Author
Publisher
Hatherleigh
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
viii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is the essential strength and conditioning program for any student athlete who wants to achieve and excel on the varsity baseball team. This unique program features training fundamentals for different levels of player development from pre-freshman all the way to varsity level getting ready to play in college. With over 100 workouts, this also contains information geared towards a young athlete's goals and includes information on player development,...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
Highlights the importance of the sponsorship of women of color in corporate America, and explains how corporations can incorporate inclusive sponsorship into their culture and successfully move women of color into leadership roles. Features real-life stories of high-performing women of color and their experiences with sponsorship.
10) The still point
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xiii, 414 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Etienne Bernay, enfant terrible of French ballet, arrives. documenting his search for one special student who will receive a full scholarship to the Ballet de Paris Academie, three mothers, amidst backstabbing, jealousy, disappointment and triumph, reveal the sacrifices they've made for their children, for friendship and for art.
11) The answer man
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Technician Ken Parker of Atlanta is offered $50,000 to teach an embezzler to beat a lie detector. The suspect gets off, only to be murdered. Now Parker's only hope of being paid is to find the $12 million the man embezzled.
Author
Publisher
Maupin House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xi, 232 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Offers secondary teachers eighty-two strategic exercises designed to improve students' persuasive writing skills for essay tests, state assessments, and college-entrance exams. Includes writing tips, practice essays, games and activities, a glossary of terms, and over 100 writing prompts.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Webb was tapped to revamp the U.S. Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper School, incorporating the latest advances in technology and ballistics software to create an entirely new course that continues to test the skills and even the best warriors. In this revealing new book, Webb takes readers through every aspect of this training, describing how Spec Ops snipers are taught each dimension of their art. Trainees...
14) Hot shots!
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A team of crack (or is it cracked?) jet jockeys led by an incompetent commander spend their nights carousing and their days training for secret operation "Sleepy Weasel"--a lightning strike against a desert kingdom.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1020L
Physical Desc
xix, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his grueling years of training in Naval Special Operations to his combat tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, The Making of a Navy SEAL provides a rare and riveting look at the inner workings of the U.S. military through the eyes of a covert operations specialist,"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Ascd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
vii, 260 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book helps teachers use the 12 elements of the Globally Competent Learning Continuum as a self-reflection tool to drive professional growth toward teaching for global competence, which is the set of knowledge, skills, mindsets, and values needed to thrive in a diverse, globalized society"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This audiobook guides a teacher, new or experienced, through the process of setting up and managing a successful classroom that can be used for any grade level, pre-K through college, at any time of year.
More than 2,114 college courses, hundreds of school districts, and more than 120 nations utilize the book. It is both inspirational and useful. Above all, however, it functions!
Regarding classroom strategies that promote teacher and student...
18) Making sense of math: how to help every student become a mathematical thinker and problem solver
Author
Series
Publisher
ASCD
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
53 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
In Making Sense of Math, Cathy L. Seeley, former president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, shares her insight into how to turn your students into flexible mathematical thinkers and problem solvers. This practical volume concentrates on the following areas: Making sense of math by fostering habits of mind that help students analyze, understand, and adapt to problems when they encounter them. Addressing the mathematical building...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
ix, 53 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Little time? Big responsibility! If you are a cooperating teacher hosting a student teacher, this book is the quick reference tool that you need. We like to say, "It's the little instruction book that should come with your student teacher!" It provides direction that you need to enhance your observational strategies and maximize professional communication with your student teacher. It includes essential information in an easy-reading, handy format....
Author
Publisher
Hudson Street Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xii, 274 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Veteran journalist Mark McClusky brings readers behind the scenes with a new generation of athletes, coaches, and scientists whose accomplishments are changing our understanding of human physical achievement and completely redefining the limits of the human body.