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Bridge of Scarlett Leaves
Kristina McMorris
2012
Los Angeles, 1941. Violinist Maddie Kern's life seemed destined to unfold with the predictable elegance of a Bach concerto. Then she fell in love with Lane Moritomo. Her brother's best friend, Lane is the handsome, ambitious son of Japanese immigrants. Maddie was prepared for disapproval from their families, but when Pearl Harbor is bombed the day after she and Lane elope, the full force of their decision becomes apparent. In the eyes of a fearful nation, Lane is no longer just an outsider, but an enemy. When her husband is interned at a war relocation camp, Maddie follows, sacrificing her Juilliard ambitions. Behind barbed wire, tension simmers and the line between patriot and traitor blurs. As Maddie strives for the hard-won acceptance of her new family, Lane risks everything to prove his allegiance to America, at tremendous cost.
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Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity
James D. Tabor
2012
Historians know almost nothing about the two decades following the crucifixion of Jesus when his followers regrouped and began to spread his message. During this time, the apostle Paul joined the movement and began to preach to the Gentiles. Using the oldest Christian documents that we have -- the letters of Paul -- as well as other early Christian sources, historian and scholar James Tabor reconstructs the origins of Christianity. Tabor reveals that the familiar figures of James, Peter, and Paul sometimes disagreed fiercely over everything from the meaning of Jesus' message to the question of whether converts must first become Jews. The author shows how Paul separated himself from Peter and James to introduce his own version of Christianity, which would continue to develop independently of the message that Jesus, James, and Peter preached.
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The Writer's Compass: From Story Map to Finished Draft in 7 Stages
Nancy Ellen Dodd
2011
This book will show writers how to develop their ideas into a finished novel by working through it in 7 stages while learning how to map out their story's progress and structure so they can evaluate and improve their work. It teaches writers to visualize their story's progress with a story map that helps them see all the different components of their story, where these components are going, and, perhaps most importantly, what's missing.
The book simplifies Aristotle's elements of good writing (a.k.a. that each story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end) into easily applicable concepts that will help writers improve their craft. The author helps readers strengthen their work by teaching them how to focus on one aspect of their story at a time, including forming stories and developing ideas, building strong structures, creating vibrant characters, and structuring scenes and transitions. Thought-provoking questions help writers more objectively assess their story's strengths and weaknesses so they may write the story they want to tell. -
The Writer's Compass: From Story Map to Finished Draft in 7 Stages
Nancy Ellen Dodd
2011
Presents a guide to composing stories through the use of a compass map, dividing the task into such separate sections as devising story structure, creating chartacters, setting up plot transitions, adjusting tension, and enriching dialogue.
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Social Services and the Ethnic Community: History and Analysis
Alfreda P. Iglehart and Rosina M. Becerra
2011
This volume introduces the history of welfare policy, and community development, and provides a look into providing culturally competent service. The book is structured into three main themes -- the history of ethnic and racial minority groups in the Progressive Era; the historical evolution of social work and micro and macro practice with minority groups; and the ethnic agency and community. Up-to-date sources provide expanded discussions of ethnic and racial-group history in the United States, White ethnics and their services, ethnicity and the development of social work, and the linkage of mainstream agencies to ethnic communities.
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Social Services and the Ethnic Community: History and Analysis
Alfreda P. Iglehart and Rosina M. Becerra
2011
This volume introduces the history of welfare policy, community development, and provides a look into providing culturally competent service. The book is structured into three main themes -- the history of ethnic and racial minority groups in the Progressive Era; the historical evolution of social work and micro and macro practice with minority groups; and the ethnic agency and community. Up-to-date sources provide expanded discussions of ethnic and racial-group history in the United States, White ethnics and their services, ethnicity and the development of social work, and the linkage of mainstream agencies to ethnic communities.
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Out of my Mind
Sharon M. Draper
2010
"Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school -- but no one knows it. Most people -- her teachers and doctors included -- don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows ... but she can't, because Melody can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write. Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind -- that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice ... but not everyone around her is ready to hear it."--Jacket.
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Rancho Santa Margarita
Michael A. Moodian
2010
Set in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains, Rancho Santa Margarita is a vibrant city with the unique quality of an urban village. Although incorporated on January 1, 2000, making it one of California's youngest cities, it has a rich and intriguing history that dates back to the origins of the Golden State. During the late 1800s, the original ranch covered 230,000 acres, making it one of the largest in the Southwest. With many never-before-seen images, this book captures the essence of this fascinating story of the city, including the Spanish expedition in the 1700s, the Mexican governance of the land, the ownership of the area by the O'Neill family, the ranch activities of the 1960s, and the building of city landmarks in the 1980s, including the development of the most scenic lake in Orange County.
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A New Day: A True Story of Faith, Healing, and Miracles
Dora Barilla
2009
Dora Barilla had the perfect life; a great job, a handsome firefighter husband, two beautiful daughters and a house in the suburbs. But on March 15, 2005, her world was turned upside down. While on a routine call, husband Tom Barilla suffered a traumatic brain injury in a horrific collision that nearly killed him, destroying Dora's perfect world.In painstaking detail, Dora recounts the days sitting by Tom's bedside as he lay in a coma, the numerous surgeries he endured, the endless hours of rehabilitation and weeks of nasty litigation that pitted the family of firefighters and the city against the California Highway Patrol and the tour bus company that crashed into Tom's fire engine.Dora tells the story of her struggle to maintain optimism for her family and friends as well as keep her own sanity. Ultimately, with faith and understanding, Dora is able to accept the challenges of her new world and embrace a new day.
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Succeeding in the Real World: What School Won't Teach You
Hoan Do
2009
The truth is that school is nothing like the real world. For many, life after college means serious responsibilities and difficult decisions to make, finding a place to work, learning how to pay back school loans, and figuring out a direction in life. Whit the uncertainties that exist after graduation, students are feeling more anxious and unprepared to transition from academic life to real life. This book shares straightforward, useful advice and solutions to deal with the day-to-day challenges that young people face."
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Succeeding in the Real World: What School Won't Teach You
Hoan Do
2009
The truth is that school is nothing like the real world. For many, life after college means serious responsibilities and difficult decisions to make finding a place to work, how to pay back school loans, and figuring out a direction in life. Whit the uncertainties that exist after graduation, students are feeling more anxious and unprepared to transition from academic life to real life. This book shares straightforward, useful advice and solutions to deal with the day-to-day challenges that young people face.
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Working World 101: The New Grad's Guide to Getting a Job
Bridget Graham and Monique Reidy
2009
Targeting the generation-specific problems that thwart young grads' career efforts, "Working World 101" helps young people develop the well-spoken poise, confidence, and professional attitude needed to succeed in the real world.
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Working World 101: the New Grad's Guide to Getting a Job
Bridget Graham and Monique Reidy
2009
Targeting the generation-specific problems that thwart young grads' career efforts, "Working World 101" helps young people develop the well-spoken poise, confidence, and professional attitude needed to succeed in the real world
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Contemporary Leadership and Intercultural Competence: Exploring the Cross-Cultural Dynamics Within Organizations
Michael A. Moodian
2009
Featuring contributions from some of the world′s most renowned cross-cultural management theorists and commentators, this breakthrough text explores the cross-cultural dynamics within organizations. The book examines the evolving role of cultural diversity in the workplace, the application of cultural comprehension to organizations, and the measurement of various aspects of intercultural competence.
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Integrating Planning, Assessment, and Improvement in Higher Education
Barbara J. Sherlock and National Association of College and University Business Officers
2009
Based on Penn State s popular Innovation Insights series, this book brings together in one handy reference nearly a decade of tried and true insights into continuous quality improvements in higher education. Their five-step model for integrating planning, assessment, and improvement moves plans off the shelf and into the weekly and daily scheduling and prioritizing process. It uses assessment as a guide for future actions and goals, and process improvement, innovation, and reengineering as a means to implement a plan.
Supported by data and tools, readers will learn how to create a culture of innovation; adopt a student-centered approach to continuous quality improvement; lead a successful innovation; make accurate assessments; foster teamwork and collaboration; and implement plans. Drawing on Penn State's IMPROVE method, as well as many other leaders in the field, this book offers proven methods and tools for running effective meetings, facilitating teams, conducting surveys, using focus groups, benchmarking, and developing strategic performance indicators.
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Miraculous Messages: From Noah's Flood to the End Times
David W. Balsiger and Charles E. Sellier
2008
From the producers of Breaking the Da Vinci Code, The Search for Heaven, and Faith in the White House, this book investigates the incredible links between Noah's Flood and Global Warming and End Times! The newest installment in our Faith Evidence Series explores a mystery to which all of mankind is seeking the answer. Beginning with the story of Noah and woven throughout the pages of the Bible is a thread that ties together our past, present, and future--a series of supernatural messages that carry the keys to life, death, and eternity.
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Miraculous Messages: from Noah's Flood to the End Times
David W. Balsiger and Charles E. Sellier
2008
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Child of Wonder: Nurturing Creative & Naturally Curious Children
Ginger L. Carlson
2008
Designed to nurture children who think, wonder, and love to learn, this collection of inspiring ideas and techniques guides children’s creative development. A thoughtful, engaging resource—for parents and educators seeking to understand creativity and to encourage it in practical ways—this guide illustrates multiple intelligences and learning styles and provides tools to develop a creatively supported environment that cultivates family participation. An array of complementary hands-on activities explores topics such as imaginative play, math, movement, music, cooking, science, storytelling, visual arts, questioning, cooperative games, media, and nature.
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Copper Sun
Sharon M. Draper
2008
Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
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The Leadership Advantage: How the Best Companies are Developing their Talent to Pave the Way for Future Success
Robert M. Fulmer and Jared L. Bleak
2008
The best competitive weapon any company can have is its up-and-coming leaders. The Leadership Advantage shows companies what some exceptional organizations are doing to develop their best and brightest. Based on substantial research and featuring the results of a 2006 study conducted by Duke Corporate Education, APQC, and the Center for Creative Leadership, Robert M. Fulmer and Jared L. Bleak show how these companies:
* create learning opportunities for individual employees as well as the entire company * maintain a strong partnership between line managers and human resources * develop high-potential employees * evaluate success by measuring company-wide achievement * tie leadership development to business goals
Featuring illuminating case studies of companies like Caterpillar, Cisco Systems, and PepsiCo that have made leadership development an integral part of their business strategy, The Leadership Advantage will ensure that today's businesses have the tools to help their most promising talent reach their greatest potential and to create a company-wide culture of excellence.
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The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers
Keith R. McFarland
2008
The vast majority of small businesses stay small--and not by choice. Only the most savvy and persistent--a tiny one-tenth of one percent--break through to annual sales above $250 million. Here, consultant McFarland pinpoints how breakthrough success is associated with a clearly identifiable set of strategies and skills that anyone in any business can emulate. McFarland spent five years building and analyzing the world's largest growth-company performance database and interviewing more than 1,500 growth-company executives on four continents. His goal was simple: to identify the secrets of breakthrough. The result is a collection of real-world tools and myth-busting insights that can be used by anyone wanting his or her business to join this exclusive circle.
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