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Author : Eva Hood Hoyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Sixteen Exceptional Americans written by Eva Hood Hoyer and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy Lobb
Publisher : Walch Education
ISBN 13 : 9780825162787
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (627 download)
Download or read book 16 Extraordinary Americans with Disabilities written by Nancy Lobb and published by Walch Education. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlight the achievements of people who have changed American life and history! Daniel K. Inouye Maxine Hong Kingston I.M.Pei Maya Lin An Wang Seiji Ozawa Kristi Yamaguchi Yo-Yo Ma David Ho Wendy Lee Gramm Ellison Onizuka Carlos Bulosan Jose Aruego Elaine Chao Amy Tan Vera Wang
Author : Nancy Lobb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780825165054
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (65 download)
Download or read book 16 Extraordinary Americans written by Nancy Lobb and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paula Yoo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781584302476
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds written by Paula Yoo and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the childhood dreams and realities of the first Asian American to win an Olympic gold medal, achieved in the ten-meter platform diving event in 1948.
Author : Dick Cheney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501115448
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Exceptional written by Dick Cheney and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new book by former Vice President and #1 New York Times bestselling author Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney.
Author : Carson F. Dye
Publisher : ACHE Management
ISBN 13 : 9781567936735
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Exceptional Leadership written by Carson F. Dye and published by ACHE Management. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instructor Resources: PowerPoint slides, teaching tips, and discussion questions with answer guides. There are good leaders, then there are exceptional leaders. Exceptional leaders use competencies--a set of professional and personal skills, knowledge, values, and traits that guide a leader's performance. In an era of change and uncertainty in healthcare, it is crucial that leaders learn not only how to be exceptional, but also what makes an exceptional leader. In this second edition of their best-selling book, the authors detail 16 competencies grouped in four cornerstone categories: Well-Cultivated Self-Awareness, Compelling Vision, A Real Way With People, and Masterful Execution. Each of the 16 competencies is explored in its own chapter to define the competency, provide examples and advice, and explain the common skill deficits that prevent its mastery. New to this edition: A feature case study at the beginning of the book and a supportive vignette within each competency chapter to provide practical and real-world application to each competency Two minicases with discussion questions at the end of each competency chapter for further consideration and self-reflection Six new chapters that demonstrate how to apply the book's concepts at both the individual and organizational levels A new chapter on physician leadership that incorporates findings from interviews with industry leaders and provides a helpful road map for those transitioning into the physician executive role Through a clear and focused approach based on current research, this book provides a solid understanding of the tools needed by great leaders. Included in this book is a self-development plan and interview questions to apply the knowledge learned.
Author : Mugambi Jouet
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520293290
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Exceptional America written by Mugambi Jouet and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does a country built on the concept of liberty have the highest incarceration rate in the world? How could the first Western nation to elect a person of color as its leader suffer from institutional racism? How does Christian fundamentalism coexist with gay marriage in the American imagination? In essence, what makes the United States exceptional? In this provocative exploration of American exceptionalism, Mugambi Jouet examines why Americans are far more divided than other Westerners over basic issues—including wealth inequality, health care, climate change, evolution, the literal truth of the Bible, abortion, gay rights, gun control, mass incarceration, and war. Drawing inspiration from Alexis de Tocqueville, Jouet, raised in Paris by a French mother and a Kenyan father, wields his multicultural sensibility to parse the ways in which the intense polarization of U.S. conservatives and liberals has become a key dimension of American exceptionalism—an idea widely misunderstood to mean American superiority. Instead, Jouet contends that exceptionalism, once a source of strength, may now spell decline, as unique features of U.S. history, politics, law, culture, religion, and race relations foster grave conflicts and injustices. This book offers a brilliant dissection of the American soul, in all of its outsize, clashing, and striking manifestations.
Author : Nancy Lobb
Publisher : 16 Extraordinary
ISBN 13 : 9780825162831
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (628 download)
Download or read book 16 Extraordinary Young Americans written by Nancy Lobb and published by 16 Extraordinary. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, you will read the stories of 16 young Americans who made extraordinary contributions to our nation while in their teens (or even younger). These stories include: Benjamin West, artist; Phillis Wheatley, poet; Maria Mitchell, astronomer; Allen Jay, Underground Railroad "conductor"; Mary Jane Dilworth, teacher; Orion Howe, Civil War drummer boy; Wilma Rudolph, Olympic athlete; Melba Pattillo, Civil Rights activist; S.E. Hinton, author; Midori, violinist; Ryan White, Aids spokesperson; Trevor Ferrell, activist for the homeless; Samantha Smith, peace ambassador; Tiger Woods, golfer; Jason Gates, cancer survivor; Gregory R. Smith, children's rights advocate.
Author : Mark Bauerlein
Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press
ISBN 13 : 159947459X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (994 download)
Download or read book The State of the American Mind written by Mark Bauerlein and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1987, Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind was published; a wildly popular book that drew attention to the shift in American culture away from the tenants that made America—and Americans—unique. Bloom focused on a breakdown in the American curriculum, but many sensed that the issue affected more than education. The very essence of what it meant to be an American was disappearing. That was over twenty years ago. Since then, the United States has experienced unprecedented wealth, more youth enrolling in higher education than ever before, and technology advancements far beyond what many in the 1980s dreamed possible. And yet, the state of the American mind seems to have deteriorated further. Benjamin Franklin’s “self-made man” has become a man dependent on the state. Independence has turned into self-absorption. Liberty has been curtailed in the defense of multiculturalism. In order to fully grasp the underpinnings of this shift away from the self-reliant, well-informed American, editors Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow have brought together a group of cultural and educational experts to discuss the root causes of the decline of the American mind. The writers of these fifteen original essays include E. D. Hirsch, Nicholas Eberstadt, and Dennis Prager, as well as Daniel Dreisbach, Gerald Graff, Richard Arum, Robert Whitaker, David T. Z. Mindich, Maggie Jackson, Jean Twenge, Jonathan Kay, Ilya Somin, Steve Wasserman, Greg Lukianoff, and R. R. Reno. Their essays are compiled into three main categories: States of Mind: Indicators of Intellectual and Cognitive Decline These essays broach specific mental deficiencies among the population, including lagging cultural IQ, low Biblical literacy, poor writing skills, and over-medication. Personal and Cognitive Habits/Interests These essays turn to specific mental behaviors and interests, including avoidance of the news, short attention spans, narcissism, and conspiracy obsessions. National Consequences These essays examine broader trends affecting populations and institutions, including rates of entitlement claims, voting habits, and a low-performing higher education system. The State of the American Mind is both an assessment of our current state as well as a warning, foretelling what we may yet become. For anyone interested in the intellectual fate of America, The State of the American Mind offers an accessible and critical look at life in America and how our collective mind is faring.
Author : Nancy Lobb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780825126635
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (266 download)
Download or read book 16 Extraordinary African Americans/Teacher Guide written by Nancy Lobb and published by . This book was released on 1995-10-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andy Robinson
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612199356
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Gold, Oil and Avocados written by Andy Robinson and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past decade has seen major political upheaval in Latin America--from Brazil to Chile to Venezuela to Bolivia--but to understand what happened, ask first where your quinoa and lithium batteries came from... The 21st century began optimistically in Latin America. Left-leaning leaders armed with programs to reduce poverty and reclaim national wealth were seeing results—but as the aughts gave way to the teens, they began to fall like dominos. Where did the dreams of this "pink tide" go? Look no further than the original culprits of Latin American disenfranchisement: resource-rich land and unscrupulous extraction. Recounting the story commodity by commodity, Andy Robinson reveals what oxen have to do with the rise of Jair Bolsonaro, how quinoa explains the mob that descended on Evo Morales, and why oil is the culprit behind the protracted coup in Venezuela. In addition to the usual suspects like gold and bananas which underscored the original plunder of the Americas, Robinson also shows how a new generation of valuable resources—like coltan for smartphones, lithium for electric cars, and niobium for SpaceX rockets—have become important players in the fate of Latin America. And as the energy transition sets mineral prices soaring, Latin America remains at the mercy of the rollercoaster of commodity prices. In Gold, Oil, and Avocados, Robinson takes readers from the salt plains of Chile to the depths of the Amazonian jungle to stitch together the story of Latin America's last decade, showing how the imperial plunder of the past carries on today under a new name.
Author : Alejandro de la Fuente
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807878065
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Havana and the Atlantic in the Sixteenth Century written by Alejandro de la Fuente and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Havana in the 1550s was a small coastal village with a very limited population that was vulnerable to attack. By 1610, however, under Spanish rule it had become one of the best-fortified port cities in the world and an Atlantic center of shipping, commerce, and shipbuilding. Using all available local Cuban sources, Alejandro de la Fuente provides the first examination of the transformation of Havana into a vibrant Atlantic port city and the fastest-growing urban center in the Americas in the late sixteenth century. He shows how local ambitions took advantage of the imperial design and situates Havana within the slavery and economic systems of the colonial Atlantic.
Author : William Egan Colby
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Lost Victory written by William Egan Colby and published by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary. This book was released on 1989 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For sixteen years, from the time he was assigned Chief of Station for the CIA in Saigon to his appointment as CIA Director, William Colby was deeply involved in America's role in Vietnam. During five presidential administrations -- Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford -- Colby moved from meetings in the Oval Office to the sweltering jungles of Vietnam as the war escalated from Vietcong guerilla terrorism to a massive U.S. military engagement. Lost Victory is his personal account of those years, an insider's view of America's first major military defeat told from a vantage point matched by few other officials."--Book cover, p. [4].
Download or read book 16 Extraordinary African Americans, 2nd Edition written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book School Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Larry Schweikart
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101217782
Total Pages : 1350 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book A Patriot's History of the United States written by Larry Schweikart and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-12-29 with total page 1350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past three decades, many history professors have allowed their biases to distort the way America’s past is taught. These intellectuals have searched for instances of racism, sexism, and bigotry in our history while downplaying the greatness of America’s patriots and the achievements of “dead white men.” As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington; more about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II than about D-Day or Iwo Jima; more on the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin. A Patriot’s History of the United States corrects those doctrinaire biases. In this groundbreaking book, America’s discovery, founding, and development are reexamined with an appreciation for the elements of public virtue, personal liberty, and private property that make this nation uniquely successful. This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of America’s true and proud history.
Author : Steven M. Gillon
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America written by Steven M. Gillon and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the events of ten pivotal days that changed the course of American history.
