If Not for a Bee

If Not for a Bee
Author: Carol Ross
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2015-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460389395

You can't always play it safe With four sons dependent on her, Janie Everett needs to keep her life uncomplicated. Now famous scientist Aidan Hollings is disrupting her orderly world, starting with the rescue of a…bumblebee. Aidan is only passing through her Alaska wilderness town, and wasn't planning to bond with her two older boys. Or become so attracted to the widowed journalist. His globe-trotting days may be be over if he's able to show Janie that they can share the adventure of a lifetime—together.

The Virtues of Captain America

The Virtues of Captain America
Author:
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2014-01-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1118619250

The first look at the philosophy behind the Captain America comics and movies, publishing in advance of the movie release of Captain America: The Winter Solider in April 2014. In The Virtues of Captain America, philosopher and long-time comics fan Mark D. White argues that the core principles, compassion, and judgment exhibited by the 1940’s comic book character Captain America remain relevant to the modern world. Simply put, "Cap" embodies many of the classical virtues that have been important to us since the days of the ancient Greeks: honesty, courage, loyalty, perseverance, and, perhaps most importantly, honor. Full of entertaining examples from more than 50 years of comic books, White offers some serious philosophical discussions of everyone’s favorite patriot in a light-hearted and accessible way. Presents serious arguments on the virtues of Captain America while being written in a light-hearted and often humorous tone Introduces basic concepts in moral and political philosophy to the general reader Utilizes examples from 50 years of comics featuring Captain America, the Avengers, and other Marvel superheroes Affirms the value of "old-fashioned" virtues for the modern world without indulging in nostalgia for times long passed Reveals the importance of the sound principles that America was founded upon Publishing in advance of Captain America: The Winter Soldier out in April 2014.

The Power of a Teacher

The Power of a Teacher
Author: Adam Sáenz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Teachers
ISBN: 9781937654603

Adam Saenz's The Power of a Teacher is the result of years of research and professional development conducted in school districts nationwide. In this book you will be able to take the 50-item Teacher Wellness Inventory to identify strengths and weakness in the occupational, emotional, financial, spiritual, and physical areas of your life. It's also filled with discussion questions to create interaction and dialogue between colleagues. Read the stories of real people whose lives were changed by real teachers.

Night Business

Night Business
Author: Benjamin Marra
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2017-12-06
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 168396070X

In this 1980s-trash-culture homage, only one man can save strippers from a serial murderer; this volume collects the cult comic book series with its unpublished-until-now conclusion. Can Johnny Timothy mete out his vengeance before more innocent victims have to die? Night Business is Marra’s longest graphic novel to date: a nasty brew of power, passion, vigilantes, and dangerous men raining street justice down upon their enemies.

Leadership

Leadership
Author: Andy Cope
Publisher: John Murray
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2018-08-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 147367946X

As 9-5 morphs into 24/7, it brings mounting pressures and new rules. Your life is full-on, relentless and exhausting and worse still, it's zipping by in a blur. It's easy to end up careering from one crisis to another, buzzed up on sugar and coffee, existing from one holiday to the next. The leader's job is to squeeze more from less, but most leaders feel they can't possibly work any harder and are sick to death with being told to work smarter. So where next? The answer is to use the multiplier effect to transform your leadership style. Leadership: The Multiplier Effect is crammed with the latest thinking on leadership, strengths, positive psychology, purpose, employee engagement, coaching, emotional intelligence and 'life', supplemented with anecdotes, pithy quotes and asides that help bring the content to life. And to save you time, the book's central message is this: Your job as a leader is NOT to inspire people. Your job as a leader is to BE INSPIRED.

Main Street Moment

Main Street Moment
Author: Stephen W. Hoag Ph.D.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2024-09-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Main Street Moment is the most vice-gripping saga of high school drama ever penned, combining the signature of intense intimacy of the author’s previous works with a mighty cascade of fascinating characters and events who share that dynamic transition period of life known as the senior year in high school. Tucked into the revealing mosaic of the teenage personalities who progress through the moments of their final year of high school is the most dramatic sports story ever written, with unanticipated twists and turns that will leave you breathless through every surprising moment. With a backdrop of historic reportage, fortifying the delicately woven story that will make you recall the sparkling splash of a first glance of a person so compelling and wantonly hot to the rapid progression of star-crossed moments when the world would stop at the touch of a hand or the first touch of soft lips that ignite every physical sense and pulsating emotion is the heart-stopping romance of sexagenarians, Denise and Kyle. Their emotional journey will keep you invested in their love story. Main Street Moment, the third book in the “Main Street trilogy” will unlock the door of your heart to memories, once assumed forgotten when the world was an endless stream of sparkling moments that made you embrace the potential of the future with enthusiastic anticipation. Now, rekindled in Main Street Moment, we knit in with all the amazing characters of the Main Street series, allowing ourselves to fall in love and be thrilled by our age of innocence once again. The exhilarating conclusion will warm your soul and leave you feeling fully satisfied, yet craving for yet another moment.

New York Magazine

New York Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1987-11-16
Genre:
ISBN:

New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

All the Birds in the Sky

All the Birds in the Sky
Author: Charlie Jane Anders
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2016-01-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466871121

Entertainment Weekly's 27 Female Authors Who Rule Sci-Fi and Fantasy Right Now Winner of the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novel Finalist for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel Paste's 50 Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far) List “The book is full of quirkiness and playful detail...but there's an overwhelming depth and poignancy to its virtuoso ending.” —NPR From the former editor-in-chief of io9.com, a stunning Nebula Award-winning and Hugo-shortlisted novel about the end of the world—and the beginning of our future An ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup go to war in order to prevent the world from tearing itself apart. To further complicate things, each of the groups’ most promising followers (Patricia, a brilliant witch and Laurence, an engineering “wunderkind”) may just be in love with each other. As the battle between magic and science wages in San Francisco against the backdrop of international chaos, Laurence and Patricia are forced to choose sides. But their choices will determine the fate of the planet and all mankind. In a fashion unique to Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky offers a humorous and, at times, heart-breaking exploration of growing up extraordinary in a world filled with cruelty, scientific ingenuity, and magic. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.