The Deuce and a Half iPad

The Deuce and a Half iPad
Author: Carrie Thornthwaite
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2014-06-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475809387

iPads are powerful tools for engaging students, encouraging creativity, stimulating critical thinking, and making significant strides in learning. This book is part of a two-book set that allows educators to realize the full potential of the iPad. Over 200 highly rated apps are covered with specific ideas for classroom activities and teaching strategies. Descriptions include ideas for using iPads in classrooms where each student owns an iPad, as well as where there is just a small number of iPads or even just a single device. The first chapter of this book specifically discusses how to promote discovery learning, engagement, understanding, and creativity in ways that enhance the learning experience of all students. Each subsequent chapter is dedicated to apps that have value to the following subject areas: mathematics, science, art, music, health and PE, ELL, and ESL. In consideration of education budgets, all the apps are free or low cost. The information in this book is appropriate for K12 teachers, university professors, media specialists, K12 administrators, parents, and students.

JSL Vol 24-N5

JSL Vol 24-N5
Author: JOURNAL OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2014-10-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475814461

The Journal of School Leadership is broadening the conversation about schools and leadership and is currently accepting manuscripts. We welcome manuscripts based on cutting-edge research from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological orientations. The editorial team is particularly interested in working with international authors, authors from traditionally marginalized populations, and in work that is relevant to practitioners around the world. Growing numbers of educators and professors look to the six bimonthly issues to: deal with problems directly related to contemporary school leadership practice teach courses on school leadership and policy use as a quality reference in writing articles about school leadership and improvement.

Not a Toy, but a Tool

Not a Toy, but a Tool
Author: Carrie Thornthwaite
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2014-03-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475809417

iPads are powerful tools for engaging students, encouraging creativity, stimulating critical thinking, and making significant strides in learning. This book is part of a two book set that will allow educators to realize the full potential of the iPad. Over 200 highly rated apps are covered with specific ideas for classroom activities and teaching strategies. Descriptions include ideas for using iPads in classrooms where each student owns an iPad, as well as where there is just a small number of iPads or even just a single device. The first chapter of this book supports the effectiveness of iPads, focusing on what the iPad is, why is should be used and how it can be used. Then two chapters are dedicated to apps that are valuable for all subject areas. The last three chapters focus on apps appropriate for use in the humanities classrooms. In consideration of education budgets, all the apps are free or low cost. The information in this book is appropriate for K12 teachers, university professors, media specialists, K12 administrators, parents and students.

Charlie Rangers

Charlie Rangers
Author: Don Ericson
Publisher: Presidio Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2011-09-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307760405

They were the biggest Ranger company in Vietnam, and the best. For eighteen months, John L. Rotundo and Don Ericson braved the test of war at its most bloody and most raw, specializing in ambushing the enemy and fighting jungle guerillas using their own tactics. From the undiluted high of a "contact" with the enemy to the anguished mourning of a fallen comrade, they experienced nearly every emotion known to man--most of all, the power and the pride of being the finest on America's front lines.

Forever Deuce

Forever Deuce
Author: Monica E. Simmons
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2023-10-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Excitement is mounting as recently married model Charlie Valdez and her husband, former tennis pro Drake Winstead, prepare for the grand opening of Winstead Tennis Center. Placing their honeymoon on hold, the power couple is focused on hosting the center's inaugural, sold-out match between two of the nation's top-ranked players. Pleased that everything is coming together as planned, Charlie is also thrilled that Drake's confidence in her brother Seth, who's managing the tennis center, has not been misplaced. However, her faith in Drake's childhood friend Neil White wavers when the sexy musician turns up the heat in pursuing Charlie's sister, Ceilia. Tensions mount when Ceilia goes missing the night before the opening match. Although Charlie immediately suspects Neil, she later begins to question her sister's jealous ex-boyfriend Bryan Shepherd, a marketing guru who happens to be on the Winstead payroll. Once Charlie locates her sister, she's surprised by how quickly Ceilia bonds with Oliver Hedges, an honored guest at the center's opening weekend. When Drake decides to add Oliver to Winstead's roster of tennis instructors, Seth also becomes a fan of the friendly Las Vegas transplant. As time passes, Charlie must leave Drake for an out-of-town photo shoot. After several past threats to her safety, Drake doesn't want her to travel alone, but Charlie insists she'll be fine. When Drake finally gives in and lets her go, the stage is set, and someone watching finds their perfect opportunity for revenge.

They Marched Into Sunlight

They Marched Into Sunlight
Author: David Maraniss
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2003-10-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 0743262557

David Maraniss tells the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties through the events of a few gripping, passionate days of war and peace in October 1967. With meticulous and captivating detail, They Marched Into Sunlight brings that catastrophic time back to life while examining questions about the meaning of dissent and the official manipulation of truth—issues that are as relevant today as they were decades ago. In a seamless narrative, Maraniss weaves together the stories of three very different worlds: the death and heroism of soldiers in Vietnam, the anger and anxiety of antiwar students back home, and the confusion and obfuscating behavior of officials in Washington. To understand what happens to the people in these interconnected stories is to understand America's anguish. Based on thousands of primary documents and 180 on-the-record interviews, the book describes the battles that evoked cultural and political conflicts that still reverberate.

Spy Secrets that Can Save Your Life

Spy Secrets that Can Save Your Life
Author: Jason Hanson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2015
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0399175148

"When Jason Hanson joined the CIA in 2003, he never imagined that the same tactics he used as a CIA officer for counter intelligence, surveillance, and protecting agency personnel would prove to be essential in every day civilian life. In addition to escaping handcuffs, picking locks, and spotting when someone is telling a lie, he can improvise a self-defense weapon, pack a perfect emergency kit, and disappear off the grid if necessary. He has also honed his "positive awareness" - a heightened sense of his surroundings that allows him to spot suspicious and potentially dangerous behavior - on the street, in a taxi, at the airport, when dining out, or in any other situation."--Provided by publisher.

Mr. Mercedes

Mr. Mercedes
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1476754462

Watch the complete MR. MERCEDES series on Peacock WINNER of the EDGAR AWARD for BEST NOVEL and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In a high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from murdering thousands. “Mr. Mercedes is a rich, resonant, exceptionally readable accomplishment by a man who can write in whatever genre he chooses” (The Washington Post). The stolen Mercedes emerges from the pre-dawn fog and plows through a crowd of men and women on line for a job fair in a distressed American city. Then the lone driver backs up, charges again, and speeds off, leaving eight dead and more wounded. The case goes unsolved and ex-cop Bill Hodges is out of hope when he gets a letter from a man who loved the feel of death under the Mercedes’s wheels… Brady Hartsfield wants that rush again, but this time he’s going big, with an attack that would take down thousands—unless Hodges and two new unusual allies he picks up along the way can throw a wrench in Hartsfield’s diabolical plans. Stephen King takes off on a “nerve-shredding, pulse-pounding race against time” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) with this acclaimed #1 bestselling thriller.

U.S. Army Chevrolet Trucks in World War II

U.S. Army Chevrolet Trucks in World War II
Author: Didier Andres
Publisher: Casemate
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2020-04-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 161200864X

A detailed, pictorial history of the 1 1/2-ton Chevy truck and its use by the U.S. Army during World War II. From 1940 to 1945, large numbers of trucks of all categories were delivered to the U.S. Army by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors. Over 160,000 of these trucks were G-506 light four-wheel-drive trucks—which became the standard 1 1/2-ton, 4x4 truck for both the U.S. Army and Army Air Corps during the war. In addition, many more thousands were delivered to Allied forces as part of the Lend-Lease program, including nearly 50,000 delivered to the Soviet Union. Tough, well-built, and more agile than the deuce and a half, the Chevy 11⁄2 ton played a part in every theater of operations during the war. Its durability and mechanical reliability made it ideal for a wide range of missions. Not for nothing did Chevy advertise the trucks during the war as “Vehicles of Victory.” More than 75 years after it was designed, the small Chevrolet truck is still a favorite with collectors. This fully illustrated book details the different series of trucks and their many uses within the U.S. Army including cargo trucks, panel delivery trucks for the Signal Corps, dump trucks for engineers, telephone trucks, tractors, and bomb service trucks for the air force. It also covers their part in the Lend-Lease program, and their continued use after the war.