From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season!In the fifth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—it's party time in Washington, D.C.! The president is planning a celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in honor of the man who sculpted the famous statue of Abraham Lincoln. But KC and Marshall notice one small problem...

From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season!In the fourth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC's mom is getting married...to the President of the United States! KC wants the day to be perfect, but someone keeps leaking wedding secrets. They newspapers have even printed where the president and his bride are...

From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season!In the first book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC Corcoran always watches the news. So it's no surprise that she notices right away when the President of the United States starts acting funny on TV. He's stiff and awkward. He's even signing papers with the wrong...

This ain’t your daddy’s spy story. In a memoir written as a series of narrative vignettes, a former CIA operations officer recounts his years of danger, intrigue, and adventure.This candid and darkly witty memoir recounts an exhilarating life—and a few close brushes with death. With remarkable sangfroid and a humorist’s eye for absurdity, H. K. Roy describes his many strange and risky exploits in his long career with the CIA. Whether he was pursuing Soviet...

This book seeks to help persons examine issues of aging and retirement and to make plans for creative living as one grows older. A good deal of attention is given to "entitlements" and "earned benefits" and to ethical and political aspects of aging. Are Older Americans getting too much of the economic pie?How can we create a sense of fairness across generational lines? How can we grow old gracefully?

"Unstoppable" explores the life of Roy L. Clay Sr. from his time as a young teenager, where his uncanny math skills were used to run the backroom craps game at a pool hall in segregated, rural Missouri in the 1940s, to his rise to Silicon Valley technology pioneer - many refer to him as 'The Godfather of Silicon Valley'. "Unstoppable" is an inspirational memoir that tells Roy Clay's unforgettable story of succeeding against the odds, while never forgetting the people who helped hi...

Learning about the history of cultural conflict helps teachers reduce it in classrooms. This book shows our common origins and reviews sources of conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Northern Ireland, and the Middle East. It reveals how prejudice and stereotypes about racial and religious minorities create problems in our schools.Beginning with the human exodus out of Africa 60,000 years ago, tension arose among ethnic groups separated by geographic barriers. Changes in population, i...

Genes and the Environment is concerned with genes and how their structures and activities can be influenced by current relevant environmental adversitises. The book aims to provide a brief, integrated coverage at a biochemical and molecular biological level of the various effects that environmental factors can have on our genes, and those of other

This detailed analysis, originally published in 1989 studies the relationship between nation, state and territory. It explores the evolution of nations and the development of the state idea. Consideration is given to the frontier, s the interface between states, the influence of defence requirements, and the dilemmas involved in organizing the internal territorial-administrative arrangements of state territory. Finally the book reviews the geographical problems of empires, in growth and de...

Practical guidelines for implementing the six disciplines of breakthrough learningThe Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning has become a standard for companies serious about increasing the return on their investment in learning and development. Now the authors help workplace learning professionals apply the concepts of their bestselling book. With real-world applications, case studies, how-to guidelines, and practical advice and examples for implementin...

“Smart and funny, with characters so real and vulnerable, you want to send them care packages. I loved this book.” —Rainbow RowellFrom debut author Mary H.K. Choi comes a compulsively readable novel that shows young love in all its awkward glory—perfect for fans of Eleanor & Park and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.For Penny Lee, high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she...

H.G.Wells, best known for his science fiction novels, wrote many short stories which had the same engaging qualities as his major works. Strange, disturbing, but full of wit and humour, here are nine of them. “The Moth”“In the Avu Observatory”“The Stolen Bacillus”“The Flowering of the Strange Orchid”“The Beautiful Suit”“The Red Room”“The Apple”“The Diamond Maker”“The Treasure in the Forest”