Bursting with history like no other city in the world, Washington DC is a tribute to the United States, its people and even the world. Monuments spot the landscape, tourists spot the monuments and their legends are learned. The story of DC doesn't stop there. Look beyond the monuments. That's exactly the Washington DC readers will discover with "N is for our Nation's Capital: A Washington DC Alphabet. "
From Abigail Adams to the National Zoo and all the cherry blossoms, flags, houses and presidents in between, "N is for Our Nation's Capital" is like a field...
Illustrated by Barbara Gibson
Bursting with history like no other city in the world, Washington DC is a tribute to the United States, its people and...
From an award-winning YA author comes Book One in this suspenseful I, Q series opener. Readers are thrust into current issues affecting the world in this edge-of-your-seat, modern-day mystery adventure.
From an award-winning YA author comes Book One in this suspenseful I, Q series opener. Readers are thrust into current issues affecting the world in t...
Moving to Elko, Nevada, as part of the Witness Security Program, Jack Osborne becomes Zach and is piecing together a new life when he finds himself in danger again--and this time his action could determine the fates of everyone he cares about.
Moving to Elko, Nevada, as part of the Witness Security Program, Jack Osborne becomes Zach and is piecing together a new life when he finds himself in...
In 1941, bombs drop from the night skies of London, demolishing the apartment Nick Freestone lives in with his mother. Deciding the situation in England is too unstable, Nick's mother sends him to live with his father in Burma, hoping he will be safer living on the family's teak plantation. But as soon as Nick arrives, trouble erupts in the remote Burmese elephant village. Japanese soldiers invade, and Nick's father is taken prisoner. Nick is left stranded on the plantation, forced to work as a servant to the new rulers. As life in the village grows more dangerous for Nick and his young...
In 1941, bombs drop from the night skies of London, demolishing the apartment Nick Freestone lives in with his mother. Deciding the situation in Engla...
In Book One: Independence Hall, we met Q and his stepsister, Angela. We met their rocker parents, Blaze and Roger; we met the Secret Service team protecting the family; and we met the main players of the Mossad team that is following them. Book Two takes us on another thrilling caper, this time to the White House where Q and Angela continue their quest to uncover the truth behind the supposed death of Angela's real mother--a former Secret Service agent--while trying to differentiate the "good guys" from the "bad guys."
In Book One: Independence Hall, we met Q and his stepsister, Angela. We met their rocker parents, Blaze and Roger; we met the Secret Service team prot...
Influence is an essential component of leadership. Your position in an organization and the power it gives you arent always enough to motivate people to do what you ask. This guidebook will help you develop your influence skills to gain commitment from people at all levels: direct reports, peers, and bosses.
Influence is an essential component of leadership. Your position in an organization and the power it gives you arent always enough to motivate people ...
Individual leaders can have a significant amount of influence over the development of organizational talent. One of the simplest yet most effective ways to develop others is the talent conversation - a way of building on relationships that are based on rapport, collaboration, and mutual commitment in order to help the individuals you lead improve performance, focus development, and reach positive outcomes. Learn how to prepare for and facilitate effective talent conversations by using the Center for Creative Leaderships development framework of assessment, challenge, and support.
Individual leaders can have a significant amount of influence over the development of organizational talent. One of the simplest yet most effective wa...
Individual leaders can have a significant amount of influence over the development of organizational talent. One of the simplest yet most effective ways to develop others is the talent conversation-a way of building on relationships that are based on rapport, collaboration, and mutual commitment in order to help the individuals you lead improve performance, focus development, and reach positive outcomes. Learn how to prepare for and facilitate effective talent conversations by using the Center for Creative Leaderships development framework of assessment, challenge, and support.
Individual leaders can have a significant amount of influence over the development of organizational talent. One of the simplest yet most effective wa...
Security at airports around the world has been greatly tightened since 9/11 and Homeland Security continues to try and plug any remaining gaps in the USA, especially for airport and airline employees. Yet the FBI has recently closed the 45 year-old file on the infamous, and still unsolved D B Cooper hijacking. Even with the current high level of security, could a motivated airline employee, highly trained, armed with insider knowledge and virtually unlimited access to his company's planes repeat Cooper's feat? Hijack Over Weaver's Needle is a fictional story of such a man. Jack Traner is a...
Security at airports around the world has been greatly tightened since 9/11 and Homeland Security continues to try and plug any remaining gaps in the ...
After Q and Angela help foil a Ghost Cell plot in San Antonio, they head to Chicago, the next stop on the Match tour. Since they've been busy fighting international terrorism, they're behind on their school assignments. Their parents tell them if they don't get caught up, it's off to boarding school. But who can concentrate on homework when there is a mystery to solve and international terrorism to thwart? Angela is obsessed with finding out more about the mysterious Boone. Q is more interested in not going to boarding school. But when Boone and his SOS crew are ambushed on their way to...
After Q and Angela help foil a Ghost Cell plot in San Antonio, they head to Chicago, the next stop on the Match tour. Since they've been busy fighting...