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Carmen Fenton is a waitress at Greyton's Grill. She is also a student studying to earn a college degree in marketing. Upon graduation, Carmen is seeking an internship at an executive firm where she plans to eventually climb the corporate ladder. Carmen is eager to complete college. She can barely wait to take advantage of the internship program NYU offers. Unaware of the competitive nature of the marketing business, she is ill-prepared for practices...
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Cuando Dave Asprey empezó su exitoso podcast de radio en EEUU hace más de cinco años, buscaba personas influyentes de todas las disciplinas: desde bioquímicos que revolucionaron la investigación en laboratorios desconocidos, a líderes que cambiaron el mundo y maestros de la meditación que encontraron la paz interior. Sus invitados han sido personas que revolucionaron sus áreas de estudio o incluso abrieron campos completamente nuevos. Dave...
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Don't throw away your shot to read about the fascinating life of Lin-Manuel Miranda! This high-interest biography describes the inspirational life story of Lin-Manuel Miranda, the award-winning playwright, composer, lyricist, singer, and actor who created the musicals In the Heights and Hamilton: An American Musical. Students will be encouraged to follow their dreams as they are engaged in reading about this creative, talented individual. Developed...
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J.K. Rowling's success is beyond impressive. Few authors in history have experienced anything like it. There are theme parks that recreate the Potter world, multiple films, rock bands named for Potter places and characters, websites dedicated to Potter lore, and Quidditch teams around the world. This high-interest biography details the fascinating life of the creator of the Harry Potter books-J.K. Rowling. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring...
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Among many legendary episodes from the life and career of men's basketball coach Dean Smith, few loom as large as his recruitment of Charlie Scott, the first African American scholarship athlete at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Drawn together by college basketball in a time of momentous change, Smith and Scott helped transform a university, a community, and the racial landscape of sports in the South. But there is much more to this...
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For serious football fans wanting to relive the most unforgettable, extraordinary, and gut-wrenching moments in Alabama's history, this account explores the team's greatest plays, providing context, back story, relevant circumstances, and comments from those directly involved ineach play. Photos help reanimate memories, including offensive lineman Jerry Duncan's unlikely catch to help beat Nebraska in the 1966 Orange Bowl, the goal-line stand against...
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Game Changers: Kwame Alexander builds critical literacy skills with this fascinating nonfiction reader designed to engage eighth grade students. Keep your students at the edge of their seats with content that will keep them enthralled from the first page to the last. Showcasing the work of the Kwame Alexander, this informational text examines the life of the author of the 2015 Newbery Medal. Aligned with state standards, Beyond Words: Kwame Alexander...
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For serious football fans wanting to relive the most unforgettable, extraordinary, and gut-wrenching moments inNew England Patriotshistory, this account explores the team's greatest plays, providing context, back story, relevant circumstances, and comments from those directly involved ineach play. Photos help reanimate memories, including Jim Nance's 1966 Sports Illustrated cover, the team taking advantage of turnovers in the 1986 playoffs to make...
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It is becoming increasingly obvious that the United States needs reliable and inexpensive energy to propel our economy and protect our national security interests. Game Changers presents five research and development efforts from American universities that offer a cheaper, cleaner, and more secure national energy system. Drawing from the efforts of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and other leading university research centers, the book describes...
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The latest CHS Book Award winner examines California's history through the prism of twelve elections that forever changed the state. Drawing from a wealth of primary sources, including new interviews conducted by the authors, each chapter explores one election (Leland Stanford's gubernatorial race, the initiative that mandated term limits, and the Los Angeles Aqueduct Bond Measure, to name a few), revealing the forces behind the choices made at the...
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Cuando Dave Asprey empezó su exitoso podcast de radio en EEUU hace más de cinco años, buscaba personas influyentes de todas las disciplinas: desde bioquímicos que revolucionaron la investigación en laboratorios desconocidos, a líderes que cambiaron el mundo y maestros de la meditación que encontraron la paz interior. Sus invitados han sido personas que revolucionaron sus áreas de estudio o incluso abrieron campos completamente nuevos. Dave...
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The ADB Cooperation Fund for Fighting HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific benefitted from a $19.2 million grant from the Government of Sweden with the goal of assisting ADB's developing member countries meet their commitment to Millennium Development Goal 6, target 6A: to have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV. The objective of the fund was to support these countries to develop a comprehensive AIDS response; enable them to partner...
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New York Times bestselling author Mike Lupica scores a touchdown with his new middle-grade sports series!
Ben McBain is every football team's dream player. He's a jack-of-all-trades guy that can handle almost any position. When the game is on the line, Ben's number is the one being called for the final play. But Ben wants to be the starting quarterback and the one thing standing in his way is the coach's son.
Shawn O'Brien looks the part. He
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Macmillan Audio
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2020
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Trouble is about to tip off for Jeff and Andi's sixth-grade basketball teams in Game Changers, a standalone second audiobook in the middle-grade Benchwarmers series by #1 New York Times bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein.
From a new coach's flagrant racism to a teammate's endless sabotage, best friends Andi Carillo and Jeff Michaels start basketball season mired in controversy.
To make matters worse, the local media
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Peter Voogd, author of 6 Months to 6 Figures and founder of the prestigious Game Changers Academy, talks with successful entrepreneurs on how they built their multi-million dollar businesses from the ground up. Learn from Lori Harder, Tom Bilyeu and more about the importance of pulling power from rock bottom moments, staying passionate and persistent, and how to genuinely provide value to others.
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"A visual history of all things video games, this book will provide the reader with an overview of the gaming industry, from the very first game created around the mid-twentieth century, right through to the present day. Particular focus is given to advances within the industry during this time, such as new technologies, innovative gameplay, never-before-seen graphics, and design. An introduction by Simon Parkin provides an overview of gaming history,...
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In 1956, in the town of Denton, Texas, two African American football players from Dallas's segregated public school system boldly walked on to play for what was then called North Texas State College-known today as the University of North Texas. Abner Haynes and Leon King didn't know what to expect, and neither did their teammates. The players' arrival came only a few months after North Texas welcomed its first black undergraduate student. The integration...
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