Imagining a year in which the lovable losers never lose a single game, this idealistic resource identifies the most memorable victory in Chicago Cubs history on every single day of the baseball calendar season, from late March to late October. Ranging from games with incredible historical significance and individual achievement to those with high drama and high stakes, the book envisions the impossible: a blemish-free Cubs season. Evocative photos, original quotes, thorough research, and engaging prose and analysis add another dimension.
Teddy enters the second grade wearing an old, ragged pair of sneakers, and he feels good about how comfortable they are and how they remind him of all the exciting times he had while wearing them over the summer, until the other kids start teasing him for being different.
101 management theories from the world’s best management thinkers – the fast, focussed and express route to success. As a busy manager, you need solutions to everyday work problems fast. The Little Book of Big Management Theories gives you access to the very best theories and models that every manager should know and be able to use. Cutting through the waffle and hype, McGrath and Bates concentrate on the theories that really matter to managers day-to-day. Each theory is covered in two pages – telling you what it is, how to use it and the questions you should be asking – so you can immediately apply your new knowledge in the real world. The Little Book of Big Management Theories will ensure you can: Quickly resolve a wide range of practical management problems Be a better, more decisive manager who gets the job done Better motivate and influence your staff, colleagues and stakeholders Improve your standing and demonstrate that you are ready for promotion All you need to know and how to apply it – in a nutshell.
When a little girl surprises her mother on her birthday with the notion that they exchange places, she discovers that it is tough, but sometimes fun, to be a mother.
Paragraphs: Mysteries of the Golden Booby" is a romping mystery/thriller written by four established and award-winning authors -- Bob Doerr, David Harry, Pat McGrath Avery, and Joyce Faulkner. Set in South Padre Island, Texas -- and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the novel takes the reader on a search for the mythical Golden Booby. With "Legends of the Golden Booby," Bob Doerr kicks off the story with the hero of his Jim West mystery series and two new characters, Sam Wiesel and Clint Smith. South Padre Island author David Harry picks up the tale in "The Professor" and we learn about the Brownsville/Pittsburgh competition to acquire the priceless artifact. Pat McGrath Avery's Hap Lynch solves a murder in the museum that housed the beautiful bird in "Murder Can Be Golden." And Joyce Faulkner completes the puzzle in "Paragraphs." Like a winding road, the story climbs and falls, curves back around itself and speeds down the straight aways. The cast of characters includes island celebrities, familiar good guys, hissing villains -- and a really really cool bird!
A boy talks to his best friend's cat on the way to school about fighting with his older brother and realizes that it's not nice to tease and that he should apologize.
Television Policy offers a unique and authoritative account of the major developments in television programming and policy since 1976 by collecting in a single volume the MacTaggart lectures delivered at the Edinburgh International Television Festival across the last quarter of a century. The MacTaggart lecturers include the most celebrated and distinguished programme makers, producers, performers, playwrights, policymakers and senior media executives across all sectors of broadcasting. They include Greg Dyke, John Humphrys, John McGrath, Marcel Orphuls, Norman Lear, Jeremy Isaacs, John Mortimer, Peter Jay, Ted Turner, Jonathan Miller, Denis Foreman, John Schlesinger, Troy Kennedy-Martin, Philip Whitehead, Christine Ockrent, Rupert Murdoch, Verity Lambert, David Elstein, Michael Grade, Dennis Potter, Janet Street Porter, John Birt, Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran, Peter Bazalgette, Richard Eyre, David Liddiment and Mark Thompson.With a Foreword by John Willis and an introductory essay exploring the history of the MacTaggart lectures and a review of the shifting themes and concerns of the lectures, the book provides a forum for the significant debates which have helped to shape both television content and policy across twenty five years of considerable and unprecedented change in broadcasting. Topics covered include the future of public service programming; the relationship of government to broadcasters; the impact of ownership on the freedom of broadcasters; and debates about whether and how television should be regulated.Television Policy is essential reading for all students of media and communication studies as well as those interested in reading accounts of television programming and policy written by some of the most eloquent, eminent but contentious figures in television broadcasting.Features* The first collection of the prestigious MacTaggart Lectures* A unique insight into the development of television programming across 25 years
The Group" by Bob Doerr A fast moving international thriller that pits a lone government operative, known as a hunter, against an unknown group of assassins who pose a worldwide threat. Someone is killing off the world's rich and famous. The murders are sophisticated, requiring precision and skill. The international community is in an uproar but has no leads in its attempt to find the assassins. The victims were members of the Bilderberg Group, an international, loose knit group of the uber rich that meet annually. While the attacks have not had a direct impact on the U.S., Theresa Deer, Director of the Special Section, a small unit whose existence is known by only a handful in the U.S. government, sees this new age League of Assassins as a national threat. She sends her hunters out. Clint Smith finds their trail Switzerland where his discovery almost leads to his own death. The hunt leads him to Mallorca, Spain, where he witnesses a helicopter attack on a villa where a number of attendees from the Bilderberg conference were holding a follow-on meeting of their own. Smith picks up the trail a couple weeks later in Las Vegas, NV, and in his hunt finds out that he is no longer the hunter. He has become the prey. "Bob Doerr creates ordinary characters and places them in unordinary situations. Get ready for a tense read as Clint Smith is charged with identifying and stopping the unknown killer (or killers) of the world's richest men!" - Pat McGrath Avery, multi -Award Winning Author
BOOK REVIEW by HEATHER FROESCHL BOOKREVIEW.COM RATING: MUST READ!The gift of family history is one that all too often is ignored until it is too late to recapture. Our heritage is something we need to pay close attention to, yet it passes into an unclear past. In Bob Huerters novel, The Seanachie, one struggling young man is about to meet his family history face to face. It is a gift beyond anything that could be imagined. Frank McGrath is getting into trouble, nearly with the law and decidedly with his father. As punishment he is to do the bidding of his grandfather and drive him to his childhood home in eastern Iowa; a last trip to soothe the soul and put to rest a troubled heart. The trip starts out with a groan as Frank realizes that he is a captive audience to his grandfathers remembrances. However, the story soon touches his heart and the tale is just beginning to become clear. After a tragic set of circumstances, things become even clearer as Frank is given an up close and personal look at the history of his family, of his people, of his heritage. The Seanachie, a gaelic word for storyteller, was the one who held the traditions, kept the tales alive and the past in safe keeping. In a wonderful twist of storytelling, Bob Huerter is a seanachie in his own right. The book is full of emotion and feeling, history and life lessons. The descriptive scenes are so well written that readers will feel the hunger of Ireland during the potato blight, the rock and sway of the coffin ships, and the broken hearts of tragically lost family. Most notable throughout is the pull of Ireland as the family immigrates to America; what exudes is a magnetism that pulls the reader deeper and deeper into the story. The Seanachie is one of those books that will stay with you long after the last page is turned. A must read!
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