Lifting and carrying around their children can help mommies get strong. But some mommies go a bit further to develop strength. In their book, Strong Like Mommy, authors Rosalie and Robert Santoro tell the story of a young boy who enjoys watching his mother work out at the gym. He sees all she does and wants to be just like her. He watches her throw, swing, row, run, bike, jump, lift, flip a big tire, and stand on her hands right before his eyes. She sets an example of what strong looks like and shows him what it means to always persevere. Told in verse, Strong Like Mommy will be enjoyed by children of many ages. And while it reflects what the Santoros do with their children, it might even inspire your parents to take you along to a workout.
Pride", the second installment in the deadly Sins Series, continues the fast-paced action which surrounds derring-do FBI Agent Jake Chase as he is pushed to the limit by a deadly psychopath known only as "The Artist". The killing spree begins with the brutal murder of a Hollywood superstar and if Jake is not careful, could end way to close to home. The clock is ticking and Jake must find a way to thwart the killer before it's too late.
Just one of the Deadly Sins. Sometimes, it just doesn't pay to be the best at what you do. Take Jake Chase for example: He's a smart, NYU grad; He's handsome in an innocent, boyish way; He's with the FBI anti-terrorism unit; He's on the biggest case of his life. But, and there's always a but where Jake's concerned: The evidence isn't adding up, at least in his head; He doesn't think that terrorists bombed Paramount; He thinks his boss did; And he's pretty sure his family had something to do with it. But, he has no proof... only a gut feeling.
Based on the story of a young boy from Avellino, Italy who is forced to take a journey which separates him from his home, mother and father forever. He is alone and finds himself exposed to perilous situations from one side of the Atlantic to the other. It is a story of his courage, strength and endurance and his final struggle to be free to live his life as an adult in the new world.
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored longstanding fissures in China’s business relationships with the West. If the West is going to develop a relationship of mutual trust and improve business relations with China in the coming decades, it is imperative to understand how to engage with Chinese thinking on ethics in business—this book explains how. Government officials, businesspeople, and business-ethicists have trouble communicating about issues in ethics, policy, and business across the China-West divide. This book shows how to overcome the us-versus-them mindset plaguing China-West relations by presenting to Western audiences an easy-to-understand yet deeply informed primer on core ideas and perspectives in Chinese cultural and philosophical thought. The book considers original texts of Chinese philosophy and religion, and applies principles from those writings to three business-ethics topics of enduring interest to business executives, government officials, and academics, namely, the protection of intellectual property, assurance of product safety and quality in the pharmaceutical supply chain, and human rights. This book is a must-read for those who want to forge constructive relationships with their Chinese counterparts based on mutual trust and understanding. The book is specifically relevant to business executives, but it should also be of interest to policymakers, educators, and students who seek to communicate more effectively with their Chinese counterparts, in particular about difficult and contentious business, policy, and ethical issues.
Angiogenesis is an extension process of the cardiovascular network within human body. It is usually triggered by the demand of oxygen and nutrients from the fast growing tissue and uncontrollably dividing cells, as seen during wound healing and tumor progression. This book focuses on tumor angiogenesis and includes 8 chapters written by highly experienced scholars from five different countries. It is the goal of this book to provide readers with an update on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of this biological process and hopefully to point out some new research directions for future therapeutic adventure.
New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni returns with his most exhilarating legal thriller to date, a pulse-pounding story of corporate greed, espionage, and the lengths one man is willing to go for justice. Bodily Harm opens with a big win for David Sloane and his new partner, Tom Pendergrass, in a malpractice case centered on the death of a young child. But on the heels of this seeming victory, an unlikely character—toy designer Kyle Horgan— comes forward to tell Sloane that he’s gotten it all wrong: Horgan’s the one who’s truly responsible for the little boy’s death and possibly others—not the pediatrician Sloane has just proven guilty. Ordinarily, Sloane might have dismissed such a person as a crackpot, but something about this case has always troubled him—something that he couldn’t quite pinpoint. When Sloane tries to follow up with Horgan, he finds the man’s apartment a shambles— ransacked by unknown perpetrators. Horgan has vanished without a trace. Together with his longtime investigative partner Charles Jenkins, Sloane reexamines his clients’ son’s death and digs deeper into Horgan’s claims, forcing him to enter the billion-dollar, cutthroat toy industry. As Sloane gets closer to the truth, he trips a wire that leads to a shocking chain of events that nearly destroys him. To get to the bottom of it all and find justice for the families harmed, Sloane must keep in check his overwhelming desire for revenge. Full of nail-bitingly tense action scenes as well as edge-of-your-seat courtroom drama, Bodily Harm finds Robert Dugoni at the very top of his game.
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