Author : Daniel Koretz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 31,88 MB
Release : 2017-08-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 022640871X
America's leading expert in educational testing and measurement openly names the failures caused by today's testing policies and provides a blueprint for doing better. 6 x 9.
Author : Tim O'Brien
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 45,3 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0547420293
A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing—it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Author : Thomas Montasser
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 40,33 MB
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1780748671
For fans of 84 Charing Cross Road and Alan Bennett, this is the charming tale of a small bookshop and one very mysterious customer ‘It’s not particularly difficult to run a successful bookshop, thought Valerie: a grasp of the rudiments of business, a sensible plan, a little skill in negotiation, a couple of contacts and a large portion of magic.’ When businesswoman Valerie takes over the bookshop owned by her aunt – who has vanished without trace – her intention is to bring some order to the chaos, and then sell the business. But she has underestimated the power of the little shop. One day she stumbles upon a mysterious book with an unfinished ending. Valerie thinks it must be a defective copy, but when a customer turns up searching for that very book, her view of the shop – and world – shifts, as she is forced to question what is and isn’t possible. A Very Special Year is a declaration of love for literature, for beautiful books, the power and magic of stories as well as proof that the world of the imagination is still alive within us.
Author : United States Government Us Air Force
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 2017-06-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781547192304
Air Force Handbook 10-644 Survival Evasion Resistance Escape (SERE) Operations 27 March 2017 This handbook describes the various environmental conditions affecting human survival, and describes isolated personnel (IP) activities necessary to survive during successful evasion or isolating events leading to successful recovery. It is the fundamental reference document providing guidance for any USAF service member who has the potential to become isolated; deviations require sound judgment and careful consideration. This publication provides considerations to be used in planning and execution for effective mission accomplishment of formal USAF Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) training, environmentally specific SERE training, and combat survival continuation training programs. The tactics, techniques, and procedures in this publication are recognized best practices presenting a solid foundation to assist USAF service members to maintain life and return with honor from isolating events.
Author : Maurer Maurer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 45,63 MB
Release : 1961
Category : United States
ISBN : 1428915850
Author : Kim Edwards
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 34,78 MB
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 110147534X
From Kim Edwards, the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Memory Keeper's Daughter, an arresting novel of one family's secret history Imbued with all the lyricism, compassion, and suspense of her bestselling novel, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards’s The Lake of Dreams is a powerful family drama and an unforgettable story of love lost and found. Lucy Jarrett is at a crossroads in her life, still haunted by her father's unresolved death a decade earlier. She returns to her hometown in Upstate New York, The Lake of Dreams, and, late one night, she cracks the lock of a window seat and discovers a collection of objects. They appear to be idle curiosities, but soon Lucy realizes that she has stumbled across a dark secret from her family's past, one that will radically change her—and the future of her family—forever. The Lake of Dreams will delight those who loved The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, as well as fans of Anna Quindlen and Sue Miller.
Author : Candice Marley Conner
Publisher :
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 25,11 MB
Release : 2021-06-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781945654749
When orders came to evacuate due to rising floodwaters, Bea Pearl followed her brother down to the river. Only she returned. But she knows he isn't dead. Even if her parents don't agree. Even if the entire town doesn't believe her. She knows it's true. When her parents have him declared legally dead, Bea Pearl decides it's up to her to figure out where her brother could be, and with her limited clues, she begins to unravel the mystery of his disappearance. She must unearth the truth. Otherwise, the rumors are true and she has killed him. And if he can stop existing, could she stop existing too?
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File Size : 30,46 MB
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Author : Bruce Lawrence Berg
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 35,87 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Social sciences
ISBN : 9781292022499
Qualitative Research Methods - collection, organization, and analysis strategies This text shows novice researchers how to design, collect, and analyze qualitative data and then present their results to the scientific community. The book stresses the importance of ethics in research and taking the time to properly design and think through any research endeavor.
Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher : MINI CLASSIC
Page : 3200 pages
File Size : 24,44 MB
Release : 2017-08-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781782098454
Each mini book in this series contains one of the biggest and best-loved stories in children's literature, reimagined with more than 20 beautiful full-colour plate illustrations by a talented artist. Carefully selected range of classics from children's literature Specially commissioned plate illustrations give a fresh, modern approach to iconic stories Small, portable format
