More Than They Promised
Title | More Than They Promised PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas E. Bonsall |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 508 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 9780804735865 |
This lavishly illustrated book (86 integrated illustrations) is the complete story of the Studebaker company from its beginnings to its end in 1966.
I Promise
Title | I Promise PDF eBook |
Author | LeBron James |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2020-08-11 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0063017342 |
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! An Instant Indie Bestseller! *An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A B&N Best Book of the Year* A great gift for tiny go-getters and big dreamers, including for back to school! NBA champion and superstar LeBron James pens a slam-dunk picture book inspired by his foundation’s I PROMISE program that motivates children everywhere to always #StriveForGreatness. Just a kid from Akron, Ohio, who is dedicated to uplifting youth everywhere, LeBron James knows the key to a better future is to excel in school, do your best, and keep your family close. I Promise is a lively and inspiring picture book that reminds us that tomorrow’s success starts with the promises we make to ourselves and our community today. Featuring James’s upbeat, rhyming text and vibrant illustrations perfectly crafted for a diverse audience by #1 New York Times bestselling and Geisel Honor winning artist Nina Mata, this book has the power to inspire all children and families to be their best. Perfect for shared reading in and out of the classroom, I Promise is also a great gift for graduation, birthdays, and other occasions. Plus check out the audiobook, read by LeBron James's mother and I Promise School supporter Gloria James!
More than Medicine
Title | More than Medicine PDF eBook |
Author | Robert M. Kaplan |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2019-02-04 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0674975901 |
Stanford’s pioneering behavioral scientist draws on a lifetime of research and experience guiding the NIH to make the case that America needs to radically rethink its approach to health care if it wants to stop overspending and overprescribing and improve people’s lives. American science produces the best—and most expensive—medical treatments in the world. Yet U.S. citizens lag behind their global peers in life expectancy and quality of life. Robert Kaplan brings together extensive data to make the case that health care priorities in the United States are sorely misplaced. America’s medical system is invested in attacking disease, but not in addressing the social, behavioral, and environmental problems that engender disease in the first place. Medicine is important, but many Americans act as though it were all important. The United States stakes much of its health funding on the promise of high-tech diagnostics and miracle treatments, while ignoring strong evidence that many of the most significant pathways to health are nonmedical. Americans spend millions on drugs for high cholesterol, which increase life expectancy by only six to eight months on average. But they underfund education, which might extend life expectancy by as much as twelve years. Wars on infectious disease have paid off, but clinical trials for chronic conditions—costing billions—rarely confirm that new treatments extend life. Meanwhile, the National Institutes of Health spends just 3 percent of its budget on research on the social and behavioral determinants of health, even though these factors account for 50 percent of premature deaths. America’s failure to take prevention seriously costs lives. More than Medicine argues that we need a shakeup in how we invest resources, and it offers a bold new vision for longer, healthier living.
More Than a Promise
Title | More Than a Promise PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth Herne |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2018-05-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781718729278 |
Widower Matt Wilmot is an excavator by trade, but with his three rambunctious young sons making trouble all over town, he may not have what it takes to dig them out on his own. The boys' antics have earned them a riotous reputation in their small town of Cedar Mills. When Matt's former mother-in-law, a powerful lawyer and judge, threatens to sue for custody, Matt's sure she means it. Enter Matt's new neighbor, Elle Drake. She's made a successful career for herself as a renowned artist and potter, but after a disastrously public break-up with her millionaire ex-husband, she's back in Cedar Mills to lick her wounds and set her roughed-up self-image to rights. When Matt's oldest son causes damage in Elle's yard, her common-sense approach forces the boy to take responsibility for his actions-and gives Matt the wake-up call he desperately needs. Initially adversarial, true attraction grows between this unlikely couple. Matt appreciates Elle's effect on his sons, and when he gets cornered into having a Sunday breakfast with Elle and the boys, he has fun for the first time in...well, he can't remember when. Everything changes when Elle hears the boys' grandmother berating Matt in public and threatening to take the boys. She defuses the situation by pretending to be Matt's fiancée and the boys' future stepmother. When Matt decides it's a brilliant plan and kisses her to seal the deal, Elle knows he's crazy. But he's also sweet, funny, engaging, sexy and strong, which isn't exactly a bad thing! This latest poignant Christian romance by Ruth Logan Herne combines heart and humor with a dose of small-town reality... just enough to keep it real!
I Can Make This Promise
Title | I Can Make This Promise PDF eBook |
Author | Christine Day |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2019-10-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0062872036 |
In her debut middle grade novel—inspired by her family’s history—Christine Day tells the story of a girl who uncovers her family’s secrets—and finds her own Native American identity. All her life, Edie has known that her mom was adopted by a white couple. So, no matter how curious she might be about her Native American heritage, Edie is sure her family doesn’t have any answers. Until the day when she and her friends discover a box hidden in the attic—a box full of letters signed “Love, Edith,” and photos of a woman who looks just like her. Suddenly, Edie has a flurry of new questions about this woman who shares her name. Could she belong to the Native family that Edie never knew about? But if her mom and dad have kept this secret from her all her life, how can she trust them to tell her the truth now?
A consultation/hearing of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, March 6-7, 1985
Title | A consultation/hearing of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, March 6-7, 1985 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Affirmative action programs |
ISBN |
Selected Affirmative Action Topics in Employment and Business Set-asides
Title | Selected Affirmative Action Topics in Employment and Business Set-asides PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Affirmative action programs |
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