Seven Days Of Possibilities

Author : Anemona Hartocollis
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 9781586481964
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Days Of Possibilities written by Anemona Hartocollis and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hartocollis shares the inspirational true story of one plucky young Bronx public school music teacher whose passion for her students transformed their lives--some for only seven days, others for a lifetime.

Author : Anemona Hartocollis
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610390385
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Days Of Possibilities written by Anemona Hartocollis and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johanna Grussner arrived in New York City starry-eyed. She was a young Finnish jazz singer looking for the big time. But it was hard to find steady gigs. Propelled by pluck, determination, and a smidgen of desperation, she obtained a job teaching music at P.S. 86, a public school in the Bronx. At first, it was just to pay the bills. But over the course of several years, Johanna formed an intense, transformative connection with her students. She helped turn them from tough, angry, street-smart city kids into a disciplined, technically proficient, soaringly beautiful gospel chorus. Johanna came to identify so strongly with her students that she eventually took them to her hometown in rural Finland, to meet her family and friends, to perform in a gospel concert, and to show them what an alternate childhood -- one of tiny schools, quiet classrooms, fresh air, wholesome meals, and endless music -- could be like. Seven Days of Possibilities offers an inside look at the politics, history, and complex personal relationships that govern one typical New York City public school. But more importantly, it is the story of how one person can make a difference against those odds, rising above corruption, indifference and regimentation with hope, music, and love.

Author : Francesca Hornak
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0451488776
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Days of Us written by Francesca Hornak and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A family can’t escape their secrets when they’re forced to spend a week in quarantine in this “sharply funny” (People) novel—an Indie Next and #1 Library Reads Pick! It's Christmas, and for the first time in years the entire Birch family will be under one roof. Even Emma and Andrew's elder daughter—who is usually off saving the world—will be joining them at Weyfield Hall. But Olivia, a doctor, is only coming home because she has to. She's just returned from treating an epidemic abroad and has been told she must stay in quarantine for a week...and so too should her family. For the next seven days, the Birches are locked down, cut off from the rest of humanity, and forced into each other's orbits. Younger, unabashedly frivolous daughter Phoebe is fixated on her upcoming wedding, while Olivia deals with the culture shock of first-world problems. As Andrew sequesters himself in his study writing scathing restaurant reviews and remembering his glory days as a war correspondent, Emma hides a secret that will turn the whole family upside down. In close proximity, not much can stay hidden for long, and as revelations and long-held tensions come to light, nothing is more shocking than the unexpected guest who's about to arrive....

Author : Matthew Jenkins, DVM
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 164003269X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Positive Possibilities written by Matthew Jenkins, DVM and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During 30 years of public speaking, people encouraged Matthew Jenkins to write a book and share his steps to success. In 2013, Jenkins begins to chronicle his "Game Plan" for those who influence youth - and shape the future. Of his major accomplishments, serving as Interim President of Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama, his Alma Mater, has been the most rewarding. Jenkins is a role model who pushes boundaries beyond the norm with purpose, passion, and sensitivity. This book bares the secrets of this fool-proof "Game Plan".

Author : Rappaport
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900435011X
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dead Sea Scrolls written by Rappaport and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fortieth anniversary is an occasion to be marked under any circumstances, especially when it concerns a discovery as significant as that of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The proper way to mark this occasion was to organize a symposium that would be as comprehensive as possible, both in content and in variety of approaches, and which would be held in the land of the Scrolls. The papers here reflect not only the variety and richness of subjects treated by contemporary research on Qumran, but also its international character. Since the study of texts remains the first task of the Qumran scholar many of the collection's papers belong to its first section — Texts and Text Studies. The other six sections are: The History of the Qumran Community, Halakha at Qumran, Qumran and the Hebrew Bible, Qumran and the New Testament and The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Author : Amer Benjamin Nystrom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Some Possibilities for the Utilization of Low Grade and Surplus Fruit written by Amer Benjamin Nystrom and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Neal Stephenson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062190415
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seveneves written by Neal Stephenson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years. What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space. But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain . . . Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth. A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.

Author : R.C. Bhattacharya
Publisher : Allied Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9356072914
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Serendipitous: Turning Chance into Possibilities written by R.C. Bhattacharya and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 2022-12-20 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the reader on a journey of life and self-discovery, beginning from a pre-independence India across the world to the England of the ‘70s and back as India began its liberalization and growth path, the story traverses the ups and downs of an ordinary but extraordinary life. Giving us glimpses into village life in Bangladesh, India post-independence, the challenges and intricacies of industrial marketing and finally the building of an education brand that has become famous today. The author shares his story with honesty and sincerity, bringing each character to life, from uncles, aunts, bosses to friends and family. Hoping that readers, enjoy the book as much as Prof RCB, as he is fondly known, loved writing it.

Author : William A. Searcy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400863937
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Polygyny and Sexual Selection in Red-Winged Blackbirds written by William A. Searcy and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to explain why red-winged blackbirds are polygynous and to describe the effects of this mating system on other aspects of the biology of the species. Polygyny is a mating system in which individual males form long-term mating relationships with more than one female at a time. The authors show that females choose to mate polygynously because there is little cost to sharing male parental care in this species, and because females gain protection against nest predation by nesting near other females. Polygyny has the effect of intensifying sexual selection on males by increasing the variance in mating success among males. For females, polygyny means that they will often share a male's territory with other females during the breeding season and will thus be forced to adapt to frequent female-female interactions. This work reviews the results of many studies by other researchers, as well as presenting the authors' own results. Studies of red-winged blackbirds have ranged from long-term investigations of reproductive success and demography, to research on genetic parentage based on modern molecular methods, to a variety of experimental manipulations of ecological circumstances and behavior. Since the red-winged blackbird is one of the best studied species of any taxa in terms of its behavior and ecology, the authors have a particularly extensive body of results on which to base their conclusions. Originally published in 1995. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Helen Fenwick
Publisher : Cavendish Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1843146495
Total Pages : 1252 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil Liberties and Human Rights written by Helen Fenwick and published by Cavendish Publishing. This book was released on 2002-01-02 with total page 1252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third edition has been extensively re-written in order to consider the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998. It takes extensive account not only of the Strasbourg jurisprudence, but also of a number of key domestic decisions in the post- Human Rights Act era. Particular attention is paid to Labour legislation including the Terrorism Act 2000, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001. This book is a detailed, thought- provoking and comprehensive text that is valuable not only for students but also for all those interested in the development of civil liberties in the Human Rights Act era.