Set in mid-1970s India, A Fine Balance is a subtle and compelling narrative about four unlikely characters who come together in circumstances no one could have foreseen soon after the government declares a 'State of Internal Emergency'. It is a breathtaking achievement: panoramic yet humane, intensely political yet rich with local delight; and, above all, compulsively readable.
Unlock the door to successful teamwork! This classic, best-selling book on cooperative learning started a revolution in education. It’s the book that introduced the world to Numbered Heads Together, Three-Step Interview, RoundTable and dozens of Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures. The structures are simple to use as part of any lesson, yet produce unparalleled student gains. Thousands of teachers, schools, and districts worldwide use Kagan Cooperative Learning to boost academic achievement, close the achievement gap, improve student relations, promote thinking skills, and create a more kind and caring school community.
Black American Biographies - The Journey of Achievement
From the abolitionists and civil rights leaders who struggled to secure basic freedoms to the scientists, entertainers, and public servants who have nurtured innovation in their respective fields, African Americans have broken critical barriers for every American. This volume profiles many of those individuals--from Frederick Douglass to Oprah Winfrey to Barack Obama--whose efforts and ideas continue to enrich the foundations of the nation.
Newly discovered by fans of The Secret, the metaphysical writer Wallace D. Wattles distills the rules of real power and personal achievement in his slender, immensely practical The Science of Being Great-the companion work to The Science of Getting Rich.
Picking up shortly after the events of 2005's Dance of Death, the book opens with the arrival of a package of fine dust at the Museum of Natural History; Diogenes has returned the diamonds he stole earlier. Meanwhile, Aloysius is in prison, having been framed for a number of murders. As his friends plot to spring him, his adversary lays the groundwork for a crowning criminal achievement. A mysterious benefactor funds the restoration of an ancient Egyptian tomb at the museum, but the work is beset by the mayhem Preston and Child's readers have come to expect—gory murders and suggestions of the supernatural.
