At fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends. . . until the night when his best friends try to kill him. Saved by a mysterious warrior who has more fighting skills than Chuck Norris, Nick is sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters: immortal vampire slayers who risk everything to save humanity.
How Leaders Change Teams, Companies, And Organizations
Contrary to what you may have heard, great leaders arent born. Theyre made. The ability to effectively lead teams, transform entire organizations, and achieve ambitious goals comes not from an inherent set of personality traits but from the mastery of a specific set of skills essential to the success of leaders at many levels and in many fields.
THE AMERICAN STUDIES SERIES is an innovative approach to teaching English through the content of American Studies and cross-cultural topics.It combines the expertise of Russian and American scholars and teachers who, working together, provide learners with fresh, lively, creative, and relevant material to improve their English language proficiency.
The series focuses on developing communication skills - reading, writing, listening, and speaking - as well as a better understanding of one's own culture and other cultures. The series also provides sample opportunities to develop critical thinking skills and explore, compare, and contrast values and ideas.
Taking a holistic approach to developmental reading, ACTIVATE: COLLEGE READING is the first book in a 3-book series. It guides students through a stepped and incremental approach, activating background or prior knowledge as many of the skills students need to become stronger readers are skills they already possess and use on a daily basis. Often using popular media as a springboard, Dole and Taggart show students how the skills used when watching television or movies can easily transfer to their reading.
