Author: Paul Ladewski
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780545065450
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Fifteen players who can turn the game around--they always know where the football is and they'll do what they have to do to either take it away or take it to the end zone.
Entertainment Power Players
Author: Dackeyia Sterling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967903682
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Premier entertainment career directory for Fashion, Film/TV and Music. New, updated and verified listings include Company Names, Addresses, Phone Numbers, Websites and @Twitter. A-Z Content includes industry programs, products, and services. Popular Sections include: Acting and Casting Resources, Animation Companies, Fashion Designers, Footwear Companies, Film Festivals and Financing, Internships, Job Sources, Training Programs and More!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967903682
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Premier entertainment career directory for Fashion, Film/TV and Music. New, updated and verified listings include Company Names, Addresses, Phone Numbers, Websites and @Twitter. A-Z Content includes industry programs, products, and services. Popular Sections include: Acting and Casting Resources, Animation Companies, Fashion Designers, Footwear Companies, Film Festivals and Financing, Internships, Job Sources, Training Programs and More!
Power Chess for Kids
Author: Charles Hertan
Publisher: New In Chess
ISBN: 9056914448
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A power move, explains experienced chess teacher Charles Hertan, is a winning master tactic that requires thinking ahead. To become one of the best chess players in your school you need to be able to think just 1,5 moves ahead, and this book teaches the four basic tricks do so. You will learn how to weed out silly moves and just consider a few important ones. Forget about learning openings and endgames, power moves will help you win in all stages of the game. Charles Hertan introduces the four main characters who will help you to learn these basic skills: Zort (a teenaged computer from the planet Zugszwang), the Dinosaurs, Power Chess Kid and the Chess Professor . The most complete and fun kids book ever on learning how to win games!
Publisher: New In Chess
ISBN: 9056914448
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A power move, explains experienced chess teacher Charles Hertan, is a winning master tactic that requires thinking ahead. To become one of the best chess players in your school you need to be able to think just 1,5 moves ahead, and this book teaches the four basic tricks do so. You will learn how to weed out silly moves and just consider a few important ones. Forget about learning openings and endgames, power moves will help you win in all stages of the game. Charles Hertan introduces the four main characters who will help you to learn these basic skills: Zort (a teenaged computer from the planet Zugszwang), the Dinosaurs, Power Chess Kid and the Chess Professor . The most complete and fun kids book ever on learning how to win games!
Baseball's Power Shift
Author: Krister Swanson
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803288042
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
From Major League Baseball's inception in the 1880s through World War II, team owners enjoyed monopolistic control of the industry. Despite the players' desire to form a viable union, every attempt to do so failed. The labor consciousness of baseball players lagged behind that of workers in other industries, and the public was largely in the dark about labor practices in baseball. In the mid-1960s, star players Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale staged a joint holdout for multiyear contracts and much higher salaries. Their holdout quickly drew support from the public; for the first time, owners realized they could ill afford to alienate fans, their primary source of revenue. Baseball's Power Shift chronicles the growth and development of the union movement in Major League Baseball and the key role of the press and public opinion in the players' successes and failures in labor-management relations. Swanson focuses on the most turbulent years, 1966 to 1981, which saw the birth of the Major League Baseball Players Association as well as three strikes, two lockouts, Curt Flood's challenge to the reserve clause in the Supreme Court, and the emergence of full free agency. To defeat the owners, the players' union needed support from the press, and perhaps more importantly, the public. With the public on their side, the players ushered in a new era in professional sports when salaries skyrocketed and fans began to care as much about the business dealings of their favorite team as they do about wins and losses. Swanson shows how fans and the media became key players in baseball's labor wars and paved the way for the explosive growth in the American sports economy.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803288042
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
From Major League Baseball's inception in the 1880s through World War II, team owners enjoyed monopolistic control of the industry. Despite the players' desire to form a viable union, every attempt to do so failed. The labor consciousness of baseball players lagged behind that of workers in other industries, and the public was largely in the dark about labor practices in baseball. In the mid-1960s, star players Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale staged a joint holdout for multiyear contracts and much higher salaries. Their holdout quickly drew support from the public; for the first time, owners realized they could ill afford to alienate fans, their primary source of revenue. Baseball's Power Shift chronicles the growth and development of the union movement in Major League Baseball and the key role of the press and public opinion in the players' successes and failures in labor-management relations. Swanson focuses on the most turbulent years, 1966 to 1981, which saw the birth of the Major League Baseball Players Association as well as three strikes, two lockouts, Curt Flood's challenge to the reserve clause in the Supreme Court, and the emergence of full free agency. To defeat the owners, the players' union needed support from the press, and perhaps more importantly, the public. With the public on their side, the players ushered in a new era in professional sports when salaries skyrocketed and fans began to care as much about the business dealings of their favorite team as they do about wins and losses. Swanson shows how fans and the media became key players in baseball's labor wars and paved the way for the explosive growth in the American sports economy.
The Ideal Team Player
Author: Patrick M. Lencioni
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119209617
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
In his classic book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni laid out a groundbreaking approach for tackling the perilous group behaviors that destroy teamwork. Here he turns his focus to the individual, revealing the three indispensable virtues of an ideal team player. In The Ideal Team Player, Lencioni tells the story of Jeff Shanley, a leader desperate to save his uncle’s company by restoring its cultural commitment to teamwork. Jeff must crack the code on the virtues that real team players possess, and then build a culture of hiring and development around those virtues. Beyond the fable, Lencioni presents a practical framework and actionable tools for identifying, hiring, and developing ideal team players. Whether you’re a leader trying to create a culture around teamwork, a staffing professional looking to hire real team players, or a team player wanting to improve yourself, this book will prove to be as useful as it is compelling.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119209617
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
In his classic book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni laid out a groundbreaking approach for tackling the perilous group behaviors that destroy teamwork. Here he turns his focus to the individual, revealing the three indispensable virtues of an ideal team player. In The Ideal Team Player, Lencioni tells the story of Jeff Shanley, a leader desperate to save his uncle’s company by restoring its cultural commitment to teamwork. Jeff must crack the code on the virtues that real team players possess, and then build a culture of hiring and development around those virtues. Beyond the fable, Lencioni presents a practical framework and actionable tools for identifying, hiring, and developing ideal team players. Whether you’re a leader trying to create a culture around teamwork, a staffing professional looking to hire real team players, or a team player wanting to improve yourself, this book will prove to be as useful as it is compelling.
Positioning and Power in Academic Publishing: Players, Agents and Agendas
Author: F. Loizides
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 1614996490
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The field of electronic publishing has grown exponentially in the last two decades, but we are still in the middle of this digital transformation. With technologies coming and going for all kinds of reasons, the distribution of economic, technological and discursive power continues to be negotiated. This book presents the proceedings of the 20th Conference on Electronic Publishing (Elpub), held in Göttingen, Germany, in June 2016. This year’s conference explores issues of positioning and power in academic publishing, and it brings together world leading stakeholders such as academics, practitioners, policymakers, students and entrepreneurs from a wide variety of fields to exchange information and discuss the advent of innovations in the areas of electronic publishing, as well as reflect on the development in the field over the last 20 years. Topics covered in the papers include how to maintain the quality of electronic publications, modeling processes and the increasingly prevalent issue of open access, as well as new systems, database repositories and datasets. This overview of the field will be of interest to all those who work in or make use of electronic publishing.
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 1614996490
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The field of electronic publishing has grown exponentially in the last two decades, but we are still in the middle of this digital transformation. With technologies coming and going for all kinds of reasons, the distribution of economic, technological and discursive power continues to be negotiated. This book presents the proceedings of the 20th Conference on Electronic Publishing (Elpub), held in Göttingen, Germany, in June 2016. This year’s conference explores issues of positioning and power in academic publishing, and it brings together world leading stakeholders such as academics, practitioners, policymakers, students and entrepreneurs from a wide variety of fields to exchange information and discuss the advent of innovations in the areas of electronic publishing, as well as reflect on the development in the field over the last 20 years. Topics covered in the papers include how to maintain the quality of electronic publications, modeling processes and the increasingly prevalent issue of open access, as well as new systems, database repositories and datasets. This overview of the field will be of interest to all those who work in or make use of electronic publishing.
Chase
Author: Cassia Leo
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781793215437
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
From New York Times best selling author Cassia Leo comes a romance that combines politics with pleasure. Larissa Jacobs' financial debt is climbing after a failed attempt at becoming the next big thing in Hollywood. After losing her job as a children's party entertainer, Larissa's roommate gets her a gig working for an escort service. Her first client is Senator Chase Underwood: hot, married, and the current presidential candidate. Larissa and Chase will soon find out if his penchant for sexual domination will destroy his prospects of world domination. When her affair with Chase erupts in scandal, Larissa also finds herself being used as a pawn in Chase's bid for the presidency. Will Larissa remain true to her promise to wait for Chase until the scandal has blown over? Will Chase finally put his love for Larissa before his career?
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781793215437
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
From New York Times best selling author Cassia Leo comes a romance that combines politics with pleasure. Larissa Jacobs' financial debt is climbing after a failed attempt at becoming the next big thing in Hollywood. After losing her job as a children's party entertainer, Larissa's roommate gets her a gig working for an escort service. Her first client is Senator Chase Underwood: hot, married, and the current presidential candidate. Larissa and Chase will soon find out if his penchant for sexual domination will destroy his prospects of world domination. When her affair with Chase erupts in scandal, Larissa also finds herself being used as a pawn in Chase's bid for the presidency. Will Larissa remain true to her promise to wait for Chase until the scandal has blown over? Will Chase finally put his love for Larissa before his career?
The Player's Power to Change the Game
Author: Anne-Marie Schleiner
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 9048525640
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
In recent decades, what could be considered a gamification of the world has occurred, as the ties between games and activism, games and war, and games and the city grow ever stronger. In this book, Anne-Marie Schleiner explores a concept she calls 'ludic mutation', a transformative process in which the player, who is expected to engage in the preprogramed interactions of the game and accept its imposed subjective constraints, seizes back some of the power otherwise lost to the game itself. Crucially, this power grab is also relevant beyond the game because players then see the external world as material to be reconfigured, an approach with important ramifications for everything from social activism to contemporary warfare.
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 9048525640
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
In recent decades, what could be considered a gamification of the world has occurred, as the ties between games and activism, games and war, and games and the city grow ever stronger. In this book, Anne-Marie Schleiner explores a concept she calls 'ludic mutation', a transformative process in which the player, who is expected to engage in the preprogramed interactions of the game and accept its imposed subjective constraints, seizes back some of the power otherwise lost to the game itself. Crucially, this power grab is also relevant beyond the game because players then see the external world as material to be reconfigured, an approach with important ramifications for everything from social activism to contemporary warfare.
Power Play
Author: Liam O'Donnell
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554690706
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Devin and Nadia team up with Bounce, Pema and Marcus as they all travel to Northern Ontario to watch their parents present to the Summit of World Leaders. A swarm of politicians, lobbyists, corporate bosses and protestors have all converged on the summit to get their messages heard. A tragic accident just hours before their parents' presentation plunges the kids into their biggest mystery yet and sets them on the trail of a murderer bent on stopping their parents' controversial message from being heard. It's a fight against the planet's power players as the kids dive into the world of politics, uncovering how government works, the history of democracy, the influence of lobbyists and corporations on politicians and the potential of civil society to change it all.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554690706
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Devin and Nadia team up with Bounce, Pema and Marcus as they all travel to Northern Ontario to watch their parents present to the Summit of World Leaders. A swarm of politicians, lobbyists, corporate bosses and protestors have all converged on the summit to get their messages heard. A tragic accident just hours before their parents' presentation plunges the kids into their biggest mystery yet and sets them on the trail of a murderer bent on stopping their parents' controversial message from being heard. It's a fight against the planet's power players as the kids dive into the world of politics, uncovering how government works, the history of democracy, the influence of lobbyists and corporations on politicians and the potential of civil society to change it all.