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On the frigid morning of January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger rumbled off the launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Brilliant orange flames and clouds of smoke billowed out of the external fuel tank, lifting Challenger high into the crystal-blue sky. The mission had attracted worldwide attention. NASA was sending the first teacher, Christa McAuliffe, into space. Crowds gathered to watch the launch, and millions tuned in on television, but...
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From Disney Adventures and its Gen-X sister magazines come pulse-pounding sagas! In "The Count Roquefort Case," the villainous Fat Cat wants to plunder the medieval legacy of Monterey Jack's European forebears! Then "The Curse of Flabbergé" sends Scrooge McDuck and Launchpad McQuack to the cranky country of Brutopia, where heroic freedom fighters help in the hunt for a priceless treasure! And in "The Kitty Kat Kaper" and "Cat in a Hot Tin Suit,"...
23) Poking the Bear
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Challenging the status quo. Innovating educational and institutional practices. Confronting your own thinking. Affecting authentic, systemic change. None of these things can happen without having critical and meaningful conversations with your colleagues. But where to start? In Poking the Bear, Dave and Katelynn take on some of the most controversial or taboo questions posed in education. But the aim is not to provide a step-by-step, one size fits...
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If you want to tackle an environmental problem in your neighborhood but do not know where to start, “An Environmental Leader's Tool Kit” can help. In this handbook, Jeffrey W. Hughes shares the proven strategies you need to step up and get meaningful action done.
From designing a pilot study to managing contentious public meetings and more, Hughes walks you through the essentials of effective place-based environmental efforts. Among the tools...
25) Ignitiion
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An injured astronaut must save NASA from terrorists in this high-tech adventure by the bestselling authors of Lifeline and Ill Wind.
Terrorists seize control of the Kennedy Space Center and hold the shuttle Atlantis and its crew hostage on the launchpad. But astronaut "Iceberg" Friese, grounded from the mission because of a broken foot, is determined to slip through the swamps and rocket facilities around Cape Canaveral and pull the plug on the...
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n 1947, Carl Barks's comics story "Christmas on Bear Mountain" didn't just introduce the Scrooge McDuck character — it took Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie to Scrooge's Bear Mountain cabin, where beastly bruins made for holiday havoc! In keeping with that memorable debut, Bear Mountain has been the site of countless Duckburg sagas ever since. This special single volume edition collects Daniel Branca's "Return to Bear Mountain," in which Scrooge engages...
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Risk-taking can be, well, risky. You never know what will happen, whether your risk will send you into orbit or if it will blow up on the launchpad. And you may not know immediately, it may take a while for you to realize the results of risk. So many times, we stand on the edge contemplating the next move, pondering the potential result.
Follow Kyle through his trials and tribulations in risk-taking. Throughout To The Edge, Kyle shares his story...
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The Defining Decade for the #Adulting generation-a book that blends storytelling and data to unpack the choices we make in our twenties, why they matter, and how to turn those critical years into a launchpad for the life you want.
We tend to think of our twenties as a playground for life: A time for low-consequence experimentation and delaying big decisions. But the truth is that while you're muddling through those years-exploring new cities, dating...
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Carl Barks’s stories of the Junior Woodchucks starring Huey, Dewey, and Louie — written and penciled by Barks with finishes by internationally acclaimed Duck artist Dan Jippes — debut in this volume! Other stories include: When Gyro Gearloose invents a ten-story-tall Donald Duck balloon — bigger than anything ever seen at the Macy’s Parade! — Donald decides to take a ride. But Gyro’s “new balloon gas” is stronger than he thought...
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An oil & gas industry expert breaks down America's energy situation, and how Americans can get involved to help develop an energy plan.
It's time for an energy revolution! Gasoline prices have been rising, and oil supply disruptions are in question. This is old news, yet nothing has been done to change it. That is because it takes people like you stepping up and getting involved, and Mark A. Stansberry is here to show you how.
In his latest book,...
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Step into the vibrant world of fashion with this guide, tailored for those who envision a future woven from the very fabric of style and creativity. This book is a compass for navigating the fashion industry's vast landscape, offering a map for those seeking to carve out a career amidst its illustrious ranks. Dive deep into the intricacies of textile science, the nuances of trend forecasting, and the strategies behind iconic branding. Learn how to...
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In Boysie's Horn, social historian, radio host, producer, journalist, and novelist Steven Leech highlights the influence of one of America's greatest jazz educators, Boysie Lowrie, in making African American Wilmington, Delaware a launchpad for national performers like vibraphonist Lem Winchester, trumpeter Clifford Brown, and vocalist Betty Roché. Reaching back to the turn of the twentieth century, Leech traces the social foundation and dynamic...
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The jargony world of finance can be intimidating to an outsider-a fact that leads to too many people sitting on the sidelines and miss out on ways to maximize their savings. Julia Cancro knows money-but she's not a finance person. Here, she delivers a beginners' guide that's straightforward and jargon-free-more like talking to a friend than reading a finance book-that answers the question, What should I do with my money besides keep it in cash? A...
34) The Hockneys
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'The most charming… portrait of this ever-popular artist… so enormously appealing: good-natured, bluntly told, skimmed with Yorkshire humour… This is a story of sticky jam tarts, catching tadpoles in jars, torchlit conversations under the bedclothes, gossipy queues at the butcher's and hikes among the hedgerows under swallow-strewn skies.' The Telegraph'Never worry what the neighbours think' was the philosophy that Kenneth Hockney used to inspire...
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This timeline comprises one thousand significant dates for global Christianity. It includes events across all inhabited continents (and also in Antarctica and outer space), emphasizing those occurring in the non-Western world. The detailed annotations on each date are intended as provocative "ignition points" to spark historical curiosity, functioning as "launchpads" into further exploration in global Christianity. For example:
-739: What did the...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 In 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. The Soviet Union was close to landing its own crew on the Moon, which mattered because the nation that landed the first men on the Moon would win the Space Race and be in position to land a man on the Moon first.
#2 Borman was in charge of testing...
37) Colony Mars
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This second Colony Mars omnibus contains Books 4, 5, and 6.
Jezero City (Colony Four Mars): When a colonist dies in tragic circumstances, just a few sols before a major terraforming experiment, Dr. Jann Malbec begins to suspect that all is not what it seems.
Surface Tension (Colony Five Mars): In the midst of the most devastating dust storm in the history of Mars, the survival of the half million people who call it home hangs in the balance.
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A writer's mind should always be open to receive new and exciting ideas. There is a universe of ideas and concepts, that are waiting to be explored and developed into great ideas. A simple idea has the potential to be used in so many ways. In this book you will find that I have taken one idea and developed into a variety of literary works. A single idea can be presented as a story, a poem or as an article.There are a large number of poems, stories...
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Discover the seminal book on turning your internship experience into a career-building launchpad for your future. Author Eric Woodard, who got his start as a star intern in the White House, has mentored hundreds of interns as they transition in their careers to something bigger and better. In these pages he lays out the basics of the internship game, the questions to ask when applying, and the best courses of action for turning an internship into...
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In a world overcrowded with labels, don't allow your identity to be defined by other people. Learn how to take back your power, choose to feed the aspects of your identity that serve you, and let go of those that don't.
You Belong Here offers a new framework for individuals to define how they want to be seen, heard, and valued on their own terms. Further, it serves as a launchpad for organizational leaders and culture builders to create safe spaces...
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