"Unequal by Design" critically examines high-stakes standardized testing in order to illuminate what is really at stake for students, teachers, and communities negatively affected by such testing. This thoughtful analysis traces standardized testing's origins in the Eugenics and Social Efficiency movements of the late 19th and early 20th century through its current use as the c...(展开全部)

凯瑞·派特森（Kerry Patterson）著有多部获奖培训作品，曾负责过多个长期行为变化调查研究项目。2004年，凯瑞获得杨百翰大学马里奥特管理学院迪尔奖，以表彰他在组织行为领域的杰出贡献。凯瑞在斯坦福大学从事组织行为方面的博士研究工作。 约瑟夫·格雷尼（Joseph Grenny）是一位知名主题演讲师，也是在企业变革研究领域从业20多年的资深顾问。此外，他还是非盈利组织Unitus的共同创始人，该组织致力于帮助世界贫困人口实现经济自立的目标。 罗恩·麦克米兰（Ron McMillan）是一位广受好评的演讲师兼企业咨询顾问。他是柯维领导力研究中心创立者之一，曾担任该中心的研发部副总裁。罗恩和众多企业领导合作过，其中既包括一线经理也包括财富500强企业高级总裁。 艾尔 史威茨勒（Al Switzler）是一位著名咨询顾问兼演讲师，为财富500强中数...(展开全部)

凯瑞·派特森（Kerry Patterson）著有多部获奖培训作品，曾负责过多个长期行为变化调查研究项目。2004年，凯瑞获得杨百翰大学马里奥特管理学院迪尔奖，以表彰他在组织行为领域的杰出贡献。凯瑞在斯坦福大学从事组织行为方面的博士研究工作。 约瑟夫·格雷尼（Joseph Grenny）是一位知名主题演讲师，也是在企业变革研究领域从业20多年的资深顾问。此外，他还是非盈利组织Unitus的共同创始人，该组织致力于帮助世界贫困人口实现经济自立的目标。 罗恩·麦克米兰（Ron McMillan）是一位广受好评的演讲师兼企业咨询顾问。他是柯维领导力研究中心创立者之一，曾担任该中心的研发部副总裁。罗恩和众多企业领导合作过，其中既包括一线经理也包括财富500强企业高级总裁。 艾尔 史威茨勒（Al Switzler）是一位著名咨询顾问兼演讲师，为财富500强中数...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Foreword by Stephen R. Covey, Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL "Most books make promises. This one delivers. These skills have not only helped us to change the culture of our company, but have also generated new techniques for working together in ways that enabled us to win the largest contract in our industry's his...(展开全部)

1920s Paris: Birthplace of the graphic novel?! F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and James Joyce walk into a Parisian bar... no, it's not the beginning of a joke, but the premise of Jason's unique new graphic novel. Set in 1920s Paris, The Left Bank Gang is a deliciously inventive re-imagining of these four literary figures as not only typical Jason anthropom...(展开全部)

1920s Paris: Birthplace of the graphic novel?! F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and James Joyce walk into a Parisian bar... no, it's not the beginning of a joke, but the premise of Jason's unique new graphic novel. Set in 1920s Paris, The Left Bank Gang is a deliciously inventive re-imagining of these four literary figures as not only typical Jason anthropom...(展开全部)

Since "The Book of Three" was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-keeper and his quest to become a hero. Taran is joined by an engaging cast of characters that includes Eilonwy, the strong-willed and sharp-tongued princess; Fflewddur Fflam, the hyperbole-prone bard; the ever-faithful Gurgi; and the curmudgeonl...(展开全部)

"Blanchot describes a world where the Absolute has finally overcome all other rivals to its authority. The State is unified, universal, and homogenous, promising perfect satisfaction. Why then does it find revolt everywhere? Could it be the omnipresent police? The plagues? The proliferating prisons and black markets? Written in part as a description of post-World War II Europe,...(展开全部)

Now a major motion picture from USA Films starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sean Penn, and director Philip Haas (director of Angels and Insects). In Up at the Villa, W. Somerset Maugham portrays a wealthy young English woman who finds herself confronted rather brutally by the repercussions of whimsy. On the day her older and prosperous friend asks her to marry him, Mary Leonard...(展开全部)

Miss Jane Marple's passion for gossip leads to the investigation of a local man's murder. The victim was not liked in the least, and his death isn't raising eyebrows. But his recently revealed secrets are.