Автор: Crosby Ellen Название: The Chardonnay Charade: A Wine Country Mystery ISBN: 1501188445 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501188442 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Цена: 13790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Chardonnay Charade begins with a daring helicopter flight in the middle of the night. Facing a freak spring frost that threatens to kill the grapes in her vineyard, Lucie Montgomery hires a chopper to fly over the vines in order to blow warm air on them. But her thoughts soon turn from grapes to murder when she discovers the body of Georgia Greenwood, a controversial political candidate, lying near the fields. Georgia's husband, Ross, Lucie's friend and doctor, immediately falls under suspicion. To make matters worse, Ross, a renowned collector of Civil War documents, has just discovered a letter that seems to prove that Confederate president Jefferson Davis had prior knowledge of the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. In the small town of Atoka, Virginia -- proud home to the Gray Ghost, the Confederacy's legendary guerrilla commander -- the letter is a bombshell. Three years ago Ross saved Lucie's life after she was involved in a near-fatal car crash. Now she intends to return the favor and prove Ross's innocence. As the search for Georgia's killer escalates, Lucie crosses swords with her attractive but cantankerous winemaker, Quinn Santori, and confronts her own unwelcome feelings of jealousy over his new romance and job prospects. Her worries about her kid sister's out-of-control drinking and a second vineyard-related death further ratchet up the tension. Even though Lucie believes that in vino veritas -- in wine there is truth -- she finds that the path to uncovering a murderer involves making a heartbreaking decision that will alter the lives of those she loves.
Автор: Koretz Daniel Название: The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better ISBN: 022664488X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226644882 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 15840.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: For decades we've been studying, experimenting with, and wrangling over different approaches to improving public education, and there's still little consensus on what works, and what to do. The one thing people seem to agree on, however, is that schools need to be held accountable--we need to know whether what they're doing is actually working. But what does that mean in practice? High-stakes tests. Lots of them. And that has become a major problem. Daniel Koretz, one of the nation's foremost experts on educational testing, argues in The Testing Charade that the whole idea of test-based accountability has failed--it has increasingly become an end in itself, harming students and corrupting the very ideals of teaching. In this powerful polemic, built on unimpeachable evidence and rooted in decades of experience with educational testing, Koretz calls out high-stakes testing as a sham, a false idol that is ripe for manipulation and shows little evidence of leading to educational improvement. Rather than setting up incentives to divert instructional time to pointless test prep, he argues, we need to measure what matters, and measure it in multiple ways--not just via standardized tests. Right now, we're lying to ourselves about whether our children are learning. And the longer we accept that lie, the more damage we do. It's time to end our blind reliance on high-stakes tests. With The Testing Charade, Daniel Koretz insists that we face the facts and change course, and he gives us a blueprint for doing better.
Автор: Jamison Jade C. Название: Charade ISBN: 1635765242 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781635765243 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 14710.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: All is not what it seems in Charade, book #1 in bestselling author Jade C. Jamison`s new Pretense and Promises series, and when Brock convinces Erica to play his fiancee in order to secure his spot in his father`s firm, she finds that her heart can`t tell the difference between fantasy and reality...
Автор: Crippen Jeff Название: Unholy Charade: Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church ISBN: 0692533222 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692533222 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 13780.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Could it be that the one who is smiling at you as he hands you the offering plate is abusing his wife at home?What if your Sunday school teacher, who knows so much about the Bible, is abusing his family behind closed doors?Is it possible that one of the elders or even the pastor of your church is practicing an unholy charade? If the spouse of one of these abusers comes to you for help, would you even be able to recognize the signs? How will you understand the dynamics of this deceiving evil?Pastor and author Jeff Crippen presents Christ's body with a work steeped in Scripture that lays before us a map of the abusive mind, the tactics of abuse, the effects abuse has on its victims, and the tragic way our churches have failed the victims of this sin. He issues a clarion call for those who love Christ to answer the call to love the oppressed and speak for the victims, as Proverbs 31:9 says: "Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy."Together we can root out the wolves in the midst of the flock and unmask the domestic abuser in the church hiding in our pews.
Автор: Lafer Gordon Название: The Job Training Charade ISBN: 0801489512 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801489518 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 32020.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Job training has long been promoted as a central policy response to poverty and unemployment. Both Democrats and Republicans have trumpeted training as the answer to everything from welfare to NAFTA. The Job Training Charade provides a comprehensive critique showing that training has been a near-total failure. Even more dramatically, the book shows how politicians have ignored repeated reports of the program’s failure, and have kept funding a policy they know cannot work. Gordon Lafer first examines the economic assumptions and track record of training policy. He goes on to provide a political analysis of why job training has remained so popular despite widespread evidence of its economic failure. The author concludes that job training functions less as an economic prescription aimed at solving poverty than as a political strategy aimed at managing the popular response to economic distress. The Job Training Charade is a landmark book showing how a bipartisan consensus may coalesce behind a phantom policy that serves political needs while ignoring economic realities.
Автор: Knight Eliza Название: A Lady`s Charade: A Medieval Romance Novel ISBN: 1463574126 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781463574123 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 16370.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Hunt Sarah Rebekkah Название: Charade ISBN: 1646108442 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781646108442 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 21150.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Clare is like anyone else. She has thoughts, fears, loves, and hopes. Clare is also in a wheelchair, unable to speak to anyone. Clare wants to be seen for the person screaming inside her head. Trapped in a body she can't control, Clare's mode of communication is severely limited.
Charade is a story meant to be a voice for the voiceless, the forgotten, and the hidden members of society with severe disabilities. It is a heartwarming, as well as heart-wrenching tale about Clare and her family's journey navigating her life with a disability that often defines her existence.
Charade is for the families and caregivers who are entrenched in the isolation of daily life, managing the reality of disability-- loving their children and advocating for them the best they can. It is also intended to enrich the world with these magnificent lives and bring them out of hiding.
About the Author
Sarah Rebekkah Hunt has worked with people with disabilities as a physical therapist for eighteen years. Sixteen of these were spent in the field of special education, working with children and young adults with disabilities. Aside from writing, Sarah loves laughing with her four amazing children. She also enjoys running, yoga, and spending time on the water. Sarah currently resides with her family in Grand Haven, Michigan.
Автор: Ferguson Melissa Название: The Dating Charade ISBN: 1643584995 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643584997 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 42470.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Just when you think you've met your match . . . the charade begins. Cassie Everson is an expert at escaping bad first dates. And, after years of meeting, greeting, and running from the men who try to woo her, Cassie is almost ready to retire her hopes for a husband -- and children -- altogether.
Автор: Ferguson Melissa Название: The Dating Charade ISBN: 0785231005 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780785231004 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 16550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Melissa Ferguson`s warmhearted debut reminds us that some of life`s biggest rewards come in the smallest packages.
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Winners Take All takes aim at the world of philanthropy, marketing, and the elite charade of changing the world. These are large targets tackled with precision. The book looks at issues on a macro level by evaluating their global impact and systemic roots, and also on the micro level by tracking a number of men and women directly involved in both the problems and solutions facing the United States and the broader world.
The darker side of philanthropy is explored and evaluated. People with power are not likely to change the world to a significant degree, because it would threaten their own power. The people who have the power to cause positive change in the world, stand to gain the least from genuine positive change and have the most to lose as a result.
Often times the rich and powerful use donations and the giving-back of their money/resources as a sort of get out of jail free card. The act of giving away their money stops critics from inquiring how they amassed their fortunes in the first place. Giving back often comes at the expense of considerably more harm being caused to generate the money that is then given back.
Some of the fundamental questions that Winners Take All attempts to answer are: Is it possible to do good while doing well? Can the people with the power to change the world truly to so for the benefit of broader society, and if the answer is yes, then why hasn't any significant positive change been detected since the 1980s amongst those not in the top 1%? Why has widespread inequality continued to grow?
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Автор: Enoch Edwin D. Название: Charade Parade: A Poetic Masquerade ISBN: 1645302792 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781645302797 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 34950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
We all are going the same places in life, we just take different roads to get there, and throughout our journeys many of us only get to do what we have to do instead of what we love--"marching to the beat," so to speak. In this march who we are underneath is not who we display to the world, thus creating the "Charade Parade."
This collection of poetry expresses who Edwin Enoch is beyond the Charade Parade, and he wishes who his readers are beyond their daily charade will connect with who he is underneath and see that his experience may not be so different from their own and they will gain a sense of connectivity.
About the Author
Edwin D. Enoch is from a small town in North Carolina called Yanceyville, where he has lived all his life besides a brief stint in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he attended Winston-Salem State University and received his bachelor's degree in Justice Studies. He has a passion for all different types of music and cinema, which he feels are a major influence in his writing.
Edwin enjoys spending time with friends and family, fishing, and of course writing.
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