Rudyard Kipling’s eternal classics, The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book, are most loved for the stories of Mowgli, the boy who grew up in a wolf pack. This book brings together all the stories of
Mowgli. It begins with Father Wolf rescuing an abandoned baby boy from the tiger Shere Khan, terror of the jungle. The child grows up among the animals, befriending Bagheera the Panther, Baloo the Bear, and making mortal enemies with Shere Khan the Tiger. He is kidnapped by monkeys, exiled by the wolf pack, disowned by humans, till he finally vanquishes Shere Khan and returns to the forest. But the call of his own kind grows stronger, and he eventually finds his own, tenuous place among men and animals.
Kipling’s creations from the two Jungle Books-human and animal-have remained alive in literature and celluloid for nearly a century. They have mesmerized, entertained and educated generations of children. In this special edition, Mowgli comes alive once more, through an affectionate, heartwarming introduction by another favourite children’s writer, Ruskin Bond.
No summer learning loss for your child! Keep important skills learned during the recently completed school year fresh in your child’s mind as he or she practices skills from preschool and is introduced to new skills coming up in kindergarten. The fun and challenging activities include independent practice as well as games for the whole family to enjoy!
This book includes practice with the following skills:
• grammar
• reading comprehension
• writing
• math facts
• word problems
• critical thinking
• creative thinking
• collaboration
No summer learning loss for your child! Keep important skills learned during the recently completed school year fresh in your child’s mind as he or she practices skills from preschool and is introduced to new skills coming up in kindergarten. The fun and challenging activities include independent practice as well as games for the whole family to enjoy!
This book includes practice with the following skills:
• grammar
• reading comprehension
• writing
• math facts
• word problems
• critical thinking
• creative thinking
• collaboration
No summer learning loss for your child! Keep important skills learned during the recently completed school year fresh in your child’s mind as he or she practices skills from preschool and is introduced to new skills coming up in kindergarten. The fun and challenging activities include independent practice as well as games for the whole family to enjoy!
This book includes practice with the following skills:
• grammar
• reading comprehension
• writing
• math facts
• word problems
• critical thinking
• creative thinking
• collaboration
In the past, companies found success with a product-first orientation; they made a thing that did a thing. The Inversion Factor explains why the companies of today and tomorrow will have to abandon the product-first orientation. Rather than asking “How do the products we make meet customer needs?” companies should ask “How can technology help us reimagine and fill a need?” Zipcar, for example, instead of developing another vehicle for moving people from point A to point B, reimagined how people interacted with vehicles. Zipcar inverted the traditional car company mission.
The authors explain how the introduction of “smart” objects connected by the Internet of Things signals fundamental changes for business. The IoT, where real and digital coexist, is powering new ways to meet human needs. Companies that know this include giants like Amazon, Airbnb, Uber, Google, Tesla, and Apple, as well as less famous companies like Tile, Visenti, and Augury. The Inversion Factor offers a roadmap for businesses that want to follow in their footsteps. The authors chart the evolution of three IoTs- the Internet of Things (devices connected to the Internet), the intelligence of Things (devices that host software applications), and the Innovation of Things (devices that become experiences). Finally, they offer a blueprint for businesses making the transition to inversion and interviews with leaders of major companies and game-changing startup.
A Dozen Lessons for Entrepreneurs shows how the insights of leading venture capitalists can teach readers to create a unique approach to building a successful business. Through profiles and interviews of figures such as Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital, Marc Andreesen and Ben Horowitz of Andreesen Horowitz, and Jenny Lee of GGV Capital, Tren Griffin draws out the fundamental lessons from their ideas and experiences.
While there are best practices, there is no single recipe they should follow. By better understanding the views and experiences of a wide range of successful venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, readers can discern which of many possible paths will lead to success. With insight and verve, Griffin argues that innovation and best practices are discovered by the experimentation of entrepreneurs as they establish the evolutionary fitness of their business. Griffin shows that listening to what the best venture capitalists have to say is invaluable for entrepreneurs. Their experiences, if studied carefully, teach bedrock methods and guiding principles for approaching business
You loved your job, but then what happened? It could be ‘leader’s block’, a phase where leaders feel demotivated and unengaged. These are the same people who, at one point, found their work stimulating and exciting. Over several candid interviews, senior professionals reveal why they felt this way and the circumstances that caused it. Ritu G. Mehrish uncovers the reasons behind this feeling and the tonic to this malady. Identify the symptoms of leader’s block and learn how to break out of it!
Rooted in recent scholarship, The History of the Vietnam War offers profound new perspectives on the political, historical, military, and social issues that defined the war and its effect on Vietnam and the United States.
Laying the chronological and critical foundations for the volume, David L. Anderson opens with an essay on the Vietnam War’s major moments and enduring relevance. Other contributors in this volume discuss topics such as Vietnamese revolutionary nationalism, the Viet Minh-led war against French colonialism, the war’s impact on Vietnamese women and urban culture, the domestic tensions created by America’s involvement in Vietnam, the spread of the war to Laos and Cambodia, the legacy of the war within Vietnamese and American contexts, Eisenhower’s and Kennedy’s efforts at nation building in South Vietnam, the pivotal period before and after the Tet Offensive, Nixon’s paradoxical decision to end U.S. intervention while pursuing a destructive air war, and a diagnosis of the symptoms of the “Vietnam syndrome” evident in later debates about U.S. foreign policy. Anderson’s expert collection is essential to understanding America’s entanglement in the Vietnam War.
