Steven Roberts
Author
Language
English
Description
Cokie Roberts' husband Steve Roberts reflects not only on her many accomplishments, but on how she lived each day with a devotion to helping others. For Steve, Cokie's private life was as significant and inspirational as her public one. Her commitment to celebrating and supporting other women was evident in everything she did, and her generosity and passion drove her personal and professional endeavors.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
From Steven V. Roberts comes My Fathers' Houses, a memoir of growing up in Bayonne, New Jersey, an immigrant community in the shadow of the Statue if Liberty, and the story of how his father and his grandfather's dreams–and their own passion for writing and ideas–influenced Steven's future, and inspired him to seek his fortune in New York City, the media capital of the world.
This is a story of a town and a time and a boy who grew up there,...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Steven V. Roberts follows the stories of thirteen immigrant families in From Every End of This Earth, a poignant and eye-opening look at immigration in America today. He captures the voices of those living the promise of a new land-and the difficulties of starting over among strangers whose suspicions increasingly outweigh their open-armed acceptance. As the political debate rages on, Roberts sheds light on the enormous...
5) Henry Ford
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
6) Bigfoot!
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
7) Dragons!
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
8) The yeti!
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the yeti legend, the notable people who have searched for yetis, and what evidence people have used to try to prove that yetis exist.
10) Vampires!
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
11) Chupacabras!
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
14) John Cabot
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
After thirty years together, Cokie and Steve Roberts know something about marriage and after thirty distinguished years in journalism, they know how to write about it. In From This Day Forward, Cokie and Steve weave their personal stories of matrimony into a wider reflection on the state of marriage in American today. Here they write with the same conversational style that catapulted Cokie's We Are Our Mother's Daughters to the top of the New York...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
How do you create your own definition of success - and reach your unique potential?
Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to "success" as defined by those around us - and ultimately, are left feeling dissatisfied.
Each of us is unique and brings distinctive skills and qualities to any situation. So why is it that most of us fail to spend sufficient...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Successful leaders know that leadership is less often about having all the answers-and more often about asking the right questions. The challenge lies in being able to step back, reflect, and ask the key questions that are critical to your performance and your organization's effectiveness.
In What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, leadership expert Robert Kaplan presents a process for asking the big questions that will enable you to diagnose problems,...