Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his younger brother Fudge

Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition

The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antractic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the polar regions

Ramona Quimby is in the third grade now, at a new school, and making some new friends. With Beezus in Jr. High and Mr. Quimby going back to college, Ramona feels the pressure with everyone counting on her to manage at school by herself and get along with Willa Jean after school every day

While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland

In this remarkable book, a renowned environmental leader warns that despite all the international negotiations of the past two decades, efforts to protect Earth's climate and environment are not succeeding. He explains why this is so and presents eight specific steps that governments and citizens can take to achieve a sustainable future

Motown is first and foremost the tale of the incredible entrepreneurship of Berry Gordy. Posner presents Berry and Motown"s stars as they lived and worked: a circle of friends, lovers, and sometimes vicious foes. Based on original interviews, extensive documentation, and official court records, Motown is a singular story, a made-in America Greek tragedy about the rise and fall of a music empire that provided the virtual soundtrack to a generation

This book offers an up-to-the minute survey of the changing landscape in strategic management. Managers and students of management will find in this book's pages a blueprint for incorporating and maintaining an entrepreneurial mindest in their organizational endeavors

In this book, two eminent ecologists explain how the millions of species living on Earth-some microscopic, some obscure, many threatened-not only help keep us alive but also hold possibilities for previously unimagined products, medicines, and even industries

Ante la explosión demográfica de las ciudades de los países en desarrollo, el control de la gestión urbana se ha vuelto aún más difícil debido a que las colectividades locales, a menudo no pudieron dotarse de los medios necesarios para hacer frente al crecimiento de la población