John Cook: 47 books
Dream Like a Champion
Wins, Losses, and Leadership the Nebraska Volleyball Way
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Since becoming the Nebraska women’s volleyball coach in 2000, John Cook has led the team to four national championships, seven NCAA semifinal appearances, and the nation’s top winning percentage in women’s volleyball. In Dream Like a Champion Cook shares the coaching and leadership philosophy...
by John Cook
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2014
This book was written for people who enjoy thinking. Though vicarious, the stories become real once read, entering into the reader’s memory as experience. A good story well-read thus becomes an actual experience. Personal enrichment thusly follows.
Each story revolves around its central...
by John Cook
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
anyone with an interest in american history will want to read this quintissentially american story. it's the story of anthony butler, a larger-than-life 19th century american character… and perhaps president andrew jackson’s biggest mistake. named by jackson as attaché to mexico, butler...
by John Cook
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Medical providers are among the best trained to talk about uncomfortable problems. Yet when it comes to money, many health organizations fall short. Financial challenges rank No. 1 on the list of hospital CEOs’ top concerns. Studies show 60 percent of hospitals lose money providing patient care....
Our Noise
The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Merge Records defies everything you’ve heard about the music business. Started by two twenty-year-old musicians, Merge is a lesson in how to make and market great music on a human scale. The fact that the company is prospering in a failing industry is something of a miracle. Yet two of their bands...
by John Cook Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
I could have wished, in an introductory lecture of this kind, to say something of my predecessors; but I have not the knowledge necessary to do them justice, and I am afraid also that it would seem unbecoming in me to offer to pronounce a judgment on them or their work. The names of the two professors...
Mobile Learning
Structures, Agency, Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
As with television and computers before it, today’s mobile technology challenges educators to respond and ensure their work is relevant to students. What’s changed is that this portable, cross-contextual way of engaging with the world is driving a more proactive approach to learning on the part...
Climate Change: Examining the Facts
Examining the Facts
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
Climate change is one of the most controversial and misunderstood issues of the 21st century. This book provides a clear understanding of the issue by presenting scientific facts to refute falsehoods and misinformation—and to confirm the validity of other assertions.
• Provides a broad...
Climate Change Science: A Modern Synthesis
Volume 1 - The Physical Climate
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2013
An introduction to the principles of climate change science with an emphasis on the empirical evidence for climate change and a warming world. Additional readings are given at the end of each chapter. A list of "Things to Know" opens each chapter. Chapters are arranged so that the student...
by John Cook
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2012
New and Old wedding photographers can learn a few things by reading this book.
"Can this book be used during ceremony planning, YES."
Soon to be brides will understand and appreciate the work involved coordinating photography in their wedding and will pickup what is expected...
by John Cook
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
The Physical Education Survival Handbook is for anyone interested in encouraging a positive physical lifestyle and the incorporation of a fitness routine into the lives of our youth. The book is simply laid out in a format that is easy to understand. It has been created with educators, parents, and...
The Australian Exploration Anthology
Texts from William Dampier, Capt. Cook, Matthew Flinders, John Macdouall Stuart, John McKinlay, William Wills
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
The Australian Exploration Anthology features the first-hand personal accounts of the explorers: Captain William Dampier, Captain James Cook, Matthew Flinders, John McDouall Stuart, John McKinlay and William Wills.
This book charts the history of the exploration of the vast continent of Australia...
by John Esten Cook
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
4 works of John Esten Cook American novelist and poet (1830-1886)
This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of John Esten Cook. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.
Table of Contents: A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee Mohun or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins The Last of the Foresters The Youth of Jefferson
Afghanistan: The Perfect Failure
A War Doomed by the Coalition’s Strategies, Policies and Political Correctness
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Unparalleled access to all levels of the Afghan government and coalition forces is the result of John Cook’s tenure in Afghanistan. Over the past four and a half years, he has developed an intimate and alarming insight into what has become a hand-wringing quagmire of politically correct, socially and...