Monte: 161 books
Reading Like a Historian
Teaching Literacy in Middle and High School History Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Featuring an expanded introduction, this award-winning bestseller has been updated to link curriculum to the Common Core State Standards.This popular text shows how to apply Wineburg's highly acclaimed approach to teaching—Reading Like a Historian—to middle and high school classrooms, increasing...
Sowbelly
The Obsessive Quest for the World-Record Largemouth Bass
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2006
In 1932, a farmer named George Washington Perry decided it was too rainy to plow and went fishing. That day, George landed the largest largemouth ever recorded—twenty-two pounds four ounces. The fish has inspired and frustrated hundreds of anglers for decades. They’ve dedicated their lives to...
by Elvio Del Monte
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2008
Part One: Describes the structure and culture of an Italian-American family during the depression years. The market crash of 1929 triggered the depression that lasted approximately four years. The conditons during this period are reflected by what the author and his family experienced during this...
Islamic Extremism
Causes, Diversity, and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2007
This accessible and deeply informed book examines the threat that Islamic extremists pose to America and provides a balanced and nuanced discussion of the link between Iraq and the war on terror. Explaining the basics of Islam and guiding the reader through the intricacies of each significant fundamentalist...
Wide Hips, Narrow Shoulders
A Bike Touring Adventure Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2001
This is a story about a 45-year-old man who simplifies his life by getting rid of his material possessions and then sets off around America on a bicycle to discover new ideas about his country and himself. The journey takes him through all 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C.
The Last of the Tribe
The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Throughout the centuries, the Amazon has yielded many of its secrets, but it still holds a few great mysteries. In 1996 experts got their first glimpse of one: a lone Indian, a tribe of one, hidden in the forests of southwestern Brazil. Previously uncontacted tribes are extremely rare, but a one-man...
Between Man and Beast
An Unlikely Explorer and the African Adventure the Victorian World by Storm
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
In 1856, Paul Du Chaillu ventured into the African jungle in search of a mythic beast, the gorilla. After wild encounters with vicious cannibals, deadly snakes, and tribal kings, Du Chaillu emerged with 20 preserved gorilla skins—two of which were stuffed and brought on tour—and walked smack dab...
Fourth Nephi through Moroni: From Zion to Destruction
from Zion to Destruction
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
As the final installment in the book of Mormon Symposium series, this volume examines the last four books of the Nephite record: 4 Nephi, Mormon, Ether, and Moroni. Perhaps more than any other part in the Book of Mormon, this section powerfully portrays the cycle through which the ancient inhabitants...
by Monte Carpenter
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2001
Bobby Knight spent nearly 30 years as the controversial yet incredibly successful head basketball coach at Indiana University.
The Market Guys' Five Points for Trading Success
Identify, Pinpoint, Strike, Protect, and Act!
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Praise for The Market Guys' Five Points for Trading Success
"E*TRADE is a strong advocate of investor education, understanding a knowledgeable investor is a successful investor. The Market Guys have been a key contributor to our worldwide educational efforts - delivering hundreds of seminars...
by William J. Baumol, Monte Malach, Ariel Pablos-Mendez
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
The exploding cost of health care in the United States is a source of widespread alarm. Similarly, the upward spiral of college tuition fees is cause for serious concern. In this concise and illuminating book, well-known economist William J. Baumol explores the causes of these seemingly intractable...
Staging Memory
Myth, Symbolism and Identity in Postcolonial Italy and Libya
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Memory in postcolonial Italy and Libya has been used, reinterpreted and staged by political powers and the media. This book investigates the roots of myth, colonial amnesia and censorship in postwar Italy, as well as Colonel Gaddafi’s deliberate use of rituals, symbols, and the colonial past to...
Winning Custody
A Woman's Guide to Retaining Custody of Her Children
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
You never wanted to be in this position, but you are. Now, faced with the prospect of a custody dispute, you need to make smart choices. Winning Custody can help. this book-written by a woman who is an experienced psychotherapist, a mom, and a veteran of a bitter custody dispute-will help you find...
Pulling Profits Out of a Hat
Adding Zeros to Your Company Isn't Magic
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Grow Your Company By Multiples Not Increments
Company’s like Apple, Amazon, IKEA, Uber make growth look like magic.
That is because it easier to believe business success is the result of luck or mysterious forces rather than careful, consistent, and disciplined behaviors.
What...