Books with author David C. Lee

Teach your kids to develop Grit, that combination of passion, purpose, and perseverance that has been identified as a key to success! SECOND EDITION: Contains new chapters explaining Grit, why you should develop it, questions to ask your kids, additional resources, and much more.. “Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.” ― Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance Everyone has heard of Grit. It’s that unique combination of passion and perseverance that has been identified as a key to success. But while much has been written on how to develop these attributes for adults, there hasn’t been much practical advice on how to develop grit in children. Your kids are the most important people in your lives. In this increasingly competitive and confusing world they need you to help them be their best. They need you to guide them in developing traits for success and happiness. Grit for Kids will teach you how to help your child to develop their own grit in just 16 easy-to-follow chapters. Each one contains real stories of real kids facing common situations, proven steps to take in these situations, and the outcomes after the steps were taken. Your son or daughter will confidently be able to: Develop Discover what they’re really interested in pursuing; belief in their skills; ability to overcome negativity; desire to learn more about everything; ability to bounce back after a setback; capability to defend their beliefs and opinions. Manage Ability to recognize and control emotional outbursts; recognize small vs. big problems and keep them in perspective; recognize their unique strengths and weaknesses; be appreciative of differences in people; learn to right the wrongs they may have caused to others. Plan Define goals related to their passion; break the goals into small achievable tasks; follow the process of completing tasks; set milestones for achieving a goal; celebrate when a milestone is reached; apply lessons learned from a setback; persevere in achieving goals. Grow Achieve conviction in their beliefs; learn to apply ethical and moral behavior; cultivate a desire for a deeper understanding of issues; acquire healthy habits for their body and mind. What you will be able to do: Inspire your kids to discover what they’re passionate about Teach methods to manage their emotions Show how to downplay negativity and increase optimism Explain steps to teach respect for themselves and others Impart ways to help them develop goals consistent with their passions Demonstrate methods for planning to achieve their goals Explain how to teach them to stay the course Prepare them for setbacks or negative outcomes Teach how to learn from their mistakes and apply these lessons Reveal techniques to improve their decision making Apply methods to keep them at optimal health Model yourself as an example in perseverance and resilience

Teach your kids to develop Grit, that combination of passion, purpose, and perseverance that has been identified as a key to success!SECOND EDITION: Contains new chapters explaining Grit, why you should develop it, questions to ask your kids, additional resources, and much more.. “Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.” ― Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and PerseveranceEveryone has heard of Grit. It’s that unique combination of passion and perseverance that has been identified as a key to success. But while much has been written on how to develop these attributes for adults, there hasn’t been much practical advice on how to develop grit in children.Your kids are the most important people in your lives. In this increasingly competitive and confusing world they need you to help them be their best. They need you to guide them in developing traits for success and happiness.Grit for Kids will teach you how to help your child to develop their own grit in just 16 easy-to-follow chapters. Each one contains real stories of real kids facing common situations, proven steps to take in these situations, and the outcomes after the steps were taken.Your son or daughter will confidently be able to:DevelopDiscover what they’re really interested in pursuing; belief in their skills; ability to overcome negativity; desire to learn more about everything; ability to bounce back after a setback; capability to defend their beliefs and opinions.ManageAbility to recognize and control emotional outbursts; recognize small vs. big problems and keep them in perspective; recognize their unique strengths and weaknesses; be appreciative of differences in people; learn to right the wrongs they may have caused to others.Plan Define goals related to their passion; break the goals into small achievable tasks; follow the process of completing tasks; set milestones for achieving a goal; celebrate when a milestone is reached; apply lessons learned from a setback; persevere in achieving goals.GrowAchieve conviction in their beliefs; learn to apply ethical and moral behavior; cultivate a desire for a deeper understanding of issues; acquire healthy habits for their body and mind.What you will be able to do:Inspire your kids to discover what they’re passionate aboutTeach methods to manage their emotionsShow how to downplay negativity and increase optimismExplain steps to teach respect for themselves and othersImpart ways to help them develop goals consistent with their passionsDemonstrate methods for planning to achieve their goalsExplain how to teach them to stay the coursePrepare them for setbacks or negative outcomesTeach how to learn from their mistakes and apply these lessonsReveal techniques to improve their decision makingApply methods to keep them at optimal healthModel yourself as an example in perseverance and resilience

A daring plan. A deadly trap. Will Vietnamese rebels take the bait and attack French paratroopers in a winner-take-all battle? “A historical novel that reads like a modern political thriller, full of exciting action, larger-than-life characters, and unforgettable events.” —Kirkus Reviews Hanoi 1953. France struggles to retain control of its Indochina empire after World War II. Communist rebels under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh fight for freedom in Vietnam. With both sides determined, the war is developing into a stalemate until…A French general devises a plan to secure victory in one decisive battle. To achieve success the French must square off with the elusive rebels. Bait is needed. A brigade of elite paratroopers is sent into the Muong Thanh Valley far from French supply lines. A dilapidated airport is rebuilt into a fortified air bridge – the paratroopers’ lifeline and only means of escape.If Ho Chi Minh takes the bait, the French will use their artillery and aircraft to destroy the Viet Minh rebels as they attempt to overrun the garrison with their superior numbers.It seems like such a good plan…Events unfold from multiple points of view: the French General Cogny, who devises and executes the plan; the American pilot Tom Coyle, recruited by the CIA to fly for the French Air Force; the war correspondent Brigitte Friang, who jumps with the French paratroopers into the valley and Viet Minh Commanding General Giap, considered by military historians to be the most brilliant strategist of the 20th Century.We Stand Alone is the first book in the gripping Airmen historical military fiction series. If you like riveting action, accurate details, and larger-than-life characters, then you’ll love David Lee Corley’s unforgettable novel.Pick up your copy of We Stand Alone today!

Why risk their lives to steal the Army’s newest weapon?Blackmail? Terrorism? Assassination? …or something much more nefarious?Thunder is a drone developed by the wonks at DARPA. It’s fast. It’s smart. It’s deadly. It’s America’s answer to the world’s growing military threats.While on field tests in Germany, Thunder is hijacked by the very soldiers assigned to protect it. The weapon’s remote operator and the only person with the access code, Staff Sergeant Lowell Gamble, is accused of being in on the plot to steal the weapon system. Culper, the former CIA recruiter, tasks Billy Gamble with finding Thunder and clearing Lowell’s name. But how do you find something that can hide in plain sight?It’s a race against time and overwhelming odds. Will Thunder be lost forever? Or will be used to wreak havoc?Can Billy put it all right?Do you like Jack Reacher, Jason Bourne or Jack Ryan? Try Billy Gamble in Stealing Thunder – an unapologetic military action thriller that will keep you glued until the last page.Get it now.

The Student Workbooks are designed to get students thinking critically about the text they read and provide a guided study format to facilitate in improved learning and retention. Teachers and Homeschool Instructors may use the activities included to improve student learning and organization. Students will construct and identify the following areas of knowledge. Character IdentificationEventsLocationVocabularyMain IdeaConflictAnd more as appropriate to the text.

The Student Workbooks are designed to get students thinking critically about the text they read and provide a guided study format to facilitate in improved learning and retention. Teachers and Homeschool Instructors may use the activities included to improve student learning and organization. Students will construct and identify the following areas of knowledge. Character Identification Events Location Vocabulary Main Idea Conflict And more as appropriate to the text.

Classroom Worksheets and Activities is a series of books designed to provide teachers ready to use activities with students. The focus of this book is to provide student focused material. Information evaluating, labeling and discussing the text will not be presented in this series.This includes several labeled graphic organizers and advice on how to use them in the classroom. Several of these organizers can be used for assessment.

The Student Workbooks are designed to get students thinking critically about the text they read and provide a guided study format to facilitate in improved learning and retention. Teachers and Homeschool Instructors may use the activities included to improve student learning and organization. Students will construct and identify the following areas of knowledge. Character Identification Events Location Vocabulary Main Idea Conflict And more as appropriate to the text.

Few poets of Western America fill the “organic intellectual” role better than David Lee. His poetry is the real deal when it comes to recording hilariously insightful (and linguistically accurate) observations of rural culture—and America at large—while using a host of astute literary allusions and techniques. Imagine Robert Frost simultaneously channeling Will Rogers and Ezra Pound. Imagine Chaucer with a twang. Bluebonnets, Firewheels, and Brown-Eyed Susans is focused on the women of mid-20th century rural Texas: frontier survivors and the daughters of frontier survivors, indomitable women with tastes that run from Baptist preaching to bourbon-and-branchwater. No element of hypocrisy escapes the poet’s lethal attention. This is an authentic book of the mid 20th century based on actual characters, a paen to women who shaped and molded the poet’s life. It is in many ways a folkloric study of women in hard times: characters, survivors, intellects, harbingers, anonymous influencers. Utah’s first and longest serving Poet Laureate, Lee has received both the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Award in Poetry and the Western States Book Award in Poetry.

Space! Outer Space! Solar System! Planets! Galaxies! Asteroids! Comets!How amazing is the universe all around us. For generations people have been awed and inspired by the wonders of the universe. This is a book for kids, but doesn't the scale and awesomeness of it all make us all feel like wide eyed children!Take a journey with children's writer and educator, David Lee, to discover the far reaches of the universe, and the wonders of our own Milky Way Solar System. Find out fascinating facts about the Solar System and all of the planets, the size of stars (some so gigantic you cannot even begin to imagine how big they are!), space exploration, the moon, asteroids and more.Packed with brilliantly colorful photographs and illustrations that look amazing on Kindle, iPad, PCs and other tablet devices, you will be delighted and inspired by this truly exciting book about God's universe. SPACE & THE SOLAR SYSTEM is a one of a kind Kindle Book that is a perfect learning tool for children of all ages.And the most amazing thing that exists in the universe? Even more amazing than Antares, a star 800x larger than our own sun. More beautiful than Halley's Comet as it flies past earth every 76 years? You will need to read the book to find out, but I am sure you will be delighted when you do!Subjects covered in this easy to read and understand book include:SPACE & THE SOLAR SYSTEMIntroductionHow Big Is The Universe?Galaxies GaloreHow It All BeganOur Solar SystemThe SunThe Inner Planets - Our Nearest NeighboursMercuryVenusMarsThe Gas GiantsJupiterSaturnDistant PlanetsUranusNeptunePluto - The Dwarf PlanetAsteroidsCometsMeteoroidsThe MoonSaving The Best For Last - Earth

NATIONS FEAR LENA NOLAN FOR A GOOD REASON...Her husband was murdered. She was next.She invented the world’s deadliest weapon. Now she's out for revenge on a global scale.Only one man can find her. Only one man can stop her. Only one man can save her.Billy Gamble is back in another fast-moving thriller ripped from today’s headlines in which the stakes couldn’t be higher - the destruction of a superpower… and perhaps the world.Imagine Lee Child’s PERSONAL meets Tom Clancy’s HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER and you’ve got Prophecies of Chaos.“Corley skillfully builds tension with purposeful prose using sensory details and vivid descriptions. The author, a screenwriter, and director, beautifully crafts scenes that seem to come to life as if they are played out on a movie screen.” – Clarion Forward Reviews“The author’s own adventures as a nomad exploring exotic locales are beautifully intertwined in the story, giving it authenticity.” – Kirkus ReviewsHer husband was a Noble-prize-winning economist killed during a robbery… or was it an assassination?Lena was his grieving widow, running away, trying to find solace… or did she have something else in mind?Billy Gamble was a nomadic thief turned killer, adrift in the world, haunted by the memory of the women he couldn’t save.Culper was a former CIA recruiter that had been watching Billy since childhood. Now he needs Billy’s special skill of super matching to save millions of people from cataclysmic chaos and to prevent World War III.Culper will offer Billy a chance at a new life working for him, finding those that cannot be found. His first mission… find Lena Nolan before it’s too late.Love Reacher, Ryan, or Bourne? Try Billy Gamble.

P.B. Bear is a very special bear and today is a very special day. Young children are invited to join his fabulous birthday party adventure where they will: help P.B. Bear find his friends in a game of hide and seek, count the candles on his birthday cake, guess what's inside the big box, find five forks, five plates, and five party hats for the birthday picnic, and discover a tiny bear in every scene. They'll even discover what P.B. stands for!