Books with author John F. Warner

In theory, there are only two qualifications needed to run for President of the United States: you should be 35 years of age and a natural born U.S. citizen. But what else does one need to be a contender? Whether you're an elephant or a donkey, or whatever animal may be associated with an independent candidate, this book is the key to finding out if you're cut out for the job.So You Want to Be President? Takes you from choosing your party affiliation, through the primaries and ultimately to the general election. Along the way quizzes, tests and obstacles test your presidential mettle. In the back of the book is a handy scorecard for readers to track their progress toward 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

From Wikipedia: Holt McDougal is an American publishing company, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, that specializes in textbooks for use in secondary schools. Holt, Rinehart & Winston was a division of Harcourt Education. When owner Reed Elsevier sold Harcourt to Houghton Mifflin in 2007, Holt, Rinehart and Winston was combined with McDougal Littell to form Holt McDougal. ~~~ Holt McDougal publishes textbooks on mathematics, language arts, social studies, science, health, and world language (French, Spanish, and German). They have also published children's books for the Weekly Reader Book Club, including Sweet Pickles, Fraggle Rock, and Snoopy. ~~~ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (/?ho?tn ?m?fl?n/[1]) is an educational and trade publisher in the United States. Headquartered in Boston's Back Bay, it publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers and adults. ~~~ The company was formerly known as Houghton Mifflin Company but changed its name following the 2007 acquisition of Harcourt Publishing. Prior to March 2010, it was a subsidiary of Education Media and Publishing Group Limited, an Irish-owned holding company registered in the Cayman Islands and formerly known as Riverdeep. ~~~ In 1961, Houghton Mifflin famously passed on Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, giving it up to Alfred A. Knopf who later published it in 1962. It went on to become an overnight success and is considered by many to be the bible of French cooking. Houghton Mifflin's strategic error was depicted in the 2009 film Julie & Julia. ~~~ In 1967, Houghton Mifflin became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol HTN. The company is currently privately held and no longer trades under this symbol. ~~~ During the 1990s, Houghton Mifflin acquired both McDougal Littell, an educational publisher of secondary school materials, and D.C. Heath and Company...

First published in 1952. this classic work of fiction tells of a young Texan’s adventures among the Indians of the Upper Amazon. Sam Hilton first goes in quest of an ancient Inca treasure, and later he searches with passionate zeal for the true origin of a beautiful, clever but strangely mysterious Indian girl, Tica. Thinking she is a descendant of the lost Inca tribe, Sam takes an interest in her. As he helps her escape the medicine man, Sapaicunca, and his followers, who claims her as his bride, Tica teaches Sam how to survive deep in the jungle.Here is adventure set against a background of vivid and colorful flora and fauna, as well as authentic descriptions of the customs and artifacts of the Jívaro people. John H. Warner based this story on first hand knowledge gained through many years of living and working among the mountain and jungle tribes in the early part of the 20th century.Intended for young readers with a love of nature, this sprawling adventure story will thrill young and old. An innocent classic tale set almost a hundred years ago when the world was wide and mysterious. It has been newly formatted for modern Kindle readers with a new forward by the author’s grandson.