Books with author Richard Lauter

Who was the shooting star with a very generous heart? Who cultivated the first round pearl? Who was the first woman doctor in America that became a medical pioneer? In Biografeats, author Richard Lam shares 24 short biographies of 12 men and women who found the courage to overcome many adversities on their path to success. This collection narrates the life lessons of some of history's greatest achievers - from artists and athletes, to entrepreneurs and humanitarians, as well as lawyers, teachers, and scientists from eleven different countries. These stories feature individuals that exemplify courage, persistence, perseverance, sacrifice, desire, determination, diligence, attitude, and belief. Each selection begins with the subject's childhood and then progresses through a course of events filled with challenges, adversities, failures, and successes, finally ending with a major achievement. Biografeats demonstrates that regardless of culture, race, nationality, gender, or circumstance, anyone can succeed in life and realize their dreams.Richard Lam lives to inspire and be inspired. He is a financial advisor in Chicago. Go to www.Biografeats.com for more info on the author, teacher resources, where to buy, etc.

Beautifully drawn collections of similar houses invite young children to explore shapes, colors, and details until they can put their finger on the exact house shown on the previous page. Farmhouse, igloo, skyscraper, teepee, hut, pagoda—there is a house type for everyone! As a bonus, children can play the game with friends to see who will find the house first, play with the book upside-down, or search for the stray object that doesn't belong on each page.

Playfully drawn collections of near-lookalike robot toys invite young children to explore shapes, colors, and details until they can put their finger on the exact robot shown on the previous page. Close attention to detail, focus, and memory are developed through this seek-and-find book. Children can play by themselves, with friends and family to see who finds the match first, or even upside down. On each page there is also a stray object that doesn't belong—can you find them all? Each robot is uniquely and vibrantly drawn. Firefighter, dragon, princess, mechanic, doctor, superhero—there is a favorite robot for everyone!

There has been an increasing emphasis on excellence in education and realization of the importance of foreign language learning in academic circles at the high school and college lever. A solid grounding in a foreign language provides a student with many valuable skills; the ability to communicate with people who would have remained inaccessible otherwise, understanding of a whole body of printed material, perception of different ways of ordering reality and interpreting experience. The mirage of a monolingual world has faded and the advantages of foreign language education have become more and more apparent. Even where one's native language is concerned, foreign language learning has much to offer' a clearer understanding of the structure of the native language and, therefore, greater ability to use language effectively.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Beautifully drawn collections of similar toy vehicles invite young children to explore shapes, colors, and details until they can put their finger on the lost item shown on the previous page. Reds, blues, greens, boats, trucks, helicopters—there is something here to capture every child's attention! As a bonus, children can play with friends to see who will find the missing toy first, play with the book upside-down, or search for the object that doesn't belong on each page.

Who was the shooting star with a generous heart? Who was the Pearl King? Who was the first woman doctor in America and a medical pioneer? In Biografeats, author Richard Lam offers the biographies of twelve men and twelve women who found the courage to overcome obstacles on their path to success. This collection of mini-biographies narrates the life lessons of some of history's greatest achievers-from artists and athletes, to entrepreneurs and humanitarians, as well as lawyers, teachers, and scientists from eleven different countries. The stories feature individuals who exemplify courage, persistence, perseverance, sacrifice, desire, determination, diligence, attitude, and belief. Each selection begins with the subject's childhood and then progresses through a course of events filled with challenges, adversities, failures, and successes, finally ending with a major achievement. Both informative and inspirational, Biografeats demonstrates that regardless of culture, race, nationality, gender, or circumstance, anyone can succeed in life and realize their dreams.