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Meet the World's Funniest Kindergartner—Junie B. Jones!Guess who's not invited? With over 50 million books in print, Barbara Park's New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for over 20 years! In the 6th Junie B. Jones book, that meanie Jim has invited everyone in Room Nine to his birthday party on Saturday—except Junie B.! Should she have her own birthday party six months early and not invite Jim? Or should she move to It's a Small World After All in Disneyland?USA TODAY: "Junie B. is the darling of the young-reader set." Publisher's Weekly: "Park convinces beginning readers that Junie B.—and reading—are lots of fun." Kirkus Reviews: "Junie's swarms of young fans will continue to delight in her unique take on the world….A hilarious, first-rate read-aloud." Time Magazine: "Junie B. Jones is a feisty six-year-old with an endearing penchant for honesty."

Poor Mr Swimble is having a bad day. Rabbits are bouncing out of his hat, pigeons are flying out of his jacket and every time he points his finger, something magically appears – cheese sandwiches, socks . . . even a small yellow elephant on wheels! It’s becoming a real nuisance – and he’s allergic to rabbits. His friends at the Magic Rectangle can’t help, but the mysterious vacuum cleaner he saw that morning may have something to do with it . . . Fourteen fantastically funny stories from master storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett, full of food fights, pirates, wizards and crooks! ‘Arresting stuff! So funny it’s criminal!’ – PC Gorsebush Jones

In January 2005, the Catholic Church in Tanzania, announced that The Vatican had given 'approval' that, Julius Kambarage Nyerere, the country's post-independence ruler-an autocratic one as it turned out-be called 'Servant of God'. This 'approval' paved the way for the Catholic Church in Tanzania to commence a formal investigation process, which, if found to be above reproach, would lead to the beatification of Nyerere and ultimately to the offical canonisation of this 'Servant of God' thereby declaring Julius Kambarage Nyerere a saint. However, the author provides evidential material in support of his opposition to the canonisation of Nyerere. Indeed, in a racy, narrative style, he lifts the lid on the hidden suppression that existed during Nyerere's reign; suppression that continued while European tourists were enjoying their safari holidays. The author contends that proclaiming Nyerere a saint would not only make a mockery of the ecclesiastical tradition that has for ages been a pres

Tilly can’t believe it when her best friend Matty is asked to be a bridesmaid. In Tilly’s favourite daydream, she’s wearing the most beautiful bridesmaid dress and walking down the aisle behind a bride. The one wedding she’d really love to attend is her own mum and dad’s - but it seems like that's never going to happen. So Tilly decides to make her own dream come true, and puts a notice in the local shop, advertising her services as a bridesmaid. And to her amazement, she gets a reply . . . A fabulous, funny and moving story about finding family and friendship in all sorts of places, from the mega-bestselling author of Tracy Beaker, Hetty Feather and Katy.

A phenomenon is ever-changing, multifarious, intricate, unique in nature, type and magnitude in this complex world where actions, situations, activities,entities and processes are different at different times. The management of such a phenomenon becomes challenging due to underlying complexity, unknown/unseen interactions and different conditions.Consequently the management of such a phenomenon requires measurement. If you can't measure it, you can neither manage it nor improve it properly and effectively. Therefore the twin objectives of the present volume are: firstly, to develop the different structural models to establish potential causal relationships between endogenous and exogenous variables of a phenomenon based on path analysis. Secondly to transform the structural models into measurement models in order to deliver comprehensive, flexible versatile and robust measurement systems to measure a phenomenon or entity as a system in its totality, to be able to take the right actions and policy prescriptions. This book primarily deals with Business and Organisational Excellence and presents and delineates robust models such as Kanji's Total Quality Management Model, Kanji's Business Excellence Model, Kanji-Chopra Corporate Social Responsibility Model, Kanji-Chopra Performance Excellence Model, Kanji-Chopra Work Well-being Model and so on. This book will be an essential reading forboth academics and professionals working in the area of management, measurement, total quality management, business excellence, customers'satisfaction, leadership excellence, corporate social responsibility, managerial accountability, performance measurement and work stress. Professor Gopal K. Kanji, who is the Director of Kanji Quality Culture Ltd., is also Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics at Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, England. With a career spanning 40 years in the field of statistics and quality, incorporating teaching, publishing journals and books, writing technical papers and presenting research findings around the world. Having published more than 80 research papers and 16 books in Statistics and Total Quality Management, Professor Kanji is a very active fellow member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and a promoter of ASQ in the UK. He was appointed as Vice Chair of the International Chapter of the ASQ for Europe and the Middle East. Dr Parvesh K. Chopra, PhD (Leeds), PhD (India), Master of Philosophy (Economics), PG D. Statistics, M.A., B.A. (Honours), is a British Indian academic entrepreneur, research economist, author and Director of International Centre for Development and Performance Management (ICDPM), Leeds, England (UK). He has taught Economics at different levels and also worked as a Senior Research Economist for the Centre for the Study of Human Development, England for many years. Dr Chopra is the author and coauthor of 12 books, has jointly edited 5 books and published more than two dozen research papers in refereed international professional journals and contributed chapters to nearly 10 books. Dr Chopra promulgated the powerful concept of Human Contestability in his second doctoral thesis (awarded by The University of Leeds,England in 2003) and later in the form of a book, Poverty as Human Contestability Failure (2007). He has also disseminated the ideas of Body Capital and Emotional Capital, the essential dimensions embedded in the notion of human contestability. He is actively associated with the International Journal of Human Development as its Managing Editor and is a member of the Royal Economic Society (UK).

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Forget everything you thought you knew about America's early days-history packs a punch in this full-color, two-fisted, edge-of-your-seat adventure!Graphic novels are a revolution in literature, and The Sons of Liberty is a graphic novel like no other. Visual and visceral, fusing historical fiction and superhero action, this is a tale with broad appeal-for younger readers who enjoy an exciting war story, for teenagers asking hard questions about American history, for adult fans of comic books, for anyone seeking stories of African American interest, and for reluctant readers young and old.In Colonial America, Graham and Brody are slaves on the run-until they gain extraordinary powers. At first they keep a low profile. But their mentor has another idea-one that involves the African martial art dambe . . . and masks.With its vile villains, electrifying action, and riveting suspense, The Sons of Liberty casts new light on the faces and events of pre-Revolution America, including Ben Franklin and the French and Indian War. American history has rarely been this compelling-and it's never looked this good.For more information and exclusive content, visit thesonsoflibertybook.com