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  Corporate Governance Best Practices: Strategies for Public, Private, and Not-for-Profit Organizations

  by Frederick D. Lipman

  Praise for Corporate Governance Best Practices "A thorough and thoughtful guidebook on the governance lay of the land." -Professor Charles M. Elson, Woolard Chair in Corporate Governance and Director of Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware "Frederick Lipman provides a comprehensive approach to best corporate governance practices for all organizations, which is... (more)
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  Regarding the Fountain

  by Kate Klise

  The Dry Creek Middle School drinking fountain has sprung a leak, so principal Walter Russ dashes off a request to Flowing Waters Fountains, Etc. ...We need a new drinking fountain. Please send a catalog. Designer Flo Waters responds: "I'd be delighted...but please understand that all of my fountains are custom-made." Soon the fountain project takes on a life of its own, one chronicled in letters, postcards, memos,... (more)
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  Simple Tools and Techniques for Enterprise Risk Management (The Wiley Finance Series)

  by Robert J. Chapman

  Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) represents a fundamental shift in the way businesses must approach risk. As the economy becomes more service driven and globally oriented, businesses cannot afford to let new, unforeseen areas of risk remain unidentified. Currency fluctuations, human resources in foreign countries, evaporating distribution channels, corporate governance, and unprecedented dependence on technology... (more)
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  Defiance

  by Valerie Hobbs

  Winner of the 2008 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) in the Children's Products competition.   A memorable trio of characters, each fighting for independence Eleven-year-old Toby Steiner wants to do normal things on his vacation: he wants to hike and race his bike down the hill and learn to fish out on the lake. The last thing he wants is to return to the children’s hospital where his painful... (more)
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  Ghost Canoe

  by Will Hobbs

  -novel-fiction-helps children with making predictions (mystery story), learn about culture of native Americans-3rd through 6th grades-This book was well written. This is the second time I have read it and I feel that I must have enjoyed mystery writing more when I was younger. :) Hobbs still delivers with an excellent story and plotline, however!
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  Hachiko Waits

  by Lesléa Newman

  Hachiko Waits is a novel inspired by a true story. In January 1924 Professor Ueno adopts an Akita puppy and names him Hachi. The Professor travels to work by train and every day Hachi accompanying him to the station, and returns at 3:00 to greet the Professor upon his return. One day in May 1925 the Professor doesn't return and the story of Hachi's devotion comes to life. Hachi has become a national symbol for... (more)
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  Say What You Do: Building a framework of IT controls, policies, standards, and procedures

  by Dorian J Cougias, Marcelo Halpern, Rebecca Herold

  Say What You Do: Building a framework of IT controls, policies, standards, and procedures is the definitive guide to process documentation. Written by an all-star team of award winning writers, internationally acclaimed lawyers and IT auditors, Say What You Do walks the reader through all of the steps necessary for creating a compliance-driven IT controls framework, policies, standards, and procedures. Included... (more)
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  Making IT Governance Work in a Sarbanes-Oxley World

  by Jaap Bloem

  This book discusses a dilemma common to many corporation’s IT departments--the tension between top-down governance directives and the challenge to get everything properly functioning on a bottom-up basis. Making IT governance work does not simply mean adherence to an ABC of (a) going more deeply into rules, (b) implementing a framework, and (c) registering good results. Neither is this book a guide to frameworks... (more)
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  100 Cupboards Trilogy: Book 1

  100 Cupboards

  by Nathan D. Wilson

  Twelve-year-old Henry York wakes up one night to find bits of plaster in his hair. Two knobs have broken through the wall above his bed and one of them is slowly turning . . .Henry scrapes the plaster off the wall and discovers cupboards of all different sizes and shapes. Through one he can hear the sound of falling rain. Through another he sees a glowing room–with a man pacing back and forth! Henry soon... (more)
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  Effective IT Service Management: To ITIL and Beyond!

  by Rob Addy

  IT service management (ITSM) is the group of processes and functions that oil the wheels of the IT machine. Without ITSM, every IT project and system would deteriorate over time until failure. ITIL is the recognized best-practice standard for ITSM, and has been around since the late 1980s, with ITIL version 3 published just recently. However, many of today's IT problems have been around for just as long - so in... (more)
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  The Governance, Risk, and Compliance Handbook: Technology, Finance, Environmental and International Guidance and Best Practices

  by Anthony Tarantino

  Providing a comprehensive framework for a sustainable governance model, and how to leverage it in competing global markets, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Handbook presents a readable overview to the political, regulatory, technical, process, and people considerations in complying with an ever more demanding regulatory environment and achievement of good corporate governance. Offering an international... (more)
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  Sarbanes-Oxley Internal Controls: Effective Auditing with AS5, CobiT, and ITIL

  by Robert R. Moeller

  Sarbanes-Oxley Internal Controls: Effective Auditing with AS5, CobiT, and ITIL is essential reading for professionals facing the obstacle of improving internal controls in their businesses. This timely resource provides at-your-fingertips critical compliance and internal audit best practices for today's world of SOx internal controls. Detailed and practical, this introductory handbook will help you to revitalize... (more)
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  Willow Falls: Book 1

  11 Birthdays

  by Wendy Mass

  Amanda and Leo were born on the same day. After a coincidence where they celebrated their first birthdays together, they were inseperable. Then on their 10th birthday, Amanda overheard Leo saying that he really didn't like her. Now, on their 11th birthday, Leo and Amanda's parties are on the same day. No one comes to Amanda's, instead opting for Leo's blowout bash. When Amanda wakes up the next day, she... (more)
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  Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

  by Grace Lin

  In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's... (more)
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  Compliance Management for Public, Private, or Non-Profit Organizations

  by Michael G. Silverman

  In today’s business climate, accountability, transparency, and a high regard for laws, regulations, and ethical conduct is as much a part of how an organization manages its affairs as its primary mission and operations. Compliance Management for Public, Private, or Nonprofit Organizations is a complete, hands-on guide to implementing strategies and techniques for developing, managing, and improving the... (more)
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  Star in the Forest

  by Laura Resau

  Zitlally's family is undocumented, and her father has just been arrested for speeding and deported back to Mexico. As her family waits for him to return—they’ve paid a coyote to guide him back across the border—they receive news that he and the coyote’s other charges have been kidnapped and are being held for ransom. Meanwhile, Zitlally and a new friend find a dog in the forest near their trailer park. They name... (more)
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  Inkling: Book 1

  Invisible Inkling

  by Emily Jenkins

  INVISIBLE INKLING is charming, fresh, and funny. Now I want an invisible friend of my own! (Sara Pennypacker, author of the New York Times bestselling Clementine series )
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  Out of My Mind

  by Sharon M. Draper

  From multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner Sharon M. Draper comes a story full of heartache and hope. Get ready to meet a girl whose voice you'll never, ever forget.
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  A Long Walk to Water

  Based on a True Story

  by Linda Sue Park

  A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe... (more)
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  The Great Wall Of Lucy Wu

  by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

  In this humorous and heartfelt debut about a split cultural identity, nothing goes according to plan for sixth-grader Lucy Wu. Lucy Wu, aspiring basketball star and interior designer, is on the verge of having the best year of her life. She's ready to rule the school as a sixth grader and take over the bedroom she has always shared with her sister. In an instant, though, her plans are shattered when she finds out... (more)