Start Before You’re Ready: The founder of Nike ‘faked it until he made it’ According to Forbes, in 2020 his net worth was over $50 billion, making him the 24th richest person in the world.ġ. Phil Knight (wiki) was the co-founder and CEO of Nike for 40 years, from 1964 to 2004. Whether you dream of being an entrepreneur, athlete or artist, I think these lessons can guide you in the right direction. Right here, I’ve summarized some of the key lessons from the book. He wants to inspire other young people to chase their own ‘crazy ideas’ too, just like he did. Phil wrote Shoe Dog to share with us how he built Nike. In fact, you probably have a pair of Nikes in your closet right now! And so do hundreds of millions of other customers. When Phil started, he was selling shoes from the back of his car! But today, sports icons like Michael Jordon and Tiger Woods proudly wear Nike shoes. But did you know the founder of Nike was NOT some billionaire investor, but just a kid who loved running? A kid with ZERO business experience named Phil Knight. We all know Nike-it’s one of the biggest brands in the world.
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"Sharing food is a good way of sharing family," Aunt Poogee says to Hope as they sit together on the porch swing in the twilight. Monk's silky narrative and Porter's illustrations, with their light-filled quality of stained glass, create an atmosphere of appealing warmth and a glimpse into what family reunions ought to be like. The meal is a family affair, with traditional recipes with all of the food but the crab cakes raised on the farm. Hope has brought a surprise dish that she would like to see make its way into the long-standing core of family recipes. Like all extended families, it is a mishmash of personalities, and Hope digs right into the proceedings, which hinge on the meal. Hope is traveling with her white father and African-American mother to her Aunt Poogee's farm for a gathering of her mother's family. This sequel to Hope(1999), from the same team, centers on a family feast and a feast of family. Woodward did not speak to Trump for his first book on the administration, Fear, which was released in 2018. Rage has caused huge controversy, not least over Trump telling Woodward he knew the danger the coronavirus presented early on but played it down in public.Īsked “why on earth would the president of United States, sit down and talk to Bob Woodward something like 18 times on tape” – the two men also spoke in August, a conversation which did not make the book – Trump said: “Well, because I assumed he was a little bit fair.” Nonetheless, the president claimed to have read Woodward’s new book in one evening in an interview with Fox & Friends on Tuesday morning, saying “it’s like lightweight reading and he doesn’t get it”. Some believed that for all practical purposes he was no more than semi-literate.” The president “didn’t process information in any conventional sense”, Wolff writes. In Michael Wolff’s infamous book Fire and Fury, for example, the former economic adviser Gary Cohn is quoted as writing: “It’s worse than you can imagine … Trump won’t read anything – not one-page memos, not the brief policy papers, nothing.” Multiple reports have said Trump does not often read, whether books or briefing materials. The Watergate reporter’s tome, published on Tuesday, is 392 pages long not including index, acknowledgments and notes on sources which chiefly consist of 18 on-the-record conversations with the president. "- Kirkus Reviews " Glenn illustrates in warm yet muted digital art dynamic spreads show Collins dancing in a red flamenco dress to the sounds of a jazz ensemble. A celebration of one black woman's achievements that underscores the passion and purpose that the human spirit has to offer. An enchanting biography." - Shelf Awareness, starred review " The digital illustrations have the look of pen drawings, rendering a graceful dancer's body with glowing brown skin and a self-possessed face. "- School Library Journal, starred review " Writing in verse is no easy task, and Meadows's text almost never stumbles, keeping metronomic time with Ebony Glenn's illustrations of soaring, spinning Janet. This book radiates with the joy of dance. Glenn fills each page with the strength and beauty of dance, focusing on the graceful movement of Collins and her emotive expressions. " - The Washington Post "Collins's story is told masterfully. A NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People A Junior Library Guild Selection A New York Public Library Best Book for Children A South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee A Wisconsin State Reading Association Picture This! List Selection " This is a wonderful and inspirational biography for aspiring young dancers and other athletes. This treasure trove of brilliantly crafted stories is a superb example of a writer working at the height of her powers. Rendered in her sumptuously imagined, uniquely magical style, The Stories of Eva Luna is the cornerstone of Allende’s work. Interweaving the real and the magical, she explores love, vengeance, compassion, and the strengths of women, creating a world that is at once poignantly familiar and intriguingly new. Lying in bed with her European lover, refugee and journalist Rolf Carlé, Eva answers his request for a story “you have never told anyone before” with these twenty-three samples of her vibrant artistry. Told in the voice of Isabel Allende’s beloved character Eva Luna, a “distinctive, powerful, and haunting” (Los Angeles Times) collection of short fiction by one of the most iconic and acclaimed writers of our time.Įva Luna is a young woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love. ⚠️ This book will unfortunately be removed from the service on the 14th of May. – by Lisa Smith, School Library Journal, April, 1997 A nice addition to a toddler storytime, but it may get lost as it’s cataloged in 613.7.” There is no story-rather the book is an invitation to get everyone moving. The repetitive text has the animal stating the movement and asking, “Can you do it?” Each child responds, “I can do it!” Carle’s vivid cut-paper collages are striking and invite sharing individually or with a group. A giraffe bends its neck, a monkey waves its arms, etc. “PreS - Animals and multiethnic children illustrate various body movements on large, double-page spreads. – by Michele Landberg, Parenting, May, 1997 This upbeat book is designed to get kids moving-learning names of body parts and rejoicing in their own competence.” “In brilliantly colored collages, a parade of animals challenges children to imitate simple physical actions. Just as alphabet books introduce letters and simple words, From Head to Toe introduces the basic body parts and simple body movements – the ABC’s of dancing, gymnastics, and other sports activities. As young children copy the antics of Eric Carle’s animals, they’ll learn such important skills as careful listening, focusing attention, and following instructions. “I can do it!” is the confidence-building message of this book. Struan must fight to save his company and his family, or risk seeing everything he has created destroyed at the hands of his sworn enemy. Over the years, their two families will cross paths, threatening to rip both apart, with reverberations that will echo across the generations. Struan and Brock come to control much of England’s trade with China yet neither can control their desires or their hatred of each other. War between England and China might be over, but the hostilities remain. But it is not only silks and spices that drive their mutual companies’ wealth-the opium trade is still booming. Tyler Brock, Struan’s rival from their early opium-smuggling days, also heads a large trading fleet, second in size only to Struan’s. Along the way, however, he made a powerful enemy. He is now the Tai-Pan-Supreme Leader-of all Tai-Pans in China. The sweeping epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavellĭirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also known as the Noble House, into the world’s largest Far East trading company. It failed to live up to the success of his earlier work. In it, the eponymous lead character is a disenchanted scriptwriter working amid the superficiality of Hollywood and whose real ambition is to write a novel. Of all John Fowles novels The French Lieutenants Woman received the most universal acclaim and today holds a very special place in the canon of post-war. His disdain for the medium is evident in Daniel Martin, the semi-autobiographical epic on which he worked throughout his most creative period. His relationship with the cinema was, like most of the others in his life, ambiguous. In John Fowles’ engrossing novel, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, a Victorian gentleman, Charles Smithson, is by turns entranced, befuddled, and devastated by a mysterious woman who is, according to local gossip, the spurned ex-mistress of a French naval officer. The Collector was turned into a film in 1965, with Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar in the lead roles, while the adaptation of The Magus, which starred Michael Caine, was an embarrassing failure. Set in his beloved Lyme Regis, where in later life Fowles concentrated on his twin passions of gardening and ornithology as well as completing his one-million-word memoirs, the book was hailed for its finale which offered the reader two alternative conclusions. The French Lieutenant's Woman, its screenplay adapted by Harold Pinter, was made into the five-times Oscar-nominated 1981 film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. Captured by the Syracusans, Nicias and his fellow general Demosthenes were executed. Despite the high risks involved, the campaign came close to success however, when the tide turned against Athens, Nicias' indecision hindered the Athenian escape. Nonetheless, he still joined the campaign when chosen as one of its generals. As a general he was known for his prudence, and he argued against launching the Sicilian Expedition. After the death of Cleon (422 BCE), he negotiated the Peace of Nicias with Sparta, temporarily ending the Peloponnesian War. He became established as a prominent political leader of the aristocratic faction in Athenian politics and generally recommended a cautious line in opposition to the more hawkish anti-Spartan attitudes of popular leaders such as Cleon and Alcibiades. 470-413 BCE), was a wealthy Athenian politician and general during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE). He loves pulling pranks on Mark and Jodie. The couple is acting very paranoid, but assure their grandchildren everything is fine. Grandma Miriam doesn't make her chocolate chip pancakes anymore, and Grandpa Kurt refuses to tell scary stories to them. When the two arrive, something feels off about them. He begins talking vaguely about a book he found and how he used it to make the scarecrows walk. Described as kind, but "slow" by Jodie, Stanley starts acting suspiciously when the two siblings arrive on the farm. Stanley is the farmhand of Grandpa Kirk and Grandma Miriam. When Jodie notices the two aren't acting like their normal selves, she grows concerned. She and her brother, Mark, are spending the summer with their grandparents. She is twelve years old and has long, blonde hair. Jodie is the book's protagonist and narrator. This page contains spoilers! Do not read this before finishing the story. The following is a list of characters from The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight and its television adaptation in order of appearance. |