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1) Brix
Publisher
Blue Orange USA
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Line up four in a row on a whole new level in this one of a kind strategy game! Each turn, players build up the wall of bricks by adding their pieces to the growing structure. Each brick you place is guaranteed to ALSO contain your opponent's symbol or color. Each time you add a new piece, you risk giving your opponent an advantage if you don't plan your move carefully! Will you build your way to victory?
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"Take friendly competition to a new level as you race your opponents to the top of the tower. Play your cards to move up in small steps or big leaps. Some cards allow you to sabotage your opponents by sending them down or knocking them off. Watch out for players on a rampage - they will knock everyone off on their way up! To be safe, move in pairs and protect your pawns from attack. The first player to get all four pawns to the top is the tower champion!"...
3) Otrio Deluxe
Language
English
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٢With a rainbow of colors to keep trakc of and multiple ways to win, Otrio stretches your working memory and keeps your frontal cortex nimble as you keep on the lookout for 3-in-an-'O'!٣ - from box.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
As Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis demonstrate in their popular book, Strategies that work: teaching comprehension to enhance understanding, reading comprehension is about much more than answering literal questions at the end of a passage, story, or chapter. In this four-part video series, Stephanie and Anne invite you to join them in the classrooms of Leslie Blauman, Mary Buerger, and Debbie Miller, three teachers with whom they have worked for...
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English
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The first documented, systematic study of guerrilla warfare, Mao Tse-tung's 1937 text remains the definitive guide to orchestrating revolution in developing countries. Based on Mao's own experiences in fighting Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and his interpretations of the classic strategies of Sun-tzu, On Guerrilla Warfare outlines the tactics that have proven effective around the world, from Vietnamese jungles to Middle Eastern deserts. Prescient...
6) Stratego
Publisher
Milton Bradley Co
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
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A game of strategy for two players, ages 10 through adult. Object of the game is to outwit your opponent and capture his flag.
7) Mancala
Language
English
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Mancala is the generic name for a group of games from ancient Africa and Asia. Names, boards, and rules differ among regions but the strategy of play is basically the same.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Assessment for learning: strategic questioning explores the link between questioning and assessment for learning. It contains video clips of interviews with teachers about their use of questioning, and classroom footage showing teachers implementing aspects of strategic questioning. Assessment for learning: strategic questioning focuses on ten key aspects of the formative use of questioning in the classroom: Preparing key questions, Asking closed...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Program highlights What is your biggest source of power in any negotiation? How to redraw the boundaries of a negotiation in your favour? How focusing on the upside improves your deal. It's better to receive the first offer than to give it. Honesty is the best negotiating policy. Don't ever let them see you sweat. Professor Neale convincingly debunks these common beliefs as she shares the results of empirical research on negotiating strategies and...
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Language
English
Description
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Napoleon has been called a giant for the ages, and his influence resonates to this day not only in the field of military endeavor but also in law and governance. His military maxims, captured here in Napoleon's Art of War, are timeless principles applicable to many aspects of life. To contextualize each of the seventy-eight pithy maxims, General Burnod provides brief...
Publisher
Peaceable Kingdom, A MindWare brand
Pub. Date
©2018.
Language
English
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Queen Benevolence is hosting a celebration to honor her loyal subjects. To thank them, she will give away 12 extraordinary items from her treasure box that she keeps hidden away in a secret chamber in the castle. But when the Queen goes to choose the items that she wants to bestow, she discovers the box is empty! A thief has stolen her treasures and is running away with them! The celebration cannot happen without the treasures and there is not much...
Publisher
[Fowers Games]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"Paperback--the novel deckbuilding game. Word-building meets deck-building--players start with a deck of letter cards and wild cards. Each hand they form words and purchase more powerful letters based on how well their word scored. Most letters have abilities that activate when they are used in a word, such as drawing more cards or double letter score. Players buy wilds to gain victory points. Help Paige Turner become a famous author by completing...
13) Zategy
Language
English
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Align 4 square tiles of your color to win! Block others while you advance your game! Fast & Fun for the entire family!
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English
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Stranded deep in enemy territory, the Spartan general Clearchus and the other Greek senior officers were subsequently killed or captured by treachery on the part of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes. Xenophon, one of three remaining leaders elected by the soldiers, played an instrumental role in encouraging the Greek army of 10,000 to march north across foodless deserts and snow-filled mountain passes towards the Black Sea and the comparative security...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Nothing matters more than kids' thinking. As teachers, we want to honor kids' thinking and teach them to become critical, thoughtful, independent readers. To help them turn thinking into meaning and to understand what they read, students need an arsenal of strategies to navigate and synthesize text. And they need to know when, where, and how, to use these strategies. Strategic thinking builds on the comprehension instruction in the book, Strategies...
16) Muddy Boots Leadership: Real Life Stories and Personal Examples of Good, Bad, and Unexpected Results
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Language
English
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285 military "leadership situations" and the actions leaders have taken, and some real surprises. Emphasis on practical applications of leadership, coupled with real-life vignettes add the real spark to the leadership lessons learned and relearned by each generation of America's warriors. Applicable to business, corporate, and organizational leadership.
17) The Art of War
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Language
English
Description
Antoine-Henri Jomini was the most celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war. Jomini was present at the majority of the most important battles of the Napoleonic Wars. His writing, therefore, is the most authoritative on the subject. In this fully illustrated version of 'The Art of War', he advises: 'The art of war, as generally considered, consists of five purely military branches,-viz.: Strategy, Grand Tactics, Logistics, Engineering, and Tactics....
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English
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The Hostage Rescue Manual is a comprehensive, illustrated source on the dynamic operations which have saved hundreds of lives in hostage situations around the world. It is based on strategies that have proved successful in numerous incidents, including the landmark SAS rescue at Prince's Gate, London, and is compiled by an author with intimate and practical knowledge of the field.
19) Hidden Battles on Unseen Fronts: Stories of American Soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD
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Language
English
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This is the fourth fully revised edition of a book first published in 1970. This longevity is testimony to its enduring value as a reference work-indeed, "Colledge," as the book is universally known, is still the first stop for anyone wanting more information on any British warship from the fifteenth century to the present day when only the name is known. Each entry gives concise details of dimensions, armament, and service dates, and its alphabetical...
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Language
English
Description
What makes the Civil War so fascinating is that it presents an endless number of "what if" scenarios-moments when the outcome of the war (and therefore world history) hinged on a single small mistake or omission. In this book, Civil War historian Edward Bonekemper highlights the ten biggest Civil War blunders, focusing in on intimate moments of military indecision and inaction involving great generals like Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and William...
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