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Great Quotes from Great Sports Heroes
by Peggy AndersonQuotes from some of America's greatest sports personalities; witty and insightful thoughts about life, from health and marriage to politics and retirement.
Webster's New World Robert's Rules of Order Simplified and Applied Second Edition
by Robert Mcconnell ProductionsProvides a summarization of Robert's Rules of Order
Get Organized: Second Edition
by Ron FryGet Organized can help you accomplish more in less time. The book presents simple time-management techniques that can make a big difference in your effectiveness. By deciding what is important and what isn't...by avoiding time traps...and by getting in the habit of developing to-do lists, daily schedules, monthly calendars, and project boards, readers learn how to make the most of their study time. They'll be studying smarter, not harder.
101 Smart Questions To Ask On Your Interview
by Ron FryThis book is for every job candidate who thinks "Do you have any questions for me?" marks the end of an interview. In the author's view, it marks the beginning of the last and perhaps most important interview phase, one that's so important that failing to be properly prepared for it can undo all the your hard work, including providing great answers to tough questions! It's your moment to shine-to show off the depth and breadth of your research, to remind the interviewer of how perfectly your credentials fit her job description, and to actually ask for the job! From what to ask, when to ask it, and the kind of answers to expect, this book gives every candidate, from first-timers to seasoned pros, the practical information and advice they need to ace the entire interview…and get their dream job. No questions? No way!
Thereby Hangs A Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins
by Charles Earle FunkHave you ever wondered why there's a bed in bedlam or why politicians utter so much bunk before elections? This book answers such questions in a readable and informative way. charity Saint Jerome, who translated the New Testament into Latin in the fourth century, sought to avoid the use of the ordinary Latin word for "love," amor, because of the distinctly worldly associations attached to that word. It did not agree with his interpretation of agape, in the original Greek, which denotes more nearly brotherly love or the deep affection between close friends. So he substituted, wherever the Greek text would naturally have required amor, one or another rather colorless word, one of them being caritas. Its meaning is "dearness," but, being colorless, it was capable of taking the color of its biblical surroundings and thus came to mean, specifically, Christian love of one's neighbor, and especially of the poor. The English word charity, derived from it, perhaps owes its sense particularly to the great passage in I Corinthians, chapter 13, which begins: "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal." c
Dream Dictionary: An A to Z Guide to Understanding Your Unconscious Mind
by Tony CrispThe essential information that will enable you to understand and use the rich imagery of your dreams.
101 Great Answers To The Toughest Interview Questions
by Ron FryNo matter how good you look, how effective your resume, how perfectly you fit the job description, if you're not prepared with great answers to the tough interview questions, you won't get the job. For years, interviewees have relied on Ron Fry's 101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions. In fact, more than 500,000 people have used the prior editions to help them develop their interview techniques...to help them understand exactly what the interviewer is getting at with each and every question he or she asks. This brand-new Fourth Edition of 101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions is thoroughly updated to reflect the realities of today's job market. You can still expect to be asked to tell a little bit about yourself, but you should also be able to talk coherently about your experience with the Internet and with the latest software. Ron Fry gives you a preview of the questions you're most likely to face during an interview and helps you prepare winning answers for each of them. The book begins with an overview of the interviewing process. Then, questions are grouped by chapter to cover the full range of possible interview topics- everything from "Why are you thinking of leaving your current job?" to "When can you start?"
America's Top Jobs For People Without A Four-Year Degree: Sixth Edition
by Michael FarrAmerica's Top Jobs for People Without a Four-Year Degree describes 190 major occupations that do not require a four-year degree. Knowing more about these jobs can help you plan your training and education, make a career choice or change, or find work with higher pay and more advancement potential. Each description includes details about the following: Significant Points Nature of the Work Working Conditions Employment Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement Job Outlook Earnings Related Occupations Sources of Additional Information
Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary
by Neil R. HamiltonThe president of the United States is a highly visible public figure, a bearer of immense responsibility, and the subject of intense scrutiny. He is held accountable for war, economic depression, domestic strife, national security, partisan politics, and overseas conflict. Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary closely examines the hopes and disappointments, the victories and defeats, and the integrity and weaknesses of the men who have held this office. Each of the profiles presented in this book traces the points at which presidential character, the exercise of power, and external events intersect. Presidents presents information suitable for exploratory research or for a casual reading of the history of the United States's chief executives and their legacies. Presidents contains 4 biographies and portraits of all the presidents, a chronology of the life of each president, suggested further reading about each president, an appendix that presents personal facts about the presidents, election results, and details of the presidential cabinets, a general bibliography and an index. Neil A. Hamilton holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Tennessee and an M.A. and B.A. in history from the University of Miami. He is currently a professor of history at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. A member of the Author's Guild, Hamilton is the author or coauthor of eight nonfiction books, including The ABC-Clio Companion to the 1960s Counterculture in America and Militias in America: A Reference Handbook.
The Celtic Languages
by Donald MacaulayThis volume describes the six modern Celtic languages. Four of these, Modern Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Breton, are living community languages; the other two, Manx and Cornish, survived into the modern period, but are no longer extant as community languages, though they are the subject of enthusiastic revivals. The Celtic languages sets them briefly in their Indo-European context, and states their general relationships within the broader Celtic language family. Individual linguistic studies are first placed briefly in their sociolinguistic and sociohistorical context. A detailed synchronic account of each language then follows, including syntax, morphology, phonology, morphophonology, dialect variation and distribution. Each description is based on a common plan, thus facilitating comparison amongst the different languages. This latest volume in the Cambridge Language Surveys will be welcomed by all scholars of the Celtic languages, but has also been designed to be accessible to any reader with only a basic knowledge of linguistics. It is the only modern account to deal with all surviving Celtic languages in this detail.
Dictionary Of American History: From 1763 To The Present
by Peter ThompsonThis comprehensive reference covers the history of the United States from the period immediately preceding the American Revolution to the present day. In easy-to-understand language, the dictionary brings the people, places, and events in American history to life. It covers not only key political, diplomatic, and military events and developments but also economic, social, and cultural matters. More than 1,200 A-to-Z entries provide biographical data, explanations of essential terms, and outlines of battles and key legislation. Several thematic articles also examine important aspects of the period in question. For example, a user can easily access key facts about the Battle of Gettysburg, then refer to an in-depth article on the Civil War-its causes, its course, and its outcome. The dictionary is a clear and accessible resource for high school and college students, researchers, and general readers. With thorough cross-references, an extensive subject index, and a further reading list, the Dictionary of American History is a superb single- volume guide to the vital and colorful pageant of America's past. AMONG THE PEOPLE, TOPICS, AND EVENTS COVERED ARE: · Abortion Affirmative Action · Babe Ruth · The Bay of Pigs Invasion · The Bill of Rights · Benjamin Franklin · The Battle of Gettysburg · Brown v. Board of Education · The Confederacy · Alexander Hamilton · The Iran Hostage Crisis · Presidential Elections · Prohibition · The Stamp Act · The Trail of Tears · Harriet Tubman · The Wall Street Crash · Yellow Journalism. Peter Thompson has been the Sydney Mayer Lecturer in Early American History at Oxford University since January 1993. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania before spending four years as a lecturer in American history at Princeton University.
Directory of Employment-Related Internet Sites
by Peter D. WeddleThere are over 40,000 employment-related sites currently operating on the Internet. These job boards, resume databanks and career portals can give you a powerful advantage in the search for talent and in finding a new or better job. How can you take best advantage of these resources? Whether you're a job seeker or career activist, a recruiter or HR professional, the key to success is smart shopping-picking the right site for your particular situation and location. But to shop smart online, you need to know your options. And that's where WEDDLE's 2003 Directory of Employment-Related Internet Sites comes in! It is the most comprehensive and up-to-date listing of these sites in print, and it's been completely updated for 2003. In WEDDLE's Directory, you'll find over 6,000 sites organized in three categories: * Career field (e.g., sales and marketing, finance and accounting, human resources, engineering). * Industry (e.g., healthcare, banking, construction, insurance). * Location (including every state in the Union and more than 25 countries). All you have to do is find the category of interest to you, and "let your mouse do the clicking!" Each site is listed by name and its address (also called its Universal Resource Locator or URL) on the Internet. That way, you can find just the right sites for you, quickly and easily.
Joe Gould's Secret
by Joseph MitchellIn 1942 Joseph Mitchell published "Professor Sea Gull," a profile of Joe Gould, a bohemian writer he met in Greenwich Village. Gould claimed to be at work on a vast book called The Oral History of Our Time based on conversations with the poor and downtrodden of New York City. In 1964 Mitchell published a second essay about Gould, "Joe Gould's Secret." In the second piece he describes the later years of his relationship with Gould and reveals discoveries he made about Gould before his death.
Recommended Dietary Allowances (10th edition)
by Subcommittee on the Tenth Edition of the RDAs National Research CouncilSince its introduction in 1943, "Recommended Dietary Allowances" has become the accepted source of nutrient allowances for healthy people. These Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) are used throughout the food and health fields. Additionally, RDAs serve as the basis for the U.S. Recommended Daily Allowances, the Food and Drug Administration's standards for nutrition labeling of foods. The "10th Edition" includes research results and expert interpretations from years of progress in nutrition research since the previous edition and provides not only RDAs but also "Estimated Safe and Adequate Daily Dietary Intakes" - provisional values for nutrients where data were insufficient to set an RDA. Organized by nutrient for ready reference, the volume reviews the function of each nutrient in the human body, sources of supply, effects of deficiencies and excessive intakes, relevant study results, and more. The volume concludes with the invaluable "Summary Table of Recommended Dietary Allowances," a convenient and practical summary of the recommendations.
Behind Bars: Surviving Prison
by Jeffrey Ian Ross Stephen C. RichardsThis book explains the process leading up to prison and the experiences of what happens there.
300 Best Jobs Without A Four-Year Degree
by Susan Pines Stephanie KoutekGood news for people without a four-year degree who are seeking a new or different job: The authors have sorted through the latest government job data and selected the 300 best jobs that don't require a four-year degree. Each of these jobs has high earnings, good growth potential, or many job openings. For example: *The #1 job with the best combination of pay, growth, and number of openings that doesn't require a four-year degree is Registered Nurse. It has average annual earnings of $46,410, is growing at a 25.6 percent rate, and has 140,000 openings per year. *Among the best jobs requiring moderate-term on-the-job training are Advertising Sales Agent (#1), Correctional Officer and Jailer (#4), and Roofer (#7). *The job with the highest percentage of self-employed workers that doesn't require a four-year degree is Real Estate Sales Agent (69.4%). Who Can Benefit from This Book? *People interested in exploring new, better-paying, or more interesting career options requiring less than a four-year college degree *Students researching and planning for future training and careers *Teachers and counselors helping students, graduates, and job seekers. Discover the best jobs for you in two steps! Browse the best jobs lists in Part I to find the jobs that interest you most. Then look up their information-packed descriptions in Part II for more details on earnings, growth, education or training needed, job tasks, and much more.
Psychoanalytic Theories of Development: An Integration
by Phyllis Tyson Robert L. TysonThorough review of psychological development starting at infancy going through adulthood with emphasis on major developmental milestones.
The Oxford Companion to United States History
by Paul S. BoyerA new volume for a new century, The Oxford Companion to United States History covers everything from Jamestown and the Puritans to the Human Genome Project and the Internet. Written in clear, graceful prose for researchers, browsers, and general readers alike, this is the volume that addresses the totality of the American experience, its triumphs and heroes as well as its tragedies and darker moments. Here are the familiar political heroes, from George Washington and Benjamin Franklin to Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. But here, too, are scientists, writers, radicals, sports figures, and religious leaders, with incisive portraits of such varied individuals as Thomas Edison and Eli Whitney, Babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali, Black Elk and Crazy Horse, Margaret Fuller, Emma Goldman, and Marian Anderson, even Al Capone and Jesse James. The Companion illuminates events that have shaped the nation (the Great Awakening, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Wounded Knee Tragedy, the Vietnam War); major Supreme Court decisions (Marbury v. Madison, Roe v. Wade); landmark legislation (the Fugitive Slave Law, the Pure Food and Drug Act); social movements (Suffrage, Civil Rights); influential books (The Jungle, Uncle Tom's Cabin); ideologies (conservatism, liberalism, Social Darwinism); even natural disasters and iconic sites (the Chicago Fire, the Johnstown Flood, Niagara Falls, the Lincoln Memorial). Here, too, is the nation's social and cultural history, from Films, Football, and the 4-H Club to Immigration, Courtship and Dating, Marriage and Divorce, and Death and Dying. Extensive multi-part entries cover such key topics as the Civil War, Indian History and Culture, Slavery, and the Federal Government. Here is a volume that is as big and as varied as the nation it portrays. With over 1,400 entries written by some 900 historians and other scholars, it illuminates not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion.
Kaiser Permanente Healthwise Handbook
by Donald W. KemperA self-care guide for you and your family, this handbook is a reliable, up-to-date, and easy-to-understand source of help for over 200 medical problems.
Where to Retire: America's Best and Most Affordable Places
by John HowellsIn this well-researched guide, the author gives the best advice not only on where to relocate in your retirement years, but why you should pick up and move just as life is settling down. The books presents clear snapshots of life in hundreds of the most affordable, comfortable, and stimulating places to retire in the US.
Books That Changed America
by Robert B. DownsFrom the book: THOUGH YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, BOOKS THAT YOU MAY NEVER HAVE READ ARE PROFOUNDLY AFFECTING YOUR LIFE AND LIFE AROUND YOU IN AMERICA TODAY. The call for revolutionary action by Thomas Paine ... the argument for civil disobedience by Thoreau . . . the dissection of governmental corruption by Lincoln Steffens . . . the analysis of American racism by Gunnar Myrdal . . . the chilling warning against ecological disaster by Rachel Carson . . . these are but a few of the books that have left a lasting impression upon America. From the moment of their publication, their influence began to be felt-an influence that has never ceased to operate in American society. Taking a brilliant cross-section of works in virtually every area of thought-political, economic, scientific, judicial, sociological, and literary-Dr. Robert B. Downs, former President of the American Library Association and head of the University of Illinois Library, gives a superb explication of each of these fascinating works and charts their effects upon the complex fabric of our emerging and evolving nation.