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The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs
by Wolfgang Mieder Fred R. Shapiro Charles Clay Doyle"You can't unring a bell. " "It takes a village to raise a child. " "Life is just a bowl of cherries. " We sometimes think of proverbs as expressions of ancient wisdom, but in fact new proverbs are constantly arising. This unique volume is devoted exclusively to English-language proverbs that originated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The most complete and accurate such collection ever compiled,The Dictionary of Modern Proverbspresents more than 1,400 individual proverbs gathered and researched with the help of electronic full-text databases not previously used for such a project. Entries are organized alphabetically by key words, with information about the earliest datable appearance, origin, history, and meaning of each proverb. Mundane or sublime, serious or jocular, these memorable sayings represent virtually every aspect of the modern experience. Readers will find the book almost impossible to put down once opened; every page offers further proof of the immense vitality of proverbs and their colorful contributions to the oral traditions of today.
101 Most Important Things You Need to Know Before You Graduate
by Renae WillisCongratulations! You're about to embark on an exciting adventure called real life. This collection of life lessons and wisdom will help you navigate the maze of tough decisions and difficult choices you are bound to face. You can keep your life balanced and purposeful simply by the choices you make. This little book offers practical, timeless advice on such topics as: Career Choices - Attitude - Relationships - Finances Manners - Purpose - Faith Take to heart these simple messages, and your life will be blessed with happiness and peace.
Successful College Writing (4th Edition, with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA Updates)
by Kathleen T. McwhorterThe goal of Successful College Writing was to create a first-year composition text that covers the skills other college-level texts assume students already possess.
Essential Manners for Men 2nd Ed
by Peter PostIn Essential Manners for Men, etiquette expert Peter Post tackles the issues of real concern for today's man, enabling him to make the right decisions about what to do and say in every situation that counts, whether in daily life, social life, or on the job. Sharp, savvy, and sensible--filled with accessible sidebars, tips, and stories from the author's own experiences--this classic New York Times bestselling handbook has been updated to reflect the realities of our modern times with all new material, including: Social media: social networking, gaming, and the world of online dating Communication in person: greetings, handshakes, and how to make the all-important good first impression Communication on-the-go: texting, e-mailing, and using smart phones Life changes: dealing with bumps in the road, from divorce to layoffs Weddings: the man's role, from groom to best man to usher, and the changing nature of the bachelor party Entertaining, dining, tipping Also: Sportsmanship Parenting Sharing living space with a roommate, spouse, or significant other Navigating the business dinner Throwing a great party or being a perfect guest . . . and much more.
The Complete ABBA (40th Anniversary Edition)
by Simon SheridanFor four decades ABBA - the combined talents of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - has been a global music phenomenon, clocking up record sales of over 360 million. For the very first time The Complete ABBA compiles all of the Swedish supergroup's singles, albums, TV specials, tours and movies. Beginning with their 1972 debut single People Need Love, the book chronicles the band's incredible story right through to Björn and Benny's triumphant Thank You for the Musictribute concert held in London in 2009, and beyond, to 2012, the band's 40th anniversary. This is all the ABBA you'll ever need!
Room for Improvement
by Amy ZalneraitisIf you've ever lived with a roommate, you're all too familiar with the dark side of splitting rent: your favorite lipstick mysteriously gone missing, dishes left "soaking" in the sink for a week, and far-too-intimate noises coming from the adjacent bedroom as you desperately try to sleep. But roommate resentment doesn't have to become a pattern. A comprehensive and sassy guide to roommate living for post-college women, Room for Improvement explains how a little cooperation can lead to smoother cohabitation. Harnessing her own and others' experiences, Amy Zalneraitis delivers essential roommate dos and don'ts, hilarious (and often horrifying) anecdotes, and invaluable tips from experts, and covers such sanity-saving topics as: Checks and Imbalances: Keeping Financial Friction at Bay Idiosyncrasies or Idiosyncrazies? There's Eccentric, and Then There's Psychotic Dust Bunnies Are Not Real Pets: What to Do with a Filthy Roommate Is That My Underwear You're Wearing? Sharing Clothes Without Exchanging Blows ...and much, much more. Candid and laugh-out-loud funny, Room for Improvement will help you iron out existing roommate problems, prevent future ones, and, just as important, spot and address bad roommate behavior in yourself.
The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2012
by World BankThe Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2012 is a pocket edition of the Global Financial Inclusion Index ("Global Findex") database providing country-level indicators on the use of formal bank accounts, payments behavior, savings patterns, credit patterns, and insurance decisions. It provides data on financial inclusion by key demographic characteristics--gender, age, education, income, and rural or urban residence. The book includes summary pages for 147 economies and regional and income group averages.
Bookmarks: A Guide to Research and Writing (3rd edition)
by John Ruszkiewicz Janice R. Walker Michael A. PembertonPreparing students for the ever-changing demands of conducting research in today's world, Bookmarks: A Guide to Research and Writing establishes a new benchmark for college research guides, serving as a bridge between old and new traditions for researchers who expect to work regularly in both print and electronic environments. Written in a lively, conversational tone, Bookmarks: A Guide to Writing and Research, offers concrete strategies and models to help students select a topic, refine it, and develop it into a full-fledged research hypothesis; find and position sources; use sources in appropriate and responsible ways to further their projects; and document and complete their final projects for print or electronic publication. In addition to offering such practical advice, the text also asks students to consider important rhetorical issues, such as how to most effectively address an audience and how to craft a considered, balanced argument. Bookmarks encourages students to use new technologies to find reliable information and to use the technologies to locate sources that are most appropriate for their topics and purposes.
The Little Green Data Book, 2012
by The World BankThe Little Green Data Book is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation.
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
by Robert LeroyFrom the original 1929 promotion, Robert Ripley describes the land where rain has fallen for a million years; here he talks with you about the Ever-Standing Men and the Upside-Down Men of Benares. Sport enthusiasts will prick up their ears at the queer tales told by the man who it is said can answer more questions on sports than any other living man. All these stores, all these marvelous adventuring into the countries of the fantastically true are lavishly illustrated with a multitude of those vivid cartoons which are followed eagerly every night in the New York Evening Post and more than 100 other newspapers. You will find your old favorites-and some new puzzlers which Mr. Ripley has uncorked now for the first time. Believe It Or Not this volume contains a thousand new things under the sun!
A Charmed Life: Growing Up in Macbeth's Castle
by Liza CampbellA Charmed Life is a contemporary fairytale that tells what is like to grow up as a maiden in a castle where ancient curses and grisly events from centuries ago live on between its stone walls. Liza Campbell offers a compelling look at what it is like to grow up with enormous privilege and yet watch the father she idealizes destroy himself, his family, and his heritage.
Zondervan NIV Atlas of the Bible
by Carl G. RasmussenFor quick reference and detailed study, the Zondervan NIV Atlas of the Bible is the most comprehensive Bible atlas available. The Geographical section presents the physical geography of the lands of the biblical word, from Egypt to Mesopotamia. The Israel/Jordan region especially is discussed in depth. The HISTORICAL SECTION presents in detail the flow of biblical history in its geographical context and shows how geography influenced the course of biblical history. A separate section on JERUSALEM traces the history and development of the city that is at the center of much of biblical history. THE DISCIPLINES OF HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY shows the reader how the actual sites of ancient cities are rediscovered--an often complex process that sirs the imagination with the excitement of highly specialized detective work. An outstanding feature is the GAZETTEER. This is an exhaustive place-name index that gives the exact geographical location for each name with the pages and maps on which the name is found in the Atlas.
Legal Studies: Terminology and Transcription (5th Edition)
by Wanda Roderick-BoltonThis text provides a basic understanding of legal vocabulary for administrative personnel in a legal office. Over 900 terms commonly used in the legal profession are included. Users will learn to define the terms and use them in a legal context. Keyboarding practice from printed copy will reinforce learning the correct spelling and proper use of each term.
Managing Life Skills
by Patricia Clark Sue Couch Ginny FelstehausenBuild students' independent living skills and prepare them for success beyond high school withGlencoeManaging Life Skills. Students are prepared for career or college with full-page Career Pathway or College Readiness features. Career readiness focuses on thorough resume writing, job interview prep, and portfolio building activities and guidance. College Readiness includes information on scholarships, financial matters, and the college application process. Project-based pedagogy is used throughout the program through Unit Portfolio Projects, and financial education is thoroughly integrated.
The Enjoyment Of Music: Tenth Edition Shorter Version
by Joseph Machlis Kristine ForneyThe Enjoyment of Music is a classic-- it's been around for more than half a century--but its contents and pedagogical approach are very much up-to-date, featuring appealing musical repertory, the latest scholarship, an eye-catching design, and an unparalleled package of electronic ancillaries.
Models for Writers: Short Essays for Composition
by Paul Eschholz Alfred RosaIt’s a simple, best-selling combination that has worked for over 20 years — short, accessible essays and helpful, thorough writing instruction. Models for Writerscontinues to offer thought-provoking selections organized to demonstrate not only the rhetorical patterns that students will use in their own essays but also the elements and language that will make those essays effective.
La Guia Completa de Vitaminas, Hierbas y Suplementos
by Winifred ConklingEncuentre información esencial sobre cientos de vitaminas, hierbas y suplementos. ¿Qué ayuda a mejorar la Vitamina e y cuanta cantidad debo tomar? La vitamina E ayuda a prevenir las enfermedades cardíacas y a tratar el acné. Los adultos deben tomar entre 100 y 400 IU de vitamina E natural al día. ¡Encuentre tratamientos con vitaminas, hierbas y suplementos para cientos de enfermedades! ¿Sufre de migrañas? Vea Magnesio: Existe mucha evidencia que demuestra que un bajo nivel de magnesio causa migrañas y dolores de cabeza. Tome entre 250 y 400 miligramos de magnesio tres veces al día. ¡Entérese si existen posibles interferencias con los medicamentos recetados por su médico! ¿Está tomando St. John's Wort para la depresión? Este puede interferir con los efectos de las anfetaminas, las píldoras para adelgazar, los descongestionantes nasales o los medicamentos para alergias, causando náuseas y tensión arterial alta. Esta exhaustiva y práctica guía incluye todo lo que necesita saber sobre todas las vitaminas, las hierbas y los suplementos que se pueden comprar sin receta. En ella encontrará información valiosa sobre la forma más efectiva de cada suplemento, su fuente alimenticia y la dosis correcta, los síntomas de la deficiencia, su uso seguro y los posibles efectos secundarios.
The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday: 52 Weekends of Essential Knowledge for the Curious Mind
by New York TimesA handy, smaller, and more focused version of our popular New York Times knowledge books - organized by weekends and topic. Fell asleep during history class in high school when World War II was covered? Learned the table of elements at one time but have forgotten it since? Always wondered who really invented the World Wide Web? Here is the book for you, with all the answers you've been looking for: The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday is based on the premise that there is a recognizable group of topics in history, literature, science, art, religion, philosophy, politics, and music that educated people should be familiar with today. Over 100 of these have been identified and arranged in a way that they can be studied over a year's time by spending two hours on a topic every weekend.
Year on the Wing
by Tim DeeBirds--those "upgiven ghosts" who shape our skies--and their many styles of flying have inspired us for centuries. Enthralled with birds since he was a young boy, Tim Dee describes their allure in compelling, poetic prose as he follows these magnificent creatures on land, at sea, and in the air over the course of a year. A memoir of the author's life as well as a stirring account of bird migrations and the enticements of flight, the book explores the ideas and feelings that birds awaken by their flying. A Year on the Wing is also a significant chronicle of Dee's rich reading of a gorgeous literary and naturalist tradition about birds, and achieves a marvelous commingling of nature and language, finding meaning and a fascinating beauty in the quiver of a redstart's tail, in the thrilling skydiving stoop of the once-endangered now resurgent peregrine falcon, and the nocturnal restlessness of migrant woodcocks. Watching birds instills a renewed sense of wonder in us all, and this beautifully written memoir celebrates birds and the inspiration they give as it expands our horizons.e inspiration they provide through their twice-yearly winged migrations.
The Little Data Book 2012
by The World BankThis pocket-sized reference on key development data for over 200 countries provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology and infrastructure, trade, and finance.
A Student's Guide to History (4th Edition)
by Jules R. BenjaminThis compact, best-selling introduction to the study of history equips students with all the skills they need to succeed in a history course. A thoroughly class-tested guide through eight editions, the ninth edition provides students with even more practical tools and features -- including new, hands-on exercises -- that reinforce basic skills and explain tricky issues, saving instructors valuable classroom time.
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship
by Scot Mcknight Joel B. Green I. Howard MarshallRecipient of a Christianity Today1993 Critics Choice Award! Third Place Winner of Christianity Today's Book of the Year list award! The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels is unique among reference books on the Bible, the first volume of its kind since James Hastings published his Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels in 1909. In the more than eight decades since Hastings our understanding of Jesus, the Evangelists and their world has grown remarkably. New interpretive methods have illumined the text, the ever-changing profile of modern culture has put new questions to the Gospels, and our understanding of the Judaism of Jesus' day has advanced in ways that could not have been predicted in Hasting's day. But for many readers of the Gospels the new outlook on the Gospels remains hidden within technical journals and academic monographs. The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels bridges the gap between scholars and those pastors, teachers, students and lay people desiring in-depth treatment of select topics in an accessible and summary format. The topics range from cross-sectional themes (such as faith, law, Sabbath) to methods of interpretation (such as form criticism, redaction criticism, and death of Jesus) to each of the four Gospels as a whole. Some articles--such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, rabbinic traditions and revolutionary movements at the time of Jesus--provide significant background information to the Gospels.
The Least You Should Know About English: Writing Skills, Form A
by Teresa Ferster Glazier Paige WilsonQuickly master English writing skills with THE LEAST YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ENGLISH: WRITING SKILLS, FORM A, Eleventh Edition. Brief and uncomplicated, this text has helped students learn the basics of English writing for over thirty years with its clear, concise concept explanations and useful, relevant corresponding exercises. Topics include spelling, word choice, sentence structure, punctuation, paragraph and essay writing--as well as more advanced skills such as argumentation and quotation. Check your work easily with exercise answers located in the back of the book, making it an excellent writing resource even after the course has ended.
The Designer's Guide To Business And Careers
by Peg FaimonInside this comprehensive guide to basic business are the tools you need to get your design career off to a strong start-and maintain it for the long haul. From researching career paths, to crafting an effective portfolio, to ensuring a consistent stream of paying projects, here you'll find everything you need to experience immediate success in your career.
The Norton Book of Women’s Lives
by Phyllis Rose"This magnificent, handsome, handful of an anthology . . . "* includes sixty-one substantial selections from the twentieth-century literature of women's lives: autobiographies, journals, and memoirs. "As varied in humanity as in geography,"** the women whose life stories are collected here include the famous "Maya Angelou, Maxine Hong Kingston, Anne Frank, Virginia Woolf "and the surprising "Emma Mashinini, a black South African labor organizer; Onnie Lee Logan, an Alabama "granny" midwife; Sara Suleri, an expatriate in America who reflects hilariously on the language of food in her native Pakistan. "Destined to become a classic," this treasury of women's lives, brimming with intelligence, passion, wit, and determination, is a celebration of life itself. *Hungry Mind Review **Washington Post Book World Library Journal