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Get a life: you don't need a million to retire well
Par Ralph Warner. 1996
Advises the reader not to focus exclusively on finances when preparing for retirement, but also to consider such equally important…
factors as health, spiritual life, interpersonal relationships, and interests outside of work. Interviews with retirees illustrate the importance of this approachGreat careers for people interested in communications technology
Par Julie Czerneda, Victoria Vincent. 1996
Discusses careers available in the field of communication including mapmaker, Internet marketer, systems analyst, microwave dish installer, and teacher. Describes…
typical workdays, duties involved, getting started in the field, and writing a resume. For junior and senior high readersTwo incomes and still broke?: it's not how much you make, but how much you keep
Par Linda Kelley. 1996
Describes how job-related expenses can devour a couple's second income. The author discusses taxes, childcare, timesavers, rushed shopping, personal upkeep,…
and other factors to be considered when deciding whether both spouses should workGreat careers for people concerned about the environment
Par Lesley Grant. 1993
Profiles careers in environmental protection and related fields, including engineering, science, enforcement, law, and health. Describes a typical day in…
the lives of workers and the educational requirements of each profession. For junior and senior high readersGreat careers for people who want to be entrepreneurs
Par Jim Lang. 1994
Profiles of individuals who have become successful entrepreneurs include a hot air balloonist, a jewelry designer, tree nursery owners, and…
a ceiling cleaning franchiser. Suggested activities and tips on entrepreneurship are included. For junior and senior high readersGreat careers for people fascinated by government & the law
Par Anne Males. 1996
Discusses careers available in government and law, including police officer, law librarian, forensic technician, and foreign service officer. Describes day-to-day…
activities, training needed, and related fields. Includes sample application letters and interview tips. For junior and senior high readersI'll work for free: a short-term strategy with a long-term payoff
Par Bob Weinstein. 1994
Instead of spending time searching for a job, the author suggests deciding which job you want and offering to work…
at it for free for a few months to prove you are worth a salaried position. He explains how to sell yourself in letters and interviews, how to ensure that you won't be stuck with gopher-type work, and how to pay the bills while working for freePower interviews: job winning tactics from Fortune 500 recruiters
Par Neil Yeager. 1990
Gives tips on fine-tuning a personal presentation, researching the interviewer, and identifying and controlling personal stressors. Also explains major business…
trends of the 1990s, describes seven key evaluation factors interviewers use, and gives answers to fifty most commonly asked questions. Includes practice activitiesSuccessful job search strategies for the disabled: understanding the ADA
Par Jeffrey Allen. 1994
Allen addresses the more than forty million Americans who are disabled, sixty percent of whom are unemployed. He offers advice…
on finding a job, gives an overview of the ADA, and discusses topics such as: where jobs are, self-assessment for a job, what to disclose regarding a disability, interview guidelines, accommodations, and enforcement of the ADA guidelinesThe author defines a disability and discusses vocabulary that is important to people with disabilities. While he is primarily interested…
in helping people looking for work, he is also eager to educate employers. He prepares both sides for the interviewing process, offering hope and practical suggestionsHow to win the job you really want
Par Janice Weinberg. 1989
The author reminds potential employees that they don't just go out and "get" a job, but rather that they must…
compete for and "win" a job. Aimed at the first-time or reentry job seeker, Weinberg's book includes information on writing resumes, identifying potential employers, and effectively handling interviews. She also compares and contrasts similar work in the business, nonprofit, and government sectorsFinding your first job (A Skinny book)
Par Sue Alexander. 1980
Provides information for those seeking their first job, including how to obtain a Social Security card, select an appropriate job,…
fill out an application, and prepare for an interview. Easy reading for high school and adult readersAward-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-loud tales from his four decades in Hollywood where he…
worked with some of the biggest names in movies. David Mamet went to Hollywood on top—a super successful playwright summoned west in 1980 to write a vehicle for Jack Nicholson. He arrived just in time to meet the luminaries of old Hollywood and revel in the friendship of giants like Paul Newman, Mike Nichols, Bob Evans, and Sue Mengers. Over the next forty years, Mamet wrote dozens of scripts, was fired off dozens of movies, and directed eleven himself. In Everywhere an Oink Oink , he revels of the taut and gag-filled professionalism of the film set. He depicts the ever-fickle studios and producers who piece by piece eat the artist alive. And he ponders the art of filmmaking and the genius of those who made our finest movies. With the bravado and flair of Mamet's best theatrical work, this memoir describes a world gone by, some of our most beloved film stars with their hair down, and how it all got washed away by digital media and the woke brigade. The book is illustrated throughout with three-dozen of Mamet's pungent cartoons and caricaturesManipulating the message: How powerful forces shape the news
Par Cecil Rosner. 2023
Journalists hate the term fake news, but there's a troubling reality: spin doctors routinely try to dupe them into reporting…
misleading and distorted stories. Check the news on any given day and here's what you'll find: Governments routinely lie. Companies inflate claims about their products and practices. Institutions release studies with misleading data meant to deceive. Police departments, infected by systemic racism, downplay crimes against Indigenous and racialized people. The public depends on the media to help them understand the world, but are journalists catching all the daily lies, omissions, and distortions? Shrinking newsrooms and an army of spin doctors mean journalists can get duped. Despite valiant efforts by a handful of investigative journalists, the truth is routinely left behind. Award-winning journalist Cecil Rosner insists there is something we can do about this. We can pressure news organizations to stop blindly regurgitating the firehose of press releases and focus instead on determining what is actually true. Rosner empowers listeners by sharing his techniques for detecting misinformation and disinformationLes sentiments c'est quoi? (Philozenfants)
Par Oscar Brenifier. 2004
"This is the only book for writers that: 1) Motivates readers to change their writing habits by telling the truth…
about how submissions are screened. 2) Analyzes 150 extracts to show how published authors handle the same problems facing all writers of fiction. 3) Reinforces readers' learning by presenting more solutions in greater depth than other books do and exposing issues not mentioned in any other book. 4) Highlights the techniques of 140 published mystery authors, many of whom have never before been reviewed in book form. 5) Helps readers identify with authors at the beginning of their writing careers by using examples from many first novels. 6) Stimulates readers' imaginations by demonstrating the infinite variety of alternatives for presenting content. 7) Offers 24 Find & Fix summaries for revising, plus resources and little-known tips and tip-offs. 8) Boosts the odds that a manuscript will pass the first screening so its characters and plot can be read in full and evaluated on merit." -- Provided by publisherNaked in Baghdad: The Iraq War As Seen By National Public Radio's Correspondent Anne Garrels
Par Anne Garrels. 2003
Veteran National Public Radio correspondent Anne Garrels, embedded with the U.S. military forces in Baghdad, chronicles her observations before and…
during the 2003 second Gulf War. Includes e-mails that her husband, Vint Lawrence, sent while she was gone and describes hardships endured by her Iraqi driver, Amer.The art of mystery: the search for questions (Art Of... Ser.)
Par Maud Casey. 2018
Where does mystery reside in a work of fiction Maud Casey takes us into the Land of Un a space…
of uncertainty and unknowing to find out and looks at the variety of ways mystery is created through character, image, structure, and haunted texts, including the novels of Shirley Jackson, Paul Yoon, J. M. Coetzee, and more. Casey's wide-ranging discussion encompasses spirit photography, the radical nature of empathy, and contradictory characters, as she searches for questions rather than answers. Adult. UnratedGrammar Girl's 101 misused words you'll never confuse again (Quick and dirty tips)
Par Mignon Fogarty. 2011
Heavy metal: the hard days and nights of the shipyard workers who build America's supercarriers
Par Michael Fabey. 2022
Presents the extraordinary story of the Newport News Shipbuilding yard in Virginia and its thirty thousand employees and shipyard workers…
who battle layoffs, the elements, impossible deadlines, extraordinary pressure, workplace dangers, and a pandemic to build the U.S. Navy's newest and most powerful aircraft carrier. Adult