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Stacey Mayo

If you are one of the millions of people who have experienced success in one or more areas of your life but have other dreams that are unfulfilled, then this book is for you. Perhaps you've dreamt of writing your own book, starting a new business or taking the current one to new heights, recording your own music, creating residual income while you play at the beach, having your own Bed and Breakfast, investing in real estate, traveling around the world or playing professional sports-and the list goes on and on. We all have dreams. Discover and implement just a few of the 26 proven strategies gleaned from Mayo's interviews with remarkable people who have overcome obstacles to make their dreams come true and you could potentially take years off your learning curve and make those dream happen faster than you ever thought possible. In this book, Stacey Mayo a.k.a. "The Dream Queen" allows you to listen in on her private conversations with Stacy Allison, the first American woman to...

Steve Chandler

In this first-ever paperback edition of his long-time best-seller, motivational speaker Steve Chandler helps you create an action plan for living your vision in business and in life. It features 100 proven methods to positively change the way you think and act-methods based on feedback from the hundreds of thousands of corporate and public seminar attendees Chandler speaks to each year. 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself will help you break through the negative barriers and banish the pessimistic thoughts that are preventing you from fulfilling your lifelong goals and dreams. Whether you're self-employed, a manager, or a high-level executive, it's still easy to get stuck in the daily routines of life, fantasizing about what could have been. Steve Chandler helps you turn that way of thinking around and make what could have been into what can and will be.

Few careers offer the advantages that nursing offers: flexibility, room for growth, satisfaction from helping others. And there is a desperate need for nurses - demand will exceed supply for some time to come. This concise volume provides an overview of what's possible in a nursing career. It profiles 101 different types of nursing careers, including a basic description, education requirements, skills needed, compensation, and related web sites and professional organizations. Personal stories from the practicing nurses highlight the content. Students, career changers, and RNs looking for new opportunities will find a wealth of information in this volume.

Nearly everyone must at some time face a standardized test. This guide eases the process by helping readers improve reasoning, critical thinking, judgment, and decision-making skills, and prepare for exams. Like most standardized tests, it features 501 multiple-choice questions along with complete answers. It begins with basic number and letter series questions, and moves on to verbal-classification, artificial-language, and matching-definition items. The last set contains logic problems, logic games, and logical reasoning questions. 501 Challenging Logic and Reasoning Problems can mean the difference between moving ahead or staying behind ? in school or at work.

Muhammad Ali Mazidi, Janice Mazidi, Rolin McKinlay

This book uses a step-by-step approach to teach the fundamentals of assembly language programming and interfacing of the 8051 microcontroller. It uses many examples to clarify concepts. Simple, concise examples are utilized to show what action each instruction performs, then a sample is provided to show its application. This text provides a comprehensive understanding of the internal organization of the 8051 registers and resources in a way that sheds the student's fear of assembly language. Whether students become designers of stand-alone systems or complex embedded systems, they will find this text a useful resource.

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James Frey

“The most lacerating tale of drug addiction since William S. Burroughs’ Junky .” — The Boston Globe “Again and again, the book delivers recollections that leave the reader winded and unsteady. James Frey’s staggering recovery memoir could well be seen as the final word on the topic.”— San Francisco Chronicle “A brutal, beautifully written memoir.”— The Denver Post “Gripping . . . A great story . . . You can’t help but cheer his victory.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review

Jeremy M. Boss, Susan H. Eckert

Academic Scientists at Work guides the scientist on the journey from the end of a postdoctoral career to the point of promotion to Associate Professor. This book focuses on the three aspects of promotion in an academic setting: Scholarship, Teaching, and Service. Valuable advice is provided on the following topics: - Choosing and landing your ideal academic job - Setting up and effectively managing the lab - Obtaining funds - Organizing, writing, and publishing your science - Teaching and mentoring - Organizing and performing academic service - The promotion and tenure process Templates and worksheets designed to help you navigate your career with point-by-point instructions on how to complete them are provided. All downloadable blank worksheets are contained on the accompanying CD-ROM. Included are six database program files that can be used to help the reader organize his or her laboratory specific reagents. In...

Geoffrey E. Mills

Born of the author's own experience working with teachers and principals, this book provides a step-by-step outline of how to ?do? action research?backed by the most extensive theory and research coverage on the market today. The author guides future educators through the action research process via numerous concrete illustrations and a wealth of on-line resources; positioning it as a fundamental component of teaching, alongside curriculum development, assessment, and classroom management. This book guides readers through the writing process from getting started to getting published. It covers how and when to use computer software to assist with qualitative data analysis and ensures understanding of the crucial importance of thorough data collection to the success of any research. For professionals in the field of teaching.

Carol Seefeldt, Alice Galper

The second edition of "Active Experiences for Active Children: Science" is unique in the market by providing a theoretical foundation for teaching science to preschoolers and primary-grade children in Part I and meaningful, standards-based, constructivist, hands-on learning "experiences" (as opposed to merely "activities") to guide teachers in Part II. This book provides active science experiences that are connected to recognized benchmarks for learning and content standards. It also includes examples of documentations and consists of clear, concise, usable guides for teachers to plan meaningful learning experiences in science. Science teachers in early childhood settings, such as preschool programs and Kindergarten, Head Start programs, and other early childcare settings.

Leila Roberts

Invaluable Advice that Takes Fear Out of Choosing A Career for Yourself If you're getting ready to graduate, the prospect of going out into the “real” world and starting work can be daunting. Taking the worry out of work, After You Graduate helps you to identify satisfying careers and navigate the job-search process.

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Jeffrey C. Benton

Professional materials needed for a successful career as an Air Force officer from cadet to general, both active duty and reserves. Some of the topics covered: * U.S. Air Force organizations and types of assignments * Duties and responsibilities * Privileges, benefits, restrictions * Customs and courtesies * Career development and promotion * Pay and allowances * Command and leadership * Uniforms and insignia * Complete data on Air Force installations worldwide * Extensive references to regulations and other information

Rick Jarow

Through his internationally acclaimed "Anti-Career" workshops, Rick Jarow has helped thousands transform their work lives by using the simple energy of desire. Now with The Alchemy of Abundance, Jarow invites us to use this ever-present energy to catalyze change in our relationships, our creative pursuits, our financial well being, and more. Working with twelve specific "chambers" of abundance, readers learn to focus their passion and desire to create immediate changes in their lives.

Make Your Commitment Count! Want to work on a volunteer project that really matters but don't know where to start looking? Alternatives to the Peace Corps is the original resource for finding community-based, grassroots volunteer work-the kind of work that changes the world, one person at at time. Thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated in its tenth edition, Alternatives to the Peace Corps has: * listings for over 100 carefully selected national and international organizations * NEW tips on researching and evaluating organizations * NEW help with budgeting and fundraising * an extensive resource section full of books, websites, and organizations for further reading and research and much more. Whether you want to volunteer at home or abroad, and whether you can spend two years or two weeks, Alternatives to the Peace Corps will help you find a volunteer experience to match your highest ideals.