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The Origins of the Universe for Dummies
Stephen Pincock
Do you want to learn about the physical origin of the Universe, but don’t have the rest of eternity to read up on it? Do you want to know what scientists know about where you and your planet came from, but without the science blinding you?...
Essentials of Trademarks and Unfair Competition
Dana Shilling
ESSENTIALS OF TRADEMARKS AND UNFAIR COMPETITION Full of valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices, this handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies,...
Black Stars of Civil War Times
Jim Haskins
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes. Here is what you want to know about the lives of brave black men and women during the Civil...
Make Money with Condominiums and Townhouses
Gary Eldred W.
In the Make Money series, renowned real estate investor and bestselling author Gary W. Eldred shows you how to profit from the safest, most reliable wealth builder in the world-real estate. With coverage of all the fundamentals-from finding the...
Teaching Kids to Spell For Dummies
Tracey Wood
Filled with enjoyable spelling activities and exercises The fun and easy way? to help your K-5th grader become an A+ speller If you want to make spelling easier for your child or boost spelling skills and confidence, you've come to the right...
Winning at Internet Poker For Dummies
Mark Harlan
Take poker online the fun and easy way! Five years ago, 50 million people were playing poker recreationally or professionally. Now that number is more than 100 million, including a huge influx of young people. Online betting is up nearly...
Access Forms and Reports For Dummies
Brian Underdahl
Create queries that make forms and reports useful Develop forms to access the data you need and make reports that make sense! If you thought you had to use a spreadsheet program to produce reports and forms, guess what! Access can turn out...
International Corporate Governance After Sarbanes-Oxley
Paul Ali
"The Sabanes-Oxley Act has been one of the most significant developments in corporate and securities regulation since the New Deal. This collection of important articles would be a valuable resource for anyone seeking to understand...
Paint Shop Pro 8 For Dummies
William Steinmetz
Published in conjunction with the new release of Paint Shop Pro, this book walks readers through image-editing fundamentals as well as more advanced graphics and animation tools Shows photography and animation hobbyists how to create quality,...
Final Cut Pro HD For Dummies
Helmut Kobler
“Save it in the edit” is a common saying among film professionals. Editing makes the difference between boring vacation movies and exciting travelogues…between the whole dull news conference and the highlights on the evening news. Whether you’re...
Social Skills Activities for Special Children
Darlene Mannix
A flexible, ready-to-use program to help special students in grades K-5 learn appropriate ways to behave among others The revised and updated second edition of this bestselling resource book provides ready-to-use lessons–complete with...
The Trouble With Black Boys. ...And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public Education
Pedro Noguera A.
For many years to come, race will continue to be a source of controversy and conflict in American society. For many of us it will continue to shape where we live, pray, go to school, and socialize. We cannot simply wish away the existence of...
The Energy Bus. 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
Ken Blanchard
The Energy Bus, an international best seller by Jon Gordon, takes readers on an enlightening and inspiring ride that reveals 10 secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking that leads to true accomplishment –...
The Energy Bus. 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
Ken Blanchard
Enjoy the ride of your life with the Wall Street Journal bestseller None of us can expect to get through life without any challenges. Life isn’t always a constant daydream of unbridled pleasure and happiness. But that doesn’t mean you can’t...
Mortgage Myths. 77 Secrets That Will Save You Thousands on Home Financing
Chip Cummings
In Mortgage Myths, Realtor Ralph Roberts and mortgage consultant Chip Cummings take aim at the 77 mortgage myths that prevent so many would-be homeowners and real estate investors from pursuing their dreams of homeownership. You’ll learn the...
The Zen of Fundraising. 89 Timeless Ideas to Strengthen and Develop Your Donor Relationships
Ken Burnett
If all that has ever been said and written about the art and science of fundraising could be distilled down to just what really matters—what fundraisers everywhere need to know—there would be only a small number of true gems deserving of the...
Why Don't Students Like School?. A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
Дэн Уиллингэм
Easy-to-apply, scientifically-based approaches for engaging students in the classroom Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning. His book will help teachers improve their...
Mutual Fund Industry Handbook. A Comprehensive Guide for Investment Professionals
Lee Gremillion
"The Mutual Fund Industry Handbook is a remarkably important work . . . I am profoundly impressed by the broad and comprehensive sweep of information and knowledge that this book makes available to industry participants, college and business...
Boys and Girls Learn Differently!. A Guide for Teachers and Parents
Michael Gurian
At last, we have the scientific evidence that documents the many biological gender differences that influence learning. For instance, girls talk sooner, develop better vocabularies, read better, and have better fine motor skills. Boys, on the...
The Grouchy Grammarian. A How-Not-To Guide to the 47 Most Common Mistakes in English Made by Journalists, Broadcasters, and Others Who Should Know Better
Thomas Parrish
Do you commit apostrophe atrocities? Are you tormented by the lie/lay conundrum? Do you find yourself stuck between floaters and danglers? Do your subjects and your verbs refuse to agree? If so, you're not alone. Some of the most prominent...
Making It Happen. A Non-Technical Guide to Project Management
Mackenzie Kyle
Making It Happen: A Non-Technical Guide to Project Management provides a fresh and clear approach to project management. Written in the form of a novel, it covers the basics of project management in a friendly, interesting, and memorable way....
Living With Someone Who's Living With Bipolar Disorder. A Practical Guide for Family, Friends, and Coworkers
Chelsea Lowe
An essential resource for anyone who has a close relationship with a person who is bipolar This book provides a much-needed resource for family and friends of the more than 5 million American adults suffering from bipolar disorder. From...
The ADD / ADHD Checklist. A Practical Reference for Parents and Teachers
Sandra Rief F.
The bestselling guide, fully revised and updated, offering practical information and tips to help every child with ADHD succeed The ADD/ADHD Checklist helps parents and teachers to better understand children and teenagers with attention problems...
How to Create and Manage a Mutual Fund or Exchange-Traded Fund. A Professional's Guide
Melinda Gerber
With this book, author Melinda Gerber walks you through the twenty-nine steps needed to start a mutual fund and the thirty-six steps needed to start an ETF. She provides costs and detailed explanations of how to accomplish each task from...
The Project Success Method. A Proven Approach for Achieving Superior Project Performance in as Little as 5 Days
Clinton Padgett M.
The Project Success Method is a unique, proven and fire-tested methodology which allows companies, groups or managers to learn and develop consistency in the way they plan, schedule, manage, control and close out projects on time, per spec and...
The IT Professional's Business and Communications Guide. A Real-World Approach to CompTIA A+ Soft Skills
Steven Johnson
Get the communication skills you need for career success with this unique book. Preparing you for exams and beyond, the valuable content delves into the issues that you’ll face in corporate, retail, and remote support environments. The book...
Painless Project Management. A Step-by-Step Guide for Planning, Executing, and Managing Projects
Pamela McGhee
A detailed guide to successful, efficient project management, written by two pros with a combined 55 years «in the trenches!» Project management is a vital and growing component of many organizations and can literally make or break a company. In...
Fundraising When Money Is Tight. A Strategic and Practical Guide to Surviving Tough Times and Thriving in the Future
Mal Warwick
A Nonprofit Survival Kit for Hard Times «This is a must-read for all of us in fundraising. Mal Warwick includes practical approaches for difficult economic times, from zero-based thinking about our programs to strategies for relating to our...
Tax For Small Business. A Survival Guide
Max Newnham
Don't just survive tax time – discover how your business can thrive through tax time! Operating a small business isn't easy. Each day business owners are challenged with everything from supervising staff and negotiating with suppliers to...
Corporate Governance and Risk. A Systems Approach
John Shaw C.
Decision-making and corporate governance have always been important functions in a company, but never more so than in the current post-Enron/Andersen business environment. This book acts as a framework for corporate officers and senior-level...
The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks. Acquire Your Real Estate Fortune Today
Gene Burns
A real estate guide unlike any other, The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks is the true story of a seemingly impossible investing challenge and the two investors who pulled it off–all to prove that you can do it too. Successful real estate...
Financial Valuation. Applications and Models
James Hitchner R.
Praise for Financial Valuation «This Second Edition addresses virtually all of the recent hot topics in business valuation, and there are many of them since the first edition. Most chapters are updated with new material, including, especially,...
Financial Valuation. Applications and Models
James Hitchner R.
The appropriate, defensible way to prepare and present business valuations, with a strong emphasis on applications and models Financial Valuation provides an all-encompassing valuation tome that presents the application of financial valuation...
Market Trading Tactics. Beating the Odds Through Technical Analysis and Money Management
Daryl Guppy
A veteran hockey writer takes on hockey culture and the NHL–addressing the games most controversial issue Whether its on-ice fist fights or head shots into the glass, hockey has become a nightly news spectacle–with players pummeling and bashing...
Getting a Job in Private Equity. Behind the Scenes Insight into How Private Equity Funds Hire
Aaron Finkel
If you're seriously considering a career in private equity, you have to become familiar with how firms hire. With Getting a Job in Private Equity, you'll gain invaluable insights that will allow you to stay one step ahead of other individuals...
Real World Project Management. Beyond Conventional Wisdom, Best Practices and Project Methodologies
Richard Perrin
If you're a project manager, you need this guide to fill in the gaps in the PM canon. The Project Management Institute's Body of Knowledge, fails to fully explain certain PM tools and how they work, among other failures. Real-World Project...
Valuation for M&A. Building Value in Private Companies
Frank Evans C.
The only resource available to help calculate investment value versus fair market value Whether buying or selling, the question of «what's it worth?» is multifaceted. In an M&A setting, it is necessary to compute fair market value, but it is far...
The Leap to Globalization. Creating New Value from Business Without Borders
Pierre-Yves Gomez
Whereas previous research concentrated on articulating what global strategies look like in large multinational companies with decades of experience in operations abroad, The Leap to Globalization focuses on how globalizing is realized over time...
The RRSP Secret. Defend and Build Your Wealth with This Powerful Investment Strategy
Greg Habstritt
If you're a Canadian investor who's feeling ripped off lately, you're not alone. Canadians pay the highest fees in the world when it comes to investments in RRSPs and other registered accounts. Is this just because Canadians are foolish, or is...
The Canadian Snowbird Guide. Everything You Need to Know about Living Part-Time in the USA and Mexico
Douglas Gray
Each year, more than a million Canadians, affectionately dubbed «Snowbirds,» migrate to southern climes to enjoy warm weather and sandy beaches. The strong Canadian dollar is making the trip more affordable and attractive than ever. But...
Setting up LAMP. Getting Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Working Together
Eric Rosebrock
You could think of Setting Up LAMP as four books in one, but it's actually something much more valuable: a single volume that presents the open-source technologies known collectively as LAMP—Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP—as tightly dovetailed...
Hands-On Math Projects With Real-Life Applications. Grades 6-12
Gary Muschla Robert
Hands-On Math Projects with Real-Life Applications, Second Edition offers an exciting collection of 60 hands-on projects to help students in grades 6–12 apply math concepts and skills to solving everyday, real-life problems! The book is filled...
Corpocracy. How CEOs and the Business Roundtable Hijacked the World's Greatest Wealth Machine -- And How to Get It Back
Robert Monks A.G.
Shareholder control over large corporations is worryingly weak and the unrestrained hunt for profits is taking a toll on the environment and society. In Corpocracy, corporate lawyer, venture capitalist, and shareholder activist Robert Monks...
Making Learning Whole. How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education
David Perkins
New in Paperback! Make learning more meaningful by teaching the «whole game» David Perkins, a noted authority on teaching and learning and co-director of Harvard's Project Zero, introduces a practical and research-based framework for teaching....
Breaking Through the Project Fog. How Smart Organizations Achieve Success by Creating, Selecting and Executing On-Strategy Projects
James Norrie
A trail of mismanaged or terminated projects in recent years has cost the North American economy $100 to $150 billion dollars annually in lost productivity and shareholders capital. Unfortunately, the gap between project selection and project...
Wealth. How the World's High-Net-Worth Grow, Sustain, and Manage Their Fortunes
Merrill Lynch
In Wealth, Merrill Lynch and Capgemini present a readable guide on what drives the success of HNWIs, as well as the trends, growth, increased complexity and competitiveness of the global wealth management market, all based on over a decade of...
Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing. How to Buy "No-Equity" Properties Directly from the Bank -- at Huge Discounts
Dwan Bent-Twyford
Learn all about short-sales, the hottest topic in today’s real estate investing market, with Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing: How to Buy «No-Equity» Properties Directly from the Bank – at Huge Discounts. Understand how to buy properties at...
Teaching Content Outrageously. How to Captivate All Students and Accelerate Learning, Grades 4-12
Stanley Pogrow
A powerful instructional method for «hooking» students on academic learning Drawing from a teaching model designed to banish boredom and student apathy, this book explains how dramatic practices can serve as powerful tools for enlivening lessons...
Energize Your Workplace. How to Create and Sustain High-Quality Connections at Work
Jane Dutton E.
Corrosive work relationships are like black holes that swallow up energy that people need to do their jobs. In contrast, high-quality relationships generate and sustain energy, equipping people to do work and do it well. Grounded in solid...
Getting Started as a Commercial Mortgage Broker. How to Get to a Six-Figure Salary in 12 Months
Peter Gineris J.
While residential real estate lending has gone soft, commercial lending is hot—with a wave of low interest rates and refinancing—and it shows no sign of slowing down. Right now, commercial mortgage brokering is one of the best ways to earn money...
