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Magic of Pointe Shoes The Magic of Pointe Shoes

The Magic of Pointe Shoes is the only book covering in detail all aspects of pointe shoes, featuring world-wide famous experts revealing their secrets. Subjects span from the history of pointe shoes, how to take care of them, the right age to go on pointe, the first fitting, anatomy and injuries. The author provides an extensive section dedicated to over sixty interviews with famous ballerinas, ballet masters, pointe shoe manufacturers, world-renowned fitters and foot specialists from the United States, England, Australia, South Africa, South America, and Europe.

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No Nonsense Numerology: The Code

by Barbara J. Ferrell

Did you know that Christian missionaries defined modern day numerology more than Pythagoras did? Also, the individual placing the final alphabetical order had the last say about the code concealed in plain sight.

No Nonsense Numerology shows that a genuine basis to numerology exists by revealing an actual code of the Latin letters to the Arabic numbers.

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Look! There's Your House!

by Gary Lloyd Smith

At once memoir and how-to, Look! There's Your House! covers the details of house restoration—even the Cato House.  Follow the Smiths through the problems, effort, and final gratifying completion of the huge endeavor.

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The Ultimate Medical Manager

by Ryan Setzer and Viki Ryan, RN

Today, every manager and supervisor in healthcare must be a leader that goes beyond managing tasks and arranging assignments.  Having a fully developed Performance Management System and the leadership skills to implement it is essential for every medical, dental or allied health professional whether you work in an office, clinic or hospital setting.  The value of The Ultimate Medical Manager; Leadership for Results is translating textbook concepts to real life strategies that you can apply immediately.

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A Handbook of New Product Development

 by Rodney Oudan

The fundamental cause of new product failure is a lack of consumer acceptance. This is why consumer research is necessary in developing new ideas and why it should be used to assess the viability of new products before launching costs have been incurred.

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Measuring the Unmeasurable

by Robert D. Thompson and William Olivieri

 

Today's competitive businesses thrive on actionable information—information that can easily be used as a guide to decision-making and organizational planning. When discussion moves to the multi-billion dollar business of corporate training, it becomes obvious that there is a serious gap between what is needed and what is provided.

 

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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

by John B. Tasker

 

Often neglected in histories of medicine is the contribution veterinarians and animal disease researchers have made to the study of human illness. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants contains fourteen chapters describing independent events in veterinary research that provided new understanding of human medical problems and their management.

 

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Physical Assessment Made Simple: Nursing Skills Tutorial

by Eileen O’Reggio

 

Physical assessment forms the foundation of all nursing care, and assessment is an ongoing process of evaluating the person as a whole. A person is a physical, psychological, functioning being, therefore, physical assessment and psychological examination provide an innovative approach to the process of holistic assessment, physical assessment skills, clinical examination techniques and patient teaching guidelines.

 

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Better Living Through Bureaucracy                                                                  How to Make it to the Top without Doing any Real Work

by Greg W. Starr

 

 "A wry, satirical look at how bureaucracies swallow organizations ... teaching how to exploit the system to create maximum 'turf' and minimum actual results." — Shel Horowitz, award-winning author of Principled Profit and founder of the international Business Ethics Pledge

"A contemporary, synergetic version of Machiavelli’s The Prince and P. T. Barnum’s The Art of Money Getting ... a new, in-depth guidebook on how to succeed in the business world without doing any 'real' work."— Kaye Trout's Book Reviews

 

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TIME: Fields, Relativity, and Systems         

by Lyubomir T. Gruyitch

 

 Time: perhaps the most fundamental aspect of human experience. Yet our understanding of this vital facet of nature has changed over the centuries.

 

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 DPU Systems

 by Charles Sykes

 

 For decades, the computer industry has sought answers to a problem that is inherent to the architecture    used in computing systems. The bottleneck created by keeping data separate from the elements of  processing and control has come to be a seriously limiting factor in attempts to increase the throughput of  systems.

 

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WORKFORCE DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT

CHALLENGES, COMPETENCIES, AND STRATEGIES

by Bahaudin G. Mujtaba

 

Workforce Diversity Management is about increasing one’s cultural competency, understanding people as individuals rather than groups, and building productive human relationships in the workplace by focusing on an individual’s head, heart, and habits.

 

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The Book of Plots

by Loren Niemi

 

"I use Loren's plot templates both as a teller and a teacher. He honors the tradition and also keeps it living and growing new directions with a great tool for cobbling tales."  Kevin Kling, Storyteller and NPR Commentator.

 "One of the best tools to break open a story that is stuck and finding new ways to view and interpret your raw material."    Nancy Donoval, Storyteller/Coach

 

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Managing Workplace Stress and Conflict Amid

by Bahaudin G. Mujtaba & Timothy McCartney

 

I encourage management to read and practice the techniques in this book…it will go a long way to smooth out unnecessary organizational rancor. —Ike Udechukwu, Georgia State University

Mujtaba and McCartney provide useful information and helpful tools that the reader can apply to the real world. —Dr. Daniel Sullivan, Director of Student Engagement

Managing Workplace Stress and Conflict Amid Change is succinctly written to help the working professional manage change, stress, and conflict. I highly recommend this book. —Barbara A. Stephens, Faculty - Nova Southeastern University

 

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Mentoring Diverse professionals

by Bahaudin G. Mujtaba

 

Mentoring is the art and science of helping others advance and grow. In today’s global economy, it is important for all managers and leaders to understand the skills of mentoring for effectively developing and influencing others toward maximum individual and organizational productivity.

Dr. Mujtaba provides many practical suggestions for managers. Dr. Mujtaba describes how mentoring skills influence teamwork, communication, and performance.                                                        —Mr. Chien-Liang Liu, Lan Yang, Institute of Technology – Taiwan.

 

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Cross Cultural Change Management

 by Bahaudin G. Mujtaba

 

Dr. Mujtaba, in his masterful work, affords the reader a comprehensive and insightful examination of the concept, fact, and challenges of change from a variety of perspectives. His book is truly educational, efficacious, and uplifting, and a most enjoyable reading experience. Dr. Frank Cavico, J.D., Professor of Ethics and Law-H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship, NSU

Today's culturally diverse employees and customers live in a constant period of transition. The shelf life of solutions keeps getting shorter since what works today can become obsolete a few months later.

 

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7Keys2Success

 by Rosalyn Taylor O'Neale   

 

Rosalyn brings more passion, clarity and insight into diversity discussions than anyone we've ever worked with. Her work is thoughtful, effective, and, certainly, inspiring.
Tom Freston, Co-President & Co-COO Viacom

Forget about doing good. That isn't why you need more diversity in your organization. Think self-preservation. Think survival. Think creativity. Funny, motivational and infinitely useful . . .

 

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Legal Logic

by Ron Villanova

 

This book evolved from lectures presented to working paralegals as the first in a series of “foundation courses” aimed to supplement their education and experience and to enhance their ability to competently handle tasks generally done by lawyers.

 

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Legal Method

by Ron Villanova

 

This book describes not rules of law but rules about law: tools that lawyers use to lawyer. It is meant to show serious legal assistants and law students how lawyers practice law.

 

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Legal Promise

by Ron Villanova 

 

The substance of this book is derived from lectures presented to working paralegals as the fourth in a series of “foundation courses” intended to supplement their prior education and experience and to enhance their ability to more competently deal with tasks usually handled by lawyers.

 

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The Feminine Influence in Business

 by Mike Lehr

 

How do you find and retain talented employees without paying for it?

The Feminine Influence in Business shows talent as the force behind dynamic business growth and establishes a framework for us to tap into it.

 

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US Internships for International Students & Young Professionals

 by Alexander H. Lostocco

 

US Internships for International Students and Young Professionals fills the information gap for the millions of young internationals seeking internships in the United States each year.

Lostocco provides valuable information about the advantages and disadvantages an international intern faces and how to best cope with the challenges of living and working in the United States.

 

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Practical English-Russian-English Petroleum Dictionary

 by Mark G. Bernadiner - George V. Chilingar

 

The dictionary contains terms, abbreviations and trade names of field tools and methods not easily found in other publications.

For petroleum engineers and geologists, advancement in technology, practices, equipment, and methods of field analysis have produced new terms, abbreviations and mnemonics in exploration, seismic survey, logging, drilling, completion, modeling, operation, and production.

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Applications for Digital Signals

by Manish Pradhan

 

Excellent reference from a theoretical and practical standpoint for any student of engineering pursuing the study of Digital Signal-Image Processing, Digital Audio-Video Processing and Pattern Recognition. It provides, in detail, the theory and applications behind the most important subjects in areas like Digital & Adaptive Filters, Frequency Transforms, Modulation Methods, Compression & Packetization Techniques, Conditional Access & Security Methods and Cryptographic Techniques. Working knowledge of industry standard applications that involve these subjects like Voice Recognition & Identification, Machine Vision, Finger-Print Recognition, SETTOP Boxes, DVD Players/Recorders and Cable Modems is thoroughly covered. The divergence between Desktop and Embedded Applications is also covered, with emphasis on both hardware and software.

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Unmasking Bullies and Victims:

Revealing Their Physiological, Psychological, and Emotional Patterns

by Mary Blakely

Chances are that you are, have been, or will be a bully or a victim.

But you can avoid being invited to the dance. 

Find out who the bullies are and why they create a dance that causes so much emotional and physical pain.  Learn about the criteria the bully uses to select a victim. And don’t be surprised when you see many familiar faces, including your own, jumping out at you page after page!   

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Power Interviewing: Killer Cover Letters

How to get the job you really want 

by Barry Cohen

If your job search hasn't been successful or if you want to advance in your present position, this book is for you!

ISBN: 1-932303-29-4

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