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While many young designers perceive a design studio to be little more than a table and computer, the majority of businesses consider the physical locale and architectural surroundings of a firm to be as important as the work that is produced. Design Firms Open for Business is a firsthand look inside studios and offices, both large and small, from all over the world. The inner workings of more than 40 different-sized and variously focused design establishments...
4142) Miss Impossible
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Best babysitters ever volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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Malia, Dot, and Bree get a much older--and scarier--client than they expected, but looks can be deceiving.
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Un guide pratique et accessible pour apprendre à choisir ses priorités et à gérer les deadlines
Votre travail vous submerge et vous ne savez plus o donner de la tête? Même après une journée de huit heures, vous n'avez pas réussi à boucler vos dossiers et vous les ramenez chez vous pour être certain d'honorer les deadlines. Le week-end, vous ne pensez qu'à la pile de dossiers qui vous attend sur votre bureau. Si de telles situations peuvent...
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Priorización y organización para explotar al máximo tu tiempo
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para gestionar las prioridades y los plazos, que te aportará la información esencial y te permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos podrás:
• Descubrir cómo determinar las prioridades y organizarte para poder explotar lo mejor posible el tiempo dedicado al trabajo
• Identificar los factores que pueden ayudarte a realizar...
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Lucinda Jackson, a harried scientist and business executive, sets off to make a break from her corporate decades and have an "extraordinary" retirement. She launches into a five-phase "Project Escape," complete with a vision, goals, and a scorecard of success to deliver this next chapter. Soon, Jackson and her semi-reluctant husband of thirty years are off as volunteers to the government of the Pacific island country of Palau. But while Jackson got...
4146) Movie Director
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Describes the requirements, education, and duties associated with becoming a movie director. Includes profiles of prominent pioneers in the field of movie making.
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For fans of the beloved TV show Little House on the Prairie, a self-help book by Melissa Francis, bestselling author of Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter and child star of Little House, revealing important life lessons inspired by a childhood on set.
Melissa Francis was only eight years old when she won the role of a lifetime: playing Cassandra Cooper Ingalls on the world's most famous prime-time soap opera, Little House on the Prairie.
Now in...
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The international battle against Internet pirates has been heating up. Increasingly law enforcement is paying attention to book piracy as ebook publishing gains an ever-larger market share. With this threat to their health and even survival, publishers and authors must act much like the music, film, and software giants that have waged war against pirates for the past two decades. Now, The Battle against Internet Piracy opens a discussion on what happens...
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Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about managing priorities and deadlines with this practical guide.
Whatever your profession or stage in your career, you will invariably have deadlines to deal with on a regular basis. The key to professional success and career progression is being able to handle your priorities so that you get everything done to your satisfaction in the allotted time. This handy guide...
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A dynamic and hip collective biography that presents forty-four of America's greatest movers and shakers, from Frederick Douglass to Aretha Franklin to Barack Obama, written by ESPN's TheUndefeated.com and illustrated with dazzling portraits by Rob Ball.
Meet forty-four of America's most impressive heroes in this collective biography of African American figures authored by the team at ESPN's TheUndefeated.com.
From visionaries to entrepreneurs,...
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Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about self-confidence at work with this practical guide.
It is widely assumed that confident people progress further in their careers and always get what they want. While this is true to an extent, anybody can become one of these confident people and begin to fulfil their desires. By understanding the causes of your low confidence and building it back up, you too can...
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People of all ages and backgrounds are seeking work in career fields that will help save the planet, yet many people are unaware of the variety of green careers available. This unique career guidance book, based on labor market research, covers green jobs representing almost every area of career interest. The authors' extensive experience in workforce development will help you explore tomorrow's green career options by answering such questions as:...
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Boost Your Skills and Confidence with This Classic Guide.
Do you have trouble getting up in front of an audience? Are you struggling to get your point across? Public speaking can be nerve-wracking, especially if you're a naturally nervous person or if you're under-prepared. Originally published in 1915, The Art of Public Speaking has been the go-to guide for those who want to better their speaking abilities for more than a century.
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A proven, gimmick-free lesson guaranteed to business executives, public speaking doesn't make anyone a better speaker and come naturally to most people. Pitching an idea, presenter. Selling a product, or presenting a program doesn't have to be a stomach-clenching experience to be struggled through. It can be an opportunity to relish and a chance to shine in front of a group. Whether you are selling an idea to two colleagues in a conference room or...
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Journey to the wave-battered coast of the Pacific Northwest to meet some of the engineers and scientists working to harness the punishing force of our oceans, one of the nature's powerful and renewable energy sources. With an array of amazing devices that cling to the bottom of the sea floor and surf on the crests of waves, these explorers are using a combination of science, imagination, and innovation to try to capture wave energy in the hopes of...
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Integrating key concepts and ideas about public speaking into a clear, step-by-step, transformational method, Power Speaking teaches emerging speakers how to grow the necessary skills and unleash their inner power. Divided into proficiency levels-mastering the basics, making the connection, and polishing the core-this guide allows speakers to conquer public speaking systematically. Readers start with the use of voice and body movements, then move...
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Perfect for fans of Kelly Yang and Jessica Kim, this joyful, moving middle grade contemporary follows a big-hearted Taiwanese American girl as she aims to gain her family's acceptance and save her favorite boba tea shop by selling her handcrafted amigurumi dolls.
Pearl Li is ready to spend the summer before seventh grade hanging out with her two best friends, crocheting the cutest amigurumi dolls, and visiting her favorite tea shop, Boba Time. Its...
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The must-read summary of Elayne Snyder's book: "Persuasive Business Speaking: How to Make Memorable Business Presentations".
This complete summary of the ideas from Elayne Snyder's book "Persuasive Business Speaking" shows that for every presentation they make, business speakers should be thoroughly prepared, brief and interesting. In her book, the author explains the importance of each of these features and how you can tailor your presentation to...
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Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes, But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters and present-day falls, and up into space for the big ones yet to come, a wide variety of scientists are trying to figure out how to track asteroids--and how to avoid devastating impacts in the future."-- Provided by publisher.
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