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Supervisor's Survival Kit |
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Cliff R. Goodwin |
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0131183877 |
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Continuing the Elwood Chapman tradition, author Cliff Goodwin brings you The Supervisor’s Survival Kit, 10th Edition. Updated throughout, this edition focuses on the essential techniques and skills needed to be an effective supervisor. It offers a unique approach—fostering supervisory skills through the use of role plays, case studies, games and exercises—and will help readers gain confidence in their leadership and supervisory roles. This book discusses how to make the transition to management, achieve productivity through people, build an effective team, and conduct essential supervisory tasks such as staffing, delegating, motivating and appraising employees. For supervisors, managers, and those wishing to develop strong leadership skills.
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Human Anatomy and Physiology (Sixth Edition Text, CD and Student Access Kit)/A Brief Atlas of the Human Body |
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Elaine N. Marieb |
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Textbook Hardcover |
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0805355138 |
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Guests of War Trilogy |
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Kit Pearson |
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Hardcover |
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0140388419 |
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Book Description
Based on historical events, this moving fictional account of the adventures of two English children in a foreign land has become a favorite among Canadian children-this award-winning trilogy is now available in this omnibus edition.
This unforgettable trio of novels by award-winning author Kit Pearson is composed of The Sky is Falling, Looking at the Moon and The Lights Go On Again. The character at the heart of these stories is Norah Stoakes, a young English girl who is sent by her parents to Canada, along with her younger brother, during the Second World War. After five years pass, Norah is comfortable with her new life and country, but when the war ends her brother, Gavin, is reluctant to return to England and to parents he can barely remember.
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The Ultimate A+ Certification Exam Cram 2 Study Kit |
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Que Staff |
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Paperback |
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0789731312 |
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A+ is the most popular certification program in the world, certifying more than 500,000 individuals since its inception in 1998. These exams certify readers' knowledge of basic computer hardware and operating systems. Individuals studying for these exams will find the Ultimate A+ Certification Exam Cram 2 Study Kit package to be a must-have resource because it gives them everything they need to pass the exams. The A+ Certification Exam Cram 2, Second Edition book:Maps exactly to the exam objectives, helping readers quickly and easily assess their mastery of the material.Undergoes a stringent review process that includes scrutiny by nearly a dozen industry experts - including Series Editor Ed Tittel, the creator of the Exam Cram series - to ensure the book presents the most complete, up-to-date, technically accurate,... |
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Awake and Dreaming |
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| Author: |
Kit Pearson |
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Hardcover |
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0613182367 |
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Usually ships within 3-5 weeks. We cannot guarantee availability of special order titles because publishers may run out of stock. We will notify you in 3-4 weeks if we are unable to get this title for you. |
From Publishers Weekly
The combination of her own desperate wishes and a dead writer's fantasy propel the nine-year-old heroine into a dream worldAor does it? Ages 8-12. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-7. Wishes can come true, temporarily at least. Nine-year-old Theo desperately wants to be out of her gray, loveless existence and into the middle of a large and happy family like the ones she reads about in her wonderful library books. Often neglected by her young and immature mother, she is still reluctant to leave their Vancouver apartment and go to live with her aunt in Victoria. On the ferry trip, Theo makes a wish on the new moon and is amazed when it comes true. She wakes up as part of the perfect family, with nurturing and always happy... |
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25 Days to Better Thinking and Better Living: A Tool Kit for Improving Every Aspect of Your Life |
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Linda Elder |
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Paperback |
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0131738593 |
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From the Back Cover
Think smarter, live better...in just 25 days! You are what you think! Take control of your thinking...and start living life to the fullest! In just 25 days, you can discover how to cut through lies, gain insight, and make smarter choices in every area of your life–from work and money to your intimate relationships. Discover how to overcome bad thinking habits caused by self-delusion or out-of-control emotions...clarify what you really want...recognize what you don’t know. Ask the right questions...resist brainwashing, manipulation, and hypocrisy...Avoid worrying, conformism, and blame! 25 powerful ways to improve your thinking–and make smarter, better decisions. Stop deceiving yourself: Overcome built-in self-delusion, wishful thinking, and worrying. Use better thinking to make... |
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The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, Update plus MyEconLab Student Access Kit |
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Frederic S. Mishkin |
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Textbook Hardcover |
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0321357949 |
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Contains many new insights on the monetary policy process, the regulation and supervision of the financial system, and the internationalization of financial markets. Textbook. DLC: Finance.
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Handful of Time |
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Kit Pearson |
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Hardcover |
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0833568132 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8 An important summer in the life of 12-year-old Patricia Potter involves a trip back in time for her to observe her mother, Ruth, in her mother's twelfth year. While her parents, both successful career people in Toronto, work out a separation, Patricia is sent off to her aunt's lake cottage in Alberta. Raised by fashionable and undemonstrative parents, Patricia feels out of place in the company of her rough-and-tumble cousins. Her escape comes when she discovers an old watch engraved to her grandmother, Patricia. When she winds up the watch she becomes an invisible observer to the happenings that took place in her mother's family 35 years ago. Patricia goes back and forth in time, observing her mother's unhappy childhood, and she decides to give her mother another chance, knowing what she does about... |
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Intermediate Algebra 9E with MyMathLab Student Starter Kit |
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Margaret L. Lial |
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Textbook Hardcover |
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0321159128 |
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Economics Today: The Macro View plus Student Access Kit |
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Roger LeRoy Leroy Miller |
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Textbook Hardcover |
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0321278992 |
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Highlights the dramatic changes technology has made to the economic landscape and provides fresh, relevant examples for the new millennium in the changing world of economics. Softcover. CD-ROM included. DLC: Macroeconomics.
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Handful of Time |
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Kit Pearson |
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Paperback |
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014032268X |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8 An important summer in the life of 12-year-old Patricia Potter involves a trip back in time for her to observe her mother, Ruth, in her mother's twelfth year. While her parents, both successful career people in Toronto, work out a separation, Patricia is sent off to her aunt's lake cottage in Alberta. Raised by fashionable and undemonstrative parents, Patricia feels out of place in the company of her rough-and-tumble cousins. Her escape comes when she discovers an old watch engraved to her grandmother, Patricia. When she winds up the watch she becomes an invisible observer to the happenings that took place in her mother's family 35 years ago. Patricia goes back and forth in time, observing her mother's unhappy childhood, and she decides to give her mother another chance, knowing what she does about... |
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Elementary Statistics / with Updated CD and Mymathlab Student Access Kit (Package) |
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Mario Triola |
Book Review
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Textbook Hardcover |
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0321292863 |
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This textbook provides an introduction to statistics. Covers describing, exploring, and comparing data, probability, probability distributions, normal probability distributions, estimates and sample sizes, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression and statistical process control. DLC: Statistics.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Mario F. Triola is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Dutchess Community College, where he has taught statistics for over 30 years. Marty is the author of Essentials of Statistics, Elementary Statistics Using Excel, Mathematics in the Modern World, and Survey of Mathematics. He is a co(author of Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life, Business Statistics, and Introduction to... |
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Daring Game |
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Kit Pearson |
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Mass Market Paperback |
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0140319328 |
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From School Library Journal
Gr 5-8 Eleven-year-old Eliza Chapman has chosen to go to Ashdown Academy, a boarding school in Vancouver, for seventh grade. The year is 1964. Eliza has high hopes for her year at Ashdownher ideas about boarding school having been formed by British novels. The first term goes well, but by the second term, Eliza has doubts about her desire to live away from her family. Matters are further complicated by Eliza's friendship with Helen, an unhappy and mischievous girl who involves Eliza and her dorm mates in the ``daring game.'' The game begins innocently enough with a midnight supper, but soon escalates into an involved scheme that causes Helen to be threatened with expulsion. This is a novel about friendship and life in the dorm. The story centers mostly around Eliza and her four dorm mates. Besides Eliza,... |
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