Careers in Golf: An Insider's Guide to Careers in the Golf Industry

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This updated step-by-step reference provides an accurate and state-of-the-art approach to the production and/or repair of electronics equipment. Procedures with follow-up exercises cover the basics of hand soldering, wiring, and the components of successful repairs. In addition, a new section on Problem Edge Connectors has been included. Very easy to ready and to follow, this reference is a must for technicians, assembly-line personnel, technologists, QA and repair supervisors, and professionals designing electronic equipment for mass production.

Customer Reviews:

Lacking detailed information.......2007-03-11

I agree this book is for someone that has never soldered before. I guess I was looking for some more details about hot air and reflow soldering, which is barely talked about. Also, there are only about 6 photos in the entire book, which I thought was kind of cheap. Photos are very valuable to me, but the ones in this book are black and white, dark and not useful.

An excellent introduction.......2007-01-24

This book is a great introduction to basic hand soldering for the inexperienced. It's true that the book is quite brief in some areas, but I feel that this just makes it more useable for the average electronics technician or hobbyist. Every line is worth its ink. You don't need to skim through 300 pages of a textbook just to end up highlighting several lines of useful information. A complete beginner could get a lot out of this book, but even a more experienced solderer will learn a thing or two.

Quality Hand Soldering and Circuit Board Repair.......2005-03-24

This is a much improved revised 4th edition (Dec 2003) that lives up to it's product description. Well written with excellent material and illustrations it really is a must have for soldering professionals.
Note that the other reviews listed below are not as favourable. One is for a different book entirly and another is for an earlier edition.

A book by any other name........2002-04-22

Modern Electronics Soldering Techniques, by Andrew Singmin, published by Sams, has very few pages dedicated to soldering techniques. Most of the book's 293 pages are drone on superfluously about how to draw a schematic, recognizing electrical components, electronics related math, basic hand tools, and such. The first chapter is titled Soldering Fundamentals but very little of it is even remotely related to soldering. The book is a farce and a waste of money and paper. What it does seem to cover is an exhaustive essay on electronics as a hobby. But it is so blabby that it couldn't hold one's interest.

good material, but overly brief.......1999-01-09

This is a pretty good reference if you know how to solder but want better quality. In most areas, it could have used more detail, and in some cases better illustrations. Its quite short and a very quick read - best read with a soldering iron in hand so you can work at his techniques. Overall, worth the purchase price.

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Based on interviews with women aged 25 to 54 who reside in the Chicago Consolidated Area, this volume explores the occupational involvement of women in the main categories of service, blue-collar, clerical, sales, homemaker (as manager of household), manager, and professional and technical worker. The authors explore the various paths by which the interviewees reached their current occupations, the "construction of reality" within which they live and carry out their responsibilities, and the ways in which they combine their jobs with other roles, especially those of wife and mother. The in-depth analysis contained in the study complements the findings of Volume 1 of City Women, which provided an overview of current knowledge about American women and their occupations.

City Women in America: Work, Jobs, Occupation, Careers

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City Women in America: Work, Jobs, Occupation, Careers
Helena Znaniecka; Miller, Cheryl Allyn; Barnewolt, Debra Lopata
Manufacturer: Greenwood Pub Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORHFYI

City Women: Work, Jobs, Occupations, Careers Volume 1

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City Women: Work, Jobs, Occupations, Careers Volume 1
Helena Znaniecka; Barnewolt, Debra; Miller, Cheryl Allyn Lopata
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers Inc.,U.S.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEHDJS

City Women: Work, Jobs, Occupations, Careers, Vol. 1

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City Women: Work, Jobs, Occupations, Careers, Vol. 1
Helena Znaniecka Lopata
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORA20C

City Women: Work, Jobs, Occupations, Careers, Volume 2: Chicago

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City Women: Work, Jobs, Occupations, Careers, Volume 2: Chicago
Helena Znaniecka; etc. Lopata
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers Inc.,U.S.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBTZX0

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Housecleaner extraordinaire Louise Rafkin reads her own work as efficiently as she cleans bathtubs and snoops through the letter pile. Rafkin's voice is pleasantly modulated and well suited to her dry humor in Other People's Dirt, a parallel tale of her cleaning habits and socio-spiritual explorations. Vacuum-cleaner sound effects demarcate chapters in this nearly unabridged version, whose brief chapters are punchy and well suited to audio. (Running time: three hours, two cassettes) --Barrie Trinkle

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"Alone in a house, I piece together strands of life stories as if I were an archaeologist, the home a midden... I don't read diaries, I read clues." After earning an M.A. in Comparative Literature, Louise Rafkin, facing a career choice, took the road less traveled. She became a housecleaner. The money was better than teaching, the lifestyle intriguing for someone with an insatiable curiosity about her fellow human beings. And while she quickly became an expert on the best vacuum cleaner in the world--and the most efficient paper towels--she also saw the unseen parts of people's lives.

In this fresh, funny, strikingly original memoir, she talks about her invisible status as a domestic worker in a world of illicit sex and secret livees, of closet alcoholics and binge eaters, unlikely spiritualists and revealing celebrities.

In Other People's Dirt, Louise Rafkin reveals something about our values, our society, and ourselves. And, from the detritus of our lives, she gives us something at once delightfully entertaining and profound.

"Rafkin is a wonderful storyteller." --The Wall Street Journal

"Rafkin delivers the dirt on cleaning with investigative zeal and remarkable depth. A!" --Entertainment Weekly

"A wonderfully odd-ball memoir...Rafkin delights in the absurdities of her profession and has a keen eye for the peculiarities of human behavior." --The San Francisco Chronicle

Customer Reviews:

No Dirt Here.......2006-12-01

I'm not sure what this book is supposed to be -- a tell-all? An exploration of the history of cleaning and its place in western culture? A treatise about the underclass? I think part of the problem is that the author herself is not sure where she is, in the metaphysical sense. I couldn't tell why she was a cleaner. If she liked it. Even where she lived! And as far as "other people's dirt," there was precious little here. Not at all what I expected. I was more than a little annoyed at the curious tone the book took towards the idea that those who hire cleaners are somehow exploiting them... Very confusing. I was looking for an author who was going to dish some dirt and instead got an earful about Marxist theory.

Waste of time.......2006-05-17

I should have cleaned my house instead of reading this haphazardly written mess.

good clean fun.......2005-07-16

Entertaining, and easily read in one sitting. It isn't particularly deep or meaningful, but certainly jaunty and fun. Ms. Rafkin has an eye for the absurd. She briefly mentions a book about the history of maids, and more information about that would have made the book more interesting. I liked the tips on what to do if you hire a housecleaner; that's worth the price of the book.

The Real Dirt.......2005-04-20

This book should be required reading for not only every person in the business of cleaning houses, but also for those who have their houses cleaned. "Other People's Dirt" portrays a truthful, funny, occasionally aggrieved, but always intelligent story of occupation--an occupation often overlooked and stereotyped.

As the owner of a vacation resort, a mom and pop operation where I'm not only the "glamorous" hostess but (on Saturdays) the very unglamorous cleaning woman, I could relate to the tales exposing sometimes surprising (sometimes revolting) lifestyles. While the author seemed to dive into lives of her clients far more than I would ever consider, it's clear she did so with the purpose of studying human nature. To call her "grumpy" or even resentful by exposing these stories in the book, critics fail to see the pure entertainment value of this quick, little read.

On the other hand, I've had weekly cleaning ladies enter my personal home(s) for many, many years. Through Louise Rafkin's book, I have learned how to keep anything truly personal, personal. For example, you bet I strip my own bed lest anyone attempt to get an inside look at my sex life!!!

Particularly because of the controversy and strong reader reactions it has caused, I think this book is a gem and I highly recommend.

From the author of "I'm Living Your Dream Life," and "The Things I Wish I'd Said," McKenna Publishing Group.

Do I want to have a maid?.......2004-04-27

I thought it was very interesting how the author's described what she witnessed, and what evidence she saw of people's lives. The insight she gave into her own life and the lives of other house cleaners was also interesting and insightful. I thought the book ended a little strangely but I have learned that these types of books and their authors often end strangely.

Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures

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Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures
Louise Rafkin
Manufacturer: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O82PRO

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The over 700 entries here provide the film's title, year of release, studio, starring cast members, category (Western, comedy, drama, etc.), source of the video, catalog number and the price as of December 1994. The directory provides name, address, and phone number for each of the video sources listed in the book.

Customer Reviews:

Forever useful.......2002-03-21

In the strange world of film collectors Klepper's book guide to silents on video is oddly not obsolete - most of us have huge video collections that will not be easily replaced for a long time to come. His reiews and insights are on target and the book is just generally a joy. This is a good one.

Expensive, but a good reference.......1999-10-26

Klepper has detailed reviews of 29 silent films, and compares the different versions available on video. Over half of the book is taken up with a listing of silent feature films (and a few shorts) that are available on video. If you are looking for a rare silent video, this is a great reference book. Addresses and phone numbers of silent film video distributors are listed in an appendix. The book has a few drawbacks. While Klepper does praise video companies like Kino, he doesn't say anything bad about companies that produce unwatchable tapes other than to say that tapes under $10 are usually of poor quality. He doesn't mention anything about whether or not a film is still under copyright or whether the video company went to the trouble to legally sell the video. And a few of the short blurbs at the back are a little off. Raymond Griffith's PATHS TO PARADISE (1925) is listed as a "crime drama" instead of a "caper comedy".

Klepper is the best young writer on silent films today.......1998-09-16

This is a terrific reference book! Klepper, a regular columnist for CLASSIC IMAGES, reviews videos and is both a fan and a scholar. One anxiously awaits for a sequel or another book from this writer!

The Silent Leonard Maltin.......1997-12-18

It's about time someone paid attention to the thousands of silent films available on video, which are ignored in the mainstream video guides. Klepper gives an amazingly exhaustive overview of what's out there, even the video quality included. It's a shame he had to go with a small press; no doubt mainstream publishers though this was "not marketable" enough. But hurrah to Klepper for a much-needed work, which helps bring silent films into the video age.

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Thirty simple activities designed to inform and give practice in discussing cultural topics with classes up to intermediate level. The activities are quick and easy to prepare and require few, or no, additional resources. An introduction provides guidance for teachers unfamiliar with the communicative approach.

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OXFORD BASICS:INTERCULTURAL ACTIVITIES
CANKOVA/GILL
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OK6UV4

Customer Reviews:

The only string figure book I've found with photographs.......2006-07-12

I think this book contains relatively clear instructions and features photographs rather than drawings. It contains many figures and more than a few games for two people.

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Cat's Cradles and Other String Figures
Bab; Hein Broos Westerveld
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBVIQM

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Cat's Cradles and Other String Figures
Joost and Michael Schuyt Elffers
Manufacturer: Penguin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KXBXM6

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Cat's Cradles And Other String Figures.
BAB (TEXT); BROOS, HEIN (RESEARCH & EXPLANATIONS); DE VRIES, MIRJAM (PHOTOGRAPHY & EXPLANATIONS); ELFFERS, JOOST & SCHUYT, MICHAEL (PRODUCERS). WESTERVELD
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIV5MU

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Not a designer? Don't have a big marketing budget? Now you can design effective marketing materials yourself with this guide written by best-selling author and design expert Roger C. Parker. This one-stop guide to marketing gives you the basics for creating effective messages and step-by-step instruction for using Publisher 2003 to design compelling, easy-to-read marketing materials that deliver your message successfully. Even if you're not a designer or you have no marketing experience, you'll get expert advice and learn how to: - Develop a market empathy, think like your market, and solve their problems using their language - Format your message so it's attractive and easy to read#151;by taking a crash course in graphic design - Save time and money by using Publisher to create several different types of effective marketing pieces#151;including postcards to promote your business and newsletters that keep you in touch with your customers - Use techniques for quickly harnessing powerful Publisher capabilities - Do it right from the start and avoid common pitfalls and design mistakesEach chapter includes an interactive exercise as well as review questions with answers on the author's companion Web site. Also on the Web site are downloadable worksheets and templates, more illustrations of the projects in the book, additional before-and-after project makeovers, and other resources.

Customer Reviews:

Valuable Resource.......2007-03-08

For the last 9 months I have been on a quest to learn about marketing. Although I don't have Microsoft publisher, this book still teaches great design concepts and puts it all in a marketing context. Regardless of whether you create designs on your own or work with someone else -- you will be smarter because of this book.

Misleading to Business Owners and Sales Professionals..........2007-02-23

First and foremost, let me say that I am a Graphics Professional with over 10 years experience in the advertising arena. My company represents a host of national brands across more than 30 states. Yes, we're big and yes, I'm for real.

Many times a month do I have some "wanna-be designer" salesperson, business owner, etc. sending over a so-called "camera ready" piece of garbage created with Microsoft Publisher. Besides the ignorant misconception that just anyone can create effective and professional advertising "all by their lonesome" or even worse have their receptionist or secretary do it because she "knows computers", once this monstrosity gets to your designer or print facility they will have to completely rebuild your creation from scratch using a professional graphics application (this should have been done in the first place) produced by Adobe or Quark. By the way, what should concern you at this point is that you often have to pay an added fee with a reputable printer when they have to rebuild a Microsoft Publisher file. Think about it.

Wake up and smell your Starbucks people! This book is blowing fairy dust up your skirts and telling you that you can fly! Meanwhile your valuable time and advertising dollars are being futily wasted following this advice. I realize that you don't like paying for a competant designer, and that's exactly why you have an incompetant one who doesn't understand basic marketing principles! You want real advice? Don't buy this book. Find a real designer with the strengths and tools your business deserves and buy him/her a cup of coffee while you discuss your next advertising campaign.

Yes, I read this book and I totally disagree with everything the author is trying to sell to unwitting businesspersons.

Use this book to educate your artist!.......2007-02-01

I've found that most graphic artists don't understand marketing. Because of that, when you ask them to design a newsletter template, you get something that may look good, but doesn't work.

They don't recognise that it's the words that sell and the layout, color and style are ther to make it look attractive enough to read it.

This book will teach you how to do it yourself; even better than doing it yourself, use the knowledge to make sure your graphic artist does what you want. Use it to put yourself in control!

Parker understands marketing and content and how to use design in concert with goals.......2006-11-13

Many readers of my blog and my most recent book Cashing in with Content: How Innovative Marketers use Digital Information to turn Browsers into Buyers know that I insist (and often rant incessantly) about content as the most important aspect of a Web site, ebook, white paper, newsletter and the like. I really hate seeing cool deign with nothing of substance in the way of content behind it.

But I do have to admit that I don't know a lot about design and decided to learn. Robert C. Parker's Design to Sell provided me a terrific overview of how to use design as a competitive asset. While the book has a focus about using Microsoft Publisher to plan, write, and design great marketing pieces, the chapters in the front of the book gave me the grounding I needed.

One of the reasons that I chose this book is that Parker totally understands marketing and content and how to use design in concert with goals. I didn't want to read a book that was just focused on pretty stuff - I wanted to know how design is an important component to enhancing the great content that is created in newsletters, white papers, ebooks, Web sites and so on.

Check out Parker's companion blog to his book. Is this an awesome deign or what?

Stamp out mediocre design!.......2006-06-16

Microsoft Publisher is to desktop publishing design as Microsoft Word is to writing and editing. They're great software -- great tools -- but no substitute for the knowledge and skill needed to be a designer or a writer. That's where Roger C. Parker bridges the gap with Design to Sell, an indispensable instructional tour de force of incalculable value to any Microsoft Publisher user. Don't even think about trying to design a publication using Microsoft Publisher without this book. Stamp out mediocre design! Roger C. Parker shows you how.

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