145 Things to Be When You Grow Up (Career Guides)

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God Sent For Our Youth

great book! very interesting and well put together

145 Things to Be When You Grow Up (Career Guides)
Russell Kahn , and Jodi Weiss
Manufacturer: Princeton Review
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0375763694
Release Date: 2004-05-04

Book Description

Like some teenagers, you may already have an inkling of what you want to do with your life. Perhaps you dream of launching into space as an astronaut with NASA. Or maybe your ambitions will keep your feet on the ground as a park ranger, a doctor, or a social worker. If you are wondering what these people do all day and how they came to be what they are, this book provides the answers. We’ll tell you everything you need to know about 145 great careers, from accountant to zoologist, including:

• Day-to-day activities and responsibilities of each career
• How to plan ahead while you’re still in high school
• Majors to consider when you get to college
• Whether you’ll strike it rich in more ways than one
• Words of wisdom from professionals in the field

This book will open your eyes to a world of career possibilities and give you an idea of what to expect down each career path. Even if you have no clue about what you want to be, this is the book for you. We’ll help you identify the kinds of jobs that will help you be yourself and incorporate your interests, values, and skills. There’s no pressure for you to choose a career just yet, so just relax and have fun exploring!

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God Sent For Our Youth.......2004-05-13

Career choices for our children! Jodi Weiss' conceptual creation is a veritable encyclopedia of fascinating fun facts describing 145 potential career opportunities for the aspiring adult. A gentle guide to benefit the young and curious, "145 Thing to Be When You Grow Up" offers endless options and direction towards the pursuit and manifestation of 'the dream job'. Beginning to envision a path towards the creation of one's vocation is the single most important ambition in any one's life. After reading "145 Things to Be ..." one might have learned the invaluable experience of interning at 145 different employers. As a valuable and insightful adventure into the real world, Jodi Weiss has researched and written a real-life come-to-life pragmatic bible for the young adult. An entertaining MUST READ at ANY age.

great book! very interesting and well put together.......2004-05-06

I just got a copy of this book and it's phenominal! greay layout, easy to read, quick reference. definitely a must-have for every school, guidance counselor, head-hunter and EVERY high-school student. Such an eclectic array of jobs... covering the whole spectrum from Magician to Musician, Doctor to Dancer, Shoe Designer to Stock Broker.

I think I'll be a rock star and moonlight as a sailor or lobbyist...

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It is a truism that many African countries face a three-pronged tribulation--political tyranny; failed capitalist development; and violent domestic conflict. The relationship between effective democratic institutions, successful development and civil peace is less clear. This book analyzes the experience with democratization of a carefully selected sample of countries: Ghana, Mali, and Niger in West Africa; Zambia, Tanzania, and Madagascar in East Africa; and Sudan.

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These are some of the reasons.......2007-08-13

This was a very brief and very interesting book, it shed some light on why it seems that Africa is unable to right itself in any major efforts. Many of the thoughts I had with regard to Africa as to why, and when and what, these were cleared up. It is a very short book that covers a great deal of material quickly.

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This book looks at the routine taken-for-granted features of work as experienced by professional women in bureaucratic environments. It shows why these trivial features are not trivial, but add up to a good part of what all work is composed of. Finally, it considers why the women interviewed in this study encountered and experienced their professional careers in the ways they did. There are many books on the general subject of women at work and the sociology of work, but few deal with what the work consists of, how it is accomplished, what one needs to know to undertake it competently, and how it is experienced by the worker. This book deals with all these issues, and more, that are typically overlooked in the literature on women at work in particular and on work in general.

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Jackson Browne Deluxe Anthology songbook.......2003-08-13

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Basil Bernstein's work focused on the way that knowledge is produced, transmitted and learned. Written by a team of international contributors, this book shows the scope and power of his work, developed over a fifty year period. It aims to demonstrate the growing recognition of the value of Bernstein's work to understanding what is happening to education systems today.

The volume is divided into four sections. Section 1 considers the work of the theorists that Bernstein worked 'through' and 'with', from Durkheim and Marx to Bourdieu and Foucault. Section 2 focuses on teaching and learning in school contexts and draw on current issues of boys' underachievement, citizenship, system reform and language learning in varied cultural contexts. Section 3 applies Bernstein's theories to teacher education, a sector where there is increasing political control. Finally, Section 4 focuses on vocational and higher education.

The book will appeal to the international academic community in education and sociology, as well as postgraduate students on education, sociology, sociolinguistic, and social psychology degrees.

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Excellent book

The best of all my cookbooks

This might be the only cookbook you need

Basic Gourmet Cooking with Huge Menu Section

I wanted a cookbook, not a diet book!

Jacques Pépin's Table: The Complete "Today's Gourmet"
Jacques Pepin
Manufacturer: Bay Books (CA)
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Binding: Paperback

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Jacques Pepin's Table is a comprehensive compendium of dishes presented on the author's many public television shows. This encyclopedic volume of more than 300 recipes by the master chef and PBS superstar covers not only first courses, main courses, side dishes, desserts, and breads but also provides detailed instructions on how to bone a chicken, flute a mushroom, and keep a souffle from falling. There are menu suggestions on combining dishes into taste-tempting meals, with appropriate wine pairings. Dozens of stunning food photographs, as well as Pepin's own charming line drawings, bring these dishes to life. As always, the recipes emphasize lower-calorie, health-conscious, easy-prep cooking that includes more fiber, less saturated fat, more fish, less meat, and vegetables cooked to preserve their nutrients.

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Excellent book.......2005-09-06

This is a must-have excellent book. The book contains very good and original recipes. Jacques Pepin is superb. The drawbacks of the book are in the figures - there are not that many color figures and they [the figures,] in general, cannot be found close to their own recipes.

The best of all my cookbooks.......2001-06-08

I've got lots of cookbooks, and I find that in most of them only a few recipes are to my liking. Other books appear to have great recipes, but they're too complicated for me. This is the book I come back to again and again for great, and I mean great, food that is practical for me in the kitchen. I consistently get rave reviews from my guests and I don't have to cook all day to get them. His recipes are simply stated and always convey his love of the craft. I can't think of a way to improve this book. Period.

This might be the only cookbook you need.......2001-03-31

There are so many things to say about this book that have notyet been said by other reviewers that I almost can't believe it. Firstof all, I love food and have been cooking for family and friends nowfor years and Jacques Pepin's books have been the most helpful to meby far. This particular book is wonderful because it not only providescomplete menus for every season and occasion you might imagine, but italso outlines how to prepare different recipes so that everything endsup on the table hot and in good time.

...It is a true indulgence tobe able to make and eat delicious food. This book permits bothpleasures without the guilt of unknown excesses of fat, cholesterol,sodium and the like. -- Eat what you like, but please...know what youare eating!

I have made nearly every beef, poultry and fish dish inthis volume with terrific and consistent results. -- The greatestthing is that the book teaches you how to spend your money wisely andget the most bang for your buck, usually with little more than a someminor attention to detail, which is free.

My mother-in-law who is avery well travelled, difficult to impress foodie consistently lavishesme with compliments when I whip up dinner with recipes culled fromthis book. She was so impressed with the stuffed chicken breast dish'Chicken Kiev Style' that she asked to watch me make it so that shecan serve it at her dinner parties! Very economical and easy for suchhigh praise!

The side dishes are exquisite, flavorful, andeasy. They are great to bring along when visiting, compliment avariety of meals, are generally inexpensive, and are a bit morespecial than other run of the mill recipes you might tend to fall backon. The simple recipe for potatoes persillade (pan fried potatoes withgarlic and parsely) is such a favorite in our house that is worth theprice of the book all by itself.

I cannot stress enough that when Ibegan cooking I was almost completely inept, and now I am a force tobe reckoned with in the kitchen. (Thanks in large part to this book.)With the help of Mr. Pepin's flawlessly executable recipes, I evenmake my own bread from scratch -- without owning a foodprocessor.

For me eating and entertaining well has become a part ofliving a good life. You can go out and pay someone else to cook foryou for the rest of your life or you can learn to make a few thingsand take tremendous satisfaction in it.The money you save on dinnersout will more than pay for this book and the inspiration andinformation it provides are priceless.

If you want to learn how tocook, there will never be a more qualified or humble teacher thanJacques Pepin. -- So often the quality of the result is dependent onsomething small like knowing how to thicken a sauce, the order to chopyour ingredients, or when during the cooking process to add aparticular seasoning. A lot of that extra know-how gleened during alifetime of hands-on effort is conveyed here.

Lastly, but worthnoting: all of the recipes in the book are made with readily availableingredients and without a huge investment in equipment.

Go on, getthe book. You're worth it, and your dinner companions will thank you.

Basic Gourmet Cooking with Huge Menu Section.......2001-02-05

This book stemmed from his TV series "Today's Gourmet". His stated goal is to give some "commsense cusine, one that demonstrated a rational approach to cooking. . . . a cooking style that exhibits elegance and joy while emphasizing aspects of health in a reasonable way."

He achieves this goal. What I really enjoy and use is the first section, 40 pages of menus using recipes from the book. This is unique and very well done. This section gives one not only ideas for complete meals from the book, but just plain ideas on how to combine dishes for wonderful meals.

The recipes themselves show great variety, and care to do just what he setted out: elegance for reasonable health. As an example, this menu is entitled: The light side of Classic Cuisine: Grilled Swordfish with Spicy Yogurt Sauce, Poached Turkey in Vegetable Consomme' Salad, Creamy Rice Pudding with Fruit Sauce. Calories per serving: 758.

There are many sidelights to this cookbook: sidebars on foods and techniques, and nice photos.

Perfect cookbook for someone looking for lighter, gourmet quality food.

I wanted a cookbook, not a diet book!.......2000-12-04

I like the recipes in this book, but I got really irritated with the constant calorie counting, low-fat, 'a TINY bit of meat as a SPECIAL treat' tone. I bought this book because Pepin's a great cook, not a great dietician. And let's be honest, after years of low-fat this and that, America's not getting any thinner. I suppose that's what it takes to keep people watching your TV show, but I'd have preferred him to say 'this is what I like to eat, and use common sense as to how much and how often you eat any particular dish' - as the lady who wrote 'The Cook and the Gardener' did in her introduction. America treats food like a chemistry lesson - I'm sad to see Pepin going along. That said, his recipes are good basic ideas, but I'll tinker with them a bit before using them.

Jacques Pepin's Table: The Complete Today's Gourmet

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Jacques Pepin's Table: The Complete Today's Gourmet
Jacques Pepin; Photographer Penina; Designer Barbara Marks
Manufacturer: KQED BOOKS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000R0EPXG

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Good entry level book.......2003-01-03

This book is a very good reference manual.
It has detailed information on every major aspect of Access.

The VBA programming and the queries are treated fairly lightly, so if you plan on doing advanced queries or use SQL a lot, you should augment your purchase with another book. The same applies for VBA programming.

I found that there are sometimes too many repetitions of very basic UI operations, which make the book unnecessarily big.

Overall, it is a good book to get started, then you should acquire specific books in areas you need further information. It is not a "complete" reference, as the title suggests.

An Excellent Reference.......2003-01-03

I needed a reference for work, one that was easy enough for a my co-worker, a non-programmer, to use and yet detailed enough to be useful for me. I browsed through most of the current versions of Access references, checking the details, coverage and examples for something that might meet my requirements. While it is impossible for any book to be everything to everyone, this one comes very close to meeting my needs with regard to Access.

Note, this is not a manual for learning SQL, or VBA. Both essential if you want to really step beyond the basic elements of Access usage. However, this book addresses the essential usage elements of working with Access - tables, queries, forms and reports - as well as several less `basic' elements like security, environment customization, and multi-user environments. The material is extensive, the examples are well explained, and the topics are well organized. If I were to teach a class on Access, I'd use this as the text.

I have not been disappointed with this book. P-)

Response to unfair criticism.......2002-08-20

The person who gave this book a poor rating obviously didn't read it, or doesn't know how to read. This is an excellent book, very thorough in its coverage, and well-organized. It even has a reference guide on the cd that comes with it, which is much easier than the book to take with you on the go. I have tried learing Access using another book that covers all the programs that come with Office XP, but it was frustrating in its meager coverage of important points. The ONLY improvement that could be made to this book is a more detailed chapter on creating relationships and a more thorough discussion of designing databases. However, in its practical discussion of creating the database and searching through it, it is superb.

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This book is an excellent reference for not only Access 2002 but 2000 as well. The author does a fine job of introducing basic concepts in the early chapters and building on that knowledge toward more complex procedures. The ideal reader for this reference will probably be someone with a mid to advanced beginner understanding of Access all the way through the intermediate to advanced range. The pages are chock full of graphics (screenshots) as well as some step-by-step hands on examples. The text was clear; table of contents and index are well organized.

Reasonable Access Guide.......2001-11-30

I felt a previous review of this book was quite unfair so I thought I would add my two cents. I think this is a good book *for* developers. It has reasonable coverage of most topics in Access and it avoids the "greatest hits" syndrome that many Complete Reference guides seem to have. If you develop Access databases and are a programmer, this makes a good reference book.

Network+ 2Nd Edition, Complete Course maps to the CompTIA exam number N10-003, 6 Books set (Network+ 2nd Ed Cross Reference, A+ Hardware Fundamentals, Access 2002 Basic MBT, Excel 2002 Basic MBT, A+ Operating Systems, Access 2002 Intermediate MBT)

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Network+ 2Nd Edition, Complete Course maps to the CompTIA exam number N10-003, 6 Books set (Network+ 2nd Ed Cross Reference, A+ Hardware Fundamentals, Access 2002 Basic MBT, Excel 2002 Basic MBT, A+ Operating Systems, Access 2002 Intermediate MBT)
Career Tech Services
Manufacturer: 2003 Career Tech Services
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: B000OIUVMU

Product Description

Copyright 2003. Book 1: Network+ 2nd Ed Cross Reference Book 2: A+ Hardware Fundamentals, Revised June 2005, Version Number 2.1. Book 3: Access 2002 Basic MBT, Revised June 2005, Version Number 1.3. Book 4: Excel 2002 Basic MBT, Revised February 2006, Version Number 2.1. Book 5: A+ Operating Systems, Revised february 2006, Version Number 2.2. Book 6: Access 2002 Intermediate MBT, Revised March 2005, Version Number 1.2. NO SOFTWARE INCLUDED. THIS IS FOR A SET OF 6 BOOKS

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Product Description.......2007-03-18

Copyright 2003, 6 books set as shown above.
Book 1: Network+ 2nd Ed Cross Reference
Book 2: A+ Hardware Fundamentals, Revised June 2005, Version Number 2.1.
Book 3: Access 2002 Basic MBT, Revised June 2005, Version Number 1.3.
Book 4: Excel 2002 Basic MBT, Revised February 2006, Version Number 2.1.
Book 5: A+ Operating Systems, Revised february 2006, Version Number 2.2.
Book 6: Access 2002 Intermediate MBT, Revised March 2005, Version Number 1.2.

NO SOFTWARE INCLUDED.
THIS IS FOR A SET OF 6 BOOKS

Access 2002: The Complete Reference (Book/CD-ROM)

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Access 2002: The Complete Reference (Book/CD-ROM)
Virginia Andersen
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OG0U8W

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