Cpas That Sell: A Complete Guide to Promoting Your Professional Services

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Get 'em started and keep 'em going ? quick! Choose from the 75 hands-on activities in this book to:

Raise the comfort level of your participants
Jumpstart a training session
Energize a presentation
Stimulate group discussion

The key word here is quick! While there are tons of books containing icebreakers and energizers, many of the activities are too involved for the limited time available. This book solves that problem.

"A great way to get your session off to an active start is by adding Energize Your Audience! to your bookshelf. Lorraine Ukens has that special knack of writing exercises that immediately capture and energize your audience. And, isn't that what you want in an icebreaker?"
—Steve Sugar, coauthor, Games That Teach Teams

"Energize your audience. Easy to say and hard to do. This is a great resource to help deliver your message by capturing participants' attention so you can be heard."
—Ed Rose, author, 50 Ways To Teach Your Learner and Presenting and Training with Magic

"Energize Your Audience! is a treasure trove of energizing, creative, and easy-to-facilitate activities. Guaranteed to delight, motivate, and engage any training group, this collection is a 'must-have' on every trainer's bookshelf."
—Karen Lawson, CSP, Lawson Consulting Group, Inc.

All of these exercises are reproducible and can be easily facilitated in 15 minutes or less, leaving most of your valuable time to focus on the topic of the training session. Keep your participants alert and actively engaged in the learning process with the help of this invaluable resource!

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This review introduces core concepts of public health found in the USMLE Step 2. This discipline is covered through a combination of context areas, disease control issues, and organizational concerns. Answers and concise explanations are provided.

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Excellent for understanding the US health system + exam prep.......2000-03-30

With such a list of distinguished authors expectations were high and the book did not dissapoint. The first chapter on Public Health Methods was comprehensive and was indicative of things to come. The next 2 chapters on diseases were well written and comparable to other books on public health. The chapter on Environmental Health Issues and especially the fifth one on Health Care Organization were the best part of the book. For people like me without any experience of the health system in the US, it did an excelent job of explaning and making me prepared for the exam. The question answer section was comprehensive and did a good job of reinforcing what I learnt in the chapter. Maybe a comprehensive question answer section at the end of the book covering the whole book would have helped prepare for the exam better. On the whole, I would recomend this book for preparing for the exam, especially to people who are not exposed to the US health system

Good for the exams and excellent for understanding the US he.......2000-03-30

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MEPC: Neurology: A USMLE Step 2 Review
Paul S. Slosberg
Manufacturer: Appleton & Lange
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MEPC: Obstetrics & Gynecology: A USMLE Step 2 Review

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MEPC: Obstetrics & Gynecology: A USMLE Step 2 Review
R. Douglas Ross
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange
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MEPC: USMLE Step 2 Review

ASIN: 0838563287

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This brand new review book in the MEPC series helps students prepare for the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step 2.

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MEPC: Surgery: A USMLE Step 2 Review

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ASIN: 0838561950

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The revised and updated eleventh edition provides 700 multiple-choice questions with enlarged explanatory answers.

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How to focus on USMLE step 2

MEPC: USMLE Step 2 Review
Samuel L. Jacobs
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Medical
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ASIN: 0838562701

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This book offers a comprehensive review of the clinical sciences for medical students preparing for the USMLE Step 2.

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How to focus on USMLE step 2.......2000-08-22

It is a very outstanding book, the full coverage of items surprised me and the "brief and deep" aproach is a very outstanding feature. In my path to prepare the USMLE I have found that this Jacob's book is a really useful tool to strenghten and focus your major clinical sciences skills and knowledgement and it is also a useful textbook to prepare to answer the questions as they are written in the exam when you take it. I highly recomend this book for foreign doctors looking forward to write and pass the USMLE step 2 exam.

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This is a book about laser cooling, a new research field with many potential applications. The authors present an original approach, using the tools and concepts of statistical physics. A new understanding of laser cooling, both intuitive and quantitative, is obtained. The volume also comprises a case study allowing non-Gaussian (Lévy) statistics, a technique being used more frequently in many different fields.

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Magnesium Alloys and Their Applications
B. L. Mordike
Manufacturer: Dgm Metallurgy Information
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 3883551848

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In the recent years there has been a dramatic increase in research activity and also applications of magnesium alloys. The driving force is the growing demand by the automobile industry resulting from the pressure to reduce weight and hence to reduce the fuel consumption. The U.S. car industry incorporates the largest amount of magnesium at the present time.
The main emphasis of this book is in the field of general physical metallurgy and alloy development. Other topics are nevertheless well represented such as casting, recycling, joining, corrosion, and surface treatment.

Magnesium: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference Magnesium Alloys and Their Applications

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Magnesium: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference Magnesium Alloys and Their Applications

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The need for light-weight materials, especially in the automobile industry, created renewed interest in innovative applications of magnesium materials. This demand has resulted in increased research and development activity in companies and research institutes in order to achieve an improved property profile and better choice of alloy systems.
Here, development trends and application potential in different fields like the automotive industry and communication technology are discussed in an interdisciplinary framework.

Magnesium: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Magnesium Alloys and Their Applications

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Magnesium: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Magnesium Alloys and Their Applications

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ASIN: 3527317643

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not my type.......2007-10-09

I thought this book was so boring. I had to force myself to read it. I had to read it for school, i had to end up finding the summary so i wouldn't have to read the rest.I know that its considered a classic, i guess this was seriously not my type of book. I give it 2 stars because it could have been worst.

Well known telling of major "tales of gods and heroes".......2007-08-19

This is a long standing work on mythology. The emphasis is on Greek and Roman tales, with a too brief discussion of Norse mythology. That some of the other reviewers mention it in the same breath as Bulfinch is testimony to the volume's value.

The work features a nice introductory essay to "set up" the discussion of Greek and Roman myths. There is also a rather unsatisfying brief introduction to the underdeveloped section on Norse mythology.

The first part features "The Gods, the Creation, and the Earliest Heroes." Here, Hamilton examines the array of gods, the stories of creation, and early heroes (such as Prometheus, Europa, and Polyphemus [hero??]). Part Two explores "Stories of Love and Adventure." In this segment, Hamilton considers Cupid and Psyche, and a series of tales of love (e.g., Pyramus and Thisbe, Orpheus and Eurydice, and so on). Also, the story of the Golden Fleece is retold.

Part Three summarizes "The Great Heroes before the Trojan War," including renderings of Perseus, Theseus, and the great Hercules. Part Four, as one might have anticipated, looks at "The Heroes of the Trojan War." Hamilton spends time on a number of figures and stories, such as Paris, the fall of Troy, Odysseus' post-Troy adventures, and the travails of Aeneas.

Part Five considers "Great Families of Mythology," such as the Houses of Atreus (think Agamemnon and Iphigenia), Thebes (Cadmus, Oedipus, Antigone), and Athens. Hamilton then moves to Part Six, where she summarizes the stories of "The Less Important Myths," including Midas, Glaucus and Scylla, inter alia.

Part Seven, as already noted, is a too brief coverage of "The Mythology of the Norsemen."

And, finally, a wonderfully helpful genealogy at the end (e.g., Ancestors of Perseus and Hercules, the House of Troy, and so on).

This is well written and shows considerable erudition. There are some problems in coverage as noted, but, in the end, this is still a welcome volume.

If you like greek mythology then buy this book.......2007-08-16

I read this book of my own free will. this book is quite amazing,the detail and research she puts in is astounding. i am the kind of person to always take notes on the books i read and the extensive index she has is incredibly useful.
some people that have read this say its dry and boring, i read a lot of books and from my experience there are a lot dryer authors, and to really be a book of information, you can't expect it to be the most attention grabbing book of all time.
any way, if greek mythology is an interest of yours you will love this book.

A good introduction.......2007-06-26

I first read this book in sixth grade, and instantly fell in love with it. I loved the concept of mythology and loved how the book was written. I didn't find the boring aspects everyone else seemed to find. I devoured the book whole, and now, years later, I bought it. I was curious to see if the magic would hit me twice.

It did, in a sense. I vaguely remembered the stories, so the aspect of surprise and shock in some of the stories was ruined for me. Granted, when I first read it I was very young, but there were still some things that were more enjoyable to read the first time. Since then, I've moved onto other classic mythology books, and have found them to be very enjoyable too.

It is true, yes, that Edith Hamilton writes well, but overall the book is dry. It is true that this is a mere introduction and does not present us with every tale in the history of various mythologies (the Norse mythology section is pitifully short - I'd turn elsewhere for that). Overall, though, it's an enjoyable introduction, an easy read (if you can deal with the dryness), and an overall good book. It's convenient on the shelf and can serve you for many years to come.

A pretty good buy, but more serious readers should head towards more serious books, even if they'll be more difficult to read.

not bad for required reading.......2006-08-13

I had to read this book for humanities 9 in high school and its really good, especially for a required reading. The way the story is explained is excelled and easy to follow, except that i am horroble with names, especially forign ones so of course i had troube following, but if you can catch on to the names, you will have an enjoyable read

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes Activity Pack

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Oh my gods!

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes Activity Pack
Edith Hamilton
Manufacturer: Prestwick House Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound

ASIN: 1580496083

Book Description

Fullfill state-mandated objectives and national guidelines with Prestwick House Reproducible Activity Packs.

Activities easily relate outside historical references, vital literary vocabulary, and detailed plot and themes analysis.

Activities include:
• Role playing
• Creating dramatization
• Five modes of writing
• Completing maps and charts
• Creating collages
• Drawing editorial cartoons
• Staging sets ans scenes
• Responding to photographs and pictures
• Conducting surveys
• Creating scenarios
• And more

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Oh my gods!.......2006-01-13

Edith Hamilton's Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes is a very basic, very popular and very good text for the introduction of Greek and Roman mythology. In our Western culture, the term 'mythology' is most often equated with these tales, and this book, first written before World War II, has helped to reinforce that equation with the current generations of readers.

Those looking for the mythological stories of other cultures will be disappointed -- with the exception of a brief section on Norse mythology at the end (about five percent of the entire volume), it covers nothing outside the Greek and Roman pantheons. Of course, part of the difficulty of approaching mythology of other cultures is that, in many instances, it is not mythology to them; or, in the case of mythology, one needs a firmer grounding in the culture and religious aspects of that culture before the mythology becomes accessible.

Hamilton (raised, as I was astonished to discover, in Indiana, where I currently reside) studied at Bryn Mawr, and had a distinguished teacher career in addition to writing this useful text. Hamilton's writing is not complicated and very easy to follow -- this has made this text one used in high school and undergraduate courses in Greek and Roman mythology more frequently perhaps than any other text produced in this century.

Hamilton begins the text with an essay giving an overview of what mythology is, and what the purpose of it was.

'Through it,' she wrote, 'we can retrace the path from civilised man who lives so far from nature, to man who lived in close companionship with nature; and the real interest of the myths is that they lead us back to a time when the world was young and people had a connection with the earth, with trees and seas and flowers and hills, unlike anything we ourselves can feel.'

She proceeds with a brief history of the development of Greek mythology, the origins of the stories lost in the mists of time. She tells of the influences of Greek thought on subsequent developments in thought and religion: 'Saint Paul said the invisible must be understood by the visible. That was not a Hebrew idea, it was Greek.' Unlike most religious constructs, the Greek mythological world tried to make sense of the greater life of the universe in terms that were very human indeed, with a minimum of mystery. 'The terrifying irrational has no place in classical mythology.'

This is not to say, of course, that there were not terrible stories and fantastic creatures -- indeed, the mythological stories are full of them -- Gorgons and hydras and chimaeras dire. But these are mostly metaphorical (and were understood as such), and primarily used for a hero to be made (this same idea has pervaded to the most recent Mission Impossible movie).

Hamilton proceeds after this essay to describe the members of the pantheon, the major and minor gods and goddesses, the ideas of creation, the heroes (human, semi-divine and divine), stories of love and devotion, justice and injustice, and, of course, of warfare, victory, defeat, and courage. Those heroes before the Trojan War, perhaps the Greek-mythological-equivalent of a world war, had battles and dire circumstances to fight and overcome. The Trojan War figured largely in the mythological frameworks of Greece and Rome -- all the gods and goddess were involved in this conflict, it seemed, as were many of the heroes of Greek mythology.

Hamilton, writing in a fairly conservative period of time, and in a fairly conservative culture, sanitised the mythological stories to a large extent. The Greeks were a very human and often rather bawdy bunch; the Romans were even moreso. Much of the sexuality in the mythological stories is omitted, save to demonstrate the less-desirable aspects. Quite often, undergraduates who study mythology are astonished to discover, if they had used Hamilton's text in an earlier high school setting, that there is a lot more sex and violence in the 'real' stories than they had been previously exposed to.

Of course, one of the primary aspects of the mythological tales was not to explain the cosmos or to build complex theological constructs (reason did these, often with help from the myths, but not using the myths as the basis), but rather the illustration of moral truths -- those of honesty, virtue, and courage as primarily valued in Greek and Roman society. Evil befalls those who do not lead a moral life; rewards come to those who do. Of course, there is a bit of whimsy in the cosmos -- bad things happen to good people, etc., even in ancient Greece. The fluctuating personalities of the gods (and the number of them) ultimately gives a satisfying explanation (if not a satisfying reason) why such things might occur.

Hamilton's book is a good one to use in teaching, but it must not be considered the final authority on any of the topics it addresses. Nonetheless, it has earned its place in the pantheon of influential books, and will most likely continue to be so for some time to come.

This particular edition is designed to involve readers / students as groups for games and role playing. This will enable the students to grasp the stories in a more dramatic fashion, and help the old myths to come alive in an embodied way that texts alone can never achieve.

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Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

Manufacturer: Mentor
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Brave New World

ASIN: B000EEHZ9G

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A collection of Greek and Roman myths from various classical sources arranged in section on the gods and early heroes, love and adventure stories, heroes before and during the Trojan War, and lesser myths. Includes a brief section on Norse mythology.

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes Hamilton

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Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes Hamilton
Edith Hamilton
Manufacturer: New American Library
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Binding: Hardcover

Art and Myth in Ancient Greece: A Handbook (World of Art)

ASIN: B000E7UWQG

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Mythology - Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Edith, Illustrated By Steele Savage Hamilton
Manufacturer: The New American Library
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Mythology by E. Hamilton (1965 edition)
Edith Hamilton
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Full Illustration bt Steele Savage

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MYTHOLOGY TIMELESS TALES OF GODS AND HEROES

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Mythology Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Edith Hamiilton
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Mythology Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Edith Hamilton
Manufacturer: Mentor Books
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Mythology Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Edith Hamilton
Manufacturer: New American Library
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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Once upon a time there was a sensible straight line who was hopelessly in love with a beautiful dot. But the dot, though perfect in every way, only had eyes for a wild and unkempt squiggle. All of the line's romantic dreams were in vain, until he discovered . . . angles! Now, with newfound self-expression, he can be anything he wants to be--a square, a triangle, a parallelogram. . . . And that's just the beginning! First published in 1963 and made into an Academy Award-winning animated short film, here is a supremely witty love story with a twist that reveals profound truths about relationships--both human and mathematical--sure to tickle lovers of all ages.

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Sweetest gift I was ever given.......2007-01-05

I was given this book as a teenager, and never forgot it. I used to ask other people if they knew about it, but few seemed to have ever heard of it. I am an artist, and in spite of the use of 'math' in the title, thought this book was about art.
I missed ALL the math info and puns. (It was interesting reading the reviews of the math and science readers.) I can only tell you that the cleaver drawings tell stories that are universal. They work as well for art and life as they seem to work for math.
I have now given this book to many people. Every one of them has thanked me.
This is my favorite gift to give away for Valentine's day.

Great, believe it or not, for high school kids.......2006-09-17

Norton Juster wove more than puns and visual gags into this short book. Not to take an ounce away from those fantastic double entendres ("drawn and on edge").

There are references to social commentary "they all look the same anyhow," "freedom is not a license for anarchy," "why don't you find a nice line and settle down." There is amazing (for kids) vocabulary: quintessence, vector, potent, paralleliped. If you want to go there, there is also out of date vocabulary "Oh, what a head!" This book is rich.

Most of my high school math classes read "The Dot and the Line" at some point during the year, often as a read-aloud before a holiday. We find the puns, I explain the jokes, we discuss (briefly the social commentary), someone looks up the hard words, and they read a little boy-girl love story. It's the best kind of learning, the kind that happens when they think they are having fun!

Chuck Jones chose wisely.......2006-06-26

I purchased this book as a companion to the same named academy award winning animated short (1966?) by Chuck Jones. It was out of print until now. The short was recently released as a bonus feature on the DVD release of the Glass bottom boat. Bought the DVD, never have even looked at the main movie. It's enjoyable to watch a clever book come to life and be even more unforgetable then the written word.

A Classic story.......2005-10-22

I was given this book in 1980 by a college friend when it was in print in a smaller format. I am so pleased to see it again. If I could only own 100 books, this would be one of them.

How the book amazed me.......2005-06-20

I really do like the book because it shows a lot about math and what you can do with lines.If I could purchase this book I would take them and give them out to people for them to read it.This book is so amazing to me,it make me want to learn more.

THE DOT AND THE LINE A ROMANCE IN LOWER MATHEMATICS

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THE DOT AND THE LINE A ROMANCE IN LOWER MATHEMATICS
Norton Juster
Manufacturer: Random House
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HZEYFA

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The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
Norton Juster
Manufacturer: Random House
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NP2K1O

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The Dot and the Line : A Romance in Lower Mathematics

Manufacturer: Random House
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Binding: Hardcover
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The Phantom Tollbooth

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Humor in math; story of line and dot falling in love A tongue in cheek fable

The dot and the line : a romance on lower mathematics

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The dot and the line : a romance on lower mathematics
Norton Juster
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