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This volume delivers practical examples and lessons for small income generating projects. Applications of nonformal education.

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The Best Book Ever For Careers

100 Best Careers for the 21st Century
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It's the great contemporary struggle--finding work that satisfies the soul and fills the purse. In the old days, you'd have mended shoes, tempered iron, or tilled the fields, and if there was food on the table and your children were healthy, you'd count yourself a success. But those times are long past. Now there's the pernicious concept of job satisfaction to deal with, plus requisite baubles like 27-inch televisions, Pentium-chip computers, and name-brand sneakers to purchase, and so the pressure mounts. If you're vying with notions like downsizing and job marketability, it's worth looking at the jobs of the future. Shelly Field lists 100 careers, from geriatric social worker and travel agent to CAD specialist and pet sitter. For each, she provides a job description, earning range, recommended education and training, and necessary skills, personality traits, experience, and qualifications. She then spends a couple pages discussing just what the job is like, what the employment opportunities are, and what the future holds for that position.

Where do you apply if you're fresh out of college and mom's saying, "Get a job?" With a mortgage to pay off, do you stay in the old job you hate or make a change? Shelly Field's guide to careers of the 21st century doesn't answer these questions directly, it doesn't replace old-fashioned soul-searching and creative initiative, nor does it tell you what to do if you've got the soul of a poet with champagne tastes, but it's a great, practical place to start the process of matching you (your interests and skills) with reality (the job market). --Stephanie Gold

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This edition is out of print with no new edition planned a this time.

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This book didn't help.......2004-02-24

Hi my name is Jillian and I didn't care for this book. I don't like working so my advice is to become a rockstar.

Something wrong?.......2002-05-28

Why are there three, five star reviews from a person called Jillian.

GREAT BOOK IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS ABOUT CAREERS.......2000-05-27

I buy all of Field's career books. This one in particular is good if you're looking for a specific career to get into. It tells you everything you need to know and gives you options you probably wouldn't have thought of. As one of the other reviewers mentioned, I too, went to Field's web site as listed in the book. I had a couple of questions about getting the job I wanted. I too, e-mailed her and she answered right away.

This is the greatest book for finding a job.......2000-04-26

I was in between jobs and found this book. What I thought was great was that the author gave a full description of each job and then followed it with everything you needed to know if you wanted that job. Field also gave her website in case you wanted to ask personal career questions. If you want a job, check it out. It's a great book.

The Best Book Ever For Careers.......2000-04-26

I was in between jobs and found this book. It gave me some great ideas to consider which I hadn't thought about. What I really liked was that each job the author wrote about had complete information. Field gave a full description plus everything I needed to choose a job. She even listed her website where she answers personal questions. This is the best book I've found for getting a job. If you're looking for a job check it out too. Thanks.

The 100 Best Businesses for the 21st Century

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The right business for you!
Excellent Reference!

The 100 Best Businesses for the 21st Century
Gregg A. Ramsay , and Lisa Rogak
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The right business for you!.......2000-02-12

So you've decided you should start a business but aren't sure what kind? Reading this book can help you determine the best kind of business for you.

For each business listed, the authors provide a short description, an explanation of "why" it's a good pick, the skills necessary, the initial investment required, resources for more information and a brief dialog with even more information. This book will guide you to making a wise choice.

You can skim the choices listed in the table of contents and then read the details on those that sound most interesting. Or you can read all of them. Either way, you're sure to find some you'd never thought of and perhaps even eliminate some you'd been considering.

Excellent Reference!.......1999-11-02

"The 100 Best Businesses for the 21st Century" is excellent! The book is simple and easy-to-read. But each of the businesses has been researched carefully and well-documented for follow-up work. We recommend this book for lots of folks - it's great for a second job, a career change, and retirees looking for additional income. According to the author, "corporate America has squeezed the enthusiasm out of its workers and more people are deciding to break ranks and be in control by starting their own business." "The 100 Best Businesses for the 21st Century" is a wonderful tool for those contemplating "breaking out." But we also suggest that every high school and 2-year college obtain copies of this book - It's THE BEST reference for future careers and a must-have for those counseling younger folks.

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100 Best Careers for the Year 2000 (100 Best Careers for the 21st Century)

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The Evolving Universe is a compendium of topics on and related to the large-scale structure of the Universe. These include galaxy luminosity functions and their dependence upon environment and galaxy type; clustering of galaxies; evolution of the clustering of galaxies; rich clusters of galaxies; superclusters of galaxies; and analyses of redshift surveys both old and new. With the impending commencement of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, presumably the definitive survey of nearby and moderate-redshift galaxies in our lifetime, the time is ripe for sober reflection of what has been recently accomplished and the directions that future research should take. The centerpiece of The Evolving Universe is the seminal review by A. Hamilton on linear-redshift distortions.
Results are presented from the following surveys: The Norris Survey (Palomar), the Münster Redshift Project, the ESO Slice Project, Southern Sky Redshift Survey, CfA surveys and their extensions, Las Campanas Redshift Survey, CNOC, and CFRS. Theoretical analyses of luminosity functions, CMB-X Ray correlations, Cosmic String Models, Power Spectra, and quasar absorption line studies are also included.
Audience: Scientists in the field as well as graduate students in astronomy will find The Evolving Universe to be a useful reference for current research as well as an explanation of the basic concepts of the field.

Evolving Universe: Selected Topics on Large-Scale Structure and on the Properties of Galaxies Based upon, in Part, Contributions to the Ringberg Workshop on Large-Scale Structure, Ringberg Castle, 23-28 September, 1996

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Great ideas but totally inadequate instruction

A great method for working with animals

this book is a must if you really love your pets,

The Tellington Ttouch: A Breakthrough in Healing and Communication With Animals
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Great ideas but totally inadequate instruction.......2007-02-06

As a sales pitch for Tellington Touch, this book is great. As an instruction manual, it is totally worthless. Complex gestures such as those mentioned in the book need illustrations that take one step-by-step through the manipulation process. There aren't any, just a few photos that show one stop action part of the whole.

It did get me to take a T-Touch workshop, which was beneficial for my old and arthritic dog. The process works. The book doesn't.

A great method for working with animals.......1999-09-10

I have applied the methods in this book to various cats at a homeless cat shelter. It is a lot of fun and the cats really like it too. The book has many fascinating stories of how Tellington developed her methods and how she has applied them to an incredible range of animal species.

this book is a must if you really love your pets,.......1998-06-21

This books content is out of this world, taking you further than any book i have ever read. I could not put it down from start to end. One of the questions i often ask myself is does my dog really know just how much i love him. After reading lindas book and trying the ttouch i got my answer. Yes he does and the feeling is returned ten fold. Thankyou linda

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From a Kung Fu Practitioner

One of the most influential books a traditional martial artist could own!

A testimonial from Patrick McCarthy, Hanshi 8th Dan, International Ryukyu Karate-jutsu Research Society

The Way of Kata

The Way of Kata: A Comprehensive Guide for Deciphering Martial Applications
Lawrence A. Kane , and Kris Wilder
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readers will learn 15 general principles for uncovering the self-defense applications from their kata.

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An uncannily close reflection..........2007-07-10

Lawrence Kane lives and trains on a different continent to me, and although his style is much the same as the one that I train in, I would have expected to see differences in small particulars of dojo ettiquette, training conventions, kata interpretations and the like.

In reading his book, I felt that he had been watching our school for years and almost every fine nuance in ethos, discipline, terminology and so many other aspects reflected in his book could have been taken from where I learn.

Kane seems to have retained the traditional aspects of Goju training in a world where professional dojo's easily lose the essence of their roots in order to be more commercially acceptable and/or sport orientated. On almost every page I smiled with a mixture of incredulity (is that a word?) and satisfaction as he managed to both confirm the direction of my teachers, and at the same time, offer so much further insight that has given me material for my class planning and personal growth.

I recommend this book without hesitation.

From a Kung Fu Practitioner.......2007-05-30

This is a very good book for anyone trying to understand better forms or kata (kuen in Kung Fu).

As a martial artist you should be able to understand instructions and apply them to your own art.

I was looking for a book that would give me a better understanding of forms and application of forms (known as Bunkai in Karate) and this book did just that! Amazinly once you start thinking of the principles in General the book applies to all Martial Arts forms (kata).

My congratulations to the Authors, great work.

One of the most influential books a traditional martial artist could own!.......2007-05-22

I just finished reading Lawrence Kane's, "The Way of Kata" for the third time and boy let me tell you that I thoroughly loved this book. It is without a doubt one of the, if not the, finest books ever written on the subject of kata and what the techniques in a kata really mean.

This book should be required reading for any, and I do mean any, and all individuals who practice a martial art that incorporates kata as a requirement for advancement. Although I knew a quite a bit of information that Lawrence had provided in this book, there was just as much if not more that I didn't know, or had a slightly different outlook on. Needless to say I was very impressed with the information contained in this book.

This book provides information on the history of kata and the principles and strategy behind it more so than the actual techniques of each particular kata. As you may or may not know, the principles behind the techniques are far more important than the techniques themselves. Too often instructors tend to focus on the least important of the two being technique and totally neglect the most important part being the principles behind the technique. Often times this is not truly the fault of the instructors as they are often unaware of the true meaning behind the techniques in which they teach.

Now normally I do a pretty detailed analysis of a book when I review it in order to give the reader(s) of my review a good solid understanding of what the particular book I am reviewing is about, and what they can in turn learn from it. However, in this instance, that is not the case. Not that I am unable to do it, quite the opposite, I had initially wrote quite an extensive review. However, after much thought, I decided to forego that particular review in order to take a more direct approach.

If you are reading this review, "STOP" right now and go to your local bookstore, internet book store, or any where that you can purchase this book and buy it now! Literally, it is that simple, buy this book and sit down and read it cover to cover and then when you are finished read it again.

For traditional martial artists who practice kata, this book is easily one of the most influential books that you can buy to improve your skills as a martial artist. Because of the information contained in this book, I would say that it is one of the most important books concerning the traditional martial arts to be published in the last 20+ years.

As the old saying goes, "Practice a technique 1,000 times incorrectly and you will execute it incorrectly on the 1,001 time. However, if you practice a technique correctly 100 times, chances are you will execute it correctly on the 101 time."

Without hesitation I can say emphatically that you, and more importantly your instructor(s), will see a remarkable improvement in the execution of any of your katas once you have purchased, studied, and implemented the information provided in this outstanding book.

Shawn Kovacich, martial artist/author of the Achieving Kicking Excellence series.

A testimonial from Patrick McCarthy, Hanshi 8th Dan, International Ryukyu Karate-jutsu Research Society.......2006-11-16

Written by Patrick McCarthy
"With the recent upsurge and popularity of Brazilian Ju-jitsu [sic] and Mixed Martial Arts one often hears, or reads, that kata is a complete waste of time, an archaic practice which has absolutely no combative value, whatsoever. As a progressive traditionalist and having taught hundreds of hands-on seminars all over the world it is no surprise to me that those who make such claims know little or nothing about the true essence of this valuable, but highly misunderstood practice. Originally, kata were never developed as competitive practices or even to teach the art of self-defense for that matter. Conceived by early fighters/teachers searching to develop mnemonic practices with which to culminate functional self-defense templates already imparted, in two-person drills, kata were designed and popularized as collective solo routines with holistic implications. As such, early learners enjoyed a free licensee to reinterpret and recreate abstract versions of these routines depending entirely upon individual creativity, physical prowess, and personal experience.

There is little doubt about the increasingly dissatisfaction with modern karate's interpretation of kata, the dirty politics of big organizations, and of the conceited "our style is best" mentality, all of which permeate our tradition. Compounding this growing dissatisfaction is an inability for "qualified" teacher's to adequately respond to a student's question about the theory and technical application of kata. Even more disheartening is learning that such inquisitiveness is not openly encouraged and that enthusiastic students are more often than enough ostracized for looking outside their peer groups to find the answers their teachers are incapable of providing. Judging by the amount of ink spilt on this issue, and what a Google search brings up on the internet, it is obvious that we are at the dawn of a Renaissance eagerly seeking to penetrate its abyss, eliminate the ambiguity which has shrouded the inner-most intentions of this art, and restore its original teachings. This unprecedented desire for information has not only given rise to a generation of searchers it has also witnessed a plethora of whimsical writers with little or no understanding of the historical and tactical underpinnings of our tradition resulting in the exploitation of the all too often, gullible reader. Myth and ignorance, misunderstanding and rule-bound training methods, developed for the sport, and a narrow mindset, all too often disguised as a way to preserve the "purity" of this or that style, has lead to hypocrisy, fragmentation and isolation in karatedo.

In this time of politics and protectionism it is truly a rare occurrence to find teachers who think outside this box. Lawrence Kane and Kris Wilder are two such instructors. I believe their grasp of the kaleidoscopic variations permeating today's martial arts culture will have a penetrating impact upon the readers of their work. In the same way that early pioneers sent their students forth to other instructors for the purpose of learning and improving their overall skills, so too do I believe that by encouraging our students to study the innovative works of other instructors capable of unlocking the source of new information do we continue to strengthen our art, rather than obscure or distort it.

This publication not only advocates open-mindedness, and thinking-outside-the-box, it literarily demands its readers seek out supporting information from the very best sources available. Although I have never met these two authors in person it is obvious that we share many identical thoughts and ideas. They clearly possess a far-reaching and eclectic range of knowledge. May I encourage readers to look beyond the techniques and labels displayed in this book and use it as an opportunity to examine all kata using the same advice, concepts, and principles which bring us all together.

So few practitioners truly understand the essence of kata and even fewer understand how to decipher its original fighting applications. Kane and Wilder are two young innovators who provide a functional framework with which to help unlock the secrets of these coveted time capsules. Echoing the words of Sir Isaac Newton, "If we are ever able to see any further, it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants." Here are two such giants and I hope this publication reflects favorably on their important contribution.

Patrick McCarthy
Hanshi 8th Dan
International Ryukyu Karate-jutsu Research Society
koryu-uchinadi dot com"

The Way of Kata.......2006-04-04

Great resource, and a must read for all Goju-Ryu practitioners at any Rank!

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lovely, thoughtful book

Beautiful and inspiring

Great character development

A warm story of a family adjusting to emotional upset

Waiting for her next book!

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Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Mullens, better known as Buddy, should be having a wonderful summer. Everybody in her small Southern town is getting ready for the Fourth of July, and she's about to start high school. But little by little, Buddy's mom is slipping into her own dark world, and that summer she finally has a breakdown. She has to be taken to Moodus Meadows, a place for people with emotional problems. How could her mother just leave her? Buddy still has her dad and even likes the idea of her glamorous Aunt Sherry staying with them, but she wants her mom back. And one way or another she's going to make it happen.

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lovely, thoughtful book.......2006-03-20

I picked this up as a bargain for my 12-year-old, then finished it myself that day. While some characters fall into stock categories (looks and popularity-obsessed pretty girl, scruffy tomboy, burdened-but-valiant poor girl), they are well-drawn enough to come fully to life and even present a few surprises. The adults are similarly nuanced, flawed but appealing. The special beauty of the story is its realistic and sympathetic handling of the mother's mental illness: the roots of it, the paths to healing, the reactions of family, especially the 13-year-old main character's. Little touches, too, keep this far from formula, such as the father of the poor girl, who in other books would turn out to be an abuser, but here proves to be neither noble nor savage. A tiny quibble: in 1960, no one wore white lipstick (try mid-to-late 60s) or used Dippity-Do (invented in 1965)--nitpicking, I know, but annoying--and there are a couple of other anachronistic details. Here and there, plot twists feel a bit facile. Overall, though, the strengths more than compensate for the few, minor weakensses. An honest, gentle, moving and uplifting book, with a big heart and a family of individuals you grow to love and are sorry to leave.

Beautiful and inspiring.......2004-06-27

An amazing book. I am anxiously awaiting Ms.Fritz's next book because this was excellent. The mix of character development, humor, complex and realistic thoughts and beautiful lines make this book a great read.

Great character development.......2004-01-26

Every once in a while a book comes along that your have to take the time to recommend to other readers, and this is one of them. The book is set in 1960 in a small southern town, and isn't about social issues, but rather about a trumatic experience in a young girl's life as she is preparing to enter highschool. The above editorial review covers the reasons behind her mother's breakdown, so I wont recap them, but I want to comment on the characters in the story. Buddy - is a rare jewel of a person, who is very open and honest and wise beyond her years. She alternately combines sorrow, confusion and humor without overdoing any and is totally believeable in all aspects. I was captivated by her 22 year old Aunt Sherry, who held the family together in more ways than one. The rest of the family and friends rounded out the story, but Buddy, her mom, and Sherry were what made it one of the best reads I have had in a long time.

A warm story of a family adjusting to emotional upset.......2003-04-20

Buddy is looking forward to a wonderful summer before she begins high school, but family problems are keeping her from fun. Her older brother, killed two years earlier, still haunts her mother's memory and just before the big summer picnic, her mother suffers a breakdown and enters a rest place for those with emotional problems. Determined to get her mother back from 'that place', Buddy embarks on a campaign which will change her family's life in Waiting To Disappear, a warm story of a family adjusting to emotional upset.

Waiting for her next book!.......2002-10-21

I love an author who can handle "angst" humorously. All the characters in Waiting to Disappear are the kind of people who live across the street or who you meet at the grocery store...real, interesting people. Buddy's determination to get her mom home is so palpable and I found myself rooting for her to succeed, even though I knew it wasn't likely. This book doesn't end with everyone living happily ever after, but there's a lot of hope here. I can't wait to read April Fritz's next book!

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