Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics, Second Edition (Concise Encyclopedias of Language and Linguistics)

By Jacob L. Mey, Keith Brown
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Pages: 1180, Date: 2009-09-26
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0080962971, PDF 12 mb

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Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics (COPE) 2nd edition is an authoritative single-volume reference resource comprehensively describing the discipline of pragmatics, an important branch of natural language study which deals with the various implied meanings of a given idea imparted in speech.

As a derivative volume from Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics 2nd edition, it comprises contributions from the foremost scholars of semantics in their various specializations and draws on 20+ years of development in the parent work in a compact and affordable format. Principally intended for tertiary level inquiry and research, this will be invaluable as a reference work for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as academics inquiring into the study of meaning and meaning relations within languages. As pragmatics is a centrally important and inherently cross-cutting area within linguistics it will therefore be relevant not just for meaning specialists, but for most linguistic audiences.

* Edited by Jacob Mey, a leading pragmatics specialist, and authored by experts
* The latest trends in the field authoritatively reviewed and interpreted in context of related disciplines.
* Drawn from the richest, most authoritative, comprehensive and internationally acclaimed reference resource in the linguistics area
* Compact and affordable single volume reference format

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Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World (Concise Encyclopedias of Language and Linguistics)

By Keith Brown
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Pages: 1320, Date: 2008-11-21
ISBN-10 : 0080877745, PDF 10 Mb


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Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World is an authoritative single-volume reference resource comprehensively describing the major languages and language families of the world. It will provide full descriptions of the phonology, semantics, morphology, and syntax of the world's major languages, giving insights into their structure, history and development, sounds, meaning, structure, and language family, thereby both highlighting their diversity for comparative study, and contextualizing them according to their genetic relationships and regional distribution.

Based on the highly acclaimed and award-winning Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, this volume will provide an edited collection of almost 400 articles throughout which a representative subset of the world's major languages are unfolded and explained in up-to-date terminology and authoritative interpretation, by the leading scholars in linguistics.

In highlighting the diversity of the world's languages - from the thriving to the endangered and extinct - this work will be the first point of call to any language expert interested in this huge area. No other single volume will match the extent of language coverage or the authority of the contributors of Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World.

* Extraordinary breadth of coverage: a comprehensive selection of just under 400 articles covering the world's major languages, language families, and classification structures, issues and disputes
* Peerless quality: based on 20 years of academic
development on two editions of the leading reference resource in linguistics, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
* Unique authorship: 350 of the world's leading experts brought together for one purpose
* Exceptional editorial selection, review and validation process: Keith Brown and Sarah Ogilvie act as first-tier guarantors for article quality and coverage
* Compact and affordable: one-volume format makes this suitable for personal study at any institution interested in areal, descriptive, or comparative language study - and at a fraction of the cost of the full encyclopedia

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PDF For Mechanical Ventilation: Clinical Applications and Pathophysiology

By Peter J. Papadakos MD, B. Lachmann MD PhD
Publisher: Saunders, Pages: 688, Date: 2007-08-29
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0721601863, PDF (15.57MB)

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One of the key tools in effectively managing critical illness is the use of mechanical ventilator support. This essential text helps you navigate this rapidly evolving technology and understand the latest research and treatment modalities.

A deeper understanding of the effects of mechanical ventilation will enable you to optimize patient outcomes while reducing the risk of trauma to the lungs and other organ systems.

* A physiologically-based approach helps you better understand the impact of mechanical ventilation on cytokine levels, lung physiology, and other organ systems.
* The latest guidelines and protocols help you minimize trauma to the lungs and reduce patient length of stay.
* Expert contributors provide the latest knowledge on all aspects of mechanical ventilation, from basic principles and invasive and non-invasive techniques to patient monitoring and controlling costs in the ICU.
* Comprehensive coverage of advanced biological therapies helps you master cutting-edge techniques involving surfactant therapy, nitric oxide therapy, and cytokine modulators.
* Detailed discussions of both neonatal and pediatric ventilator support helps you better meet the unique needs of younger patients.

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PDF for Engineering Analysis with ANSYS Software

By Tadeusz Stolarski
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Pages: 480, Date: 2007-01-29
ISBN-10 : 075066875X, PDF | 27.8 MB

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For all engineers and students coming to finite element analysis or to ANSYS software for the first time, this powerful hands-on guide develops a detailed and confident understanding of using ANSYS's powerful engineering analysis tools.

The best way to learn complex systems is by means of hands-on experience. With an innovative and clear tutorial based approach, this powerful book provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to all of the fundamental areas of engineering analysis they are likely to require either as part of their studies or in getting up to speed fast with the use of ANSYS software in working life.

Opening with an introduction to the principles of the finite element method, the book then presents an overview of ANSYS technologies before moving on to cover key applications areas in detail.

Key topics covered:
Introduction to the finite element method
Getting started with ANSYS software
stress analysis
dynamics of machines
fluid dynamics problems
thermo mechanics
contact and surface mechanics
exercises, tutorials, worked examples

With its detailed step-by-step explanations, extensive worked examples and sample problems, this book will develop the reader's understanding of FEA and their ability to use ANSYS's software tools to solve their own particular analysis problems, not just the ones set in the book.

* Develops a detailed understanding of finite element analysis and the use of ANSYS software by example
* Develops a detailed understanding of finite element analysis and the use of ANSYS software by example
* Exclusively structured around the market leading ANSYS software, with detailed and clear step-by-step instruction, worked examples, and detailed, screen-by-screen illustrative problems to reinforce learning

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Public Policy in an Entrepreneurial Economy

 Creating the Conditions for Business Growth

By Zoltan J. Acs, Roger R. Stough
Publisher: Springer
Pages: 299, Date: 2008-06-23
ISBN-10 : 0387726624

In recent years there has been increased focus on understanding the dynamic relationships among entrepreneurship, policymaking, and economic growth. At the heart of research, debate, and practical application is the question: "Under what conditions can entrepreneurship flourish?" And the corollary: "To what degree does encouraging entrepreneurship result in economic growth?" A popular response is to argue for "entrepreneurship policy"—that is, targeted policies that are designed to promote innovation, entrepreneurship, and small business creation.

To the editors and contributors of this volume, that approach is fundamentally flawed. They argue that there is no such thing as a discrete entrepreneurship policy; instead, there is only policymaking in the context of an entrepreneurial economy.

In other words, all policies—from education and tax reform to securities regulation to immigration—should create an environment that is conducive to entrepreneurship. Presenting new research on such timely topics as health care policy, technology transfer, and intellectual property rights, they build a case for creating the conditions that will motivate entrepreneurs to launch and sustain new businesses. In the process, the book addresses policies operating at the individual, national, regional, and international levels, and offers a unique perspective on several institutional structures that enhance entrepreneurship and economic growth.

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PDF EBOOKS For Networked Control Systems

By Alberto Bemporad, Maurice Heemels, Mikael Johansson
Publisher: Springer
Pages: 371, Date: 2010-10-13
ISBN-10 : 0857290320, Rar PDF - 3.9 mb

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There has been a recent surge in research activities related to networked control of large-scale systems. These "cyber-physical" systems can be found throughout society, from industrial production plants, to water and energy distribution networks and transportation systems. They are characterized by tight coordination of a pervasive sensing infrastructure, distributed computing elements, and the physical world.

Developed from work presented at the 3rd WIDE PhD School on Networked Control Systems held in Siena in July 2009, Networked Control Systems contains tutorial introductions to key research topics in the area of networked control.

Classroom pdf slides used in the PhD school presentations can be downloaded from www.springer.com/ISBN to assist academic teachers in using the material with their own classes. The contributing authors are renowned experts in the field so that the book provides a single point of entry to a diverse and exiting research area.

PhD students and researchers in control and industrial communications, as well as practitioners in the area of large-scale control systems will find the contents of this volume highly informative.

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PDF For Seven Wonders of Engineering

By Ron Miller
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
Pages: 80, Date: 2010-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0761342370, PDF 16.26 MB

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In every age, science and technology have played an important role in advancing human civilization. From architecture to engineering, communication to transportation, humans have invented and developed extraordinary wonders. Engineers take the discoveries of scientists and mathematicians to make practical things, from roads and bridges to weapons and vehicles.

Electronic engineers design and build everything from television sets to computers. Chemical engineers research new uses for plastics and other materials. Other engineers design new energy sources and nonpolluting factories. In this book, we'll explore seven wonders of modern engineering that allow people to travel beneath the ocean, bring power to entire cities, and land on the moon. We'll also see engineering wonders that cut though a continent and design engines too small to see. Along the way, we'll see advancements in materials, technology, and construction techniques, and we'll learn the stories of how and why these engineering feats became important to the world.

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Seven Wonders of Green Building Technology

By Karen Sirvaitis
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
Pages: 80, Date: 2010-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0761342427, PDF 18.2 MB

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In every age, science and technology have advanced human civilization. From architecture to engineering, medicine to transportation, humans have invented extraordinary wonders. People have been constructing buildings for thousands of years. But in modern times, people have become more interested in new kinds of building techniques.

They want to make buildings that are "green," or good for the environment. Some green builders make houses out of recycled materials. Others make buildings that use the sun and wind for heating and cooling. In some places, whole communities are based on green building technology. In this book, we'll explore seven wonders of green building technology.

We'll learn about Earthships, which collect rain for drinking water and make heat and electricity from the sun's rays. We'll visit Menara Mesiniaga, a skyscraper in Malaysia that is cooled by fresh tropical breezes. We'll explore BedZED, a green community in the United Kingdom that has gardens on rooftops, and we'll visit Samso, an island in Denmark that makes its own electricity from wind turbines. These and other buildings and communities are leading the way to a new, greener future.

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Language and Power By: Norman Fairclough

By: Norman Fairclough
Publisher: Longman (September 18, 1989)
Language: English, 272 pagesISBN-10: 0582031338
4.2 MB, Double Page Scanned PDF


Substantial changes in social life have taken place during the past decade which have changed the nature of unequal power relations, and therefore the agenda for the critical study of language.

In this second edition, Norman Fairclough brings the discussion completely up-to-date with the inclusion of a new chapter covering the 'globalisation' of power relations and the development of the internet in relation to language and power.

This book provides critical tools to unveil the ideologies and the prejudices underlying all kinds of texts, from the mainstream media to personal spoken exchanges.

Whether you are a PhD student with a background in linguistics, or you are simply curious and willing to grasp which interests and concerns are REALLY behind language, not only will this book put you in a position to understand such social practices, but it will provide you with a language to describe and discuss them.

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SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

By Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Publisher: William Morrow, Pages: 288, Date: 2009-11-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0060889578, PDF 1.48 MB

Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation, selling more than four million copies.
Now Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with SuperFreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that this freakquel is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first.

SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, with such questions as:

* How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa?
* What's the best way to catch a terrorist?
* What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common?
* Are people hardwired for altruism or selfishness?
* Can eating kangaroo save the planet?

Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else, whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically.

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LONGMANS : Modern English Practice

By D.Waldo Clarke, M.D.Munro Mackenzie
Publisher: Longmans, Date : 1957 Page : 194
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0582521076, PDF 6 mb

Modern English Practice is a book of grammar exercises divided into four sections/parts of grammar. Part One - Exercises on the articles, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, proverbs, interrogatives, conjunctions and prepositions.

Part Two - Exercises on the tenses, part Three - exercise on phrasal verbs (and compoundverbs), The Passive Voice, Reported speech and sentence building and Part Four - Passages for Precis and Interpretation

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Obama's WARS

By Bob Woodward
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages: 464, Date: 2010-09-27, ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1439172498
Epub File 4.1 mb

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In Obama's Wars, Bob Woodward provides the most intimate and sweeping portrait yet of the young president as commander in chief. Drawing on internal memos, classified documents, meeting notes and hundreds of hours of interviews with most of the key players, including the president, Woodward tells the inside story of Obama making the critical decisions on the Afghanistan War, the secret campaign in Pakistan and the worldwide fight against terrorism.

At the core of Obama's Wars is the unsettled division between the civilian leadership in the White House and the United States military as the president is thwarted in his efforts to craft an exit plan for the Afghanistan War.
"So what's my option?" the president asked his war cabinet, seeking alternatives to the Afghanistan commander's request for 40,000 more troops in late 2009. "You have essentially given me one option.... It's unacceptable."

"Well," Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates finally said, "Mr. President, I think we owe you that option."
It never came. An untamed Vice President Joe Biden pushes relentlessly to limit the military mission and avoid another Vietnam. The vice president frantically sent half a dozen handwritten memos by secure fax to Obama on the eve of the final troop decision.

President Obama's ordering a surge of 30,000 troops and pledging to start withdrawing U.S. forces by July 2011 did not end the skirmishing. General David Petraeus, the new Afghanistan commander, thinks time can be added to the clock if he shows progress. "I don't think you win this war," Petraeus said privately. "This is the kind of fight we're in for the rest of our lives and probably our kids' lives."

Hovering over this debate is the possibility of another terrorist attack in the United States. The White House led a secret exercise showing how unprepared the government is if terrorists set off a nuclear bomb in an American city--which Obama told Woodward is at the top of the list of what he worries about all the time.

Verbatim quotes from secret debates and White House strategy sessions--and firsthand accounts of the thoughts and concerns of the president, his war council and his generals--reveal a government in conflict, often consumed with nasty infighting and fundamental disputes.
Woodward has discovered how the Obama White House really works, showing that even more tough decisions lie ahead for the cerebral and engaged president.
Obama's Wars offers the reader a stunning, you-are-there account of the president, his White House aides, military leaders, diplomats and intelligence chiefs in this time of turmoil and danger.

From the Washington Post
By Steve Luxenberg, September 22, 2010:
President Obama urgently looked for a way out of the war in Afghanistan last year, repeatedly pressing his top military advisers for an exit plan that they never gave him, according to secret meeting notes and documents cited in a new book by journalist Bob Woodward.

Frustrated with his military commanders for consistently offering only options that required significantly more troops, Obama finally crafted his own strategy, dictating a classified six-page "terms sheet" that sought to limit U.S. involvement, Woodward reports in Obama's Wars.
According to Woodward's meeting-by-meeting, memo-by-memo account of the 2009 Afghan strategy review, the president avoided talk of victory as he described his objectives.

"This needs to be a plan about how we're going to hand it off and get out of Afghanistan," Obama is quoted as telling White House aides as he laid out his reasons for adding 30,000 troops in a short-term escalation. "Everything we're doing has to be focused on how we're going to get to the point where we can reduce our footprint. It's in our national security interest. There cannot be any wiggle room."

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The Moral Landscape By Sam Harris

How Science Can Determine Human Values

By Sam Harris
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ome
Pages: 291, Date: 2010-10-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1451612788, File PDF+ePub 1.17 mb

Bestselling author Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith—that a moral system cannot be based on science.

Description
Sam Harris’s first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people—from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving scientists—agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values.

Indeed, our failure to address questions of meaning and morality through science has now become the most common justification for religious faith. It is also the primary reason why so many secularists and religious moderates feel obligated to "respect" the hardened superstitions of their more devout neighbors.

In this explosive new book, Sam Harris tears down the wall between scientific facts and human values, arguing that most people are simply mistaken about the relationship between morality and the rest of human knowledge.

Harris urges us to think about morality in terms of human and animal well-being, viewing the experiences of conscious creatures as peaks and valleys on a "moral landscape." Because there are definite facts to be known about where we fall on this landscape, Harris foresees a time when science will no longer limit itself to merely describing what people do in the name of "morality"; in principle, science should be able to tell us what we ought to do to live the best lives possible.

Bringing a fresh perspective to age-old questions of right and wrong and good and evil, Harris demonstrates that we already know enough about the human brain and its relationship to events in the world to say that there are right and wrong answers to the most pressing questions of human life. Because such answers exist, moral relativism is simply false—and comes at increasing cost to humanity. And the intrusions of religion into the sphere of human values can be finally repelled: for just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim algebra, there can be no Christian or Muslim morality.

Using his expertise in philosophy and neuroscience, along with his experience on the front lines of our "culture wars," Harris delivers a game-changing book about the future of science and about the real basis of human cooperation.

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AUDIOBOOKS For Very Easy TOEIC, 2nd Edition

 Author Anne Taylor,
Compass Publishing | January 1, 2007
ISBN: 1599660245, Pages: 260
PDF, MP3 | 225MB

Very Easy TOEIC Second Edition is designed for beginning level students of English as an introduction to the TOEIC. Each of the twelve units deals with one of the main grammatical points seen in the TOEIC. Each unit provides grammatical and listening exercises based on the specific points dealt with in that unit.

There is also a mini test at the end of each unit, which reinforces these grammar points and allows focused practice of each TOEIC question type. A full practice test is also provided.Very Easy TOEIC Second Edition is extremely accessible to lower level students and provides an excellent foundation for the new TOEIC test format.

Key Features
(1) General information about the TOEIC
(2) Clear and precise grammar explanations
(3) Thematic units with integrated grammar practice
(4) An exercise section that distinguishes between commonly confused words
(5) Focused practice of TOEIC question types
(6) A mini practice test in each unit
(7) One full-length practice test
(8) Answer key and tape scripts for all mini tests and the full-length test

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Cracking the TOEIC By Princeton Review

By Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review, Pages: 352, Date: 2003-06-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0375763279,
Audio wma , 64KBps | 26MB

Description:
The Princeton Review realizes that acing the TOEIC is very different from getting straight A’s in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about English–only what you'll need to score higher on the exam. There's a big difference. In Cracking the TOEIC, we'll teach you how to think like the test writers and

·Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you
·Ace the Reading and Listening Comprehension sections of the exam
·Raise your score by making the most of your time and knowing what to expect
This book includes 2 full-length practice TOEIC exams, plus two audio CDs with listening exercises and a full transcript. The questions and exercises are like the ones you’ll see on the actual TOEIC.

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Answer to All TOEFL Essay Questions | PDF ebooks

File size: 8428 KB
File type: PDF

"All essays assigned on the actual TOEFL test 450+ essays of 6.0 score
Covers 100% of 185 ETS official topics
ETS publishes its official list of TOEFL essay topics on its website. All essays assigned on the actual TOEFL test come from this list.

This eBook contains 450 model essays of score 6 (1-6 scale). Each essay was written on one of the topics from the ETS official list.

This eBook covers 100% of these topics.
This eBook offers an intensive preparation for the TWE test. It can also be used to prepare for the writing and speaking sections of the new TOEFL test."

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American Assassin: A Thriller | ePub

By Vince Flynn
Publisher: Atria, Pages: 448
Date: 2010-10-12, ISBN-10 : 141659518X
Epub 2.09  mb

#1 New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn returns with yet another explosive thriller, introducing the young Mitch Rapp, as he takes on his first assignment.
Before he was considered a CIA superagent, before he was thought of as a terrorist’s worst nightmare, and before he was both loathed and admired by the politicians on Capitol Hill, Mitch Rapp was a gifted college athlete without a care in the world . . . and then tragedy struck.

Two decades of cutthroat, partisan politics has left the CIA and the country in an increasingly vulnerable position. Cold War veteran and CIA Operations Director Thomas Stansfield knows he must prepare his people for the next war. The rise of Islamic terrorism is coming, and it needs to be met abroad before it reaches America’s shores. Stansfield directs his protÉgÉe, Irene Kennedy, and his old Cold War colleague, Stan Hurley, to form a new group of clandestine operatives who will work outside the normal chain of command—men who do not exist.

What type of man is willing to kill for his country without putting on a uniform? Kennedy finds him in the wake of the Pan Am Lockerbie terrorist attack. Two-hundred and seventy souls perished that cold December night, and thousands of family and friends were left searching for comfort. Mitch Rapp was one of them, but he was not interested in comfort. He wanted retribution.

Six months of intense training has prepared him to bring the war to the enemy’s doorstep, and he does so with brutal efficiency. Rapp starts in Istanbul, where he assassinates the Turkish arms dealer who sold the explosives used in the Pan Am attack. Rapp then moves onto Hamburg with his team and across Europe, leaving a trail of bodies. All roads lead to Beirut, though, and what Rapp doesn’t know is that the enemy is aware of his existence and has prepared a trap. The hunter is about to become the hunted, and Rapp will need every ounce of skill and cunning if he is to survive the war-ravaged city and its various terrorist factions.

As action-packed, fast-paced, and brutally realistic as it gets, Flynn’s latest page-turner shows readers how it all began. Behind the steely gaze of the nation’s ultimate hero is a young man primed to become an American Assassin.

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A Dictionary of Science, 6th Edition

By Elizabeth A. Martin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages: 912, Date: 2010-03-26, ISBN-10 / ASIN: 019956146X
ISBN-10 (eBook): 1615835407,

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Hailed as "handy and readable" (Nature) and "well worth browsing" (New Scientist), this best-selling dictionary contains 9,200 alphabetically organized entries on all aspects of chemistry, physics, biology (including human biology), earth sciences, and astronomy.

In addition to a wealth of reliable, up-to-date entries, users will find useful short biographies of leading scientists, full-page illustrated features on subjects such as the Solar System and Genetically Modified Organisms, and chronologies of specific scientific subjects including plastics, electronics, and cell biology.

This new edition includes expanded coverage of global warming, forensic science, astrophysics, quantum theory, and the solar system. Supported by over 200 diagrams and illustrations, the Dictionary of Science also contains recommended web links for many entries, accessed and kept up to date via the companion website.

 Finally, it has appendices on SI units, fundamental constants, geological time scale, a simplified classification of the plant and animal kingdoms, and the periodic table. Both concise and wide-ranging, this volume is an ideal reference work for students or for a home library.

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A Dictionary of Science, 5th Edition

By John Daintith
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages: 896, Date: 2005-09-16
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0192806416, rar PDF 6 mb

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This best-selling dictionary contains over 9,000 entries on all aspects of science. It provides comprehensive coverage of biology (including human biology), chemistry, physics, the earth sciences, and astronomy.

The entries are supported by over 200 clear diagrams and illustrations, and fully cross-referenced for ease of use. Other features include short biographies of leading scientists, full page illustrated features on subjects such as the Solar System and Genetically Modified Organisms, and chronologies of specific scientific subjects including plastics, electronics, and cell biology.

Both concise and wide-ranging, this dictionary is an ideal handy reference work for students, and a great introduction for non-scientists.

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Dictionary of Food Science and Technology, 2nd Edition

By International Food Information Service
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pages: 488, Date: 2009-05-26
ISBN-10 : 1405187409, PDF 3.4 Mb

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IFIS has been producing quality comprehensive information for the world’s food science, food technology and nutrition community since its foundation in 1968 and, through its production of FSTA – Food Science and Technology Abstracts, has earned a worldwide reputation for excellence.
Distilled from the extensive data held and maintained by IFIS, the dictionary is easy to use and has been rigorously edited and cross-referenced. Now in an extensively revised and updated second edition, this landmark publication features:

* 8,612 entries including 763 new entries and over 1,500 revised entries
* Reflects current usage in the scientific literature
* Includes local names, synonyms and Latin names, as appropriate
* Extensive cross-referencing
* Scientific editing from the team at IFIS

The dictionary is an invaluable resource for all food scientists, food technologists, chemists and nutritionists in universities, research establishments, food and pharmaceutical companies. Libraries in all establishments where these subjects are studied and taught should ensure that they have copies on their shelves.

Praise for the first edition of the Dictionary of Food Science and Technology

"The staff of IFIS are to be congratulated on producing such a comprehensive work of reference, which should command itself a place on the book-shelves of almost anyone working in the food industry at the scientific, technical, managerial, teaching or advisory levels."
—International Journal of Dairy Technology, Volume 60, Issue 1

"The Dictionary of Food Science and Technology is an extremely useful and interesting resource for anyone involved in these and related disciplines, particularly those who show an inquisitive approach to this fascinating subject. I thoroughly recommend it."
—Food Science and Technology, Volume 20, Issue 1, March 2006

“…the [team] at IFIS have done an excellent job. Entries do exactly what dictionary entries should do… this reference will really fit the bill… in the industrial, professional and supporting research areas… In particular those non (food) scientists who have supervisory and management responsibility in a food area will find this dictionary a ‘godsend’. I fully expect every library where any food subject is taught to keep a copy... When comparing this Dictionary to anything else on the market, there is very little competition at all. I shall be ordering copies for my University library.”
—Consumer Sciences Today, Volume 6, Issue 4, 2005

"...the book contains a very large number of clear and concise definitions... the large contribution made by the Dictionary... provides a valuable reference deserving a place on both library shelves and amongst individual collections"
—iChemE Food and Drink Subject Group Newsletter, Issue 3, 2005

"This is a reference book par excellence... It has been very carefully prepared and I found it useful in editing and proof-reading. Certainly one for your shelf."
—ChemE Food and Drink Subject Group Newsletter Editorial (Donald Holdsworth), Issue 4, 2005

"the Dictionary should be a valuable tool for people working in related fields or anyone who has a general interest in the issues facing the international food sector"
—Carbohydrate Polymers, Volume 63, Issue 2, 2006

"Dictionaries defining the terms used in the area of food science, food components and food ingredients are quite rare, and good ones are even rarer. With the aim of satisfying the needs of both academia and the worldwide food industry, this book will have wide appeal."
—OFI (Oils and Fats International) Vol 22, No 3, 2006

"The dictionary could prove beneficial in supplying some insight to the terms, meanings, specific phrases and words used in the food science, confectionary, bakery, nutraceutical and even pharmaceutical industries. This book does that and more… Professor Jeremy Selman and IFIS have assembled a valuable technical resource, proving beneficial to a wide variety of individuals and industries."

—Kennedy's Confection magazine, 2006
"IFIS is also well-known through years of publishing information on, around and for the food industry. The dictionary has arisen out of their extensive data and has been rigorously edited and cross-referenced by the IFIS staff… The book has over 400 pages plus 3 appendices and can be highly recommended… We used the dictionary to cross-check some of the key words from this issue. The words were in there, but there were so many others and references to more that we got distracted!"
—Food Marketing and Technology, Vol 19, No. 6, 2005
"Produced to satisfy the needs of academia and the food industry this dictionary contains a huge range of both common and not-so-common definitions… This is a useful and comprehensive dictionary which will be of value to students and researchers alike."
—The Food Magazine, Issue 71, 2005
"...impressively comprehensive, yet compact and easy to read.... The 20-strong team of author/editors have set themselves, and largely met, a sizeable challenge. The result is a dictionary that not only answers the original question when looking for a straightforward definition or explanation of a specialist term but readily tempts and leads the reader into extended browsing between linked terms and related disciplines… the dictionary can be used by anyone whose knowledge ranges from that of inquisitive students to the experts who might feel that 'they really ought to know' but are still keen to find out the real answers."
"Since obtaining a copy of the Dictionary of Food Science and Technology, we have had many occasions in the British Nutrition Foundation office to check the dictionary - it provides accurate up-to-date definitions of buzzwords such as 'bioactive peptides' and 'resistant starch'… Its clear cross-referencing makes it very accessible reference book for food scientists and nutritionists alike."
—Anna Denny, British Nutrition Foundation, London in Nutrition Bulletin Volume 31, Issue 1, 2006

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Dictionary of Energy By Cutler J. Cleveland

By Cutler J. Cleveland
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Pages: 512, Date: 2005-10-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0080445780

Description:
At a time when the topic of energy prices, resources and environmental impacts are at the forefront of news stories and political discussions, we are pleased to announce the publication of the exciting new Dictionary of Energy.

This authoritative resource, called "an essential reference for energy researchers" by Mark Jaccard, Director of the Energy and Materials Research Group at Simon Fraser University, covers all aspects of energy and its role in society.

* Over 8,000 definitions spanning 40 scientific disciplines
* More than 100 'window essays' written by experts, and covering topics of particular scientific, historical or social significance
* Over 150 photos and illustrations

Co-edited by Cutler J. Cleveland, the Editor-in-Chief of the widely-acclaimed Encyclopedia of Energy, and Christopher Morris, the Editor of the award-winning Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology. In a single volume this unique work provides a comprehensive and organized body of knowledge on what is certain to become an increasingly vital area of scientific study in the 21st century.

. Contains over 8,000 clear and concise definitions on virtually every topic in energy, organised in 40 key subject areas
. Includes more than 100 mini-essays on subjects of particularly topical interest
. Compiled with expert input and advice from a board of outstanding scientists and leaders in the energy field

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Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2nd Edition

By Teresa Atwood, Peter Campbell, Howard Parish, Tony Smith, John Stirling, Frank VellaPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA, Pages: 736, Date: 2006-08-24
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0198529171, PDF 5 mb

Description:
The Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology provides a comprehensive survey of current biochemistry and molecular biology. Over the last few years, the language of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has expanded enormously to the extent that few scientists can expect to be familiar with all aspects of it. This is partly due to the Genome projects and the successive -omics projects which have provided comprehensive information about genes, the functions of gene products, and cellular processes.

At the same time, terms from other subject areas appear increasingly in the biochemical literature. The popular Dictionary has been comprehensively reviewed and updated to include many important new concepts and words.

The entries are short but informative, providing up-to-date information on a broad range of topics, including definitions for selected terms from Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Immunology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Systems Biology, and Toxicology.

There are over 21,000 main entries, which give details of biochemical substances and the processes in which they are involved, define methods and concepts in molecular biology, and give definitions of biochemical symbols and abbreviations. It points out pitfalls where terms are often confused. It explains the precise syntax of biochemical terms, such as Greek letters and other formatting, which are lost when searching the Internet. In addition the dictionary is illustrated with over 900 chemical structures.

The Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will serve as an invaluable reference for biochemists and molecular biologists seeking information outside their own fields, and for those wishing to revisit fundamental principles.

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The AMA Handbook of Public Relations

By Robert L. Dilenschneider
Publisher: AMACOM
Pages: 256, Date: 2010-02-17
ISBN-10 : 0814415253, Rar'd PDF 582 KB's Full

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Public relations was among the first industries to harness the power of the Internet. But along with business and the rest of the world, PR has changed in the digital age. "The AMA Handbook of Public Relations" is written to help PR professionals merge their traditional and Web-based campaigns into a powerful multi-faceted public image machine while protecting their clients and themselves from negative attention and cyber-sabotage.

Readers will learn how to work with trade and consumer media, leverage technology including blogs, podcasts and social networking sites, monitor the Web, manage rumors and crises and quantify online PR efforts and the results they create.

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Mathematics Books For Simplicial Structures in Topology

By: Davide L. Ferrario, Renzo A. Piccinini
Publisher: Springer, Pages: 243, Date: 2010
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1441972358

Foreword to the English Edition
Except for a few added comments, this is a faithful translation of the book Strutture simpliciali in topologia, published by Pitagora Editrice, Bologna 2009, as part of the collection Quaderni of the Italian Mathematical Union. It should be noted that this book is neither a comprehensive text in algebraic topology nor is it a monograph on simplicial objects in the modern sense. Its focus is instead on the role of finite simplicial structures, and the algebraic topology deriving from them.

Contents
This book consists of six chapters. In the first one, we present the basic concepts in Topology, Group Actions and Category Theory needed for developing the remainder of the book. The part concerning Category Theory is especially important since this book has been set in categorial terminology. This chapter could also serve as a basic text for a mini-course on General Topology.

In the second chapter, we study the category of simplicial complexes Csim, and two important covariant functors: the geometric realization functor from Csim to the category of topological spaces, and the homology functor from Csim to the category of graded Abelian groups

The homology of polyhedra is defined in Chap. III which is, therefore, more geometric in nature than the previous one. The Simplicial Approximation Theorem provides the means by which one can pass from a simplicial approach to a geometric one. In practice, this theorem states that every map between two polyhedra may be “approached” by the geometric realization of a simplicial function between two triangulations of the polyhedra (reminding that any continuous curve on a plane can be approached by a polygonal line). The Long Exact Sequence Theorem appears also in this chapter/

This chapter also contains an important application of the homology of polyhedra to the Theory of Fixed Points, namely, the Lefschetz Fixed Point Theorem, as well as several corollaries such as the Brouwer Fixed Point Theorem and the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra.

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The Respiratory System (The Human Body)

By Kara Rogers
Publisher: Rosen Educational Publishing
Pages: 288, Date: 2010-08-15
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 161530147X, PDF 4 MB's Complete

The human body’s ability to withstand environmental factors and the physical stress of daily life is just as remarkable as its ability to overcome illness and injury. The organs and mechanisms that allow the human body to function are the subjects of this informative and insightful series.

Covering everything from anatomy to physiology to the possible diseases and disorders of several major regions of the human form, these books allow students to learn in detail the systems that are germane to day-to-day activity. Diagrams and illustrations complement the text and help the reader visualize the workings of major organs and structures.

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Ebooks PDF For Real Analysis, Fourth Edition

By Halsey Royden, Patrick Fitzpatrick
Publisher: Prentice Hall, Pages: 544, Date: 2010-01-15
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 013143747X
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Real Analysis, Fourth Edition, covers the basic material that every reader should know in the classical theory of functions of a real variable, measure and integration theory, and some of the more important and elementary topics in general topology and normed linear space theory.

This text assumes a general background in mathematics and familiarity with the fundamental concepts of analysis.

Classical theory of functions, including the classical Banach spaces; General topology and the theory of general Banach spaces; Abstract treatment of measure and integration.

For all readers interested in real analysis.

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PDF For Engineering Physiology

 Bases of Human Factors Engineering/ Ergonomics

By Karl H. E. Kroemer, Hiltrud J. Kroemer, Katrin E. Kroemer-Elbert
Publisher: Springer, Pages: 350, Date: 2010-09-17
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3642128823, PDF 8.9 mb

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This book discusses the architecture, functioning, and biomechanics of the human body, its bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

The book explains energy extraction from food and drink, what efforts the body is capable of, and how our efforts depend on the coordination among the respiratory, circulatory, and metabolic systems.

This text shows how the body monitors itself, how it reacts to work loads and the environment such as heat or cold, humidity and wind.

The book also explains how to measure a person’s ability to work at high efficiency: by observation of breathing rate, heart beat frequency, oxygen consumption, and by careful evaluation of subjective judgements.

The text discusses, in practical terms, effects of environmental conditions and how shift work arrangements during day, evening, and night affect task performance.

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Probability, Statistics, and Queuing Theory with Computer Science Applications, Second Edition

By Arnold O. Allen
Publisher: Academic Press
Pages: 768, Date: 1990-09-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0120510510

Description:
This is a textbook on applied probability and statistics with computer science applications for students at the upper undergraduate level. It may also be used as a self study book for the practicing computer science professional. The successful first edition of this book proved extremely useful to students who need to use probability, statistics and queueing theory to solve problems in other fields, such as engineering, physics, operations research, and management science.

The book has also been successfully used for courses in queueing theory for operations research students. This second edition includes a new chapter on regression as well as more than twice as many exercises at the end of each chapter. While the emphasis is the same as in the first edition, this new book makes more extensive use of available personal computer software, such as Minitab and Mathematica.

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Good to Great | PDF By: Jim Collins

 Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

By: Jim Collins Publisher: Collins
Pages: 320, Date: 2001-10
ISBN / ASIN: 0066620996

Book Description:
The Challenge
Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning.But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?

The Study
For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great?

The Standards
Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years.

How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world's greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck.

The Comparisons The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great. What was different? Why did one set of companies become truly great performers while the other set remained only good?

Over five years, the team analyzed the histories of all twenty-eight companies in the study. After sifting through mountains of data and thousands of pages of interviews, Collins and his crew discovered the key determinants of greatness -- why some companies make the leap and others don't.

The Findings
The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include:

* Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness.
* The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence.
* A Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results. Technology Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology.
* The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap.
“Some of the key concepts discerned in the study,” comments Jim Collins, "fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some people.”
Perhaps, but who can afford to ignore these findings?

Amazon.com's Best of 2001:
Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11--including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo--and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization would do well to consider. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come. --Harry C. Edwards

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GRE: Practicing to Take the General Test: Big Book

Description
The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test consists of verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing sections. This book is the only test prep guide that contains questions and topics from actual tests administered worldwide.

It contains verbal and quantitative questions from seven actual GRE General Tests and sample analytical writing topics from the complete pool of topics for the analytical writing measure.

It includes information about the structure of the test, answering procedures, explanations of correct answers for verbal and quantitative questions, sample writing responses with scores, scoring information, a math review, and test-taking strategies.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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PDF GRE Prep Course with Online Course

By Jeff Kolby, Scott Thornburg
Publisher: Nova Press, Pages: 624, Date: 2003-02
ISBN-10: 188905710X, PDF, 7.17 MB

I had both the Kaplan and Princeton Review books. But the Nova GRE prep was by far the most thorough guide. Warning...this book is not for the weak...there's not a whole lot of white space in it. While princeton review is great if you want quick strategies, I think the Nova is best for those who really have the time to study for the GRE.

Also in terms of difficulty, the problem sets in nova are more complex I think.. and the math is a bit more challenging, compared to the Kaplan and Princeton Review books. I only wish I had started with and focused completely on the nova prep guide.

I felt like I had wasted my time on the other two books because of the name. The other two have good stuff, but I'm saying if you really want to drill yourself and if you've been away from math and words for very long, go with the nova...it will get you up to speed if you take the time to go through it. there are a couple of mistakes here and there in the book but not enough to detract from the overall value. Man I wish I started on Nova sooner!!!

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Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students 2nd Edition

 By Stephen Bailey,

Routledge | 9 Mar 2006
ISBN-10: 0415384206
Pages: 272 | PDF | 2.21MB

Writing essays and dissertations can be a major concern for overseas students studying at English-medium colleges and universities, as most courses are assessed by written work. Academic Writing is a new kind of writing course for all international students who have to write coursework or exams in English.

This practical book thoroughly explains the writing process and covers all the key writing skills.

Clearly organized into four parts, this new edition of Academic Writing allows both teachers and students to quickly find the help they need with all writing tasks.
Each part is split into short sections containing explanations, diagrams and practice exercises, for use in the classroom or self-study.

The text is complemented with cross-references and answers are provided to all of the exercises. Various writing models, such as CVs, letters and essays, are included.
* Explains the writing process from understanding the title to proofreading
* Covers key writing skills such as referencing and paraphrasing
* Contains 20 units on accuracy in writing
* Adaptable for both long and short courses

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The Art of Asking: Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers

By Terry J. Fadem
Publisher: FT Press
Pages: 224, Date: 2008-12-11
ISBN-10 : 0137144245, RARed CHM, 499 KB

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Ask the Right Questions in the Right Ways...And Get the Answers You Need to Succeed! Discover the core questions that every manager needs to master...how to avoid the mistakes business questioners make most often...ten simple rules for asking every question more effectively.

Learn how to ask tough questions and take control of tough situations...use questions to promote innovation, drive change, identify hidden problems, and get failing projects back on track. Ask better questions, get better answers, achieve better results! "Required reading for every leader who wishes to see his or herorganization flourish and career progress." Garry A. Neil, MD, Corporate Vice President, Johnson & Johnson "Asking, listening, understanding the real meaning of the answers, and taking actions based on facts are really the essence of managing.

This book has helped me in connecting the dots in my understanding (and lack thereof) of why things really did not work the way I expected them to."Pradip Banerjee, PhD, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Xybion; retired partner, Accenture "The framework and techniques provide outstanding ideas for executives to both gain better information and develop the analytical skills of their teams. " Terry Hisey, Vice Chairman and US Life Sciences Leader, Deloitte We've all met the corporate inquisitor: the individual whose questions seem primarily intended to terrify the victim. The right goal is to solve the problem--and to build a more effective, collaborative organization where everyone learns from experience, and nobody's too intimidated to tell the truth. That means asking the right questions in the right ways.

This book will teach you how to do precisely that. Terry J. Fadem shows how to choose the right questions and avoid questions that guarantee obvious, useless answers...how to help people give you the information you need...how to use body language to ask questions more effectively...how to ask the innovative or neglected questions that uncover real issues and solutions. You'll learn how to adopt the attributes of a good questioner...set a goal for every question...use your personal style more effectively...ask tough questions, elicit dissent, react to surprises, overcome evasions, and more.Becoming a better questioner may be the most powerful thing you can do right now to improve your managerial effectiveness--and this book gives you all the insights, tools, and techniques you'll need to get there. *Evaluate your current "questioning" skills...then systematically improve them*Choose better questions...and ask them the right way*Ask tough questions more effectively Get at the truth, uncover the real problem, and solve it*Master the crucial nonverbal aspects of asking questions Finding your best style and the right body language

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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

By Suzanne Collins, Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages: 400, Date: 2010-08-24
ISBN-10 : 0439023513, PDF , 1.39 Mb

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Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what’s worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss’s family, not her friends, not the people of District 12.

Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins’s groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.

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