"Her Place at the Table" is a practical guide for any woman dealing with a demanding role. Drawing on extensive interviews with women leaders, the authors isolate five key challenges: Intelligence - to make informed decisions you need good information, but getting it can be a tricky proposition for women; Backing - no one wants to take on a tough ...
In this work, the authors identify the common stumbling blocks women face in the workplace, and present an effective game plan for using their particular strengths to overcome them. This includes techniques for encouraging open communication.
"Everyday Negotiation" shows how to recognize the shadow negotiation - where the unspoken attitudes, hidden assumptions, and conflicting agendas that drive the bargaining process play out - and how to put that knowledge to work. Originally titled "The Shadow Negotiation" and named by "Harvard Business Review" as one of the Ten Best Books of 2000, ...
Information is presented on Montana's geography, history, landmarks, natural resources, and government. Features include sidebars with fun facts, statistics, biographies, and state name explanations; timelines; a glossary of famous people from each state; recipes; and more.
As health problems such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease increase world wide, the food industry has come under fire to improve the nutritional quality of its products, especially the fat content. Summarizing key research, this collection examines both the influence of dietary fats on health and practical strategies for improving the fat ...
During the 1830s and 1840s, Betsey Guppy Chamberlain (1797-1886), a mixed-race writer of English and Algonkian heritage, labored in the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, where she penned colorful stories and sketches for two workers' magazines-the Lowell Offering and The New England Offering. A courageous and pioneering author, Chamberlain ...
Readers join nurse Kathy and her therapy dog Lady at work to learn about the wonderful things therapy dogs do for people every day. The only book on the market for children, as an early reader, on the topic of therapy dogs. On 9/11 and at many crisis situations around the world, Therapy Dogs help people cope and recuperate from the horrors they ...
Digging in the badlands of Montana, workers from the Burpee Museum of Natural History have spent weeks hunting for fossils. On their last day of prospecting they make a great find: the toe bone of a meat-eating dinosaur! Judith Williams takes us on this adventure -- from the dig site to the creation and opening of the museum exhibit. The dinosaur ...
"Psychology in Action" is a comprehensive introduction to psychology that promotes active learning via critical thinking activities, emphasis on psychology as an empirical study of human experience, SQ4R activities, and an array of pedagogical devices. It contains: a separate chapter on intelligence, increasing the cognitive coverage to 3 chapters ...
Spend the day with Kizzy, a Reading Assistance Education Dog. Kizzy visits children and adults in different settings, and they read him stories. The idea is to give young children or recovering stroke victims, among others, reading confidence by offering a non judgmental canine ear.
Does weather really start with the sun? Young readers will delight in learning the answer, along with the how temperature is measured, how strong the sun's rays are, and why the weather is warmer in the summer? Full color.
In the history of New Orleans, there are those who make policy and those who are forced to live by policy. To help balance the scales," Voice of the Poor: Citizen Participation Informing Public Policy for Rebuilding New Orleans" focuses on low-income residents, mostly African Americans, whose views are needed to help rebuild the shattered city in ...
The town of Wickford nestles in a meander of the River Crouch, just north of Basildon in south Essex. Its name, at various times written as Wickeford, Wyckford or Wygford, is Saxon in origin and means 'a sheep farm on a river crossing'. However, the town predates the name and has existed since the Bronze Age or earlier. This new and detailed ...
In 1998, Dzawada'enuxw artist Marianne Nicholson scaled a vertical rock face in Kingcome Inlet to paint a massive pictograph to mark the continued vitality of her ancestral village of Gwa'yi. Two Wolves at the Dawn of Time is the story of that painting, of earlier politically defiant rock art, and of "coppers," ceremonial shields that are a ...
This guide shows how AICPA and FASB accounting pronouncements, as well as EITF consensus positions, apply to specific business transactions. It discusses applicable pronouncements and lists related authoritative pronouncements in categories B, C, and D of the GAAP hierarchy: FASB Technical Bulletins, FASB Implementation Guides, AICPA Statements of ...
In the winter of 1861, Robert Homfray made a perilous journey up Bute Inlet to begin surveying for Alfred Waddington's 'gold road', which was to link British Columbia's coast with the Cariboo. It was hoped that the road would open up the territory to gold prospectors and homesteaders; instead, it dead-ended just above Homathko Canyon with the ...
For many years, archaeologists were unaware of the ancient clam terraces at Waiatt Bay, on Quadra Island. Author Judith Williams knew no differently until she was advised of their existence by a Klahoose elder named Elizabeth Harry (Keekus). By liaising with other observers of clam gardens in the Broughton Archipelago and conducting her own survey ...
- Introduces young readers to basic weather conditions and how weather changes - Simple, hands-on-investigation using common household items helps readers learn about the weather the weather and seasons - Each book includes a simple experiment - Supports the Science curriculum - Illus. with color photographs and illustrations - Contains an ...
Now in Spanish and English, join rain forest scientist Nalini Nadkarni as she helps you answer questions such as: How do scientists learn about the rain forest? What plants grow in the rain forest? What animals live in the canopy? What do rain forests need to grow? Soon, you will be asking questions of your own!
Now in Spanish and English, join a severe weather expert as he helps you answer questions such as: How do scientists learn about storms? How do thunderstorms start tornadoes? Why are tornadoes called twisters? What is a weather watch? Soon, you will be asking questions of your own!
Forensic scientists solve mysteries using whatever tiny scraps of evidence they can find. They must be sharp-witted and quick on their feet in order to gather cluesoften in a very limited time frame. Think you have what it takes to be a forensic scientist? Explore the world of forensic mysteries with scientists in the field, and find out how you ...
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