301 more ways to have fun at work

Fundamentals of Effectively Managing Criminal Investigation

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McIntyre, Mark D., Jr., PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, This book is intended to assist and guide criminal investigation division supervisors to enable them to more effectively manage criminal investigators and investigations. The following topics are covered in this book: How to properly assign criminal investigative cases and how to manage investigations after assignment. Methods and strategies I have employed to investigate serial and high profile cases, which is a must for criminal investigative supervisors to know and understand. Ways to handle employee problems such as dealing with mistakes, dealing with incompetent employees, dealing with employee personal problems, and how to handle lazy employees. How to successfully hire and train new investigators. In order to have a successful criminal investigative unit you must hire the right people for the job and then train them well at the onset of their career. Numerous other informative topics are covered that are specific to the duties required of investigative supervisors that are crucial for these supervisors to know, understand, and use. Unlike some authors, I am not trying to get rich off this book. My sole intentions for writing this book are to help, assist, and guide criminal investigative supervisors to be able to more effectively do their jobs as investigative supervisors.

How to Escape the No-Win Trap

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berg, Barbara, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, A practical approach to resolving life's catch-22 situations No matter what stresses life may throw at you, there is a way to make things that may at first seem to be no-win situations into win-win victories. Stressful circumstances may have less to do with difficult people and scenarios--and more to do with how we respond to them. In "How to Escape the No-Win Trap," psychotherapist Barbara Berg helps readers gain the insight to detect impending double binds--and stay one step ahead them. This invaluable book reveals: How to assess where you are now in your life--and how you got there How to detach from predicaments that don't work for you The three types of double binds: situational, interpersonal, and circuit overload When to keep trying, and when to alter your course, or let go altogether Acquista Ora

Fleet of the Damned

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bunch, Chris / Cole, Allan, PUBLISHER: Little, Brown Young Readers, Sten's luck seems to have deserted him. Having been assigned a tacdivision in the Fringe Worlds, he soon discovers that the Imperial Officers are more interested in having fun than honing their fighting skills. The enemy Tahn couldn't have picked a better time or place to launch their long-planned attack against the Empire. Sten and his men are outgunned and outmanned--but Sten isn't going to give up without a fight.

Dumbth: And 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Allen, Steve / Cousins, Norman, PUBLISHER: Prometheus Books, Critics have raved about this delightful book Allen addresses the muddleheadedness (or "dumbth") that pervades all segments of American life and work, and offers 81 "rules" for good thinking.

Taunton's Home Workspace Idea Book

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zimmerman, Neal / Erikson, Christine, PUBLISHER: Taunton Press, More than 50 million Americans work at home and the work they do is as varied as the houses they live in. This fresh take on home workspaces looks at a wide range of designs that suit some unique employment needs -- from a daycare center to a dance studio. 50 drawings and 300 color photographs are included. "The book is a must... full of practical but imaginative guides and information." -- Cincinnati Enquirer "Architect Neal Zimmerman frames dozens of ideas for stylish and ingenious conversions of the spare spot to work center." -- Associated Press

What Teachers Need to Know about Children At-Risk

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Frieman, Barry B. / Frieman Barry, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua, What do I do if I have an at-risk child in my classroom? As classrooms become more and more inclusive (including children with special needs in mainstream classrooms), today's teachers need to have a strong background in the at-risk area. This text supplies practical solutions for how to address the needs of at-risk children effectively in the classroom. And it provides in-depth coverage of conditions that put children at risk. Each at-risk condition (e.g., homelessness, and recent immigrants) is examined by how it affects children at various developmental stages and how it affects the families. Hands-on suggestions in each chapter show how the classroom teacher can accommodate children living in these at-risk conditions. The text's short length and inexpensive price make it an ideal supplement for a variety of Education courses. "What Teachers Need to Know about Children At Risk" is a book that students will want to bring with them into their own classrooms as a reference tool when they begin teaching. The text's comprehensive coverage also allows it to be used as a main text for a course specifically on at-risk children.

America's Most Charming Towns & Villages, 4th Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brown, Larry T., PUBLISHER: Open Road Publishing, This fourth edition of Brown's unique travel guide to our rich historical and architectural traditions are kept alive by 200 of the most charming small towns across America. All 50 states are covered, with at least one town per state. Brief reviews of area lodgings and restaurants, as well as sights and activities, are covered for each town and village. Itineraries are offered, directions and places to go for more information, and sidebars offering fun and informative anecdotes are all featured. Brown does more than show you where to go in finding America's living past; he shows you why you should go, and how to have a great time doing so Ten percent of royalties are donated to the American Farmland Trust.

Performance Improvement Methods: Fighting the War on Waste

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harrington, H. James / Lomax, Kenneth, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill, Waste-eliminating, performance-improvement weapons Discover the best ways to overcome todayAEs most stubborn business issues: waste of resources, personnel, and opportunity. Performance Improvement Methods, by H. James Harrington and Kenneth C. Lomax, details the 85 most effective performance-enhancing weapons you can use to get the most from the least, and get the jump on your competitors. You'll learn about activity-based costing...design of experiments...failure mode and effect analysis...matrix data analysis...process benchmarking, redesign,and reengineering...QFD...simulation modeling...the six-sigma system...value-added analysis...and all the other strategies performance experts have identified as the best ways to promote efficiency and productivity, and maximize opportunities in every arena. This book/CD-ROM package gives you ready-to-download sample forms, agreements and analyses, plus exercises, games,definitions, case histories and more that help you put these creative and efficient tools to work.

Career Counselling

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nathan, Robert / Hill, Linda, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), For those of you who wonder if the counselling approach is of much use for career guidance, this book should be informative. The importance of working with insight into client feelings is exemplified by insights into the need to address and work through feelings so that blocks to career interest and good decision-making can be overcome... The book outlines basic counselling skills and more complex ones and many straightforward exercises; ways of generating career options; career drivers and satisfiers; decision-making exercises; and guidelines for investigating careers... This text has made me more aware of the importance of thinking in terms of counselling and group counselling in the work I do relating to careers' - "Guidance Matter

The Comfort of Vengeance: A Commentary on Nahum

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Redmond, Ben, PUBLISHER: Samizdat Creative, Have you ever felt uncomfortable with conflicting versions of God? Have you ever struggled with God's anger and violence? Have you ever wondered what God wants from you? If you have wrestled with any of these ideas of God, then this book is for you. Understanding God the Father is important. In fact, you cannot appreciate Jesus fully without knowing something about the nature of his Father. Nahum will require you to wade deep into some very tough issues, but it will give you the opportunity to explore who God is and what really matters to Him. God is not who you have imagined Him to be. He is more...much more.

10 More Ways to Improve Your Bridge

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: David Bird, PUBLISHER: Orion Books Ltd, NA

Salt Marsh

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fleisher, Paul / Cassels, Jean, PUBLISHER: Benchmark Books (NY), This series offers very young readers a glimpse at the ways in which plants and animals interact and affect one another in a specific community. Each book invites the reader to explore a certain microsystem's environment and the wide variety of creatures that have adapted to life there.

Running Microsoft Windows Professional

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stinson, Craig / Siechert, Carl, PUBLISHER: Microsoft Press, This premier reference delivers authoritative, one-stop coverage for using the Windows Professional operating system. Users at all levels get the answers they need to put this new platform to work -- with everything from concise, to-the-point procedures to more detailed explanations and extensive cross referencing. Offering comprehensive information in a format optimized for navigability, users find ready answers about specific tasks and functions -- including setting up software and peripherals, customizing the desktop, Internet access, easy-administration features, and much more.

Wrinklies' Travel Puzzles

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Donegan, Matthew, PUBLISHER: Prion, Crossword, sudokus, riddles, word searches, mazes--more than 160 ways to keep the advanced mind sharp The perfect antidote to traveler's torpor, this collection offers a host of diverse brainteasers, logic problems, and mental conundrums, guaranteeing that seniors reach their destination in a better frame of mind. Chances are, a wrinkly has already traveled extensively and seen what the world has to offer. Those long bus, train, and plane journeys that cause younger travelers to stare enthusiastically through windows have long since lost their appeal. You basically have two options: catch up on some sleep or find a way to stimulate your mind--with this collection, the latter is the way to go.

Men at work

Vinile Men at work - Business as usual () - Condizioni perfette - Spese di spedizione a carico destinatario.

Plymouth Pioneers

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Reece, Colleen L., PUBLISHER: Barbour Publishing, History comes alive for eight-to-twelve year olds in this close-up, fun-to-read, multi-generational story of a fictional family spanning three centuries of actual historical events. God's hand is seen at work in people's lives and in the events that shaped our nation.

How the Strong Survive

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Love, Newton, PUBLISHER: Rockway Press, When four rape victims come to Ben Pace - a Lakhota healer - Ben is given the task to help these women seek justice while, at the same time, aid them in their healing process. Only at the beginning of his spiritual development as a healer, Ben isn't sure how to help these women. After all, they are all white, and Ben is a Lakhota Sioux. After much thought and spiritual preparation, Ben comes up with a plan to help the women take back the power that the serial rapist stole from them. The action they take, however, does not work as Ben had expected it to. Some of the women seem better, some worse, but none of them is completely healed. Is it because they are white and Ben was using Lakhota ways? Though the women have suffered the same violation at the hands of the same perpetrator, the women have not reacted as Ben thought they would. And the serial rapist, despite Ben's carefully planned strategy, is still at large, protected by his family's tremendous wealth and political power. Is the difference in cultures the problem? Are Ben's and the women's cultural and spiritual beliefs at such odds with each other that no healing can occur? Is the conflict between the cultures too great for Ben and the victims to cross the chasm and reach what they all seek: justice and healing. In powerful writing and vivid descriptions that allow us a glimpse into the world of Lakhota beliefs and spirituality, Newton Love has given us a twist on the detective novel. Ben Pace is not Sherlock Holmes. Ben is a detective who is Lakhota, human, imperfect, but, according to Lakhota ways, honorable. With memorable characters, an exciting plot, and stimulating dialogue, Love has created a new kind of detective whileexploring the conflict between the Lakhota Way and other cultures' Ways.

Garage Makeovers: Adding Space Without Adding on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Peters, Rick, PUBLISHER: Hearst Books, The garage is often the last place in the home that gets a makeover--even though it's often desperately in need of an overhaul. But homeowners are catching on. Now, Rick Peters presents six themed ways to transform the garage into a comfortable, effective, and efficient space: enclosing a carport; making a mechanic's dream work area; adding a woodworking shop; creating a craft room; putting in storage (and more storage); and building a family room. All the work takes place on site, in real families' two-car garages, with the tasks divided into two groups: those that the average homeowner can accomplish him or herself, and those best left to professionals. The guide's friendly and easy-to-follow format shows what needs to be done and how to do it; the more demanding jobs receive extremely detailed descriptions that explain what the work entails, how long it should take, and what it typically costs.

Fun with Cooking

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, Judy, PUBLISHER: Southwater Publishing, Fun with Cooking provides children with the means of creating their own culinary feasts and all the information they need to get started; including safety tips on what to do and what not to do in the kitchen, plus lots of information about tools and equipment. Every recipe is clearly illustrated with step-by-step photographs and safe, easy-to-follow instructions. They range from the simplest of ideas to those that require a little more experience and, therefore, appeal to all ages and abilities. All the essential cooking techniques have been included in one recipe or another, so children will learn lots of useful skills. There is a guide to cooking terms so the different techniques will be easy to understand and this is accompanied by useful tips and helpful hints throughout. With its wide range of recipes, easy-to-read style and practical approach, Fun with Cooking guarantees hours of creative -- and of course, tasty -- fun for kids of all ages.

The Courage to Lead: Transform Self, Transform Society

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stanfield, R. Brian / Stanfield, Brian, PUBLISHER: New Society Publishers, The complexity of our world can paralyze even the most committed individuals in their efforts to bring about social change. But being an agent of change does not mean we have to start a revolution-it can be done in small ways, wherever and whenever. "The Courage to Lead" provides a matrix for examining one's relationship to life, self, the world, and society in order to become effective leaders. Filled with amusing and moving anecdotes, this empowering work will appeal to all seeking a better understanding of social change pioneering. R. Brian Stanfield is the Director of Research at The Canadian Institute of Cultural Affairs and the author of "The Art of Focused Conversation" (New Society Publishers). He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Social Work Research and Evaluation: Quantitative and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grinnell, Richard M., JR. / Unrau, Yvonne A., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This book is the longest standing and most widely adopted text in the field of social work research and evaluation. Since the first edition in , it has been designed to provide beginning social work students the basic methodological foundation they need in order to successfully complete more advanced research courses that focus on single-system designs or program evaluations. Its content is explained in extraordinarily clear everyday language which is then illustrated with social work examples that social work students not only can understand, but appreciate as well. Many of the examples concern women and minorities, and special emphasis is given to the application of research methods to the study of these groups. Without a doubt, the major strength of this book is that it is written by social workers for social work students. The editors have once again secured an excellent and diverse group of social work research educators. The 31 contributors know firsthand, from their own extensive teaching and practice experiences, what social work students need to know in relation to research. They have subjected themselves to a discipline totally uncommon in compendia-that is, writing in terms of what is most needed for an integrated basic research methods book, rather than writing in line with their own predilections.

Before the Frost

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mankell, Henning, PUBLISHER: Vintage Books Canada, Sweden's bestselling and award-winning author Henning Mankell joins Vintage Canada with the first Kurt and Linda Wallander Mystery. Linda Wallander is bored. Having just graduated from the police academy, she is waiting to start work at the Ystad police station and move into her own apartment. In the meantime, she is living with her father, and like fathers and daughters everywhere, they are driving each other crazy. Nor will they be able to escape each other when she moves out. Her father is Inspector Kurt Wallander, a veteran of the Ystad police force, whom she will have to work alongside. Linda's boredom doesn't last long. Soon she is embroiled in the case of her childhood friend Anna, who has inexplicably disappeared. A few rookie mistakes result in life-threatening scenarios. And as the case her father is working on dovetails with her own, something far more calculated and dangerous than either could have imagined begins to emerge.

Learning How to Learn: Tools for Schools

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: James, Mary / Black, Paul / Carmichael, Patrick, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. This book offers a set of in-service resources to help teachers develop new classroom practices informed by sound research. It builds on previous work associated with 'formative assessment' or 'assessment for learning'. However, it adds an important new dimension by taking account of the conditions within schools that are conducive to the promotion, in classrooms, of learning how to learn as an extension of assessment for learning. Among the materials included you will find: an introductory in-service session self-evaluation questionnaires an action planning activity workshops tools for school development a network mapping activity guidance about different ways of using the resources teachers descriptions of ways they have used of adapted them references to further information and advice. In addition, there is a support website and examples of how individual schools have used or adapted these materials to maximize their benefits.

The Flying Carpet of Small Miracles: A Woman's Fight to Save

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jaber, Hala, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, An award-winning journalist on a quest to save two orphans of war. Hala Jaber and her husband had spent ten years trying to conceive, only to resign themselves, finally, to a childless future. Instead of being consumed by grief, they threw themselves into their work as journalists, making the decision to go to Baghdad to report on the coming war. Jaber's search for stories led her to two orphans at a children's hospital: Zahra and Hawra. She fought passionately to help them- ultimately even trying to adopt them-before discovering that there is more than one way to love and raise a child, and more than one way to be a mother.

This Is Not a Diary

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bauman, Zygmunt, PUBLISHER: Polity Press, This is not a diary: while these observations were recorded in autumn and spring in the form of dated entries, they are not a personal reflection but an attempt to capture signs of our times in their movement - possibly at birth, at a stage when they are still barely perceptible, and in any case before they have matured into common, all too familiar forms, escaping our attention due to their banality. Some will perhaps settle in our daily life for a long time to come, others will fade and vanish before they would otherwise have a chance to be noted, recorded and explored in depth: in our fast-moving, protean and kaleidoscopic world, it is hardly possible to predict their future course and to decide in advance which of them will grow in volume and significance and which will prove to have been still-born. Whatever their fate, the author tried to take a leaf from William Blake's precept of seeing the universe in a grain of sand - and, having done so, alert us to what is or may be happening to our individual lives, forms of togetherness, shared prospects; to the ways we perceive and relate to each other, the forces that shape our life chances and itineraries; and to the ways we try to control, or at least influence, and sometimes even reform for the better, some or all those dimensions of our existence. These timely meditations by one of the most perceptive social thinkers of our time will appeal to a wide range of readers.

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