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How to draw trees

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Options Demystified

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCafferty, Thomas, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, "Options Demystified is easy-to-understand introduction to the pros and cons of options usage in a wide variety of circumstances. After covering options types, uses, and terminology, it explores specific strategies for using puts and calls, how to enter orders, popular option products such as LEAPs, strategies for trading options on futures, and more. In addition, readers learn about the fast-growing area of real estate options, including how options can lessen risk or increase profits when one is buying or selling a house, and techniques to lock in a price or keep competition out.

How to Do Everything with Dreamweaver 8

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meadhra, Michael, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, Covering the latest version of this state-of-the-art Web design tool, this step-by-step guide shows beginning to intermediate users how to create and maintain striking Web sites with Dreamweaver. Readers will learn to use all the components, including the visual layout tools, application development features, and code editing capabilities. The clearly defined chapters work equally well for readers who prefer to learn sequentially in a tutorial fashion, or for those who need a quick reference to a specific task or feature.

Is Democracy Exportable?

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barany, Zoltan / Moser, Robert G., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Can democratic states transplant the seeds of democracy into developing countries? What have political thinkers going back to the Greek city-states thought about their capacity to promote democracy? How can democracy be established in divided societies? In this timely volume a distinguished group of political scientists seeks answers to these and other fundamental questions behind the concept known as "democracy promotion." Following an illuminating concise discussion of what political philosophers from Plato to Montesquieu thought about the issue, the authors explore the structural preconditions (culture, divided societies, civil society) as well as the institutions and processes of democracy building (constitutions, elections, security sector reform, conflict, and trade). Along the way they share insights about what policies have worked, which ones need to be improved or discarded, and, more generally, what advanced democracies can do to further the cause of democratization in a globalizing world. In other words, they seek answers to the question, Is democracy exportable? Acquista Ora

Green Plan for Industry

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schell, David J., PUBLISHER: Government Institutes, David Schell offers environmental managers, specialists, and consultants this comprehensive resource for achieving environmental excellence within their company's compliance efforts by developing an environmental management system, or green plan. Using easy-to-read nontechnical language, Schell breaks the concept down into easy-to-understand steps and illustrates how to tie together the facets of environmental management. This book also addresses typical problems such as getting management and employee support, breaking down the barriers of industry versus the regulatory agencies, and recruiting help from others. The author's innovative suggestions describe how to get feedback, how to handle criticism, how to keep everyone informed and motivated, and how to get market benefit for the company.

Becoming a Successful Scientist: Strategic Thinking for

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Loehle, Craig, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Scientific research requires both innovation and attention to detail, clever breakthroughs and routine procedures. This indispensable guide gives students and researchers across all scientific disciplines practical advice on how to succeed. All types of scientific careers are discussed, from those in industry and academia to consulting, with emphasis on how scientists spend their time and the skills that are needed to be productive. Strategic thinking, creativity and problem-solving, the central keys to success in research, are all explored. The reader is shown how to enhance the creative process in science, how one goes about making discoveries, putting together the solution to a complex problem and then testing the solution obtained. The social dimension of science is also discussed from the development and execution of a scientific research program to publishing papers, as well as issues of ethics and science policy.

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

The Right Brain Way: Drive Your Brand with the Power of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kenny, Charles T., PUBLISHER: Trafford Publishing, Dr. Kenny's Revolutionary New Book Reveals the Inside Secrets of Right Brain Research... Get Inside the Mind of Your Target Audience. Learn how to access and leverage the critical emotional needs that cause consumers to choose one brand over another, but traditional research cannot reveal. Emotional needs drive behavior. The Right Brain Way takes this powerful concept and details a proven methodology for uncovering the needs that motivate people to buy a product or a brand. Whether your objective is to increase market share or to gain a better understanding of your customers, The Right Brain Way reveals the intrinsic link between consumers' emotions and their wallets. A must read for organizational leaders, business owners and top executives, this landmark book opens the vault on 36 years of Right Brain Research, bringing to light detailed proprietary insights previously available only to clients. The Right Brain Way will help you understand the power of emotion and how to access and leverage the key motivational drivers you need to differentiate your brand, establish the right strategy, optimize your messaging and gain a clear competitive advantage.

How to Be a Christian Without Being Religious

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ridenour, Fritz, PUBLISHER: Regal Books, Faith or works? Love or service? Find out what God really wants from His people with this popular study of Romans.

Write Great Essays and Dissertations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hutchison, Hazel, PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton, An invaluable guide for students who want to improve their assessed written work Whether a student is in desperate need of help or just wants advice on improving their writing style, this book will prove useful throughout their academic career and beyond. It explains how to express main arguments clearly, use language to best effect, and get the most out of sources. This guide also covers general study skills, including how to make notes and convert them into usable material, how to reference correctly, and time management skills.

The Better Book for Getting Hired: How to Write a Great

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Downe, Robert P., PUBLISHER: Self-Counsel Press, Here is a book that guides the job hunter through every step of the job-search jungle. It shows how to write a winning resume, locate jobs not advertised on the career page, and master the personal interview. It also shows how to sidestep the traps many job seekers fall into, such as clouding their abilities with unclear language or flunking the telephone screening. Once the job is landed, the book provides the new employee with practical tips for succeeding during the probationary period. Dozens of sample resumes and covering letters are included for the reader to adopt or adapt, along with worksheets to bump up the reader's skills.

Power from on High

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Finney, Charles Grandison, PUBLISHER: Whitaker House, Is it possible to lead sinners to the Lord with one look or a single sentence? Charles Finney did. In this book he tells remarkable stories of dramatic conversions, and he gives instruction on how to prevail in prayer and overcome sin. Discover how you can have more power from God.

Practical Time Management: How to Get More Things Done in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McRae, Bradley C., PUBLISHER: Self-Counsel Press, Offering sound advice for anyone who needs to develop practical time management skills, this handy book is designed to help any busy person, from any walk of life, use his or her time more effectively. Not only does it explain how to get more things done, it shows you how your self-esteem will improve in doing so. More important, emphasis is placed on maintenance so you remain in control. Whether you want to Find extra time to spend with your family or to read the latest bestseller, this book will give you the guidance you need -- without taking up a Jot of your time Exercises and worksheets are provided so you can immediately apply the new techniques to your everyday life.

The Ruins of Lace

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Anthony, Iris, PUBLISHER: Sourcebooks, Inc, An enthralling novel centered around the mad French passion for forbidden Flemish bobbin lace in the s, from a writer whose work has been called "unexpected, haunting and powerful" by her readers. For those who want something they don't have, Flemish lace can buy almost anything -- or anyone. But for Lisette, lace begins her downfall, and the only way to atone for her sins is to outwit the noble who now demands an impossible length. To fail means certain destruction, both for her and her beloved. For Katharina, lace is her salvation. If she cannot make this stunning tempest of threads, a dreaded fate awaits...if only her sight wasn't beginning to fail her... Lace may be the deliverance for which they pray...or it may bring the ruin and imprisonment they all fear.

Music Law: How to Run Your Band's Business [With * and Book

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stim, Richard / Gima, Patti, PUBLISHER: NOLO, Today, it takes more than talent to thrive in the music industry. Bands need business savvy, solid legal agreements and practical know-how if they want to succeed on stage or in the studio, and they can find it in Music Law. Musician and lawyer Richard Stim tells musicians everything they need to know to get their band on the road to success and stay out of legal jams, including: -- booking performances -- choosing a name and protecting its use -- copyrighting song lyrics -- establishing legal ownership of songs -- sampling -- signing contracts -- working with agents, managers, distributors, clubs, studios, etc. -- writing a band partnership agreement -- and more The best guide available for bands today, Music Law gives them all the legal information and practical advice they need to keep from getting burned. All the legal forms and agreements they need are included, both as tear-outs and on disk.

CORSO 3 MANUALI -CHOOSE TO BE RICH R. Kiyosaki

3 Manuali Corso "Choose To Be Rich" di Robert Kiyosaki come nuovo.

The Door of Facade

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Conrad, Becky, PUBLISHER: Infinity Publishing (PA), Passion, desire, deception, beliefs, self-preservation. Becky Conrad has many doors to choose from. Will what awaits her on the other side be her escape, her answer to prayer, or her near demise?

Handbook of Clinical Skills

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Springhouse Publishing / Schull, Patricia / Springhouse, PUBLISHER: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inside are more than 340 alphabetically organized nursing procedures, assessments, and the nurse's role in diagnostic tests, with instructions for each and illustrations as needed. Sidebars highlight important data, and logos point to medical equipment, its purpose, and how to use and troubleshoot it; what to write when documenting a procedure (with completed sample charts); and how to prevent or correct equipment problems and patient complications.

Unlocking the Vault

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Toney, Joyce J., PUBLISHER: Xulon Press, Have you been called out as priests or priestess for the Almighty God? Has God conferred a kingly or queenly authority on you? What rights do you have as one of Gods priest-kings or priestess-queens? Is the enemy of your soul holding your inheritance in a vault? Learn how to unlock your priestly and kingly inheritance. Unlocking The Vault To Your Priestly and Kingly Inheritance will answer all of these questions and give you keys on how to lay hold of your rightful inheritance. Obtaining our inheritance is crucial to walking in the full power and authority conferred upon us from God.

Texture: How to Draw It/How to Paint It

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davidson, Martin, PUBLISHER: Booksales, From cat's fur to the richness of velvet, the ability to capture texture effectively is a key artistic skill. Learn in easy stages.

The Beer Journal

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wright, Chris / Oliver, Garrett, PUBLISHER: Skyhorse Publishing, The first ever tool to chart your journey through the landscape of handcrafted beers. Fully illustrated with over a hundred pages to record your tastings, The Beer Journal is perfect for traveling, to give as a gift to your favorite tasting partner, or to keep track of every unusual, delicious, and memorable beer that you find in pubs, at beer festivals, and on brewery tours. It also includes information on how to create your own beer cellar and how to develop and document your own beer pairings.

Second Lives

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wheeler, Richard S., PUBLISHER: Forge, Denver, Colorado, as wildly spectacular a place as the Gilded Age West ever produced, is the setting for Second Lives by master storyteller Richard S. Wheeler. Into this Rocky Mountain crossroads own in the s streamed all manner of men and women seeking their fortunes in Colorado's gold and silver mines--or at least a chance to make a new life. One such emigrant is Lorenzo Carthage, a likeable adventurer whose dazzling mine ventures fail more often than they succeed. Another newcomer is Dixie Ball, an amazon of a woman who plummets from queen of Telluride to chambermaid in a Denver hotel--and whose fortunes, or lack of them, are tied to the man who she calls "Magnificent" Carthage. Others who seek second lives in Denver include a tubercular poet, and Irish saloonwoman who has known Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson, a failed lawyer, and wealthy woman enslaved by her marriage.

Born to Win, Breed to Succeed 2nd Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Patricia Craige Trotter, PUBLISHER: Kennel Club Books, NA

Peanut Butter

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Erlbach, Arlene, PUBLISHER: Lerner Publishing Group, Uncover the world of fruits that grow on trees. Here, apples, peaches, mangoes, figs, and citrus fruits are explored in detail. Trace the development of each fruit, from budding flower to supermarket shelves. Follow their migrations across the world while learning about each fruit's origins. Discover how farmers help the trees to grow and produce more efficiently, how they plant, prune and protect the trees, and how they use the fruit to sell, eat or cook with.

Bird Care and Training

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Higdon, Pam / Higdon, Pamela L., PUBLISHER: Howell Books, Covering both how to care for a pet bird and how to train it properly, this guide offers a wonderful resource for novice pet owners who need to know how to create a great relationship with their birds. Photos are included.

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