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Lyon, Elizabeth Writer's Guide to Nonfiction eBook

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This first book in the Writer's Compass series from professional writing instructor Elizabeth Lyon helps writers navigate the art and craft of writing nonfiction, including:

essays memoirs how-to travel technical feature articles food/recipes and more

This informative guide also addresses the business side of writing, including targeting your audience, drafting cover letters, and marketing advice.

Lyon, Elizabeth The Sell Your Novel Tool kit eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

In this book, Elizabeth Lyon offers novelists the wisdom of her experience as an author, book editor, writing instructor, and marketing consultant. Step-by-step, she details what editors want, what questions to ask them, and how to develop a marketing strategy.

Cox, Simon Decoding The Lost Symbol: The Unauthorized Expert Guide to the Facts Behind the Fiction (Mobipocket) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Dan Brown's new novel once again features Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, this time in the United States, racing to uncover clues and crack codes involving secrets that are perpetuated to this day. But how much of the novel is true and what is pure fiction? Simon Cox, bestselling author of Cracking the Da Vinci Code and Illuminating Angels & Demons, offers the first definitive guide to all the mysteries featured in The Lost Symbol.

Based on extensive research, this A-to-Z guide lists the real people, organizations, and themes featured in Dan Brown's latest novel, explains their histories and their meanings, reproduces and analyzes the symbols themselves, and provides insider knowledge gleaned from years of exhaustive study. From the monuments of Washington, D.C., to the secrets of Salt Lake City and the hidden enclaves in Langley, Virginia, Cox knows where the facts are hidden about the Freemasons, Albert Pike, the Rosicrucians, the Founding Fathers, and more.

This is the only resource you'll need to understand and enjoy the complex new world of The Lost Symbol.

Casey, Wilson Firsts eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

For anyone who ever wanted to know the history of the chocolate chip cookie, earmuffs, and Daylight Savings...

Firsts-history through the milestones of human achievement-are fun. And Wilson Casey, trivia expert, has collected over 500 firsts in nearly every major category of culture: from fashion to food, politics to science, entertainment to art to architecture. Each "first" is a full explanation of the topic at hand, written in a humorous yet authoritative style. It includes:

*The true history of the golf tee

*How a blind man came up with cruise control

*The myth behind the origins of the Caesar salad

*Why and how the first dieter dieted

Edmonds, Ronald How to Sell Your Green Business (Adobe EPUB) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

How to Sell Your Green Business is a practical guide for owners of green industry businesses such as lawn care companies, landscape contractors, nurseries, garden centers and similar businesses considering the sale of their business either now or sometime in the future as part of an exit strategy. The author walks readers through the process and gives tips for helping them improve the value and marketability of his business while avoiding common pitfalls. The book is targeted at business owners who will be selling their businesses themselves as well as those who will be using an intermediary or business broker. Ron Edmonds is president of The Principium Group, a merger & acquisition advisory firm which targets the green industry. He is a frequent writer and speaker on topics related to green industry mergers & acquisitions. He also edits the monthly newsletter, Green Industry Mergers & Acquisition News. He can be found on the web at www.PrincipiumGroup.com.

DiPrince, Dawn Twisting Arms: Teaching Students How to Write to Persuade (Adobe Reader) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Practical exercises for persuasive writing teach how to provide evidence to support a thesis statement, distinguish fact from opinion, avoid ambiguous language, and use transition words effectively.

Stirling, Bruce Speaking and Writing Strategies for the TOEFL iBT (Adobe Reader) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Comprehensive Prep for the TOEFL. Increase your TOEFL iBT score by increasing your speaking and writing scores. How? By using the strategy called argument mapping. Why argument mapping? Because the TOEFL iBT speaking and writing sections are all argument-based tasks. That means if you want high speaking and writing scores, you must know how to map out (develop and deliver) spoken and written arguments, quickly and proficiently. With argument mapping, you will be able to do just that. Best of all, you can apply argument mapping to all six speaking tasks and both writing tasks. That means you will spend less time reading about strategies and more time practicing them. You Will Also Learn: * Essential rhetorical strategies and opinion development strategies * Step-by-step basic responses for all speaking and writing tasks * Step-by-step advanced responses for all speaking and writing tasks * Step-by-step emergency responses for all speaking and writing tasks * How to revise your spoken and written responses to maximize scoring * How to rate spoken and written responses quickly and proficiently ARGUMENT DEVELOPMENT Learn basic and advanced argument development strategies to maximize your speaking and writing scores. By doing so, you can increase your TOEFL score. ARGUMENT MAPPING Learn test-proven speaking and writing strategies quickly and proficiently using the graphics-based strategy called argument mapping. SCORING STRATEGIES Learn how to think like a TOEFL rater so you know exactly what to say and write to maximize scoring.

Parker, Robert M. Parker's Wine Bargains: The World's Best Wine Values Under $25 (Adobe EPUB) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Yes, you can buy world-class wine on a budget. With Parker's Wine Bargains, America's most infl uential wine critic offers a guide to the world's best wines priced at $25 or less.

Robert M. Parker, Jr., earned his international reputation and unprecedented influence as a dedicated consumer advocate -- if a wine isn't worth the money, he says so, regardless of the wine's pedigree. In Parker's Wine Bargains, for the first time he and his Wine Advocate team offer budget-minded wine buyers a handy guide to low-priced wines for both everyday drinking and special occasions.

Organized by country, the book lists more than 1,500 quality wine producers, as well as abbreviated tasting notes for more than 3,000 of the best value wines. Chapters include an overview of each country's wine-producing regions, highlight up-and-coming or underappreciated regions, and detail when wines can be consumed. Also featuring a vintage guide and lists such as "the best of the best," Parker's Wine Bargains is an accessible guide from the expert the New York Times deems "the critic who matters most."

Lima, Paul HT WRITE A NON-FICTION BK IN 6 eBook

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Proctor, Pam The College Hook: Packaging Yourself to Win the College Admissions Game (Adobe EPUB) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

A comprehensive guide to the powerful packaging tool called the "Hook"--a special talent or achievement that leaps off the page of a college application and catches the eye of admissions officers. Competition for entry to the nation's top colleges is at a

Bartlett, John Bartlett's Shakespeare Quoations (Adobe EPUB) eBook

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Fingercastle, Gary Wanted - Bear Cubs for My Children: One Hundred of the Weirdest Posts Ever Seen on Craigslist (and Their Responses) (Adobe EPUB) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

This hilarious and oftentimes horrifying collection of mock ads placed on craigslist.org, and the real-life responses they produced, will you wonder - are we all insane?

Holstrom, Darwin The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles, 2E (Mobipocket) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

The Complete Idiot's GuideA (R) to Motorcycles, Second Edition will contain approximately 15% new and/or revised information, including a completely updated buyer's guide featuring the latest motorcycles and equipment, an updated chapter on racing covering new rules and venues that have come about over the past three years, updated material on the repair and maintenance of motorcycles that reflects new product and service changes of the newer models, and additional resources for beginners to motorcycling.

Munroe, Carl Chassis & Suspen Hp1406 eBook

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Chassis and suspension modifications for Chevy, Ford, Jeep and Dodge trucks. Includes sections on lift kits, shocks, springs, chassis modifications for off-road use, tires and wheels.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica 2010 Almanac (Adobe Reader) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

The Encyclopaedia Britannica 2010 Almanac, is the complete source for fast facts. Published in association with Time Magazine, the Encyclopaedia Britannica Almanac 2010 includes more coverage of key subjects such as the arts, business, people, science, and the world than other leading almanacs. Read about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur, the rise of global food prices and the accompanying political and financial effects, the growing military operation in Afghanistan, the lives of influential political leaders, athletes, authors, heroes and much more !

HANDBK OF INFO SYSTEMS RESEARC (Adobe Reader) eBook

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With the quantity and quality of available works in Information Systems (IS) research, it would seem advantageous to possess a concise list of exemplary works on IS research, in order to enable instructors of IS research courses to better prepare students to publish in IS venues. To that end, The Handbook of Information Systems Research provides a collection of works on a variety of topics related to IS research. This book provides a fresh perspective on issues related to IS research by providing chapters from world-renowned leaders in IS research along with chapters from relative newcomers who bring some interesting and often new perspectives to IS research. This book should serve as an excellent text for a graduate course on IS research methods.

HANDBK OF RESEARCH ON SOCIAL S (Adobe Reader) eBook

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The rise of social software and the proliferation of social networking tools represents a relatively recent cultural phenomenon. The attitudes and behaviors of virtual communities and social groups goes beyond the distributed technological platforms being deployed and requires new conceptualizations and understandings of communities and their corresponding ontologies. The Handbook of Research on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies examines the impact of new technologies and explores how social software and developing community ontologies are challenging the way we operate in a connected, distributed, and increasingly performative space. Through authoritative contributions by a vast group of international experts in this subject area, this book provides important new insights into where new social technologies and emergent behaviors are leading us.

Parrott, Les and Leslie Getting Ready for the Wedding: All You Need to Know Before You Say I Do eBook

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How do we know when we're ready for marriage? What's the secret to having a great engagement? How can we get married without drowning in debt? Where better to turn for answers than those who have gone before -- experts in the area of marriage, relationships, and finance who know from experience what it takes to make the days leading up to the wedding (and the years that follow) a success! How to Know When You're Ready for Marriage--Les & Leslie Parrot - Secrets to Having a Great Engagement--David & Claudia Arp - Getting Married Without Drowning in Debt--Ron Blue - What to Do With Wedding Jitters--Robert & Rosemary Barnes - Making Your Wedding More Than a Ceremony--David & Jan Stoop - How to Have a Great Wedding Night--Cliff & Joyce Penner - Getting Married When Your Parents Don't Approve--John Trent - How to Handle the Wedding Bell Blues--H. Norman Wright - For Those Getting Married Again--Thom Whiteman - After the Honeymoon--Les & Leslie Parrott

Cook, Monte The Skeptic's Guide to Conspiracies: From the Knights Templar to the JFK Assassination: Uncovering the [Real] Truth Behind the World's Most Controvers eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

A look at conspiracy theories ranging from the historically complex to the seriously whacked out.

Kelly, Nataly Telephone Interpreting: A Comprehensive Guide to the Profession (Adobe Reader) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

This book provides an in-depth view into the world of telephone interpreting. The first major publication on the topic, this book offers extensive information for anyone involved with interpreting services.

Meehan, Helen, Duffy, Godfrey Tracing your Donegal Ancestors eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Donegal families are an interesting mix of native Irish families and of Scots-Irish who came to the county from the 17th century. It experienced a high level of emigration both to North America and also to Scotland and North of England. This new and greatly expanded edition sets out the range of Donegal genealogical sources available to the family history researcher. It devotes a chapter to each source type explaining what information each contains, and where each record can be accessed. Common names in the county include O'Neill, O'Donnell, Bonner, Barr, Bradley, Duffy, Friel, Gormley, O'Kane, Gallagher, Harkin, McBride, McCafferty, McDaid, Patton, Morrissey, Ward, Sweeney It is also one of the counties which experienced a high level of emigration to North America and elsewhere.

Woodson, R. Dodge 2009 International Plumbing Codes Handbook eBook

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A Complete Guide to the 2009 International Plumbing Codes Fully updated to reflect the changes in the International Code Council 2009 International Plumbing Code, this authoritative volume follows the IPC chapter by chapter. Master plumber, master gasfitter, and bestselling author R. Dodge Woodson puts the International Plumbing Code and the Private Sewage Disposal Code into plain English for easy use on the job. Woodson's ready-to-use answers help you get plumbing jobs done right, on time, and up to the standards of the 2009 codes. It's all the plumbing information you need in one reliable resource, including how to:Solve pipe, drainage, vent, trap, and other plumbing questions FASTFix common plumbing problems with the workable solutions illustrated insideFind worked-out examples of nearly every type of plumbing taskQuickly locate the right figures, formulas, and charts for water heaters, fixtures,faucets, fuel piping, storm water drainage, and moreCut labor and material costs by meeting but not exceeding codesAvoid leaks, malfunctions, blockages, plumbing-caused damage, callbacks, and other costly troubles2009 International Plumbing Codes Handbook covers:Definitions * Administrative Policies and Procedures * General Regulations * Fixtures * Water Heaters * Water Supply and Distribution * Sanitary Drainage Systems * Indirect and Special Wastes * Vents * Traps, Clean-Outs, and Interceptors * Storm Drainage * Special Piping and Storage Systems * Recycling Gray Water * Referenced Standards * Rainfall Rates * Degree Days and Design Temperatures * Evaluating Sites and their Requirements * Materials * Sizing and Installing Soil Absorption Systems * Pressure Distribution Systems * Tanks * Mound Systems * Using the Code in the Real World

Hyde, Stephen PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR HALF PR eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

If you want to save up to 50, 70, even 90% on your prescription drug costs, this is the book you need. Stephen S. S. Hyde, founder of Hyde Rx Services Corporation, is the leading authority on low-cost prescription drug benefits, and now hes offering individual consumers the expertise he provides to Americas employers and health plans. With the simple, cost-saving techniques outlined in this revolutionary book, you can save literally hundreds, even thousands of dollars on your familys prescription medications. Youll discover: The seven questions you should ask your doctor before he writes a prescription How your pharmacist can save you money How to get FREE prescription drugs How to save on generic, over-the-counter, and brand-name drugs How to get the lowest prices from retail, mail-order, online, and Canadian pharmacies How you may be eligible for discount cards and other assistance programs A Special Seniors Medicare Drug Benefit Report, and much more!With an appendix of directories, pharmacies, and websites to get you started, this book will pay for itself with your very first prescription!From the Trade Paperback edition.

Di Vincenzo, Mark Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Mark Di Vincenzo knows the best times of the day, the week, the month, the year, and a life to do a variety of thingsand he shares his amazing expertise in Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon. A fascinating, entertaining, and eminently useful compendium of everything from the mundane (the best time of day to go grocery shopping, the best day to buy an iPod, the best month to visit Disney World) to the serious (the best time to buy or sell a home, to get married), Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon proves that timing is everything. Here is information you need in tough economic times to save time and money.

Sherwood, Dana The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Not So Useless Facts eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

A pocketful of trivia-special hardcover edition! People love weird facts. And this gift hardcover is bursting with 208 pages of all sorts of amazing, arcane, interesting, and shocking bits of information about everything under the sun-and then some. Put together by an expert team of fact finders and pop culture specialists, this collection includes fascinating facts that could be useful to students, collectors, tourists, and enthusiasts alike. Nearly 1,000 amazing, not-so-useless facts