Written for 2009 curriculum change Essentials provides concise coverage of all the externally assessed course content & skills for GCSE Resistant Materials. The other five subjects are also available: Electronic Products Food Technology Graphic Products Product Design & Textiles Technology. The student-friendly uncluttered approach guides students through the core content with succinct revision notes & practice questions that focus on the essential content needed for the exams. * Short sentences focused paragraphs & bullet points help to make the content accessible to students of all abilities * Key words & concepts are highlighted to aid memory & recall * Relevant diagrams & illustrations clarify key points & aid visual learning * Practice questions at the end of each section test & reinforce understanding * Quick Test & Key Word summary at the end of every spread. FREE 16-page pull-out guide to Controlled Assessment included! Written for 2009 curriculum change Essentials provides concise coverage of all the externally assessed course content & skills for GCSE Resistant Materials. The other five subjects are also available: Electronic Products Food Technology Graphic Products Product Design & Textiles Technology. The student-friendly uncluttered approach guides students through the core content with succinct revision notes & practice questions that focus on the essential content needed for the exams. * Short sentences focused paragraphs & bullet points help to make the content accessible to students of all abilities * Key words & concepts are highlighted to aid memory & recall * Relevant diagrams & illustrations clarify key points & aid visual learning * Practice questions at the end of each section test & reinforce understanding * Quick Test & Key Word summary at the end of every spread. FREE 16-page pull-out guide to Controlled Assessment included! ...

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Resisting Mr. Tall Dark & Texan Ethan Traub is bringing the family oil business & his sassy assistant Lizzie Landry to Thunder Canyon. Settling down wasnt part of this gorgeous bachelors plan but when Lizzie wants to go back to Texas to open a bakery he wont let her go so easily... Is this one deal Ethan will seal with a kiss? The Baby Wore a Badge Decorated police officer Jake Castro is hoping Thunder Canyon will prove the perfect place to raise his baby daughter... But when serious sparks start to fly between Jake & small-town Cinderella Calista Clifton hes suddenly not sure hes ready to settle down. Can he make Calistas dreams come true
- & transform the babysitter into a bride?
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Maureen ODonnell is facing the darkest episode in her life. She owes more than she makes in a year in back taxes; Angus Farrell the psychologist who murdered her boyfriend is up for trial with Maureen as the reluctant star witness; & her abuser has arrived back in Glasgow in time for the birth of her sisters baby. On top of it all Maureen
- who identifies all too readily with the underdogs of this world
- has become embroiled in someone elses family feud. When an elderly stallholder at the flea market where Maureen & Leslie are selling illegally imported cigarettes dies in hospital after a brutal beating Maureen questions why anyone might want to kill the woman popularly known as Home Gran. She suspects Ellas son but Si Mc Gee is an upstanding member of the Scottish business community runs a chain of estate agents & has a health club in Glasgows West End. But she soon discovers that the health club fronts a much less respectable establishment. As Angus trial approaches Maureen is under threat once again & this time she has very few protectors.

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Reveals the underlying story form of all great presentations that will not only create impact but will move people to action Presentations are meant to inform inspire & persuade audiences. So why then do so many audiences leave feeling like they've wasted their time? All too often presentations don't resonate with the audience & move them to transformative action. Just as the author's first book helped presenters become visual communicators Resonate helps you make a strong connection with your audience & lead them to purposeful action. The author's approach is simple: building a presentation today is a bit like writing a documentary. Using this approach you'll convey your content with passion persuasion & impact. Author has a proven track record including having created the slides in Al Gore's Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth Focuses on content development methodologies that are not only fundamental but will move people to action Upends the usual paradigm by making the audience the hero & the presenter the mentor Shows how to use story techniques of conflict & resolution Presentations don't have to be boring ordeals. You can make them fun exciting & full of meaning. Leave your audiences energized & ready to take action with Resonate. ...

' It may be rash to claim that there is nothing more you'll ever need to know about people resourcing & talent management once you've read Stephen Taylor's book but it's nonetheless a claim I come close to making.. . For Stephen people resourcing & talent management properly performed will promote people as contributors to organisational excellence. In other words everything he writes is said with the long-term health of the business in mind'
- Ted Johns CIPD Chief Examiner People Resourcing & CIPD National Examiner Managing & Leading People. This textbook has been written for the new optional CIPD postgraduate module Resourcing & Talent Management. It is also ideal for students studying People Resourcing modules on non-CIPD programmes. It maps on to the new CIPD module on Resourcing & Talent Management. This title is written by Stephen Taylor the CIPD's examiner for the Managing in a Strategic Business Context paper & the author of the new Resourcing & Talent Management module. It is very student-friendly with exercises in-depth case studies & reference to academic journal articles. Through practical guidance & theoretical underpinning Resourcing & Talent Management" provides a comprehensive overview of fundamental management issues. New to this edition: Three new chapters on fairness & diversity employer branding & succession planning/talent management; Dedicated chapters on measuring & analysing employee turnover & improving employee retention; Individual chapters on retirements & managing redundancy; & Online resources. For tutors: Power Point slides Comprehensive lecturer's guide (including sample assessments & lecture handouts) Feedback on the case studies in this book & One additional case study per chapter. For students: Web links for each chapter & Annual update on developments in resourcing & talent management."
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This fascinating & detailed book about acting is Miss Hagens credo the accumulated wisdom of her years spent in intimate communion with her art. It is at once the voicing of her exacting standards for herself & those she teaches & an explanation of the means to the end. For those unable to avail themselves of her personal tutelage her book is the best substitute."
- Publishers Weekly " Uta Hagens Respect for Acting is not only pitched on a high artistic level but it is full of homely practical information by a superb craftswoman. An illuminating discussion of the standards & techniques of enlightened stage acting."
- Brooks Atkinson " Hagen adds to the large corpus of titles on acting with vivid dicta drawn from experience skill & a sense of personal & professional worth. Her principal asset in this treatment is her truly significant imagination. Her object exercises display a wealth of detail with which to stimulate the student preparing a scene for presentation."
- Library Journal " Respect for Acting is a simple lucid & sympathetic statement of actors problems in the theatre & basic tenets for their training wrought from the personal experience of a fine actress & teacher of acting."
- Harold Clurman " Uta Hagens Respect for Acting is a relatively small book. But within it Miss Hagen tells the young actor about as much as can be conveyed in print of his craft."
- Los Angeles Times " Uta Hagen is our greatest living actor; she is moreover interested & mystified by the presence of talent & its workings; her third gift is a passion to communicate the mysteries of the craft to which she has given her life. There are almost no American actors uninfluenced by her."
- Fritz Weaver " This is a textbook for aspiring actors but working thespians can profit much by it. Anyone with just a casual interest in the theater should also enjoy its behind-the-scenes flavor. Respect for Acting is certainly a special book perhaps for a limited readership but of its " How-To" kind Id give it four curtain calls & two hollers of " Author Author
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Respect for Acting This fascinating & detailed book about acting is Miss Hagen's credo the accumulated wisdom of her years spent in intimate communion with her art. It is at once the voicing of her exacting standards for herself & those she [taught] & an explanation of the means to the end." --Publishers Weekly " Hagen adds to the large corpus of titles on acting with vivid dicta drawn from experience skill & a sense of personal & professional worth. Her principal asset in this treatment is her truly significant imagination. Her 'object exercises' display a wealth of detail with which to stimulate the student preparing a scene for presentation." --Library Journal " Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting.. .is a relatively small book. But within it Miss Hagen tells the young actor about as much as can be conveyed in print of his craft." --Los Angeles Times " There are almost no American actors uninfluenced by Uta Hagen." --Fritz Weaver " This is a textbook for aspiring actors but working thespians can profit much by it. Anyone with just a casual interest in the theater should also enjoy its behind-the-scenes flavor." --King Features Syndicate" ...

Portable & productive the hand spindle has been responsible for creating the worlds yarn for millennia. In Respect the Spindle veteran spinner & spindle aficionado Abby Franquemont teaches spinners old & new how to create incredible yarn with this amazing yet simple tool. Many contemporary spinners view the hand spindle as a beginners tool suited to learn the basic steps of spinning before moving on to a spinning wheel. In Respect the Spindle Abby emphasizes the spindles importance & its use in making yarn in advanced ways for high-end to novelty cloth. The perfect how-to book for any spinner with a growing collection of spindles or even just a dowel Respect the Spindle
Includes:: Step-by-step photography with detailed illustrations making the spindle spinning techniques clear to even the novice spinner. Techniques from the basics such as getting started on the spindle to more specialized techniques such as using the spindle to make specific kinds of yarn faster than imagined. Profiles of spindle spinners from various traditions are presented in sidebars throughout the book which introduce heartwarming & historical fiber stories from around the world. Five simple projects give spinners practice in creating a variety of yarns & patterns. & more!
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Walter Tull (Tully) is one of Britains unsung heroes. This fascinating biography tells of his life as an orphan as a Premier League football player & finally as an army officer during the First World War. An incredible & moving story that describes how a poor orphan became the first black officer in the British army. ...