Successful legal writing is an essential skill that students need to master if they want to succeed both in their legal studies & in their future careers. A practical guide this new edition presents the information on a step-by-step format leading students through the process of writing from preparation through to reflecting on feedback on your finished work. ...

Successful Marketing focuses on essential marketing skills to get your message across effectively. Practical & easy to use this book is a step-by-step guide to learning effective marketing quickly & easily from direct mail to marketing online. The book is packed with helpful examples & practical exercises to complete. Author Pauline Rowmark ran a successful marketing & training company for many years & is now a professional writer & the author of several business & motivational books. She has first-hand knowledge of how to effectively market & promote your own business. ...

Supporting students poses a significant challenge for nurse mentors & other healthcare professionals in todays world of practice. Recent concerns over the fitness to practise of student nurses at the point of registration & the move to graduate pre-registration programmes from 2011 require new approaches to placement learning & mentoring the nurse of the future. This book offers clear practical advice on how to acquire & develop mentorship skills to support degree-level nursing students. It encourages the mentors continued development during & after their mentor training & covers the skills required from novice mentorship through to sign-off mentorship. ...

This book is a simple quick & easy to use guide to building a professional portfolio for nursing students. Students are required by the NMC to keep an ongoing record of achievement to demonstrate their competence at each stage of their programme. The portfolio is an essential part of the assessment of practice to demonstrate nursing competence. This book gives a step-by-step & practical explanation of how to compile a professional portfolio to succeed in these assessments. It can be used throughout nursing programmes & in initial nursing roles where portfolios are an essential tool for interviews & employee appraisals. ...

Successful Project Management 4th edition" is an essential guide for anyone who wants to improve the success rate of their projects. It will help managers to maintain a balance between the demands of the customer the project the team & the organisation. Covering the more technical aspects of a project from start to completion it contains practised & tested techniques covering project conception & start-up how to manage stake holders effective risk management project planning & launch & execution. Also including a brand new glossary of key terms it provides help with evaluating your project as well as practical checklists & templates to ensure success for any ambitious project manager." ...

School placements can be anxious & uncertain experiences for trainee teachers & even for those with previous classroom experience a new school environment can be intimidating. This book is full of invaluable advice & practical suggestions that will help trainees prepare for enjoy & make the most of this experience. It deals with the full range of issues from finding out about the placement school to managing difficult behaviour on placement. This second edition is linked to the 2007 Standards for QTS & reflects recent documents & initiatives. ...

In a comprehensive study of early Islamic history Wilferd Madelung examines the conflict which developed after Muhammad's death for the leadership of the Muslim community. He pursues the history of this conflict through the reign of the four ' Rightly Guided' caliphs to its climax in the first inter-Muslim war. The outcome of the war which marked the demise of the reign of the Early Companions resulted in the lasting schism between Sunnite & Shi'ite Islam. Contrary to recent scholarly trends the author brings out Ali's early claim to legitimate succession which gained support from the Shi'a & offers a convincing reinterpretation of early Islamic history. This book will make a major contribution to the debate over succession. Wilferd Madelung's book The Succession to Muhammad has been awarded the Best Book of the Year prize by the Islamic Republic of Iran for the year 1997. ...

When it comes to jobs in hell being a succubus seems pretty glamorous. A girl can be anything she wants the wardrobe is killer & mortal men will do anything just for a touch. Granted they can often pay with their souls but why get technical? But Seattle succubus Georgina Kincaid's life is far less exotic. Her boss is a middle-management demon with a thing for John Cusack movies. Her immortal best friends haven't stopped teasing her about the time she shape-shifted into the Demon Goddess getup complete with whip & wings. & she can't have a decent date without the sucking away part of the guy's life. At least there's her day job at a local bookstore
- free books; all the white chocolate mochas she can drink; & easy access to bestselling sexy writer Seth Mortensen aka He Whom She Would Give Anything to Touch but Can't. But dreaming about Seth will have to wait. Something wicked is at work in Seattle's demon underground. & for once all of her hot charms & drop-dead one-liners won't help because Georgina's about to discover there are some creatures out there that both heaven & hell want to deny...
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Georgina Kincaid has had an eternity to figure out the opposite sex but sometimes they still surprise her. Take Seth Mortensen. The man has risked his soul to become Georginas boyfriend. Still with Lucifer for a boss Georgina cant just hang up her killer heels & settle down to domestic bliss. In fact shes being forced to transfer operations...to Las Vegas. The City of Sin is a dream gig for a succubus but Georginas allies are suspicious. Why are the powers-that-be so eager to get her away from Seattle
- & from Seth? Georgina is one of Hells most valuable assets but if theres any way out of the succubus business she plans to take it
- no matter how much roadkill she leaves behind. She just hopes the casualties wont include the one man shes risking everything for...

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Succulent Flora of Southern Africa" first published in 1981 has long served as an authoritative guide for academics & lay enthusiasts alike. This long-awaited third edition takes into account intervening taxonomic advances & the discovery & naming of ever more species. All information has been fully revised updated & supplemented in line with the latest thinking & the book has been newly designed for clarity & ease of reference. Given the phenomenal extent & variety of our regions succulent flora this revised version is a timely addition to the botanical literature of southern Africa." ...