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Barron's Firefighter Candidate Exams, 8th Edition
James J. Murtagh · Barron's Educational Series Pages: 464 Format: Print book
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This revised and updated manual presents practice exams similar to those given to firefighter candidates in cities and communities across America. The book opens with a description of the firefighter's role, the important terminology he must understand, and the physical, medical, and written... |
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A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age
Daniel J Levitin · Dutton Pages: 292 Format: Print book
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From The New York Times bestselling author of THE ORGANIZED MIND and THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, a primer to the critical thinking that is more necessary now than ever. We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process - especially in election season. It's raining... |
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Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business
Fred S. Steingold Attorney · Nolo; Eighth Edition edition Format: Paperback
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Most small business owners, can't afford to hire a lawyer to draft the legal documents they need in the course of day-to-day business. Now there's an affordable solution. Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business provides over 60 legal forms and documents and all the step-by-step... |
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Popular Mechanics Gadget Planet: 150 Gizmos & Inventions that Changed the World
Popular Mechanics · Hearst Format: Hardcover
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These gadgets changed the world! In 2011, Popular Mechanics gathered a panel of experts—esteemed inventors, designers, tech gurus, even a moonwalking astronaut—to create a definitive list of 101 gadgets that changed the course of history. The feature was so popular that it became... |
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Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
William Deresiewicz · Simon & Schuster Pages: 245 Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be - but aren't - providing.As a professor at Yale, Bill Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation's brightest... |
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Working for Yourself: Law & Taxes for Independent Contractors, Freelancers & Consultants
Stephen Fishman · NOLO; Ninth Edition edition Format: Print book
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Start your business off on the right foot Ready to be your own boss? Congratulations! This book provides all the legal and tax information you need. Whether you need to draft a contract, price your services, maximize your tax deductions, or sort out your benefits options, we've got you covered.... |
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Organic: A Journalist's Quest to Discover the Truth behind Food Labeling
Peter Laufer · Lyons Pr Pages: 275 Format: Print book
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Part food narrative, part investigation, part adventure story, Organic is an eye-opening and entertaining look into the anything goes world behind the organic label. It is also a wakeup call about the dubious origins of food labeled organic. After eating some suspect organic walnuts that... |
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The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Kevin Kelly · Viking Pages: 328 Format: Print book
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A New York Times BestsellerFrom one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our livesMuch of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological... |
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Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age
Cory Doctorow · McSweeney's Format: Hardcover
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In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow's Information Doesn't Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences? This... |
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Lit Up: One Reporter. Three Schools. Twenty-Four Books That Can Change Lives.
David Denby · Henry Holt, 2015. Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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A bestselling author and distinguished critic goes back to high school to find out whether books can shape livesIt's no secret that millions of American teenagers, caught up in social media, television, movies, and games, don't read seriously-they associate sustained reading with duty or work,... |
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101 Law Forms for Personal Use
Nolo Editors · NOLO Pages: 368 Format: Paperback
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Reliable legal forms for common personal and family transactions At one time or another, we all need to get an agreement in writing. But where to start? 101 Law Forms for Personal Use makes it easy to create legal agreements and organize essential information. The plain-English instructions... |
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2017 / 2018 ASVAB For Dummies
Rod Powers · For Dummies Pages: 496 Format: Print book
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The bestselling enlistment test-prep - newly expanded and improved! Wanna join the military? Your first step is to take the ASVAB - the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. Your score on this important test helps determine your military career, so if you have a specific job in mind,... |
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The Perfect Score Project: Uncovering the Secrets of the SAT
Debbie Stier · Harmony Format: Hardcover
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The Perfect Score Project is an indispensable guide to acing the SAT – as well as the affecting story of a single mom’s quest to light a fire under her teenage son. It all began as an attempt by Debbie Stier to help her high-school age son, Ethan, who would shortly be studying... |
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