Back Professional & Technical | March Newsletter

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  Professional & Technical  
Beat Your Ticket: Go to Court & Win

David W. Brown · Nolo; Seventh Edition edition
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

Fight an unfair ticket in any state! We've all received one -- a traffic ticket that seems completely unfair, the result of an officer's evening quota rather than a serious moving violation. But do you have to pay the penalty and watch your driving record crash and burn? Not if you choose...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Old Farmer's Almanac 2019

Bill Cosby · Old Farmer's Almanac
Pages: 304
Format: Audiobook

It's another new year celebrating everything under the Sun, including the Moon, with The Old Farmer's Almanac, America's oldest continuously published periodical! Always timely, topical, and distinctively "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor," the Almanac has been...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Self-Sufficiency Handbook: Your Complete Guide to a Self-Sufficient Home, Garden, and Kitchen

Alan Bridgewater · CompanionHouse Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Worried about ever-rising fuel bills and longing for the day when you can be off-grid and independent? Anxious about the quality of the food you eat and planning to go organic? Yearning to get back to the way it was but don't know where to start? This book will show you how to achieve the eco-friendly...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Executor's Guide: Settling a Loved One's Estate or Trust

Mary Randolph · NOLO; Sixth Edition edition
Format: Book

The step-by-step guide to serving as an executor. If you need to wrap up the affairs of a loved one who has died, you may feel overwhelmed - especially when you're grieving. But you can do it, and this book will show you how. A roadmap to follow. The Executor's Guide will lead...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

Margot Lee Shetterly · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst,...
Read More check catalog
 
 
101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions

Ronald W Fry · Course Technology
Pages: 182
Format: eBook

Tough interview questions are inevitable in today's competitive job market. Ron Fry's "101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions" has helped more than 500,000 job seekers pinpoint what employers are really asking with every question, and more importantly: what...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos

Christian Davenport · PublicAffairs
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Social Security Handbook 2017: Overview of Social Security Programs

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. · BERNAN PRESS
Pages: 700
Format: Print book

he Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs, 2016 provides information about Social Security programs and services, and identifies rights and obligations under the Social Security laws. The Handbook also contains information about related programs administered by agencies...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Patent Pending in 24 Hours

Richard Stim Attorney · NOLO
Pages: 472
Format: Paperback

Everything you need to protect your invention now Ready to stamp "patent pending" on your invention? Then you need to file a provisional patent application (PPA) , an inexpensive way to claim your invention - and buy yourself time to determine whether it's worthwhile to pursue...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Raising Chickens For Dummies

Kimberly Willis · For Dummies
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

Your hands-on guide to modern chicken-raising methods Thinking about raising chickens? You've come to the right place! This new edition of Raising Chickens For Dummies provides the most up-to-date, thorough information on the many aspects of keeping chickens in your backyard. Inside, you'll...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade

Adam Minter · Bloomsbury Press
Format: Hardcover

When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday’s newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don’t want and turn it into something you can’t wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter—veteran...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Coal Wars: The Future of Energy and the Fate of the Planet

Richard Martin · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Since the late 18th century, when it emerged as a source of heating and, later, steam power, coal has brought untold benefits to mankind. Even today, coal generates almost 45 percent of the world's power. Our modern technological society would be inconceivable without coal and the energy...
Read More check catalog