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Quit wasting time on the internet, mailing out resumes, and carreer management firms. Kathleen Conners shows you the way to get a job fast. She teaches how to locate the hiring managers without being screened by HR. She shows you how to investgate information on potential employers so that you will be knowledgable when speaking with the hiring manager. I find invaluable the many example telephone scripts that are used to get into the hearts and minds of the hiring managers. I have read many other books on the subject but this one is the only one I rate a five star!

I found this book to be extremely helpful in not only researching and finding jobs but also finding sales leads and new opportunities. The idea that people hire people is not unique, just a forgotten art in this world of computers and technology. In sales, it takes footwork and making contact with the approver for the expenditure. Same premise for getting hired. Find the hiring manager and sell yourself. That is what it takes to get good positions today. This book helps job seekers do just that.

This is a must have book for all serious job hunters today. Kathy provides many new ideas and approaches tailored for today's serous job hunters. She provides scenarios and scripts that can be used for the timid in starting a job hunt. This method will help you find and get the job you want that will have a high degree of sucess of working out for both the employee and employer.

Ms. Conner's book is essential for anyone really interested in securing a career! I am a Qualified Rehabilitation Consultant and this book is the "best" I have read on the topic of job searching. It's innovative and well written. It's easy to follow and implement. If you are involved with vocational rehabilitation you need this book.

This is an awesome inspirational book! It's remarkable proof that one determined individual can make a difference and that "when you're right you have to stand up for yourself or you're dead". I plan on making sure my kids read and sharing with my friends.

Mr. Radulovich is an inspiration on the value of family honor and loyality in our society.

What the country must read how one person can make the difference for the rights of the American people. The loyalty for your parents and this country are a must. The author and Mr. Milo Radulovich make the point. An outstanding book, Thumbs up

OK, so I am biased because Milo Radulovich is my cousin, but speaking as an (amateur) historian, I can say this is book is excellently researched. Michael Ranville gives you not only an incredible story of the "little man in turbulent times" (which is an incredible way to learn history) but also places the chronology of the Radulovich story against other US & World events of the time, giving the book a depth and range that many stories written in this fashion lack. This book is also fascinating from the perspective of the immigrants and "third culture kids" who shaped (and continue to shape) the American vision. This book is a must-read if you teach or study American history 1945-Present professionally. I wish everyone could meet Milo Radulovich; his courage then AND now, and that of the entire family, shines.

Probably the most complete work on trapping I have seen. This one was for a teenager and he was able to read it and understand the instruction and teaching. He also enjoys reading it for pleasure when not needing specific references in the book.

This book was extremely to the point and gave lots of helpful information and trap setting sequences. It also had very good lure making recipies.

I found this book to be filled with helpfull hints on trapping beaver, fox, mink, muskrat, otter, etc. and hunting black bear, deer, and bees. Good reading!

I was fortunate to have someone show me the trade of Fur Trapping, and with the guide, Trapping North American Furbearers, it fine tuned my adventures in trapping. I am glad I paid the few dollars for it, it's well worth the money. I find myself reading my book just before every trapping season because there are so many ideas in it. I have been trapping for 26 years now. Ed Collins

This book has a wide variety of treasure hunts from those for pre-readers to more complicated ones that even adults can enjoy. Included are the clues and where to hide them, and also pockets to store them in. I really enjoyed the indoor ones and am looking forward to trying the outdoor ones as soon as the weather turns. These are fun for rainy days, or for parties as well. There is a total of 12 treasure hunts included. The first 3 are geared more to the pre-readers, and get more difficult with picture puzzles, and scrambled words as well as riddles and codes. It is a fun book, everyone can enjoy

This book has tear out clues to hide all over the house. Each clue leads you to the next clue. I have a 4 and 6 year old girls who love doing the hunts. Some are to complicated for them. Some are too easy for older kids. So this is a good product for a family. It's well worth the money.

This book arrived today, and I am so thrilled, it is better than I imagined. There are 11 treasure hunts with the clues provided, suitable for all ages. I will keep the book hidden and use one for the Easter Egg Hunt. We'll do another for my daughters 8th birthday party with her friends, and the best thing is, we can use them again and again. I know this is going to be one of those books that is borrowed often!

My 4 year old loves Treasure hunts, puzzles, etc... When I saw this, I knew it was for her! There are treasure hunts of all levels in this book. In the hunts at the first of the book, the clue may be as easy as a picture of the next place you should look. It progresses in difficulty to clues that you need to hold up to a mirror to read - and riddles that you must solve. So, it is equally fun for an older crowd of kids as well. The hunt is so much fun, the kids might not even need a treasure! The cards can be torn out of the book and kept in the pockets inside the covers, then used again. Klutz does it again!

One of the most beautiful, complex works of art that remain with us from the middle ages, the Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters Museum in New York City are a priceless treasure. Their monograph on the tapestries is a beautifully produced, meticulously researched, and well-written overview of the techniques used to weave them, the selection of colors, the symbolism of the figures and flowers, and the possible meaning of the entire sequence. To this day, no one knows for certain for whom they were woven and what they truly signify. If you haven't had a chance to see these wondrous tapestries in person, consider putting them on your list of things to do before you die. If you have been fortunate enough to make a visit, this book will certainly increase your understanding and appreciation of this masterpiece. We are fortunate to have them, though they probably truly belong in France or Belgium.

I absolutely love the unicorn tapestries, and I fulfilled a childhood dream when i saw them at the Cluny museum in paris. The colors are vivid and beautiful and do justice to these awesome tapestries.

I recall seeing these tapestries for the first time as a teen, when my high school class made a bus trip to the Cloisters Museum--deigned as a medieval castle--in the uppermost park in Manhattan. As I recall, I was on crutches at the time. Through the shallow, spiral stairs tested my coordination, however, the fabulous textiles, rich in color and mythology, completely distracted me from my injury.

I've been back a few times over the years to see these priceless treasures, and each time, they have induced silent awe.

Margaret Freeman's volume provides a great record of the collection, including fine pictorial details, and scholarly (but engrossing) explanations of the tapestry themes and motifs.

This is an art book you'll be happy to have.

If you can't see these gorgeous tapestries in person, ***this book is a great way to view them up-close. Each tapestry, circa 1500, is shown in full (in color!) and in detail. All of the brilliant colors are from three dyes: madder (red), woad (blue), and weld (yellow). The hunt of the unicorn theme is possibly an allegory for love, marriage, even the death of Jesus Christ.

These now-famous works of art apparently belonged to François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, in the late 1600s. They were taken from his chateau and later used by peasants to protect their food from frosts. Fortunately, they were recovered in 1850 and later (1922) purchased by John D. Rockefeller who gave them to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

I was fortunate enough to see them last October. My fiancé and I made the trek from Times Square, via subway, to Fort Tryon Park, where The Cloisters are peacefully nestled. We crawled from the sub-terrain and entered the lush, fragrant park. It's a bit of a walk up to the museum, but the garden atmosphere astonished us. We couldn't believe we were in NY! The Cloisters were quiet and uncrowded in the morning. There's a center court complete with bubbling fountains and plants from the Medieval era that is open to the sky. We crossed this courtyard and entered into the small room where the tapestries occupy their personal space. I will never forget the experience. They took my breath away.

This is the "Harry Potter" of career guides for teens. This book has really helped my daughter and myself as well. Since reading this book my daughter has decided to go back to school and further her education in nursing. This book is such an encourager not only for teens but for all ages. He has shown no matter where you are in life there is room to grow and learn. Should have purchased it sooner. What a delightful book!

I read Christopher's Book after my sister gave it to me. (She is friends with him) However, instead of "victory After High School", I had Victory After College. I have graduated from VHCC with my Science Associates, but still am not sure how to continue on. After reading this book I have really picked up some great ideas on how to continue my education.

As a writer myself, I read books with a more critical eye. This book passed with flying colors. It is not only a great guide for teens, but for those of us who are just starting to really find our way a bit later in life, it can be helpful as well. The advice is both timely and timeless, not to mention very well written. It is very straight forward and doesn't contain all the "fluff" that would normally turn a teen away from the very start. I highly recommend this book to students, teachers, parents...everyone.
Susan M. Bell
Mayland Writers' Group
Spruce Pine, NC

I am a middle school teacher that is required to incorporate "school to work" activites involving my students. This book is the predecessor to their involvement! It is very encouraging by telling us we don't have to try to change our own persona in such a constantly changing world. VICTORY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL does encourage students to start thinking and planning immediately about what they want to do with the rest of their lives. In my opinion, it is a necessary tool for any classroom (especially for all seniors).
If you want to positively inform your children, neighbors' children, or friends' children this is a must have. It will start them on the road to success!!

Craig Hunt and Roberta Bragg's WINDOWS SERVER 2003 NETWORK ADMINISTRATION: BUILDING AND MAINTAINING PROBLEM-FREE WINDOWS NETWORKS is a recommended reference for programmers: it's been revised and expanded to address the numerous networks supported by windows Server 2003 and to address common security issues, and includes chapters on protocol, firewalls and network security, TCP/IP troubleshooting, and much more. Serious programmers working in the Windows Server 2003 environment will find it should be close at hand to explain tools and techniques basic to administration issues

Do you need to configure a network service on a Windows server? If you do, then this book is for you! Authors Craig Hunt and Roberta Bragg, have done an outstanding job of writing a book that provides practical, detailed network information for the Windows system administrator.

Hunt and Bragg, begin by providing you with a quick history of TCP/IP, a description of the structure of the protocol architecture, and a basic explanation of how the protocols function. Then, the authors describe addressing and how data passes through a network to reach the proper destination. They continue by discussing the relationship betwen clients and server systems, as well as the various services that are central to the function of a modern network. Next, the authors cover the basic "client" configuration required by all systems running TCP/IP. Then, they describe how to install, configure, and maintain a Windows DHCP server. They also describe how to install, configure, and manage a Microsoft DNS server. Then, they focus on the symbiotic relationship between TCP/IP and Active Directory. The authors continue by describing how to install and configure the RRAS software that permits a Windows server to run a variety of TCP/IP routing protocols and to provide the security protocols needed to create encrypted connections. They then discuss the different implementations of the native Windows firewall. The authors also describe the installation and configuration of an IAS to provide centralized authentication, audit, and authorization services for RADIUS clients. Next, they provide the background that is necessary to understand, install, and configure IPSec. Then, the authors describe how to install, configure, and manage the Internet Information Server software. They also describe how to design proper security into your network and how to understand the overall security framework within which the network resides. Finally, the authors tell you what to do when something goes wrong.

This most excellent book is about building and maintaining your own network based on Windows servers. Furthermore, this dynamic book strives to find the correct balance of theory and practice, so that you understand what needs to be done and why it is done.

Oh my, this book is just incredible. It is the most comprehensive book I found covering many advanced networking technologies including routing and firewalls. One thing so cool is able to understand comparatively the firewall features of routing and NAT functionality of RRAS, IPSec filters, TCP/IP filtering, ICF, and Windows Firewall. I wasn't able to find such material in any other books.

There's a lot of great material covering RADIUS technology of IAS, including wireless security with WPA, PEAP with TLS (certificates from Certificate Authority). The book has coverage of other topics including DHCP, DNS, Windows Time Service (NTP), IIS, etc.

Overall the coverage of network administration is just excellent. It is by far the best book I found covering IAS and RRAS technologies with Windows Server 2003. I found it refreshing to have advanced coverage of the new Windows Firewall, which is something Windows security books don't do.

Mr. Hunt and Ms. Bragg have produced a very acceptable book on Microsoft Networking Technologies. However, if you are looking for depth in TCP/IP (the protocol suite) on the Microsoft platform of OSes, this isn't the book for you. Craig and Roberta spend enough time and go to just enough depth to allow the reader to get the value of the 'real meat' of this book - the second half that deals with the installable services and servers, as well as those that are available natively in the OS. If you are looking for real 'nuts and bolts' depth on TCP/IP on the Microsoft platform, the best on that I have found (Sorry, Thomas and Joe...) is Niall Mansfield's "Practical TCP/IP" by another publisher. (Do a quick search - you'll find it.)

That being said, Hunt and Bragg dive deep into operation and best practice on:

Routing and Remote Access Service
Windows Host Firewalls
RADIUS using IAS
IPSec

These above 4 subjects are worth the price of the book. I'm less impressed with the treatment of DNS and IIS. These are huge subjects, and just can't be dealt with effectively in 50 - 60 pages. I suppose that this is the reason why the book "DNS on Windows Server 2003" by Cricket Liu, Matt Larson, and Robbie Allen - also published by O'Reilly - exists. And, too - this is likely why there are whole books dedicated partially or completely to IIS 6.0.

All in all - Craig and Roberta do a fine job with this book. Roberta, being the preeminent mistress of Security geek on Windows, and Craig having years and years of experience in communications and TCP/IP - both can be considered experts in the subject area of this book. This book is a good one for the average to more advanced Administrator that is looking to excel in the field of Network services - and add that Network Design Engineer moniker, as they will likely only need a primer on TCP/IP and DNS. This book will get them on the road to the practical experience that will help one attain the status of Network Services engineer.

Laura Spencer's book Winning Through Participation is one of the earliest and finest introductions to the facilitation process available. Technologies of Participation (ToP) are practical methodologies for the experienced and new facilitator. She introduces the Focused Conversation Method, the ToP Workshop Method, ToP Event Planning and Orchestration Techniques, ToP Strategic Planning Process and many other practical applications of ToP methods. ToP methods were developed by the Institute of Cultural Affairs in the 1950's, 60's and 70's as practical ways of enabling groups to develop their own thinking and solutions to problems. They are still used in 100's of places across the world.

Back in it's 1st or 2nd printing, this was probably the only book of its kind. I completely wore it out from constant use. It is an outstanding companion to any training I received from ICA in how to use the group facilitation methods that Spencer describes. She uses case study examples, summaries of numerous group facilitation methods, and practical plans for events like participatory strategic planning retreats.

Recently I went back to it and discovered a whole new appreciation for her wisdom. For example, I was a bit frustrated with the kinda' "mom and apple pie" quality of a group's brainstorm of their values. Spencer provided the insight I needed to set a more challenging context so groups could establish guiding principles for themselves... with teeth! Buy this book and read it. Then read it again after a few years of practice using participatory methods.

Now in its eighth printing, this how-to book is the ICA's facilitation "bible." With examples drawn primarily from the private sector, it describes the ICA's Technology of Participation core methods and their application in detail. Foreword by Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Available in English and Spanish Editions.

Winning Through Participation is a great foundational resource for facilitation, both for the movement and for facilitators. It is particularly useful for its presentation of basic methods of facilitation, clear forms, and explanatory material. It is a great beginning toolkit for organizing and promoting facilitation.

This book appears to be the first one that sets forth the methods of the Technology of Participation, ToP, so widely used and known facilitation circles. The Institute of Cultural Affairs, ICA, an international non-profit concerned with the human factor in development, through its experience in offering consultancy and leadership in organizational development, was the fertile ground for this method spring forth and grow.

More about this book is on the SFN (Southwest Facilitator's Network) website, written March 2001.

Well written exciting horror epic. Uncommon theme for a family saga- fab historical fiction with a supernatural theme!

From book:
Surrounded by the darkest evil, she was a woman possessed....

For centuries they died in a blaze of hellfire and brimstone

1692, Salem , Massachussetts- they were called witches , heretics. They were tortured , executed , driven into hiding to survive. But the Hawthorne children escaped to begin a new generation , gathering great wealth and new enemies, waiting in fear for the burnings to begin again....

1858, Nebraska Territory-On a night of blood and death. their legacy seemed doomed. But a virile Indian shaman sensed the otherworldly strength of Rose Hawthorne, to whom he would reveal the depths of Cheyenne magic, and give the gift of life and freedom....

1992, Montvue, Colorado-Leigh is an outsider who has married a Hawthorne, unaware of her new family's past. And now, the devil in cleric's garb has risen again, stalking the ones she loves. This time no one will survive his wrath. Only Leigh , the stranger can lead the Hawthornes through the holocaust... with horrifying powers she never knew she possessed.

I read this book as a freshman in high school, and in nine years since then, with an extensive library since, it still remains my favorite. I agree that it should definitely be followed by an equally dynamic sequel, but how can you top perfection? I actually came on line to see if (wonders, wonders) the author ever did create a follow-up. After 12 years, it seems doubtful that there ever will be one. But one can still hope. I would reccommend this book to anyone who feels like they just don't fit in, who loves the thought of religious freedom, and everyone who loves a good story. I picked it up again recently and finished it in less than a day. Trust me, it's just that good.

This book is a must to read especially if you like to read books about witchcraft. I have read this book 3 times already. When you start reading you just can't put this book down. Would be great if the author wrote a sequel to this book.

I adore this book. I read it when I was 17yrs old for the first time. I have read it 7 more times since then I am now 22. I am not a big reader either but this is one of those books you just can not put down.

I think this book was good and interersting and to me It was a good book.This author is my only uncle and I think he is a great poet/author!!!!!!

Neal Bowers made an interesting discovery one day - one of his poems was published under someone else's name.

With this minor irritation (one never gets rich from poetry, one's own or others), Bowers began the trek down a bizarre path to try to find out who was plagiarising his work, and why. Bowers discovered a man going by the name of David Sumner, aka David Jones, who had a habit of copying the poetry from others (not only Bowers), changing the title and a first line or two, and submitting these to poetry journals, magazines and other media outlets as his own. Exactly why was unclear - any pieces of note would undoubtedly be discovered, and few publishing successes came with any kind of monetary compensation attached.

Bowers never intended to become a detective, but the trail just kept on going. Bowers actually made contact with the person, threatened legal action, abandoned because, after all, there was no money in it beyond Sumner/Jones sent to Bowers (some $600 or so that he managed to make from the poems), copies of journals from which he'd lifted poems, a marked book that showed his submission patterns - each step of the way, Sumner/Jones claimed to be operating in good faith, but there was inevitably more to be found.

What was going on?

The more Bowers dug, the more surreal the situation became. Sumner/Jones had been a teacher in Illinois and Oregon, dismissed under terrible circumstances (molestation of children from his second-grade classrooms), jailed for the actions, and strangely, focussed his plagiarism on poetry that dealt with family issues and loss. Bowers was not the only poet plagiarised - as it turned out, Sumner/Jones was successful enough to have many publishing successes, and even had poetry readings arranged.

Perhaps the most interesting part of this is near the end, the attitudes of various persons towards Bowers and his quest for some sort of justice. Journalists by and large were sympathetic, not liking the idea of someone stealing the words (the stock-in-trade of their profession) and getting away with it. But there were those in the media, including poetry journal editors, who seemed to think that Bowers was the 'bad guy' for making such a fuss. Because of the attentions of journalists, others who felt they'd been wronged (not only in plagiarism, but in other realms, too) assumed Bowers would be a kindred spirit and naturally willing to help them - Bowers' mail quadrupled, with all manner of bizarre requests.

Bowers even discovered plagiarism from his friends - one friend, a calligrapher, set some of Bowers' poems in her art, and even produced her own hand-drawn book of his poems (offered at a very high price) without permission, and perhaps more surprisingly, without any recognition that what she was doing was in any way wrong - words were hers for the taking.

In the end, the story ends the way it began - Jones/Sumner still sending out plagiarised work, now having 'graduated' to short stories. But one assumes that Bowers will let others continue the pursuit. Sumner/Jones, in finding Bowers to be a reasonable, even nice, person generally, may have focussed upon him more directly because of this. No good deed goes unpunished!

A fascinating and unexpected tale.

This is a fascinating and scary book.

WORDS FOR THE TAKING is by the poet Neal Bowers, who stumbled on one of his poems that appeared under another writer's name. After some detective work, he found out that the plagiarist, David Sumner/David Jones, had ripped off several other of his poems, and had also stolen from poets as well known as Mark Strand and Sharon Olds. Further investigation located the man, and it turned out he was also guilty of child molestation -- a second-grade teacher who was convicted of molesting 7-year-old girls left in his care.

I wonder if you have to be a writer yourself, to understand how violated the author felt. (And how terrifying it must have been to find out how completely bereft of morals the violator turned out to be).

The first instance Bowers found was "Tenth -Year Elegy," a very personal remembrance of his father. Most of the other poems stolen were about family relations, which in context is sinister.

(One must quote, for fun, the response that he got from the editor of _Poetry Forum_, with an unlikely name, Gunvor Skogsholm, the burden of which seems to have driven him to reinvent the history of poetry in his own eloquent terms: "It's my strongly felt opinion that a good poet by nature ought to possess humbleness and that he or she ought not to think to [sic] highly of him- or herself. Throughout history, those have always been the personal traits associated with a POET. If you have read any of the literary histories associated with the great names in the art of poetry, you will know this is so.")

It's a very well written book on a fascinating subject. Bowers understands that merely ordinary people might see his concern and the steps he was driven to as being excessive, and I think in that light, both he and the publisher, W.W. Norton, are to be commended for keeping a proper perspective.

I was fascinated by this book, especially since I worked with Bowers in his quest to catch up with his plagiarist, a quest detailed by this book. Although the editor before me published the poem, I was the editor of a small poetry magazine which had printed a plagiarized version of one of Bowers' poems. Both in our brief correspondence and in this book, Bowers' impressed me as a brave soul. Plagiarists, on the other hand, are not the pranksters they imagine themselves to be; they are the cowards of the literary world. "Words for the Taking" is a tale of courage, both in the story it tells of the tracking of a criminal, and in the example it sets of one man believing in his writing. There are many lazy, slack-off writers out there. "Words for the Taking" shows us more than any writing course could that putting effort into and believing in your writing is one of the bravest acts possible.