Posted by qpen on May 12, 2010
SIDE BY SIDEOn the fateful night of the Titanic disaster, heiress Loretta Linden made sure her friends and fellow passengers got to the lifeboats before she even thought of herself. Her soft heart is legendary–and her desire to help others is her great passion. She will not rest until her little band is safely reunited in her native San Francisco–where she meets the dashing Captain Quarles.HAND IN HANDMalachai Quarles has sailed the seven seas and he’s had many a sweethear (more…)
Posted by qpen on April 9, 2010
Updated with many new references, this entertaining book advises students on ways to enliven their essay assignments with vivid images, avoid the dull passive voice, and construct smooth, well-crafted sentences that flow together to create unified themes. Short quizzes called â??Brain Ticklersâ? appear throughout the text. Titles in Barronâ??s Painless Series are written especially for middle school and high school students who are having a difficult time with a spec (more…)
Posted by qpen on March 31, 2010
This is aimed at all those writers interested in the area of historical fiction and who are keen to know more about it. The many different kinds of historical fiction are covered in detail – the family saga, the romance, the nostalgia novel, the adventure story, the ‘straight’ historical. The particular requirements of this genre are that the novel must be believable. Painstaking, but enjoyable research needs to be carried out to establish convincing background and characters. O (more…)
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Posted by qpen on January 11, 2010
How can online instructors and course designers’ instruction harness the popular Web 2.0 tool, the wiki, for successful collaboration and learning outcomes? This book focuses on using wikis in the active learning processes that are the hallmark of collaborative learning and constructivism. It provides both the pedagogical background and practical guidelines, tools, and processes for accomplishing these goals with special emphasis on wikis and other collaborative design tools. Th (more…)
Posted by qpen on December 9, 2009
Directed specifically at the practicing marketing executive, Cases and Select Readings in Health Care Marketing integrates understandable explanations of marketing concepts, articles selected for topical timeliness and pragmatic value, and case studies illustrating the detail and complexity of market decisions faced by today’s health care and human services marketing professional. Each chapter of this landmark volume includes a brief but thorough presentation of one conceptual (more…)
Posted by qpen on November 29, 2009
ReviewFrom the Reviews:
“Every child has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. When those weaknesses turn into hate for a certain subject, that causes parents pain. How do you overcome that? Sometimes it just takes a different approach.
The Painless Junior series?one for Math, one for Writing, and one for Grammar coming soon?tries to help your child over the current learning plateau. They just try to make it fun.
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Posted by qpen on November 15, 2009
Most advanced educational courses now include a dissertation or research project of some kind. For many students this can be a terrifying experience. Although colleges and universities may have different systems, basic principles for planning research and making the compromise between what is desirable and what is feasable are the same. This book aims to provide a plain guide to ways of producing a dissertation with minimum stress and frustration. It covers such areas as choosing a (more…)
Posted by qpen on November 14, 2009
The Ivey Casebook Series is a co-publishing partnership between SAGE Publications and the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario. Due to their popularity in more than 60 countries, approximately 200 new cases are added to the Ivey School of Business library each year. Each of the casebooks comes equipped with instructor’s resources on CD-ROM. These affordable collections will not only help students connect to real-world situations, but will benefi (more…)
Posted by qpen on October 15, 2009
Review
The Complete Guide lives up to its name and goes beyond the ordinary. — Jeanine Berry, FictionFactor.com, author of Dayspring Dawning and Daysprint Destiny
Review”Comprehensive, with much advice on historical settings, weapons, combat, world building and such, and fantasy writers can profit by it.” – Piers Anthony, Author of the Xanth Series -
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Posted by qpen on October 7, 2009
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“Monad Trainer’s Aide has always been a strong advocate of the Crisp Fifty-Minute Series. We find the content to be exceptionally useful and effective. As a standalone learning experience or accompanied with videos, the Crisp Series frequently satisfies all of our clients’ training requirements. Their extensive list of titles along with low pricing, makes the Crisp Fifty-Minute Series required reading in any training or educational program.”
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