Valerie& Walter's Best Books for Children
With wit, candor, and boundless enthusiasm, Valerie V. Lewis and Walter M. Mayes have selected more than 2,000 wonderful books for children from birth to age 12. Here is the most useful, candid, and convenient guide to children's literature ever published, featuring in-depth reviews, concise ratings, tips for finding the perfect book for your child, and mountains of essential hints and sound advice to help you pass along the gift of reading to the next generation.This fully revised and updated edition includes:
Reviews of the best new books for children
More of Valerie and Walter's patented back-and-forth dialogue
Handy cross-references by theme and interest
And much, much more
From stories that babies can literally chew on, to the very best choices for bridging the gap between listening and reading, to the right books to tempt an adamant nonreader, this truly is the last word on children's reading and the first book a parent should buy.
Analysis And Design of Plated Structures
Written by an international team of contributors and under the aegis of distinguished editors, Analysis and Design of Plated Structures: Volume 1: Stability reviews the wealth of research in this important area and its implications for design, safety, and maintenance. The book considers the various types of buckling that plated structures are likely to encounter and reviews buckling in a range of materials, from steel to various types of composites. The chapter authors discuss the behavior of differing type of components used in steel plated structures. These components include steel members and columns as well as curved, stiffened, corrugated, laminated, and other types of plate design.
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Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews
Hands-on help for quicklyand persuasivelywriting company-mandated performance appraisals
Writing performance appraisals is one of the most difficult and time-consuming tasks managers face.
Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews
simplifies the job, providing a comprehensive collection of phrases that managers can use to describe employee performance, provide directions for improvement, and more. For example:
Sets priorities well
Misses important deadlines
Thorough, reliable, and accurate
All managers and HR professionals will
value the book for its:
Hundreds of ready-to-use phrases, organized by job skill and performance level
Tips for documenting performance issues and conducting face-to-face reviews
Easily adapted performance review templates covering five performance levels
With the wide-ranging assortment of descriptions available in this book, managers will be able to find the...
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Back Stage
Back Stage focuses on industry news, service features and theater/dance reviews. Readers include actors, singers, dancers, directors, playwrights and craftspeople. Back stage serves the performer in the theater, film and TV industries, providing the most up-to-date news, reviews and casting information.
An annual subscription consists of 51 issues.
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Frommer's Peru
You`ll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer`s. It`s like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go--they`ve done the legwork for you, and they`re not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer`s Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and nightlife. You`d be lost without us!
Frommer`s Peru
is the premier guide to the country, with complete coverage of Lima, the Southern Coast, Cusco, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the Amazon Basin, and more. You`ll get candid reviews of the best hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife, as well as the author`s picks for the best travel experiences, including: flying over the Nasca Lines; hiking...
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