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Ryan (60 Seconds & You're Hired!) offers authoritative advice for the over-40 job hunter, and in the process supplies tips that would be useful for anyone (or everyone, these days) looking for work. Addressing those entering the job market after a hiatus—those recently laid off from a long-term position or who have been staying home with children— she cautions, Times have changed, and you must, too.

This three-level listening series is designed for young, beginner to low level intermediate students. Each book in the Listening Time series contains listening passages and conversations followed by a variety of activities designed to reinforce the vocabulary, grammar, themes, and concepts being introduced in each unit. Various dialogs and passages are used within each unit to enhance variations on each new theme, and each unit concludes with a quiz section to summarize the main objectives being taught. The goal of the Listening Time series is to improve listening comprehension while providing learners with a fun and rewarding learning experience.

Like ancient Rome, America is saddled with an empire that is fatally undermining its republican government, argues Johnson (The Sorrows of Empire), in this bleak jeremiad. He surveys the trappings of empire: the brutal war of choice in Iraq and other foreign interventions going back decades; the militarization of space; the hundreds of overseas U.S. military bases full of "swaggering soldiers who brawl and sometimes rape."

Exotic, modern, exuberant: Thailand has many faces. Gleaming Bangkok offers irresistible cuisine and a devout Buddhist culture; ancient Chiang Mai is spa central. Cloudy mountains and pearlescent sandy beaches provide the tropical bliss.
* Special expanded chapter on travelling responsibly sustainably
* Specialist-authored chapters for the History, Food & Drink and Environment chapters
* New Deep South chapter
* Interviews with locals give you the insider edge
820 pp / 20 pp colour / 150 maps

Margery Facklam, Howard Facklam, Sean M. Grady, "Modern Medicines: The Discovery and Development of Healing Drugs"
Facts on File | 2004 | ISBN: 0816047065 | 208 pages | PDF | 3,2 MB

Billions of dollars are spent each year for the research and development of pharmaceutical drugs. Who invents or finds these healing drugs? How do we know they are safe? How are they tested, and how much time does it take from their invention to public use? What is the FDA, and how does it control the drug industry? Modern Medicines answers all of these questions and more.

Paul A. Tucci, Mathew T. Rosenberg, "The Handy Geography Answer Book"
Visible Ink | 2009 | ISBN: 1578592151 | 450 pages | PDF | 6,1 MB

From discovering why every map is distorted to why Rhode Island is called an island even though it's not, this comprehensive reference simplifies geography in an approachable question-and-answer format. All aspects of the discipline are covered, including physical, economic, political, and cultural geography. Questions answered include Who carved Mount Rushmore? What is the average life expectancy in Japan? and What were the seven wonders of the ancient world? Ideal for students and teachers, this resource is for all those curious about our world.

Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies By Kurt A. Raaflaub, Richard J.A. Talbert
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell 2010 | 376 Pages | ISBN: 1405191465 | PDF | 5 MB

This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists, who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies.
Presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of Discovery
Provides cross-cultural comparison of ancient societies around the globe, from the Chinese to the Incas and Aztecs, from the Greeks and Romans to the peoples of ancient India
Explores newly discovered medieval Islamic materials