Posted on December 2nd, 2011 by How to Build a Resume
Last Orders
Four men gather in a London pub. They have taken it upon themselves to carry out the last orders of Jack Dodds, master butcher, and deliver his ashes to the sea. As they drive towards the fulfillment of their mission, their errand becomes an extraordinary journey into their collective and individual pasts. Braiding these men’s voices, and that of Jack’s widow, into a choir of sorrow and resentment, passion and regret, Swift creates a testament to a changing England and to enduring mortality.
“Swift has involved us in real, lived lives…Quietly, but with conviction, he seeks to affirm the values of decency, loyalty, love.”–New York Review of Books
“A beautiful book…a novel that speaks profoundly of human need and tenderness. Even the most cynical will be warmed by it.”–San Francisco ChronicleFrom the author of Waterland and Ever After, Last Orders is a quiet but dazzling novel about a group of men, friends since the Second World War, whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack, and their favorite pub. When one of them dies, the survivors drive his ashes from London to a seaside town where they will be scattered, compelling them to take stock in who they are today, who they were before, and the shifting relationships in between. Both funny and moving, this won the Booker Prize in 1996.
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Posted on December 1st, 2011 by How to Build a Resume
Rainbow Garden
When Elaine leaves her home in London to stay with the Owen family in Wales, she feels miserable and left out. It’s only the little secret garden that she finds at the end of the rainbow that makes staying there seem worthwhile. And then something happens that changes everything.
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Posted on December 1st, 2011 by How to Build a Resume
Management Consulting: A Complete Guide to the Industry
The first complete resource on an ever-growing field, updated and expanded to reflect the impact of the New Economy on the industry
This unique A-to-Z resource provides a complete game plan for novice management consultants trying to break into the business along with expert guidelines for veterans looking to expand their services. Sugata Biswas and Daryl Twitchell cover all the bases, from the origins and history of the field to how to zero in on becoming established in one of the many unique specialties within the industry. They also provide a detailed directory of the top fifty consulting firms in the nation. This Second Edition features new and/or added information on such critical topics as the rapidly emerging field of e-consulting; consulting start-ups, incubators, and other New Economy enterprises; and an exploration of how increased competition for graduating MBAs is changing the consultant recruiting and hiring process.
Sugata Biswas (Santa Monica, CA) is a management consultant with the Viant Corporation. Daryl Twitchell (New York, NY) is a management consultant with Front Line Capital Corporation.
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Posted on November 30th, 2011 by How to Build a Resume
Body (Penguin Longman Reader Level 5)
In 1960s America, four young boys go on a journey to search for the body of a boy killed by a train. As they travel, they discover how cruel the world can be, but also how wondrous. “Penguin Readers” is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series’ combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. “Penguin Readers” are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from “Easystarts” with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: “Contemporary”, “Classics” or “Originals”. At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying “Penguin Readers Factsheets” which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.
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Posted on November 29th, 2011 by How to Build a Resume
Formatting & Document Processing Essentials, Lessons 61-120 (with CD-ROM)
KEYBOARDING ESSENTIALS 2nd Edition: FORMATTING & DOCUMENT PROCESSING, LESSONS 61-120, focuses on mastery of formatting letters, memos, reports, and business documents using the functions of Microsoft Word 2007! Additional skill building is included to increase your keyboarding speed and accuracy. Word processing skills are isolated and introduced prior to document formatting lessons, while proofreading skills are reinforced within the documents. The document formatting lessons are devoted solely to documents and teach no additional word processing so you can focus on formatting mastery.
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