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Blue collar & proud of it: the all-in-one resource for finding freedom, financial success, and security outside the cubicle
Par Joe Lamacchia, Bridget Samburg. 2009
Guide to lucrative, recession-proof blue- and green-collar careers for men and women who love to work either with their hands…
or in nontraditional settings. Lists training, apprenticeship, and certification opportunities by U.S. state and Canadian province. Includes real-world examples of successful tradespeople. 2009200 best jobs for renewing America
Par Laurence Shatkin, JIST Publishing Editors. 2010
Guide to identifying and securing jobs in the six industries that are projected to grow under President Obama's 2009 American…
Recovery and Reinvestment Act: infrastructure, green technologies, education, information technologies, health care, and manufacturing. Lists job descriptions and security; required education, training, and skills; earnings; and growth potential. 2010The six books in the World's Most Dangerous Jobs series, presented together. Each covers that title's job description; the special…
skills, qualifications, and training needed; and work conditions. For grades 3-6. 2009Recounts the history of mail service between Missouri and California from April 1860 to October 1861. Explains the relay system…
of fresh horses used to maximize delivery speed. Discusses the risks faced by the riders, including extreme weather, Indian attacks, hunger, and lack of sleep. For grades 5-8. 2009Cowboys and coffin makers: one hundred 19th-century jobs you might have feared or fancied (Jobs in History)
Par Laurie Coulter, Martha Newbigging. 2007
Highlights various nineteenth-century jobs, particularly those that developed because of the Industrial Revolution and westward expansion. Examines the use of…
child labor and the then-common opinion that idleness was shameful. Occupations described include trapper boy, midwife, wheelwright, and doughboy. For grades 4-7. 2007Ballplayers and bonesetters: one hundred ancient Aztec and Maya jobs you might have adored or abhorred (Jobs in History)
Par Laurie Coulter, Martha Newbigging. 2008
Describes the ways people lived and worked in the highly structured societies of ancient Mexico. Details jobs for the elite…
and for commoners in palaces, temples, pyramid-construction sites, farms, markets, and more. For grades 4-7. 2008Pharaohs and foot soldiers: one hundred ancient Egyptian jobs you might have desired or dreaded (Jobs in History Ser.)
Par Kristin Butcher, Martha Newbigging. 2009
Briefly explains the way ancient Egyptians lived and worked. Describes specific jobs in detail--from chariot maker in the army and…
ferryman on the Nile to servants in the Pharaoh's palace, professionals in the temple, and skilled and unskilled laborers in the general community. For grades 4-7. 2009Learn to speak music: A Guide to Creating, Performing, and Promoting Your Songs (Learn to Speak)
Par John Crossingham, Jeff Kulak. 2009
Musician draws on his practical experience to provide a guide to creating, performing, and promoting your own songs. Discusses playing…
an instrument, forming a band, writing lyrics, marketing your group, and locating public performance spots. For grades 6-9. 2009100 questions & answers about macular degeneration
Par Jeffrey S Heier, Jeffrey Heier. 2010
A retina specialist answers questions about the causes, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of age-related wet and dry macular degeneration.…
Includes patient commentary and discusses the future possibilities of research trials. 2010Extreme scientists: exploring nature's mysteries from perilous places (Scientists in the Field)
Par Donna M. Jackson. 2009
Profiles the work and conditions of three extreme scientists: a meteorologist who flies into the eyes of hurricanes to gather…
data, a microbiologist who searches unexplored underground caves for microbes, and an ecologist who climbs giant redwoods to study the canopy. For grades 4-7. 2009The girls' guide to rocking: how to start a band, book gigs, and get rolling to rock stardom
Par Jessica Hopper. 2008
Guide to forming a band. Includes insider advice on songwriting, recording, production, promoting, and touring with your group. Also provides…
tips for dealing with stage fright and for booking performances. For senior high readers. 2009Clothesline clues to jobs people do
Par Kathryn Heling, Deborah Hembrook, Andy Robert Davies. 2012
Spot seven clotheslines, what do you see? Uniform and cap, overalls in blue, apron and oven mitts, wide suspenders, too.…
Who wears these things for the jobs that they do? Can you guess who? For grades K-3Clothesline clues to sports people play
Par Kathryn Heling, Deborah Hembrook, Andy Robert Davies. 2015
Spot seven clotheslines what do you see? Socks and shinguards, a uniform in grey, helmet and shoulder pads, opponents make…
way, who wears these things for the sports that they play? Let's take a guess today. For preschool-grade 2I will be a teacher when I grow up
Par Willa Robinson, Knowledge Power Communications. 2009
I will be a lawyer when I grow up
Par Willa Robinson, Penny Scott, Theodore Wright. 2015
I Will Be a Lawyer When I Grow Up is the second book in the I Will Be series empowerment…
books for children, to start thinking and dreaming about their careers at an early age. For grades K-3Don't just say it: a news director's guide to public speaking
Par Matt Ellis. 2017
Written by an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist and founder of a strategic communications firm, this pocket guide contains simple tools…
and proven techniques that can help everyone succeed as a public speakerEmploying generation why?: understanding, managing, and motivating your new workforce
Par Eric Chester, Center for Work Ethic Development. 2002
Millions of post-Generation Xers (born between 1980 and 1994) are rapidly entering the workforce and society with a whole new…
set of attitudes, values, and beliefs. Although members of Generation Y are better educated, more techno-savvy, and quicker to adapt than those who have come before them, they refuse to blindly conform to traditional standards and time-honored institutions. Includes twelve common traits and tendencies of Generation Why. 2002The firehouse light
Par Janet Nolan, Marie Lafrance. 2010
The shift: one nurse, twelve hours, four patients' lives
Par Theresa Brown. 2015
Nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not just a day in the life of…
a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day on a hospital's cancer ward. In the span of twelve hours, lives can be lost, life-altering medical treatment decisions made, and dreams fulfilled or irrevocably stolen. Prioritizing and ministering to their needs takes the kind of skill, sensitivity, and, yes, humor that enable a nurse to be a patient's most ardent advocate in a medical system marked by heartbreaking dysfunction as well as miraculous success. 2015. Some strong languageTemple Grandin: how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world
Par Temple Grandin, Sy Montgomery. 2012
An authorized portrait about Grandin's life with autism and her groundbreaking work as a scientist and designer of cruelty-free livestock…
facilities describes how she overcame key disabilities through education and the support of her mother. For grades 5-8