Alice is an anteater who lives in the jungle and eats ants - as anteaters do. But one day Alice decides what she really wants to be is a film star. So she paints her toenails pink, dresses up in a frilly satin dress, and catches the first plane to Hollywood. Soon Alice is the talk of the town and her picture is in all the magazines. There's just one problem - will she ever get to star in a film?
Whether out of choice or necessity, over one million people in the UK have more than two jobs. A 'portfolio' career can offer freedom, flexibilty and fulfilment. This book explains how to make a portfolio career work for you.
Modern business is a blur of jargon with thousands of books all purporting to hold the key to relentless success. The working reality is often very different. This book distils and summarises all the best current thinking in business so that you can become an authority yourself - and quickly. As well as saving hundreds of hours of reading time, the reader is able to grasp ideas accurately, explain them authoritatively to colleagues and avoid being hoodwinked by those who claim to understand a concept when in fact they have got the wrong end of the stick. Books profiled include Nudge, Freakonomics, and Built to Last. "He does for business what Nike does for sport." Richard Hytner, Deputy Chairman, Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide "Being successful in business is not a
One of the biggest trends in textiles at the moment is the use of the embellisher - a simple-to-use machine that is very popular amongst craftspeople and contemporary textile artists. This book, includes a detailed and comprehensive techniques section, then six chapters exploring different aspects of needle punching with step-by-step projects and a gallery of inspirational ideas, illustrated with sumptuous photography. This is the ideal introduction to this popular new technique. 'the projects in this book offer ideas for a wide range of finished objects' Stitch, Oct/Nov 2010 "If you've treated yourself to an embellishing (needle-punch) machine and don't quite know what to do next, this book is for you...An ideal introduction to this popular technique." Sew Today
This volume provides comprehensive coverage of basic business terms used in British and American English. The terms cover all aspects of business life from the office to the stock exchange, international trade fairs, and e-commerce.
With over 10,000 entries providing contemporary coverage of computing terms, this fully revised 6th edition of Dictionary of Computing provides coverage of the terms used in computing, including hardware, software, programme languages, networks and applications, e-commerce and the Internet. Its definitions are easy to understand for readers without a background in computing and to non-native English speakers. Supplements include tables of codes and programming languages. Each entry includes an example sentence to show how the term is used in context, with quotations from magazines and newspapers to show how terms are used in real life.
Covers all aspects of librarianship and information and knowledge management. Designed to equip the trainee librarian or information management student with core industry terminology, this dictionary includes over 6,000 terms connected with information management, classification, cataloguing and electronic knowledge management.
Covering television, film, radio and theatre, this book includes thousands of words and expressions used in the media and entertainment industries. So whether someone wants to find out the definition of cinema verite or the components of a storyboard, this dictionary has the answers.
This work is a resource for those interested in any form of printmaking, from teachers and students to gallery staff, museum curators and historians. It provides a listing of the terms that relate to different types of printmaking.
This fully up-to-date second edition gives clear and concise definitions for hundreds of new terms, from fast-moving fields such as biotechnology, computing and environmental science. It's an ideal reference for students, or anyone dealing with scientific or technical language.
Direct and Digital Marketing in Practice is a practical manual for all managers, marketers and students who need to get to grips with the powerful techniques available to skilled direct marketers.
Fully updated for this new edition to reflect the impact of the Internet on marketing this book is the only comprehensive textbook written entirely by currently practising professionals. Featuring a chapter by Derek Holden, Founder and Managing Director of the Institute of Direct Marketing, Direct and Digital Marketing in Practice covers vital issues such as: the new marketing landscape; gaining customer insight; integrating traditional and digital media; and campaign planning and budgeting.
The "Rockets" series contains lively and humorous stories for children who are just beginning to enjoy reading. The series is aimed at developing reading ability and the text is integrated with illustrations using speech bubbles, thought bubbles and sound effects.
This dictionary offers over 30,000 references providing clear and concise definitions. Each entry includes part of speech, phonetic pronounciation, a clear definition and example sentances to show how the word is used in context. Entries include collocations, synonyms and grammar information, and example sentences show how a word is used in context.
Green Money is an essential guide to ethical investment. Packed with accessible information and advice, the book will help readers develop a financial plan that's sustainable both for them personally and for the planet.
Today's twenty-somethings have much less idea of how to keep track of their personal finances than previous generations. This book covers all those complicated things that as a student or young person you never bothered to try and understand before when - suddenly - it's vital that you get to grips with them.
The job market has never been more competitive, and marketing yourself can be tricky. This title offers practical, step-by-step advice on preparing, writing, and presenting an impressive CV that will help you 'get your foot in the door' with prospective employers. Covering essential issues such as identifying your goals, creating different types of CV and a fantastic covering letter to go with them, this is a must-read for all job-hunters.
Glass jewellery is enjoying a renaissance right now, and kiln-working glass has also grown in popularity over the last few years. This book is great for students studying either glass or jewellery, for jewellers who want to learn and incorporate glass techniques, and for glassmakers who are not necessarily jewellers but want to learn. All these readers will benefit from the step-by-step guides and will learn new skills. This book is highly illustrated, with inspirational work from an international range of contemporary makers alongside the practical sequence photographs. 'This book tells you all you need to know about making glass jewellery' karenplatt.co.uk, March 2010 'This highly illustrated book is an essential resource for anyone interested in this area' Benchpeg
Includes over 8,000 words, expressions and terminology relating to the publishing and printing industries and allied trades. This book covers papermaking, ink, printing and binding machinery, bookselling, typesetting, desktop publishing and design, copyright, editing, commissioning, contracts, rights and electronic publishing.
This is the fourth strand in a brand new series of Developing Mathematics, developed to be fully in line with the government's Revised Primary Framework for Mathematics. It features completely new content, a fresh up-to-date look both inside and out, and comes with a CD-ROM that contains all of the activity sheets in a customisable format. Using our unique software supplied on the CD-ROM, teachers can effortlessly adapt the activities to make them more challenging or to create further exercises for children who need a bit more practice. New text and images can be easily imported and saved without fear of corrupting the original files, and teachers can print out as many copies as they wish.
Thousands of people every year think about starting their own business. Whether you are tired and disillusioned with corporate life, are considering changing career paths in order to spend more time with family, or have been forced to look for alternative ways of working following a credit-crunch redundancy, How to Save Your Life offers inspirational, real-life advice on how to work out if setting up your own business is the answer, and how to get started on the path to becoming an entrepreneur. Packed with self-assessment tests and quizzes, this book will help you work out what skills you have and what kind of business would suit you best, whether it be consulting, franchising, party planning, creating things, life coaching, catering or lecturing. It also
How to Start a Business When You're Young addresses all the issues that might face a young would-be entrepreneur. It will help the reader understand the options which are available to them, and come up with a business idea that will work. Often the biggest challenge for the young entrepreneur is coming up with a great business idea, but with a huge range of suggested business types and start-up ideas, along with real-life testimonies from young people who have set up successful businesses this book is bound to inspire the reader and give them the confidence necessary to become a successful young entrepreneur. The authors' down-to-earth, accessible style will make for an easy and enjoyable read without being patronising. Full of examples and tips, it will
This is a beautifully illustrated guide to creating eye-catching jewellery out of found or recycled objects, at very little cost. Sarah starts by demonstrating how to put together a basic tool kit for under GBP10 and then takes the reader through 25 projects, which include creating pieces from vintage earrings found in charity shops or car boot sales, seaglass washed up on the beach, driftwood, coins, vintage beads, old washers and buttons. The clear step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow projects are suitable for both beginners and intermediate makers, they are easily adapted to alternative found objects and enable the reader to create their own pieces using the skills they have learnt. The last section addresses good places to find materials, and advice on
This comprehensive guide covers the complete range of techniques needed to learn basic knitting and then extend to much more complicated work. The clear step-by-step diagrams and 30 interesting patterns will lead any novice through all the skills needed to become an accomplished knitter. The techniques section is arranged according to difficulty, starting with the basics such as casting on, then moving onto intermediate techniques, such as reading patterns and making fancy stitches using knit and purl combinations, then progressing to advanced methods such as colour work, lace, Aran and adapting patterns.
The book includes a comprehensive stitch guide, which shows thumbnail photographs of the stitch structures and the page reference where the stitch is discussed. All
