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Brogan: Thoughts of Thomas, is a collection of thoughts, ideas, rants, blarney and sarcasm taken from the blog, "The Thoughts of Thomas". It takes a look at everyday situations in life and puts a new spin on them. From dealing with life at work, to handling that awkward silence in an elevator, Brogan has you covered. A great new book by Iowa author Thomas Brogan. Makes a great conversation piece or coaster for your coffee table!

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Juxtaposing pre-eminent and popular writers, Cuillé reads their fictional works in light of their treatises on art and society, exploring the significance of musical tableaux that have revolutionized the form and function of music in the text.

Working for corporate America is a miserable experience. Can you escape with your soul intact? Is it possible to live a creatively realized life in corporate America? This book explores these questions with wit, insight and dazzling literary effect. Presented in the style of an illustrated modern-day alchemy book, "Necktie for a Two-Headed Tadpole" examines the creative process in the context of modern corporate living. Creativity, the book ma...

Selected cases and materials concerning Google Inc.

Hire me? Fire me! Hired myself is a book for people interested in jobs and how to procure, secure and manage them for most benefit to the employer and employee. It's about the opportunities, mistakes and lessons in making the transition from being hired to being fired and bouncing back to a better and more satisfying job, sometimes achieved by working for others, sometimes as a self employed contractor or starting your own business. This is a ...

Terry Gene Carr (1937-1987) was one of the most important editors in the science fiction field. Although most remembered for his long-running anthology series "Universe, " which launched in 1971 and lasted seventeen volumes until 1987, Carr also edited two series of Ace Science Fiction Specials, which presented works by up-and-coming authors such as William Gibson (Neuromancer), Michael Swanwick (Into the Rift), Ursula K. le Guin (The Left Han...

The penny bank craze of the twentieth century began quietly enough. Here, a slotted pottery pig from Scotland. There, a grimacing human face made in Bennington, Vermont. In 1793, penny banks first appeared in America, along with the first large copper pennies. Those who mistrusted paper currency saved their "hard" money in vessels of pottery, glass, and tin. In the 1890s, "China Pig" with a slit in his back sold for a dime. Plump pigs and penn...

It is scarcely possible to imagine a truly educated person who cannot read well. Yet it is not clear how or even if courses in literature actually work. How can teachers of English help students in their developmental journey toward becoming skillful readers and educated persons? This is the complex question that Chambers and Gregory address in Teaching and Learning English Literature. The authors consider practical matters such as course des...