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Working Holidays Abroad (Culture Shock! Practical Guides)

cover of Working Holidays Abroad (Culture Shock! Practical Guides)author: Mark Hempshell
asin: 1558682929
binding: Paperback
list price: $13.95 USD
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Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. "Culture Shock!" country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and etiquette. "Culture Shock!" practical guides offer the inside information you need whether you're a student, a parent, a globetrotter, or a working traveler.  read more »

Independent Medical Coding, 2nd edition

cover of Independent Medical Coding, 2nd editionauthor: Donna Avila-Weil
Rhonda Regan
asin: 1877810150
binding: Perfect Paperback
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The Comprehensive Guidebook for Career Success as a Medical Coder. How to start and successfully run your own professional independent medical coding business. Step-by-step. + How to blend career and lifestyle working when and where you choose. + How to save time and money using latest technology. + How to access a global client base through telemarketing. How would you like to have a job that you can perform while living anywhere you choose? Like Hawaii ... or on your favorite mountain with a breathtaking view ... or on the shore of your favorite lake?  read more »

The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing

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The magnificent, unrivaled history of codes and ciphers -- how they're made, how they're broken, and the many and fascinating roles they've played since the dawn of civilization in war, business, diplomacy, and espionage -- updated with a new chapter on computer cryptography and the Ultra secret.Man has created codes to keep secrets and has broken codes to learn those secrets since the time of the Pharaohs.  read more »

Hands: Physical Labor, Class, And Cultural Work

cover of Hands: Physical Labor, Class, And Cultural Workauthor: Janet Zandy
asin: 0813534356
binding: Paperback
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What are two hands worth?  read more »

Lessons from the Past: Journalists' Lives and Work, 1850-1950

cover of Lessons from the Past: Journalists' Lives and Work, 1850-1950author: Fred Fedler
asin: 1577660676
binding: Paperback
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Were the challenges and motivations of journalists who lived and worked in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries similar to those of today?  read more »

Owning a Piece of the Minors (Writing Baseball)

cover of Owning a Piece of the Minors (Writing Baseball)author: Jerome Klinkowitz
Mike Veeck
asin: 0809321947
binding: Hardcover
list price: $25.00 USD
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Owning a Piece of the Minors is by and about a man who lived his dream and acquired a baseball team. When Jerry Klinkowitz joined the group that ran the Waterloo, Iowa, Diamonds in the 1970s, ownership of a minor league baseball franchise conferred little mystique. Neglected for a half century, minor league baseball was at best obscure. Yet in the purchase of fantasy, what difference if your desire is out of style?  read more »

Crossing Boundaries: Selected Writings

cover of Crossing Boundaries: Selected Writingsauthor: Albert O. Hirschman
asin: 1890951048
binding: Hardcover
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"Crossing Boundaries is not only characteristic of the physical moves I have undertaken (or had to undertake) in the course of my life: it is also distinctive of the interdisciplinary travels I have engaged in ever since I started to write." --Albert O. Hirschman, from Crossing Boundaries  read more »

Culture Shock! Cuba: A Guide to Customs & Etiquette

cover of Culture Shock! Cuba: A Guide to Customs & Etiquetteauthor: Mark Cramer
asin: 1558684115
binding: Paperback
list price: $13.95 USD
amazon price: $11.86 USD


Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. "Culture Shock!" country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and etiquette. "Culture Shock!" practical guides offer the inside information you need whether you're a student, a parent, a globetrotter, or a working traveler.  read more »