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Good for a teenager - but not beyond
This book is a great reference, but a little dated when it comes to what working in the industry is really like these days.Good for an overview, but it won't tell you much more than you can find on the web nowadays. ... Read more

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Offers an overview of the field and discusses employment outlook, career advancement, educational requirements, and salary opportunities. ... Read more

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Surveys careers in the petroleum industry, discussing the employment outlook, career advancement, educational requirements, and salary opportunities. ... Read more

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More than 100 "opportunities" for students and job seekers!

The most comprehensive career book series available, Opportunities in . . . covers a range of professions, from acting to writing, and encompasses traditional as well as cutting-edge careers. Each book offers job seekers essential information about a variety of careers within each field and includes training and education requirements, salary statistics, and professional and Internet resources. ... Read more

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What is it like to work in book publishing in the 21st century? Here's an inside look at the role of writers, literary agents, book editors, designers and sales people in this field. Publishing explores what each job entails, required skills and suggested preparation for each of these careers. ... Read more

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An Excellent First Introduction
This little book is one of a series of books being published by Thomson Gale to provide young people with a better understanding of what their future would hold as they decide on a career.

Although the general field of publishing covers a wide range from the local newspaper to magazines and everything else, this book really concentrates on book publishing. This is a profession in the midst of drastic change as new technologies emerge. No one yet knows what the internet is going to do to publishing. As you read this, you are getting the information that was published on the net, displaying it, and reading about a book published using olf fashioned dead trees. In spite of the changes, the industry published a record of about 175,000 new books and revised editions in 2003. The industry is growing, particularly among the publishers who fill small niche markets. This is causing a demand for people in virtually all aspects of publishing.

The book concentrates on those jobs that are unique to publishing. The people in more general professions from accounting to janitorial remain the same in the publishing industry. The book has chapters on:

The Writer
The Literary Agent
The Editor
The Book Designer
The Sales Representative.

It gives a very good summary of these jobs, including such sage advice as just because you are writing, don't quit your day job. You can only say so much in a book describing an industry, you don't know how much detail to include. This is an excellent first introduction.

A Must Have for Young Writers
Publishing is written for young people considering going into the business of creating books. From writer to sales rep, this book covers the publishing industry in a clear stlye. Throughout are pictures and quotes from famous writers and professionals in each of the different publishing fields. Though written with young adults in mind, I recommend Publishing: Careers for the Twenty-First Century to anyone considering or just beginning in any area of the publishing business. ... Read more

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A guide to building a career working with cars without going to college features information about such jobs as test car driver, auto mechanic, car race photographer, auto salesperson, assembly line worker, and others. Original. ... Read more

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Describes jobs in publishing, including professional, educational, and personal requirements, salary, work environment, job future, and sources for more information. ... Read more

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The fashion industry: glamour, hard work, excitement, stiff competition. Find out what it takes to break in and make your mark as a: fashion designer, model, window display designer, retail salesperson, and manufacturing representative. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Wind Speaker, published by Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA) on December 1, 2001. The length of the article is 834 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Push to increase numbers in construction trades. (Careers & Training).(Brief Article)
Author: Cheryl Petten
Publication: Wind Speaker (Newsletter)
Date: December 1, 2001
Publisher: Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA)
Volume: 19Issue: 8Page: B12(1)

Article Type: Brief Article

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Snowblind is an all-out, nonstop, and now classic look at thecocaine trade through the eyes of smuggler Zachary Swan. In a briefRoman-candle career, Swan served an elegant clientele, travelingbetween Bogota and the nightclubs of New York, inventing intricatescams to outmaneuver the feds. Creating diversions that werecharacteristically baroque, surviving on ingenuity and idiot's luck,he discovered in the process a hip, dangerous, high-velocity worldthat Robert Sabbag evokes with extraordinary power and humor. ... Read more

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Top Book
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! Having read an assortment of books on this topic, I'd say SNOWBLIND is unmatched, read it. If you like COCAINE COWBOYS and SCARFACE films this is a book you'll also enjoy thoroughly. High quality writing filled with inventive smuggling, humor, cunning, crime and it's a joy to read!

Sabbag's best novel so far. I've read all the others by him.

Excelllent!
Sabbag is an excellent writer, the book is a fast read; much detail about the cocaine trade in the 70-80's.

Great Book
I thought this book was a really neat read. The story tells one mans journey through the cocaine trade. The story catches you from a two angles. First the look into world of drug smuggling and smugglers and second the charaters in the story and how their lives are chnaged and different because of their connection with the drug world

snow blind
This is one of the best books ever written about drug smuggling. Double crosses are the norm with ingenious smuggling scams. Sometimes written tongue in cheek the book details many ways and means to import drugs into the country. Although these ways and means are out of date today they nonetheless capture the spirit and ingenuity of drug smugglers.

Good story....Horribly told
I dont often review...actually this is my first. True crime is my favorite genre, so I have read many. This story sounded good from the review's. I question myself, because only one other reviewer came close to what I felt from this book. The author goes on and on and on describing things to the point that i kept forgetting what he was talking about. I also must admit to you I did not finish this book. For me a book is about pleasure and passing the time, even forgetting about time. I felt as if I was struggling to read this book. ... Read more

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So You Are a Chef: Managing Your Culinary Career, with CD-ROM is the ultimate career guide for student and professional chefs. Whether you're seeking a job fresh from culinary school or completely changing your career path, this book will make it easy for you to brave today's intimidating culinary job market. Find expert advice on the culinary job search from beginning to end. Written in a clear, accessible style, this guide illuminates important ideas with numerous examples, documents, forms, and other helpful features drawn directly from today's culinary industry. ... Read more

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For any who have their cooking credentials and are ready to plumb the job market's potentials
The second updated edition of SO YOU ARE A CHEF is a winner, covering food-related jobs such as culinary Educator, Food Photographer and Celebrity Chef and highlighting careers across all industries, including those in research and development and education. From handling an interview for being a chef to selecting the appropriate materials for a portfolio and using networking to search the hidden job market, this handbook is for any who have their cooking credentials and are ready to plumb the job market's potentials. Any business or career library or those catering to food professionals needs SO YOU ARE A CHEF.

SUPERB!!
I find this book totally complete and highly informative.
there is almost no question that this book dosen't answer!
anyone who is considering "managing up" or change his/her current
"office" will benefit from this book. guaranteed!
highly-HIGHLY recomended!!! ... Read more

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An invaluable guide, this book provides the nuts and bolts of setting up shop and successfully producing and marketing video programs. Jacobs shares inside business details of budgeting, profit-and-loss sheets, tax consequences and accounting; the management know-how needed to work with cast, crew, and clients; and the inspiration needed to make it all work together.

How to Be an Independent Video Producer tells you how to get a loan, how to establish credit, what equipment to own (and what to rent), the pitfalls of the single account dealing with advertising agencies, when to stop negotiating, and more.

Bob Jacobs is associate professor and co-ordinator of telecommunications at Cleveland State University. He is also the owner of a production company called Videomax.

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