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Joan Collins shares with women the practical advice that she follows to make the most of herself in terms of health, diet and nutrition, exercise, make-up and skin-care, energy, confidence and positive thinking, time-management, sex, men, friends and relationships, independence and more. ... Read more

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From Publishers WeeklyTwo poor little rich girls struggle to find their way in the cruel world of wealth and privilege in this latest potboiler by former Dynasty star Collins (Star Quality, etc.). Born to 1960s Hollywood starlet Laura Marlowe and ruthless, womanizing Greek tycoon Nicholas Stephanopolis, Atlanta and Venetia are as different as, well, Greece and Hollywood. Elder sister Atlanta is every bit her father's daughter-not only is she dark, but she has also inherited his furry arms and facial hair ("many young girls from Mediterranean climates suffer from this embarrassing condition"). Thus Venetia, the image of her mother with aquamarine eyes and blonde hair, becomes the apple of her father's eye, while Atlanta is thoroughly ignored, especially after Laura's mysterious death. At age 20, Atlanta disappears, only to emerge as a swan after months of cosmetic surgery. She soonbegins to enjoy the attentions of men, as well as professional success as a magazine editor, but her father continues to snub her. Meanwhile, Venetia chooses to follow a self-destructive path of alcohol, drugs and promiscuity that causes her to lose her glow. Collins's patented glitz and overheated plotting keep the pages turning, but Venetia's rich-girl misbehavior is tabloid predictable, and some readers may be put off by the endorsement of massive plastic surgery as a cure-all.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ... Read more

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In 1955 a glittering array of Hollywood talent assembles in Mexico to film an extravaganza on Cortez. They include Nick Stone, the young Greek director; Julian 'Looks' Brook, the English matinee idol and his beautiful fiancee, ines; sexy French starlet Dominique du Frey with her strange, white-haired chaperone Agathe; and imperious producer Herbert Croft. Under the blazing sun, old vendettas are stirring, to be paid off in a saga of revenge and murder which began in the darkness of war-torn France. This stunning racy story, packed with glamorous characters and intriguing storylines, is absolutely compelling. ... Read more

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LOVED IT
I read this book in 2003, and i loved every word, and every page...this book is long, but i never wanted the stories to end...I felt like I was in a mini-soap opera.I laughed, I cryed, I became angry.This book captivated my mind.Each era that Joan Collins depicts, you the reader feel like you are in that part of era yourself. ... Read more

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Motivate your middle school readers with these awesome reading motivation programs and proven book recommendations! This book is for the middle school teacher/librarian who must meet the reading needs of a diverse school population, one in transition between elementary and the high school years. Frustrated librarians and teachers will get excellent examples of reading motivation programs and recommended, sure-to-please reading lists for hard-to-motivate middle grade students.Learn to have fun while getting serious about promoting voluntary free reading (VFR) in your school.Includes references to VFR from Stephen Krashen and others. This book is meant to be a resource for the librarian who must respond to the student who asks, Do you have any good books? ... Read more

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Covering selected titles sure to catch the eyes of tweens and others
The dissatisfaction of students in education begins to occur in the middle school years - how do you keep these children reading? "Motivating Readers in Middle Grades" is a complete and comprehensive guide for encouraging this disenfranchised group to keep reading. Covering selected titles sure to catch the eyes of tweens and others, and offering advice on promoting reading programs, "Motivating Readers in Middle Grades" is a top pick for community library collections dedicated to education and library science.
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In addition to the ample opportunities for reading and writing practice contained in the Student's Book, the Workplace Plus Workbook contains further reading and writing exercises. The Workbook is valuable for homework or for in-class activities. An added feature is a test preparation activity for each unit, with CASAS-like and BEST Test-like items which ensure that learners can "bubble in" and scope with the formats of standardized language tests. Workplace Plus, an innovative four-level ESL course, readies adults for self-sufficiency in the three principal areas of their lives: the workplace, the community, and the home. Workplace Plus integrates the CASAS life skill competencies and SCANS Compentencies and Foundation Skills with a complete language syllabus and relevant social language. ... Read more

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Modest changes compared to first edition.Retying and inadequate editing introduced errors not present in first edition
This is a modest update, in a larger format, of the 1992 first edition, Introduction to Calculus (HarperCollins College Outline Series), ISBN-10: 0064671259. There are relatively few changes in this later edition so my reviews of both editions are closely matched.

This is a relatively short, about 250 page, book. Within that limited space, and in six chapters, it provides a review of basic pre-calculus topics followed by: Functions, Limits, and Continuity; Derivatives; Applications of Derivatives; Integrals; Applications of Integration, and an Index.

Topics are presented quite concisely, e.g., 'Related Rates' is covered in about seven pages, and 'Approximating Area' in four. However, the text is quite well-written, and in this case the brevity is an advantage, allowing readers to quickly gain an understanding of the first semester calculus core. In text problems are provided for readers to work as each new topic is presented. These problems are provided with fully-worked solutions.

This edition includes some additional end of chapter problems. For example, in the first edition the Chapter on "Applications of Derivatives" ended with 19 practice exercises, the second ends with 22. However, as with the first edition, only answers, not fully worked solutions, are provided for these end of chapter "Test Yourself" exercises.

However, there is a serious problem with this edition. The majority of text here was retyped from the first edition. Unfortunately, during that retyping, some errors not present in the earlier edition were unintentionally introduced into this edition. For example, in the section on inequalities, a greater than or equal sign appears here instead of the appropriate less than or equal sign shown in the first edition. In another problem, solution space end points correct in the first edition are inadvertently changed to incorrect values in this edition, and a required solution graph present in the first edition is missing in this edition, etc.

Considering the relatively large number of errors introduced in this second edition, albeit with some modest improvements and expansions, the first edition is definitely worth considering.

At the time of this review a new copy of the first edition was selling for more than a new copy the second edition. However, with its smaller format and fewer errors, even at its increased price, the first edition may well be a better overall value.

Impractical
I did not like this book because all the answers to the problems are listed in plain sight immediately below the questions. Just in reading through them I catch sight of the answers and it is very impractical. I prefer the "Dummies" workbook.

Good supplement to Calculus I
There is no such thing as doing too many calculus problems.This is the book you need to get ready for calculus exams. It's quick, easy to use, portable (a rare thing in calculus books). The only thing I would suggest is to include some harder problems.If you are able to do all of the problems in the book flawlessly, but no more, I doubt if you would get above a C in our calculus program.It's good only through Calculus I.If you're in Calculus II, it would be appropriate to review what you should know. ... Read more

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Here is the story of an expedition to a strange, forgotten world deep in the South American jungle. Prehistoric birds and beasts and even the mising link between man and the apes were all there, waiting to be found! ... Read more

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Rare out-of-print pattern is from Nolan Miller's Dynasty Collection, signature Joan Collins dress in three styles. Straight, long or short, fitted dress with back zipper opening, has round neckline, shoulder pads, back inset and pleated front inset. View A has insets and right sleeve of contrast. C has short flared sleeves with pleated caps and sleeve heads. Optional tie belt has gathered, narrow-hemmed tie ends. Available in MISSES SIZE 10 (Bust 32.5 inches, waist 25, hip 34.5). ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Gamaliel Smethurst, Wally Stiles, Clifford William Robinson, Chris Collins, Joan Macalpine-Stiles, Victor Boudreau, Bernard Richard, Bernard Leblanc, Rhéal Cormier, Jean-Paul Leblanc, Michael Mckee, Maxime Cormier, Olivier-Maximin Melanson, James Edward Lockyer, Bill Malenfant, Claude Léger, Azor Leblanc, Joseph Leblanc, Arthur Bliss Copp, Gilbert Robichaud, Joseph Arthur Leblanc, Henry Read Emmerson, Clarence Cormier, Austin Claude Taylor, Otto Baird Price, George Ryan, Daniel Lionel Hanington, Gregory O'donnell, Charles Black, Alphonse Sormany. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Gamaliel Smethurst (Marblehead, 1738 - Londres, 1826) est un marchand, un homme politique et écrivain britannique. Intéressé par la science dès son plus jeune âge, il écrit plusieurs livres et articles sur le sujet. En 1761, il est abandonné à Nipisiguit en Acadie par le capitaine de son bateau et doit se rendre par ses propres moyens au fort Beauséjour, voyage de six semaines au cours duquel il tient un journal. Il y note plusieurs observations précieuses sur les coutumes des Micmacs et décrit la Déportation des Acadiens, un des rares témoignages sur cet épisode du milieu du siècle. Il tente ensuite d'établir un poste de pêche à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard et se fait élire à la Chambre d'assemblée de la Nouvelle-Écosse. Gamaliel Smethurst naît le 16 avril 1738 à Marblehead, au Massachusetts, du mariage de Tabitha Skinner et Joseph Smethurst, célébré le 5 novembre 1724 dans la même ville. Son père, Joseph Smethurst, est né de parents inconnus, probablement à Manchester, entre 1695 et 1699. Il est capitaine et a probablement émigré à Marblehead en 1720. Sa mère, Tabitha Skinner, est née en mai 1700 à Marblehead, de Richard S...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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8" X 10" publicity photo of actress Joan Collins. In 1981, Collins' was offered a role in the then-struggling new prime time soap opera Dynasty (1981-1989) playing Alexis, the vengeful ex-wife of tycoon Blake Carrington (John Forsythe). The role successfully relaunched Collins as a powerful sex symbol and icon of independence. Her performance is generally credited as one factor in the fledgling show's subsequent rise in the Nielsen Ratings to a hit rivaling Dallas.In 1985, Dynasty was the #1 show in the U.S., and Collins also went on to become the highest-paid actress on television at the time,[citation needed] and remained with the series until its cancellation in 1989. For her portrayal of Alexis, Collins was nominated six times for a Golden Globe Award (every year from 1982 to 1987), winning once in 1983. Delighting the audience in attendance at the ceremony, Collins thanked Sophia Loren for turning down the part of Alexis. She arguably became the most celebrated television star of the 1980s and her character, Alexis, perhaps the most infamous clotheshorse and villainess of the decade. Dynasty was shown in more than 80 countries and is still internationally syndicated. TV Guide selected Collins' portrayal of Alexis as the fourth greatest villain in television history. ... Read more