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Men's Health Huge in a Hurry: Get Bigger, Stronger, and Leaner in Record Time with the New Science of Strength Training (Men's Health (Rodale))
Men's Health Huge in a Hurry will add inches to your muscles and increase your strength, with noticeable results quickly, no matter how long you've been lifting Author Chad Waterbury offers the most current neuromuscular science to debunk the fitness myths and conventional wisdom that may be wreaking havoc on your workouts and inhibiting your gains. Forget lifting moderate weights slowly for lots and lots of sets and reps. The best way to get huge in a hurry is to use heavy weights and lift them quickly for fewer repetitions. Waterbury's groundbreaking programs will enable you to:-Add Mass and size. Gain as much as 16 pounds of muscle in 16 weeks--and add 1 full inch of upper arm circumference in half that time!-Get stronger...fast! Even seasoned lifters can realize a 5 percent increase in strength in the first few weeks. And in 12 weeks, you can boost your overall strength by up to 38 percent.-Build power and stamina. Increase your one-rep max in your core lifts by as much as 30 percent.-Shed fat fast. Burn off up to 10 pounds of body fat, losing up to 2 pounds of fat per week.With Men's Health Huge in a Hurry, you'll not only get bigger faster, you'll do it with less time wasted in the gym and with less post workout pain and a much lower injury risk. .
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A Political Economy of the Middle East: Third Edition
This integrated, analytic text presents a comprehensive analysis of the transformation of the political economy of development in the contemporary Middle East over the past several decades. Extensively rewritten and revised, the third edition of A Political Economy of the Middle East retains a focus on the interaction of economic development processes, state systems, and social actors even as it also: Documents the many changes in demography, education, labor markets, urbanization, water and agriculture, and international labor migration in the Middle East in recent years; Considers the effect of rising oil prices on reinforcement of authoritarian governance in the region; Refines its assessment of “the Washington Consensus” to provide a more nuanced approach to the issue of the shifting balance of state and market in economic growth and reform (in an entirely rewritten Chapter 9); Presents Islamism as a vital force in the region that is nonetheless a vast, diverse social movement with many conflicting participants (in a wholly revised Chapter 14). .
Price: $40.00
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A Teacher's Guide to Performance-Based Learning and Assessment
This book describes a Connecticut school district's approach to teaching and learning that balances basic instruction with performance-based learning and assessment, using tools such as performance tasks, benchmarks, assessment lists, rubrics, and portfolios. Both literal understanding and application are important: Tasks are engaging and are well connected to the content, process skills, and work habits of the K 12 curriculum in many subject areas. Analytical assessment tools foster teacher dialogue, improve communication with students, encourage self-assessment, and help parents support learning. Student performance in the district has improved, as measured by standardized achievement tests, district measures, and the regionwide student portfolio. The authors have included 138 exhibits of performance tasks, assessment lists, rubrics, and samples of student work; 39 figures; a glossary; and 2 indexes..
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Catspaw: The Famed Trial Attorney's Heroic Defense of a Man Unjustly Accused
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Boomers Job Search Guide
Boomers' Job Search Guide has been written for an ever-expanding audience of men and women who for one reason or another are not ready or willing to climb into the rocking chair. The rise of "gray labor" is a result of many reasons which spread across the spectrum, some of which are: recent economic downturn, increasing life expectancy, corporate downsizing, additional financial pressures, loss of benefits and increasing entrepreneurial interests. This guide is an easy to follow path for mature workers in a job search. The book covers the 10 primary aspects of job search focused on specific information for the over 50 worker. The following is a brief description of the book's chapters. · Assessments - Assessing your skills, accomplishments, and personality. · Decision Making - Take time to weigh your options and consider the alternatives. · Setting Your Plan - A marketing plan is necessary for a focused search. · Resume - A well-written resume will illustrate recent experience and accomplishments. · Image - Personal presentation is a big consideration. · Targeting Your Markets - A discussion of where to locate the markets and how to open them. · Networking and Informational Meetings - The most important part of your job search is networking. · Interviewing - Basics for a successful interview. · Negotiating - Negotiating the best Win/Win situation for both worker and company. · Communication - Well-written and good verbal communication is a must. Boomers' Job Search Guide provides the mature worker with KEY sections throughout the book that give specific age related information pertinent to each chapter. There are many success stories related in each chapter about real people who have made successful changes after 50. Included are pertinent resources at the end of each chapter for additional reading information and websites. The workbook format gives the reader an opportunity to answer questions and apply information to personal issues. There are examples of resumes and letters; inspirational quotes; and lists of employers that target older workers; and a listing of traits the older worker is selling. This Job Search manual is a wealth of information for the Mature Worker seeking a new opportunity..
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Waterbury 1890-1930 (CT) (Postcard History Series)
The clock tower, the horse fountain, the Palace Theater, the curved building on Grand and Meadow Streets, abandoned mills, buried rivers, railroads to nowhereóthese are some of the familiar and not-so-familiar landmarks of Waterbury Who built them and why? Waterbury: 1890ñ1930 is a step back to a time when Waterbury was a major industrial center. Expanding factories were at peak production, churning out enormous quantities of brass products, and the city was struggling to keep pace with its own population explosion. For the residents of the Naugatuck Valley, in the days before shopping malls and highways, downtown Waterbury was the place to go. ÝÝ.
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Waterbury Trolleys (CT) (Images of Rail)
Waterbury Trolleys traces the growth and expansion of the streetcar system throughout the Naugatuck Valley. This system became part of the Connecticut Company’s extensive streetcar network, spanning 1,138 miles statewide at its peak in 1918. As automobiles became a primary mode of transportation, the streetcar lines in Waterbury transitioned to bus routes. By 1937, streetcars were officially replaced by buses. This wonderful collection of vintage photographs documents the network of streetcars that once thrived in Waterbury. .
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