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The American Bird Conservancy Guide to the 500 Most Important Bird Areas in the United States offers both bird enthusiasts and conservationists specialized information never before compiled in a single comprehensive volume.

This expert resource organizes the United States into 36 ornithologically distinct bird regions, then identifies and describes the 500 sites within these regions. Each site entry includes ornithological highlights, ownership information, a description of habitats and land use, a guide to which species one can expect to find, conservation issues, and visitor information. Full-color maps and illustrations throughout, along with a thorough index, make this book as useful as it is unique, an essential addition to the bird lover’s library..
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Over five hundred simple mechanical movements from America's first one hundred years of the Industrial Revolution. For those who share an interest in mechanical things, this book is addictive. Through the use of simplified, concise drawings, here are 507 of the small components which make up complex machinery in areas as diverse as C.R. Otis's safety stop for the elevator, Pickering's governor for a steam engine, Arnold's escapement for watches, compound parallel rules, piston rod guides, the grasshopper beam engine and a self recording level for surveyors. The list goes on and on in fascinating variety, with each movement explained and illustrated..
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Includes information on bird identification and behavior .
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The interview is often the most important step in job hunting, and solid preparation often spells the difference between a job offer and a friendly good-bye handshake This book—each page in the form of a Q & A flashcard—offers ideal preparation for that big interview. Questions likely to be asked by an interviewer are printed on one side, with proven answers printed on the reverse. The book is designed so that pages can be pulled out, selected and shuffled according to need, and used as flashcards for practice. Interviewers are notorious for asking a wide range of questions, and this book covers virtually all of them, with 200 Q & A cards that fall into a variety of categories. For instance --

Work and Educations questions (What have you done?): Why did you leave your last job? What did you like most about your last job? What did you like least about it? Have you ever been fired? What is your management style? and many more . . .

Skills and Competencies questions (What can you do?): Describe a challenging work issue you had to face. How do you handle an angry employee? and many more . . .

Personality/Goals questions (Who are you?): What makes you a good team member? Where do you see yourself five years from now? and many more . . .

Behavioral/Situational questions (Can you tell a story?): Tell me about a time when you had to juggle priorities to meet a deadline, and many more . . .

Job Fit questions (Are you a match?): How would you describe your ideal work environment? What aspects of the job will you like least? and many more . . .

Torture/Trick questions (Can you take the heat?): Why should we hire you for this position? What do you expect your starting salary to be? How do I rate as an interviewer? . . . The reverse side of each card tells why the question is asked, presents sample responses, and allows space to customize an answer. Here is an unusual and effective job-hunting tool that will be valued by job applicants, career coaches/counselors, and college placement offices..
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Renowned as a passionate Canadian, bestselling author Mel Hurtig has combed through world statistics to see how Canada really measures up — and the results are astonishing, and often shocking.

This book is about how Canada has changed, very much for the worse, in the last twenty years. As a result of these profound (often hidden) changes, we are no longer the people we think we are. To take one example, the Canadian media usually leaves us with the impression that Canadians are really heavily taxed. Yes, compared to the U.S.A., the usual point of comparison. No, compared to other countries with our standard of living, other OECD countries, for example; there we come in 23rd on the high-tax scale.

The shocks in this book build up, chapter by chapter. How do we rank in the world in voter turnout? Try 109th. Number of physicians per 100,000 population? Try 54th. Our rank in reducing pollution? 126th out of 146 countries.

Some of the statistics are internal, comparing Canada then and now. They back up two of the book’s most powerful themes: the failure of Canadian big business to turn record profits into ongoing investment in our country, and (no coincidence) the sellout of our assets at a rate that no other country would allow.

This statistics-based book ranges across all areas of our lives — including health, wages, productivity, culture, the media (“the most concentrated in the world”), and much else. Mel Hurtig’s message is that we can’t do anything to fix the direction we’re drifting in unless we recognize it — and recognize The Truth About Canada..
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