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|  | Romancing the Room
Description not available.A practical guide to effective public speaking details the key elements of successful presentations and offers ingenious techniques used by leading communicators, including establishing a common ground with an audience, using visuals and anecdotes, and winning over an audience with substance. Original. 20,000 first printing.
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference 
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 | What's Your Story? by Marion Dane Bauer
The winner of the Newbery Honor Award offers practical advice to potential authors. AUTHOR: Marion Dane Bauer
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Pocket Atlas of the World by Haack-Gebhardt Staff, Klett Perthes
Although small in size and reasonable in price, this is an authentic world atlas, filled with up-to-date and geographically accurate maps. Every region of the world is covered. Approximately 100 pages of full-color political maps show countries, region-by-region in Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and Oceania. Physical maps, also in full color, show each continent as a whole. Approximately 100 additional pages follow the map section with facts and figures that summarize each country, show national flags, and give statistics on the earth's major natural features. A final 80-page section provides a detailed alphabetical index of place names that refers to the maps. Here is a fine carry-along pocket reference volume that will be valued by students, travelers, and everybody else who enjoys perusing maps. AUTHOR: Haack-Gebhardt Staff, Klett Perthes
PUBLISHER: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | NTC's Dictionary of Spanish False Cognales by Marcial Prado
This book is the definitive guide to understanding these Spanish words and indispensable reference for avoiding pitfalls that could be either amusing or embarrassing, depending on the situation or speaker. AUTHOR: Marcial Prado
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Trade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Now You`re Talking French with Cd by Gail Stein
Designed primarily for international business and vacation travelers, this compact, take-with-you foreign language package presents more than 1,500 words and expressions in both English and French. Phrases are the kind to help travelers make themselves understood in hotels, airports, train stations, restaurants, shops, and other places they are likely to visit as tourists or international business travelers. The package_s newly revised At a Glance phrasebook has useful city maps, updated information on train systems and timetables, availability of ATMs and faxes in various French cities and towns, and of course, countless helpful words and phrases in two languages. The phrasebook comes with a 90-minute compact disc that presents simplified bilingual dialogues to help listeners with language pronunciation and listening comprehension. An enclosed script booklet contains printed versions of the spoken dialogues. AUTHOR: Gail Stein
PUBLISHER: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
FORMAT: Audio & Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Scottish Roots by Alwyn James
No country offers better or richer facilities for tracking ancestors than Scotland--even from your home elsewhere. This book describes the wealth of information available, where it is housed, and how to use it to trace your Scottish forebears. Using examples, the book shows you how to build a family tree step-by-step. AUTHOR: Alwyn James
PUBLISHER: Pelican Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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