Best Vocational Education
Choose the proper tools and set up your workbench Ensure personal safety and use proper eye and ear protection Understand how electrical components work and why they fail Perform preliminary diagnoses based on symptoms Use test equipment, including digital multimeters, ESR meters, frequency counters, and oscilloscopes Interpret block, schematic, and pictorial diagrams Disassemble products and identify sections Analyze circuits, locate faults, and replace dead parts Re-establish connections and reassemble devices. His involvement in ham radio led to his writing career, first with articles for ham radio magazines, and then with general technology features in Electronic Engineering Times, Desktop Engineering, IEEE Spectrum, and The Envisioneering Newsletter. Along with building and repairing electronic circuitry, he enjoys table tennis, restoring antique mopeds, ice skating, bicycling, and banging out a jazz tune on his harpsichord.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I NEVER thought of circuits this way and the author was able to explain that the active elements are the players in the story and everything else is a supporting cast. Bottom line, this is the book that I couldn't put down...and it is about some of the driest material you can find. I cannot recommend this book enough and I would pay triple just for the section where the author walks through a couple sample circuits, describes each component's function, and what would happen if that component failed."
"Well written and organized."
"Read it slowly and use it as a reference."
"B&W pictures of some of the older devices are understandable but most of the pictures could've easily been replaced with new coloured ones."
"Needed so to learn more about plc.."
"Good book that gives some insight to those new to troubleshooting."
"the Item Excellent and the seller is good thank you."
"Informative!"
Also includes flashcards and ancillary PDFs Addresses key topics such as strategic management, workforce planning and employment, compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations. This new edition of the PHR/SPHR Professional in Human Resources Certification Study Guide helps you prepare for the 2012 exams, covering the key functional areas with which you'll need to be familiar. It offers invaluable insights on the new PHR/SPHR Body of Knowledge as it breaks down the critical HR topics. Go to www.sybex.com/go/phr4e and download a full set of electronic test prep tools to help you thoroughly prepare for the exam. Includes Real-World Scenarios, In-Depth Discussion of Body of Knowledge, and Access to Exam Prep Software Featuring:
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The only negative that I have with the book is that it doesn't prepare you for the "type" of questions on the exam which are scenario based and highly subjective."
"This book has a lot of great content, however it's extremely wordy."
"The evaluation questionnaire in the front was very helpful."
"Wouldn't buy it in future, though, if Anne Bogardus guide was available too."
"It gives you a high level overview of all the test content and has multiple practice tests."
"Don't get me wrong, the SHRM system is ok, but, this book is much better."
"I read this guide cover to cover and it really helped me pass the PHR on my first try."
"The practice exams at the end of each chapter provide a great way to make sure you are retaining the material as well as help you understand the way the test makers word the questions."
Choose the proper tools and set up your workbench Ensure personal safety and use proper eye and ear protection Understand how electrical components work and why they fail Perform preliminary diagnoses based on symptoms Use test equipment, including digital multimeters, ESR meters, frequency counters, and oscilloscopes. His involvement in ham radio led to his writing career, first with articles for ham radio magazines, and then with general technology features in Electronic Engineering Times, Desktop Engineering, IEEE Spectrum, and The Envisioneering Newsletter. Along with building and repairing electronic circuitry, he enjoys table tennis, restoring antique mopeds, ice skating, bicycling, and banging out a jazz tune on his harpsichord.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I NEVER thought of circuits this way and the author was able to explain that the active elements are the players in the story and everything else is a supporting cast. Bottom line, this is the book that I couldn't put down...and it is about some of the driest material you can find. I cannot recommend this book enough and I would pay triple just for the section where the author walks through a couple sample circuits, describes each component's function, and what would happen if that component failed."
"Well written and organized."
"Read it slowly and use it as a reference."
"B&W pictures of some of the older devices are understandable but most of the pictures could've easily been replaced with new coloured ones."
"Needed so to learn more about plc.."
"Good book that gives some insight to those new to troubleshooting."
"the Item Excellent and the seller is good thank you."
"Informative!"
Best Automotive Air Conditioning & Heating
The fifth edition of Delmar's Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Test Preparation Manual for the A7 HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING certification exam contains an abundance of content designed to help you successfully pass your ASE exam. Find learning solutions to boost your career, augment your curriculum, improve your training courses or help you master new skills, from the leader in skills based solutions for educational institutions, businesses, and professionals - Delmar, a part of Cengage Learning.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Passing an ASE test is more about understanding the way these systems work, not memorization."
"Like mentioned before I know several techs that are far more experienced than myself and they all told me that A7 took them several times to pass."
"Was not very happy when I found that in one test according to the answer key I missed 5 questions that where actually correct when I went to the explanation."
"Didn't really work as a stand alone study guide."
"Good book to get to study for the ASE test."
"Whoever did the proofreading and editing should be fired."
"Found a good bit of errors in the answer key."
"Hardly none of the questions were on the real test."
Best Adult & Continuing Education
REA's English the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language & Culture in the U.S. with Audio CD + MP3 A fun guide to everything American for the English language learner! Improve your listening and speaking skills with the dialogues included on our audio CD and MP3 download. Sheila. has held several leadership positions scoring teacher candidate responses. for an international testing company, and Jane has written. ESL test questions and rated English as a Foreign Language exams. for another internationally recognized testing company. They have won many awards for excellence in teaching, including. two Teacher of the Year awards, and corporate citations for excellence. Add to this some fun. teaching projects in Spanish, public speaking, drama, writing… and, we’re not kidding, even soccer skills and you’ve got two writers who.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Well written and is helping my wife improve her English abilities."
"I love this book, I bought it for my sister because she needs to improve her english and its good to learn the American english."
"Helpful with my ESL student."
"There is just to much slang, dropping of letters, and other shortcuts that are unsuitable for the beginning ESL student."
Best Higher Education Test Preparation
ATI TEAS Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants ace the Test of Essential Academic Skills, Sixth Edition. Not only does it provide a comprehensive study manual for the TEAS 6 as a whole, it is the only guide that provides three full-length practice tests with detailed explanations of each answer and 74 video tutorials to help you review. A thorough and detailed review of all ATI TEAS test sections Review video tutorials to help you master difficult concepts Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations Tips and strategies to help you get your best test performance. Our test designers have provided hundreds of test questions that will prepare you for what to expect on the actual ATI TEAS. We have done this by setting high standards for our test preparation guides, and our ATI TEAS Secrets Study Guide is no exception.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I bought this book under my mother's amazon account so I'm posting this as a 22 year old who had to take the ATI TEAS test for entrance into nursing programs. I felt like I got some questions on the test that the science section touched on but didn't delve very deep into (mostly concerning with the endocrine system), but a majority of the science questions could be answered by reading and studying the book. I recently graduated from college with a health related degree, but I do think that without this study guide I wouldn't have done as well, it helped me brush up on topics I had forgotten as well as teach me things I never knew (mostly relating to English grammar section)."
"Yesterday, I took my TEAS test after using this guide for approximately three weeks, and I am pleased to have earned an 88% with a national percentile rank of 97. Since statistics is tested, albeit very slightly, I would recommend you study the regression charts and lessons for positive/negative skew. Some topics I would recommend for students to reassess are: the components and anatomy of eukaryotes / prokaryotes, ionic and covalent bonds, the products of both mitosis and meiosis, and DNA replication. Test yourself with flash cards the most commonly misspelled words, prefixes and suffixes. In conclusion, this is a wonderful guide that will wrack and plumb your brain for all of the information you should have learned up to this point."
"I recommend using the first practice test as a starting point to determine what you need to study, then spend some time studying before taking the second and third practice tests."
Best Higher Education Administration
Based on the fifth edition of Kaplin and Lee’s indispensable guide to the law that bears on the conduct of higher education, The Law of Higher Education, Fifth Edition: Student Version provides an up-to-date textbook, reference, and guide for coursework in higher education law and programs preparing higher education administrators for leadership roles.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The text is well written and pertinent to today's challenges higher education faces regarding torts and all court cases from the institution of higher education up to today's amendments to law."
"I just got done with my legal class and this book was great."
"It begins with the sources of laws in higher education, then explores all the relationship aspects of higher education institutions, such as the relationship with its students, with the all levels of government, external agencies and organizations, etc. Each chapter provides case studies, backgrounds, and application to today's higher education."
"Honestly, this is the most beneficial book that I have bought as a higher education professional."
"This book is designed to be used for graduate level course work in higher education law, as it may be challenging to approach alone with little experience reading law."
"classic book, nice edition, bought for class."
"This is a very large book to get through, but it seems to be a popular textbook for graduate courses."
"A really long read but necessary to work in higher education."
Best Medical School Guides
In this laugh-till-you-cry health care handbook, you'll learn how fun it is to be a doctor--and a patient.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Pamela has certainly given some great ideas on how medical practitioners can improve and revamp their practices to allow more compassion and healing to occur."
"A family physician in Eugene, Oregon, she had grown despondent about the practice of medicine which dehumanized both her and her patients. In my dream, I saw grandmothers and grandchildren, teachers and teenagers, farmers and firefighters--entire communities--coming together to build ideal clinics and hospitals. Feeling invincible, I phoned the newspaper and told the editor that I'd be opening an ideal clinic created entirely by our community. Then I called a series of town hall meetings and invited citizens to design the clinic of their dreams. Pam isn't new to writing, having co-authored "Goddess Shift: Women Leading For a Change" along with Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Aung San Suu Kyi and many others in 2010."
"From Diarrhea Diagrams to Godiva Gallstones, it's all explained within... Dr. Pamela Wible MD is a hero. In the book Dead Doctors Don't Lie, Dr. Joel Wallach DVM has previously pointed out that despite living and working in the supposedly greatest medical system anywhere in the world, US Doctors are dying at alarming rates. He points out that top cardiologists are dying at young ages - of heart disease. Dr. Wallach elaborates on the pandemic of mineral deficiencies and the lack of understanding of true pillars of health within western medicine (yet very well understood within the veterinary agriculture industry.). What Dr. Wallach fails to address that Dr. Wible brings to the forefront, why are doctors dying at such an alarming rate - of suicide? I was born with a serious congenital situation that remained undiagnosed into my 40s and is so serious that multiple aspects of it's complications I have personally endured for 20+ years is extremely life-threatening. I've spent the past 2 decades learning far too much about DVTs, PEs, PTS, Lymphedema, Raynaud's syndrome as a side effect of purple toe syndrome due to the adverse effects of warfarin, ulcerations, phlebitis, cellulitis, and always wondering, will I at some point need to learn more about nutcracker syndrome, pelvic congestion or worse? NO ONE ever mentioned to me MTS and a couple decades of anti-coagulants may predispose me to something as serious as an entire femur of stress fractures. It seriously took nearly 9 months from onset of new INTENSE symptoms and the first visit to primary care to get that diagnosis. I won't go into the 2 decades of prior mismanagement of my case.. nor why my husband was sent home with a prognosis of "you don't understand... you're taking [you're husband] home to die... he'll be dead within 2 weeks, probably a few days..." nor why here we are, 7 years later, and he's not only still alive but WE reversed his "end stage severe congestive heart failure" and how WE "cured" his former 18 year battle of Type 2 Diabetes. It will take true Medical Professionals such as Dr. Pamela Wible, Dr. Patch Adams, Dr. Stephen Sinatra, Dr. Joel Wallach and Dr. Ma Lan, Dr. Julian Whitaker, Dr. Richard Garber, Dr. Octavio Chirino, Dr. Simon Yu, Dr. Christian Wessling and many others to fully help transform Western Medicine into a viable sustainably resilient medical system. I want to switch my primary care to Dr. Wible, alas, I live outside her service area. Pamela is creating a growing wave of doctors who are foregoing the current EXPENSIVE medical paradigm that ultimately you and I and our children are paying for, and going back to the way Modern Medicine SHOULD be practiced. Pamela has uniquely found a way to restore much needed HUMANITY back to western medicine."
"Thank you for showing us all "how to" be a physician with heart; and not just writing a dull book full of words with no examples."
Best Law School Guides
LSAT Prep Book: Study Guide & Practice Test Questions for the Law School Admission Council's (LSAC) Law School Admission Test Developed for test takers trying to achieve a passing score on the LSAT test, this comprehensive study guide includes: •Quick Overview. •Test-Taking Strategies. •Introduction to the LSAT. •Logical Reasoning. •Analytical Reasoning. •Reading Comprehension. •Practice Questions. •Detailed Answer Explanations.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It is both easy to understand and easy to follow along with, and the format is uncomplicated and helpful. What I did to supplement was I bought a full-length test from last year and a Kaplan answer key that explained all the answers, as well as two other prep books that had practice questions."
"There is also a series of practice test questions (with the answer key, thankfully) at the end. I really felt like these questions were very similar to those on the actual exam and I know that they helped boost my score."
"I would purchase this book based on the fact that I liked that it broke down each question type, but would also buy Kaplan so I could have a few more practice tests."
"I have found it very useful for my pre law journey."
"The "explanations" of each practice question's answer choices aren't adequate for these questions, as I am finding that the justification is often "this is clearly the correct answer choice" or "this is the stronger answer choice" without any explanation of WHY the logic/argument is stronger."
"Doesn't use actual LSAT questions, and some of their questions and explanations for the different choices are poorly written."
"This book is somewhat helpful but it is ridden with typos, many of the questions don't come from previous LSAT exams, and the questions that were written for this book are either too simple or too confusing and leave out information needed to complete the problem."
"Its not an awful book, but there are TON of much better study resources out there for prospective law students."
Best College Guides
From sharing a bathroom with 40 strangers to sharing lecture notes, The Naked Roommate is your behind-the-scenes look at EVERYTHING you need to know about college (but never knew you needed to know). Hilarious, outrageous, and telling stories from students on over 100 college campuses cover the basics, and then some, including topics on. Harlan Cohen is the New York Times bestselling author of the Naked Roommate series and is one of the most widely read and respected syndicated advice columnists for teens and twenty-somethings.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Whole family howled when my grandson opened this gift."
"Gave this as a gift to a college bound freshman and it was really fun for him to read and laugh at with new roommates!"
"Excellent college advice book!"
"Sent this as a gift to two nieces as high school graduation presents."
"Great book for your college-bound kid."
"Got this for my sisters who are going off to college in September, and they loved it!"
"good reading material for freshman."
"I bought this as a gift for a niece who was moving into the dormitory."
Best Graduate School Guides
Fractions, Decimals, & Percents GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234020). Purchase of this set includes one year of access to Manhattan Prep's online computer-adaptive GMAT practice exams and Question Banks. In 2000, Teach for America alumnus and Yale graduate Zeke Vanderhoek had a radical idea: students learn better from better teachers.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"These books don't emphasize tricks or easy ways to 700+ score, instead they methodically cover areas tested, and should be pretty much all you will need (besides the Official Guides - see below for links). If this is above your budget or you are in a rush, then would recommend you pick the best of the pack: - The GMAT Roadmap Great collection of wisdom (see my review of this book). - Number Properties Guide (condensed overview of Arithmetic and strategies for saving time/solving questions more effectively). - Word Propblems Guide (includes some of the hardest topics - probability, combinations, and statistics). - Sentence Correction (the best book out there on SC). - Critical Reasoning (only second to PowerScore CR but by a slim margin). - Reading Comprehension - a significantly revised book (there are no other dedicated RC books on market really). Between these 5 books you should have 80-90% of the GMAT covered and the rest could be picked up from the remaining books and practice with the Official Guides. *** Each book comes with access to 6 online gmat tests and additional question banks. Also, if you are new to the GMAT, download 2 official practice tests from GMAC and take one of them before you start prepping to get your level - very helpful to track your progress along the way but don't waste these tests - they use real retired gmat questions and though it is possible to recycle them (there are close to 900 questions in the banks), would recommend you use something less valuable for your practice such as MGMAT tests included with these books). ~~~. I have gone through all of the books and here is how it looks: Overall, all books have undergone some degree of updating; not just slapping a new cover as some providers do, so you will be better of buying the 6th if you are deciding. IR - substantial changes and improvements - the book needed them, and is now split by question type and organized a lot better. Quant - mostly minor updates (less than 10% new content). RC - Major update. SC - Restructure with the main difference is that the idiom section is cut down and rewrite of most chapters (more than 20% of content updated). CR - Improvements in text-heavy areas that put people to sleep before."
"The combination of these books, the GMAT Original Guide Bundle (buy those for practice problems), and hours of studying produced a 760 GMAT score!!!"
"I has a chance to review a preview set, and I see a number of meaningful changes in this edition: - GMAT Roadmap and IR books are now included with this set, making it a total of 10 books. - The Quant books have been improved in terms of layout and structure (though content is mostly the same). - The Verbal books have undergone a pretty significant improvement in terms of content (still analyzing the changes; check back in a few days for complete analysis). - Now the series start with Fractions/Decimals/Percents, then go into Algebra, Word Problems, Geometry, and Number Properties. (I feel this is a good improvement - first, it is getting rid of some of the strange names MGMAT used and second, Number Properties was a pretty tough book to use as the first step). If you are just starting out with GMAT prep - get this bundle; it's a good deal for the Manhattan GMAT Guides (separately they cost close to $150). If this is above your budget, then would recommend you pick the best of the pack: - The GMAT Roadmap Great collection of wisdom (see my review of this book). - Number Properties Guide (condensed overview of Arithmetic and strategies for saving time/solving questions more effectively). - Word Propblems Guide (includes some of the hardest topics - probability, combinations, and statistics). - Sentence Correction (the best book out there on SC). - Critical Reasoning (only second to PowerScore CR but by a slim margin). - Reading Comprehension (there are no other dedicated RC books on market really). Between these 5 books you should have 80-90% of the GMAT covered and the rest could be picked up from the remaining books and practice with the Official Guides. *** Each book comes with access to 6 online gmat tests and additional question banks. Also, if you are new to the GMAT, download 2 official practice tests from GMAC and take one of them before you start prepping to get your level - very helpful to track your progress along the way but don't waste these tests - they use real retired gmat questions and though it is possible to recycle them (there are close to 900 questions in the banks), would recommend you use something less valuable for your practice such as MGMAT tests included with these books)."
"I recently decided to go back to school for a masters and wanted to do well on the test, but not spend a ton. After I finish, I plan on ordering the GMAT Official Guides which have all the practice questions and after going through those books, then taking the test."
Best College & University Financial Aid
Each entry contains all the necessary information for students and parents to complete the application process, including eligibility requirements, how to obtain an application, how to get more information about each award, sponsor website listings, award amounts, and key deadlines. Honolulu Advertiser "Advice on applying for scholarships from start to finish." The Ultimate Scholarship Book gives a down to earth step by step method of finding, applying for and winning scholarships.”. Lynda McGee, College Counselor, Downtown Magnets High School, Los Angeles.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"You have to go through 196 pages to cover the state scholarships, even though there may only be 7 scholarships for your state."
"This book has a TON of information about scholarships, BUT it's layout and organization make it difficult to navigate."
"Also discovered a few scholarships that were posted as being available, but are no longer being offered (not because of a missed due date)."
"As an adult student, this book is geared for the student coming out of high school."
"So far this is the best book we have found but it is still hard to locate a specific scholarship and I found the organization of them confusing."
"Jam-packed with scholarships."
"OK the book is great you just have to look at every page to see if you might qualify."
"does not really provide anything you cant easily find on the internet and no real insight on getting scholarships."