A fun way to build vocabulary and boost SAT scores Word puzzles are a proven tool for building vocabulary. They nudge the puzzler gently toward shades of meaning, synonym recognition, contextual interpretation, and making educated guesses--all the mental tricks needed to do well on the SAT verbal section. In SAT Vocabulary Express, a top test-prep coach teams up with a leading crossword puzzle author to offer students a fun, effective alternative to standard vocabulary builders. A unique learning tool for breaking the code in the SAT verbal section, this book features: <ul>
<li>Dozens of crosswords, anagrams, acrostics, cryptograms, and other fun, skill-building puzzles </li>
<li>Brainteasers that stimulate vocabulary mastery </li>
<li>Tips and techniques for using the puzzles to pump up vocabularies to unprecedented levels--painlessly! </li>
</ul>

SAT Vocabulary Express: Word Puzzles Designed to Decode the New SAT

Test Preparation

Ashley, Michael

Byrne, Jacqueline

College & High School

McGraw=Hill

Who's who in horror and fantasy fiction

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Elm Tree Books

“From Expert to Executive: Mastering the SOPs” of Leading illustrates the importance and power of demystifying, deconstructing, and rebuilding our notions of leadership in a bid to overcome the most pressing crisis facing modern organizations and their members: not enough leaders are actually leading. Written by Ed Tyson, a former Marine-turned-executive-turned-coach, as a fictional case study within a novella, “From Expert to Executive” highlights a matrix of interconnected stories of personal and professional struggle, through which a solution is presented: the LeadershipSOPs. Behind the model’s elegantly compact SOPs acronym, lies a mnemonic double entendre, implying both a methodology identifying the process (developing and leveraging standard operating procedures) and the work of leading (structuring, operating, and perfecting communities of effort). Too frequently, new and veteran leaders are left to find and travel the road from subject matter expert to executive alone. And, even when we do support them, we often doom our efforts to failure by overloading development programs with training on interpersonal skills and leadership styles (an approach which wrongly assumes these leaders already know how to differentiate their work from the team’s). A far cry from a dry textbook, “From Expert to Executive…” succeeds in depicting real-life leadership scenarios through the eyes of six fictional leaders and one applicant across more than a decade. It is a must-read, delivering tangible guidance to new leaders grappling with their responsibilities, veteran executives searching for scalability and sophistication, and mentors trying to simplify coaching conversations.

From Expert to Executive: Mastering the SOPs of Leading

Business & Money

Tyson, Edward E.

Management & Leadership

PerSynergy Press

Journey to an alternate world of mutant earthlings and aliens from the farthest reaches of the galaxy in this gripping collection by the boldest and most renowned authors in science fiction--Piers Anthony, Arthur C. Clarke, William Temple, Mike Ashley, and more. This is a thrilling treasury that leaves nothing unexplored!

The Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories

Teen & Young Adult

Random House Books for Young Readers

This exciting collection takes readers on a journey through the labyrinthine corridors of the imagination. Filled with magical spells, fire-breathing dragons, and intrepid heroes, these classics of children's literature include stories by such authors as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, George MacDonald, Jane Yolen, E. Nesbit, and more.

The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories

Children's Books

Science Fiction & Fantasy

With concept art, archival images, all-new interviews, and a foreword by Bobby’s World creator and funnyman Howie Mandel, It's Saturday Morning! celebrates the shows, characters, songs, and commercials that made Saturday mornings a pop culture event—decade by decade. Broadcasting into family living rooms from the 1960s to the 1990s, this wildly creative art form wrought a beloved rite of passage. From the hours of 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., parents could sleep in while their children plopped on the couch to consume cartoons galore. From The Bugs Bunny Show, The Jetsons, and Jonny Quest to The Smurfs, He-Man, and Animaniacs, this window of time promised pure entertainment and an experience that united generations. Organized by decade,find profiles of the most beloved Saturday morning cartoons:<ul>
<li>1960s: The Flintstones, Bugs Bunny, Space Ghost, and more!</li>
<li>1970s: The Pink Panther, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Fat Albert, and more!</li>
<li>1980s: The Smurfs, The Adventures of the Gummi Bears, The Transformers, and more!</li>
<li>1990s: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and more!</li>
</ul>Each show profile is accompanied by easy-reference stats (years on air, network, number of episodes, and characters and voice actors), promotional and concept images of the cartoons, and candid photos of its creators and actors. The commentary explores the cultural setting that influenced its creation and behind-the-scenes insights from the show’s producers and artists. This entertaining walk down memory lane is made complete by a review of some of the iconic products advertised between these favorite cartoons. “After These Messages…” segments provide fascinating facts about the merchandise that appeared in Saturday morning commercials, such as the Slinky, Lite-Brite, Cabbage Patch Kids, and Golden Crisp cereal. This exquisitely produced guide to the golden era of cartoons is perfect for artists and illustrators, pop culture fanatics, or anyone who loves a heaping portion of nostalgia.

It's Saturday Morning!: Celebrating the Golden Era of Cartoons 1960s - 1990s

GARNER, JOE

Reference

becker&mayer!books

Book is used and has been withdrawn from service from a Library. Book has a Library Binding and the usual Library Stamps, Stickers, Card Holder, Library Markings. May or May Not have a Dust Jacket.

Taplinger Pub. Co

Quotation puzzle fans are sure to welcome this second volume of sixty crostic puzzles from Michael Ashley, whose taste in literary excerpts runs the gamut from Helen Keller to Muhammad Ali.

Random House Crostics, Volume 2 (Other)

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Random House Puzzles & Games

Puzzling pearls of wisdom!Introducing Random House Crostics, with all-new puzzles that Crostics fans are sure to love.Here's why:Quality:Random House Crostics author Michael Ashley is one of America's best-known -- crosticians. His work appears regularly in many puzzle publications.Quantity:Random House Crostics is the only series of brand-new crostics with sixty puzzles -- everyone else gives you only fifty.Diversity:Michael Ashley draws upon the widest range of sources for his quotations -- from Emily Bronte and Mark Twain to Dave Barry and P.J. O'Rourke. The clues are similarly wide-ranging, covering "traditional" knowledge and popular culture in equal measure.If you enjoy the puzzles in this book, you are sure to like these other collections from Times Books:Classically entertaining quotation puzzles by Thomas Middleton from the pages of the Sunday New York Times.Extra-value collections of a hundred Middleton crostics from the Times.

Random House Crostics, Volume 1 (Other)

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