Education

* The bestselling computer book of all time-more than eight million copies sold in all editions-now revised to cover the updates in Windows XP Service Pack 2 as well as updates in popular Windows applications * This fifty percent revision includes a fully revamped , ''task-oriented'' table of contents as well as expanded coverage of e-mail, anti-spam tools, faxing, troubleshooting, customization, multimedia, and CDs and DVDs-plus a brief look ahead to the next generation of Windows, codenamed ''Longhorn'' * Walks first-time Windows XP users through signing on, navigating the interface, using basic applications, finding and working with files, handling Internet functions, setting up peripherals, and fixing basic problems * Written in the friendly, accessible For Dummies style by Andy Rathbone-one of the bestselling tech authors of all time more...

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You can't win a fight with your boss. If you have ever thought otherwise, then you're dead wrong. And you're career is over, too. In this lively guide to surviving the pitfalls of the modern corporate environment, Tom Markert, a senior executive at information giant ACNielsen, presents 56 practical rules that every employee, manager, and executive must follow in order to find corporate success. With rules such as ''Work hard and smart'' and ''Find a good boss'' Markert addresses some of the most important questions facing corporate executives today. Here, in colorful and inspiring language, he offers practical advice on how to impress and make your boss look good, how to position yourself for success, and how to address work and social situations that every employee must conquer. And, most important, Markert covers the number one question in any employee's mind: How do I work with my boss? Here, this book becomes an indispensable guide to corporate life. Markert draws on his experience to illustrate these rules with telling, and often funny, anecdotes about people who have not followed the rules and paid the ultimate corporate price -- failure, embarrassment, and a career stopped dead in its tracks. more...

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A guide for grantseekers. It provides instructions on how to begin the process and teaches fresh techniques to save time and increase success. Reflecting the many changes in the grants world, it includes strategy worksheets and exhibits. more...

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Offers a look at the 'Woman Question' in relation to higher education at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Including contemporary perspectives on gender, this book provides insights into understanding the difficulties that women encounter as they seek to participate fully in the process of knowledge production. more...

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Muslim boys are currently 'hot topics' of social and educational debate: they have been associated with global terrorism, fundamentalism,urban rioting and, within the context of schooling, they appear to be suffering from disproportionately high rates of exclusion and low rates of achievement and post-16 progression. This timely and innovative book examines the issues in detail, fore-grounding Muslim boys' own views of their lives and schooling. The book explores the complex interplay between race/ethnicity, religion, masculinity and social class within Muslim boys' lives. Attention is also given to the role of the teacher/researcher within the boys' production of masculine identities. The book draws on illuminating new research data and reviews a wide range of literature on masculinity and race/ethnicity to enable readers to engage with complex social inequalities within the context of secondary schooling. more...

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