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Your projects, programs, and career turn on the difference between “no” and “yes.” Yet selling ideas—especially the kinds of ideas that make organizations work—is a skill shrouded in mystery Part emotional intelligence, part politics, part rhetoric, and part psychology, selling ideas is not like tricking someone out of his money. It’s about helping others to see things your way— engaging their minds and imaginations.

Charles Lindbergh needed woo to assemble backers for his famous flight; Nelson Mandela used it to lead a revolution in South Africa. In any context, woo is two parts art and one part science.

Richard Shell and Mario Moussa offer a self-assessment to determine which persuasion role fits you best and how to make the most of your natural strengths. They also share vivid stories from their experiences advising thousands of leaders, and stories about famous people like John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Andy Grove, and Bono.

Whether you’re introverted or extroverted, competitive or collaborative, intellectual or practical, The Art of Woo will strengthen your persuasion skills in every aspect of your life..
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TextMate is a powerful tool for programmers, web designers, and anyone else who regularly needs to work with text files on Mac OS X. TextMate focuses on pragmatic automation, which means it will save you time time that's always in short supply. See how your lowly text editor can become a hard working member of your staff.

TextMate is a full-featured text editor available for Mac OS X that can greatly enhance your text manipulation skills. TextMate is actually a thin shell over a personalized team of robot ninjas ready to do your bidding. Let's face it, who doesn't want their very own team of robot ninjas?

With TextMate you can do your normal work, but signal the ever-watchful ninjas as you go. At your command, they will launch into action, slicing through text, building repetitive structures of data in the blink of an eye, and much more. They will even post to your blog, handle your IRC conversations, and read your email.

Inside this book you will learn how to teleport instantly to the exact line of the file you need to be on, edit the data with the briefest incantations of power, and banish the end result to the land of your choosing. It's magic, as you can plainly see.

Leave the days of dull work behind. Learn your spells, gain access to your team of robot ninjas, and you too will be able to edit text so effortlessly that everyone watching over your shoulder will be forced to ask, "Wait, how did you do that?".
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Freedom of creativity and plenty of choices: You'll enjoy both while using this compendium of shell stitches to fashion your own crochet designs. Choose from 280 pattern stitches by Darla Sims to make blankets, placemats, bedspreads, rugs--whatever you can imagine. From easy to intricate, you'll find dozens of pattern stitches to suit your skill level. The photo models were created using worsted weight yarn and a size H crochet hook, but you can use any yarn or hook you wish. This publication is the latest volume in our library of crochet stitches.
More stitch patterns are in 63 Easy-to-Crochet Pattern Stitches (#555), 63 Easy-to-Crochet Pattern Stitches(#2146), and 63 Cable Stitches to Crochet(#3961)..
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This engaging, teacher-friendly guide provides the latest research on strategies, ideas, and resources for teaching Greek and Latin roots-prefixes, suffixes, and bases. It introduces the vocabulary learning strategies that will improve comprehension and content vocabulary knowledge. Change the way you teach vocabulary with this book and start students on the path to a lifelong enjoyment of word learning..
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The most complete, beautifully illustrated volume ever published on the fascinating world of the shell and its uses in design and decoration

Shells have captivated humans through the ages and been put to a wide range of uses—sharpened into tools, ground to make medicines, blown to make music. Shells were used as currency from the Americas through Africa to Asia, and worn as amulets to bring fertility, good fortune, or protection from the evil eye. Above all, the beauty of shells has fired the imaginations of artists and craftsmen, and their work forms the heart of this book.

• Shells and mother-of-pearl have been carved to make buttons, jewelry, and delicate inlay work.
• Shells are a universal element of human adornment, from the simplest string of beads to shell designs in gold and precious stones.
• Mythological, symbolic, decorative, botanical, or fantastical: shells are a recurring theme in visual art.
• Shells have featured in architectural ornament since ancient times, and in the twentieth century inspired the forms of landmark buildings.
• Shells have inspired centuries of exquisite invention in silverware, ceramics, glass, textiles, furniture, and fashion.

Shells were among the exotic treasures brought back from the voyages of discovery. By 1796 the mania for shells was such that a single shell raised six times the sum paid for a Vermeer painting at an estate auction in The Hague. Conchology and shell collecting remain hugely popular today, and the author explains how they can be pursued responsibly, without harming our precious marine environments. 500+ color photographs and illustrations..
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The Art of Shelling is a shell hunting guidebook. It is interesting reading for everyone who loves seashells and the seashore environment. The book explains what shells are and details specifically where and how to find them. The information is presented in an enjoyable and easy-to-read format. After learning about each location, you will feel as though you had actually been there. This completely revised second edition is the authors way of sharing what they have learned during more than fifteen years of intensive seashore travel, beach exploration, and mollusk study..
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Simply the most astonishing book on shells ever published.

Jacques Senders is a malacologist whose work allows him the opportunity to collect rare shells from all over the world. Shells presents his beautiful collection to the public for the first time through the stunning photographs of Paul Starosta and the expert commentary of other malacology professionals. Together, they have created a gorgeous and loving study of exquisite creations from the world's oceans.

Shells surveys the history of shells and examines their connection with nature, art, architecture and other disciplines. It includes the latest research, and conveys the joys of collecting shells. Paul Starosta's remarkable photographs bring the reader close to the shells' transparent colors and intricate shapes.

From Aristotle, to the explorers who created the first collections, to today's researchers and collectors, Shells offers a beautiful and comprehensive look at a fascinating subject.

Beachcombers pick up shells and contemplate them. Scientists find them curious and extraordinarily beautiful. Shells are treasures to all humankind, and this book is an elegant tribute to our affectionate relationship with them.

Among the book's highlights:

• How shells are formed
• Shells as the object of admiration, curiosity and scientific investigation
• How humans have utilized shells
• The origins of shells' names
• The science of mollusks, their lives and characteristics
• The different families of mollusks.

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This professional resource, co-authored by Timothy Rasinski and Danny Brassell, empowers teachers to facilitate innovative and engaging instruction with their students. Unique classroom-tested strategies integrate current research findings with real-life observations of diverse students in action. Learn why these comprehension strategies matter and how to introduce activities that tap into students' multiple intelligences..
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