Business growth is becoming increasingly dependent on partnerships, joint ventures, and other strategic alliances. Consequently, the ability of professionals to articulate their ideas well to others has become increasingly essential. How to Prepare, Stage, and Deliver Winning Presentations, now in a thoroughly updated edition, gives readers a proven and practical approach to increase their knowledge, capabilities, confidence, and success. The book provides proven, practical advice on communicating essential information when it matters most.

Essays That Will Get You Into College
The definitive guide to writing application essays, written with the help and advice of top-school admissions officers. Includes a step-by-step writing program plus 50 successful essays, complete with critical comments that point out their strengths and weaknesses. Also includes a section of 25 real essays graded and ranked by the admissions officers. The essays are the one part of the application totally under your control - make the most of them and increase your chances of getting into the school of your choice!
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Scotland has long had a romantic appeal which has tended to be focused on a few over-dramatized personalities or events, notably Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Highland Clearances-the failures and the sad - though more positively, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce have also got in on the act, because of their heroism in resisting English aggression. This has had its own satisfaction, and has certainly been very good for the tourist industry. But, fuelled by the explosion of serious academic studies in the last half-century, there has grown up a keen desire for a better-informed and more satisfying understanding of the Scottish past-and not only in Scotland.

Russian - English talking dictionary v 3.53, HarperCollins Publishers
This CD-ROM has been designed to help anyone who uses Russian or English on a regular basis, whether as a part of their studies or within the context of their work. It is suitable for all types of user, from students to professional and business people, and for all levels, from beginners to advanced. This CD-ROM enables you to have a high quality bilingual dictionary always to hand. The dictionary comes with a set of tools for fast and accurate look-up of any words or phrases.