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Chilton's auto repair manual by Chilton Company( )

in English and held by 423 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

24 hours to the civil service exams by Shannon R Turlington( Book )

3 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A preparation guide to different types of civil service exams includes two sample tests

24 hours to the law enforcement exams by John Gosney( Book )

2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Contains twenty-four one-hour lessons designed to improve performance on law enforcement exams and includes sample tests and answers keys, tips on passing physical fitness tests, and information about training programs and career choices

John Updike : A & P by Films for the Humanities & Sciences( Visual )

3 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 275 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Queenie and her friends, dressed only in bathing suits, enter Lengel's A & P to buy kipper snacks, the life of Sammy the cashier is changed forever. This program presents a dramatization of John Updike's frequently anthologized story of irony and innocence. Updike himself comments on the story in an interview with Donald M. Murray, columnist for The Boston Globe and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer

Tillie Olsen discusses "I stand here ironing by Midge Mackenzie( Visual )

3 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Can you imagine? That woman went on for pages just about ironing. Standing there ironing!" said an unimaginative judge about Tillie Olsen's short story, submitted in a competition for a fellowship at Stanford University. Olsen credits that fellowship, which she won, as the catalyst that transformed her back into a professional writer after 20 years of motherhood. In this interview conducted by historian Peter Carroll, Tillie Olsen--known for her powerful writings about the inner lives of the working poor, women, and minorities--discusses her autobiographical "Help Her to Believe," serendipitously renamed "I Stand Here Ironing."

Internet surf and turf--revealed : the essential guide to copyright, fair use, and finding media by Barbara Waxer( Book )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 266 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Explains intellectual property and copyright law related to Internet images and media, discusses fair use, and explains how to find sound files, images, and video that can be used legally, as well as protect one's own work

Fundamental concepts in financial management( Visual )

3 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 255 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This program explains the following concepts: Risk and Rates of Return; the Time Value of Money; and Bond and Stock Valuation

Master the SAT( )

in English and held by 248 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Eudora Welty : a worn path( Visual )

3 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On a "bright, frozen day" in Mississippi, 95-year-old Phoenix Jackson makes her mythic journey into town for the medicine her grandson needs. Touching upon themes of family, love, aging, and poverty, this dramatization of Eudora Welty's classic story "A Worn Path" provides both a heroic image of the human spirit enduring against tremendous odds and a poignant commentary on the African-American experience. An interview with Welty herself by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley concludes the program

Nursing school and allied health entrance exams by Marion F Gooding( Book )

1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Part I: Information about nursing and allied health programs and entrance examinations -- Part II: Practice for registered nursing school entrance examinations -- Mathematics -- Science -- Reading comprehension -- Part III: Pratice for allied health school entrance examinations -- Verbal ability -- Quantitative ability -- Science -- Reading comprehension -- Part IV: Practice for practical/vocational nursing school entrance examinations -- Verbal skills -- Arithmetic and mathematics -- Health and science -- Reading comprehension