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This book provides a guide to this uncertain but ultimately rewarding world. Succeeding in it starts with shifting gears to recognize that only you control your future. Next is leveraging your skills, knowledge, and network to create your own career trajectoryone immune to the whims of an employer.

The gut microbiome is known as "the forgotten organ" because it is not identified as part of the human body per se, yet it has an immense influence on many systems in the body. The Gut Microbiome: Exploring the Connection between Microbes, Diet, and Health explains what the microbiome is, the many functions it serves, how it can be either harmed or supported by our actions, and the role it may play in various diseases and in determining our overall...

This book tells the larger "story" of Latinos in the United States and describes how they represent a breadth of ethnicity. It addresses not only those in very large numbers from countries such as Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and El Salvador, but also Latino people from Peru, Argentina, Venezuela, Panama, and Costa Rica, as well as indigenous Oaxacans and Mixtecos, among others.

This book illustrates how nonprofits can increase their fundraising potential--and their overall impact--by learning how to ramp up nearly every aspect of their fundraising programs, and by presenting concrete ways to leverage boards, strategic planning, and communications to improve fundraising outcomes. Case studies, worksheets, samples, and tools to help nonprofits move from knowing to doing are also provided.

This book examines how PTSD affects individuals and families and empowers youth to cope with the PTSD of a parent. It explores root causes and provides tools for mitigating the sometimes-considerable stress of having a parent with PTSD, including personal and family therapy.

This book, which focuses on adult patrons ages nineteen through senior citizens, explains how libraries can best serve their community's population at different life stages and foster experiences that are "worth the trip"--whether actual or virtual.

This book explores the history of superheroes, tracing their development from their beginning in 2100 B.C.E. with the Epic of Gilgamesh to their status today in modern pop culture and the comic book and graphic novel worlds. It documents how the two modern superhero archetypes--the Costumed Avengers and the superhuman Supermen--can be traced back more than 200 years and how modern superheroes were created and influenced by biblical heroes, medieval...

Gale takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Literature Criticism Online. Imagine centuries of analysis - the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals. The net result is tens of thousands of...

This concise book provides an overview of major theories regarding the formation, function, and interpretation of dreams, introducing students at all levels to the key concepts of modern dream psychology.

Actual business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses. Presents sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries which serve as examples of how to approach, structure and compose business plans.