Guide to reference : essential general reference and library science sources / Jo Bell Whitlatch and Susan E. Searing, editors.

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A Basic Vocabulary of Scientific and Technological German : the Commonwealth and International Library of Science Technology Engineering and Liberal Studies. by Horne, J.

Table of Contents: “…Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; INTRODUCTION; NOTE ON COMPOUND VERBS; NOTE ON GERMAN WORD-BUILDING; NOTE ON GERMAN PUNCTUATION; ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE DICTIONARY; A LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND THEIR MEANINGS COMMON IN GERMAN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL WRITINGS; IRREGULAR VERBS; SYNOPSIS OF THE MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS; SYNOPSIS OF A REGULAR VERB [hören, to hear]; SYNOPSIS OF AN IRREGULAR VERB [tragen, to carry, bear, wear]; SOME REFERENCE WORKS; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.…”
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The encyclopedia of the history of American management / general editor, Morgen Witzel.

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The A to Z of early North America / Cameron B. Wesson. by Wesson, Cameron B., 1968-

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American literary publishing houses, 1900-1980. Trade and paperback / edited by Peter Dzwonkoski.

The Anchor book of new American short stories / edited by Ben Marcus.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. reads Welcome to the monkey house. by Vonnegut, Kurt

The collected stories of Lydia Davis. by Davis, Lydia, 1947-

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Welcome to the monkey house : a collection of short works / by Kurt Vonnegut. by Vonnegut, Kurt

Table of Contents: “…-- Welcome to the monkey house -- Long walk to forever -- The Foster portfolio -- Miss Temptation -- All the king's horses -- Tom Edison's shaggy dog -- New dictionary -- Next door -- More stately mansions -- The Hyannis Port story -- D.P. -- Report on the Barnhouse Effect -- The euphio question -- Go back to your precious wife and son -- Deer in the works -- The lie -- Unready to wear -- The kid nobody could handle -- The manned missiles -- EPICAC -- Adam -- Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.…”

Tips : ideas for actors / by Jon Jory. by Jory, Jon

Table of Contents: “…-- The Build -- Clean -- Loud Enough -- Focus -- The New Play -- Pace -- Buying the Pause -- Setting Up Drama -- Overlapping -- Posture -- The Visual Cue -- Pointing Your Feet -- Prop Acting -- Sitting -- Punctuation (Physical) -- Stillness -- The Long Surprising Pause -- Cuing -- Curtain Lines -- Acting While They're Talking -- Loud and Soft -- The Half-Hitch -- Faster or Slower -- Throwing the Line Away -- Dropping the End of the Line -- Listening -- Rhythm -- Dance and Musical Skills -- Torque -- Put the Scene Between You -- Keeping the Lid On -- Self-Reacting -- Drafting -- Setting and Freezing -- Agree/Not Agree/Neutral -- The Curtain Call -- Finding the Light -- Wearing Clothes -- Stone Hands -- Dirty It Up -- Repetition -- Making Faces -- Simplify -- Working Too Hard -- Scaring People -- Technique -- The Small Stage -- Space -- Sniffing -- Entering -- Exiting -- Physical Line -- The Mind/Body Connection -- Bringing Blocking -- Seeing the Part in the Body -- Break the Straight Line -- Metaphor -- Vacillation -- Six Things About Space -- Re-Reading the Script -- Punctuation (Text) -- Language -- The Cherries and the Bowl -- Key Words -- Searching for the Word -- The Memory Speech -- Quick and Light -- Small Talk -- Shattering the Speech -- Breath Score -- Nailing the Plot Point -- The Dictionary -- Word Trails -- Rhythm, Tempo, Tone and Meaning -- Going Verbal -- Repeated Words -- Setting Names -- Common Sense -- The Toothpick -- Write the Blocking -- Function-The Secondary Character -- The Vocal Top of the Scene -- Taking Notes/Giving Notes -- Learning the Lines -- The Bit Part -- Quitting and Being Fired -- Bad Reviews -- Shtick -- Doing It Twice -- Danger -- Rehearsal Clothes -- Kissing -- Nudity -- Killing Laughs -- Setup/Joke/Reaction -- Holding for the Laugh -- The Comic Adjustment -- Physical Comedy -- Comic Timing -- Angry Too Long -- Judging the Character -- Scene Stealing -- Bad Mouthing -- Rehearsal Manners -- The Dressing Room -- Conducting the Speech -- Self-Pity -- Wasting the First Hour -- In-Balance/Off Balance -- Tattletale-ing -- Melodrama -- Tone -- Oversteering -- The Actor's Generosity -- Consulting the Other Actors -- Asking the Director -- What's a Dramaturg? …”
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The definitive book of body language / Allan & Barbara Pease. by Pease, Allan

Table of Contents: “…-- How we wrote this book -- Your body-language dictionary -- 1. Understanding the basics -- In the beginning ... -- Why it's not what you say -- How body language reveals emotions and thoughts -- Why women are more perceptive -- What brain scans show -- How fortune-tellers know so much -- Inborn, genetic, or learned culturally? …”

Rescuers of skydivers search among the clouds : a novel / Patrick Lawler. by Lawler, Patrick

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