For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Environmental protection officers job, or to apply for a better job.What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the most important points. With this book, you'll be able to revise your applicati...

Discover how a gritty outlaw gambling pastime evolved into a high-stakes arena sport driven by data and psychology. Whether you need a gripping historical narrative for your daily commute or an intellectual deep-dive to sharpen your strategic mind, this high-energy journey delivers. Ride shotgun with the outlaws, soldiers, and merchants who transformed a smoky backroom vice into a global cultural spectacle.As you listen, traverse the dangerous card tables of nineteenth-century fron...

When the Misfits explore the national forest near Byte's family cabin, they discover several dead kingfisher birds—an endangered species. Suddenly the four teenagers find themselves in the middle of a terrifying ecological mystery and a looming political scandal. As Peter, Byte, Jake, and Mattie investigate what is killing the birds, they are threatened and even shot at. With the help of a young reporter, Rebecca Kaidanov, they uncover a vast political conspiracy and find their own lives in d...

In their second case, Of Heroes and Villains, the team is mysteriously summoned to a comic book convention, where they anticipate the premiere of the exclusive new Hyperman superhero movie. At the convention, the Jester (a comic book villain come-to-life) terrorizes the audience and commits a daring crime. When the Misfits attempt to solve the Jester's riddle, they discover that someone close to them may be involved in the heist. As they draw dangerously close to unmasking the villain, the Mi...

What does the note found in Jake's clarinet mean about the disappearance of a jazz musician and three million dollars? In this third installment, our four teenage crime-solvers, the Misfits, Inc., attend an auction so that Jake, an aspiring musician, can buy a clarinet. Once he's acquired the clarinet, the Misfits find an odd, handwritten note hidden inside the instrument. Soon they discover that the clarinet once belonged to a promising jazz musician named Growler Morton, who mysteriously...

The fifth book in this award-winning series finds the young detectives in the middle of a thirty-year-old mystery and an FBI cover-up. Can they set the record straight for good… before it’s too late? Byte, Peter, Jake and Mattie have a chance encounter with a man who may be to blame for a bombing during an antiwar protest at a university in the early 1970s. Trying to uncover the truth behind events that occurred thirty years ago proves to be a matter of life and death. As the Misfits attempt ...

An appeal from an old friend lands the young detectives in the middle of a mystery surrounding a hit-and-run accident. What at first seems like a routine investigation quickly turns dangerous as the four teens find themselves caught in a complicated plot involving a gang-controlled car-theft ring, frightened law-abiding citizens, and a twisted plan for revenge. For Mattie, the case is also uncomfortably personal, and one that provides an unwelcome reunion with the mother he has not seen in ye...

In the first and only examination of how the British Empire and Commonwealth sustained its soldiers before, during, and after both world wars, a cast of leading military historians explores how the empire mobilized manpower to recruit workers, care for veterans, and transform factory workers and farmers into riflemen.Raising armies is more than counting people, putting them in uniform, and assigning them to formations. It demands efficient measures for recruitment,...

In their first case, the team bands together to clear Mattie's grandfather, who stands falsely accused of stealing a million-dollar computer chip from a local museum. While the FBI and local police assigned to the case can't turn up any leads, the Misfits draw upon each of their special talents to lead them to the true thieves and solve the mystery of the vanishing chip.

Climate change is the most serious issue of our generation. It will likely bring sea-level rise displacing millions, lead to the loss of thousands of species, reduce food production and create geopolitical tensions – all by the end of this century. The fact that human-caused climate change is happening is now beyond dispute in the scientific community, yet despite the awful consequences, many people are apathetic.Low-carbon a**nd Loving It is an o...

Enter a space of renewal with gentle exercises to calm the mind, relax the body, and uplift the spirit. Drawing on over four decades of experience as a psychotherapist along with her intuitive wisdom, Dr. Mary Delaney presents powerful tools to release tension, calm the mind, and rejuvenate the spirit. This transformative audiobook includes the following: Body Talk: A guided breathing and muscle relaxation exercise to restore the body' s natural rhythm and melt away stress. Soul Talk: A gu...

The Law of Mischief is a genre-blending anthology featuring 28 original short stories from an international cohort of authors. Born from the diverse creative community of the Bestseller Experiment Podcast, this collection explores the second law in an ongoing fantastical series.From dragons helping with breakfast to supernatural investigations, second chances, haunting reckonings, and unexpected romances, each story offers a fresh take on how mischief and magic collide.Whet...