This fully updated and revised edition of the best-selling title The Archaeology Coursebook is a guide for students studying archaeology for the first time. Including new methods and key studies in this fourth edition, it provides pre-university students and teachers, as well as undergraduates and enthusiasts, with the skills and technical concepts necessary to grasp the subject.The Archaeology Coursebook:introduces the most commonly examined archae...

The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation's Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film...

Selling In 4 Weeks is a comprehensive guide to sales, giving you everything you need to know in one place. Made up of four bestselling books in one, this book delivers a complete course in selling. From strategy and account management to negotiation and customer service you'll discover all the tools, techniques and strategies you need to get your selling right.This book introduces you to the main themes and ideas of sales, giving you a knowledge and understanding of the ke...

Written for students taking courses in building and surveying, 'Estimating for Builders and Surveyors' describes and explains the method used by the estimator to build up prices or rates for items described in the SMM7 format. Each chapter is a self-contained unit related to a particular element in the building. Worked examples throughout reflect both traditional and up-to-date technology. Written by an author team of academics and professional surveyors, this book continues to be an inval...

Addy knows every love story begins with a choice—and every nightmare does too.At her husband’s funeral, Addy meets Heath—a man who knows loss just as well as she does. Their whirlwind romance feels like a second chance at life, but whispers from the past refuse to stay buried.Addy has secrets she swore she’d never tell. Heath has questions she can’t afford to answer.In this house, it’s impossible to know who the victim really is.Dark, twisty...

It’s not who’s outside that matters. It’s what they’ve come for.Fifteen years later, Tahoe isn’t finished yet.Missing pieces of information have finally surfaced—pulling everyone back to the place they vowed never to return.Everyone is older. The scars are buried. But the Tahoe house still stands…and there’s something different about it now. Something is off.Somewhere in the shadows, a killer waits.When an unexpected...

***The Strategic Planning Workbook***is an invaluable, ready-to-use guide to creating and implementing a strategic plan. Refreshingly free of the usual grand business models peddled by consultants, this book provides the concepts needed to do the thinking, the tools to gather the necessary information, the techniques to make your decisions and the frameworks to translate conclusions into action plans. With a strong focus on matching the right kind of strategy to your business and the all-i...

"An excellent study that should interest film buffs, academics, and non-academics alike" ( Journal of the West).Hollywood's West examines popular perceptions of the frontier as a defining feature of American identity and history. Seventeen essays by prominent film scholars illuminate the allure of life on the edge of civilization and analyze how this region has been represented on big and small screens.Differing characterizations of the fr...

A Quote A Day for Writers: 365 Quotations on the Art, Craft, Humor, Heartbreak, Joys and Magic of WritingThe monthly series - now collected in one volume!January—Getting StartedFebruary—Writing is WorkMarch—Writing is LifeApril—A Writer is a ReaderMay—The CraftJune—The WordsJuly—The CharactersAugust—Stumbling BlocksSeptember—Silence & SolitudeOctober—Mystery & MagicNovember—The Hu...

'William Cowan's Building a Winning Career is an exceptional resource, standing out as one of the most comprehensive and impactful books I've encountered in my 40 years as a senior HR executive managing recruiting and career transitions.'- Bob Gerst, Host of the PEOPLE IN TRANSITION podcast.Do you know how to seek out and win your next executive role?Are you well prepared to take the next steps in your career?

A century ago, daily life ground to a halt when the circus rolled into town. Across America, banks closed, schools canceled classes, farmers left their fields, and factories shut down so that everyone could go to the show. In this entertaining and provocative book, Janet Davis links the flowering of the early-twentieth-century American railroad circus to such broader historical developments as the rise of big business, the breakdown of separate spheres for men and women, and the genesis of...