Some people do Sudoku, others watch Netflix. Brian O'Connell trawls the classified ads, both online and what remains in print. 
This fascinating collection of stories shows how classified ads can help unlock a door into Irish society, and brings us extraordinary experiences from ordinary people. Why is a woman in rural Ireland selling high-tech eavesdropping equipment? Did someone really sell a pet monkey in the Evening Echo newspaper in Cork? Why was a wedding dress for sale 'never worn'? 
Classified ads are not just a few commercial lines of text – they can be a treasure trove of stories and human experience; stories of nostalgia, love, loss, loneliness, isolation and redemption. Brian uses online and newspaper ads as a way into people's lives, both past and present, funny and poignant.

The Personals

Humor & Entertainment

O’Connell, Brian

Humor

Harpercollins

The Personals reveals how classified ads are not just a few commercial lines of text in print or online - they can be a treasure trove of fascinating human stories; stories of love, loss, loneliness, redemption and hope.Some people do Sudoku, others watch Netflix. Brian O'Connell loves the classified ads.In an era of spin doctors and press releases, celebrities and social influencers, the classified ads can open a door into the lives of ordinary people with extraordinary stories.What draws Brian to the classified ads are the intriguing human stories he finds there, the unexpected twists and turns, the personalities, the curious objects and the range of human experience waiting to be discovered.The Personals is a diverse collection of compelling stories about the people and the lives behind the small ads.

A Paperback Original Everything you need to know to survive and thrive in the world of work Layoffs, mergers, volatile markets, an uncertain future. The Career Survival Guide is an indispensable source of expert insight, analysis, and guidance for today's beleaguered and confused corporate citizen. And it offers a gold mine of sure-fire tips on how to find a mentor, how to get and use insider business information, how to read the tea leaves when your job may be on the line, and how to handle corporate politics. Readers also learn how to enhance their visibility, as well as how to leverage sudden economic change, and, perhaps most important, they learn about the seven types of corporate survivors­­including "Switzerlands," "Gumbies," "Stoics," and "Don't Worry, Be Happys"­­and how to determine which type is most consistent with their own personalities. In the face of increasing layoffs and uncertainty, readers wanting to increase their chances of having a successful and fulfilling career will appreciate The Career Survival Guide's comprehensive content, including: <ul>
<li>Helpful info boxes, sidebars, and lively profiles </li>
<li>An introduction to the often-intimidating corporate landscape </li>
<li>Strategies for experienced employees looking to recharge their climb up the corporate ladder </li>
</ul>

The Career Survival Guide: Making Your Next Career Move

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

McGraw=Hill

Aspects of Learning (RLE Edu O)

The time has passed when learning was identified purely as a process involving the ability to store and recall knowledge and facts, and the competence to produce them when required. These abilities still seriously concern the potential teacher and this book duly examines them, but the ‘whys’ and the ‘hows’ of learning and teaching are now considered as important as the implanting of facts for regurgitation at exam time.Some children learn more quickly than others, some can remember facts more easily, and a teacher must ask several fundamental questions in order to understand the factors at work in this learning process. Where is knowledge stored? Why do we remember some facts and forget others? When are we learning new facts and when are we remembering and adapting knowledge to see it in a new light? To help answer these and many other questions a number of learning situations, typical in most schools, are examined, the processes at work in the classrooms are examined and then they are both related to different theories of learning. The examination of a series of learning processes should not necessarily involve a choice between them, and a feature of this volume is its lack of partiality towards any particular teaching method, although the teacher and student will draw their own conclusions.  

Reference

Routledge

Demystify investing and maximize your wealth-with guidance from the world's most trusted financial news network From CNBC, the global leader of financial news, comes the most user-friendly, approachable guide to simplifying the often confusing world of finance and investing. CNBC Creating Wealth offers a complete and comprehensive introduction to world markets and shows readers how to use the information and tools currently available for maximum wealth-building. Using the hallmark CNBC approach-demystifying complex and confusing market terminology through lucid language and instructions-this accessible primer helps readers make smarter investment choices, and stay successful and secure even in volatile markets. CNBC Creating Wealth covers: <ul>
<li>The inside story of the stock market and creating a long-term investment portfolio</li> <li>Strategies for the most profitable investment areas, including stocks, bonds, and mutual funds</li> <li>Online tools, including research, brokers, and access to data about financial markets around the world</li> </ul>

CNBC Creating Wealth: An Investor's Guide to Decoding the Market

CNBC

Economics

wiley

Demystify investing and maximize your wealth-with guidance from the world's most trusted financial news network 
From CNBC, the global leader of financial news, comes the most user-friendly, approachable guide to simplifying the often confusing world of finance and investing. CNBC Creating Wealth offers a complete and comprehensive introduction to world markets and shows readers how to use the information and tools currently available for maximum wealth-building. Using the hallmark CNBC approach-demystifying complex and confusing market terminology through lucid language and instructions-this accessible primer helps readers make smarter investment choices, and stay successful and secure even in volatile markets. CNBC Creating Wealth covers: <ul>
<li>The inside story of the stock market and creating a long-term investment portfolio</li> <li>Strategies for the most profitable investment areas, including stocks, bonds, and mutual funds</li> <li>Online tools, including research, brokers, and access to data about financial markets around the world</li> </ul>

In The Whole World's Watching the authors explain how money can be channeled into the technology that will preserve the lifestyles we currently enjoy and create a new era of economic growth. This is a book that proposes real, concrete solutions. Environmentalists and politicians will not stop climate change from occurring: industry will and it will happen a lot sooner than we think. Global warming is real and not a problem that will disappear on its own. This book explains why it is now time to mobilize the world's financial markets to work for the good of mankind. The money to finance the changes necessary to prevent climatic mutation should come from Wall Street, instead of Washington or Berlin.

The Whole World's Watching: Decarbonizing the Economy and Saving the World

Turner, Martyn

O'Connell draws on forty years of camaraderie and affection to offer this hilarious spoof. Presented in the form of one organization's board meetings' minutes, Board Overboard is a witty sendup of a world that is too seldom treated with humor.

Board Overboard: Laughs and Lessons for All but the Perfect Nonprofit (JOSSEY BASS NONPROFIT & PUBLIC MANAGEMENT SERIES)

Management & Leadership

Jossey-Bass Inc Pub

A detailed account of how and why the diverse groups of INDEPENDENT SECTOR came together, what it has taken to keep them together, and what they have been able to achieve through collaboration.

Powered by Coalition: The Story of Independent Sector (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Sector Series)

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Jossey-Bass

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The Personals

The Personals

The Career Survival Guide: Making Your Next Career Move

Aspects of Learning (RLE Edu O)

Aspects of Learning (RLE Edu O)

CNBC Creating Wealth: An Investor's Guide to Decoding the Market

CNBC Creating Wealth: An Investor's Guide to Decoding the Market

The Whole World's Watching: Decarbonizing the Economy and Saving the World

Board Overboard: Laughs and Lessons for All but the Perfect Nonprofit (JOSSEY BASS NONPROFIT & PUBLIC MANAGEMENT SERIES)

Powered by Coalition: The Story of Independent Sector (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Sector Series)