Inspired by his father’s unexpected passing, Mike Walsh, a 27 year-old Chicago advertising executive, quits his job to embark on a one-of-a-kind quest. The destination: bowling alleys in each of the 50 states. Though dubbed "career suicide" by colleagues, the endeavor soon touches a nerve among many people—from frustrated middle managers to radio talk show hosts to a woman who merely identifies herself as "Bowling Spice" in an innuendo-laden email. 
Conversations and adventures with the people he finds in bowling alleys at all hours of the day and night—retired Maine lobstermen, saucy European nannies, recovering addicts, former bowling champions, college students, World War II vets and lingerie saleswomen, to name a few—combine to form a picture of what America looks like while standing in a pair of rented shoes.
Hilarious, insightful and at times moving, BOWLING ACROSS AMERICA is an epic journey that will enthrall readers everywhere.

Bowling Across America: 50 States in Rented Shoes

Sports & Outdoors

Walsh, Mike

Individual Sports

St.Martin's Press

Nursing rituals, research and rational actions

Heinemann Nursing

Relates the shocking tale of Charles Cohen, a young Delaware man who seemed to have it all, but who savagely battered his parents to death and then disappeared, only to continue killing in a coast-to-coast crime spree. Original.

Fallen Son

Biographies & Memoirs

True Crime

Onyx

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you will be up and running with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon a real-world foundation forged in both technology and business matters, allowing you to learn the essentials of SharePoint 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 from the ground up. Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks. The Q&amp;A sections and quizzes at the end of each lesson help you build and test your knowledge. Notes, Tips, and Cautions point out shortcuts, solutions, and potential problems to avoid. Learn how to… <ul>
<li>Explore and fully utilize all the core WSS 3.0 features </li>
<li>Install WSS 3.0 on different versions of Windows Server </li>
<li>Explore the interoperability between SharePoint and various Office 2003 and 2007 products </li>
<li>Create and enhance workflows </li>
<li>Manage user permissions at all levels </li>
<li>Enhance search functionality using Search Server 2008 Express </li>
<li>Create internal blogs using the Extended Blog Edition </li>
<li>Get your site up-and-running quickly with the Microsoft application templates </li>
<li>Enhance your site by utilizing free and commercial third-party web parts </li>
<li>Create sites in different languages</li> </ul>

Sams Teach Yourself SharePoint 2007 in 24 Hours: Using Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Computers & Technology

Web Development & Design

Sams Publishing

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll learn how to create great websites, collaboration and content management applications, and social solutions with SharePoint Foundation 2010! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll learn how to build, administer, and secure solutions with the free version of SharePoint 2010. One step at a time, you’ll master libraries, lists, and other powerful features; create blogs and wikis; provide advanced search and workflow; integrate SharePoint with Office; and much more. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, helping you get the job done fast–-and get it done right! Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common SharePoint Foundation 2010 tasks. Quizzes at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge. By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion. Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks. Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them. Learn how to… <ul>
<li>Install SharePoint Foundation 2010 and use the Administration Site </li>
<li>Add users, provide user access rights, and enforce authentication </li>
<li>Plan the most effective structure for your site </li>
<li>Make the most of libraries, lists, views, folders, Web parts, and other powerful features </li>
<li>Construct and work with wikis, blogs, and other social features </li>
<li>Provide fast, efficient search with Microsoft Search Server 2010 Express </li>
<li>Integrate either Office 2007 or Office 2010 with SharePoint Foundation </li>
<li>Share OneNote notebooks, Access tables, Outlook calendars and contacts, and more </li>
<li>Instantly create useful reports based on one or more SharePoint lists </li>
<li>Create efficient workflows with SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010 </li>
<li>Add even more functionality to your sites and applications</li> </ul>

Sams Teach Yourself SharePoint Foundation 2010 in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)

Networking & Cloud Computing

Sams.

Over recent years seismic changes have taken place in the structure and direction of the media and entertainment industries. Since the launch of the first commercial web browser, to the advent of broadband, digital downloads and online virtual worlds, patterns of consumer behavior have adapted and evolved enormously, embracing new opportunities and having an indelible impact upon the commercial nature of media. Mike Walsh has been at the heart of this consumer revolution from its beginning and has been helping some of the world's leading companies and brands embrace new ideas for the past decade. The 23 insights in Futuretainment reveal how the rise of the Internet, mobile devices, social networking, audience networks, user generated content, ubiquitous networks and the ‘adaptive web’, amongst other advances, has affected the worlds of media and entertainment forever. Futuretainment is a dynamic visual handbook offering an accessible approach to this complex and evolving subject. It is a must-read for any individual or business that wants to understand how to maximize their position in this new era.

Futuretainment: Yesterday the World Changed, Now it's Your Turn

Business Technology

Phaidon Press

Failing schools are at the top of the education agenda and a critical issue for school managers is how to spot whether a school is failing. The author of this text, a senior OFSTED inspector, offers advice as to the warning signs of failure and how to turn those elements around.

Building a Successful School

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Routledge

In an entertaining counting book featuring pop-ups, lift-the-flaps, pull-tabs, and wheels that spin, preschoolers help mama cat find her missing kittens as they learn all about numbers.

Martha Counts Her Kittens: A Pop-Up Counting Book (The Martha Series)

Children's Books

Millbrook Pr

Productivity Sand Traps & Tar Pits: How to Detect and Avoid Them

Dorset House

The Dictionary of Dangerous Ideas

The Dictionary Of Dangerous Ideas is a collection of the most challenging concepts facing business leaders at the dawn of the 21st century. At the intersection of emerging technologies and new patterns of human behaviour, the ideas in the Dictionary have been chosen for both their potential to transform the way companies operate, and inspire new forms of thinking. Global futurist and innovation expert Mike Walsh presents 88 scientific breakthroughs, emerging technologies and disruptive business models - all with the potential to shake the foundations of the world we know. Each of the ideas are concisely explained in a single page, with references to the latest case studies and research, as well as some useful 'mind grenade' questions to prompt further discussion. Fully illustrated with a custom typographic alphabet and original black and white photographs - The Dictionary of Dangerous Ideas is the essential companion for any leader who wants to understand what it will take to survive and thrive in the near future.

Reference

Tomorrow

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