Finding Funding: Grantwriting From Start to Finish, Including Project Management and Internet Use
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Finding Funding: Grantwriting From Start to Finish, Including Project Management and Internet Use
Ernest W. Brewer , Charles M. Achilles , Jay R. Fuhriman , and Connie H. Bronson
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ASIN: 0761977988

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Updated Edition of Best Seller!

" Finding Funding succeeds as the most coherent, instructive volume of its kind. It is highly recommended for school system leaders, especially grants administrators, new project coordinators, and grantwriters."
Philip A. Nathan
School Administrator

This latest edition of the best-selling Finding Funding brings the reader up to date with the ever-changing technology and strategies of writing successful government, foundation, and private grants. The fourth edition has undergone some major changes but still retains its user-friendly format and easy readability.

New or updated sections include:

With this latest information, the authors focus on the same winning strategy as the previous best-selling editions—find people and organizations with money, target proposals effectively, and understand how to traverse the various terrains of funding agencies to find and obtain the funding you need. This book is an absolute necessity for any educator interested in winning grants for research, programs, or special projects.

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5 out of 5 stars Plenty of examples of successful funding efforts included.......2001-07-06

The basics of grant writing from start to finish, including locating funding, internet choices, and project management, are packed into a reference which is filled with advice from grant-writing professionals. Plenty of examples of successful funding efforts are included throughout, from sample forms to analysis of the critical components of a proposal. Highly recommended.
IGCSE Accounting (Cambridge International Examinations)
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    Catherine Coucom
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    Accounting: IGCSE is a new text book written specifically for the Cambridge International Examinations syllabus. It has been written and trialled by experienced IGCSE teachers and endorsed by CIE, ensuring that it is up to date and comprehensive in its coverage of the syllabus.
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      Alan Weiss , and Larry Strauss
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                  W. A. Layne , W. A. Samuel , and K. Anthony
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                    Jane E. Henry , and Meg Hartzler
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                    3 out of 5 stars Good for the Tool Kit, but not a Stand-Alone Source.......2000-08-26

                    I found Hartzler & Henry's book to be a very good set of tools for leaders and members of virtual project teams. The content and exercises it includes are forthright and practical, and flow from good grounded theory and practical experience. It is published by the American Society for Quality, and so has a practical, quality & numbers bent.

                    The drawback to the book, as I read it, was that it is a specialized book. It addresses project teams. It does not address leadership issues, technology, or ongoing (versus project-based) virtual teaming in any great detail. My partner found the text to be a little simplistic, but I felt that the writing level was clear and appropriate for technical project managers. I would not recommend it as a primer on virtual teams for executives. ;-)

                    Recommendation: Buy it for your tool kit, but don't make it the only book on virtual teams you use. The authors have done a very good job on the topic they wanted to cover.

                    5 out of 5 stars an essential for managers, consultants.......2000-01-28

                    This book does a great job of providing tools and methods that are grounded in solid theory.

                    Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare 1999-2000 (Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare)
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                      Halley's Comet: Memories of 1910
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                        Roberta B. Etter
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                        Comet, Revised
                        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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                        • How everything that has ever existed relates to comets
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                        • Ameteur and Armchair Astronomers will love this book
                        Comet, Revised
                        Carl Sagan , and Ann Druyan
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                        ASIN: 0345412222
                        Release Date: 1997-02-25

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                        WHAT ARE THESE GRACEFUL VISITORS TO OUR SKIES? WE NOW KNOW THAT THEY BRING BOTH LIFE AND DEATH AND TEACH US ABOUT OUR ORIGINS.



                        Comet begins with a breathtaking journey through space astride a comet. Pulitzer Prize-winning astronomer Carl Sagan, author of Cosmos and Contact, and writer Ann Druyan explore the origin, nature, and future of comets, and the exotic myths and portents attached to them. The authors show how comets have spurred some of the great discoveries in the history of science and raise intriguing questions about these brilliant visitors from the interstellar dark.



                        Were the fates of the dinosaurs and the origins of humans tied to the wanderings of a comet? Are comets the building blocks from which worlds are formed?



                        Lavishly illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned full-color paintings, Comet is an enthralling adventure, indispensable for anyone who has ever gazed up at the heavens and wondered why.



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                        Customer Reviews:

                        3 out of 5 stars Non Fiction.......2007-09-03

                        Sagan, along with co-writer Ann Druyan takes a look at what comets are, where they come from, and how they affect things around them.

                        They also speculate on the possible and actual effects that comets have had throughout history physically, as well as culturally.

                        4 out of 5 stars ISBN confusion.......2007-09-01

                        Beware when you order this. Amazon advertises this as a hardback, but the ISBN is [also] for the paperback version.

                        3 out of 5 stars How everything that has ever existed relates to comets.......2005-01-03

                        For an author to write an entire novel dedicated to comets and be able to keep the reader from slipping into a coma must be a very difficult task. However, Carl Sagan managed to hold my eyes to the 350+ pages without too much of a struggle. He provided vivid descriptions of the cool blue islands peacefully drifting through the endless reaches of space and how they suddenly awaken as they near a star. Sagan also presented interesting information about the lives of many prominent astronomers and how comets played important roles in almost every major civilization throughout history. Admittedly, there were times where it seemed as though my history book met up with my science book and gave birth to a hideous creation comprised of the worst of each. This book provided knowledge about a broad range of topics and how they all connected to comets. I would not recommend this book to anyone who is easily distracted or quickly discouraged. Some of chapters of this novel take a little effort to get through, but in the end it provides the reader with many interesting facts.

                        2 out of 5 stars Comet, not interesting to the common reader.......2005-01-03

                        To whom it may concern,
                        When I began to read this book Comet, I was not all excited. Granted I don't pretend to be a fanatic reader or astronomer but if a book has the ability to catch its readers and keep them interested than one can conclude that it is a well-written book. And though I was not particularly interested in the subject matter and though I did not entirely enjoy this book, I did learn a couple of things and that might just be what Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan desired.
                        The first chapter is the most interesting of them all. What better way to catch your audience then with a grand introduction? Sagan and Druyan set the scene where the reader is the main character. This is obviously done in order to interest the reader and even make the subject matter more personal than it might have been before. The audience is placed on the surface of a comet as it moves in its orbit, specifically before, during, and then passing perihelion, which is when it is closest to the sun. The author also describes different activities that the reader would be doing on the comet's surface. He mentions how playing sports would be a hard task, seeing as the gravitational pull of the comet is so slight that it seems like an object could easily fly off the comet's surface and drift into space and eternity. "A game of baseball would take years to complete" he says because of this lack of gravitational pull.
                        The next few chapters, the author tries to set the history not only to the astronomical science but the study of comets specifically, focusing a whole chapter on Edmond Halley, a brilliant scientist who is remember mostly for his discovery that comets moved in elliptical orbits. Halley's Comet is the comet that Edmond "discovered" was similar (actually the exact same) to previously recorded comets. He finally after doing much scientific studies of record and having help from Isaac Newton, discovered that this comet, and all other comets, were actually in an orbit and Halley's Comet would come back in about 74 years. Other scientists later perfected Halley's Time Tables for the orbits of comets but Edmond Halley is mostly credited.
                        There are many other facts and pictures that Sagan and Druyan describe to their audience, but the further into the book the reader gets, the more it seems uninteresting. I applause the author's ability to grab his readers at the beginning of this novel and the pictures are great representations of the facts of comets that he is trying to explain but that interest is lost as the reader progresses through the book. The author needs to summarize more and leave the biographies of every scientist that ever saw a comet to another writer and another book. The twenty long chapters, in this generation of readers, is not going to keep their attention for long if all its doing is telling them facts. It would be much better if it was summarized to ten to twelve chapters. Overall, I would recommend this book to those who like facts, like comets, or just like to read their day away. But for the common person, I recommend to only read a few chapters: 1,3,4,7,9,12, and maybe 19 if you're feeling bold.
                        An everyday reader,
                        Andrew Metcalfe

                        5 out of 5 stars Ameteur and Armchair Astronomers will love this book.......2004-07-10

                        I would classify myself as the Armchair type - I don't own a telescope, and shamefully I do not know my constellations, but I have enjoyed many popular books on the subject. Having just finished reading this book I am sorely tempted to get a telescope or at least go out and find a local star party (where ameteur astronomers set up their equipment and gladly share viewing opportunities with strangers). This book was truely one of my favorite reads on the subject in recent years. To be sure, the primary focus of the book is about comets and I thought that there could not be enough here to justify an entire book - wrong!!! Sagan takes the reader on a very interesting and inspiring tour of the solar system while also teaching some interesting astronomy history. The chapter on Haley alone teaches about the early history of astronomy and tells a fascinating story of a brilliant scientist about whom most of us have heard little beyond the discovery of the comet which carries his name. Also discussed in this book is the likely connection between comets and the end of the Dinosaurs 65,000,000 years ago (before which the largest mammals were mouse size, according to the book) and the current interest astronmers have in comets and asteroids as a potential threat in our current age. Another great feature of this book is that the many chapters may be easily read in any desired order; Sagan kindly refers us to other chapters with supporting material - so when he talks about the "sand bank" theory of comets - he tells you which chapter covered that idea. I couldn't put the book down (for long).
                        Halley Came to Jackson
                        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                        • A Tale About The Comet.
                        • When Halley came to Jackson, to London... I fell in love
                        • Beautiful
                        • Absolutely wonderful.
                        • A perfect bedtime book
                        Halley Came to Jackson
                        Mary Chapin Carpenter
                        Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
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                        In her second childrens book project, internationally acclaimed singer and songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter captures the momentous night in 1910 when a father held his baby in his arms as Halleys Comet streaked across the Jackson skyline. Inspired by renowned author, Eudora Welty, and her stories of growing up in Mississippi, Ms. Carpenters words celebrate the special love shared between a father and a daughter and how lifes magical moments remain with us throughout our lives. Like an old tattered scrapbook overflowing with remembrances of days past, this touching story and Dan Andreasens stunning illustrations stand as a timeless tribute to the beauty of lifes memories and that night so long ago when Halleys comet soared through the sky.

                        Customer Reviews:

                        5 out of 5 stars A Tale About The Comet........2006-09-17

                        Inspired by the writings of Eudora Welty, Mary Chapin Carpenter wrote the song "HALLEY CAME TO JACKSON". Like many songs, someone decided the lyrics to the song would make a good children's book. Thus, HALLEY CAME TO JACKSON is an illustrated book of lyrics. But what a beautiful book it is! The story in the book revolves around a father and his baby girl living in Jackson, Mississippi in 1910 during the visit of Halley's Comet. The illustrations are spectacular, capturing the warmth of the small town and a father's love for his daughter. The illustrations would make wonderful pictures to hang on a wall somewhere. I picked this book up because it reminded me of the times my family and I went to see Halley's Comet in 1985-1986. I'd recommend the book for fans of Carpenter's or for anyone who has seen the Comet.

                        5 out of 5 stars When Halley came to Jackson, to London... I fell in love.......2002-10-30

                        I loved the song first. Mary Chapin Carpenter sang me and my wife through our courtship. I am English, Tracy's American by birth (and southern by the grace of god). Tracy bought me the book for Christmas. Reading it and listening to the tape reminds me of when we first met. Now we live in Alabama, I look up in the sky, see the same stars my family in the UK see and the song seems to talk to me about that too.

                        5 out of 5 stars Beautiful.......2002-04-10

                        This is an amazing book and tape. The illustrations go beautifully with Mary Chapin Carpenter's words. My kindergarten class loves it as do I. I bought an extra copy to keep at home.

                        5 out of 5 stars Absolutely wonderful........2001-10-27

                        I've bought and given away 16 copies of this magnificent book. With its glorious pictures and haunting song, parents love it as much as their tots.

                        4 out of 5 stars A perfect bedtime book.......2000-02-07

                        I will admit that I love MC Carpenter's music but I had not heard the song until I bought the book for my 3 yr old. While it's true that he doesn't get the passage of time connection, he simply loves the sound of the words and the pictures. I love the sweet story. Soft and comforting are the adjectives that fit both the books illustrations and the song itself. My son plays the song over and over as he gets ready to go to bed. It's one of those books that will hold a special place for us as he grows older.
                        Asimov's Guide to Halley's Comet
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                          Asimov's Guide to Halley's Comet

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                          Waiting on Halley's Comet: Short-Story Snapshots of the Human Spirit
                          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                          • A heartwarming book
                          • Wonderful! So sweet it moved me to tears.
                          Waiting on Halley's Comet: Short-Story Snapshots of the Human Spirit
                          John M. Eades
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                          5 out of 5 stars A heartwarming book.......1999-12-28

                          I had the privilege at a recent conference of listening to Dr. Eades read various stories from his book. He is an absolutely wonderful storyteller in person as well as in writing. I felt like I knew all of his characters personally. This was a very heartwarming and inspirational book. I would highly recommend it to anyone. I plan on buying his previous book The 7th Floor Ain't to High for Angels.

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                          Comet of the Century: From Halley to Halle-Bopp
                          Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                          • Much more than Hale-Bopp
                          • Excellent book on comets
                          • Mostly a fizzle
                          Comet of the Century: From Halley to Halle-Bopp
                          Fred Schaaf
                          Manufacturer: Copernicus Books
                          ProductGroup: Book
                          Binding: Hardcover

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                          ASIN: 0387947930

                          Book Description

                          When Comet Halley made its spectacular visit to the inner Solar System in 1910, miners in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, refused to enter the mines on May 18th, the day Earth passed through Halley's tail; farmers in Wisconsin took down lightning rods so as not to attract dangerous comet-substances; and the blackmailer of the great opera tenor Enrico Caruso was so frightened he confessed to a long-unsolved murder. But the story that a cult in Oklahoma was stopped just short of sacrificing a virgin to the comet was a tale fabricated for East Coast newspapers. Halley's last visit, in 1985-86, caused far less tumult, but the visit in 2134 will bring the comet so close to Earth that Halley's orbit will be permanently alteredit may never be seen again. The twentieth century has been a disappointment, comet-wise, but the object now approaching, Comet Hale-Bopp, bears a striking resemblance to the Great Comet of 1811, the biggest-headed and most enduringly visible comet eve! r known. Will Hale-Bopp be our Comet of the Century?

                          In this book, whose publication is timed to coincide with Hale-Bopp's first naked-eye appearance in the evening sky, the renowned astronomy writer Fred Schaaf offers a delightful history of all the greatest comets ever recordedthe astonishing lore, the even more astonishing science, and how you can participate in comet history by catching a glimpse (maybe more than a glimpse) of one of the great comets of the century.

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                          5 out of 5 stars Much more than Hale-Bopp.......2002-03-22

                          Although written with the then forthcoming appearance of
                          comet Hale-Bopp in mind, this book well repays reading now
                          that Hale-Bopp has left the inner solar system. The accounts
                          of prior comets, laced with the authors personal experiences,
                          were fascinating. I hope that a great comet of the 21st century
                          appears, so that Schaaf can update this book and include a
                          report on his observations of Hale-Bopp to match those he
                          gives of comet Hyakutake.

                          5 out of 5 stars Excellent book on comets.......1999-06-13

                          Don't be fooled by the title. True, this book was inspired by Comet Hale-Bopp, which has come and gone, but it's really about comets in general--only three of the fifteen chapters are about Hale-Bopp--so this book is still worth reading. The author discusses what comets are, how comets have figured in history, how they form, and the wonders of great comets like Halley's . The author has a lively, friendly style that readily communicates his enthusiasm for the subject. That, plus the clear and substantial writing, make this book a joy to read. He does for comets what Ken Croswell's book PLANET QUEST does for extrasolar planets. Highly recommended--even if you can't see Hale-Bopp any more.

                          4 out of 5 stars Mostly a fizzle.......1998-06-20

                          Having read this book after the fact, I didn't get to experience the anticipation that the author so obviously felt about the impending arrival of Hale-Bopp. As far as I could tell (and admittedly I am no astronomer), Hale-Bopp was not really spectacular. I did see it on the western horizon a couple of times, and it was interesting but not particularly exciting. Reading the tales of other comets was much more fun for me. I heard my grandmother talk about the 1910 appearance of Halley's Comet, and how it frightened so many people. Her father was a Lutheran minister, and many of his congregation came to him asking if it was the end of the world. His answer was, "If it is the end of the world, there's nothing we can do about. I'm going to bed. Good-night." Even though we know so much more about comets nowadays, they are still a frightening phenomenon for many people, and some even go crazy. Witness the suicide cult in California who thought a spaceship would be accompanying Hale-Bopp especially to pick them up! But even though Hale-Bopp was a dud (at least for the layperson), I think this book is very enlightening for the historical perspective. The author's enthusiasm for his subject makes his writing very entertaining, and he doesn't bore the average person with technical jargon and erudition.
                          Comets (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Book)
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                            Franklyn Mansfield Branley
                            Manufacturer: Ty Crowell Co
                            ProductGroup: Book
                            Binding: Hardcover

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                              B. Battrick
                              Manufacturer: Paris: European Space Agency
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                              The arrival of Halley's Comet, 1985/86
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                                Paul Doherty
                                Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
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                                ASIMOV'S GUIDE TO HALLEY'S COMET
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                                  Manufacturer: Walker & Co
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