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121. |  By: Mark Lewis Publisher: Rough Guides Publication Date: 01-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 25-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Rough Guide to Singapore
The new-look, full colour Rough Guide to Singapore is the ultimate travel guide to this multicultural island state. Discover Singapore's highlights with stunning photography, colour-coded maps and more listings and information than ever before. You'll find detailed practical advice on what to see and do - from atmospheric temples, mouthwatering food stalls and heritage districts to Marina Bay and Universal Studios - as well as insider descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops and restaurants for all budgets. With loads of practical advice, suggested itineraries and top 5 boxes,...
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122. |  The Rough Guide to Vintage London By: Emily Bick; Frances Ambler Publisher: Rough Guides Publication Date: 01-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 25-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Rough Guide to Vintage London
The Rough Guide to Vintage London is the ultimate guide to London's burgeoning vintage scene. Whether visitors are into fifties fashion or seventies furnishings, old-fashioned beauty parlors, Art Deco cafés, or retro restaurants, The Rough Guide to Vintage London will show them where to find the best bargains for getting dressed and going out in vintage style. This unique travel guide for London casts a discerning eye over the entire city, guiding readers to the best vintage shops, stores, markets, and more. Fully illustrated, the book covers more than two hundred spots where visitors...
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123. |  By: Rachel Neustein; Steve Womersley Publisher: DK Publishing Publication Date: 01-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 25-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Top 10 Sydney
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Sydney will lead you straight to the very best attractions Sydney has to offer. Whether you're looking to visit the spectacular Sydney Opera House, experience one of the city's best restaurants, bars, or clubs, or relax at one of the world-renowned Sydney beaches, this fully revised, pocket-size travel guide is packed with essential information. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists--from the Top 10 museums, sporting venues, beaches, and pools to the Top 10 events and festivals, music and theater venues, and day trips. There's even a list of the Top 10 things...
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124. |  By: Lucy Ratcliffe Publisher: DK Publishing Publication Date: 01-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 25-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Top 10 Italian Lakes
Whether you're looking for a peaceful place to stay, classic cities not to miss, or the best place to enjoy cultural events, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Italian Lakes will lead you straight to the very best Italy's lake district has to offer. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists--from the Top 10 museums to the Top 10 events and festivals, cycling trails and swimming spots, and best days out for children. There's even a list of the Top 10 things to avoid. The guide is divided by area with restaurant reviews for each, as well as recommendations for hotels, guesthouses, bars, and places to...
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125. |  The A-Z of Careers and Jobs, 20th Edition By: Susan Hodgson Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 23-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The A-Z of Careers and Jobs, 20th Edition From accountant to zoologist, this new edition of The A-Z of Careers & Jobs offers detailed insights into more than 300 career areas. For those looking for their first job after school or university, or for anyone considering a change of career, the book provides reliable and up-to-date careers advice on a wide range of professions, covering practical issues such as job opportunities in each market, personal skills and qualities, entry qualifications and training, useful contact details and realistic salary expectations. The A-Z of Careers and Jobs is also a valuable reference for careers...
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126. |  The Daily Telegraph Tax Guide 2013 By: David Genders Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 23-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Daily Telegraph Tax Guide 2013 The Daily Telegraph Tax Guide contains everything you need to know about completing a Self-Assessment Return Form, revised and updated to include all budgetary changes announced in March 2013. For any taxpayer, whether self-employed, part-time, retired or unemployed, it is an invaluable resource that can help ensure that you are as tax efficient as possible. The book offers practical advice, timetables and examples that aim to simplify what many people view as a complex and challenging procedure, including: worked examples of completed returns; key changes from the 2012 Autumn Statement and...
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127. |  By: Rob Yeung Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: BSS The New Rules of EQ
If you have not heard of emotional intelligence - or EQ - what planet have you landed from? You may be sick of people bleating on and on about EQ. But it is undoubtedly true that being intelligent is not enough to get you ahead at work anymore. You also have to be emotionally intelligent. In this savvy book, business psychologist Rob Yeung explains succinctly and accessibly the rules to behaving in an emotionally intelligent way. Far from being pure psychobabble, EQ is about finding out what makes others tick and can be highly effective. What are their hot buttons? Once you know what...
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128. |  By: Frances Kay Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: BSS New Job Survival Kit
So you've just started an exciting new job. Now what? Its only natural to feel a little unsure of yourseld, but you can't afford to make a bad impression Your first three months can make or break your future success. With so much at stake, it pays to prepare yourself. That's what New Job Survival Kit is all about. It gives you a step by step guide to: Making the right first impression
? Developing good relationships with your boss, colleagues and staff
? Learning the ropes
? Ringing the changes
Jobs for life are rare these days, so being the new kid on the block is a situation most of us...
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129. |  BSS The New Rules of Networking By: Rob Yeung Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: BSS The New Rules of Networking
It's not what you know, it's who you know. Never has this been truer. Networking has become one of the key skills for virtually anyone who wants to get on in their jobs and careers. In fact, in just about any situation, knowing the right person will get you ahead. This book provides the essential rules and secrets to successful networking. It addresses the how, why and who of networking to enable virtually anyone to grasp the key skills and do some serious networking. Far from being a God-given talent, networking is a technique that can be learnt, honed and applied to great effect. Careers...
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130. |  By: Richard Maun Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: BSS My Boss Is a Bastard
If the average tenure in a job varies from two to five years, then most people will have between 9 and 21 jobs during their career, between the ages of 21 and 65. Therefore, the chances of meeting a few bastards along the way are fairly high, who can make your life hell. This is a straight forward, but at times funny how-to book, written in a breezy style designed to engage the many people in distress. It's about how to survive in a hostile environment and move towards a more fulfilling work life, when your boss takes a dislike to you or treats you badly and threatens your job. Learn about...
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131. |  BSS Why Entrepreneurs Should Eat Bananas By: Simon Tupman Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: BSS Why Entrepreneurs Should Eat Bananas
Why should anyone eat bananas? Because they are good for you! Experts agree that, as a quick source of carbohydrate fuel, bananas are better for you than any other fruit. They are great for an energy boost. This book is packed with timeless, inspirational, energy-boosting tips and advice for today's entrepreneur seeking growth in their business and personal life. Simon Tupman provides 101 ideas to help you connect with existing customers, win new customers, connect with your employees and colleagues, and create a better personal life. Each idea can easily be implemented in any company,...
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132. |  BSS: The New Rules of Entrepreneurship By: Rob Yeung Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-JUN-2011 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: BSS: The New Rules of Entrepreneurship
Nearly everyone has thought about starting up their own business at one time or another. Working for other people is no longer the only option that we have these days. But what does it really take to become an entrepreneur? Combining genuinely practical advice with an easily digestible format, Rob Yeung guides you through the things you need to know in order to set up on your own. You don't have to do something entirely new, you could just do it better, and this book shows you how to get motivated, make a business plan and sell your product quickly and effectively.
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133. |  BSS: The New Rules of JobHunting By: Rob Yeung Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-JUN-2011 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: BSS: The New Rules of JobHunting
Job hunting is a job in itself. But too many books are aimed at helping career no-hopers get into a job - any job. This book is aimed at helping ambitious high fliers to, well, fly even higher. It will make sure you get the right job and maintain upward momentum in your career. The book helps you to understand the product - ie, you - that is on offer. What are your strengths and weaknesses, achievements and the kind of career that you should be chasing? It then helps you to scope the job market (investigating jobs, using the grapevine, building a profile with headhunters). It lays out...
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134. |  BSS: Surviving Office Politics By: Patrick Forsyth Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-JUN-2011 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: BSS: Surviving Office Politics
Lying, cheating, manipulating, conniving, backstabbing, and schmoozing. And don't forget falsifying, scheming, and even sleeping with someone. All of these go on in the workplace. And we all know someone who is engaged in using devious tactics to further their own career. If you think you can just "work hard" without paying attention to politics, then think again. Politics happens - whether you want to admit it or not. But politicking need not always be bad. You may think that politics is something that only manipulative, self-serving types engage in. But politicking merely describes the...
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135. |  By: Patrick Forsyth Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-JUN-2011 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: BSS: Brilliant Communication
Communication seems so simple, yet breakdowns in communication abound and serious misunderstandings can have you losing your temper, face or credibility and failing to achieve what you want. But both written and presentational business communication are career skills - affecting your current job and future prospects - in which you simply must excel. This book reviews the key factors that will help you prepare and communicate clearly, effectively, impressively and memorably. In five steps, the book will help you: avoid communications pitfalls; plan what to say, what not to say and how to...
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136. |  STTS: Think Smart Work Smarter By: Tremaine Du Preez Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-FEB-2011 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: STTS: Think Smart Work Smarter
Your mind produces up to 70,000 thoughts a day—most of which are responsible for the decisions that you make. These decisions also determine your success both professionally and personally. However, we are taught what to think and not how to think. Information overload, short time frames and past failures can make even simple decisions and problems daunting. Do you lack confidence in your problem solving ability? Do you feel anxious when faced with a tough decision, or overwhelmed by lots of alternatives? Do you wish there was a formula for getting everything right? Executive coach and...
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137. |  STTS: Maximise Your Memory Power By: Nishant Kasibhatla Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-FEB-2010 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: STTS: Maximise Your Memory Power
In today's fast-paced information age, maximising your memory power is not an option but a necessity. We use our memory all the time, and the way we use it will affect what we achieve in our lives. No matter what your profession or occupation, mastering information and memory management skills will prove essential, and will help you to increase your productivity and profitability. Nishant Kasibhatla, Grand Master of Memory and World Record Holder, shares more than 20 simple yet practical techniques that will help you remember anything. By practising these techniques, you will be able to...
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138. |  STTS: Professional Image-Your Road Map to Success By: Pang Li Kin Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-FEB-2010 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: STTS: Professional Image-Your Road Map to Success
Experience and paper credentials are often not enough in today's highly competitive workforce. One's image is an often-overlooked aspect in the workforce, but when considered, many limit one's image to that of mere appearance. However, one's professional image is about much more than just looking the part, but also behaving and sounding it. In this book, you will understand how your dressing can impact your superiors and subordinates perception of you, and how your behavior and personality can affect the impression that you want project. Learn to communicate in a fashion that reinforces -...
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139. |  100 Great Time Management Ideas By: Patrick Forsyth Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-OCT-2009 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: 100 Great Time Management Ideas
Are you looking for some great ideas or inspiration to manage your time better? This book contains 100 great ideas, extracted from leading companies and individuals from around the world. In an age when people of all levels are struggling to cope wiith the demands on their time, just one simple idea can be the catalyst to change that. This book can be that very catalyst. Each time management idea is succinctly described and is followed by advice on how it can be applied to the reader's own situation. A simple but potenitally powerful book for anyone seeking new inspiration and that killer...
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140. |  By: Heather Hansen Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-JUL-2009 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: STTS: Powerful People Skills
Do you know people who seem to get along well with just about anyone? People who always have something interesting to say? They close the best deals, land the biggest clients and quickly work their way up the professional ladder. Are these people just born natural communicators with magnetic personalities? Do they have something you don't, or know the secret to being popular and successful? Absolutely not. These people have simply mastered the process of interacting effectively with others—knowing exactly how to click with people from the first time they meet to understanding the...
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