I am mature self motivated individual who is seeking a permanent position with your organisation. I am vibrant, ambitious and an outgoing person. I am a responsible person who enjoys challenges and enters every taks or project with 200% of my concentration and devotion. I am presently employed / unemployed and would appreciate the opportunity to be interviewed by you, once you have persued through my C.V. I am a honest and reliable and prepared to work odd hours if necessary. I am willing to learn any tasks thatis offered in return for a negotiable salary. I look forward to hearing from you, and possibly meeting you where you can judge my abilities on a more personal basis.

This has just got to be one of the best cover letter reference guides I have come across. This book features 600 cover letters, all classified under different sections like 'Response to Classified Advertisement', 'Response to Blind Advertisement', 'Letter to Employment Agency' just to name a few. The best thing about this book is that under the different sections, letters are then classified under different kind of jobs (i.e Analyst, Business Consultant, Hotel Manager etc etc), making this a really comprehensive guide that gives you samples of things to write to your prospective employers in the different industries. Not only that, the book also provides ideas on how to personalize your letters, what kind of style should you write in as well as the really useful 'Twenty Cover Letter Blunders to Avoid'. I myself styled my cover letters using a few of the samples across industries, by selecting the phrases that best suit my needs to create my own personalized cover letter; and the frequency of my letters getting a reply has indeed increased. Special thanks to Adams Media for publishing this book, because I have since found a job using it! For all of you job seekers out there, why not give this book a try. This book also comes with a diskette that allows you to create a cover letter in a jiffy, but I found that it could look quite impersonal and the wordings in the paragraphs may not be suit your needs entirely. One thing to note here is that much of the content is used in the American context, but if you overlook this, it's quite a good guide.

After reading the back cover and introduction of this book, I expected a rather harsh portrayal of neoclassical economics. This book does not end up being too crtical of the Chicago school. Of course there are a number of strawmen in this book, portions where the expert is portrayed as an out of touch academic oblivious to the effects of his theories. Perhaps my greatest criticism of this book is that it does not adequately exlore the "sovereign's charter" - the government maintained monopolies. The authors refer to the concentration in the airline industry without really considering the effects of regulation that excluded foreign airlines from domestic routes. In addition, the authors do not seem to commit enough attention to the availability of substitutes for virtually any commodity or service. Even if the major airlines offer fewer flights from a particular airport in the long run smaller air lines will establish routes. If not, there are alternatives like high speed rail. At the exteremes, one could consider technological advances like teleconferencing and electronic data exchange reduce the need for certain forms of business flights. Overall, however, the book only takes a few hours to read and introduces the major debates of this subject.

This is the same topic the authors have tackled in their other books, this time presented in a somewhat screenplay-ish format. Once again it is an argument between theory and evidence. As you read the discussion between the lawyer and the economist you wonder why the economist always retreats to theory in the face of evidence. It would interesting to hear a Chicago economist's explanation of the facts Adams and Brock bring to bear.

While I initially found this story entertaining, I have to argue that it really isn't a mystery at all. It's more of an illustration of the feminist politics of the characters. In other words, the killer is exactly who you expect it to be. I kept waiting for an entertaining twist and there was none. And even as a feminist, I found myself unable to swallow all the pronouncements of certain characters.

Don't read this for the mystery. Read it, if at all, for the politics. They are the real reason for this novel's existence. And don't say you weren't warned.

Nora Kelly is a native Easterner who is now living in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she teaches part time. She has been involved in writing her Gillian Adams mysteries for several years, and has won the 1999 Arthus Ellis Best Novel Award awarded by the Canadian Crime Writers Association.

Using a University as a backdrop, where old buildings reek of sinister motives; strange chemicals are used in obscure experiments; and cutthroat individualists fight over diminishing federal and private grant funds is a recipe for intrigue and mayhem. Gillian Adams is a department head of the History Department at the University of the Pacific Northwest. Her boyfriend, Edward Gisborne, is a Deputy Chief Inspector for Scotland Yard. Both have demanding jobs and have let their relationship wind around their crushing schedules. Gillian is in Cambridge, England on Sabbatical, thinking about her next career move, when the murder of Wendy Fowler, a research fellow strikes uncomfortably close. Gillian's friends are involved in a nonprofit organization called the Pregnancy Information Service where Wendy volunteered. It is up to Gillian and Edward to sort out the murderer's motives, and to tie the murderer in with the PIS office:

" So you think he might have burgled the PIS office?' Irene said. To steal the cards? That's silly. What good would it do?' Maybe he wanted to see what we said about other doctors. Maybe he thought he could sue if he had the evidence.' No. But he might have taken the book. Who else would? He probably thought the information he wanted was in it. Or something else he could use against us. And then he took the money so we'd think it was an ordinary burglary."

Not only does Kelly create a labyrinth of clues; her characterizations have the reader seriously considering almost every character she introduces as a suspect. Her particular form of feminism is well articulated through the characters, and their relationships strike a chord in the reader. Wendy Fowler is pregnant, and when a second body turns up that is connected to the PIS, Gillian and Edward take the reader through a well constructed plot that keeps the pages turning.

Bad Chemistry is great fun and is a cozy that will be embraced by the mystery reading world.

Shelley Glodowski, Reviewer

I read this book for a class to get an understanding of Lenin's influence on the Russian Revolution. This book is very detailed and not for someone who doesn't understand what the Bolsheviks were rebelling against. Little background is given on the Tsar's reign and the problems associated with autocratic rule. The story is never presented from the Tsar's side. What the reader does receive is a detailed account of Lenin's private and political life. Lenin was full of contradictions and paradoxes that were reflected in Communism. It was almost as though his influence was so powerful that the political culture reflected his egnimatic personality. In addition to being a fine intellectual biography of the man, Ulam's text details all the political movements that competed with Lenin in addition to highlighting the beginnings of the Stalin era.

Ulam writes well and is interesting to read. As a lay reader I found all the details sometimes overwhelming, and I had to do additional research to understand the issues that the Bolsheviks were responding to. As a non-scholar, I found this book readable and memorable.

Anyone interested in a good biography of Lenin written from a non-Communist slant should pick this up. Its amazing that this book, written in the '60s, required no revisions upon being re-published in 1998.

This book is a critical look at the life and career of V.I. Lenin. It is not entirely one-sided, however, and the author generally does a good job of putting events in their proper perspective. Those considering buying the more well-known Lenin biography written by Dimitri Volkogonov would do well to read this instead. It is far superior in every respect.

Building Christian Character is a very good resource for parents and christian educators alike. Yet caution must be taken concerning the writer's sect and their belief system.

This is absolutely the best book out there for developing Christian Character in children.

Building Christian Character examines 22 Scriptural elements of character and then gives examples of positive and negative character traits.

Honor is contrasted with dishonor, responsibility with irresponsibility, etc.

Each character trait is also divided into subcategories. Example: the positive trait of being responsible is divided into bringing a job to completion, working as unto the Lord, being diligent.

Building Christian Character shows us and our children what it looks like when a child is showing scriptural character traits. And because a bad attitude can be comprised of so many different facets, we are shown that too.

Not just for use within the classroom, a strong Sunday School program for elementary school age students could be developed by using this important book along with memory verses and a Bible study.


This needs to be required reading for home educators and Christian School educators alike.

In this somewhat allegorical novel of early 19th century Latin American history, Fuentes attempts to produce a hybrid historical and philosophical novel. The protagonist is a young Argentine revolutionary and romantic whose travels take him throughout Latin America during the revolts from Spain. The allegory is the protagonist's pursuit of a woman whom he glimpsed only briefly and whom he has wronged. The result is not really successful, partly because characters and narrative seem to switch from one mode to another without good integration of the philosophical and historical elements Fuentes is attempting to combine. Oddly, the book suffers from being too short. It would have been much better to incorporate the philosophical elements into a longer and more naturalistic historical novel, a la Tolstoy's War and Peace. This book also contains some magical realist elements, which seem engrafted into the novel and consequently incongruous. Interesting but not very rewarding reading.

Bustos being a intrepid person along with Dorrego and Varela, tried to understand and at the same time change the political system that was being experienced back in that time when the spaniards ruled the latin american country Agentina. they fought with an intellectuall manner instead of the brutal, trying to get more knowledge about the political issues even though it was prohibited. They were succesful.

Unfortunately, Adams is not very clear on many of his statements. It makes for long, boring reading - certainly not an encouragement when you have to read it for class!

I RECIEVED THIS BOOK AS A STUDY MANUEL FOR SCHOOL, JAY ADAMS IS A POWERFUL WRITER WHO EXPLAINS IN EVERYDAY TERMS HOW TO COUNSEL THROUGH THE EYES OF A BELIEVER IN CHRIST. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO EVERYONE WHO HAS A HEART TO HELP OTHERS FIND WHO CHRIST MADE THEM TO BE

This book is a must for the hockey fan's library. The WHA reflected the 70's in which it played: anti-establishment, fast and funky. This book is tremendous as a statistical resource both for the players and teams. The brief league and team histories are interesting as well. However, if you want more of a flavor of what the league was like beyond the statistics (much like "Loose Balls", the book about the ABA), you may be a little disappointed. The other drawback is that there are no "action" photos. However, the exhaustive statistical history and amount of interesting trivia make up for the lack of historical depth.

I was a fan of the New York Raiders and the WHA in the early 1970's. When the Raiders moved I lost track of the team and the league. I wanted to find a reference book that would not only give me stats, but some history of the league as well. I found what I was looking for in this book by Scott Surgent. The book provides complete stats on every team and player, as well as every game in the regular season and playoffs. Each team and season has a historical review as well as complete statistical information. The only problem I experienced with this book was that it wasn't bound very well. Some of the pages began to loosen while I was reading, however I found this book to be an outstanding source of information for anyone interested in the WHA.

This is a great book (if you like Dilbert). The cards are sturdy and the picures are all in color. The comics included in this book are very humorous.

Dilbert: A Book Of Postcards
by Scott Adams
Andrews & McMeel, ISBN 0-8362-1331-9, US $8.95 (Canada: $12.50)

Dilbert is the essentially Everyman as seen by Scott Adams, but he's Everyman with a cubicle-contained (and downsized) twist or two. His world is defined by endless meetings that achieve nothing, projects that seem to be without purpose, a worthless boss, aggressive secretaries, co-workers prone to hatching peculiar plots and corporate thinking that leads to catastrophes that no-one quite knows are taking place. Added to this mixture are such characters as Dogbert, Ratbert and, now, Catbert, creatures that function as sidekicks and as independent entities.

This collection of thirty postcards compiles some of the more popular entries in the comic strip, mixing them in with mini-posters. Overall, it's an amusing collection that some people might not want to actually commit to the postal service. Dilbert fans will have a lot of fun mailing these cards to friends, relatives and complete strangers who may be shocked to receive one.

--Reviewed by Steven McDonal

Adam Warren's first DIRTY PAIR comic probably stuck to the way the Lovely Angels were originally concieved based on the novels of Haruka Takachiho. Up until now there has never been a DP manga, and still isn't. This is an American comic book mini-series done by Dark Horse Comics. Actually, this story was first printed by the now defunct Eternity Comics. It was available in graphic novel format before, but this time with a special back-up comic feature with Kei having a simulated fantasy about killing Yuri. In the main story, Kei and Yuri have to protect a genetics expert who's rival has been after him for years and planted his body inside a small rodent. After busting into the bad guy's compound and rescuing him, they help him get a new robotic body while then trying to retrieve his stolen tissue samples so he can clone a new body for himself. This one was alot like the way the Dirty Pair were portrayed back in their old anime series. BIOHAZARD is also one of the only ones of Warren's version that you'll ever see either the Pair's assistant Muhgi who in this one looks more like a large panther than a grizzly bear, and its about the only one that Yuri uses her special "Bloody Card" weapon. It's alot of fun, but they only keep getting better from here on in!

This, the long-awaited reprint of the first American "Dirty Pair" mini-series from 1988 chronicles the adventures of Kei and Yuri, better known as the "Dirty Pair," on the planet Pacifica. Sent there to retake the genetic profile and memory pattern of a recently deceased scientist from his enemies, Kei and Yuri get more than they barganed for when they become involved in a battle between rival illegal biotech weapon manufacturers. Of course, the "Dirty Pair" plus viral weaponry can only equal disaster...

The artwork is primitive compared to the other entries in the series, this being Adam Warren's first professional work, but glimmers of the great comic artist to come can be seen throughout. Besides, bad Warren art is still good art by most standards.

However, the fun story makes "Biohazards" worth your time. Among other insanity, it includes: a truly bizarre romance between Kei and a scientist who happens to be in the body of a genetically engineered warbeast, an extraordinarily polite killer robot, and a bioagent that turns its victims into crazed berzerkers whose entire vocabulary consists of the words "KILL," "HA," "RRRRAAAAARRRR," and "DIE!"

And as a bonus, the VERY difficult to find 1994 "Dirty Pair" short story "I Honestly Hate You" is included in the package.

Recommended, but even though it is the first series, a new reader should start with one of the better "Dirty Pair" adventures published later, so as not to be dissuaded.