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The Chicago Jobbank (Chicago Jobbank, 17th Ed)
Published in Paperback by Adams Media Corporation (2000)
Authors: Michelle Roy Kelly, Heather L. Vinhateiro, Jennifer M. Wood, Anne M. Grignon, Michael Paydos, and Adams Media Corporation
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Useful for Contact Info
I bought this book simply for the list of potential employers it contains and found it to be a great resource for browsing employers in different categories. It contains web addresses, street addresses, short descriptions of what the company does, and all the companies are divided into different categories such as "Accounting and Management Consulting" or "Real Estate".

The only part that I found to be a joke is at the very beginning, concerning how to conduct a job search. The instructions are so general that they are useless and the cover letter and resume examples are only mildly useful. More importantly, information like that is already readily available in better and more detailed format on the internet, so they could really have just saved some paper and left this part out.

The bottom line is that this book is a crucial reference guide for companies you could be applying to that you didn't even know existed until you got this book. Since it narrows things down to one metropolitan area instead of a region or the nation as a whole, it allows the author to list even more employers for this specific city and with even more detail.

A must have if you are doing a focused job search!


The Frontiers and Catholic Identities (American Catholic Identities)
Published in Paperback by Orbis Books (1999)
Authors: Anne M. Butler, Michael E. Engh, and Thomas W. Spalding
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Frontiers and Catholic Identities
This volume is one of a nine-volume series that makes accessible the rich variety of American Catholic experience from the earliest years to the present. Attending to the documentary history of Catholic experience on the frontiers and diverse regional developments in America from the 1780s to the 1970s, this collection affords the reader a revealing look at the shifting social and religious topography of American life. The significance of the Catholic imprint upon the American Frontiers and the role of the frontiers in the shaping of American Catholicity are revealed in an engaging manner through these sources which encapsulate the history of Catholics as they moved across successive Wests, from Kentucky to Hawaii and Alaska. We see how women religious, laity, bishops and priests; French, Anglo, Latinos and Native Americans create a new western religious identity, relate across various faith and cultural traditions to forge a unique Catholic peoplehood. This is a richly-textured documentary history of Catholicity in the United States amply footnoted and including a photo essay and bibliography containing reference to the most recent scholarship in the field. It is an excellent source for bringing to life the story of the church in this vast area and provides the reader with 221 pages of invaluable material!


Fundamentals of Case Management: Guidelines for Practicing Case Managers
Published in Paperback by Mosby (15 January, 1998)
Authors: Judith M. Siefker, Michael B. Garrett, Anne Van Genderen, Marci J. Weis, and Pro-West
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Excellent guidelines for the new or seasoned case manager.
This work is very well written, concise, and very helpful for the new case manager or the seasoned professional. The generic case forms in the appendix are very well prepared and user friendly. Having been in case management for several years, this book gives good ideas for improvements, as well as meet the needs of any manager.


Gb David Boreanaz
Published in Hardcover by Andrews McMeel Publishing (01 July, 1999)
Authors: Unknown and Michael-Anne Johns
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David Boreanaz
All the information on the ANGEL himself. Now see his life from his point of view, exploring what makes him, him.Complete with pictures.


Life for Death: A True Story of Crime and Punishment
Published in Hardcover by Doubleday (1980)
Author: Michael Mewshaw
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Life for Death
This is a horrifingly wonderful book showing the life of Wayne Dresbach. It is well written, portraying the feelings Wayne felt as his horrible childhood turns into a tragic adulthood. I believe this book shows just how life can be unfair and how you always have to take care of yourself. That means doing whatevers necessary. I couldn't put the book down, the way it was written makes you fell as if he were talking to YOU. My advice, read it, love it, remember it.


Memoirs of the Blind: The Self-Portrait and Other Ruins
Published in Paperback by University of Chicago Press (1993)
Authors: Jacques Derrida, Pascale-Anne Brault, and Michael Naas
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Drawing Conclusions at the the Louvre
This book is both an exhibtion catalogue to a show Derrida curated at the Louvre of drawings on the theme of blindness (complete with many reproductions of works) as well as a brillant investigation into the art of drawing by dealing with blindness as evidence of 'blindness' itself in every act of looking (and of course reproduction). As stated by Derrida, "every drawing of 'the blind' is a drawing 'of' the blind." More than just an example of applied deconstruction, Derrida's reading of these drawings questions the very foudnation of western ideologies of 'looking' and 'seeing' taken for granted as self-evident by artists for centuries. By the end, one wonders who is the author, the artist, the curator?, as Derrida does more with these drawings 'for drawing' than they ever did for drawing themselves. This book is a necessity for any visual artist producing critical work in the 21st century.


Picasso and Portraiture: Representation and Transformation
Published in Hardcover by Museum of Modern Art, New York (1996)
Authors: William Rubin, Anne Baldassari, Pierre Daix, Michael C. Fitzgerald, Brigitte Leal, Marilyn McCully, Robert Rosenblum, Helene Seckel, Kirk Varnedoe, and N.Y.) Museum of Modern Art (New York
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One Picasso Exhibition Too Many? NOT!!!
While some art buffs may find it hard to believe that anything new could be said about the unquestionably great and unquestionably over-publicized Pablo Picasso, this Museum of Modern Art catalogue actually manages to re-invigorate the discussion of an artist whom some might say the MOMA (having held four colossal exhibitions on Picasso within 15 years) should stop shoving down the public's throat. While the paintings are, for the most part, quite familiar to Picasso enthusiasts (with some delicious exceptions), the catalogue contains several excellent essays which approach the works of art from a personal, rather than art-historical perspective. Picasso's relationships with his various women, and the effect each wife/mistress had on his vision of reality, are thoughtfully and, for the most part, intelligently explored, despite some occasional descents into blatant "National Enquirer"-type celebrity gossip on the part of these supposedly "scientific" critics. Fortunately, Picasso's art stands above the possibly-too intimate concerns of the authors (a careful perusal of the gossip-filled footnotes will amuse you for hours). Page after page of excellent reproductions stun, startle, amuse and amaze the beholder through their sheer perversity. Nearly 30 years after Picasso's death, his art still shocks and challenges the public. My personal favorites are the paintings of the sad and sensual Dora Maar, which are unmatched anywhere in Picasso's oeuvre for sheer, brutal power. Their distortions haunt the mind, although the joyous and often semi-pornographic pictures of the teenage mistress, Marie-Therese, possess an equal charge. This book is a definite must in any art library.


Storage Solutions: A Buyer's Guide
Published in Paperback by Enterprise Management Associates (01 March, 2003)
Authors: Michael Karp and Anne Skamarock
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Want to know which storage vendors to look at?
Useful! "Vendor briefs" provides a centralized set of information about lots of storage vendors - "Weaknesses" section in description of each vendor may not make them many friends among the vendors though. Set of buying "rules of the road" particularly helpful.


What A Girl Wants Movie Novelization
Published in Paperback by Scholastic (01 March, 2003)
Authors: Michael-Anne Johns and Marie Morreale
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What does a girl want?
Excellent sneak peek at this eagerly awaited movie. Great snappies from the film. Seems to be a new twist on the old classic Cinderella, wicked soon to be step mother/sister and all that. Maybe more of a cross between Cinderella and The Parent Trap without the twins.


The Work of Mourning
Published in Hardcover by University of Chicago Press (2001)
Authors: Jacques Derrida, Pascale-Anne Brault, and Michael Naas
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Funereal Rites
I haven't read this book, but have read most of the obits. The introduction I read in the excerpt here was strong, and if the rest of the material is anything like what I have already encountered (espec. Levinas and Deleuze), it is a remarkable book. Derrida writes beautifully and compassionately when writing of the beloved Other; his infamous turgidity is infrequent in these pieces. Well worthwhile.


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