A revised and updated edition of the clearest, most useful guide to parliamentary procedure. This essential and authoritative resource, based on the principles originally laid out in the classic Robert's Rules of Order, explains the often-confusing rules of parliamentary procedure in clear, simple language and shows how to apply them practically and effectively. Among its helpful features are sample scripts to help figure out what to say while conducting...

Danger! It lurks at every corner. Volcanoes. Sharks. Quicksand. Terrorists. The pilot of the plane blacks out and it's up to you to land the jet. What do you do? The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is here to help: jam-packed with how-to, hands-on, step-by-step, illustrated instructions on everything you need to know FAST-from defusing a bomb to delivering a baby in the back of a cab. Providing frightening and funny real information in the best-selling...

Books are fragile objects. In the wring environment, excessive bent and cold, humidity, animals and insects-even people-can cause rapid damage to a book's fabric. In this practical guide to maintaining a collection at its best, the author explains the reasons for decay in books and documents and gives straightforward advice on creating the right conditions for a library, large or small.

The radical left is losing, but it doesn't have to be that way. Here is the radical's guide to activist work-the the manual we need at this crucial moment to organize for universal human rights, habitable earth, and a more egalitarian society. Thoroughly exploring the achievements and failures of radical movements throughout history-from 19th-century anti-colonial rebellions in China and the environmental actions of First Nations and Native American...

David Bowie said, "If you are pining for youth I think it produces a stereotypical old man because you only live in memory, you live in a place that doesn't exist. I think ageing is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been." With that being said, why should you read this book?. You should read this book because retirement is one of the most important times of your life. It is full of risk, potential adventures,...

This personal guide to the virtues and health benefits of Chinese tea is a result of author's long love affair with Chinese tea, its long and colorful history, and its profound effect on the human mind and body. In the first part of this book, the author introduces the reader to the fascinating world of Chinese tea gardens, cultivation and harvesting practices of tea growers, and the incomparable mastery of Chinese tea masters who devote their lives...

"Oh my god, it's happening again." These were author Byron Tully's words as he watched the global economy implode as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early months of 2020. It was a startling, surreal sequel to the 2007 Financial Crisis. It left millions of Americans not only facing a deadly health crisis, but also unemployment, eviction or foreclosure, and the loss of any savings they might have had. The 2007 devastation had...

About the Book.Let us not pretend, Nigeria has a bad image coming from history of bad leadership, documented events of lawlessness, impunity and from some subjects for which Nigeria is popular: corruption and advanced fee fraud (aka 419). Nigeria is not a minnow: being the largest economy and by population, largest country in Africa, the 7th most populous in the world and a powerful continental and regional player . Yet, millions of Nigerians are...

Did you know that Your name and the names you use for yourself and others are codes - numbers. They count and attract. In fact, Numerology is the science which explains how the simple combination of letters and sounds not only defines our basic character, energy, and purpose in life but also creates, attracts and delivers all that we want and need rightfully and magically. Would you like to know if it is the right time to start a new business? Or...

Growing up is hard to do-especially when, technically, you're already grown up. You yearn for the days when you could play with your toys and retire to your bedroom for a much needed nap. You were fed, you were clothed, but now you're left to figure it all out on your own. Now that you're twenty-something, there are so many things that you need to do, and seemingly, no one to tell you how . . . until now. Launch Your Life is a practical guide to...