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"This is not just a story of the violence of fascism, but of the burning joy of freedom, and the exhilaration of shaping, with sweat and blood, a better world."**

From critically acclaimed author Kip Wilson comes this gripping coming of age historical fiction novel in verse about Gerda Taro, a vibrant, headstrong photojournalist with a passion for capturing the truth amid political turmoil and the first woman photojournalist killed in combat.

The daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants, Gerta Pohorylle doesn't quite fit in. While she's away at boarding school, however, she becomes a master at reinventing herself. When she returns from school, she gets more involved with left-wing groups as Germany splits into political extremes and after she's arrested for distributing anti-Nazi propaganda, Gerta and her family decide she must leave Germany.

In Paris, Gerda meets André Friedman, a Hungarian photographer eager for fame and fortune, who fosters Gerda's interest in photography and how it can be as much of a tool for broadcasting her beliefs as protesting and demonstrations. Together the pair invents Robert Capa, a rich American photographer, and soon they're selling "Capa's" work for high prices and to great acclaim. Soon after, Gerda begins selling her own work under the last name Taro and the pair take on more assignments, jetting off to Spain to cover the growing conflict that quickly becomes the Spanish Civil War.

As Gerda pushes closer and closer to the front line, eager to capture the lives and vibrant hopes of those fighting against fascism, she begins to lose track of, and regard for, her own safety.

** Kirkus starred review

"Learn how to navigate the USAJOBS system and write a correct federal resume. Jobseeker's guide shows military personnel and their spouses job search strategies to begin their search."--

An essential roadmap to help you feel more confident, clear, and intentional in your goals--at every stage of your career and life

Early in her career, Shanna Hocking tried to do everything "right" She spoke up in meetings, supported colleagues' strategies, and raised her hand for new projects. Though her enthusiasm helped her get ahead in some ways, pushback from others nearly derailed her: Who did she think she was? She shouldn't be so "out there." She should "take it down a bit."

What happened next is a situation all too many professional women will recognize: Shanna began to internalize the comments, second-guessing herself and holding herself back to make others comfortable. It took a long time--years, in fact--before she was able to see what she was doing and regain the power of being her best self.

In One Bold Move a Day, Shanna reveals the transformative mindsets that helped her regain that power, and offers a practical, hands-on roadmap to achieving your own goals with intention and joy. More than just a career guide, One Bold Move a Day shows you how a single, measurable act each day will help you fulfill your potential, both personally and professionally.

Shanna offers hard-won advice and insights gleaned from 20 years as a successful manager leading large teams in billion-dollar non-profit organizations and a leadership consultant to universities and companies, in chapters that include:

• Bold Mindset Shifts
• Achieving Your Goals
• The Power of Uplifting Others
• Lead from Where You Are
• Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work For
• Your Bold Move Community
• Putting Your Bold Move Mindset to the Test

No matter how small or inconsequential they may seem to others, the Bold Moves you choose bring you closer to your goals every day--and have the power to change the trajectory of your personal life and career. In the pages of this book, you'll find the support you need, and see that the best time to start making Bold Moves is right here, right now.

The author of the New York Times Bestseller THE $100 STARTUP shows how to launch a profitable side hustle in just 27 days.

For some people, the thought of quitting their day job to pursue the entrepreneurial life is exhilarating.  For many others, it’s terrifying. After all, a stable job that delivers a regular paycheck is a blessing. And not everyone has the means or the desire to take on the risks and responsibilities of working for themselves.

But what if we could quickly and easily create an additional stream of income without giving up the security of a full-time job? Enter the side hustle.

Chris Gullibeau is no stranger to this world, having launched more than a dozen side hustles over his career. Here, he offers a step-by-step guide that takes you from idea to income in just 27 days.

Designed for the busy and impatient, this detailed roadmap will show you how to select, launch, refine, and make money from your side hustle in under a month. You’ll learn how to:

•  Brainstorm, borrow, and steal to build an arsenal of great side hustle ideas (day 3)
•  Apply “Tinder for Side Hustle” logic to pick the best idea at any time (day 6)
•  Learn, gather, or create everything you need to launch; then set up a real life way to get paid (days 13-14)
•  Start raking in the money by channeling your inner Girl Scout (day 18)
•  Master the art of deals, discounts, and special offers (day 21)
•  Raise your game: improve, expand, or make more money off your hustle (days 24-26)

A side hustle is more than just another stream of income, it’s also the new job security. When you receive paychecks from different sources, it allows you to take more chances in your “regular” career. More income means more options. More options equals freedom. You don’t need entrepreneurial experience to launch a profitable side hustle. You don’t have to have an MBA, or know how to code, or be an expert marketer. You don’t need employees or investors. With Chris as a guide, anyone can make more money, pursue a passion, and enjoy greater security – without quitting their day job.

The ultimate guide to marketing yourself in a CV or resume, and ensuring you make a professional impression in any job search.

The job market has never been more competitive, and marketing yourself can be tricky. And nothing raises a red flag for an employer than a poorly-written or badly-presented CV or resume. This handy guide offers practical, step-by-step advice on preparing, writing, and presenting an impressive document - either on paper or online - that will help you to 'get your foot in the door' with prospective employers.

Covering essential issues such as identifying your goals, creating different types of CV, or coming up with a fantastic and persuasive letter to go with them, this is a must-read for job hunters at any stage of their career.

Resume & LinkedIn Strategies for New College Graduates is a clear and concrete guide to What Works to Launch a Gen-Z Career. A new volume in the best-selling Modernize Your Career series, it lays out in crisp, clear language exactly what college students need to do to land their first professional job: from developing a super resume and LinkedIn profile to conducting a networking-based job search and acing their interviews. Starting with a guide to writing a powerful and effective resume, the book goes on to explain and illustrate the many different career communications today's jobseekers need: LinkedIn profiles, enote cover letters, networking communications, and thank-you notes. A full chapter discusses the best job-search methods, guiding readers to go beyond the easy (but often ineffective) method of zapping resumes in response to job postings. Rather, the authors guide emerging professionals in the art and science of networking--a skill that will be invaluable throughout their careers. They remove the mystery and provide clear guidelines, timelines, lead follow-up strategies, and other techniques to transform networking into an enjoyable and highly effective process. Resume & LinkedIn Strategies for New College Graduates is sharply focused and to the point. It tells college students and new grads everything they need to know and do to conduct a job search that is focused, efficient, and highly effective.

Instead of holding our careers down or back, women can rise--on our terms. Are you ready to own your power and take the next step in your career?

With groundbreaking research on women's leadership, Dr. Candace Steele Flippin's guidebook empowers women to challenge the glass ceiling system within their own minds (Tyree C. Daniels, executive chairman at Memphis College Preparatory).

Women's careers are held back by cultural norms, gender bias, sexism, and self-policing.

And too often, their self-efficacy--the belief in their ability to be successful--is at risk.

TEDx speaker Dr. Candace Steele Flippin has been recognized as one of the Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America and knows firsthand what women in the workforce must overcome.

In this revolutionary book, Dr. Candace Steele Flippin delivers practical career guidance to accelerate women's leadership and professional development. This tested framework pairs her experience as a communications executive with her research as an engaged management scholar in the Weatherhead School of Management community at Case Western Reserve University.

Her game-changing SHAPE career framework is organized into five accessible steps:

• Save Create and nurture a strong financial future
• Hard work Gain alignment with your boss on your impact
• Advocate Stand up for yourself, speak up, and get noticed
• Persevere Keep going, keep trying, and know when it's time to leave
• Educate Continually advance your knowledge base and improve upon your skillsets

With new research insights, as well as personal experiences from Dr. Candace Steele Flippin and other accomplished female leaders, Get Your Career in SHAPE provides a realistic overview of the roadblocks women confront in the workplace--and how to overcome them effectively.

Following the success of Lean In, Burnout, and We Should All Be Millionaires, Get Your Career in SHAPEis an essential read for women at all stages of their careers.

A good dose of medicine for women to restore, recharge, and refocus on career success. --Tabrina Davis, vice president of marketing and communication at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

A true guide to earning the success that you have been working so hard for. Dr. Candace Steele Flippin's system makes career success attainable to anyone. --The Lost Chapter, LLC Bookstore

A personal and professional guide to the latest research on imposterism and psychological flexibility, IMPOSTER NO MORE is the professional's handbook to combating "impostor syndrome" and overcoming self-doubt to achieve career success.



Dr. Jill Stoddard is a recovered imposter. For years, she was convinced that the only reason she was accepted into a competitive grad school program was because her father knew the program director. Dr. Stoddard isn't alone in this: deep down, the majority of successful people question their professional legitimacy a good amount of the time.



Why do we do this, and how can we stop? Although she's in recovery, Dr. Stoddard still struggles with feelings of imposterism. She works through them with psychological flexibility, the ability to be present with all thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and urges, fully and without defense, while making conscious, deliberate choices based on what deeply matters to a person. Essentially, we're not attempting to change the substance of the thoughts and feelings that naturally occur to us; instead, we change the way we relate to those thoughts and feelings, so we aren't caught up in constant battle to control them.



Throughout Imposter No More, Dr. Stoddard lays the groundwork for understanding the imposter phenomenon; she outlines the traps professionals often fall into regarding their imposter feelings, and provides actionable steps for cultivating psychological flexibility to be able to choose bold career moves despite self-doubt and imposterism.

Featured on Publishers Weekly's list of Business & Personal Finance Books for 2021

It takes more than a great idea to make your side hustle a success. Here, two experts show you how to build one that creates the autonomy you desire and changes the way you live.

Carrie Bohlig and Craig Clickner started side hustles to make their lives better—to break free from the limitations of corporate America and have more time with their kids and each other. Today, they’re entrepreneurs who have built multiple thriving businesses and helped thousands of people through mentoring, coaching and sharing their insights across the globe.

In So You Want to Start a Side Hustle, you’ll learn all the secrets of their successes: Through real-life stories, lessons learned from personal wins and losses, and illuminating anecdotes about their experiences speaking to solopreneurs and other small business owners, Carrie and Craig show you how to get your idea from the thinking and planning stages to the life-changing, revenue-producing venture you want it to be.

Designed as a “traveling adventure guide,” So You Want to Start a Side Hustle lays out how to establish a clear Life Vision and develop the right Lifeset for ongoing success. This foundation, say Carrie and Craig, is crucial. It’s the framework that allows you to sharpen your focus, overcome challenges and obstacles, and create a side hustle that has ongoing impact on your life and generates lasting success and revenue.

Will you find smart ways to handle marketing, decision making, and funding? Absolutely. But with its emphasis on building the right mindset, Lifeset, and support structure, So You Want to Start a Side Hustle is more than a how-to book: It’s an essential guide to helping you establish a vision for your life—and to leverage your side hustle to create the life you truly want.

 

Get the straight goods on how to build a thriving side hustle from someone who’s been there before

In Clever Girl Finance: The Side Hustle Guide, celebrated finance expert, influencer, CEO, and author Bola Sokunbi delivers your own personal key to unlocking more money, more freedom, and more security in your life. You’ll find out how to achieve financial prosperity by leveraging a side hustle business to increase your income and build wealth.

You’ll discover how to:

• Build your confidence, eliminate your fears, and strengthen your focus
• Establish a strong foundation for your new business, even without prior experience
• Create a solid plan to brand, market, and grow a business your customers won’t be able to get enough of
• Write a realistic financial plan for your side hustle and to create long-term wealth

Perfect for those with a side hustle dream and some energy to spare, Clever Girl Finance: The Side Hustle Guide will also earn a place in the libraries of anyone who’s ever thought about building a successful and profitable side hustle from the ground up but didn’t know where to start.

Finalist for the Australian Career Book Award 2021, hosted by the Royal Society of Arts Oceania



These days, more and more people are looking to stay in the workforce longer and are seeking satisfying, fulfilling jobs. How to Get a Good Job After 50 is a step-by-step guide to finding and winning the sort of job older employees want to have!

In clear, practical chapters, job search expert Rupert French shows you how to adopt a pro-active, 'self-employed' approach that builds self-esteem and promotes a time-efficient, self-managed job search program.

Learn how to:

• concentrate on no more than two or three job leads at any one time
• use proven marketing techniques to win good jobs
• write résumés that grab the employer's interest in the first few sentences
• find jobs before they are advertised
• build an effective job search network
• use social media to support your job search
• effectively prepare for a job interview
• rebuild confidence and beat age discrimination.

Older workers are vital to the workplace; they have skills, reliability and a sense of responsibility that can only be gained through experience. How to Get a Good Job After 50 explains how to demonstrate these qualities to prospective employers, turning your age into an advantage. Covering all aspects of the job search, this is the essential guide to taking control of your career with expertise and confidence. If you want to be sure of your ability to get a good job quickly, let this book be your guide.

"An estimated seven in ten American employees want a new job. Millions more are making for their first career step after graduating. And most of them will use LinkedIn-or try. Because while LinkedIn is the dominant platform for hiring, networking, and recruiting, very few job seekers know how to maximize its incredible power. Here are two who do: Omar Garriott and Jeremy Schifeling, career coaches who ran LinkedIn's education team, then formed the Job InSiders to advise all levels of job seekers. Now they're sharing all they know in Linked, the definitive guide to conquering LinkedIn, written for everyone from the newly minted college graduate to midlife career-changer. At the core of Linked is an indispensable five-step framework for the modern job search. It gives candidates the tools and techniques that matter most to cut through the clutter on LinkedIn's massive site while focusing on the new realities of the job market-including how employers actually zero in on new hires, and how you can you ensure that you stand out. Clear, lively, accessible, and direct, Linked teaches how to burnish your increasingly important personal online brand. Work the powerful Network Effect, like turning a simple introduction into an invaluable referral. Learn how to think like a recruiter and tailor your profile and job application to their needs. Master the three rules of the LinkedIn search algorithm, and game the Applicant Tracking Systems used by more and more recruiters. And employ advanced LinkedIn hacks, like playing "Who Viewed My Profile Roulette," and strategically post articles relevant to the industry you want to join. The result: not just the job of your dreams, but a future secured"--

Are you stuck in an unsatisfying job or feel like you're in the wrong profession? An industry that just isn't a fit? Don't just settle but succeed in the right career!

Get unstuck and land a new career--one you're genuinely passionate about. Switchers helps you realize that dream. Written by celebrated career coach and psychologist Dr. Dawn Graham, the book provides proven strategies that will get you where you want to go.

The first step is to recognize that the usual rules and job search tools won't work for you. Resumes and job boards were designed with traditional applicants in mind. As a career switcher, you have to go beyond the basics, using tactics tailor-made to ensure your candidacy stands out.

In Switchers, Dr. Graham reveals how to:

• Understand the concerns of hiring managers
• Craft a resume that catches their attention within six seconds
• Spotlight transferable skills that companies covet
• Rebrand yourself--aligning your professional identity with your new aspirations
• Reach decision-makers by recruiting "ambassadors" from within your network
• Nail interviews by turning tough questions to your advantage
• Convince skeptical employers to shelve their assumptions and take a chance on you
• Negotiate a competitive salary and benefits package

Packed with psychological insights, practical exercises, and inspiring success stories, Switchers helps you leap over obstacles and into a whole new field. This guide will help you pull off the most daring--and fulfilling--career move of your life!

With timeless advice, up-to-the-minute insights, and more than ten million copies sold over fifty years, the world’s most popular and best-selling career guide is fully revised and expanded for 2022.
 
“One of the first job-hunting books on the market. It is still arguably the best. And it is indisputably the most popular.”—Fast Company

What Color Is Your Parachute? is the world’s most popular job-hunting guide. This completely updated edition features the latest resources, strategies, and perspectives on today’s job market, revealing surprising advice on what works—and what doesn’t—so you can focus your efforts on tactics that yield results.
 
At its core is Richard N. Bolles’s famed Flower Exercise, a unique self-inventory that helps you design your career—and your life—around your key passions, transferable skills, traits, and more.
 
This practical manual also provides essential tips for writing impressive resumes and cover letters, networking effectively, interviewing with confidence, and negotiating the best salary possible.
 
Whether you’re searching for your first job, were recently laid off, or are dreaming of a career change, What Color Is Your Parachute? will guide you toward a fulfilling and prosperous life’s work.

Resume & LinkedIn Strategies for New College Graduates is a clear and concrete guide to What Works to Launch a Gen-Z Career. A new volume in the best-selling Modernize Your Career series, it lays out in crisp, clear language exactly what college students need to do to land their first professional job: from developing a super resume and LinkedIn profile to conducting a networking-based job search and acing their interviews. Starting with a guide to writing a powerful and effective resume, the book goes on to explain and illustrate the many different career communications today's jobseekers need: LinkedIn profiles, enote cover letters, networking communications, and thank-you notes. A full chapter discusses the best job-search methods, guiding readers to go beyond the easy (but often ineffective) method of zapping resumes in response to job postings. Rather, the authors guide emerging professionals in the art and science of networking--a skill that will be invaluable throughout their careers. They remove the mystery and provide clear guidelines, timelines, lead follow-up strategies, and other techniques to transform networking into an enjoyable and highly effective process. Resume & LinkedIn Strategies for New College Graduates is sharply focused and to the point. It tells college students and new grads everything they need to know and do to conduct a job search that is focused, efficient, and highly effective.

Based on today's real-world job search trends, MODERNIZE YOUR RESUME shows you how to craft a winning resume to meet the complexities of today's highly competitive and technologically driven employment market. The 3rd edition has been updated with new resume samples and designs along with companion LinkedIn profiles and writing guidelines, special chapters for challenging circumstances (career change, consulting/freelance, military transition, return to work), and updated e-resume recommendations. In this book, you'll learn to: Write tight, lean, clean, and laser-focused CONTENT that allows you to tell your whole career story in half the words to keep your reader engaged. Focus on information that is relevant to your target market and integrate keywords that are vital to being found online. Present important information quickly in a resume FORMAT that prominently displays your skills, experience, education, and other credentials as they support your current career objectives. Create a distinctive DESIGN to make your resume stand out and capture attention. Getting noticed is step #1, so make that happen and you're on your way. The 100+ resume samples demonstrate these strategies in action for real-life job seekers who've excelled in their search campaigns. The samples showcase the work of professional resume writers well respected for their expertise in resume strategy, writing, format, and design. Clear guidelines and easy-to-follow examples give you practical know-how for building your own powerful resume that will serve all of your job search needs. You'll learn what works, why it works, and how you can make it work for you. Authors and Master Resume Writers Wendy Enelow and Louise Kursmark have each spent more than 30 years writing resumes, training professional resume writers, speaking to job search audiences, and writing about evolving trends in job search. The latest in their library of more than 30 books is the 3rd edition of MODERNIZE YOUR RESUME, an up-to-the minute resource to guide you to career success. Follow the recommendations of this book and you'll find yourself a more competent and competitive job seeker.

Expert Resumes & LinkedIn Profiles for Managers and Executives was written specifically to address the nuances of writing for senior-level job search candidates. For managers and executives, writing resumes and LinkedIn profiles is a complex process that requires strategy, careful selection of the right material to showcase, and the most-effective presentation style to capture the targeted audience.

Management and executive job seekers must consider how best to:

• Communicate their personal brand and value
• Identify qualifications, experiences, and achievements most related to current career goals
• Position their most relevant and impressive information with the right language and format to capture attention and inspire interest
• Determine how best to write and present extensive career information for maximum impact
• Cull past experiences to showcase early career success
• Format and design their resume to maximize visual focus on what matters most
• Create a LinkedIn profile that is a complement to the resume--but not an exact copy, written to showcase personality and keyword optimized to attract recruiters and employers

This book addresses all of these topics and much more.

The first section of the book provides an in-depth analysis of each critical component of writing, formatting, and designing senior-level resumes and LinkedIn profiles--everything from crafting personal branding statements, to determining your best resume structure, to writing job descriptions that are rich in content, achievement, and keywords.

The second section includes 100+ pages of sample resumes and LinkedIn profiles targeted to all levels of management and executive careers--from front-line managers to CEOs, and all positions in between.

Authors and Master Resume Writers Wendy Enelow and Louise Kursmark have each spent more than 30 years writing resumes, training professional resume writers, speaking to job search audiences, and writing about evolving trends in job search.

Expert Resumes & LinkedIn Profiles for Managers and Executives is the latest in the authors' library of 20+ books. By following the writing strategies and actions outlined in the book, senior-level job seekers will become confident in communicating their brands, marketing their expertise, and moving their careers forward.