New Releases by Jennifer Barrett

A new kind of manifesto for the working woman, with tips on building wealth and finding balance, as well as inspiration for harnessing the freedom and power that comes from a breadwinning mindset. Nearly half of working women in the United States are now their household''s main breadwinner. And yet, the majority of women still aren''t being brought up to think like breadwinners. In fact, they''re actually discouraged--by institutional bias and subconscious beliefs--from building their own wealth, pursuing their full earning potential, and providing for themselves and others financially. The result is that women earn less, owe more, and have significantly less money saved and invested for the future than men do. And if women do end up the main breadwinners, they''ve been conditioned to feel reluctant and unprepared to manage the role. In Think Like a Breadwinner, financial expert Jennifer Barrett reframes what it really means to be a breadwinner. By dismantling the narrative that women don''t--and shouldn''t--take full financial responsibility to create the lives they want, she reveals not only the importance of women building their own wealth, but also the freedom and power that comes with it. With concrete practical tools, as well as examples from her own journey, Barrett encourages women to reclaim, rejoice in, and aspire to the role of breadwinner like never before.

Business decisions are increasingly being made in the higher education institution (HEI) based on their impact to university rankings, sometimes to the detriment of the HEI mission. HEIs are not homogenous, and rankings are inadequate on their own in capturing HEI excellence. This dissertation took a three-pronged approach in addressing quality and excellence in the HEI. First, a case study adapted the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) for a Financial Aid office in a public HEI, illustrating that, with a few modifications, the BSC is an appropriate and holistic approach to addressing quality in the HEI. The primary modification was to place mission at the top of the BSC, reflecting that each of the strategic objectives should be made with mission in mind. Next, survey methods were used to gain insight from upper administrators at public four-year HEIs regarding perceived quality factors. According to survey results, respondents rated Graduation and Retention as the most important indicator of quality. These results were further used to calculate weights of importance for each quality factor, further comparing these weighted factors to methodologies of three rankings systems, and found that the perceived quality factors identified by the respondents did not align with rankings methodologies. Finally, historical data was used to consider which HEIs moved most in their U.S. News and World Report (USNWR) rankings and peer scores. Higher-ranked HEIs were found to have less movement, and lower-ranked HEIs had more movement. Peer scores were found to be variable, although only by incremental amounts. Multiple regression analysis was used to compare USNWR rankings and objective data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and Top American Research Universities (TARU) publication, finding graduation rate to have the strongest relationship with rankings. Ultimately, the wise HEI will find an appropriate mix of aiming for higher rankings and a focus on its mission, and ideally both would be in alignment.

Learning Is Not Cheesy is Realistic Fiction that addresses bullying. Usually the goal of everyone is to be rid of bullies. In this story, Learning Is Not Cheesy, a sweet little girl, Ariella, with the help of her mother and her teacher, achieve a difficult goal. They are able to turn this bully around.

This unique book proposes a re-reading of the relationship between artists and the contemporary museum. In Australia in particular, the museum has played a significant role in the colonial project and this has generally been considered as the predominant mode of artists'' engagement with such institutions and collections. Australian Artists in the Contemporary Museum expands the post-colonial frame of reference used to interpret this work, to demonstrate the broader implications of the relationship between artists and the museum, and thus to offer an alternative way of understanding recent contemporary practices. The authors'' central argument is that artists'' engagement with the museum has shifted from politically motivated critique taking place in museums of fine art, towards interventions taking place in non-art museums that focus on the creation of knowledge more broadly. Such interventions assume a number of forms, including the artist acting as curator, art works that highlight the use of taxonomic modes of display and categorization, and the re-consideration of the aesthetics of collections to suggest different ways of interpreting objects and their history. Central to these interventions is the challenge to better connect the museum and its public. The book will be essential reading for scholars, professionals and students in the fields of contemporary art and museum studies, art history, and in the museum sector. These include artists, curators, museum and gallery professionals, postgraduate researchers, art historians, designers and design scholars, art and museum educators, and students of visual art, art history, and museum studies. This project has been assisted by the Australian government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

An unusual and terrifying event in Jenny''s late twenties triggered post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition she was to live with for more than a decade. Beginning in her teenage years, she also experienced a number of severe bouts of depression - including post-natal. Over time, Jenny tried various treatment options in an attempt to regain her mental health, with very limited and short-term success. Just as she despaired of ever experiencing happiness or peace again, in 2004 her life was turned around after reading the book "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle. It is now ten years since Jenny''s "miraculous" recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. This is the story of her journey, from childhood through to the challenges of youth and adulthood, and to eventually finding emotional health and happiness with the help of Eckhart Tolle''s transformational book.

The Lost Art of Travel is a narrative non-fiction account of the author''s journey around her study. The travel motif is used to unite a collection of essays, ranging from the serious to the comic, and at times somewhat surreal.Some of the areas explored include the magic of books, nostalgia''s siren-song, imagination, and the power of travel.

Museums and the Public Sphere investigates the role of museums around the world as sites of democratic public space. Explores the role of museums around the world as sites of public discourse and democracy Examines the changing idea of the museum in relation to other public sites and spaces, including community cultural centers, public halls and the internet Offers a sophisticated portrait of the public, and how it is realized, invoked, and understood in the museum context Offers relevant case studies and discussions of how museums can engage with their publics'' in more complex, productive ways

This hip and accessible guide addresses all of the nagging money questions and thorny situations that come up when you''re in a relationship, whether you''re just starting to get serious or you''re already married. This book gives couples the perfect excuse to break the silence and start talking about… money! Staying on top of your finances when you''re single can be tough enough - add another person to the mix and it can seem downright daunting. Even if you''ve got your own finances in order, there are inevitable money issues that come up when you''re part of a couple, not just because one of you may be in better shape financially than the other, but because you may each have very different perspectives on money and how to manage it. The principles the Cookies set out in their first book about the basics of life planning and investing can work for couples, too, and this guide offers simple techniques that will help readers with everything from dealing with "money baggage" to getting out of debt to planning for retirement. Again they draw practical advice and meaty anecdotes from their own financial escapades, as well as readers'' queries and the personal experiences of five focus couples.

Let The Smart Cookies show you how to eliminate debt, spend smarter, save better, and achieve financial freedom—without sacrificing your social life or your sanity! They were five dynamic young women: smart, successful—and secretly drowning in debt. Inspired by an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on personal finance, Andrea, Angela, Katie, Robyn, and Sandra formed a money club, together developing strategies for turning their finances around. Just one year later they had dramatically improved their financial situations—and had made major developments in their careers, relationships, and life goals to boot. Their proven recipe for success has since been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, MSNBC, and in the New York Daily News. How did they do it? These five women—with varied careers in marketing, public relations, social work, and TV production—joined forces to create a fun, simple, effective strategy for achieving financial success, forming a money club and supporting each other every step of the way. Now, in this extraordinary hands-on guide, the women, who soon dubbed themselves The Smart Cookies, share the secrets of their success. Weaving anecdotes from their own lives with practical, how-to advice, The Smart Cookies offer strategies that cut across the financial spectrum, whether you’re deeply in debt or just want to manage your money better. Tackling the unique financial challenges facing women today, they offer easy-to-follow advice on everything from creating a spending plan to boosting your income to starting your own money club.

We examined how oceanographic and terrestrial features influence marine habitat selection by radio-tagged marbled murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus), and how selection varies temporally, geographically and with respect to reproductive status. Murrelet marine habitat selection was simultaneously affected by sea surface temperature and nearshore environment characteristics, as well as distance to nest site for breeders, with lesser influence by physical oceanographic features. Marbled murrelets were generally associated with areas characterized by higher relative tidal speeds, greater depths, steeper ocean floor slopes, less freshwater inflow and proximity to sandy beaches, though the strength of these relationships varied. Breeding murrelets were also associated with proximity to nest sites. We observed within-season and between-site variability in murrelet-SST associations, suggesting that murrelets change their foraging tactics as their needs and/or local oceanographic conditions change. We suggest that availability of suitable nesting habitat within proximity of profitable marine foraging areas is critical for recovery of this species.

The instructor''s resource guide contains the following: Chapter Tests, Transparency Masters, Pretest and Posttest, Final Exam, Answers to Chapter Tests, and Answers to Student Activity Workbook.

Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination''s sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer''s Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider''s perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You''ll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world. It''s easy to leave your heart in one of America''s most beautiful and visited cities, but you don''t have to follow the crowds to do it. Go behind the scenes with Frommer''s Irreverent Guide to San Francisco and experience the city as the local do. You''ll discover how to get into the open morning rehearsals at the San Francisco Symphony, how to hop a cable car without waiting in line, and how to wrangle a seat at some of the city''s best restaurants without reservations. You''ll learn that uttering the word "Frisco" can actually make a local loco, and how to endear yourself to San Francisco cabbies. Frommer''s Irreverent Guide to San Francisco give you all that, plus the inside scoop on the tastiest meals, the smartest clubs, and the coziest love nests.

Paperback workbook contains student activities and simulations.

Judge Dredd, in a lawless future world, he is the only justice. A multi-million-dollar futuristic action thriller, starring Sylvester Stallone, Armande Assante, Diane Lane, and Max von Sydow, from Disney/Buena Vista Pictures. A novelization.

When Kiki suggests sending her new baby sister back to the hospital, her parents wisely suggest Kiki spend more time helping care for the baby before making a decision.