Best Selling Books by Nick Robinson

In order to avoid interception, origami has a long and cherished tradition as a means of sending love notes. This work contains 5 different designs of patterned writing paper as well as envelopes in which to send your love message.

*****I WOULD LIKE TO DEFINE ONE SPECIAL TERM HERE THAT IS USED THROUGHOUT MY BOOK AND THAT IS THE TERM "GRUNT", WHICH IS TAKEN FROM MY MILITARY EXPERIENCE (USMC). MY DEFINITION OF GRUNT IS: AN EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS AT THE BOTTOM LEVEL OR ONE WHO IS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN PRODUCING THE PRODUCT. IN MY MILITARY EXPERIENCE WE DAILY TALKED ABOUT THE 10% THAT DIDN''T GET THE WORD. THE 10% EITHER WERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION OR SIMPLY WERE NOT CAPABLE OF GRASPING THE CONCEPT. UNFORTUNATELY THE 10% OF MANAGEMENT THAT FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY ARE THE ONES THAT LEAVE THE BIGGEST IMPRESSION.Realizing employees are both male and female, this book should be gender specific. However, it really gets to be a pain to always say he/she. It has been my experience that males have been more of a problem in management than the females (that could almost be a book topic in itself) so I will use the male gender.GENERALLY SPEAKING THE QUALITY OF MANAGEMENT IN THE WORK PLACE TODAY IS WHAT WE EXPECT AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MAXIMUM OUTPUT FROM THE BEST WORKERS UNDER THE BEST CONDITIONS. TELLING STORIES ABOUT THAT TYPE OF MANAGEMENT WOULD REALLY BE BORING. THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE. THIS BOOK SPECIALIZES IN THE OTHER SIDE OF MANAGEMENT.

" ... Features origami projects designed for barflies who want to enhance their bar experience ..."--Page 4 of cover.

Foolproof origami—now in paperback! More than 30,000 copies sold Love origami, but frightened off by those strange dotted lines and shaded areas that make it seem like a bizarre geometry exercise? Absolute Beginner’s Origami calms those fears, using a remarkable three-step system and step-by-step full-color photos to guide readers into the basics of folding, through intermediate steps, and on to putting it all together to make real origami. Twenty enchanting designs are presented in three easy-to-follow stages: first, bases and folds. Next, combining bases and folds and learning to interpret those line drawings. Finally, learning to fold origami paper into real, elegant origami animals and objects: butterflies, swans, dogs, and more! By the end of the book, readers will understand how to read those line drawings and explore the wonderful world of origami with excitement and confidence. • Color photos and clear three-step method make anyone into a foldin'' fool

"All you need to know to make fantastic origami creations. This easy-to-follow guide contains a directory of basic folds to get you started. A compendium of 30 folding projects allows you to try out your new skills on a variety of models, from traditional flowers, birds, and animals to practical boxes, decorations, and tumbling toys."--Provided by publisher.

Are you ready to flip out? Hexaflexagons are six-sided, flat paper models that can be made to reveal hidden images through a series of flexes and folds. Flexagons were first introduced in a column written by Martin Gardner for Scientific American. From there, people started folding and figuring out creative ways to craft these interesting origami-like objects. Included in this delightful book are instructions and material to create hexaflexagons, tri-tetra flexagons, cubes, flexacubes, and more! Flexing kaleidocycles are shapes formed by taking several tetrahedra (four-sided 3D shapes) and joining their edges to form a ring, which can then be rotated so that it turns inside out to display a multitude different colors, shapes, and designs! This book contains: • A brief introduction on the history of hexaflexagons • Instructions on how to make 13 different fun flexagon models • 40 pages of easy tear-out pages with pieces to assemble your hexaflexagons People are still discovering new ways to innovate with these enjoyable creations—so with some study and practice, you may be able to come up with a unique design and enter the pages of flexagon history! All you need to do is to cut out and assemble the various models in this book to create the most intriguing and entertaining designs available. Start folding your flexagons now!

Origami Adventures: Dinosaurs is a great way for kids to learn the finer points of the ancient art of origami while learning about prehistoric creatures.Origami Adventures: Dinosaurs features everything that kids need to become origami experts. Step-by-step instructions for creating 14 colorful origami dinosaurs are paired with illustrations and fun facts about each creature, such as where they lived, what they ate, and how they defended themselves from other dinosaurs. Build a Tyrannosaurus rex, Pteranodon, Stegosaurus, Velociraptor, Diplodocus, and more!Includes:* 48-page book with clear step-by-step instructions for creating 14 origami dinosaurs* 14 sheets of colorful origami paper* 14 sheets of practice paper

English Unlimited for Spanish Speakers is a six-level goals-based course for Spanish-speaking adult learners. Centred on real-life objectives, it prepares learners to use English independently and confidently for global communication. The Self-study Pack (Workbook with DVD-ROM and Audio CD) enables learners to consolidate and build upon work done in class including extra ''Explore Writing'' tasks and a complete ''Explore Reading'' syllabus. ''Over to you'' exercises personalise the practice. ''Get it right!'' pages give Spanish-speaking learners practice of the language explored in the Coursebook Tips. A self-study Audio CD features Spanish speakers using the language in context as well as pronunciation models. The DVD-ROM features a range of practice activities, video interviews with international speakers, a self-recording and playback tool, animated clips offering speaking practice in everyday situations, and customisable ''QuickCheck'' tests.

English Unlimited is a six-level (A1 to C1) goals-based course for adults. Centred on purposeful, real-life objectives, it prepares learners to use English independently for global communication. The Self-study Pack consists of a Workbook with DVD-ROM. It enables learners to consolidate and build upon work done in class. The Workbook provides extra ''Explore Writing'' tasks plus a complete ''Explore Reading'' syllabus, as well as ''Over to you'' exercises allowing personalisation of language practice. In addition to over 300 interactive practice activities, the DVD-ROM includes video for every unit featuring international speakers, a self-recording and playback tool for pronunciation practice, animated clips offering speaking practice in everyday situations, and customisable ''QuickCheck'' tests to monitor progress.

English Unlimited is a six-level (A1 to C1) goals-based course for adults. Centred on purposeful, real-life objectives, it prepares learners to use English independently for global communication. The Self-study Pack consists of a Workbook with DVD-ROM. It enables learners to consolidate and build upon work done in class. The Workbook provides extra ''Explore Writing'' tasks plus a complete ''Explore Reading'' syllabus, as well as ''Over to you'' exercises allowing personalisation of language practice. In addition to over 300 interactive practice activities, the DVD-ROM includes video for every unit featuring international speakers, documentary clips, a self-recording and playback tool for pronunciation practice, and customisable ''QuickCheck'' tests to monitor progress.

A collection of poems and artwork inspired by birds and the wild places of the North.

English Unlimited for Spanish Speakers is a six-level goals-based course for Spanish-speaking adult learners. Centred on real-life objectives, it prepares learners to use English independently and confidently for global communication. The Self-study Pack (Workbook with DVD-ROM and Audio CD) enables learners to consolidate and build upon work done in class including extra ''Explore Writing'' tasks and a complete ''Explore Reading'' syllabus. ''Over to you'' exercises personalise the practice. ''Get it right!'' pages give Spanish-speaking learners practice of the language explored in the Coursebook Tips. A self-study Audio CD features Spanish speakers using the language in context as well as pronunciation models. The DVD-ROM features a range of practice activities, video interviews with international speakers, a self-recording and playback tool, animated clips offering speaking practice in everyday situations, and customisable ''QuickCheck'' tests.

Secret Origami, Shhh! Learn how to smuggle your secret messages by folding them into beautiful paper shapes with these fun origami books.

English Unlimited is a six-level (A1 to C1) goals-based course for adults. Centred on purposeful, real-life objectives, it prepares learners to use English independently for global communication. The Self-study Pack consists of a Workbook with DVD-ROM. It enables learners to consolidate and build upon work done in class. The Workbook provides extra ''Explore Writing'' tasks plus a complete ''Explore Reading'' syllabus, as well as ''Over to you'' exercises allowing personalisation of language practice. In addition to over 300 interactive practice activities, the DVD-ROM includes video for every unit featuring international speakers, a self-recording and playback tool for pronunciation practice, animated clips offering speaking practice in everyday situations, and customisable ''QuickCheck'' tests to monitor progress.

Create your own individually colored origami creations by coloring in beautiful designs and patterns and following the instructions to create intricate works of art. Featuring 24 tear-out sheets of bonus patterns for you to color and fold, you won''t need any origami or coloring-expertise as this simple, step-by-step instruction book will teach you everything you need to get started.

The Marketing Tool Kit is an encyclopedia of hundreds of innovative and tested marketing ideas to improve your business. This extremely practical book provides a great selection of ingenious ways for an organization to quickly increase sales and profits. We all know that marketing is the key to business success, and with this recently updated title you will have at your disposal a fantastic resource. It reveals highly effective direct marketing methods to quickly help you boost your direct mail and direct response advertising. It details effective advertising approaches across the full range of media including the internet, displays, classified and loose inserts, directory, product cards, local radio and more. It also gives specific step-by-step guidance in planning, budgeting and executing sales lead programs. Within this book are hundreds of profitable ideas for your discovery and implementation. Any organization or individual can profit from these ready-to-go plans no matter what the business may be. If you are looking to give your business a boost with some great marketing ideas then this is the book for you.

A giftbox set that includes everything needed to begin making origami: a 64 page instruction book with 22 projects, 20 sheets of decorative paper and a bone folder. The book provides a clear explanation of the core origami techniques.

The Spinward Marches awaits your exploration in this huge poster map, featuring every system, trade link and starbase in the sector. Beautifully illustrated in full colour, this map is the first in a series that will allow you to explore the entire Third Imperium and beyond, joining posters together to form one gigantic map! Includes a full key to aid navigation.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it''s the BIGGEST book of paper air planes ever made, the greatest origami air show on earth, the supersized collection of models for your paper hangar. Paper planes hold a stratospheric appeal for every generation and for all ages from a child enjoying the wonder of folding his or her first model to a grandparent streamlining the latest record-breaking creation. And there''s no shortage of books on paper planes out there, but they''re all so, well... small! THE BIGGEST EVER BOOK OF PAPER PLANES changes all that. It''s the jumbo of the paper plane world, with giant templates for instant monster models. Designed to supersize your paper plane passion, it contains everything you need to create the Vulcans and Stealth bombers of the paper plane world. There is a manual of full folding instructions, with step-bystep illustrations, folding and flying tips, performance stats and charts, plus a dozen dazzlingly designed templates, not to mention the giant poster photographs. So, start folding, look to the skies, and beware of disrupting local air traffic. If you think the book looks impressive, wait till you see the planes! To enormity, and beyond!

Nearly a quarter of all workers in the United States are currently in a job that requires an occupational license. As the prevalence of occupational licensing has grown, so have claims that its overuse is causing increased consumer costs and impairing labor mobility and economic freedom. To address these concerns, many policymakers and academics argue that licensing restrictions should be more closely tailored to the goal of protecting the public from harm and that, to guard against capture, practitioners should not regulate their own licensing. Federal courts, in turn, have drawn on this vision of the proper role of occupational licensing to significantly limit when and how licensing can be used through their interpretation of antitrust law and the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution.This Article takes a step back to argue that these critiques of occupational licensing, and the federal jurisprudence based on them, embrace a narrow view of the role of licensing in the economy that is grounded in both an embrace of economic libertarianism and an antagonism towards professional self-regulation. While this view generally recognizes licensing as justified to protect the public from harm in limited situations, it disregards a range of other values that occupational licensing has historically been viewed to promote. This Article draws on social science literature to categorize these other justifications as (1) fostering communities of knowledge and competence; (2) developing relationships of trust; and (3) buffering producers from the market.The Article uses specific examples from the judiciary''s occupational licensing jurisprudence to show how acknowledging this broader set of justifications should constrain the courts from imposing a narrow view of licensing''s role in the economy. It ends by suggesting that if the federal government is to shape occupational licensing policy, Congress and the Executive are better placed than the judiciary to take the lead.

"En trente ans de pliage du papier, mes créations ont été toujours plus loin dans la quête de la sobriété. Chaque pli doit avoir sa raison d''être, pour aboutir à un résultat élégant, réfléchi, épuré. L''origami consiste, selon moi, à réduire un sujet à ses éléments fondamentaux, pour saisir son essence avec aussi peu de plis que possible. La technique ne devrait jamais constituer un obstacle à l''expression artistique ! Ce livre présente une sélection de mes réalisations qui illustrent ma vision de l''origami. J''apprécie un grand nombre de styles, mais je pense qu''il faut toujours suivre son instinct pour créer et ne pas céder à la tentation de créer pour impressionner les autres. Vous découvrirez inévitablement beaucoup de modèles qui vous sembleront inhabituels. Mettez-les de côté, pour y revenir éventuellement plus tard. Seule une sérieuse remise en question permet de s''améliorer. Avec l''âge, j''ai passé plus de temps à réfléchir et parler d''origami qu''à plier. Un sujet fréquemment évoqué est celui de l''origami en tant que processus ou résultat final. En d''autres termes, doit-on concevoir l''origami comme un cheminement ou comme une destination ? Pour les origamistes, le processus de pliage est directement lié au papier. Une fois achevé, on ne peut pas faire grand-chose du modèle, hormis l''exposer ou l''offrir. Il constitue d''une certaine manière un sous-produit du pliage. Voilà pourquoi j''accorde beaucoup d''attention au processus. J''évalue les différentes façons d''accomplir chaque étape, en choisissant celle qui rend le pliage plus fascinant, plus élégant, plus gracieux. Ce n''est pas toujours possible, mais je me tiens à ce principe. Je pense également que le travail des créateurs devrait refléter des aspects de leur personnalité et de leur vie. Il n''y a aucune raison pour qu''un modèle ne puisse pas exprimer quelque chose, de l''humour ou une passion quelconque. Mon objectif est de concevoir des modèles qui " parlent " aux gens, pour les faire sourire, leur rappeler une expérience vécue, ou tout simplement leur faire profiter d''un moment d''humanité partagée". Nick Robinson.

The infinite possibilities of paper folding inspired origami, a simple, traditional craft that appeals to both children and adults. This comprehensive guide to the materials, tools, techniques, symbols and skills behind the Japanese art of folding paper into wondrous shapes is illustrated with refreshingly simple step-by-step diagrams. Crafters of all ages can quickly learn to create the basic folds, from the beginner''s box glider and fish to such advanced projects as Green Man and murex shell. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ORIGAMI also lakes readers on a whirlwind tour of the finest origami models being made around the world today.

Includes basic folding techniques, advice on how to choose paper, and how to create original designs. Instructions included for: cat''s head, bat, pocket heart, curvy dish, pencil, church, tree, tarumpty tum tum, bowl, mammoth, bench, modular ring, hummingbird, beaky, "pureland" fish, frog, dinosaur, chickens, rose bowl, and modular cube.

The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) is a sweeping and generally under-enforced public disclosure statute. Enacted in 1938, FARA was used during World War II to target Fascist propaganda, but by the 1960s its enforcement had shifted to lobbyists and public relations'' firms for foreign governments. After the 2016 Presidential election, FARA has gained favor among policymakers and prosecutors as a central tool to respond to a range of foreign influence in U.S. politics, including foreign lobbying, electioneering, and disinformation.This article argues that FARA''s breadth creates substantial risk that it will be used in a politicized manner. In the past decade, analogous transparency laws in other countries--often justified on FARA--have been weaponized to target dissenting voices with the stigma and burden of registering as a “foreign agent”. This article undertakes an analysis of FARA to show how its broad and unclear provisions make FARA susceptible to being similarly used in the United States, especially against nonprofits, the media, and public officials. It examines three cases in which FARA was arguably enforced in a politicized manner, explains why strengthening the Act''s enforcement would likely exacerbate this problem, and discusses the Act''s potential constitutional deficiencies under the Supreme Court''s recent First Amendment jurisprudence. The article ends by weighing the merits of using FARA to address different types of foreign influence. It posits that transparency provisions like those in FARA are most appropriate, and on strongest ground, when applied to (1) those who clearly are acting at the direction or control of a foreign government or political party; and (2) when the covered activity involves core democratic processes, such as lobbying or electioneering. It warns that using FARA to target disinformation is generally unlikely to be effective and presents a high risk of politicized abuse. Based on these insights, it suggests three potential strategies for FARA reform.

The infinite possibilities of paper folding inspired origami, a simple, traditional craft that appeals to both children and adults. This comprehensive guide to the materials, tools, techniques, symbols and skills behind the Japanese art of folding paper into wondrous shapes is illustrated with refreshingly simple step-by-step diagrams. Crafters of all ages can quickly learn to create the basic folds, from the beginner''s box glider and fish to such advanced projects as Green Man and murex shell. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ORIGAMI also lakes readers on a whirlwind tour of the finest origami models being made around the world today.