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Creative girl; the ultimate guide for turning talent and creativity into a real career.

Sise, who launched a jewelry line in her early twenties, explains how creativity and talent can be turned into a successful career at any age. Incorporating exercises and questions throughout, she draws on interviews with successful women who have careers in a variety of fields to describe how to assess talents and evaluate job options; face fears, change careers, or quit a job; improve resumes, networking, interviews, and salary negotiations; get promoted; launch a freelance career or small business; create a business plan; market oneself; price products; and other aspects. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

JFK day by day; a chronicle of the 1,036 days of John F. Kennedy's presidency.

This 9x10 inches reference for high school and up offers an illustrated daily record of John. F. Kennedy's entire presidency, covering significant issues, events, and decisions from civil rights and the Cold War to the Cuban missile crisis and the Peace Corps. Each page contains one or two daily entries, and right-side pages feature a running daily chronology in the margin, summarizing key events. The book is illustrated with b&w historical photos on every page, from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Golway is director of the John Kean Institute for American History at Kean University. Krantz is an author, publisher, and documentary film producer. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)