Land Your Dream Job in Portland (and Beyond)

Land Your Dream Job in Portland (and Beyond)
Author: Mac Prichard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2016-01-26
Genre: Employment interviewing
ISBN: 9780990955122

Print-on-demand version of Land Your Dream Job in Portland (and Beyond), the definitive guide for finding meaningful work in Portland, Oregon.

Landing a Job Worth Having

Landing a Job Worth Having
Author: Vicki L Lind
Publisher:
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2019-01-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781732986701

This do-it-yourself job search handbook demystifies the complex and contemporary approach to finding a job in Portland, OR and beyond. While many of the examples presented in this book are of Portland job seekers, the strategies and recommendations pertain to anyone who is looking for a new job.

Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Think Like a Rocket Scientist
Author: Ozan Varol
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1541762614

* One of Inc.com's "6 Books You Need to Read in 2020 (According to Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, and Adam Grant)"* Adam Grant's # 1 pick of his top 20 books of 2020* One of 6 Groundbreaking Books of Spring 2020 (according to Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Dan Pink, and Adam Grant). A former rocket scientist reveals the habits, ideas, and strategies that will empower you to turn the seemingly impossible into the possible. Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. But it's not. Rather, it's the apex of a certain thought process -- a way to imagine the unimaginable and solve the unsolvable. It's the same thought process that enabled Neil Armstrong to take his giant leap for mankind, that allows spacecraft to travel millions of miles through outer space and land on a precise spot, and that brings us closer to colonizing other planets. Fortunately, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to think like one. In this accessible and practical book, Ozan Varol reveals nine simple strategies from rocket science that you can use to make your own giant leaps in work and life -- whether it's landing your dream job, accelerating your business, learning a new skill, or creating the next breakthrough product. Today, thinking like a rocket scientist is a necessity. We all encounter complex and unfamiliar problems in our lives. Those who can tackle these problems -- without clear guidelines and with the clock ticking -- enjoy an extraordinary advantage. Think Like a Rocket Scientist will inspire you to take your own moonshot and enable you to achieve liftoff.

The Year of the Goat

The Year of the Goat
Author: Margaret Hathaway
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2022-06-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 168475075X

Many people dream of leaving the workaday world for a life of simplicity and freedom, and Margaret Hathaway and her then-boyfriend Karl did just that. In The Year of the Goat, the reader can jump in the “goat mobile” with them as they ditch their big-city lifestyle to trek across forty-three states in search of greener pastures and the perfect goat cheese. Along the way, the reader is introduced to a vivid cast of characters—including farmers, breeders, cheese makers, and world-class chefs—and discovers everything there is to know about goats and getting back to the land. But readers beware: When it comes to goat cheese, it can be love at first bite.

Just Beyond the Very, Very Far North

Just Beyond the Very, Very Far North
Author: Dan Bar-el
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534433457

Duane the polar bear and the other animals of the very, very far north find their friendships deepening as they are challenged by the arrival of a contentious weasel and an unexpected departure.

Beyond Reach

Beyond Reach
Author: Melody Carlson
Publisher: Multnomah
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2009-02-19
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0307561925

If You Thought You Needed Vision, Would You Ask God For It? Exhausted by her role in the dramatic rescue of Kayla Henderson, Samantha McGregor is ready for a vacation from her God-given visions. But when Sam gets her wish and the visions actually go on hiatus, she’s beginning to wonder if she’s lost her spiritual gift forever. To make matters worse, her police friend Ebony needs her help! Peter Clark has been dead for several years, an open-and-shut case of suicide, but Ebony’s not convinced. Why would he do it? And why does Ebony suspect foul play? Sam has been no help in the investigation, and just when she’s lost all hope, God gives her a vision of a guy jumping from a railroad bridge. Suddenly the floodgates open and all of Sam’s visions involve suicide. Who is this guy? And what does this have to do with Peter’s death? It’s a race against the clock as Sam worries about every brown-haired guy she meets: her lab partner, Olivia’s rocker friend, Peter’s little brother–they all fit the description! Whoever the guy in her vision is, his identity is just beyond Sam’s reach, and he’s definitely losing his grip fast…Trusting God will lead her, Sam’s determined to send a message of hope and find him before he gives up.

Humanity's Grace

Humanity's Grace
Author: Dede Montgomery
Publisher:
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2022
Genre:
ISBN: 9781949290721

Salty air, low lying clouds, and crooning of seagulls near the towering Astoria Column and the flowing Columbia River set the scene for Humanity's Grace, a collection of linked short stories. Frank, Anne, Monica, and Sarah all reappear from the pages of Montgomery's novel, Beyond the Ripples. New characters: An elderly mother and her son, a police office and spouse, a childhood friend, a counselor, a bystander appear, are all uniquely connected to a murder in downtown Astoria, Oregon. Frank's untimely death creates a spectrum of consequences for his loved ones, acquaintances, and strangers. The ensuing murder accusation throws a trio of characters into darkness, as they reassess earlier beliefs, past decisions and actions. Other characters are impacted in unique and unexpected ways. A police officer is haunted by his past. A young woman awakens from a vivid dream of a friend from before. A mother wonders what she did wrong. A son aches for others to be kind. A daughter questions her father's past, while her mother remembers parts of the man she had forgotten. A stranger ponders the significance of a message she's received. The characters in Humanity's Grace intertwine as they laugh, scream, and cry, do good or create evil. Most of all, they meander through sorrow and sadness, joy and regret, as they remind the reader of the startling and collective beauty of life's connections.

Genius of Place

Genius of Place
Author: Justin Martin
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2011-05-31
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0306818817

This definitive, first full-scale biography of Olmsted--famed designer of New York's Central Park--reveals him also as a brilliant political and social reformer.