Tips for Meanies

Tips for Meanies
Author: Jane Thynne
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2014-10-23
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1448182298

Tips for Meanies is an irreverent guide to thrift, the perfect present for the Meanies in your life that will equip them with new, versatile weapons for their armoury: - Discover the penny-pinching potential of everyday miracle products, from toothpaste and vinegar to barbecue briquettes - Find cunning ways to curb household shopping and energy bills - Avoid pricey trips to the chemist by channelling the healing powers of cheap and easy home remedies ... everything Meanies need to keep their household clean, green – and very mean.

The Good Retirement Guide 2017

The Good Retirement Guide 2017
Author: Frances Kay
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2017-01-03
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0749478683

Whether it is a relaxing, action-packed or financially rewarding retirement you are looking for, this is the book for you. In retirement, personal ambitions can be realized and new experiences enjoyed. Yet with so much to consider, people are often unsure how best to plan for their future and the scope for concern and confusion is even greater with changing retirement ages and pension rules. The Good Retirement Guide offers clear and concise suggestions on a broad range of subjects for UK retirees. The Guide includes information on: Pensions/ Tax / Investment / Starting your own business / Leisure activities / Paid work / Voluntary work / How to avoid being scammed / Health / Holidays / Looking after elderly parents / Wills Revised and updated, the 2017 edition is packed with hundreds of useful suggestions and helpful websites to browse. This is an indispensable book that you will refer to again and again.

Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers

Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers
Author: Andrew Hewson
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2016-04-02
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1844991369

What is it like to plunge into the unknown as one of the pioneers of an emerging technology driven industry? How do you forge the future of an entirely new entertainment medium when there is no precedent to follow? From Uridium and Paradroid to Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies, from the ZX Spectrum to the Commodore Amiga, Andrew Hewson takes us on a journey through his pioneering videogames career, unearthing a rich tapestry of expertise for the next generation of digital leaders and gaming trailblazers. Featuring commentary and analysis from more than twenty retrogaming icons including Steve Turner of Graftgold, Raffaele Cecco, Jon Hare of Sensible Software and the founders of EA DICE, Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers reveals the secrets behind the string of smash-hit titles produced by Andrew's celebrated games companies - Hewson Consultants and 21st Century Entertainment.

Bully Busting & Managing Meanies

Bully Busting & Managing Meanies
Author: Nadine Briggs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2019-08-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9780997280852

Bully Busting & Managing Meanies is the 4th in the series of workbooks authored by social-emotional learning experts, Donna Shea and Nadine Briggs. The co-authors of the How to Make and Keep Friends book series have more than 30 years of combined experience in social coaching children. Donna and Nadine's books teach children to use their simple, actionable, and proven strategies for increased social success. Bullying is a serious and complex problem and touches the lives of nearly all children, some as victims of bullying, some as the bullies, and some as the bystanders who do not know how to help. Bullying is difficult to prevent, and children need support in learning how to protect themselves when mean or bullying situations arise. The workbook offers ways for children to become more bully-proof Using our easy-to-read and interactive guide, kids will learn: The distinct differences between bullying and conflict; How reactions and responses to conflict and meanness matter; Steps on how to build self-confidence and defend themselves; How and when to ask for help from an adu“/li> What to do if they see other kids being mean to someone; and, Our tips on how to get along and make recess more fun. The full-color, beautifully illustrated workbook also includes questions, quizzes, and scenarios for discussion and practice.

The Writer's Devotional

The Writer's Devotional
Author: Amy Peters
Publisher: Union Square + ORM
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2012-03-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 140279097X

A year’s worth of daily writing prompts, exercises, advice and motivation to increase creativity and overcome resistance. Whether you’re writing fiction or nonfiction, screenplays or poetry, or simply trying to keep a more compelling journal or blog, this invaluable volume will get your creative juices flowing. Beautifully designed with a cloth-bound cover and ribbon place marker, it’s filled with 365 inspiring quotations and informative tutorials to help you develop your unique voice. Each day of the week focuses on a different aspect of the writing life, from the business of writing, to the nuts and bolts of editing, to tips and tricks for getting past writer’s block.

How to Handle Bullies, Teasers, and Other Meanies

How to Handle Bullies, Teasers, and Other Meanies
Author: Kate Cohen-Posey
Publisher: Rainbow Books, Incorporated
Total Pages: 98
Release: 1995
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781568250298

Provides information on what makes bullies and teasers tick, how to handle bullies, how to deal with prejudice, and how to defend onesself when being teased or insulted.

Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
Author: Mignon Fogarty
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2008-07-08
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1429977493

Online sensation Grammar Girl makes grammar fun and easy in this New York Times bestseller Are you stumped by split infinitives? Terrified of using "who" when a "whom" is called for? Do you avoid the words "affect" and "effect" altogether? Grammar Girl is here to help! Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar—but she's also determined to make the process as painless as possible. A couple of years ago, she created a weekly podcast to tackle some of the most common mistakes people make while communicating. The podcasts have now been downloaded more than twenty million times, and Mignon has dispensed grammar tips on Oprah and appeared on the pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Written with the wit, warmth, and accessibility that the podcasts are known for, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing covers the grammar rules and word-choice guidelines that can confound even the best writers. From "between vs. among" and "although vs. while" to comma splices and misplaced modifiers, Mignon offers memory tricks and clear explanations that will help readers recall and apply those troublesome grammar rules. Chock-full of tips on style, business writing, and effective e-mailing, Grammar Girl's print debut deserves a spot on every communicator's desk.

Meanie Mouse Versus the Orlando Operators

Meanie Mouse Versus the Orlando Operators
Author: Frederick Malphurs
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2009-12-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595630669

An in-vitro fertilization accident results in the birth of a very special, unique person, our heroine, Melanie Moody. She transforms herself into a beautiful, brilliant, hard working and slightly demented justice-for-all superhero. As she strives to create a better world, she helps those she finds in need and vows to protect the underdog. The setting for this story is Orlando in Central Florida. The world capital of family entertainment, fun, magic, imagination and thrills, Orlando is enjoyed by millions of people who visit every year. But, just out of their sight, hidden behind the subtropical beauty lies another playground where real people work, live, and die. When the cold, dead body of a beautiful Russian migr is found naked in Orlando's finest hospital, the pressures of that alternate reality begin to burst into the carefully fabricated fantasy world that the powers that be and the tourists love. Pro football attracts the attention of our heroine. From the naked dead woman to the professional football field, Melanie leaves no stone unturned as she begins to unravel the clues that point her to the killer. She emerges from the shadows to become Orlando's heroine, Meanie Mouse.

Renie the Meanie

Renie the Meanie
Author: Miss Wally
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2015-07-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1503580202

This illustrated childrens book is a morality play in rhyming verse, intended to teach children the importance of being nice and considerate to each other, or face the consequences. The main character, Renie the Meanie, is a self-centered brat who is the center of her own world and enjoys playing often cruel practical jokes on her playmates. Her loving and caring parents tell her she should be kind to her peers and behave herself, but she ignores them and goes around hurting the feelings of her friends. When her mother and father warn her that Christmas is coming and Santa Claus is watching what she does, she scoffs at them. Then, on Christmas Eve, true to her nature, instead of going to sleep and waiting for Christmas morning to arrive, bad little Renie sneaks downstairs to wait for Santa. To her surprise and shock, it is not Saint Nick who comes down the chimney, but Old Nickthe Devil himselfto give her the life-changing scare she needs in order to mend her ways and change her life for the better.

Superhero School: The Revenge of the Green Meanie

Superhero School: The Revenge of the Green Meanie
Author: Alan MacDonald
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2014-05-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 140882714X

From the bestselling author of Dirty Bertie. Stan Button had always dreamed of becoming a superhero. Then one day a letter arrives inviting him for an interview at the mysterious Mighty High School. To his amazement, Stan is offered a place – starting immediately. His superpower is 'non-conventional', as are those of his two new best friends, but lessons in supervillain-spotting and tight-wearing mean they are soon ready to defeat the evil Green Meanie... who might just be none other than Professor Von Hardbum, a teacher at their school. Each adventure will be heavily illustrated throughout with fantastic art by Nigel Baines, for truly brilliant comic-book style fun.