Compensation experts Paula M. Singer and Laura L. Francisco update the groundbreaking 2002 book with new analysis of emerging workforce trends in "Developing a Compensation Plan for Your Library, Second Edition". In this edition, Singer and Francisco tackle the new challenges facing administrators and human resources planners such as retirement of the Baby Boomers, determining the compensation value of an MLS, and how to retain your organization's high-performing employees. Included within this user-friendly text, are the updated versions of the numerous checklists, worksheets, and salary surveys that made the first edition such a reliable resource.
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Into the Firestorm
“I believe I can just see you on the streets of that bright city.” Gran’s gone now, but her words live on with Nicholas Dray, almost twelve, as he makes his way from the hot cotton fields to that Queen of Cities: San Francisco. Nick’s on his own for the first time, with nowhere to turn. Then he meets jaunty, talkative Pat Patterson, owner of the most beautiful store–and the friendliest golden dog–in all the city. And for the first time in months, Nick feels safe. Safe in San Francisco.
The 50 Greatest Photo Opportunities in San Francisco
You'll learn where to find the most interesting views, when to shoot them, and how to recreate the images you see in these pages. All the research, location scouting, and planning have been done for you so you can spend your time in San Francisco taking stunning photographs. Equal parts photo essay and how-to, "The 50 Greatest Photo Opportunities in San Francisco" is meant to complement your traditional city guidebook and show you how to capture the memories of your trip with professional-quality images.
Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club.
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1st to Die is the first book in the Women's Murder Club series, written by James Patterson. The series is about four friends who pool their skills together to crack San Francisco's toughest murder cases. The women each have different jobs: Lindsay Boxer, a homicide inspector for the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn, a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt, an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas, a reporter who just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle.
