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These days more and more employers are using "competency-based" job interview questions to try to ensure that new hires' experience and abilities match the demands of the positions they're filling. Designed to elicit real-life career events demonstrating your knowledge, judgment, and skills, this...

Perhaps we saw the 1950's movie with Kirk Douglas, or maybe we had the snot scared out of us on the Disney World ride as kids-regardless, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is indelibly etched into the collective memory. The original by Jules Verne was published in 1869 when submarines where in their i...

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea is a classic adventure story by the author known as the "Father of Science Fiction. " Professor Aronnax, his faithful servant Conseil and the Canadian harpooner, Ned Land set out on a hazardous voyage to rid the seas of the seas of a little-known and terrifyi...

In this Classics Illustrated version of this pioneering, nineteenth-century science fiction novel, the brilliant but strange Captain Nemo has designed a gigantic submarine, which he now captains. With his crew, he uses his submarine, the Nautilus, as a weapon of vengeance against the civilization...

A year 2000 computer glitch got her $1 million and a cowboy--and the wildest adventure of her life . . . P.R. whiz Tess O'Mara is burned out. She's looking for a change. Something wild and crazy. The year 2000 has arrived. And that's when the trouble begins. A computer glitch has deposited one m...

Studies show that young girls often develop faster than their male counterparts, grasping concepts such as math and sports just as easily — until they reach early adolescence. Then, girls quickly fall behind boys, victims to society's confusing dictates of what being female means. According to pa...

200 Soups is chock full of tasty recipes using beans and lentils, fresh and frozen vegetables, beef, chicken, pork, fish, potatoes, tomatoes, and anything else you can find in the pantry. From simple Asian broth-based soups to creamy soups of pureed vegetables and hearty stews and chowders, home ...

Sharks are one of nature's fiercest predators. Sharks also don't have any bones, and they can lose up to 30,000 teeth in a lifetime. Sharks have to keep swimming all the time in order to keep breathing. Inside this book, readers will discover these and many more fun sharks facts. Amazing photogra...

Crocodiles are the strongest and most dangerous reptiles on the planet. They're also the smartest. They can remember what time animals come to the water to drink every day. Being both big and smart helps crocodiles rule their habitat. These are just a few of the fun facts about crocodiles readers...

Imagine a killer who thinks. "What is the worst thing anyone has ever done?"—and then goes far beyond it! Four women who come to call themselves the Women's Murder Club—a police detective, an assistant D.A., a reporter, and a medical examiner—have the mettle to follow the leads to an impossibly h...