San Antonio College Library

"Nearly everyone agrees that we have made a mess of the constitutional process for selecting Supreme Court Justices, cabinet officers, and other top federal officials. From the bitter battle over the nomination of Robert Bork in 1987 to the Nanny Problem that trapped so many potential public servants in 1993, we have developed a system in which the only way to defeat a nominee is to prove that he or she is "disqualified"--Which means, in practice,...

"Impact Hiring: The Secrets of Hiring a Superstar, by famed executive recruiters Fred Ball and Barbara Ball, shows employers and recruiters all the cards they need to play in this highly competitive hiring markets. You'll learn: how to develop a hiring strategy that will make top job candidates want you as much as you want them; interviewing techniques that get big results and make big impressions; the subtle touches and nuances that build an immediate...

"Few books have had such a sweeping effect on science, politics, and society that they can truly be said to have changed the world. Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is one of those books. The controversies it generated when it was first published in 1859 continue unabated today. Perhaps no other book - and no author - has been so controversial. This new edition of Darwin's masterwork, edited and introduced by award-winning science journalist...

Covers the basics of management, strategies for hiring the best people proven ways to deal with difficult bosses, workers and customers, how to evaluate and reward employees, ways to motivate the people who work for you, time management, effective communication in person and on paper, as well as how to set and achieve goals.

Presents the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the indelible stamp of the evolutionary processes first proposed by Darwin.