Easy-to-read and practical, this text uses a survey approach and numerous examples to illustrate interviewing skills and techniques. Using his years of experience as an instructor at the FBI Academy, the author dispels some of the mystery surrounding the interview process by sharing techniques and ideas that have been used successfully. The author has years of experience as an FBI academy instructor.

Easy-to-read and practical, this text uses a survey approach and numerous examples to illustrate interviewing skills and techniques. Using his years of experience as an instructor at the FBI Academy, the author dispels some of the mystery surrounding the interview process by sharing techniques and ideas that have been used successfully.

The author has years of experience as an FBI academy instructor.
Practical tips and examples throughout.

"My Times: A Memoir of Dissent" is a critical look at "The New York Times" from the inside. John Hess worked at the paper for twenty-four years as an editor, rewrite man, foreign correspondent, investigative reporter, and food critic, from the "Fin-Biz" section to the doomed Paris -edition, to the Middle East and back. In his tenure, Hess rubbed shoulders and butted heads with some of the notable figures of journalism from the last fifty years: Cyrus Sulzberger and his cousin Punch, A.M. Rosenthal, Seymour Hersh, David Halberstam, Scotty Reston, Max Frankel, Anthony Lewis, Hodding Carter, and many others. But this isn't a lives of the saints; reporters, to Hess's observation, mostly churned out unambitious, unquestioning copy. And when they didn't, editors would "fix" it. Hess's damning conclusion:

""The Times "was never 'the greatest newspaper in the world, ' nor even very good except, like the vicar's egg, in spots. . . . "The Times" succeeded because advertisers valued its readership and because readers respected its explicit commitment to integrity and its implicit role as the voice of the establishment."

Hess argues that the paper deliberately fudged its coverage of Vietnam at a crucial turn. He revisits the close association of the Sulzberger publishing family with the world leaders the newspaper purported to cover objectively. Later Hess shows that the "Times "was far better acquainted with the jet-set than with its neglected backyard; few at the paper in the 1970s seemed able to pick out the Bronx on a map.

"My Times" is not without warmth for the Good Gray Lady. And Hess notes that working for "the most influential paper in the world" gave him a platform to pursuevarious campaigns for justice, a few of which he recaps here.

John Hess is a veteran newspaperman and the author of "Vanishing France" and "The Case for De Gaulle." Following his "retirement" Hess freelanced for "The Nation" and "Grand Street," and continues his role as media watchdog with a daily spot on WBAI's Pacifica, New York public radio.

In Deutschland kommt etwa jedes 100. Neugeborene mit einem Herzfehler zur Welt. Die Prognose angeborener Herzfehler verbessert sich durch neue Technologien in Diagnostik und Therapie.

Die Schwerpunkte des Buches sind - Einteilung und Systematik der Herzfehler - Klinische Untersuchung, incl. fetale Echokardiographie - alle Therapieverfahren - Erstversorgung kritischer kranker Neugeborener - Betreuung herzoperierter Kinder und Jugendlicher - Schwangerschaft bei angeborenen Herzfehlern.

Die Autoren legen besonderen Wert auf eine gut verstandliche Darstellung der komplexen Themenbereiche von Diagnose, konservativer, interventioneller sowie innovativer Techniken.

Das Werk stellt eine strukturierte Darstellung fur Kardiologen, Internisten und Padiater bei der Betreuung von Kindern und jugendlicher Erwachsener dar."

God speaks through our circumstances. The Daily Directions use common experiences to relate how Christ works in our lives. You will laugh and smile as you remember fond memories of your own life experiences and relate them to spiritual truths. The collection of devotions shows how God uses ordinary people to reach people that do not know Him. Pam, David, and John hope that readers will be refreshed and encouraged to know that we don't always get it right. We fall down more times than we care to admit. Thank goodness for grace that picks us up, dusts us off, and sets us back on the path again! Most of all, Pam, David, and John pray that something you read in these pages will point you to the Christ that loves you. Pam Gilmore, John Hess, and David Lynn use personal experiences to share how the Lord has worked in what they see and hear in their daily lives. Their unique writing and speaking talents make fundamental biblical principles relevant to everyone. Pam currently works with Founders Federal Credit Union as vice president of EFT/Card Services. Through her unique writing style, she weaves biblical principles into humorous stories of her business travel, as well as sharing heart-warming stories of family life. John is a partner and financial advisor at Mungo Nichols and Hess Accounting Firm. John offers a real-world perspective on how God uses him through his work. David is a senior corporate manager at the Fluor Corporation. He uses family and work parables to express how God intersects in our lives.

God speaks through our circumstances. The Daily Directions use common experiences to relate how Christ works in our lives. You will laugh and smile as you remember fond memories of your own life experiences and relate them to spiritual truths. The collection of devotions shows how God uses ordinary people to reach people that do not know Him. Pam, David, and John hope that readers will be refreshed and encouraged to know that we don't always get it right. We fall down more times than we care to admit. Thank goodness for grace that picks us up, dusts us off, and sets us back on the path again! Most of all, Pam, David, and John pray that something you read in these pages will point you to the Christ that loves you. Pam Gilmore, John Hess, and David Lynn use personal experiences to share how the Lord has worked in what they see and hear in their daily lives. Their unique writing and speaking talents make fundamental biblical principles relevant to everyone. Pam currently works with Founders Federal Credit Union as vice president of EFT/Card Services. Through her unique writing style, she weaves biblical principles into humorous stories of her business travel, as well as sharing heart-warming stories of family life. John is a partner and financial advisor at Mungo Nichols and Hess Accounting Firm. John offers a real-world perspective on how God uses him through his work. David is a senior corporate manager at the Fluor Corporation. He uses family and work parables to express how God intersects in our lives.

Charles Darwin arrived at the Galapagos Islands some three centuries after their discovery. Thousands of seafarers had been there before him, but in these islands Darwin found something more enduring than fresh water and tortoise meat. He found nourishment for an idea--an idea so powerful that its implications revised the place of humans in the universe and enriched every facet of science. Darwin tested and refined his idea for decades before he was persuaded to go public in 1859 by publishing "The Origin of Species." Today this remote archipelago is the destination of vast numbers of visitors who hope to see what Darwin saw and to experience the aura of this extraordinary place. The Galapagos ecosystem, a tapestry of living things, is probably the best preserved of any in the world. Like all ecosystems, it is made of many components that are interwoven and interdependent; Darwin's idea explains how such tapestries are organized as well as how they are created. Now, in spectacular pictures and insightful prose, "The Galapagos: Exploring Darwin's Tapestry" opens the Galapagos experience to general readers. With an extensive background in ornithology and evolutionary ecology, a lifetime of experience as a naturalist and a photographer, and a deep respect for his subjects, John Hess has produced a celebration of these "Enchanted Islands." After describing the islands' origins and the complex of physical forces that make the Galapagos so remarkable, Hess turns his attention to the most prominent habitats on the islands and to the plants and animals found there. He then focuses on the animals most encountered by visitors, animals that Hess presents as Galapagos royalty: the flightless cormorant, the marine iguana, the Galapagos tortoise, and others. A photo essay for each of these species provides the reader with an intimate look at their physical and behavioral adaptations, and the accompanying text offers insight into their lives, showing that each of them is a unique and priceless evolutionary achievement. The photographs are amazingly intimate, offering close-up views that bring readers into virtual contact with the animals and illustrating their behavior and apparent quirks: an albatross that takes its egg for a stroll, a seabird that can't swim or land in the water, and a gull that has learned to fish for squid in the dark. For Hess, the Galapagos are more than a tourist attraction, more than a shrine to science--they are a place of breathless awe. His book invites readers to share his affection for the islands and his appreciation of the exquisite beauty of Darwin's tapestry.