New Releases by Diane Lindsey Reeves

Finance in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Finance career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.

Marketing, Sales & Service in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Marketing career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.

Government in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Government & Public Administration career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.

Human Services in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Human Services career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.

Education & Training in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Education & Training career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.

STEM in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.

Information Technology in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Information Technology career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.

Health Sciences in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Health Sciences career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.

Architecture & Construction in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Architecture and Construction career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.

Transportation in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.

Find Your Future in Science introduces 8 high-interest science careers via reader-friendly profiles and sidebar features that inspire extended learning, online research, and critical thinking skills. Back matter includes additional learning activities.

Find Your Future in Technology introduces 8 high-interest technology careers via reader-friendly profiles and sidebar features that inspire extended learning, online research, and critical thinking skills. Back matter includes additional learning activities.

Find Your Future in Engineering introduces 8 high-interest engineering careers via reader-friendly profiles and sidebar features that inspire extended learning, online research, and critical thinking skills. Back matter includes additional learning activities.

Follow the money and you''ll find a rich array of valuable financial career options. Many of these make frequent appearances on "best careers" lists due to comfortable work environments, good salaries, and other important factor.

Presents a teenager''s guide to careers in health science, including descriptions and profiles, related information sources and organizations, and career assessment activities.

Want to serve your community? Whether you''re interested in politics or policy, law or science, finance or law enforcement, a career in government or public service may be right for you. From local to federal government employment, this book covers it all. The careers profiled include: Air marshal; Air traffic controller; Budget analyst; City manager; Cryptographer; Ecologist; Firefighter; Meteorologist; Park ranger; Police officer; Politician; and Urban planner.

From providing legal services and security to law enforcement and corrections, law and public safety professionals ensure safety and order in society. Profiling both challenging and rewarding careers, Career Ideas for Teens in Law and Public Safety covers everything teens need to know about available opportunities in this field. The careers profiled include: Administrative law judge; Bailiff; Coroner; Correctional officer; Emergency medical technician; Fire investigator; Forensic pathologist; Immigration officer; Lawyer; Occupational health and safety specialist; Police officer; and Wildland firefighter.

They clean up messes, take out the trash, and make sure water is safe to drink. In short, they do many things that, given the choice, most people would probably rather not do themselves. They bravely tackle tasks that would make some people gag. They are the janitors, wastewater engineers, trash collectors, and other unsung heroes who do the dirty work that keeps the world clean and safe. Gross Jobs explains what these people do and why in the world they do it.

Some people get scared for a living. Scary is blasting off in a spaceship bound for out-of-this-world destinations. Scary is flying into the eye of a hurricane, crossing your fingers, and hoping to come out safely on the other side. Scary is rolling out of a fiery car during a high-speed chase on the set of a movie. Yet these are things that some people do for a living, day in and day out.

Whether it''s cracking super codes or cloning human genes, serving insects for an entrée or leaping through a hoop of fire in the center ring, a wide variety of out-of-the-ordinary careers awaits anyone quirky enough to pursue them.

Provides a behind-the-scenes look at television journalism and the duties, training, and technology involved, and profiles journalists.

Provides information on uncovering one''s traits and abilities, careers in writing, career resources, and people with writing careers.

Profiles fifteen jobs involving animals and nature, including botanist, entomologist, marine biologist, and zoologist, and includes self-assessment tools to help readers recognize compatible careers.

Explores fifteen different career possibilities for people who have artistic interests and aptitudes, including animator, cosmetologist, floral designer, and photojournalist.

Discusses math-related occupations such as actuary, banker, computer consultant, economist, and stockbroker, and describes how to prepare for them.¢

Discusses travel-related occupations such as travel agent, commercial fisher, cruise director, interpreter, and truck driver, and describes how to prepare for them.

Describes occupations in music and dance, including choir director, costume designer, disc jockey, music therapist, and sound engineer, and describes how to prepare for them.

Provides activities to uncover individual traits and abilities, information about careers in science, description of career planning resources, explanations for personal roadmaps, and profiles of individual scientists.