books about: acronyms

books about: acronyms

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Acronyms

A Family's Guide to the Military For Dummies (For Dummies (Career/Education))

Sheryl Garrett, Sue Hoppin

For Dummies, 2008

The Military Spouse Coach
This book is a must have for military spouses. I am a career counselor for military spouses and I recommended the book to all my clients. It is just packed with resources on dealing with deployment, navigating your career, and understanding all the resources that are ...

Jablonski's Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations with CD-ROM (Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & ...
Stanley Jablonski

Saunders, 2008

Medical acronyms and abbreviations offer convenience, but can often be confusing and difficult to decode. This handy, portable new 6th edition features thousands of new terms from across all medical specialties. Its alphabetical arrangement makes reference a snap, and expanded coverage of symbols makes more of them easier to find. The included ...

The American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition: A Compilation of Today's Acronyms and ...

Houghton Mifflin, 2007

Newly updated, The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition, presents some 20,000 terms that appear in text messages, chatrooms, Web sites, sports statistics, travel brochures, airports, personal ads, and countless other places in a world where shorthand is the true universal language.

Medical English
Ramón Ribes, Pablo R. Ros

Springer, 2008

This book is an introduction to the vast topic of medical English. It will not only help you to improve your English, but is also an introduction to the world of medical jargon. It is intended to help health care professionals who need English for their work but do not speak the language on a day-to-day basis. It will be valuable for medical ...

Stedman's Medical Abbreviations, Acronyms and Symbols (Stedman's Abbreviations, Acronyms & Symbols)

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007

Great reference book
I have been a medical transcriptionist for more than 40 years - have taught this class in college - and was a hospital supervisor for many years. I just ordered this newest edition and am sure that I will refer to it often as I have the older editions in the past. ...

Txtng: The Gr8 Db8

David Crystal

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

u 2 cn luv txtng
Those who fear text messaging is destroying the English language and marks the end of civilization can now relax. u 2 cn luv txtng. Linguist David Crystal, in his book "txtng: the gr8 db8," explains how text messaging is actually nothing radically new. Texting simply ...

Pilot's Pocket Handbook: Flight Calculations, Weather Decoder, Aviation Acronyms, Charts and Checklists, ...

Art Parma

Flight Time Publishing, 1999

Keep it with you where ever you go!
I use this for more than just flying now. Great Info!

Wan2Tlk?: Ltl Bk of Txt Msgs

St. Martin's Griffin, 2001

Good but could have been better
It is a good book, for beginners though. But it could have been so much funnier; also, there is some information which I think useless, it should be more specific in the sense of using real messages young people (the age group that sends most of the messages ...

Environmental Impact Assessment: A Practical Guide

Betty Marriott

McGraw-Hill Professional, 1997

The best all-in-one handbook for environmental practitioners
This would be excellent for use as a college textbook in engineering, planning, or administrative curricula. As a guide throught the environmental regulations maze, it is an invaluable to consultants and agency personnel alike. The advice and tips related to ...

Stedman's Abbreviations, Acronymns & Symbols (Stedman's Word Book Series)

Williams & Wilkins

Williams & Wilkins, 1999

A must have for any MT!
This reference book is invaluable. It is easy to use and layed out in dictionary form. I found everything I needed to look up. Once again, another outstanding Stedman Word book!

Edspeak: A Glossary of Education Terms, Phases, Buzzwords, Jargon

Diane Ravitch

ASCD, 2007

Necessary educational read
First time all vocabulary necessary for understanding ed speak is in one place. Easy to read and easy to use.

Mosby's Survival Guide to Medical Abbreviations, and Acronyms, Prefixes and Suffixes, Symbols, Greek Alphabet
Joe Bill Campbell, June Mundy Campbell

Mosby, 1995

This handy guide identifies the most common meanings of thousands of abbreviations and other language shortcuts used in health care settings. It presents multiple meanings of different abbreviations and acronyms and includes concise useful descriptions of each entry.

Dictionary Of The Modern United States Military: Over 15,000 Weapons, Agencies, Acronyms, Slang, ...

S.F. Tomajczyk

McFarland, 2008

Most comprehensive book on this subject I've seen.
Excellent reference for all libraries

Cardiology Acronyms & Abbreviations
Stanley Jablonski, Springhouse, ...

Hanley & Belfus, 2001

(Hanley & Belfus) Spinoff from the Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations, 4th ed., c2001. Pocket-sized text focuses entirely on cardiology terminology. Softcover. DNLM: Cardiology--Abbreviations.

Developing Serious Games (Game Development Series)

Bryan Bergeron

Charles River Media, 2006

Military, academic, medical, training and more games!
Bergeron's DEVELOPING SERIOUS GAMES provides game developers with a practical manual exploring serious games: military, academic, medical and training games, to be specific. With the wealth of titles focusing on pleasure games, it's good to see a developer's guide ...