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Discovering the Leader in You: A Guide to Realizing Your Personal Leadership Potential
Robert J. Lee , and Sara N. King Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0787909513 |
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This book is based on a simple point: leadership roles should be filled by people who deliberately decide that they want to be in them. To that end, Discovering the Leader in You offers a unique system of self-discovery that clearly shows how you can attain the leadership position you want. Robert J. Lee and Sara N. King, who developed this approach from their experience at the widely renowned Center for Creative Leadership, help potential leaders examine development paths in the context of who they are as individuals. They show how you can connect your inner self to the demands of leadership by using a set of questions that will help you take your career in new directions. You'll gain deep insight into what leadership means to you personally as you retain more control over your career choices and, subsequently, achieve more personal success.
A Center for Creative Leadership Book
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Discovering the Leader in You A Guide to Realizing Your Personal Leadership Potential
Robert J. Lee Manufacturer: NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N7EJDE |
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ARCH Models and Financial Applications (Springer Series in Statistics)
Christian Gourieroux Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0387948767 |
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The classical ARMA models have limitations when applied to the field of financial and monetary economics. Financial time series present nonlinear dynamic characteristics and the ARCH models offer a more adaptive framework for this type of problem. This book surveys the recent work in this area from the perspective of statistical theory, financial models, and applications and will be of interest to theorists and practitioners. From the view point of statistical theory, ARCH models may be considered as specific nonlinear time series models which allow for an exhaustive study of the underlying dynamics. It is possible to reexamine a number of classical questions such as the random walk hypothesis, prediction interval building, presence of latent variables etc., and to test the validity of the previously studied results. There are two main categories of potential applications. One is testing several economic or financial theories concerning the stocks, bonds, and currencies markets, or studying the links between the short and long run. The second is related to the interventions of the banks on the markets, such as choice of optimal portfolios, hedging portfolios, values at risk, and the size and times of block trading.Customer Reviews:
Academic and dated.......2002-04-30
primer on ARCH models.......2002-04-25
A great manual, but pretty hard.......2001-04-20
It is a Fantastic booK.......2000-05-07
It is realy fantastic book....
It is a Fantastic booK.......2000-05-07
It is realy fantastic book....
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Youth Involvement In The Child Welfare And Juvenile Justice Systems: A Case Of Double Jeopardy?
Leslee Morris , and Madelyn Freundlich Manufacturer: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1587600250 |
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Manual of Yogurt Making Technology
A. Tamime Manufacturer: NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N6C4JG |
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Signal Transduction-Single Cell Techniques (Springer Lab Manual)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Spiral-bound ASIN: 3540625631 |
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A variety of powerful techniques for monitoring and analysing events during signal transduction at the single cell level are described in this lab manual. An introductionary section on cell handling includes guidelines for constructing a perfusion chamber. A main section of the book presents protocols on fluorescence techniques such as flow cytometry, microfluorescence, ion imaging and confocal microscopy. The electrophysiological section illustrates multiple applications of the patch-clamp technique in various cell types from both animals and plants. Emphasis is put on calibration and validation of the different techniques to measure changes of membrane potential, and intracellular ion concentration or pH.
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High-Resolution NMR Techniques in Organic Chemistry (Tetrahedron Organic Chemistry)
T.D.W. Claridge Manufacturer: Elsevier Science ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0080427987 |
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Paperback. From the initial observation of proton magnetic resonance in water and in paraffin, the discipline of nuclear magnetic resonance has seen unparalleled growth as an analytical method. Modern NMR spectroscopy is a highly developed, yet still evolving, subject which finds application in chemistry, biology, medicine, materials science and geology. In this book, emphasis is on the more recently developed methods of solution-state NMR applicable to chemical research, which are chosen for their wide applicability and robustness. These have, in many cases, already become established techniques in NMR laboratories, in both academic and industrial establishments. A considerable amount of information and guidance is given on the implementation and execution of the techniques described in this book.Customer Reviews:
Quality book, but can't compete with the original.......2003-03-16
successor to classic.......2000-11-14
For those who want to get some insights on the NMR experiment, it would be a great help. This seems to target organic chemists who use NMR everyday and eager to know what is going on inside, but even serious NMR research may want to see this book. This book includes more recent technique and discussion on the solution NMR, and also some of bried overview on the solid state NMR. Easy to follow explanation, more intuitive and pictorial description would be very helpful to the chemistry student and researchers.
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High-Resolution NMR Techniques in Organic Chemistry
T. Claridge Timothy D. W. Claridge Manufacturer: Elsevier Science ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OGQE50 |
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High-Resolution Nmr Techniques in Organic Chemistry
Timothy D. W. Claridge Manufacturer: Pergamon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OGSHPA |
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Principles and Applications of Ferroelectrics and Related Materials (Oxford Classic Text in the Physical Sciences)
M. E. Lines , and A. M. Glass Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 019850778X |
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The book develops the modern theory of ferroelectricity in terms of soft modes and lattice dynamics and also describes modern techniques of measurement, including X-ray, optic, and neutron scattering, infra-red absorption, and magnetic resonance. It includes a discussion of the related phenomena of antiferroelectricity, pyroelectricity, and ferroelasticity and seconds on domains, thin films, ceramics, and polymers, leading on to a comprehensive survey of potential and actual device capabilities for pyroelectric detection, memories, display, and modulation. It should provide an authoritative account for those engaged in research or graduate ferroelectric or pyroelectric devices.Customer Reviews:
bible of ferroelectricis.......2001-05-23
The most comprehensive book on the physics of ferroelectrics.......1999-02-16
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The Pomps of Satan
Edgar SALTUS Manufacturer: see notes for publisher info ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000MXSNTU |
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Pomps of Satan
Edgar Saltus Manufacturer: Ams Pr Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0404055370 |
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Pomps of Satan
Edgar Saltus Manufacturer: MITCHELL KENNERLEY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000U095CE |
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The Cyropaedia: Xenophon's Aims & Methods
Bodil Due Manufacturer: Aarhus Universitetsforlag ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 8772882468 |
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The Viking Discovery of America: The Excavation of a Norse Settlement in L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland
Helge Ingstad , and Anne Stine Ingstad Manufacturer: Checkmark Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0816047162 |
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From 1961 to 1968, Helge Ingstad and his wife Anne Stine Ingstad, both archaeologists and acclaimed Viking scholars, conducted seven expeditions at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. The results of their excavations solved one of the world's greatest mysteries: the location of Vinland and the first European settlement in North America.The Viking Discovery of America combines a first-hand account of the Ingstads' groundbreaking discovery with a compelling history of Viking explorations. This beautifully illustrated volume describes how the authors worked from old Viking sagas, existing research, and their own hypotheses to piece together the story of a group of Vikings, who, faced with crowded conditions in their settlements in Greenland, decided to expand their horizons, eventually discovering a new territory. Readers will also discover fascinating information about navigation techniques, well-known and obscure Viking explorers, their journeys, and the eventual evacuation of their settlement. Full-color maps and photographs from the expeditions help to bring the text alive.
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Amazing what a gifted amateur can acomplish!.......2007-03-13
Discovering THE Norse site yet found in America.......2006-07-24
For those truly interested in the subject.......2002-10-18
There is certainly a good deal of history and scholarship shown here, and for those such as myself who have an interest in the subject but lay no claim to expertise, much to be gained.
But I couldn't shake the feeling that some academic scores were being settled. Helge Ingstad, who wrote most of the first parts of the book (with his wife, Anne Stine Ingstad, doing the part about the actual L'Anse aux Meadows dig), spends too much time deriding viewpoints alternate to his own. Since it was his line of reasoning that lead to the discovery of the L'Anse aux Meadows site, it seems that focusing on his own arguments should have been enough.
Apparently, though, it wasn't. A major part of the book consists of summaries and analyses of two sagas telling different stories of the Vikings in Greenland and their exploration of North America. One, Erik's Saga, is a ripping good yarn that apparently had been the version favored by scholars. Ingstad makes a convincing argument that the other, The Groenlendinga Saga, is more historically reliable. But he does it at such length (about 1/3 the book) and in such language that the argument comes across as personal as much as academic, as a means of taking pokes at those on the other side of the issue. For example, The Groenlendinga Saga is a "plain, straightforward narrative" of "generally authentic nature," while Erik's Saga is by turns "improbable," "fiction" influenced by fables, "cannot be correct," "more than a little suspect," "incredible," and so on and so on.
The description of the actual dig had a different problem: It was too much "we found this and then under this thick a layer we found this and then we found...." I truly wished for a greater context, more explanation of why a find was significant beyond the fact of proving Viking habitation. A number of times she refers to the depth of a strata though which they dug to find something. Was that significant? How? Why? What does it mean?
The thing is, the book appears to be intended for a general (non-expert) audience. But at times I felt I had either walked into the middle of a scholarly debate or was reading a simplified field report. The result is, it's neither fish nor fowl, which is why I wanted to give it 2.5 stars.
Oh, one final complaint: The quality of photographic reproduction in the book is by and large awful. It gives every indication of being taken from computer printouts of digital photographs, with all the attendant loss of fine detail.
I'd say if you're really interested in the subject, give it a whirl. If your interest is more casual, skip it.
A "must" for Viking history buffs.......2001-03-19
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Manufacturer: Checkmark Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0965263061 |
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Apollo 17: The NASA Mission Reports Vol 1: Apogee Books Space Series 29 (Apogee Books Space Series)
Manufacturer: Collector's Guide Publishing Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1896522599 |
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Apollo 17 - Last Moon Landing of the 20th Century.......2006-08-11
The legacy continues.......2003-07-19
A bit of a Disappointment.......2002-12-12
With the publication of this book, Robert Godwin and Apogee Books have provided at least one volume of reproduced NASA material covering all of the manned Apollo missions. As is obvious from the title, this latest offering, examines Apollo 17, the final mission to the moon. Apollo 17 was the last of the three long duration (3 days) missions and again featured the lunar rover, which greatly extended the area that the two astronauts could explore. In addition, this mission included the only non-pilot, scientist astronaut, a geologist in this case, to explore the moon. The mission was commanded by veteran astronaut, Gene Cernan who was making his third trip into space, geologist and rookie Harrison "Jack" Schmidt accompanied Cernan to the lunar surface as the Lunar Module pilot and Ron Evans was the Command Module pilot.
Like many of the other volumes in this NASA Mission Report series, the book opens with the usual NASA mission press kit. It is easy to tell that the author and his staff spent some time searching for some very clean originals, since compared to their earlier efforts, such as Apollo 8, the scanned in drawings are almost perfect. Since this mission was the last lunar landing mission, it seems that NASA produced a much larger and more detailed press kit compared to its earlier Apollo mission press kits. In addition to the customary background information, the press kit focuses on the scientific aspects of the mission including some nice information on the often overlooked orbital photography observations and in flight experiments. The next section contains the Prelaunch Mission Operation Report, which presents a basic overview of the planned activities of the mission, including the EVA timelines. It is interesting to note that the format of these timelines is still used today to plan EVAs for the space station assembly. The next section presents the Post-Launch Mission Operation Report that provides a summary of the accomplished mission objectives and describes any Mission problems and deviations from these planned activities.
The final section, the crew debrief section, covers about 40% of the book, and is 95 pages long. This section contains the crew's comments and feelings about various phases of the mission from liftoff, to landing and even post flight activities. This crew debriefing is fairly technical and uses a lot of undefined NASA acronyms, which makes the reading a bit difficult, even for this NASA contractor employee. Very few pages in this section are devoted to the EVAs (8 pages) and orbital observations (4 pages) and all three astronauts go into great detail describing all aspects of their respective duties. I found it quite odd, that with all the emphasis on the lunar exploration being conducted by an onsite geologist, that there would be such a small discussion about the EVAs and the geological investigations. Reviewing the crew debriefing shows that Cernan and to some degree Evans dominated the conversations, while Schmidt only talked about specific areas like training. All in all; however, an interesting section.
As typical of all the books in the Mission Reports series, the book contains a CD that includes additional material. It is here that I felt the book let the reader (or viewer is this case) down. Unlike the other books in the series, the CD does not contain any of the still photographs. Instead it only contains complete video camera footage from the three EVAs and twenty-two panoramic views. I would have preferred the still photos in lieu the video transmissions.
Some general information that might be useful.
1) These reports are just scanned-in documents from previously released NASA press kits, etc., In order to preserve the spirit of the original reports, all typographical and grammatical errors have NOT been fixed.
2) Proceeds from the book goes to "The Watch" an asteroid impact research project of the Space Frontier Foundation. In other words, Apogee Books is making very little off the sale of US government produced books and documents.
3) Many people have asked why the post mission reports are not included. Since NASA has published several books with hundred of pages each (The NASA SP series), it would be difficult to included this voluminous amount of data.
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Kenai Catastrophe
Michael T. Barbour Manufacturer: Rebel Publishing (SD) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0970559321 |
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In the wilderness of Alaska, the rich and abundant salmon runs are being damaged at an alarming rate. Excess sedimentation to the streams of the Kenai Peninsula threatens not only the salmon's continued existence, but also the multitude of people whose economy is dependent upon the annual salmon spawning runs up the tributaries of the Kenai River. The Phoenix Environmental Research Institute (PERI) sends one of its best aquatic biologists, Dr. Chad Gunnings, to investigate this wild corner of North America. When Chad and his associates are attacked at the Anchorage airport by members of the Warrior Society, a native para-military organization, they know that something very secretive is behind the problems in the Kenai. Their adventures take Chad and his colleagues to the site of the Kenai Catastrophe, the site of a 100-year old massacre of an Indian village. What does this catastrophic event have to do with the present-day environmental problems in the Kenai?Customer Reviews:
Disappointment.......2004-03-25
What a disappointment! If there was ever a book desperately in need of a good editor, it is this one. I can only assume that this book must be of the "self-published" variety. By the end of the second page, I had an overwhelming urge to whip out my red pen so I could correct the grammar and restructure sentences. I do a lot of writing and editing in my job, so perhaps I'm more sensitive to these things, but after 4 chapters I couldn't take it anymore and I put the book in my "donate to the library" pile.
Obviously, because this book has received some 5 star reviews, some people aren't bothered by the technical shortcomings of this publication. But, if bad grammar drives you nuts, stay away from this book.
Excellent Book.......2002-12-11
Fantastic Story.......2002-12-05
Fantastic Story.......2002-12-05
After reading Kenai Catastrophe, my next vacation will be in Alaska.
Wonderful!!!...
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