The Ilparakuyo livestock keepers of Bagamoyo: Persistent fighters but ultimate losers (Working papers in African studies)

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The Ilparakuyo livestock keepers of Bagamoyo: Persistent fighters but ultimate losers (Working papers in African studies)
D. K Ndagala
Manufacturer: African Studies Programme, Dept. of Cultural Anthropology, University of Uppsala
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007BES5K

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Incredibly funny and truly enlighting. Highly recommended.

Outstanding!

Especially funny because its true

Working For A Loser!!!!
Claude Carter
Manufacturer: Alotta.Edu
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0966262441

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Brace yourself for the funniest, zaniest and most shocking tales of Bosses behaving badly as told by the workers who deal with them. This hilarious collection of 'crazy quotes and insane anecdotes' takes you on a wild ride of insensitivity, incompetence, sexual antics and out-of-control egos. These short stories and one-liners showcase the most scandalous office behavior and the ridiculous mishaps that face today's workers.

It's funny, it's shocking and it's unbelievable!!!

It's real-life stories from real-life workers.

It's bosses gone mad with power, politics and perversion.

It's 200 pages of side-splitting fun in 14 comedy-packed chapters.

It's the 'Best of the Best' submissions to www.myboss.com the world's funniest web site for real-life office humor. Laugh for hours at what workers from Boston to Bombay say about bad Bosses.

Get a laugh before your Boss gets you. Enjoy Working For A Loser!!!!

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Incredibly funny and truly enlighting. Highly recommended........1998-11-08

I really, really loved this book. It's one of the few times that I can recall having laughed out loud at a book. I am a boss now. I am an entrepreneur and I run my own company. I think the main reason that I am a boss today is that I used to work for folks like some of the clowns that are described so clearly in this book. So I guess I have to thank all these bad bosses for helping me get to where I am today.

One thing that I found about the book that was useful to me was that it contains a lot of valuable workplace humor. As a small business man I am also my company's chief salesperson. Humor is a great ice breaker at sales presentations. And I found that this book contained a great wealth of material that could be used in that fashion.

It also helps me within my own office. I once heard that you can learn from anyone, even a fool--if only how not to be one. In that sense this book was a great learning experience. It helps you to think about how others view your actions and reminds you to always think about the position of the people that work for you.

But obviously I don't just think Working for a Loser is only a book for bosses. It's a great book for anyone who participates in the American workplace. I found the stories wonderful, funny and at times profoundly insightful. But more than anything its funny. There is nothing like laughter and this book produces plenty of it. I strongly encourage you to read it. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Hats off to Claude Carter. He has really produced a winner.

Outstanding!.......1998-10-30

What a hoot! Anyone who has worked for a loser before can relate to this. The book makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time!!!

Especially funny because its true.......1998-10-22

Claude Carter's book is really funny. The fact that these are true stories makes it even more humorous. I laughed out loud many times and found myself reading passages to friends and co-workers using an introduction of "Do you believe this?", all the time.

The fact that I am a manager to some also made it valuable as a how no to guide to leadership. This is a unique, funny, and different book that was a fast read. I recommend it highly.

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The after-tax impact of the savings and loan bailout: An estimate of winners and losers by state (Working paper)
Edward W Hill
Manufacturer: Cleveland State University, College of Urban Affairs, Economic Development Program
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Banks & Banking | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B00071SFGI

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Can Japan disengage?: Winners and losers in Japan's political economy, and the ties that bind them (Working paper)
Steven Kent Vogel
Manufacturer: Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy, University of California, Berkeley
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006QW0UQ

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Determinants of rural growth: Winners and losers in the 1980s (Research working paper / Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Tim R Smith
Manufacturer: Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Rural Planning | Urban Planning & Development | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0006OZD9S

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The English experience with the English rule: How "loser pays" works, what difference it makes, and what might happen here (Working paper / Disputes Processing Research Program)
Herbert M Kritzer
Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006OUFUK

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Entry and asymmetric lobbying: Why governments pick losers (NBER working paper series)
Richard E Baldwin
Manufacturer: National Bureau of Economic Research
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Economic Policy & Development | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0006RV12I

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Frustrated achievers: Winners, losers, and subjective well being in new market economies (Working paper)
Carol Graham
Manufacturer: Center on Social and Economic Dynamics
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Statistics | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0006RKHIW

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Global trade and food safety: Winners and losers in a fragmented system (Policy research working paper)
John S Wilson
Manufacturer: World Bank, Development Research Group, Trade
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006E98G2

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Global warming and regional environmental change: Winners and losers in Africa (Working papers in African studies)
Michael H Glantz
Manufacturer: African Studies Center, Boston University
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006OXSPY

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Project Flexibility, Agency, and Competition exemplifies how the development and application of the real options paradigm has revolutionized project evaluation and corporate strategy. The first part of the book focuses on the valuation and the exercise of corporate real options, examining situations in which future project cash flows are (at least partially) controllable by management. Part II deals with agency issues, contracts, and incentives, concentrating on agency problems that arise in a dynamic setting when cash flows are controllable and decision makers have private information. Part III deals with the determination of optimal policies and the valuation of flexibility in natural resource investments. The final part of the book looks at strategic options and product market competition, particularly at reactions of outside parties where strategic interactions between agents are important. These reactions naturally lead to game-theoretic or industry equilibrium valuation models. Project Flexibility, Agency, and Competition is well-suited for corporate executives and students of finance, economics, and engineering management that focus on issues in budgeting or financial theory, and for courses in finance, strategy, and management that deal with options and strategy.

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Good book, learnt a lot........2001-07-09

Actually, I'd give it 3.5 stars. Excellent exposition and developement of material. However, there are quite a few typo's that would throw the reader with less math off the trail (and possibly some with good math). Good coverage of different types of cases, underlying math, real world appications and properties of solutions. Personally, I would have preferred all the rigorous material (including math proofs) in the one book rather than making statements and referring to seminal real options papers very often. Some credit is due here, however, as there are some proofs in appendices at the end of each chapter - I think these could have gone into a little more detail and depth - (I say this only because there isn't the vast library of books on this subject that exists for more mature disciplines - guess I was looking for a more comprehensive reference.) I have read Trigeorgis' other books so this was not an introduction. Liked the book, learnt a lot and am applying it to real life projects, however had to learn a fair bit on my own too.

Cutting edge but very challenging mathematically.......2000-07-02

This book gives you the latest update on what's going on in real options theory. Brilliant throughout, but its really too hard mathematically to be of much value for someone who's not a math-person. I found the chapter on the Antamina mine to be immensely interesting. It was originally used as a case study on options theory at Harvard and shows you how these academics went about valuing a peruvian mine. It's a very valuable chapter because it is focused on the practical side of real options theory. The chapter on "Rules of thumb for capital budgeting" didn't make much sense at all to me. The rest of the chapters are no easy read, but if you feel up to it mathematically, you're going to find this a very interesting book. If your not that much into mathematics, I think it's going to leave you rather frustrated. This book cannot have been meant as a guide for practitioners, it's more of a field day for academics, that's my impression at least.

The book of the year 2000 on real options !.......2000-04-22

OK, I admit the year has not ended yet, but that doesn't mean you mus not read this: now! This book is co-edited by Trigeorgis, one of the most proeminent author in the area. It deals with all the new developements on real options. It's objective is to give the researcher or student a key to enter the world of real options. Contributions are worldwide, mainly by people with a strong mathematical background. This makes it sometime difficult to understand for more management focused readers. However the book by the quality of the writting and the new ideas it brings, keeps you awake like a thriller. To be own by any person who want's to know about the future (nearly present) of corporate finance.

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This anthology introduces students to the major areas of Anglo-American law and to the philosophical attempts to grapple with the theoretical underpinnings of each of these areas from a wide variety of perspectives. In addition, it emphasizes the relatively new voices in the debates: feminists, critical theorists, postmodernists, critical race theorists, and Native Americans.

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Symposium 10: Proceeding of the 1988 Fisheries Bioengineering Symposium, held at Portland, OR. This book presents 65 papers based on the interface of biology and engineering. Most of the symposium was devoted to solutions in two divergent topics: habitat improvement and restoration, and mitigation via hatcheries, which define the main alternatives available for correcting fishery losses in developed river and which are the professional concerns of bioengineering. New approaches to habitat rehabilitation, fish passage design, and hatchery function are covered. This book is intended for salmonid fishery managers and hatchery managers.

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Understanding the molecular basis of bacterial invasion and of host cell adaptation to intracellular bacteria will provide fundamental insights into the pathophysiology of bacteria and the cell biology of the host. This book details specific examples of bacteria that are masters of manipulation of eukaryotic cell signaling and relates these events to the broader context of host-pathogen interaction. Written by experts in the field, it will be of interest to researchers and graduate students in microbiology, immunology, and biochemistry, as well as in molecular medicine and dentistry.

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Complex and readable.......2005-06-22

I found Bacterial Invasion to be a thorough treatment of the subject presented in a very readable manner. A great book for the non-specialist. Concisely edited.

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Bacterial Invasiveness

Manufacturer: Springer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Inflammation and bacterial invasiveness
Valy Menkin
Manufacturer: s.n
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0008BMKYK

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From the first great experimental scientist: the classic text, first published in Latin in 1600, summarizing all then known about magnetism and electricity, offering invaluable insights into the origins of modern science. Topics include phenomena of magnetism, variation in the compass, and concept of Earth as a giant magnet.

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De Magnete
William Gilbert
Manufacturer: Dover Publications, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HNQXVK

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De Magnete
William Gilbert
Manufacturer: Dover publications
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IOLR4Q

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THE DE MAGNETE OF WILLIAM GILBERT
Duane H. D. ROLLER
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000L6NFI2

De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et De Magno Magnete Tellure

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De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et De Magno Magnete Tellure
William Gilbert , and Guilielmi Gilberti
Manufacturer: Bruxelles: Culture et Civilisation
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: B000KLT064

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De magnete.
William Gilbert
Manufacturer: DOVER PUBLICATIONS +
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VWFI3Q

Die heilende Kraft der Magnete. Schmerzen lindern, Krankheiten behandeln.

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Die heilende Kraft der Magnete. Schmerzen lindern, Krankheiten behandeln.
Peter Rose
Manufacturer: Mosaik
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 3576115951

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Doctor William Gilbert
Bern Dibner
Manufacturer: Burndy Library
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Binding: Pamphlet

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Experimentierbox Magnet und Kompaß. Arbeitsheft Magnete. 1. und 2. Schuljahr. Schreibschrift. (Lernmaterialien)

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Experimentierbox Magnet und Kompaß. Arbeitsheft Magnete. 1. und 2. Schuljahr. Schreibschrift. (Lernmaterialien)

Manufacturer: Cornelsen
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 3464004627

Magnete Besiegen Den Schmerz Die Neue Heilmethode

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Magnete Besiegen Den Schmerz Die Neue Heilmethode
Ulrich Ruckert
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: B000JSNF9G

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Wallace Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery--personal, historical, and geographical. Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface of America's western frontier. But his research reveals even more about his own life than he's willing to admit. What emerges is an enthralling portrait of four generations in the life of an American family.

Like other great quests in literature, Lyman Ward's investigation leads him deep into the dark shadows of his own life. The result is a deeply moving novel that, through the prism of one family, illuminates the American present against the fascinating background of its past.

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Greatest Love Story of All Time.......2007-08-10

I read this book because a friend of mine (a male friend) called it "the greatest love story of all time". It's a hard book to get into, but once your past the first 50 pages it all becomes worth it. It really is a great love story, it shows you a very non Hollywood side of love, love can be very hard. I highly recommend the book to anyone in the mood to think.

Sweeping, epic, moving, everything a book should be!.......2007-08-10

I am so glad I heard about this book from a reading club list! I am very surprised that it is not better known as one of the great examples of American literature. The book, which parallels the lives of a handicapped man living in the 1970s in California and his grandmother, a true pioneer, is engrossing and gives the reader a real glimpse at life in the American West in the late 1800s.

I was truly moved by this book and it will remain one of my favorites for quite some time.

Dated but Pleasant.......2007-01-12

This book, writeen in the '70s, requires some patience. The story of the developing West, interwoven with the narrator's own story, is interesting, if not exciting.

History lesson in an interesting format.......2006-11-10

If you are from the Bay Area, you have to read this one! Not to take anything away from the Pulitzer prize winning (and deserving) story telling, but what made this book memorable to me were the references to San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz peppered throughout. I felt like I was back in the days of the Gold Rush... and couldn't put the book down.

Rich prose.......2006-11-10

I'm love writers who use language to paint vivid pictures - of people, landscapes, cultures, situations - and Stegner's a master at that. Although his 'word pictures' are secondary to the main stories - of two marriages dissolving under stress - the settings and the ways the characters interact with them are what make this book shine. This one's a classic, and should be on the required reading list of college freshman English classes.

Reading Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose (Boise State University Western Writers Series, No. 147)

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Reading Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose (Boise State University Western Writers Series, No. 147)
Russell Burrows
Manufacturer: Boise State Univ
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 088430146X

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