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Excellent Intro to Financial Statement Analysis.......2006-08-10

Mr. Johnston's book is an excellent read for those that are looking for a concise, easy to understand introduction to financial statement analysis. He gives a simple overview of different methods of valuation, discusses issues regarding funded/un-funded pensions and even goes over pooling of interest mergers and such. I was not so much interested in the oil accounting part of the book but rather the financial statement analysis part of the book. His book was well worth it if that is what you're looking for.

P.S. The summary of the book says it is 28 pages. This is incorrect. It's probably about 300 pages.

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This book is a concise analytical overview of the field of corporate law. The authors start from the premise that corporate (or company) law across jurisdictions addresses the same three basic agency problems: (1) the opportunism of managers vis-a-vis shareholders; (2) the opportunism of
controlling shareholders vis-a-vis minority shareholders; and (3) the opportunism of shareholders as a class vis-a-vis other corporate constituencies, such as corporate creditors and employees.

Every jurisdiction must address these problems in a variety of contexts framed by the corporation's internal dynamics and its interactions with the product, labor, capital, and takeover markets. The authors' central claim, however, is that corporate (or company) forms are fundamentally similar and
that, to a surprising degree, jurisdictions pick from among the same handful of legal strategies--although not always the same strategy--to address the three basic agency issues.

This book explains in detail how (and why) the principal European jurisdictions, Japan, and the United States sometimes select identical legal strategies to address a given corporate law problem, and sometimes make divergent choices. After an introductory discussion of agency issues and legal
strategies, the book addresses the basic governance structure of the corporation, including the powers of the board of directors and the shareholders meeting. It proceeds to creditor protection measures, related-party transactions, and fundamental corporate actions such as mergers and charter
amendments. Finally, it concludes with an examination of friendly acquisitions, hostile takeovers, and the regulation of the capital markets. This book should be of great interest to scholars and students of corporate and comparative law and to persons interested in business, finance, and economics
who wish to deepen their understanding of corporate law.

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The Anatomy of Corporate law: A comparative and funcional approach.......2007-03-10

Exccellent book, oth for lawyer and economists,

Katra

Great book.......2006-07-04

I do agree with the former reviewer. This is a great book if you do want a comparative perspective of corporate law. It is concentrating on how different legal systems have solved the same problems with minority shareholders, agnecy costs etc. with examples from Japan to US to Europe. We are using it as required reading on two different law school courses.

Work of excellene.......2006-03-20

A first time global review of corporate law explaining everything. I loved it

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How To Dissect

An amazing book that shows the internal anatomy in detail

This book should be made a compulsory school text!

How to Dissect: Exploring With Probe and Scalpel
William Berman
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Binding: Hardcover

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How To Dissect.......2003-05-24

I used this book in my homeschool dissection club and found that it is a good reference tool, but lacks a thorough description of the internal anatomy. The diagrams of the internal anatomy are also very vague. This book is best used with online dissecton diagrams and instuctions. In a nutshell, this book came in handy every time I dissected, but only after I had a complete understanding of the internal anatomy of the specimen from other sources.

An amazing book that shows the internal anatomy in detail.......1999-05-28

I have been looking for a book about dissection for many years. Now I have found one. This book is graet. Besides have detailed discription on dissections it also has many experiment to go with the dissection. This book is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This book should be made a compulsory school text!.......1998-09-02

I am a privileged owner of the 1961 edition of this book, having bought it in a jumble sale in 1984 for a mere Singapore 70 cents (less for U.S.). Open-ended & with great science projects, this book defies obsolescence and is a must for any parent/nation committed in honing young minds into the field of experimental biology and science.

With this book, William Berman leaves a legacy which plays surrogate to any young inquiring mind wishing for the most inspiring biology teacher.

To William Berman...Thanks!

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How to Dissect (Exploring with Probe and Scalpel)
william berman
Manufacturer: Arco
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IRMSAA

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How to Dissect; Exploring with Probe and Scalpel
William Berman
Manufacturer: New York Sentinel Books 1961.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O5SI9Q

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How to Dissect: Exploring With Probe and Scalpel
William Berman
Manufacturer: Fireside
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VKI3A8

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Floods, fires, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes--we are quick to call them ''natural disasters.'' But are they? Did the great fires that swept Yellowstone in 1988 devastate the park, or did they just ravage our image of the park as a fixed, unchanging national treasure? This lucid, lively book reveals the shortsightedness behind conceiving of such events as disastrous to nature. Indeed, Seth Reice contends, such thinking has led to policies that have done the environment more harm than good--the U.S. Forest Service's campaign against natural forest fires and the Army Corps of Engineers' flood prevention program are examples. He points out ways in which we can better address the wide range of environmental problems humanity faces at the dawn of the new millennium.

Reice argues, in terms refreshingly nontechnical yet scientifically sound, that the traditional, equilibrium paradigm--according to which ''stability'' produces healthier ecosystems than does sudden, sweeping change--is fundamentally flawed. He describes a radically different model of how nature operates, one that many ecologists and population biologists have come to understand in recent years: a concept founded on the premise that disturbances help create and maintain the biodiversity that benefits both the ecosystem and ourselves. Reice demonstrates that ecosystems need disturbances to accomplish indispensable tasks such as the production of clean air and water. He recommends changes in environmental management to incorporate the essential role of natural disturbances.

This book shows that every tornado's funnel cloud, every forest fire's billowing cloud of smoke, has tremendous benefits for the ecosystem it impacts. As anyone concerned with man's impact on the environment will appreciate, this is the cloud's real silver lining.

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A More Realistic Model of Change in Natural Ecosystems.......2006-11-09

This is a concise, very clear overview of the nonequilibrium dynamics in ecosystems -- why natural "disasters" are actually beneficial to the environment by encouraging biodiversity. The old, equilibrium models miss the fundamental role of the environment in species frequency and distribition -- see The Theory of Island Biogeography (E. O. Wilson) and The Song of the Dodo (David Quammen). While I thorougly enjoyed The Song of the Dodo as creative science writing, this drier and shorter volume provides a better basis for thinking about, and managing, our environment.

Perturbation's Pluses. (Topical Reviews).(The Silver Lining: The Benefits of Natural Disasters): An article from: American Scientist

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Perturbation's Pluses. (Topical Reviews).(The Silver Lining: The Benefits of Natural Disasters): An article from: American Scientist

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Boundary problems constitute an essential field of common mathematical interest. The intention of this volume is to highlight several analytic and geometric aspects of boundary problems with special emphasis on their interplay. It includes surveys on classical topics presented from a modern perspective as well as reports on current research.

The collection splits into two related groups:

- analysis and geometry of geometric operators and their index theory

- elliptic theory of boundary value problems and the Shapiro-Lopatinsky condition

Dirac Operators and Spectral Geometry (Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics)

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Dirac Operators and Spectral Geometry (Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics)
Giampiero Esposito
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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The Dirac operator has many useful applications in theoretical physics and mathematics. This book provides a clear, concise and self-contained introduction to the global theory of the Dirac operator and to the analysis of spectral asymptotics with local or nonlocal boundary conditions. The theory is introduced at a level suitable for graduate students. Numerous examples are then given to illustrate the peculiar properties of the Dirac operator, and the role of boundary conditions in heat-kernel asymptotics and quantum field theory. Topics covered include the introduction of spin-structures in Riemannian and Lorentzian manifolds; applications of index theory; heat-kernel asymptotics for operators of Laplace type; quark boundary conditions; one-loop quantum cosmology; conformally covariant operators; and the role of the Dirac operator in some recent investigations of four-manifolds. This volume provides graduate students with a rigorous introduction and researchers with a invaluable reference to the Dirac operator and its applications in theoretical physics.

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If you like Jane Austin...........2000-04-05

I already have several editions of every work in this collection, but This is a very nice edition and I will treasure it for years to come.

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MINOR WORKS
JANE AUSTEN
Manufacturer: OXFORD UNIVERSITY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Minor Works (The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen)

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Minor Works (The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen)
Jane Austen
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
ProductGroup: Book
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The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen [Volume VI :MINOR WORKS] (The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen)

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The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen [Volume VI :MINOR WORKS] (The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen)
Jane Austen
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THE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN VOLUME VI MINOR WORKS

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THE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN VOLUME VI MINOR WORKS
R. W. CHAPMAN
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The Works of Jane Austen, Volume VI, Minor Works, with Illustrations

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The Works of Jane Austen, Volume VI, Minor Works, with Illustrations
R. W. (editor) Chapman
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The Works of Jane Austen: Minor Works (The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen, Vol.6)

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The Works of Jane Austen: Minor Works (The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen, Vol.6)
Jane Austen
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MINOR WORKS
Jane Austen
Manufacturer: OUP
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Minor Works
Jane Austen
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Minor Works (The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen, Volume 6)

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Minor Works (The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen, Volume 6)

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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