Transitions: A Guide on Moving From Law Enforcement or the Military into a Second Career

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Michael V. Maddaloni, a former Secret Service Agent, has prepared an easy to read guide that provides a wealth of useful information for career law enforcement and military professionals who plan to enter the corporate world.

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A fascinating biography of the visionary behind the shareholder activist movement

"Bob Monks is a truly rare creature, not only a businessman turned political activist, which is rare enough, but an activist in and on behalf of business, which makes him virtually unique." -Nelson W. Aldrich, Jr. author, Old Money: The Making of America's Upper Class.

"A Traitor to His Class is a fascinating account of an idealistic visionary in action." -Ben Makihara, Chairman, Mitsubishi Corporation.

"A superbly written book that provides a fascinating and candid insight on the brilliant but complex Bob Monks. A must read for any director, corporate shareholder, or employee of a public enterprise." -L. Dennis Kozlowski, Chairman and CEO, Tyco International Ltd.

"One of the most interesting players in the development of corporate governance has been (the often controversial) Bob Monks. This well-written and lively biography puts him and his role in perspective-scholars, for information, and CEOs, for survival, ought to read it." -John Biggs, Chairman, President and CEO, TIAA-CREF.

"An interesting story of one of the early proponents of changes in corporate governance and a formidable personal opponent in several corporate battles." -Martin Lipton, Esq., Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

Ask anyone who knows Robert Monks to describe him, and words such as "visionary," "determined," and "passionate" will surface. He is, in fact, all this and much more. At six-foot-six, he is a formidable presence, but the respect he demands has less to do with his physical stature than with his influential status as a driving force behind the shareholder activist movement - an initiative that began as a self-proclaimed "mission" to improve corporate governance and accountability, and that is now an integral part of contemporary business and investing. Now, the remarkable history of the movement and one of its pioneers is told.

Though born into a wealthy and powerful Boston family whose roots were established in New England before the Revolution, Robert Augustus Gardner Monks was never intent on simply leading a life of privileged luxury. Driven by a deep desire to make himself "useful to the world," he took steps to meet this end. He graduated from Harvard University -Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude-and Harvard Law School, and subsequently joined Boston's second largest law firm where he became one of its youngest partners ever. Monks then embarked on a new path which led him towards his ultimate goal of far-reaching public service.

Vividly tracing his extraordinary journey, A Traitor to His Class follows Monks's experiences as businessman, corporate attorney, venture capitalist, regulator, and finally, shareholder activist. Written with exclusive access to Monks himself, as well as his collection of notes, speeches, and correspondence, it covers his numerous accomplishments -as well as a few defeats. Included are his term as the Department of Labor's pensions administrator; his bid for the Sears board of directors, a run that won him recognition as "the leader of the battle to reform American corporate governance"; and his three attempts at the Senate, all of which were invaluable training for the guerrilla war he would wage on big business.

Instrumental to his battle is his brainchild, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), which today handles voting for hundreds of corporate and government pension funds and represents a deciding factor in many contentious proxy votes at large companies both here and abroad. A Traitor to His Class intricately details ISS's growing impact, as well as that of the Lens Fund, whose forays into poorly managed corporations have set new precedents for shareholder activism.

The biography of a man who dared to demand that Corporate America be answerable to both its owners and society, A Traitor to His Class is an engaging and enthralling look at one of today's hottest, most controversial movements in business.

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A modern Don Quijote.......2000-12-26

Robert Monks is a kind of a modern day "Don Quijote", battling single handed against corporate dirty tricks. This book tells the very interesting story of how the modern corporate governance movement got under way. A very important read.

A fascinating account of a pioneer in shareholder rights........1999-10-01

Hilary Rosenberg has successfully woven together an engaging biography of a fascinating figure in the corporate world, an intriguing tale of the machinations of big business and government and a necessary primer for corporate shareholders, board members and officers on what rights, responsibilities and duties each has and should expect from the other. Ms. Rosenberg's writing style not only keeps the pages turning for the uninitiated reader but her excellent documentation throughout the volume allows the serious student to use this book as a reference source. A great read for all and a must read for every corporate shareholder, officer and board member.

Changing the world, one CEO at a time.......1999-03-09

A minister's son takes on the corporate establishment in this illuminating and exciting story of business, politics, and the power of ideas. Robert Monks says, "I've got this beautiful place, a beautiful wife, more than anyone can ask for. What else should I do with my time but think about big important issues?" He does much more than think -- as he also says, "You were not put on earth to be a spectator." His thoughts about big, important issues like corporate governance and accountability have transformed the behavior of every corporate director, every CEO, and every institutional investor in America. His adventures in breaking up Sears, replacing eight directors and three CEOs at Stone & Webster, and running in a roller coaster senatorial campaign read like a Tom Wolfe novel. Monks confronts CEOs (even picking one up and threatening to throw him through a window), takes out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal calling the Sears board "non-performing assets," and runs as an opposition candidate for one seat on the board of Sears. The lively and perceptive writing matches the lively and engaging subject. Must reading for anyone in the corporate world as a manager, director, or shareholder.

Tribute to thepower of an idea-what it takes to make it work.......1999-02-18

A Traitor to His Class, Robert A.G. Monks and the Battle to Change Corporate America, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. by Hilary Rosenberg

Consider a book about a large man who built a small fortune in order to carry out a big idea. This biographical work extends the lessons of Robert Monks' previous books, Power and Accountability (1993) and Corporate Governancej (1995), about the need for reform of American corporate governance and together they constitute the best source for the intellectual origins and history of that movement, a subject (now after twenty years) part of every business school syllabus.

To those who know him, Mr. Monks is a large man, not just in physical power but in the energy of his mind and vision. It must have taken more than rowing in the Harvard and Cambridge eights to generate the qualities needed to put his ideas on the national agenda. The words relentless, persistent, methodical, demanding, resilient, self-questioning, optimistic, risk-taking occur to many of his allies and opponents in the struggle. Experience counts, too. Along the way Mr. Monks is observed in various roles: lawyer, real estate businessman, CEO, venture capitalist, fund manager, director, politician (unsuccessful) and public servant. The battle plan appears to be to surround the problem and attack from every angle. Not every engagement is a victory. Time and again he bounces back.

There are plenty of numbers in the book for the specialist reader. You learn about how to take over a company without putting up any money, rather as a chef uses egg whites to conjure up a soufflé. The essence of the problem is that there are 800,000 pension funds governed by the Department of Labor's ERISA program. They own publicly traded shares to a value of $1.25 trillion or 25% of the U.S. equity market. The power of their ownership, until Mr. Monks and a few others came along, was unrepresented and therefore ignored by American corporations. Left unsaid is that the financial press must have been asleep for a few generations, accepting press handouts from corporations rather than responsibility to report on corporate America.

When you think about it, the idea is a big one. It dawned as an epiphany on Mr. Monks in 1977 when he chanced upon a proxy form of a large paper company which he knew to be polluting a river in Maine with its discharge. Why are corporations not accountable to their shareholding owners, what are the requirements of corporate governance? He becomes the Pensions Administrator at the Department of Labor where he is able to change some rules of the game. He goads major pension funds into recognizing their power and responsibility. He establishes the leading company in the field of proxy management. All the time he is amassing information, advocating his cause in any and every forum, writing the text book, girding for war.

Chance favors the prepared mind, said Louis Pasteur. Mr. Monks was ready to take the battle to corporate America. Sears, Westinghouse, American Express, Eastman Kodak, Stone and Webster and other poorly managed, undervalued companies became the targets. The names have a ring to them, like the names of Napoleon's battles. Mr. Monks called for better financial management, strategic planning and corporate governance. He asked for confidential shareholder voting, the addition of independent directors, the elimination of staggered boards, accountability to shareholders and (usually) the spin off of unprofitable businesses. The aim was to create greater value for shareholding owners through better management. The CEO's and the boardrooms didn't like it. Many of them slammed the door in Mr. Monks' face or kept him waiting for hours as a deliberate insult. Most of them could not survive. It was left for their successors to follow Mr. Monks' recommendations and watch the value of their shares rise. A good feature of the book is that the opposing CEOs were given a chance to have their say. Some of them preferred to keep quiet.

Mr. Monks is better off for it, and so are we. But most of all this book is a tribute to the power of an idea and what it takes to make it work.

George Herrick

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1887 edition by Wilhelm Koebner, Breslau.

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The Horizon Scientific Press titles focus on high-level microbiology and molecular biology topics. Written by internationally renowned and highly respected leaders in the field, they comprise of review manuals, practical manuals, and reference texts for research scientists, bioscience professionals and graduate students.

Generations of new vaccines such as DNA-based vaccines, multipeptide, lipopeptide, molecular, cellular and replicon-based vaccines are currently being developed to help combat viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections, and non-infectious diseases including cancer, autoimmune diseases, allergies, neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases.

In this book, internationally acclaimed authors review current strategies and approaches in vaccine development. Topics covered include the immunological basis for rational design of new vaccines, targeting the innate immune system, mucosal immunity, vaccine safety, and vaccine vector technology. Several chapters are devoted to the development of vaccines to combat specific diseases such as tuberculosis, nosocomal infections, rotaviruses, human papillomavirus, cancer, and allergies.

This is an essential reference book for everyone involved in vaccine research and development.

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Advanced magnetic nanostructures is an emerging field in magnetism and nanotechnology, but the literature consists of a rich variety of original papers and parts of reviews and books whose scope is comparatively broad. This calls for a book with specific emphasis on state-of-the-art synthetic methods for fabricating, characterizing and theoretically modeling new magnetic nanostructures. This book is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the present state of the field. Leading researchers world-wide have contributed a survey of their special ties to guide the reader through the exploding literature in nanomagnetic structures. The focus is on deliberately structured nanomagnets. It includes cluster assembled, self-organized and patterned thin films but excludes, for example, multilayered thin films. We target both industrial and academic researchers in magnetism and related areas, such as nanotechnology, materials science, and theoretical solid-state physics.

Advanced Tomographic Imaging Methods for the Analysis of Materials: Symposium Held November 28-30, 1990, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings)

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Advanced Tomographic Imaging Methods for the Analysis of Materials: Symposium Held November 28-30, 1990, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings)
Jerome L. Ackerman
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Nanostructured Magnetic Materials and their Applications: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, held in Istanbul, Turkey 1-4 July 2003 (NATO ... II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)

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Nanostructured Magnetic Materials and their Applications: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, held in Istanbul, Turkey 1-4 July 2003 (NATO ... II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)

Manufacturer: Springer
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Interest in research on nanoscale materials is steadily increasing: nano-structured magnetic materials exhibit new and interesting physical properties, which cannot be found in the bulk. Many of these unique properties have great potential for technical applications in magneto-sensors, bio-sensors, magneto-electronics, data storage, magnetic heads of computer hard disks, single-electron devises, microwave electronic devices, etc. Current research concentrates on device design, synthesis and the characterization of nanostructured materials. The contributions to this book concentrate on magnetic properties of nanoscale magnetic materials, especially on fabrication and characterization, and the physics underlying the unique properties of these structures and devices.

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Advanced Magnetic Nanostructures.
David (EDT)/ Skomski, Ralph (EDT). Sellmyer
Manufacturer: NY
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ASIN: B000N6F7ZY

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More than two decades of intensive studies on non-linear dynamics have raised questions on the practical applications of chaos. One possible answer is to control chaotic behavior in a predictable way. This book, oneof the first on the subject, explores the ideas behind controlling chaos.
Controlling Chaos explains, using simple examples, both the mathematical theory and experimental results used to apply chaotic dynamics to real engineering systems. Chuas circuit is used as an example throughout the book as it can be easily constructed in the laboratory and numerically modeled. The use of this example allows readers to test the theories presented. The text is carefully balanced between theory and applications to provide an in-depth examination of the concepts behind the complex ideas presented. In the final section, Kapitaniak brings together selected reprinted papers which have had a significant effect on the development of this rapidly growing interdisciplinary field. Controlling Chaos is essential reading for graduates, researchers, and students wishing to be at the forefront of this exciting new branch of science.

* Uses easy examples which can be repeated by the reader both experimentally and numerically
* The first book to present basic methods of controlling chaos
* Includes reprinted papers representing fundamental contributions to the field
* Discusses implementation of chaos controlling fundamentals as applied to practical problems

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Good collection of work.......2000-03-26

If you are fascinated by the strange characteristics of Chaos theory, this would be a good book to look further and to understand the Chaos by application point of view. Author has presented examples of synchronization of chaos and secure communication which are interseting. The most interesting part of the book is its collection of some fundamental work on the application and understanding of chaos. This book is bit advanced which makes it difficult to understand it first time but by reading some basic books one can really appreciate the ideas presented in the book.

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"Rendered by the author with a rich deep-south accent that gives uncanny realism to each of the selections undertaken. His reading pace is neither slow nor fast and he conjures up many vivid, picturesque images for his listening audience . . . Strongly recommended." -- Roslyn News

This historic recording contains the first readings by William Faulkner of his work. One hearing is hardly enough. As in his books, penetration deepens with each new experience of the work. Yield to Faulkner's serenity, the deep-south way with words, the unaffected ease with which he drifts into Yoknapatawpha dialect. A recording ore important than this is not likely to be made soon.

This audio reproduces the full sound spectrum of his historic recordings; it has been remastered using contemporary digital equipment.

Contents: Side 1: The Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, As I Lay Dying (excerpts), Side 2: A Fable (excerpt), The Old Man (excerpt).

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Close enough to smell the alcohol.......2000-04-06

An essential part of the Faulkner collection.

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âRendered by the author with a rich deep-south accent that gives uncanny realism to each of the selections undertaken. His reading pace is neither slow nor fast and he conjures up many vivid, picturesque images for his listening audience. . . Strongly recommended.â' - Roslyn News

This historic recording contains the first readings by William Faulkner of his work. One hearing is hardly enough. As in his books, penetration deepens with each new experience of the work. Yield to Faulkner's serenity, the deep-south way with words, the unaffected ease with which he drifts into Yoknapatawpha dialect. A recording more important than this is not likely to be made soon.

Includes: The Nobel Prize acceptance speech, As I Lay Dying (Tull-Darl-Vardaman-Vardaman), A Fable (excerpt), The Old Man (excerpt).

William Faulkner (1897-1962) is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all American novelists and short-story writers. His other works include the novels The Sound and the Fury, The Reivers, and Sanctuary. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and in 1949 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

This audio reproduces the full sound spectrum of the historic recordings; it has been re-mastered using contemporary digital equipment.

Detective Dupin Reads William Faulkner: Solutions to Six Yoknapatawpha Mysteries

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A humorous and brilliant look at Faulkner's works

Detective Dupin Reads William Faulkner: Solutions to Six Yoknapatawpha Mysteries
Charles Chappell
Manufacturer: University Press of America
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ASIN: 1573091650

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A humorous and brilliant look at Faulkner's works.......1999-11-08

Charles Chappell does an excellent job solving some of William Faulkner's mysteries in various works. Weaving together humorous anecdotes and imaginative fictional characters, Chappell offers new insights into Faulkner's classics. A must read for Faulkner enthusiasts.

INTRUDER IN THE DUST (COLLECTOR'S EDITION--AUDIO BOOK ON TAPE)

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INTRUDER IN THE DUST (COLLECTOR'S EDITION--AUDIO BOOK ON TAPE)
William; read by Wolfram Kandinsky Faulkner
Manufacturer: Books on Tape Newport Beach, CA
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IWS0HK

The segregation decisions;: Papers read at a session of the twenty-first annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association, Memphis, Tennessee, November 10, 1955

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The segregation decisions;: Papers read at a session of the twenty-first annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association, Memphis, Tennessee, November 10, 1955
William Faulkner
Manufacturer: Southern Regional Council
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Reynolds Price Reads: A Long and Happy Life, The Names and Faces of Heroes, Permanent Errors, and more

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Brilliance with a home country feel

Reynolds Price Reads: A Long and Happy Life, The Names and Faces of Heroes, Permanent Errors, and more
Reynolds Price
Manufacturer: audible.com
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Binding: Audio Download
ASIN: B0000544MI

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Brilliance with a home country feel.......2000-06-27

Price's greatest achievement here is his ability to so seamlessly weave a complex and substantial narrative with a simple set of plot occurences. The characters are inclusive and inviting, complex and pure. Overall this is one of Price's finest works, surely to be enjoyed by anyone familiar or unfamiliar with his writing. The sights and sounds of the south come off the page and play to all of the reader's senses. An enjoyable read and experience.

As I Lay Dying, By William Faulkner, Unabridged 8 Audio Cassettes, Read By Wolfram Kandinsky

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As I Lay Dying, By William Faulkner, Unabridged 8 Audio Cassettes, Read By Wolfram Kandinsky
William Faulkner
Manufacturer: Books on Tape, Inc.
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Binding: Audio Cassette

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"AS I LAY DYING BY WILLIAM FAULKNER, UNABRIDGED 8 AUDIO CASSETTES, 8 HOURS, READ BY WOLFFRAM KANDINSKY" "Each member of the Bundren family ... including Addie, the dead wife and mother ... contributes to the story of Addie's death and the family's bizarre journey to Jefferson to bury her. As they talk they reveal what Addie calls their "secret and selfish thought" ... their private responses to Addie's life and their own reasons for undertaking the perilous journey. The novel is a dazzling display of Faulkner's virtuosity with the English language, as well as an extraordinary account of the essential loneliness at the core of this Mississippi family." [from back of case]

Let every voter read: Letter from elder Wm. C. Lauck : Luray, Va., May 1, 1855 ... : will give my most cordial support to Messrs. Wise and Faulkner

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Let every voter read: Letter from elder Wm. C. Lauck : Luray, Va., May 1, 1855 ... : will give my most cordial support to Messrs. Wise and Faulkner
William C Lauck
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William Faulkner Reads from As I Lay Dying and Others (V 1035)

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William Faulkner Reads from As I Lay Dying and Others (V 1035)
Faulkne
Manufacturer: Caedmon
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Binding: Audio Cassette

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