Forces Shaping Business Communication: An Environmental Scanning Report

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Forces Shaping Business Communication: An Environmental Scanning Report

Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Ring-bound

General | Business Life | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1888015136

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"He's called a broker because after dealing with him you are." Anon

The Ultimate Book of Investment Quotations contains the collected investment wisdom of Shakespeare, the Bible, Hollywood, Oprah Winfrey and thousands of others who have something to say about other people's money. All investment is here, from the very richest people in the world, and the bulls and bullies of the eighties, to the sorry victims of panics and crashes.

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How to profit from the wit and wisdom of famous quotations.......1999-07-18

This book, a companion to The Ultimate Investor by the same authors is a reference for all who value meaningful words applied not only to investing but also to everyday life. Naturally, it ties in with investing and particularly its companion book which is referred to in nearly every chapter. Some of the quotations may be familiar to most readers but when one looks at them in the context of investing wisely, they take on a different meaning. In reading this book, one is tempted to try to memorize some of the quotations which have particular relevance to the reader's interests. This is a sign of value in what has been said which correspondingly makes the book valuable as well. Full credit goes to the authors for putting so many interesting and often witty quotations in a book which can and should be a reference for economists, investors, portfolio managers, investmen advisors and for that matter anyone who appreciates the influence of words on our daily lives. The persons quoted range from the ancient Greeks to the founders of America, to the humourists like Mark Twain, and poets like Ralph Waldo Emerson, to economists and to the modern day investment gurus like Warren Buffet, George Soros and Dean LeBaron. An important addition to any library.

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Hardbound. This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. It examines new perspectives on political relationships, politics and legal reform, and law and the family. The articles published here exemplify the exciting and innovative work now being done in interdisciplinary legal scholarship.

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As a model organism, the chick has provided valuable insights into broad issues of development in higher animals. The complex interactions between genetic, hormonal and environmental factors which occur in the developing chick provide a potent argument against unitary causal explanations for differences in behavior. Study of the behavior of the chick is also relevant to poultry science and the welfare of domesticated birds. This book reviews research on the development of brain and behavior in the chick and juxtaposes this with similar work on other avian and, to a lesser extent, mammalian species. The book provides a thorough review of the subject and will interest workers in animal neurophysiology and behavior, experimental psychologists, and poultry scientists.

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In Smithsonian Intimate Guide to the Cosmos, Dana Berry takes readers on a dazzling tour of the cosmos, from Earth's orbit to the farthest reaches of space. He complements the extraordinary images with clear, up-to-date, and straightforward explanations of cosmology—from the explosive origins of our own universe to the possible existence of countless others beyond it.

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Truly amazing work.......2004-11-12

Well, it is very comforting to know that the Universe will not end in a "big crunch" and that the Sun will not run out of hydrogen for another five billion years. But jokes aside, didn't you ever wanted to ask someone who knows about life universe and everything, and get a real answer illustrated with awesome pictures? Didn't you ever wanted to listen to someone telling the story of cosmos in a clear, understandable, yet scientific language with all the terminology and the buzz words? Didn't you ever try to read about latest discovery in astrophysics just to find out that the writer either overloads you with the facts that you would never understand anyway or tells it in such baby terms that you fall asleep before finishing the second sentence? For a person who has always been interested in the secrets of the Universe but never had enough time to keep up with the scientific news, for a person who wants to dazzle his kids with explanations how the stars work but realizes that the phrase "they are very hot" no longer cuts it, for a person like myself, this book is a real treasure. What made this book so unique is author's amalgamation of skills and experience. He is a talented artist, knowledgeable scientist, and a great writer with unbelievable access to the vast graphical material some of which he probably created himself during his association with Hubble and Chandra programs. This book should be in every household. It is a fantastic reference to the world around us from Sun to the back wall of the Universe and even beyond.

The Starry Room: Naked Eye Astronomy in the Intimate Universe

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A modern-day classic

The Starry Room: Naked Eye Astronomy in the Intimate Universe
Fred Schaaf
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Astronomy | Astronomy | Science | Subjects | Books

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Inspiring, enriching essays describe the amazing features of the night sky, telling beginning star-gazers where to look for and how to find specific celestial objects with the naked eye. No particular knowledge of astronomy is needed to understand the book and most technical expressions are explained as they appear in the text. 5 illustrations.

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A modern-day classic.......2005-04-14

There are three books I read again every year: Baseball Anecdotes by Daniel Okrent and Steve Wulf; Be True to Your School by Bob Greene; and the Starry Room by Fred Schaaf. Only one of them moves me to tears on the very first page. If you have ever stood at the edge of the woods at night, gazed up at the stars, and trembled with reverence and awe, perhaps even fear - Fred Schaaf's prose will not only return you to that sacred moment but sweep you up and into the midst of that very sky. The intimate universe awaits.

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An Intimate Look At the Night Sky

Manufacturer: Walker & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0965197123

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Publisher Comments: As visually appealing as it is intellectually stimulating, An Intimate Look at the Night Sky is a unique star guide; twenty-four beautiful star maps, created specifically for this book, highlight what you can see with the naked eye throughout the year in the norhern hemisphere. Chet Raymo's commentaries amplify the maps, offering intriguing details and tips on identifying stars, planets, and constellations. In addition, his elegant essays on the heavens blend science and history, mythology and religion, marveling as much at the wisdom of the ancients as at the advances of modern science and making clear why he is one of the most insightful and passionate science writers of our time.

Intimate Universe (Tlc Adventures for Your Mind)

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The series and the book is great
Too much fluff, not enough detail for an adult.
Great Book!

Intimate Universe (Tlc Adventures for Your Mind)
Anthony Smith
Manufacturer: Discovery Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Anatomy | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books

Genetics | Evolution | Science | Subjects | Books

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General | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0679462511
Release Date: 1999-03-16

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The story of the human body is perhaps the greatest story ever told--spelled out over millions of years of evolution and repeated by each of us in our own lifetime.  We live it, and yet remain largely unaware of the intricate processes that play out within ourselves and those around us.  For example, why can very young children learn languages more easily than adults?  Why do our bodies break down during old age?  How can a baby--a separate and genetically different human being--be created inside a mother without being rejected by her body?  How have our complex and little-understood brains contributed to making us the most successful species on the planet?

Now The Learning Channel presents Intimate Universe, the extraordinary story of human life from birth to death, which explores, at each stage, the incredible physical workings of our bodies.  It is a unique and enthralling account of the body's journey from the miracle of conception and the shock of birth through the rapid and turbulent changes of adolescence and the gradual deceleration into old age and death.

In Intimate Universe, author Anthony Smith transcends anatomical trivia to chronicle the body's powerful tale.  In a clear and captivating style, he narrates the miraculous dramas that unfold within the hidden architecture of our internal structures.  Whether it's the week-by-week account of an unborn baby's development, the uncanny signals and connections made by the brain, the remarkable abilities of the immune system, or simply the way our body sustains itself under different conditions, Smith explains the basics of physiology simply and elegantly.

To support the author's exceptional narrative, Intimate Universe includes over 150 full-color illustrations, computer-generated images, and state-of-the-art microphotography that illuminate and add context to the topics discussed.  In addition, the book provides relevant anecdotes for each of the major chapters.

An excellent addition to any family library, Intimate Universe is not only a valuable and comprehensive reference, but a resource that will provide new insight into our bodies' physiological challenges and fascinating secrets, allowing us to better understand ourselves.

EXPLORE THE MARVELS AND MYSTERIES OF THE HUMAN BODY

All the DNA present at the moment of conception of the 5.8 billion people alive today would weigh only one thousandth of an ounce.  Here's how to spot the brain at work:

Stand directly in front of someone and ask an arithmetical question.  Left-brain activity will cause the person's eyes to avert to the right; ask a spatial question and the eyes will avert to the left, reflecting right-brain activity.

If the body's branching network of blood vessels were placed end to end, they would stretch for nearly 60,000 miles--more than seven times the distance around the equator.

Hearing is never more acute than at birth and declines gradually with time.  By the age of ten, a child will have heard more sounds than he will hear during the rest of his life.

As skin becomes less elastic, the repeated puckering caused by facial expressions begins to etch permanent lines.  Scientists estimate it takes 200,000 frowns to make a brow line.

No one is born with freckles.  They are a protective response against sunlight.

During a child's first year, 60 percent of her food intake goes toward providing energy for brain growth and development.

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The series and the book is great.......1999-08-06

The book is great and the television series the same

Too much fluff, not enough detail for an adult........1999-04-29

This book may be fine for children or adolescents, but there is not enough substance to keep an intellegent adult interested. I expected more. I will probably return the book.

Great Book!.......1999-03-26

I loved this book. It is a great book to share with your children. Information that you can't find anywhere else.

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Intimate Universe (Tlc Adventures for Your Mind)
Anthony Smith
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MUE1ZI

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The great questions that challenge our understanding of the global carbon cycle are: What are the basic oceanic mechanisms that control the oceanic carbon reservoirs and the partitioning of carbon between the ocean and the atmosphere? How do these mechanisms depend on the state of the climate system and how does the carbon cycle feed back to the climate? What is the current rate at which fossil fuel carbon dioxide is absorbed by the oceans and how might this change in the future?
The 11 peer-reviewed chapters in this book, all written by acknowledged experts in their field, are all linked by the overarching questions. Many significant areas are touched on and the book provides the most up-to-date synthesis of the state-of-the-art research in ocean carbon cycle and climate related science.

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He is the epitome of health—or a walking time bomb. He is oversexed—or sexless. He is jolly—or hiding the tears of a clown. He is the picture of wealth and plenty—or the bloated, malnourished emblem of poverty. He is the fat man—a cultural icon, a social enigma, a pressing medical issue—and he is the subject of this remarkably rich book.

The figures that Sander L. Gilman considers, from the ugly fat man with the beautiful sylph trapped inside to the smart fat boy to the aging body desirous of rejuvenation, appear and reappear in different guises throughout Western culture. And as is often true of marginal cases, they serve to define the shifting center of our dreams and beliefs. A tentative exploration in the world of male body fantasies, Gilman’s book asks how the representation of the fat man alters with time and alters how men relate to their own bodies and the bodies of others, both men and women. His examples—ranging from Santa Claus to Sancho Panza, from Falstaff to Babe Ruth, from Nero Wolfe to Al Roker—illustrate the complexity perennially associated with fat men. From discourses about normality to the playing fields of baseball, from Greek male beauty to the fat detective, Gilman’s book examines and illuminates how cultures have imagined and portrayed the fat boy.

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Oddly enough, I read this on my treadmill........2004-05-03

This is strong cultural studies. Gilman's purpose is to show that for centuries in the West, issues of obesity and masculinity have worked hand in hand. He looks at Greek philosophy, canonical authors, fictional detectives, baseball players, and modern male stomach staplers to spell out how fat men have been treated and portrayed. What Garber did for bisexuals and Halberstam did for masculine lesbians, Gilman now does for fat men.

Constructionists will love this book. Gilman makes a point to show that the chubby are treated differently from the obese. He illustrates how Falstaff transformed from Shakespeare's comedies to Verdi's operas and how Sancho Panza changed over the course of Cervantes' work. In the baseball chapter, fat men are maligned; in the detective chapter, they are praised. Gilman had much more than one thing to say about fat men in Western cultural history.

Gilman is juggling many balls here and I have mixed reviews about his results. On the one hand, it's intriguing how he can jump from plays to opera to the law to biography to current events. However, his principle interest is how medical theories affected cultural productions; you'd never guess this from reading the table of contents. And sometimes it just doesn't add up. For example, he states that at the same time that writers were inventing fat detectives that solved crimes with their guts, scientists were describing the importance of fat cells. Still, he never truly explains that or if the latter caused the former.

The subtitle of this book is purposeful: Gilman is quite cognizant that he is only scratching the surface on fat men. He avoids Eurocentricity by restricting his analysis to "the West." I sincerely hope that this book will encourage other scholars to write on fat men in the Muslim world, Asia, or pre- and postcolonial Latin America. Still, there's so much that Gilman left out of the picture. Though I doubt he's homophobic, I disliked that he never once brought up the bear movement, especially when it would have been easy to do so in his last chapter. He makes scant mention of sumo wresters and Al Roker, but besides that you almost never hear about men of color (including those in the West). When I flipped through the index and saw "Fat Joe," I assumed he meant the chunky Latino rapper, not some Dickens character. Further, rap is the standout cultural arena where fat men (most of whom are of color) have made a positive name for themselves (examples include Biggie Smalls and Big Pun) yet Gilman hardly gives them a sentence. What up wit dat?! To his credit, he does a great job in being inclusive of fat Jewish men, however.

This book can be depressing to "swallow" as a fat male reader. Is it any consolation to find that for centuries Westerners have considered fat men to be lazy, stupid, immoral, and shameful? When Gilman looks at how fat becomes a proxy of other traits, he mostly focuses on short lifespans. I think a better look at other dynamics would have been more interesting.

Lastly, and of least important, fitness lovers may hate this book. Gilman does little to admit that obesity is a health hazard. His focus on representation does not touch valid issues that too much weight can be dangerous.

I am so glad that Gilman wrote this book and that I found it. I'm just not all the way impressed after finishing it.

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101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Fill-In Licks (Book and CD) (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Series)
Larry McCabe
Manufacturer: Red Dog Music Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
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25 Razor-Sharp Blues and Boogie Guitar Solos (Book and CD) (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Series)

101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Turnarounds book and CD (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Series)

GUITAR CLUES BK/CD OPERATION PENTATONIC

Clapton: The Autobiography

Blues by the Bar: Cool Riffs That Sound Great over Each Portion of the Blues Progression

ASIN: B000QRYCTW

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Legendary guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield, Hubert Sumlin, T-Bone Walker, Johnnie Winter, Albert King, Freddie King, and Chuck Berry are known to all blues fans for their remarkable soloing abilities. But the complete blues guitarist must do more than shine in the solo spotlight. And that is why every great soloist is also a great fill-in player. Tasteful fill-in licks support and inspire the singer while adding fire and drive to the performance. For example, Blind Lemon Jeffersons string-snapping fill-ins provided the perfect complement for his rough-hewn blues songs. Both Louis Armstrong and Lester Young seemed to talk to the singer with their finely-crafted, jazzy fill-ins. And Henry Sunflower Vestines stinging, buzzsaw fill-ins never failed to drive his Canned Heat bandmates into a psychedelic frenzy. This book is accompanied by a user-friendly split-track CD allows you to sit in with a professional blues band while you learn to play blues fills behind a great singer, Charles Adkins. The Heat-Seeking Missile Blues Band is heard on the left channel; the fill-in licks are isolated on the right channel. This is not just another book of abstract how do I use these licks in real life? licks, but a collection of solid musical ideas that can be applied to thousands of real songs. Another fine contribution from Red Dog Music Books, designed for the early intermediate-to intermediate guitarist. Some of the licks are accessible to highly motivated near-beginners, and the book is an excellent resource for teachers.

101 Razor-Sharp Slide Guitar Blues Licks in Open E Tuning (book and CD) (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Series)

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101 Razor-Sharp Slide Guitar Blues Licks in Open E Tuning (book and CD) (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Series)
Larry McCabe
Manufacturer: Red Dog Music Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
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ASIN: B000PHT7Q6

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This superb Red Dog Music Book and CD allows you to learn/play slide guitar fill-ins while sitting in with a crisply recorded blues band and singer. The licks are clearly written in standard notation and tablature, and the companion CD contains all 101 licks, which are applicable to countless blues songs. A guide to symbols and several helpful fretboard diagrams are included. The licks are recorded on electric guitar but can also be played on acoustic. Overall, a very fine book that will provide unlimited learning and enjoyment. Many slide guitar books are confusing because they try to cover too many tunings. Everything here is in open E. Songs include standards such as Joe Turner Blues, St. Louis Blues, Sportin Life Blues, House of the Rising Sun, Midnight Special, along with several new songs written to standard blues changes. Like Hound Dog Taylor, J.B. Hutton, and Elmore James? Then you will like this book.

25 Razor-Sharp Blues and Boogie Guitar Solos (Book and CD) (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Series)

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25 Razor-Sharp Blues and Boogie Guitar Solos (Book and CD) (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Series)
Larry McCabe
Manufacturer: Red Dog Music Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
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ASIN: B000QRYIN2

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Blues guitar teachers, serious students, and blues band guitarists will all enjoy his large collection of 100% pure blues and boogie solos for guitar. Twenty-five exciting solos are presented here, each played over its own rhythm progression. Every solo is transcribed in both standard notation and tablature, and played note for-note with a full band on the professionally recorded companion CD. This book is for the intermediate, or better, guitarist whose interests include authentic, non-commercial blues musicthe good stuff that is seldom heard via mass-market channels such as radio and television. Guitar teachers might use the book to introduce new hand positions, fingerings, chords, and theoretical concepts. Each solo is made up of many interesting phrases (licks) that can be adapted and incorporated into your own style. The solos are relatively challenging, and can be used in blues jams and on stage. Another SUPER COOL and USEFUL music book by Larry McCabe.

101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Turnarounds book and CD (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Series)

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101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Turnarounds book and CD (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Series)
Larry McCabe
Manufacturer: Red Dog Music Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound

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ASIN: B000PHU7J2

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A turnaround lick is one that is played in the last two bars of of chord progression; for example measures 11-12 in a twelve-bar blues. The 101 authentic blues turnarounds in this book are in the Chicago, or urban, blues style popularized by Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, and carried on by Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan; the licks can be applied to thousands of real songs. Each lick is written in notation and tablature, and recorded on the companion CD. The material is suitable for an ambitious beginner, intermediate player, blues band guitarist, or pro reference. It is an indispensible book filled with useful information. The book is supplemented with lessons/discussions on the following: Typical blues progression; Turnaround licks and progressions (defined); Typical blues turnaround chord progressions; The 12/8 blues shuffle; Creative projects for the music student; Additional blues progressions. Best of all, this innovative Red Dog Music book from veteran author Larry McCabe costs less than one private music lesson!

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