From Management Education to Civic Reconstruction: The Emerging Ecology of Organisation (Managing Across Cultures)

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i From Management Education to Civic Reconstruction /i provides a unique analysis of how a combination of diverse, culturally based approaches are implicitly or explicitly built into the development of a business or organization. The author addresses key issues at the forefront of developmental management, and demonstrates methods whereby principles of ecology can be applied to different stages of organizational development at both local and global level. This text will be of interest to students and practitioners in the fields of organizational behavior, corporate strategy and management education.

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Value investing classic worth a read.......2006-10-31

With so many thoroughly modern value investing books available, why bother with a 20-year-old one? The "perfect investment" remains a good short read about the highpoint concepts of value investing (picking stocks with sound fundamentals that are undervalued) interspersed with Miller's insights from experience. Especially worthwhile was the latter third of the book where Miller discusses the importance of linking value stock selection with market timing around the all-important capital gains tax discount. Tax matters are generally an afterthought in stock market books, but in the new era of free brokerage transactions taxes are the last big bite into profits.

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What Is The Stock Market Doing?
Charles McCoy and David Stewart
Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Stock Market Tips: New stock tracking tool for self analysis and evaluation of present market conditions and predictive factors for short term profit.

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Pick stockes to buy your self.......2004-03-23

Th author takes the day of the low point of the presnt bear market and shows you how to find it and how to evaluate all individual stocks on a daily basis to recomend or sell these stocks. One stock he recommended at $.86 has gone up to $28.00.
The book shows you what to look for on a daily bassis so you can establish profits and protect your gains.
The record shows you what the bottom looked like and how volital the market was.
I would recommend this for new as well as retiring investors.

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The Canadian Council on International Law was founded in 1972 by a group of some of Canada's leading and most distinguished scholars and practitioners in international law. The Council supports the development and exchange of ideas amongst a community of persons interested in international law with particular focus on the Canadian perspective on international matters. To this end, one of the major activities of the Council is to hold an annual conference. This year's conference proceedings comprise a collection of essays written by leading academics and practitioners on the theme: Looking Ahead: International Law in the 21st Century. A wide range of subject areas is addressed, including the International Criminal Court, international legal theory, international dispute resolution, public international law, private international law, international trade law, international human rights law, international environmental law, immigration law, and technology and international law. This work will be of value to international lawyers in both the public and private spheres, legal scholars, and those interested in international relations. Le Conseil canadien de droit international a ete fonde en 1972 par un groupe d'academiciens et de practiciens en droit international parmi les plus distingues au Canada. Le Conseil appuie le developpement et l'echange d'idees au sein d'une communaute d'individus interesses par le droit international, avec une concentration particuliere sur les perspectives canadiennes vis-a-vis les affaires internationales. A cette fin, une des activites principales du Conseil est d'organiser un congres annuel. Les actes du congres de cette annee consistent en une collection d'articles rediges par des practiciens et academiciens de premier plan sur le theme: Tournes vers l'avenir: Le droit international au 21eme siecle. Est aborde un vaste eventail de sujets incluant la Court penale internationale, la theorie juridique internationale, la resolution des litiges internationaux, droit international public, droit international prive, droit du commerce international, droit international humanitaire, droit international de l'environnement, droit de l'immigration et la technologie et droit international. Cette oeuvre sera d'une grande utilite aux avocats (es) en droit international, autant dans le secteur public que prive, aux academiciens et ceux qui ont un interet en relations internationales.

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Providing an important contribution to current controversies regarding history, social theory,politics, and the Foucault\n-\Habermas debates, this work offers a detailed comparison of the transformative uses of history in Foucault and Habermas, using Marx as a modernist contrast. The book clearly illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of each thinker's theory for the productive analysis of history and society, relating the work of each to current debates over modern and postmodern theory.

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Exclnt intro to 3 philosophers ideas on history and society.......2001-07-05

This little known and under-rated book is a great place to start for someone interested in the post modern philosophy of history and society. If you want to learn about the ideas of Marx, Foucault and Habermas, and what they mean in current philosophy, but don't want to commit to their difficult, lengthy and sometimes down right awful prose, Steve Best will explain in a readable fashion some of their most discussed ideas. I approached the book with that goal in mind and I think it served that purpose very well. However, if you do not like to consider ideas in the abstract, this book, and perhaps philosophy itself, may not be for you.

There are references to many other philosophical figures (Kant, Horkheimer, Marcuse, Debord, Dilthey and many, many more) whose ideas were precursors or points of contention to the three reviewed in The Politics of Historical Vision, and which either ground or contrast the modern concepts with their prior and current milieux.

The book can also serve as a starting point for those with an interest in philosophy, it is a nice way to survey social and historical philosophy and become acqainted with the ideas of many thinkers. This is also one of the books strengths, and I found it very rewarding.

The book requires careful attention in some parts, to grasp the more complicated ideas, but does so without dragging on and on, reiterating the same point too many times. Best has done an excellent job here, making a rather difficult subject more accessible and giving the reader new ways to think about history as an engaging subject and how it can be manipulated to serve a purpose, beneficial or not to larger social interests.

It has been a while since I read it, so that accounts for the lack of detailed analysis in this short review.

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PDQ Histology is a concise laboratory guide and handy study aid for Histology students. The text deals with the basics of the subject, presented in a clear, rational manner. The content covers the fundamentals and important features of microscopic recognition. It focuses the reader s attention on the main structural features found in standard sections taken from the student s slide box and emphasizes the particular combination of histological criteria that characterizes each section. It represents a mini-review of the distinctive microscope features that permit histological preparations of the various tissues and organs of the body to be correctly identified. PDQ Histology is the only introductory book on the subject that presents short selections of reliable tissue recognition criteria suitable for revision purposes.

Pdq Pop Display Bundle (Contains 6 Copies of 6 Titles: Biochemistry, Epidemiology, 2e, Histology, Pharmacology, 2e, Physiology, Statistics, 3e)

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Pdq Pop Display Bundle (Contains 6 Copies of 6 Titles: Biochemistry, Epidemiology, 2e, Histology, Pharmacology, 2e, Physiology, Statistics, 3e)
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Manufacturer: B.C. Decker
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Binding: Hardcover

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Geological Society of London Handbook Series Edited by Keith Cox Founded in 1807, the Geological Society of London has been publishing since 1845 and now distributes its journal to Fellows throughout the world. This Handbook is published as part of a series of authoritative practical guides to field geology. The Field Description of Metamorphic Rocks This handbook describes how metamorphic rocks and rock masses may be observed, recorded and mapped in the field. Written at a level suitable for undergraduate students of geology, this book (as with its companion volumes in the series) has firmly established itself as an essential tool for any geologist — student, professional or amateur — faced with the task of making a general description of an area of metamorphic rocks. A clear, systematic framework together with numerous diagrams, illustrations and checklists enables readers to produce useful and broadly similar descriptions, despite possible differences of background or specialist interest. This well-written and well-produced little text will, I am certain, become standard reading for most geology undergraduates. It will also interest many geologists who do not regularly work in metamorphic terrains and will be particularly useful to engineering geologists and civil engineers who are often concerned with describing the fabrics of metamorphic rocks without being concerned about their origins. M.E. Jones, Mineralogical Magazine Contents: Metamorphic Fieldwork and Mapping — Names and Categories of Metamorphic Rocks and Rock Units — Rock Banding — Minerals — Compositions — Grade — Textures — Fabric Types — Relations to Structures — Undeformed Pods — Augen — Pseudomorphs — Veins — Igneous Contacts — Metasomatism — Reaction Zones — Fault-Zones and Mylonites — Reference Tables and Checklists.

The Field Description of Igneous Rocks/Metamorphic Rocks/Sedimentary Rocks (Geological Society of London Handbook Se)

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The Field Description of Igneous Rocks/Metamorphic Rocks/Sedimentary Rocks (Geological Society of London Handbook Se)
Tucker , Fry , and Thorpe
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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Binding: Paperback

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This charming book by one of the leading mathematicians of our day, Vladimir Igorevich Arnold, is a rambling collection of his memories from early childhood up to recent days. Some marvellous historical and geographical stories occupy a large part of the book. Their characteristic lively style draws the reader into the past as though it were happening today.

The book will be of value to historians of twentieth-century mathematics as source material, and mathematicians will read it for the pure pleasure of learning more about one of their most eminent colleagues. It has both humor and pathos, and even a non-mathematical reader will find it very difficult to put it away.

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Slighter than expected.......2006-12-22

I'm a big fan of V. Arnol'd's math and physics books, but not just because of their elegant exposition and abundant illustrations. Almost uniquely for their genre, they're filled with strong opinions and dry humor. So I'd been eagerly anticipating this book of memoirs ever since it was announced in a Springer mailing almost a year ago. The book's publication was delayed by many months.

What a shock, then, finally to see it in the flesh. As of this writing, Amazon doesn't tell you - but the book is the same teensy size as those books of meditations for managers or feline photographic humor you always find next to the bookstore cash register. You can easily read it while standing (or perhaps sitting or leaning) in the store or taking a long-ish coffee break in your university library.

The book has an unusual origin. In 1999, Arnol'd was found unconscious on a Paris pavement, having fallen from his bicycle. He recovered his health more quickly than expected, but had amnesia for several months. During his long recuperation, his French doctors forbade him to think about math. So he used his memory to recall a number of incidents about his grandparents, his youth and schooling, various notables from the histories of Russia and of mathematics, and more recent anecdotes about family and friends. That's what you'll find here, often augmented by photographs from his collection (many in that airbrushed Soviet style that older readers may recall from Cold War-era books).

Some of the stories are quite cute, such as one about his nephew that concludes the book. Others describe some interesting family background, which included mathematicians on both sides. But Arnol'd's reticence about certain subjects is frustrating. He speaks often of his wife, but there isn't a single photo of her at any age. His mother's family was Jewish, but he never mentions this explicitly or discusses his own Jewish identity (or lack thereof) despite strong discrimination during the Soviet era. Instead he tells a story that when some Israelis asked if he was anti-Semitic, he cited his sister's emigration to Israel as evidence to the contrary (though he attributes her emigration to her having suffered for being an artist, not for being Jewish). A little bit later on, he spends a couple of pages musing on the illogic of Voltaire and other historical anti-Semites. But he shares nothing more personal. Those curious about Arnol'd's inner life will be very disappointed.

Even if taken as a book of anecdotes, many stories will be of little interest to anyone but his friends, students and most indulgent readers, such as tales about a dog who got on a bus, or about a kayaking trip with friends. You'll learn about some obscene zodiacal puns in Russian (stiffly translated, by the way) and inane dialogues from his wife's English and French lessons, but not a whole lot about, e.g., Soviet mathematics education. (See his interview in April 1995 Notices of AMS for more substance on that topic.) The editing is at times lax, with some material from the main text repeated later in footnotes. There is a glossary of proper names, but no index.

I'm very sympathetic with the therapeutic purpose of the book, and glad if it's helped to restore this brilliant mathematician to health. But if you don't already have a deep curiosity about V. Arnol'd specifically, there isn't any real reason to read it. And even for fans like me, it would have been less of a let-down had Springer released it in the $12-$15 range, perhaps in paper - or at least had it done us the courtesy to disclose the book's dimensions ahead of time.

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Long Ago and Yesterday
E. S. Bradburne
Manufacturer: Schofield & Sims Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0721701574

Long Ago and Yesterday, Grade 2, Unit 1 (History-Social Science for California, Then and Now)

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Long Ago and Yesterday, Grade 2, Unit 1 (History-Social Science for California, Then and Now)

Manufacturer: Pearson Scott Foresman
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Binding: Paperback

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Long Ago Yesterday
Anne F. Rockwell
Manufacturer: Greenwillow Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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"Not so long ago," each of these ten stories begins. And if yesterday is long ago, toddlers will understand the truth and immediacy of these tales and realize that their lives can be transformed into story. For here is real life itself:adventures that may not be large on a grown-up scale, but are enormous and important to anyone under five. Anne Rockwell is on the wave-length of the very young child, as her exuberant but tender words and pictures prove. Young listeners will want to hear these tales, tell them to anyone who will listen, and hear them again. Sit down and read them out loud. See what happens. You will have fun!

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So so book, pictures could be better.......2003-06-24

My daughter likes it, but the stories are printed with small words making it hard for her to follow along. I would not purchase it again.

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Long Ago Yesterday in Appalachia
Carmella M. Schnautz
Manufacturer: Carmella Schnautz
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Long-ago yesterdays, (Reading 720)
Theodore Clymer
Manufacturer: Ginn
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0663307848

Road To Yesterday [Stories of Syracuse [New York] in the Long, Long Ago]

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Road To Yesterday [Stories of Syracuse [New York] in the Long, Long Ago]
Byron F. and William F. Rosebook, Preface by Harry C. Durston Fellows Jr.
Manufacturer: Privately Printed
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000U3KIYA

The Road to Yesterday: Stories of Syracuse in the Long, Long Ago

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The Road to Yesterday: Stories of Syracuse in the Long, Long Ago
Byron F. and Roseboom, William F. Fellows
Manufacturer: Onondaga County Hist. Assoc.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HYTKKU

Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now (Yesterday's Classics)

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Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now (Yesterday's Classics)
Jane Andrews
Manufacturer: Yesterday's Classics
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Binding: Paperback

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Parables from Nature (Yesterday's Classics)

ASIN: 1599150646

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Relates the stories of ten boys who lived at vastly different times and places in history, giving the reader an excellent introduction to the important epochs in the world's history. Through these imaginary characters the book gives vivid pictures of the conditions of life at different periods of the world's development, and fosters an appreciation of all history stories which may afterward be read. Beginning with Kablu, the Aryan boy, we move forward in time and westward in space, encountering along the way: Darius, the Persian boy; Cleon, the Greek boy; Horatius, the Roman Boy; Wulf, the Saxon Boy; Gilbert the Page; Roger, the English lad; Ezekiel, the Puritan boy; Jonathan, the Yankee boy; and Frank, the American boy of 1885. Suitable for ages 10 to 12.

Upstate echoes: Being an assemblage of stories about unusual people, places and events in the upstate New York of long ago and of only yesterday

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Upstate echoes: Being an assemblage of stories about unusual people, places and events in the upstate New York of long ago and of only yesterday
Arch Merrill
Manufacturer: American Book-Knickerbocker Press
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