The Everything Investing Book: How to Pick, Buy and Sell Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds (Everything Series)

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This collection of essays brings together the work of many of the world's leading Contract Law scholars. It focuses upon a common central theme: the question of good faith and fair dealing in the Law of Contract. The work discusses the requirement of good faith and its role in the formation of
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Good Faith in Contract and Property Law

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Good Faith in Sales
Reziya Harrison
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Florida's new good faith duty on an insurer not to settle. : An article from: Florida Bar Journal

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Florida's new good faith duty on an insurer not to settle. : An article from: Florida Bar Journal
Frederick T. Hawkes , and Alfred J. Saikali
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This digital document is an article from Florida Bar Journal, published by Florida Bar on November 1, 2004. The length of the article is 3777 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Florida's new good faith duty on an insurer not to settle.
Author: Frederick T. Hawkes
Publication: Florida Bar Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2004
Publisher: Florida Bar
Volume: 78 Issue: 10 Page: 42(4)

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This book evaluates the current effect/tissue-residue literature as a basis for developing an extensive database of effect/tissue-residue data for aquatic organisms (invertebrates, fishes, amphibians). The criteria for data incorporation includes the use of measured tissue-residue concentrations and effects endpoints that consist of, or are directly related to, survival, growth, and reproduction of test organisms. The database contains more than 3,000 entries regarding approximately 200 different chemicals from about 500 references. The information contained in this book will be an invaluable resource for use in ecological risk assessments and for the systematic investigation of hypotheses related to effect/tissue-residue relationships.

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This introductory level text addresses the broad range of nonequilibrium phenomena observed at short time scales. It focuses on the important questions of correlations and memory effects in dense interacting systems. Experiments on very short time scales are characterized, in particular, by strong correlations far from equilibrium, by nonlinear dynamics, and by the related phenomena of turbulence and chaos. The impressive successes of experiments using pulsed lasers to study the properties of matter and of the new methods of analysis of the early phases of heavy ion reactions have necessitated a review of the available many-body theoretical methods. The aim of this book is thus to provide an introduction to the experimental and theoretical methods that help us to understand the behaviour of such systems when disturbed on very short time scales. The contributions are written in a tutorial style and are largely self-contained, allowing graduate students and researchers alike to become familiar with this exciting interdisciplinary field.

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Cute romance

Great rainy day or beach read!

Kenna Kicks the Sterotype of Everything...

Witty and entertaining!

amusing contemporary romance

Natural Blond Instincts (Harlequin Flipside)
Jill Shalvis
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A blonde's ambition

Kenna Mallory is giving up "making it on her own" -- aka puddle groomer and accounts payable clerk, jobs that haven't used all her natural abilities -- to join the family biz and prove she's got what it takes to be VP of the newest Mallory Hotel. Okay, so maybe she has way more hair and cleavage than it takes, but that should be an asset around co-VP Weston Roth.

Wrong. Wes is hot, as Ivy League as the hotel's elite guests, and isn't buying the blond routine. Time to change tactics and start working the numbers. Good thing math is Kenna's other natural asset. And when it comes to getting the guy, if it isn't hair that grabs him . . . it's, uh, figures.

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Cute romance.......2007-07-10

Kenna Mallory has always been a maverick - cut off from her family when she decides to go to the college of her choice, she reluctantly comes back into the family fold for a high ranking position at the Mallory chain of luxury hotels. Her family is embarrassed by the jobs she `s chosen in the past, never seeming to realize that they were character building and that she managed to make it on her own. Teamed with sexy hotel VP Weston Roth, who thinks she's a spoiled debutante, she struggles to make her mark in the board room, while coping with a backstabbing cousin and her growing feelings for Wes, who's in competition with her for a promotion.

While the story is cute, it is rather short, thus being pretty undeveloped and resolved a little too quickly. But in Shalvis' capable hands, what could have been mundane and cliched is actually a well written but average story.

Great rainy day or beach read!.......2005-08-20

Very quick and easy read. Read it in one day. It was funny, sexy, honest and sweet. Great for a rainy day or day at the beach! Would also recommend these authors: Lori Foster, Jennifer Crusie, Rachel Gibson, Carly Phillips, Deirdre Martin, Jill Winters, or Donna Kauffman.

Kenna Kicks the Sterotype of Everything..........2005-05-03

Kenna Malloy is the black sheep of the Malloy family. She neither looks like them or is interested in the family business. The family business is hotels and her father manages to talk her into working there for at least six months to train her to be the vp. Her co-candiadate is not impressed at first. This book shows that first impressions *can* in fact be wrong.

The book has Kenna finally finding out what she wants to do with her life and who she wants to do it with. This was a quick fun read. This was my first flipside book and now I'm addicted to them!

Witty and entertaining!.......2004-02-16

What fun it was to watch wacky Kenna Mallory trying to make it in a conventional suit job at one of her father's hotels in San Diego. A couple fun things about her job though...she finally gets the long awaited nod of approval from Dear Old Dad and she also meets hot and sexy "suit", Weston Roth.

In addition to the fun heroine and desireable hero, Jill Shalvis has fun secondary characters, including competitive cousin Serena who perks things up w/her attempts to have Kenna fall flat on her face. No way Kenna would do that...well, maybe she'd fall into a swimming pool but always with that head held high!

A wonderful, light and entertaining read. My first Flipside. . .can't wait to read another!

amusing contemporary romance.......2003-12-26

Kenna Mallory is the poster adult of the tall, gorgeous, California golden girl. Most people who meet Kenna assume her brain consists of one icon that of a dumb blond. Even her family treats her as a beautiful moron though she is quite intelligent. She is so bone wary of being ignored for anything that requires thinking, Kenna accepts the job of vice president at her family's newest hotel in the Mallory hotel chain. However, her father is wary to allow Kenna too much freedom so he assigns her to work closely with Wes Roth.

Wes assumes that Kenna is a dumb blond who got her current position due to nepotism. On the other hand Kenna is a bit shocked that Wes is not an ancient know-it-all baby boomer, but instead is a hunk her age. Neither wants to share responsibility or the position. However, Wes reconsiders his first assessment of Kenna as she works hard, pulls her weight and more, and provides intelligent assessments and decisions. Likewise Kenna realizes that Wes is a sharp, hard working individual who carries more than his load. As they work closely together they fall in love, but each ignores the attraction that grows with every admiring moment together.

NATURAL BLOND INSTINCTS is an amusing contemporary romance. Though the tale is based on dumb blond jokes and doesn't avoid stereotyping. it clearly pays homage to the two recent legal movies. The story line is cleverly written though Wes' reactions to his attraction to Kenna, who he knows is beautiful and smart, seem off kilter. Still fans will appreciate this solid humorous story that pokes fun at pigeonholing individuals based on a physical trait.

Harriet Klausner

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Natural Blond Instincts
Jill Shalvis
Manufacturer: harlequin
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Binding: Paperback
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Riveting..........2006-08-08

Gerald Astor's book on Okinawa is, again, one of the better oral histories I have read on WWII. He delicately weaves the stories as told by the servicemen with his own narratives. What works with this is a great "you are there" feel to the book. The soldiers give harrowing accounts of the fighting with the Japanese and how they would infiltrate the foxholes at night only for the Marines to see the daylight battlefield scattered with the corpses of the Jap soldiers.

I knew from other books and TV documentaries how savage the Japs were; and this book confirms it with the soldiers stories. Astor concludes this book with his analysis on the battle and how the dropping of the atom bomb took place shortly thereafter. He skillfully analyses the Okinawan/Iwo Jima fighting with Truman's reasoning for using the bomb.

The only drawback of the book (my '95 paperback copy) were not enough maps of Okinawa (only one small map in the beginning of the book).

At any rate, definitely worth a read and an addition to your library.

The End and The Beginning of A Better World........2005-12-15

More people died during the Battle of Okinawa than during the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki just six weeks later. This is where correspondent Ernie Pyle (made an appearance in Knoxville, TN to interview a local personage at a small cafe) was killed by a sniper shot just a couple of weeks after the landing by our troops. This was the most bloody close-quarters of land fighting in WWII with 12,520 American casualties from the various branches of our enlisted men, Marines, airmen, sailors and soldiers.

'Operation Iceberg,' as it was known had the fiercest attack of kamikazes (named after the 'divine wind' which had reputedly saved Japan from a Mongol invasion. They were first seen in action against HMAS 'Australia' and 'Taffy1" earlier in the war. The kamikaze pilots were proud (and crazy) to become the ultimate sacrifice for their country. On Christmas Eve, 1942, the troopship 'Mauertania,' went on a convoluted course to safely deliver five hundred German POWs, thousands of wounded Allied soldiers, twenty-five civilians (women and children) home to USA for Christmas. By Christmas Eve, two months after sailing from the Persian Gulf, they'd had to evade the submarines and the kamikaze planes. With the occasional weaving of the boat to confuse enemy sub pursuit, the weary travelers clung to the railing wondering if they would ever see America again. Just six months earlier, in June 1942, the Japanese defeat at the Battle of Midway and Guadalcanal in August caused the ferociousness of the kamikaze attacks had increased and the cruier 'Helena' had been destroyed. Altogether, the Americans had lost over thirty vessels and 368 ships had major damage from these suicide bombers which went on to sink 34 Allied ships.

On the 'Mauretania,' the civilians reached out to the prisoners by descending into the lower recesses of the ship to sing "Silent Night" ('Stille Nacht') written by a German composer. It was an emotional event for all as they stood there, unable to speak. The seven-year-old girl who wrote an account of it 57 years later said she crawled into bed that night, tingling with happiness, certain there had never been a Christmas Eve like this one. There was a world war raging, an enemy to fight, just the beginning of the Japanese reign of terror as they rained down a deadly barrage of kamikazes. Early in the war, Japan had a series of military successes; after the attack on Pearl Harbor, they attacked U. S. air bases in the Phillippines.

This book was written by Gerald Astor (with the aid of historian Leckie) on the fiftieth anniversary of 'Operation Iceburg" for eighty-three days from April to June. It gives personal accounts of hand-to-hand combat, flame-thrower and ambush attacks with nowhere to run for cover, with entire companies of U.S. men killed by the brutality and ferociousness of the enemy. The battleship 'USS Tennessee' covered the landing area by firing salvos onto the beaches at Okinawa. Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt had met with Chiang Kai-Shek and Madam Chiang in Cairo to no avail. Churchill himself later wrote, "The decision whether or not to use the atomic bomb to compel the surrender of Japan was never even an issue." On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped "Little Boy" and three days later, the plutonium bomb, "Fat Man," on Nagasaki. One hundred twenty people died as a result of the two blasts.

It was General Douglas MacArthur, my hero, himself who insisted that, for political and prestige reasons, all the Japanese troops be forced to surrender in the Phillippines. He kept his word, and "did return" to that island as he had promised. On September 2, 1945, he officially received the Japanese surrender on the battleship 'Missouri' in Tokyo Bay. This account brings it to the reader on a personal level, not like a history textbook. The victory in Europe and the Pacific caused us to have two memorial days, V-E Day on May 8 and V.J Day on August 14. This is a reminder of a Christmas long ago, told as if it had happened only yesterday -- gone into the past, but not forgotten.

Outstanding Oral History.......2005-03-12

Operation Iceberg is a masterwork of the oral history approach to telling a story. Astor ably edits and arranges the various oral accounts into a quick-paced, yet comprehensive account of a rather complex and important battle. Astor has collected inputs from Marines, Sailors, Soldiers, and Airmen who were there and made victory possible. But the accounts would be nothing if they weren't arranged into a pattern that the reader could follow. Astor does that, and provides his own brief narrative to fill in any gaps that the oral accounts have left. As a result, the book becomes a text on the Battle for Okinawa and not just a collection of personal reminisces.

Interesting book about Okinawa.......2003-03-30

1st of all, I'm not too big into the Pacific Theater of WWII (My main interest is the European Theater). This is the 1st book I have read about it. With that in mind; I found this book interesting. It is mostly personal stories of G.I's and there wild stories of fighting the Japs. It was very interesting to learn about the Japs tatics that they used, usually at night & also about how feared the Japanese locals & Jap military were deathly afraid to fall into the hands of the Americans. This is part of the reason that 99% of the Japs fought to the death. The book covers fighting on land and at sea. The book also covers the death of Ernie Pyle.

Must read for anyone whose father fought in the Pacific.......2001-01-19

My father was a member of the 77th Division which fought in the Pacific. He never talked about the war and I have always been interested in learning more about how he survived. This book is a MUST read for anyone whose father fought in the Pacific, especially on Okinawa. It is not a history lesson as other books are, but actual memoirs of the soldiers who fought there. You are even given their names and brief biography. You hear and read so much regarding the D-Day invasion and how terrible that was but after reading Operation Iceberg, you will come to understand how much worse the fighting in the Pacific was. I find it hard to believe that anyone came home unwounded from those battles, but they did, including my father. My knowledge of World War II has been greatly expanded after reading Mr. Astor's book. Thank you, Mr. Astor, for writing this book and for giving me some insight into what my father lived through.

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Excellent as resource material,.......1999-03-18

Excellent source of resource material on famous Jewish personalities and institutions in Russia - the Soviet Union, especially St. Petersburg at the turn of the century. Few such books exist in English. Expecting more such books.

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DESKTOP DATABASE OF INSTANT MATH AND SCIENCE DATA

A concise yet comprehensive compendium of formulas, functions, symbols, constants, and conversions, Mathematical and Physical Data, Equations, and Rules of Thumb is a treasure trove of data for everyone from electrical hobbyists to engineers. Consistent with the plan-English writing that’s made top science writer/author Stan Gibilisco’s books consistently popular, this handy guide provides you with crystal-clear explanations of:

*Algebra, Functions, Graphs, and Vectors
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A single-source reference valuable to everyone from electrical hobbyists all the way up to engineers.

Rules of Thumb for Engineers and Scientists

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Misleading title, should be "Rules of Thumb for Chemists"

Rules of Thumb for Engineers and Scientists

Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann
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Misleading title, should be "Rules of Thumb for Chemists".......1996-08-01

Very misleading title for a book which deals almost exclusively with chemistry. Little mention of physics or engineering. Shame on the author and the publisher of this book!

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This digital document is an article from The Ohio Journal of Science, published by Ohio Academy of Science on March 1, 2003. The length of the article is 688 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: A comparative study of diversity in three forest ecosystems in North East Ohio. (Pre-College Poster Session 03:00 PM).(Abstract)
Author: Rowan M. Webster
Publication: The Ohio Journal of Science (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2003
Publisher: Ohio Academy of Science
Volume: 103 Issue: 1 Page: A-24(1)

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