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Boy Wonder of Wall Street: The Life and Times of Financier Eddie Gilbert
Richard Whittingham Manufacturer: Texere ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 1587991748 |
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Ever oscillating between absolute triumph and failure, the volatile life of the acrobatic financial genius Eddie Gilbert is a drama bordering on Shakespearean proportions. Jailed two times and on his way to making his third fortune, Eddie Gilbert's is a most entertaining real life story. Although reminiscent of famous financiers, such as Michael Milken, Gilbert's story has yet to be heard.Customer Reviews:
Great book!.......2003-09-04
Need a new hero in your life?.......2003-08-30
The Many Lives of Eddie Gilbert.......2003-06-05
This recent book is a swift read and covers the major events in Eddie's life in a well researched and balanced way. From the heights of two separate fortunes to the depths of two jail stints, it is really an amazing story. The most amazing part is that it is true. Eddie Gilbert is still making history today as a very, very successful real estate investor. Everything he touches turns to gold. He is a very loyal family man, who values friendships and would do everything to follow through on his word.
I recommend reading the book, not for its literary merits, which are very modest, but for the truly extraordinary story of the many lives of Eddie Gilbert.
Best business book of the year!.......2003-06-01
The author did a excellent job of researching the material that has resulted in a very factual, objective narrative... but it still reads like a novel!
I would strongly recommend purchasing this book, particularly if you are a business leader that must make people judgements.
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Consuming People (Routledge Studies in Consumer Research)
A. Fuat Firat Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0415316200 |
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Consumption, culture, and marketing are the central phenomena of our day. This book reflects the growing interest in consumption and consumer culture in an increasing range of social science disciplines. It reflects the convergence of interest in these areas within the humanities, business, and social sciences. Consuming People looks at people in the act of consumption and consumed by the act of consumption. It examines the evolution of the concept and practice of consumption in modern history and its elevation to great significance in everyday life. The book combines academic analysis with a discussion of the possibilities for consuming people in the future. The authors provide insights into modernity and the contemporary condition that will appeal to a wide range of readers in many disciplines.
Previously only available in hardback.
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The silent night shift: outsourcing agency finds customers eager to relinquish routine, time-consuming tasks.(BROKERS: People, Ideas and Trends shaping ... An article from: Risk & Insurance
Erin Fogg Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000V3939A Release Date: 2007-08-13 |
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This digital document is an article from Risk & Insurance, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2007. The length of the article is 821 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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Sootblowers: an oft-neglected, high-energy consuming system.(FOUR MINUTE FOCUS): An article from: Solutions - for People, Processes and Paper
Alarick Tavares Manufacturer: Paper Industry Management Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00081SCG0 Release Date: 2005-08-01 |
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This digital document is an article from Solutions - for People, Processes and Paper, published by Paper Industry Management Association on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 708 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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CONSUMING PEOPLE
A. Fuat Firat Manufacturer: NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N6EYSK |
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Of consuming interest: A guide to Titles II & III of the ADA for people with vision loss
Scott Marshall Manufacturer: Distributed by Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006P9PQY |
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Private Justice: Towards Integrated Theorising in the Sociology of Law
Stuart Henry Manufacturer: Routledge Kegan & Paul ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0710097034 |
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Monitoring and Evaluation of Watershed Management Project Achievements (Fao Conservation Guide)
Edgar Hernandez Becerra Manufacturer: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9251033153 |
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Chemical Education: Towards Research-based Practice (Science & Technology Education Library)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1402011849 |
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Chemical education is essential to everybody because it deals with ideas that play major roles in personal, social, and economic decisions. This book is based on three principles: that all aspects of chemical education should be associated with research; that the development of opportunities for chemical education should be both a continuous process and be linked to research; and that the professional development of all those associated with chemical education should make extensive and diverse use of that research. It is intended for: pre-service and practising chemistry teachers and lecturers; chemistry teacher educators; chemical education researchers; the designers and managers of formal chemical curricula; informal chemical educators; authors of textbooks and curriculum support materials; practising chemists and chemical technologists. It addresses: the relation between chemistry and chemical education; curricula for chemical education; teaching and learning about chemical compounds and chemical change; the development of teachers; the development of chemical education as a field of enquiry. This is mainly done in respect of the full range of formal education contexts (schools, universities, vocational colleges) but also in respect of informal education contexts (books, science centres and museums).
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Geology EOA Edu-Tutor Vol. 3: Earth's Changing Surface
EOA Scientific Systems Inc. Manufacturer: EOA Scientififc Systems, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: CD-ROM ASIN: 1552411990 |
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Weathering and erosion are key processes that change our world! Learn how physical and chemical weathering shape our land, and produce Earth's life-sustaining soil. Experience the Earth's dynamic hydrologic cycle on the surface and underground. Learn about rivers, the water table, groundwater, and how water moves and modifies the Earth's surface. Understand the power of glaciers, how they move, shape and subdue the land. Investigate the mountain ranges and the topography of the ocean floor, and explore the unique characteristics of shorelines and beaches. Then travel way up into space for a fascinating look at Earth's landforms from a whole new perspective.
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McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Physics
McGraw-Hill Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0071439552 |
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Hundreds of well-illustrated articles explore the most important fields of science. Based on content from the McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Fifth Edition, the most widely used and respected science reference of its kind in print, the new Concise Encyclopedia Series delivers:
* Detailed, well-illustrated explanations, not just definitions
* Hundreds of concise yet authoritative articles in each volume
* An easy-to-understand presentation, accessible and intersting to non-specialists
* A portable, convenient format
* Bibliographies, appendices, and other information to supplement the articles
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Physics
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0070514003 |
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With 700 alphabetically arranged articles, including all major fields of physics, this authoritative work covers atomic physics, classical mechanics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, acoustics, electricity and electronics, optics, theoretical physics, and much more. It also details some of the most recent advances and breakthroughs in theoretical and experimental research. A scholarly but accessible introduction to the world of physics for the serious student and nonspecialist alike. Copiously illustrated with graphs, charts, photographs, and line drawings.Customer Reviews:
Most Useful Engineering Book I Own!.......2007-07-12
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Physics, 2nd Ed.
Sybil P., Editor in Chief Parker Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OFN9D6 |
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Babyboomer in Bosnyphilosh: A Lifeline Novel
B. Burke Manufacturer: Authorhouse ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1587211114 |
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Wacky, yet Educational.......2001-08-26
Laugh, then ponder, then laugh again.......2001-01-03
The Erie Times=News says :.......2000-12-29
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Jutland 1916: Clash of the Dreadnoughts (Campaign)
Charles London Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1855329921 Release Date: 2000-08-18 |
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The only major fleet engagement of World War I, the Battle of Jutland has been surrounded by controversy ever since. The British public felt Admiral Jellicoe had failed – a reaction rooted in a hundred years of the 'Nelson cult', a conviction that anything short of a Trafalgar-style annihilation was letting the side down. True, the German Fleet had sunk more ships and suffered fewer casualties, but the British had forced them to disengage and run for port and were still cruising off Denmark spoiling for a fight. This title recounts in detail how on an early summer's evening in 1916, the two fleets clashed head to head: the events that followed would spark a polemic that still rages today.Customer Reviews:
1916 battle off the coast of Denmark and surrounding........2007-09-26
Lots of Disjointed Information.......2007-01-28
Great background, clear story.......2000-11-08
As to bias, this is what an intelligent reader expects in such an endeavor. One seeks it when it does not adversely affect the inclusion of all of the facts. The reader easily copes with biased conclusions and the excessive of biased adjectives when they appear. One expects a British author to conclude that Britain won the battle. Probably her population as accepts this as fact, as the Germans also believe that they won the battle. Victory is often controversial, especially to the non-professional reader. Again the experienced reader, with the facts in hand, will draw his own (biased?) conclusion. That is part of the fun!
As to Jutland, one may award the victory according to his personal judgment. Historically, of course, it is generally considered that the tactical victor is the side that retains the battlefield.
Here, I think the world has agreed, the strategic victory belongs to Britain, as she obtained her major objectives, while Germany's surface fleet remained merely a psychological threat restricting, to some extent the use of the British home fleet.
I recommend this book as enjoyable reading to anyone with an interest in the subject.
An badly biased book is a bad book!.......2000-10-06
One of the Best of the Osprey Campaign Series.......2000-09-12
On the whole, this volume repesents one of the very best of the Osprey Campaign series. The maps are excellent, and provide much better depictions of the action than the sketch maps usually provided in much lengthier works. The strategic level map on page 32 which depicts the opening moves is one of the best I have seen, including locations of all U-Boats and British submarines (unfortunately he did leave out Zeppelin patrol areas). Both the photographs and artwork are of excellent quality. This volume is a valuable visual companion to John Campbell's technical Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting, which lacks photos and decent maps.
On the negative side, the author is rather blatantly biased toward the British. There is little or no mention of significant damage to British dreadnoughts, including the seven hits on HMS Malaya, the six hits on HMS Barham and the torpedo hit on HMS Marlborough (all three of which had close calls with sinking). On the other hand, damage to German ships is sometimes exaggerated; such as when the author claims that three German pre-dreadnoughts were hit when in fact, two were hit by one shell each (minor damage) and the third suffered one sailor killed from a shell splinter. The author alludes to the German advantage in night fighting but fails to mention that they had starshells, while the British did not.
The author makes selective use of the vast technical data available on Jutland. He notes that both sides gunnery was about the same - 3% probability of hits and that the various advantages and defects of their ship designs canceled each other out. In fact, the British obtained 2.75% hits of rounds fired versus 3.39% for the Germans. In the initial battlecruiser action, the German edge was even more lop-sided: the Germans scored 44 hits versus only 17 hits for the numerically-superior British.
Organizationally, this volume would have done better to provide strict time delimiters, to break the action into phases. Instead, the author uses the "flow" style, which gets very confusing after the initial battlecruiser action. The maps help to sort out the battle, but the text does not. One wonders also why the author included photographs of the Goeben, and ships sunk in the Falklands Battle two years prior to Jutland, but no photos of several major ships such as the Lutzow and Pommerm which were sunk there.
Finally, the author seems somewhat unsatisfied with the indecisive conclusion of Jutland, as everyone always seems to be, except perhaps the Germans. The author uses the fact that the Grand Fleet "remained on the battlefield" the next morning to claim a victory for sea control and assert that Jellicoe would have won any follow-up engagement off the Horn Reef. Here the author's bias ignores the fact that the Grand Fleet had lost all cohesion after twelve hours of fighting; most of the destroyers were separated in the night action and three dreadnoughts had wandered off 45 miles away from the main body. Certainly Jellicoe had the strength to finish off any German cripples, but any renewed battle would have witnessed a thoroughly-spread out Grand Fleet fighting in minimal visibility conditions. Any action on 1 June would likely have been a scaled-down repeat of the previous day: ships blundering into each other in the haze and quick, furtive exchanges of gun fire. More ships might have been sunk, but without radar, air support, better navigation and improved communications, the clash of dreadnoughts could not be decisive in 1916.
Despite the author's bias and certain errors, this volume is still a valuable adjunct to any Jutland collection. Just remember to keep other works handy to sort out the omissions.
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Jutland 1916 : Clash of the Dreadnoughts
Charles London Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OREXC0 |
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Long Cycles in World Politics
George Modelski Manufacturer: University of Washington Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0295964308 |
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Long Cycles: Prosperity and War in the Modern Age
Joshua S. Goldstein Manufacturer: Yale Univ Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0300041128 |
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What an Eye-Opener!.......1999-10-05
Would you believe that Trotsky predicted the 1990-92 business downturn!
This book sent me on a very enlightening reading spree amongst it's extensive bibliography.
All-in-all, a great read for a dissertation.
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Science and Technology in Fact and Fiction: A Guide to Young Adult Books
Dayann M. Kennedy , Stella S. Spangler , and Mary Ann Vanderwerf Manufacturer: R. R. Bowker ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0835227103 |
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Averting Extinction: Reconstructing Endangered Species Recovery
Timothy W. Clark Manufacturer: Yale University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0300113331 |
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In this book, Tim Clark tells the story of subsequent efforts to save the black-footed ferret, showing how it points up the necessity of finding new ways to conserve and restore species. According to Clark, the problems facing conservation are not fundamentally biological but stem from human systems-policy decisions, organizational priorities, and professional rivalries. The focus in conservation, he says, must shift from science to practical problem solving.Customer Reviews:
A must-read for environmental policymakers.......2007-08-16
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