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Getting Started with Peachtree Complete 2003 (6th Edition)
Errol Osteraa Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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Turning Lead into Gold: The Demystification of Outsourcing
Peter Bendor-Samuel Manufacturer: Executive Excellence Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1890009873 |
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This book clears up the misconceptions and mysteries of outsourcing and guides the reader to desired outcomes.Customer Reviews:
Straight-forward and Candid.......2002-08-05
Eye-opening, educational and entertaining.......2000-12-09
But how do you do this? Giving away important processes like finance and accounting to an outsourcing provider is scary. This book gave me the courage and the confidence to outsource. It told me what to do, what NOT to do, and what to watch out for. It gave me clear guidelines on pricing going into a relationship and how to police performance during the life of the contract. It also gave me a blueprint for handling disputes because they do come up.
I now outsource my finance and accounting to a provider 10 minutes from my office. (I want face to face chats about my money!)I also outsource my Web development and hosting to a company in the Philippines that does terrific work at a remarkably reasonable rate. I would never have even considered an offshore supplier if I hadn't read this book. It helped me understand the whole planet is now a source of suppliers.
The author's premise is that companies today have no option but to outsource. I have found in my own experience that is certainly true. I had no idea of how to go about it. If in doubt, read! This book was the perfect primer for a newcomer like me.
A Great Pre-marital Manual for Would-be Outsourcing Allies!.......2000-12-06
The hard statistics are accompanied by easy to understand case studies and explanations. I highly recommend it as a `must read" for both parties to an outsourcing relationship as "pre-marital" counseling manual that will promote more successful and profitable alliances.
Thank you Peter Bendor-Samuel.
Turning Lead Into Gold: The Demystification of Outsourcing.......2000-11-13
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The 2000 Annotated Indian Act and Related Aboriginal Constitutional Provisions
Shin Imai Manufacturer: Carswell Legal Pubns ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0459239783 |
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Reasons for Hope: Instructive Experiences in Rural Development (Kumarian Press Books on International Development)
Manufacturer: Kumarian Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1565490630 |
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Eighteen of the world's most exemplary rural development successes from Africa, Asia, and Latin America are presented in the words of their originators and managers. This is a true story of hope that shows what can be done. Cases may be read individually for guidance or together for their cumulative advice on how to promote the most desirable forms of rural development.
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Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity, Volume 1 (with General ChemistryNOW)
John C. Kotz , Paul M. Treichel , and Gabriela C. Weaver Manufacturer: Brooks Cole ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
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ASIN: 0495010138 |
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Master General Chemistry with CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL REACTIVITY,VOLUME 1 and the accompanying CD-ROM and web-based learning system, General Chemistry NOW. Gain a clearer understanding through expanded sample questions, detailed information about chapter goals, and corresponding media.Customer Reviews:
Worth it's weight in Au.......2007-09-19
Great college book!.......2007-07-06
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Analytical data for a suite of granitoid rocks from the Basin and Range province (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin)
Donald Edward Lee Manufacturer: For sale by Distribution Branch, Text Products Section, U.S. Geological Survey ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006EEJRA |
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Compositional variations and abundances of selected elements in granitoid rocks and constituent minerals, central Sierra Nevada Batholith, California (Geological Survey professional paper)
F. C. W Dodge Manufacturer: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geologial Survey ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006Y00PU |
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GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF GRANITOID AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF LATE ARCHEAN AGE IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN
P.K., Z.E. Peterman, R.E. Zartman and F.C. Benedict Sims Manufacturer: United States Government Printing Office ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000V6LA8Y |
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Geology and mineral potential of the Avalon Zone and granitoid rock of eastern Newfoundland (Report - Newfoundland Mineral Development Division)
Samuel Woolley Taylor Manufacturer: Newfoundland Mineral Development Division ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007AQJ3K |
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Granitoid Rocks (Topics in the Earth Sciences)
D.B. Clarke Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0412291703 |
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By stressing the various techniques used to determine the petrogenic history of granites, and by bridging the gap between undergraduate and research texts, this book provides a clear understanding of the current state of knowledge of the granite family.
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Hybrid granitoid rocks of the southern Snake Range, Nevada, (Geological Survey professional paper 668)
Donald Edward Lee Manufacturer: U.S. Govt. Print. Off ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006C83PQ |
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The morphology and chemistry of K-feldspar megacrysts from Ikizdere Pluton: evidence for acid and basic magma interactions in granitoid rocks, NE-Turkey ... - Interdisciplinary Journal for Chemical]
O. Karsli , F. Aydin , and M. Sadiklar Manufacturer: Elsevier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000RR07FO |
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This digital document is a journal article from Chemie der Erde - Geochemistry - Interdisciplinary Journal for Chemical, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Petrography and Geochemistry of Early Proterozoic Granitoid Rocks in Wisconsin Magmatic Terranes of Penokean Orogen, Northern Wisconsin (U.S. , 1904)
P. K. Sims ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9993358762 |
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Accessory opaque oxides from hybrid granitoid rocks of the southern Snake Range, Nevada (Reports-Open file series - United States Geological Survey)
Donald E Lee Manufacturer: U.S. Geological Survey ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006XI4EK |
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Feldspars from hybrid granitoid rocks of the southern Snake Range, Nevada (Open-file report / U.S. Geological Survey)
Donald Edward Lee Manufacturer: U.S. Geological Survey ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006XMPEK |
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Quantum Theory of Many-Body Systems: Techniques and Applications (Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics)
Alexandre M. Zagoskin Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0387983848 |
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Intended for graduate students in physics and related fields, this text is a self contained treatment of the physics of many-body systems from the point of view of condensed matter. The approach, quite traditionally, uses the mathematical formalism of quasiparticles and Green's functions. In particular, it covers all the important diagram techniques for normal and superconducting systems, including the zero- temperature perturbation theory, and the Matsubara, Keldysh, and Nambu -Gor'kov formalisms. The aim is not to be exhaustive, but to present just enough detail to enable the student to follow the current research literature or to apply the techniques to new problems. Many of the examples are drawn from mesoscopic physics, which deals with systems small enough that quantum coherence is maintained throughout their volume, and which therefore provides an ideal testing ground for many-body theories. The book begins by introducing the Green's function for one-particle systems (using Feynman path integrals), general perturbation theory, and second quantization. It then turns to the usual zero-temperature formalism, discussing the properties and physical meaning of the Green's function for many-body systems and then developing the diagram techniques of perturbation theory. The theory is extended to finite temperatures, including a discussion of the Matsubara formalism as well as the Keldysh technique for essentially nonequilibrium systems. The final chapter is devoted to applications of the techniques to superconductivity, incuding discussions of the superconducting phase transition, elementary excitations, transport, Andreev reflections, and Josephson junctions. Problems at the end of each chapter help to guide learning an toCustomer Reviews:
strongly recommend this book.......2006-02-10
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Hooray for Holly-What?
Jonathan Widran Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0738842648 |
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I think of myself as the most successful failure in the history of Hollywood. Led to believe before my twentieth birthday that I'd be writing for my favorite TV show before I was old enough to drink legally, I swallowed the bait, blindly followed the elusive dream, came within inches of the goal line on numerous occasions...and crashed right on my keyster every time. This isn't like any other "Hollywood how-to" guide you've ever read. In its pages lay nothing but the blatant, tragicomic realities of the outsider trying to make his or her way into the "biz." Detailing all my own wacky misadventures, Hooray for Holly-what? teaches you how to struggle with grace, as dreams are dangled before you; make contacts and try to secure the ever-elusive agent; deal with endless rejections, apply for and then get low rung jobs. I entertain while encouaging the dreams and the harsh realities you must face as you pursue them.Customer Reviews:
Finding the yes in the Big No-where.......2001-03-16
Jonathan Widran's "how to" guide to finding the "yes" in The Big No-where tells it like it is in a humorous and insightful way.
I recognized more of myself in this little tome than a hundred other Tinseltown self-help books.
Follow Jonathan from his first blush of success with his maiden effort as a t.v. sitcom scriptwriter to his endless series of appointments with T.V. barracudas and wanna-bes. It's very real and oh vey-- very funny....And a fast read. I read it in about the time it took three "must see" t.v. sitcoms to air!
Hilarious and true to life!.......2001-02-01
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They Were Expendable (Bluejacket Books)
William Lindsay White Manufacturer: US Naval Institute Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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Incredible story.......2006-06-02
One of the best.......2005-09-26
God Bless the Naval Institute Press.......2005-09-10
An emotional saga of American military defeat.......2004-05-31
White originally wrote the book for "The Reader's Digest," which published a condensed version in its September, 1942, issue, not quite four months after the fall of Corregidor. The full-length book was released several days later and became a huge bestseller (one reason so many used copies are available today). "They Were Expendable" was one of the first pieces of World War II "hardcover journalism" to give firsthand accounts of the U.S. debacle in the Philippines, and it promised no-holds-barred revelations about how and why the United States could have been so badly beaten. Some of what was "revealed" was myth -- tales of spies and sabotage, and exaggerations of Allied numerical inferiority to the Japanese. Nor could White, even if he had wanted to, have gotten away with criticizing Douglas MacArthur or any Washington bigwigs who were in part responsible for the Philippines disaster. Indeed, MacArthur was still the hero of the hour for most Americans, and his association with the motor torpedo boats of Squadron 3 -- they spirited General, family and entourage away from Corregidor after President Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to Australia in mid-March, 1942 -- helped hype the book immensely.
But what the book lacks in factual veracity, it makes up for in emotional sincerity. Although White actually wrote the "monologues" that make up the narrative, he based his words on those of four squadron officers who had been ordered to leave the Philippines, to relay their knowledge of torpedo-boat warfare to new PT crews back in the States. Their quiet professionalism comes through loud and clear. Lt. John D. Bulkeley, squadron commander and winner of the Medal of Honor for his leadership aboard the boats, is featured prominently because he had already received a great deal of publicity early in 1942, thanks to MacArthur's press agents on Corregidor
But the heart of the narrative (most of it, actually) is attributed to the squadron exec, Lt. Robert Kelly (later transformed in the movie version into John Wayne's overgrown adolescent, "Rusty Ryan," a portrayal that Kelly came to detest). Kelly not only relates his part in the squadron's combats against the Japanese and MacArthur's departure from the islands, but also tells of his relationship with an Army nurse, "Peggy," whom he met in a Corregidor hospital where he was being treated for a minor injury that turned major. White likely overstated the depth of this relationship - it was really more friendship than romance - but Kelly's grief over the loss of that friendship became a metaphor (okay, stick with me here) for America's loss of the Philippines, and perhaps the loss of an innocent vision of the United States as an invincible military power.
After the war (and after the release, in 1945, of the John Ford film based on the book -- a very personal expression of Ford's own views about the war and the Navy), U.S. intelligence officers and historians discovered that the achievements of Squadron 3 in Philippine waters had been somewhat exaggerated. Japanese ships that the torpedo boat crews claimed as "sunk" were, more often than not, undamaged. (Yes, U.S. torpedoes used early in the war were very unreliable.) As the Pacific war progressed, PT boats became extremely important as inshore gunboats (a role in which Squadron 3 excelled, too) but were employed only occasionally as torpedo platforms.
Despite the wartime inaccuracies, White's restrained writing captures the quiet pride as well as the sadness and frustration of his subjects, young men still grieving over losing their crews and their boats. (About half the squadron personnel, listed at the end of the book, became POWs, and several did not survive the harsh Japanese captivity.) I first read this book at age ten, and I have kept coming back to it for more than thirty years because it has an emotional impact unlike most wartime reportage I've read. Although he covered the war in a different way, "They Were Expendable" puts White on a level alongside Ernie Pyle, with whom he shared the ability to see beyond surface heroics to the melancholy that afflicts all human beings caught up in combat. (If you like "They Were Expendable," find a copy of White's other great book about the early days of defeat in the Pacific war, "Queens Die Proudly.")
This is a classic of World War Two journalism -- again, not for the facts, but for the truth. If you want a factual book on Squadron 3 at war, read the appropriate chapter in Robert J. Bulkley Jr.'s "At Close Quarters." For a book that plumbs the emotional experience of an American defeat, read "They Were Expendable."
A Story of Genuine Heroes.......2003-04-16
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Manufacturer: The World Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000I4VANO |
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They Were Expendable
W.L.White Manufacturer: Harcourt, Brace, and Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000KMC0S8 |
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Life Magazine issue dated December 31, 1945:Cover Story: Mountain Climbing; Fred Astaire's Last Dance; MOVIE: "They Were Expendable" with John Wayne; Germany's Treasures arrive in U.S.; Snow Buries Buffalo; Please see TABLE OF CONTENTS photo for additional information on articles in this issue
TIME-LIFE books Manufacturer: TIME-LIFE books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000V9ADTI |
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Queens Die Proudly
W.L.;b122 White Manufacturer: Harcourt, Brace and Company, NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 8022091391 |
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Here is the first great story of our war (World War II) as seen by men fighting in it! (1943)
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They Were Expendable
W. L. White Manufacturer: Infantry Journal - Penguin Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000KOWPTA |
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They Were Expendable
White Manufacturer: Harcourt ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OJJ8M8 |
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They Were Expendable
W L White Manufacturer: Harcourt Brace & Co, NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000O6G73Y |
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They Were Expendable
W.L. White Manufacturer: Harcourt, Brace & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000X36VNO |
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W.L. White Manufacturer: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000GR4VYS |
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Study Guide to accompany The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History (Third Edition)
Michele G. Scott James Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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Study Guide to Accompany The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History Volume 2 FOURTH EDITION
Bulliet/Crossley/Headrick/Hirsch/Johnson/Northrup ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000W59NV0 |
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Study Guide to Accompany The Earth and ITs Peoples: A Global History Volume 1 FOURTH EDITION
Strickland ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000W59J7I |
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Virtual Organisms: The Startling World of Artificial Life
Mark Ward Manufacturer: Thomas Dunne Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
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EnterýInorganic Life.......2002-10-15
Most of the examples given were in the field of telecommunications, network switching. Parallels were drawn between the information passed in DNA replication and that passed by computer programs. The groups he discusses are endeavoring to breed software in an evolutionary manner analogous to breeding animal life. To his thinking a string of computer bits are agents analogous to a string of amino acids in the chromosome of living agents-interesting ideas.
An Excellent Introductory Text.......2001-12-05
Annoying, boring.......2001-05-18
Wonderful book for the rest of us........2001-05-15
Not recommended.......2001-01-05
I am surprised that such an interesting subject could be transformed into such a boring lecture. The first 60 pages is dedicated to a tedious review of basic evolution which has become common knowledge. Only later, after losing the readers' interest, does Ward begin to tie this in with the actual subject of the book, artificial life. Yet even when he gets to artificial life, programming codes are not included in the book, so don't even think about it. It's as if Ward were a humanities major writing an extremely tiresome thesis on artificial life.
The only saving grace is the actual subject--even Ward cannot completely dampen the fascinating experiments with his stilted prose. Someone interested in doing a book report on the history of organismal life to artificial life may want to give Ward a try--anyone else familiar with the subject of A life should avoid this book.
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Virtual Organisms the Startling World of Artificial Life
Mark Ward Manufacturer: MacMillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OUSDE6 |
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World Atlas of Biodiversity: Earth's Living Resources in the 21st Century
Brian Groombridge , and Martin D. Jenkins Manufacturer: University of California Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0520236688 |
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The World Atlas of Biodiversity is an updated edition of Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's Living Resources, originally published in 1992 and reissued in 2000 as Global Biodiversity: Earth's living resources in the 21st Century. This 2002 edition, totally redesigned and updated, includes new data and graphics, additional photos, and additional material on food issues and biodiversity, as well as an entirely new chapter on protected areas and other conservation issues.Customer Reviews:
Great encyclopedia, but why page-spliting graphics?.......2007-04-26
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World Atlas of Biodiversity: Earth's Living Resources in the 21st Century
Brian Groombridge; Martin D. Jenkins Manufacturer: University of California Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000MC33D2 |
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