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Motivational Management: Inspiring Your People for Maximum Performance
Alexander Hiam
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Most people want to do their jobs well. They don't need commands, threats, or ultimatums. What they can use more productively are direction, support, encouragement, and rewards. This book reveals how to increase commitment, competency, and productivity by stimulating each employee's intrinsic desire to excel. Author Alex Hiam's training methods and materials are used at hundreds of corporations, and he has personally trained managers from AT&T, Ford, and the United States armed forces. His field-proven approaches have been especially adapted for this essential guide, which includes strategies for: ¥ Motivational communications ¥ Eliminating contaminants that cause negative attitudes ¥ The use of challenge, purpose, and feedback to motivate, and much more Plus, the book features an Incentive Profile for establishing a rewards system, a Motivation Level Inventory for measuring and tracking motivation, and a wide array of activities, techniques, and examples from the author's own experiences.

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How were the features on the Moon created?. What is the evidence for past or future life on Mars? What might cause the Earth to become as hot and steamy as Venus? . Why do some say that a colliding asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago? From the earliest of times the human race has pondered upon the nature of the Heavens. The moons and planets have changed from mere points of light to fascinating, diverse worlds. Spacecraft have visited all the planets known to ancient people. Human beings have visited the Moon, and robot spacecraft have landed on Venus and Mars. This book presents the result of this captivating voyage of discovery, recording more than two decades of extraordinary accomplishments. The voyage starts with the still, silent and lifeless Moon. Then on to the contrasting world of Mars with its towering volcanoes and deep canyons. The exploration continues across asteroid belts and icy comets to the outer planets where Voyager II revealed cyclonic storms, liquid hydrogen and helium rain and the beautiful pink and blue dynamic world of Neptune. This book includes numerous photos from spacecraft as well as a few works of modern art. They provide the best available metaphors and images of the previously invisible worlds.

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Catalysis: An Integrated Approach to Homogenous, Heterogenous and Industrial Catalysis (Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis)

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Catalysis: An Integrated Approach to Homogenous, Heterogenous and Industrial Catalysis (Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis)
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The extraordinary development of microprocessors and their extensive use in control systems in all fields of application has brought about important changes in the design of control systems. Their performance and low cost make them much more capable, in many circumstances, than analog controllers.

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In this prequel to Mila and Mervusya: A Russian Wedding, Mervyn Matthews describes his remarkable childhood in Wales in the late 1930s, '40s and early '50s. To escape the bombing during the Swansea blitz during World War II, Matthews went to live with his grandmother in the working-class Hafod district. He was evacuated to west Wales to escape further bombing and spent a long period hospitalized. In addition to suffering the discomforts of war and ill health, Matthews was also the focus of his parents' unhappy separation. Set against the backdrop of bombed-out Swansea, the natural beauty of the Gower peninsula, and the austerity of postwar Britain, with a homely cast of friends, teachers, neighbors, and a large family, this is a story by turns comic and poignant, though always true to the life of the times. It is a classic account of a young boy growing up in difficult circumstances.

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The Policeman's Lot
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On April 16, 1884, Kentucky Superior Court Judge Richard Reid visited attorney John Jay Cornelison's office to discuss a legal matter. When he arrived, Cornelison accused the unsuspecting Reid of having injured his honor and then struck him repeatedly with a large hickory cane. He pursued Reid onto the street, where he began to lash him with a cowhide whip. That seemingly minor event in the small town of Mount Sterling became front-page news. The press, both local and national, raised questions regarding Reid's response. Would he react as a Christian gentleman, a man of the law, and let the legal system take its course, or would he follow the manly dictates of the code of honor and kill his assailant?

James C. Klotter crafts a detective story, using historical, medical, legal, and psychological clues to piece together answers to the tragedy that followed. This unfolding drama of an individual versus his surrounding culture reveals much about state, regional, and national temperaments in the late nineteenth century and shows the tensions between traditional southern mores and new secular and commercial forces. It also explores the conventions, values, and confusions of the archaic code of honor that ruled the South and Reid's community in particular.

With commanding prose, Klotter draws the reader into the social and judicial world of post-Civil War Kentucky and into the ageless question of choosing between forgiveness and forbearance or revenge and retribution.

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A Tragedy in the Realm of Honor .......2006-05-08

James Klotter's sensitive portrayal of a post-Civil War controversy over a legal dispute demonstrates the powerful force of the southern code of honor that one might have thought dead given the humiliating southern defeat in war. In this case Kentuckian Richard Reid's refusal to avenge a thrashing by a disgruntled and half-mad loser in a law suit led to the downfall and death of this upstanding political leader. Reid had thus disgraced himself in the eyes of a truculent public. Klotter's work would make an excellent film--his narrative is vivid, sutble, and full of cultural meaning and depth.

Kentucky Justice, Southern Honor, and American Manhood: Understanding the Life and Death of Richard Reid.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Southern History

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Kentucky Justice, Southern Honor, and American Manhood: Understanding the Life and Death of Richard Reid.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Southern History
Gayla Koerting
Manufacturer: Southern Historical Association
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Title: Kentucky Justice, Southern Honor, and American Manhood: Understanding the Life and Death of Richard Reid.(Book Review)
Author: Gayla Koerting
Publication: Journal of Southern History (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2005
Publisher: Southern Historical Association
Volume: 71 Issue: 1 Page: 188(2)

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Ariel Sharon, Israel's new Prime Minister, is perhaps one of the most controversial public figures in the Mideast.

He was born in 1928 in a moshav—an agricultural community in which, unlike a kibbutz, residents own their own property—and was raised by parents who were not only ardent Zionists but were also rugged individualists. His father especially was contemptuous of socialism and believed in individual enterprise, raising his son to be self-reliant and physically strong in order to prepare him for the inevitable struggle to establish a Jewish state.

Sharon is perhaps best known as the organizer of what was called Commando Unit 101 and for his original ideas for the training of commando forces, which he later adapted to the training of larger, more traditional armies.

During his military career he personally led many raids into Arab territory and has been criticized for his role in the destruction, in 1953, of some forty Arab homes—which he insists he thought were empty and in which sixty-nine Arabs died. Later, in 1982, he was blamed also for allowing the Lebanese Militia into a Palestinian refugee camp in which hundreds were killed.

His political career is of course indelibly colored by his military exploits.

What makes Sharon tick? What kind of a man is he? How did his childhood and early life condition him to become a brilliant commander, controversial soldier and as-yet-untested leader of a small democracy which is divided both within and without?

This first biography in English—frank, but balanced—will perhaps answer some of the questions raised by his career both as a soldier and politician.

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Disappointing.......2006-06-02

There are verious serious problems with this book. First the book seems to be an attempt to legitimate Sharon and his life after he assumed the premiership. Ya, ya, I do feel he is over demonized but this book goes to far to counter that, glossing over and speaking dryly about important events and disputes. Secondly, or the first fourth of the book (until the 1980's) is nothing more than a paraphrasing of Sharon's biography, using limited sources and no apparent attempt to do any in depth research or interviews. Another point is the book is simply not scholarly. It has noticable editing mistakes, content errors (no, Yossi Beilen was not a negotiator at Camp David, come oh) and the annoying habit of repeating the credentials of people when not necessary (you will not find Marwan Barghouti's name without the extension of "leader of Fatah movement" for example).

All and all, its is interesting for its contemporary accounts, but overall a poorly written and badly timed book. I would not recommend it.

Well written.......2005-05-18

I like this book. Sure, the first third of the book does rely too much on the works of Van Creveld and Morris. And it could have said something more (and something different) about Israel's war in Lebanon. But it is fairly reasonable. It does spend a little time showing how Sharon won the libel suit against Time Magazine. And it has some interesting material from Sharon's time as leader of Unit 101 (an anti-terrorism squad that was formed in 1953, after more than 450 Israelis died in terrorist attacks over a three-year period).

There is plenty of discussion about retaliatory raids for terror attacks. Can one simply ask folks nicely not to allow their towns to sponsor terrorist attacks? Um, no. That does not work. The people in the town simply deny them. And they mention that they are not required to keep Israel safe! Well, what if one fights back? Doesn't that just provoke more terror? Not necessarily. We see that even the Kibeyeh raid did more to slow down terror than increase it.

Still, the best part of this work is the excellent history from 1997 to 2002, which takes up about two thirds of the book. We are told of the BBC's vicious untruths in its program "The Accused," which aired in June of 2001. We read about the Durban conference. And the battle of Jenin. And much more.

I've seen quite a few books about Israel fall down badly when they get to recent history. This one is a big exception to that rule. I recommend it.

a flawed book, but should be read.......2003-02-21

Ok so you bought the autobiography of Sharon and now you want the unbiased account. This book may be in order. The problem is that the book is 557 pages long(text). By page 184 you are at 1990. page 362 is already in 2001. This book makes the fatal mistake of focussing so heavily on the present, dedicating 100 pages to only a few years time when the first 100 pages covers more then 50 years. Is it possible that the current situation is worth so much text? I doubt it. Sharon has lived a life of action, serving in all of Isreals wars, the architect of victory in at least two of them. He is an amazing figure and this book focuses to much on the present, not realizing that daily events in ISreal today are just as important as they were in 1953 or 1976. If the book had dont justice to the other years it should be 5000 pages long. SOmething is fishy in denmark when it comes to this book and I would only recommend it as a history of the modern Sharon era, pick up the autobiography "warrior" to understand the rest of Sharons life.

A Great Disappointment.......2002-11-02

This is not a scholarly work, and not truly a biography (although it does have an elementary review of personal details about Sharon). The presentation is a flat monotone with no attention to relative importance of events discussed. It's as if the authors had daily news bulletins spread out before them, and then give us a synopsis. There is no analysis of significance and import of the events, or background explanation of Israeli and Palestinian personalities, politics or issues. What commentary that is given is by way of quotations (or paraphrases) of recognized authorities in the field, and often this material is without source attribution. Unless the reader has some significant prior understanding of the Israeli/Palestinian situation, much of the book will be confusing and of low informative value.

Don't listen to the critics - their agendas are obvious.......2002-09-27

To truly understand the conflict that rages in the Middle East you have to first understand the players and no player is more complicated than Ariel Sharon. Known across the globe as a hawk and hard liner - Prime Minister Sharon began as a farmer in his often ostracized family and rose through the ranks in an undisciplined quasi-military before the formation of the Israeli Defense Forces ("IDF"). His tenure at the IDF was controversial and turbulent, but highly effective. Sharon entered politics after being forced out of the military and ultimately became the Prime Minister of Israel after the disappointing tenure of Ehud Barak. Sharon: Israel's Warrior-Politician captures the life of this most complicated man in a manner consistently balanced and fair. As a Zionist myself I am suspicious any time a group of academics gather to write about any member of Likud or other right leaning political group in Israel, but as I read this book, I was pleasantly surprised at just how balanced and fair the authors were. As debates rage over whether or not college students should read about Islam - one thing that should be added to every curriculum is a study of the man who has been instrumental at just about every twist and turn of Israeli history. From the first war in Israel to the current conflict - no figure captures the essence of Israel like Ariel Sharon and no book has ever captured the man behind the hawkish right leaning persona. A must read.

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A new biography of Ariel Sharon.(Book Review): An article from: Midstream
Arnold Ages
Manufacturer: Theodor Herzl Foundation
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008DZC2K
Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from Midstream, published by Theodor Herzl Foundation on September 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1389 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 new biography of Ariel Sharon.(Book Review)
Author: Arnold Ages
Publication: Midstream (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2003
Publisher: Theodor Herzl Foundation
Volume: 49 Issue: 6 Page: 41(2)

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Sharon Israel's Warrior - Politician

Manufacturer: Academy Chicago Publishers and Olive Publishing
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Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000GWTT18

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Twelve absorbing biographies of outstanding women from New Mexico's past.

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An excellent sampling of New Mexico women in history.......2002-04-09

More Than Petticoats: Remarkable New Mexico Women is an excellent sampling of women in New Mexico history. This book offers brief biographies of women, crossing ethnic and cultural barriers and spanning several hundred years of herstory. Some of the women included in this volume are Mabel Dodge Luhan (patron of early Southwest Arts), Mary Colter (Fred Harvey/Santa Fe Railroad architect), Georgia O'Keefe (aritist), Maria Martinez (potter),and Elsie Clews Parsons (anthropolgist). Seven other women or groups of women (like the Harvey Girls) are also included. This enjoyable book of significant women is a wonderful volume for those who would like to know a little about a lot of people from one book. I particularly appreciated the regional/state focus because I was familiar with most of the women written about. "More Than Petticoats" is a series focusing on the women who were influential in individual states, and I would definately read more from this series!

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The successful conclusion of the War of 1812 ushered in a new age of American history: the Jacksonian era. Americans of the Jacksonian era upheld traditions and values of their forefathers, while also embracing the unlimited opportunity of the future. During this era, profound political divisions emerged within the nation, with the core debate focused on the extent of the federal government's power. Americans debated such issues as the degree to which the federal government could compel states to implement federal legislation, administer expansion policy, regulate trade, and manage the economy. Interwoven within these debates were questions about the legitimacy of slavery. This book explores the background, motives, and goals of political and social leaders who dominated this era. Divided into three categories--Whigs, Democrats, and Writers and Reformers--biographies of Henry Clay, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Knox Polk, Andrew Jackson, and others are included. Debates over such issues as westward expansion, the Second Bank of the United States, Indian policies, and slavery are discussed from opposing viewpoints. Students and general readers will find this reference tool useful in describing the lives and views of individuals who directed the course of the nation during the Jacksonian era.

Shapers of the Great Debate on Jacksonian Democracy: A Biographical Dictionary (Shapers of the Great American Debates)

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Shapers of the Great Debate on Jacksonian Democracy: A Biographical Dictionary (Shapers of the Great American Debates)
Paul E. Doutrich
Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
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ASIN: B000OTNJFK

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