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Looking for ways to create stability in your workforce?

How would you like experts in human resources to give you proven strategies and tactics to create workforce stability? Thirteen respected authors share secrets about how to recruit and select employees, how to orient your new workers, and how to retain your good people. Many of these time-tested ideas are low- or no cost, so they won't hurt your budget! Apply these strategies to raise productivity and drive more profits to the bottom line. Highly recommended for business owners, corporate leaders, government executives, human resources professionals, and future leaders. Gain your competitive edge with Workforce Stability, (before your competitors do)!

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The first edition of this book, published in 1963, presented a mass of critically analyzed material on the agrarian condition of pre-colonial India--a subject which until then had received little attention. Many of its key findings, particularly those concerning administrative institutions
and the position of the zamindars, have become standard tools in the field. This revised and updated edition draws on extensive new research by the author and others, and it presents much that is new in both description and perception. It also includes an expanded bibliography, a new descriptive
index, and new illustrations and maps.

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Knowledge Diffusion in the U.S. Aerospace Industry: Managing Knowledge for Competitive Advantage.......2007-06-03

How does the aerospace community--particularly the large commercial aircraft (LCA) sector--effectively spur economic competitiveness on a global scale? Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the authors identify knowledge as an essential element in innovation and technological progress, and attempt to explain how the industry's disproportionately large population of highly skilled and highly paid workers, engineers, and scientists impact the global economy. Based on the results of more than a decade of work under the NASA/DoD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project, the book contemplates how individuals and companies recognize, process, and exploit knowledge. The authors evaluate LCA sectors in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan; explore how knowledge diffusion and public policy shape research, development, and production; and summarize how the race for new technology sparks economic competition in this scholarly volume geared for students, scientists and researchers, and practitioners shaping public policy.
Table of Contents:

The Evolution of Large Commercial Aircraft in the U.S.--An Overview
The Influence of U.S. Public Policy on Large Commercial Aircraft--Innovation
U.S. Public Policy and the Production of Federally Funded Aeronautical Research and Technology
U.S. Public Policy and the Dissemination of Federally Funded Aeronautical Research and Technology
Distinguishing Engineers from Scientists - The Case for an Engineering Knowledge Community
The NASA/DoD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project--Overview, Study Populations, and Research Agenda
The Production and Use ofInformation by U.S. Aerospace Engineers and Scientists - From Research through Production to Technical Services
The Relationship between Technical Uncertainty and Information Use by Industry-Affiliated U.S. Aerospace Engineers and Scientists
The Differential Effects of Workplace Experience on Information Production and Use - A Comparison of New andEstablished U.S. Aerospace Engineers and Scientists
The Production and Use of Information by U.S. Aerospace Engineering and Science Students at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels
The Production and Use ofInformation among Aerospace Engineering Professionals and Students - A Cross-National Analysis
The Effects of Years of Academic Work Experience on the Production and Use of Information by U.S. Aerospace Engineering Faculty
The Influence of Analyzability, Equivocality, Uncertainty, and Variety on Communication in Small, Medium, and Large U.S. Aerospace Organizations
Computer Networks and Communications in the U.S. Aerospace Workplace
Information Intermediaries and Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion - The Role of U.S. Academic and Industry Libraries and Librarians
The Role of the U.S. Government Technical Report in Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion
European Approaches to Knowledge Diffusion - Public Policies Affecting Large Commercial Aircraft Research, Development, and Production
Japanese Technological Innovation - Implications for Large Commercial Aircraft and Knowledge Diffusion
Diffusing Federally Funded Aeronautical Research and Technology - Toward a Knowledge Management Structure

Knowledge Diffusion in the U.S. Aerospace Industry: Managing Knowledge for Competitive, Part A

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Knowledge Diffusion in the U.S. Aerospace Industry: Managing Knowledge for Competitive, Part A
Thomas E. Pinelli , Rebecca O. Barclay , John M. Kennedy , and Ann P. Bishop
Manufacturer: Ablex Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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Discover what improves stress resistance to cold in woody plants used in horticulture!

Adaptations and Responses of Woody Plants to Environmental Stresses covers the latest and most significant advances in woody plant stress research. Few books focus on the low-temperature stress biology of woody plants that are of horticultural importance. This book will appeal to graduate students, instructors, and researchers who specialize in plant stress physiology in botany, agriculture, horticulture, landscape design, or forestry.

The authors of this book, led by Dr. Rajeev Arora, are world-renowned researchers who have made significant contributions to the knowledge of woody plant stress physiology and molecular biology. Adaptations and Responses of Woody Plants to Environmental Stresses will keep you up-to-date on current findings in the fundamental understanding of the various aspects of woody plants' responses to environmental stresses. With figures, tables, graphs, illustrations, and black-and-white and color photos documenting the studies of these researchers and scientists, this book offers a new awareness of the physiology and molecular biology of cold acclimation in woody plants.

The book will provide you with innovative research on:

the freezing process—ice nucleation, propagation, and deep supercooling in woody plants the biology of dormancy induction and release in woody plants—physiologic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms the physiology and regulation of seasonal nitrogen cycling in woody plants the importance of dehydrins—a unique class of stress proteins—in cold hardening of certain woody plants nitrogen-fixation as a stress-avoidance strategy in certain woody plants

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Emphasizing the unpredictable nature of plant behaviour under stress and in relation to complex interactions of biological pathways, this work covers the versatility of plants in adapting to environmental change. It analyzes environmentally triggered adaptions in developmental programmes of plants that lead to permanent, heritable DNA modifications.

Adaptations and Responses of Woody Plants to Environmental Stresses

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Adaptations and Responses of Woody Plants to Environmental Stresses
Rajeev Arora
Manufacturer: International Book Distributing Co., Publishing Division (IBDC)
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 8181891074

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Adaptations and Responses of Woody Plants To Environmental Stresses.
Rajeev Arora
Manufacturer: Food Products Pr.
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ASIN: B000N65OGQ

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CPSU/OSU
Steven H Sharrow
Manufacturer: Cooperative Park Studies Unit, College of Forestry, Oregon State University
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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The best guide to the region, packed with essentials

Scenic walking and driving tours through seaport towns, on coastal byways, and to inland lakes and streams
Golf, fishing, hiking, bird-watching, sailing, camping, beaches
Where to shop for hand-knits, pottery, and other crafts

Where to stay and eat, no matter what your budget

Charming B&Bs, landmark hotels, country inns, cosmopolitan city hostelries, and imposing châteaux
Lobster bakes, French bistros, and seaside restaurants serving oysters, scallops, and mussels

Fresh, thorough, practical--from writers you can trust

Costs, hours, descriptions, and tips by the thousands
All reviews based on visits by savvy writer-residents

22 pages of maps--and dozens of unique features

Important Contacts A to Z; Smart Travel Tips; Fodor's Choice; What's Where; Pleasures & Pastimes; don't-miss activities; festivals; further reading; complete index; and more!

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Canadian Maritimes guide.......2002-03-13

I am planning a trip to the Canadian Maritimes the summer of 2002. I purchased Fodors Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI guide to assist in my plans. So far, I have found this book to be a valuable resource. It is arranged first by province, then by towns/sites within each area. For example, in the Nova Scotia section, there is basic opening information about the province (its history, culture, climate, etc), then there is a large section just for Halifax. Within that listing, you find numerous places for site seeing, place to eat, to lodge, to shop. One aspect of the book I especially like is called "Off the beaten path", where you can find unusual places worth visiting. The guide is print-only, with maps, so the only thing that could make it better would be a few photographs. I would recommend this book for anyone planning a visit to the Maritimes this year.

The Best Guide for Going to Eastern Canada.......2000-07-17

As usual, Fodor's Gold has the best in guide books for visiting away from home. My copy is well thumbed and much used (if not abused). I strongly recommend this guide and all others like it.

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Summer, 1970. When a local girl is found brutally murdered, the freedom and innocence of "the summer of love" are forgotten and for fourteen-year-old Emma, things will never be the same.

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If you're in the business of marketing or developing products and programs for kids, What Kids Buy and Why belongs in your office.

How can you create outstanding products and programs that will win in the marketplace and in the hearts of kids and parents? Dan S. Acuff and Robert H. Reiher have invented a development and marketing process called Youth Market Systems that puts the needs, abilities, and interests of kids first. This system makes sure you won't miss the mark whether you're trying to reach young children or teens, boys or girls, or whether you're selling toys, sports equipment, snacks, school supplies, or software.

Based on the latest child development research, What Kids Buy and Why is chock-full of provocative information about the cognitive, emotional, and social needs of each age group. This book tells you among other things—why 3-through-7-year-olds love things that transform, why 8-through-12-year-olds love to collect stuff, how the play patterns of boys and girls differ, and why kids of all ages love slapstick.

What Kids Buy and Why is the result of Acuff and Reiher's almost twenty years of consulting with high-profile clients including Johnson & Johnson, Nike, Microsoft, Nestlé, Tyco, Disney, Pepsi, Warner Brothers, LucasFilm, Amblin/Spielberg, Mattel, Hasbro, Kraft, Coca-Cola, Quaker Oats, General Mills, Broderbund, Bandai, Sega, ABC, CBS, I-HOP, Domino's, Hardee's, and Kellogg's.

Special features include:

an innovative matrix for speedy, accurate product analysis and program development

a clear, step-by-step process for making decisions that increase your product's appeal to kids

tools and techniques for creating characters that kids love

Here is the complete one-stop tool for understanding what children of all ages want to buy.

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Just what I was looking for.......2002-11-13

I've been on a quest to figure out of the optimal youth age breaks based on cognitive abilities, and this book gave me exactly what I was looking for. I was fascinated by the content on both a professional and personal level...I would love to see the authors update the book with some more current product examples (it was published in 1997) and to see what further impact the growth of Internet usage since 1997 has had on the market.

Excellent book (even for software developers)!.......2001-08-22

I finished this book last night without regrets. It lit up many ideas that could be realized into revenue generating opportunities. Although the book doesn't encourage the sales of 'disempowering' products, services and programs for 0-19 year kids, it does give you insights as to why kids love 'bad' stuff too. I would have wanted more info on the 16-19 year olds though. But the author did state that these 'kids' consider themselves as adults and recommended marketing to adult books. Perhaps, the books The $100 Billion Allowance and Wise Up to Teens would help expand on what this book already taught me.

refreshing responsibility.......2000-03-27

Although this book approaches the child marketing area from a unique view (developmentally), what I found refreshing was the attention to responsible marketing according to children's ages (chpt. 2!

A must read for people in or around the kids business.......1999-11-04

Acuff and Reiher are two of the best practitioners in the kids market today. They combine tremendous experience across a number of kid categories with a discipline and method that are unique. Their book What Kids Buy and Why offers many of their important insights and trends about kids. Their approach is developmental and psychological. Their perspective is grounded in brain development with a sound underpinning of why kids behave as they do at specific ages and across gender. This is stuff that is critical to marketers in understanding how kids behave. Their work offers the long view of child development brought up to date with important marketplace developments that are showing how kids are changing even as the biology that shapes behavior has a constancy. There are too few books -- let along quality ones -- in the kids market today. Acuff and Reiher's offering is a must read for anyone interested in kids marketing. Paul Kurnit, President, Griffin Bacal Advertising, Kid Think Inc. and LiveWire: Today's Families Online.

Good overview of stages of child development.......1999-04-16

More interesting as a primer for what different age children are "into" (or could be into) than for the step-by-step how-to sections.

I agree with the reviewer who notes that it reads a bit too much like a sales pitch; I don't think it detracts too much from the observations.

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These Western Civilization, Second Edition books explain why western civilization is worth knowing about. Taking a topical approach, they stress social and cultural themes, they ask, “What is the West?”, and incorporate significant discussion of peoples and civilizations outside the boundaries of the West. Provides a more coherent introduction to global issues than a world history presentation. Western Civilization, 2/e is accompanied by rich visual images, numerous textual excerpts, provocative special features, and timelines, charts and maps that make the narrative even more accessible. Each chapter now includes internet resources for research. Examines the French Revolution and 19th-century social and political movements in depth. Discussion of religion now occurs at key junctures in each chapter. Updated first chapter reflects the latest findings in paleoanthropology. Epilogue includes recent events such as global terrorism. Covers Social/economic history—e.g., gender roles, family and children, elite groups, urban/rural contrasts, cities and associations, commerce and manufacturing, and technological innovation. Non-Western (including North and South American) issues are discussed. Historians or anyone interested in a social, topical approach to Western Civilization with a global perspective.

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Schuster's Guide to Rocks & Minerals

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones)

Excellent identification system.

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones)
Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Fireside
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals (Smithsonian Handbooks)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals (Audubon Society Field Guide)

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The Practical Geologist: The Introductory Guide to the Basics of Geology and to Collecting and Identifying Rocks

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones

ASIN: 0671244175

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Practical, concise, and easy to use, Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals contains everything that the rock and mineral enthusiast needs to know. This field guide is divided into two large sections -- one devoted to minerals and one to rocks, each prefaced by a comprehensive introduction that discusses formation, chemistry, and more. All 377 entries, beautifully illustrated with color photographs and helpful visual symbols, provide descriptions and practical information about appearance, classification, rarity, crystal formation, mode of occurrence, gravity of mineral, rock chemistry, modal classification fields, formational environments, grain sizes of rocks, and much more.

Whether you are a serious collector or an information-seeking amateur, this incomparably beautiful, authoritative guide will prove an invaluable reference.

Customer Reviews:

Super!.......2007-05-30

This is a thick little book. The introduction is detailed, informative, mathematic, and scientific. I learned a lot about how minerals are formed and grow by just reading the intro. The book has great color pictures and the descriptions are placed on the facing pages next to the pics. Shows the mineral's form, specific gravity, rarity, and where the specimen in the pic was found. Also describes the physical properties, occurrence, environment, and uses of the mineral. I especially like the back section 'Introduction to Rocks'. There they talk about the earth's layers of crust, sedimentary processes, volcanic activity, rock collection, meteorites, and generally a whole lot about rocks! Then there is a bunch of pictures of rocks with their descriptions like the mineral section. This is a very handy guide whether collecting in the field, or if you just want to learn about rocks and minerals. Would recommend.

Accuracy of Claims.......2006-12-24

While a reasonably good reference guide, it makes the grievous error of claiming Franklinite and Zincite from Franklin, NJ are "rare". True only if you consider a mineral that was estimated to be "around 800 million tons" to be rare. It was mined in both Franklin and Ogdensburg {Sterling Hill} for over 100 years because it was so plentiful.

These minerals are only rare in the same sense that a Brooklyn, NY phone book is rare.........OUTSIDE of Brooklyn, NY! People on eBay reference this guide to "prove" the rarity of the minerals and it's just WRONG!

Schuster's Guide to Rocks & Minerals.......2006-11-10

lots of great info, well worth the money with lots of visuals

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones).......2006-11-04

Excellent book for both the novice and the expert.

Excellent identification system........2004-07-11

S&S Guide to Rocks and Minerals is a very worthwhile purchase for experienced collectors. The usual Simon and Schuster system is here, but used in an excellent way. The descriptions are the best that could ever be in a Simon and Schuster guide. The gemstones and minerals pictured are beautiful and clearly photographed. There are hundreds upon hundreds of rocks and minerals listed, which makes it one of the best companions in the field. It isn't bulky, and the correct size to carry with you on a mountain trip or archaeological dig. The rarity and value is also given, including the luster, weight, and durability of a particular rock.
The two editions released on the market today do not differ noticeably, as in every edition of a Simon and Schuster guide. The "Fireside Book" press is less complete than the newly revised edition, but not in a large way. A serious collector should purchase any edition quickly along with the Audubon Society guide.

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones

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Excellent book on gemstone
The Old Ones are sometimes still the Best
Underwhelmed
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones
its my 10th gem book

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones
Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Fireside
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0671604309

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Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones provides both the connoisseur and the casual collector with a compact, easy-to-use volume describing more than 100 rare varieties of minerals whose beauty and mystery have possessed our imaginations from time immemorial. More than 450 brilliant photographs accompany profiles of each gem, covering such aspects as appearance, physical properties -- density, hardness, refraction -- occurrence, and how to judge quality and value. Additional sections describe the process of cutting gemstones and the techniques professional gemologists use to evaluate a stone's weight and optical properties.

Detailed and comprehensive, this book is essential for anyone interested in the study of gems and precious stones.

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Excellent book on gemstone.......2007-08-13

This is an excellent book for anyone wanting to learn about the physical properties of gemstones. It would be especially useful to students interested in the scientific properties of gems. I found it useful because it describes where gemstones are found and how and when they were discovered. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the subject.

The Old Ones are sometimes still the Best.......2007-07-22

This books been around for quite a number of years now but has to be simply the BEST illustrated book on Gems there is. It's absolutely jam packed FULL of all the information you need to learn about precious stones.

Underwhelmed.......2007-01-04

Well written but a bit out of date. Scientific data often ages like egg salad on a warm day.

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones.......2007-01-03

an encyclopedia of knowledge on stones and gems.

its my 10th gem book.......2006-06-27

and it is a little more technical than the rest (explains things like twinning, establishment of density, calculating specific gravity, cleavage, moh's scale, refractive indices, law of refraction, genesis, cutting, cutting styles etc).
it includes gem descriptions in much detail (thou the order in which they are arranged is a mystery to me and really bugs me, as i have to flip and flip until i find what i need).
for diamond it includes a table comparing 4 color grading systems used (which is cool).
large section on organic gems and synthetics.
all in all i see it as a really good (almost) professional level book on gems and precious stones.

Simon & Schuster's Guide To Dinosaurs And Other Prehistoric Animals

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Great for kids and up
Had to own it!
Great Book!

Simon & Schuster's Guide To Dinosaurs And Other Prehistoric Animals
Philip Whitfield
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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Great for kids and up.......2006-06-01

Well, I had to go into a real bookstore to check out dinosaur books. The one drawback about shopping online, you really can't be sure what you're getting unless someone tells you. Well THIS book is great. Where most of the books I flipped through had an all around discussion of when, when, and how of dinosaurs, most of them didn't really show you many of the actual dinosaurs! I'll tell you what this book HAS. First, a really quick grouping of the different types of dinosaurs. At the beginning of each time period, you get a summary of what life was like at that time, a picture of the earth's continents, and who was where. After that it's ALL DINOSAURS! You get a well illustrated pic of each dinosuar listed, its size with comparison to an average height human, and it shows which period they lived in and where. There is a short one paragraph summary of the life and habits of each dinosaur. This is a really great book that gives you a lot of dinosaurs with info to help you understand. Not much about their digestive systems or how many leaves where on the plants around them. This- is a DINOSAUR BOOK!

Had to own it!.......2004-08-12

We checked this out at the library. My nearly-three "read" it so often that he wound up tearing a page. We got it fixed up and then checked it out again. Finally, we decided to buy it. He loves the detailed drawings and illustrations. I like that there are lots of pages of drawings so he has something to look at for a good while. It is a "real" book, so it's a little dangerous in toddler hands. If they enjoy dinosaurs, though, this one should take you through the years. There's enough science info to be interesting through the middle school years.
This book is a great addition to your dinosaur lover's library.

Great Book!.......2000-06-08

This was a great book. I got it in 1993 and have liked it ever since. It lists every dinosaur from Nodosaurus, to Dryosaurus. It's got about two-hundred pages, and gives information on every animal and dinosaur in the book. It shows animals that aren't even dinosaurs, and if you like dinosaurs (Who Doesn't?), you will certainly enjoy this book.

Simon & Schuster's Guide To Rocks and Minerals (Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones)

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Simon & Schuster's Guide To Rocks and Minerals (Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones)
Annibale Mottana
Manufacturer: Fireside Books
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ASIN: B000N7CVZW

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