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The Introduction of Group Theology (The Heinemann accountancy and administration series)
J. L. Burdige
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Introduction to Accountancy
S. N. Maheshwari
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Applying expert systems to accountancy: An introduction (Discussion paper)
C Young
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Microcounseling: Innovations in Interviewing, Counseling, Psychotherapy and Psychoeducation
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Important information on nutrition, reproduction, and genetics! This volume begins by dealing primarily with the management of the cow herd, followed by management of the pre-weaned and post-weaned calf. A chapter detailing the business management aspect of beef cattle production provides much useful information as well. As technology continues to evolve and the economy changes, the business of raising cattle is becoming more complex. The Thomas book helps readers understand the importance of a good business background in being successful in the beef cattle industry.
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Serious Readers Only.......2002-03-11
Mr. Thomas deserves credit for researching and providing essential information for the cattleman who is serious about improving the efficiency of his operation. I have recently purchased and read several books on the subject, and while this is an older book, Beef Cattle Production: An Integrated Approach is head and shoulders above the others for reference material covering a broad spectrum of subjects. From sire and dam selection, disease control, reproduction of purebred, cross-bred and commercial cattle, to ranch layout, operational issues, financing tips and equipment concerns this book hits on them all. NOT for casual observers - its for the cattleman.
Excelent book!.......2001-08-01
The book presents the main points that intervene with the efficiency of the activity of beef cattle, as genetic, feed and reproduction. Indicated for beginning and veteran farmers that still desire to magnify its knowledge.
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Data Analysis in Astronomy: Volume 3 (Ettore Majorana International Science Series: Physical Sciences)
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Choose Your Own Adventure.......2001-02-20
The Mona Lisa has been stolen, and the French FBI have hired an expert to find it - you! You've barely arrived in Paris before your friend Pierre tells you he's got a lead on the painting's whereabouts. But the French authorities don't believe him. They want you to work with them alone - and to leave Pierre behind. What should you do? Depending on the choices you make throughout this story, the story changes and ends differently.
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Set Includes: Beyond the Great Wall, Longhorn Territory, Planet of the Dragons, The Mona Lisa is Missing!, The First Olympics
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Nobody has been more accurate about how to profit from the future than Faith Popcorn, who in her bestselling The Popcorn Report reports on what we'll buy, where we'll work, and what we'll think in the next decade.For the corporate manager and the owner of a "kitchen table" business alike, The Popcorn Report offers hundreds of ideas for new products to create, new businesses to start, and new markets to capture. Here, too, are the market waves that are beginning to dominate your personal and profes-sional lives. Faith reveals how to chart the future's impact on your business, how to capitalize on the newest trends, and the ways in which emerging mar-keting techniques will revive the dying retail market. She also describes what impact these changes will have on your habits at work, at home, and at play. Here is every businessperson's chance to get the word on the future--now.
00-01 William Allen White Children's Book Award Masterlist
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It's filled with Post-It Notes.......2006-02-08
My copy of The Popcorn Report provided the inspiration for a complete marketing/media proposal. I filled it with Post-It Notes while consuming it on a flight to see the client and I re-wrote my presentation that night. It was integral in solidifying my relationship with the client. Great book!
One of the Top 3 Marketing Books Ever Written.......2004-06-01
Have you ever met someone who's been to one-too-many Tony Robbins seminars? It's like listening to a parrot. Most marketing books, in my opinion, are like that; compilations of what's already been said by someone else. The exceptions to this rule - the great breakthrough books - are Ogilvy on Advertising, The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing, and The Popcorn Report.
Originally published in 1991, some would call it "dated." These people are idiots. In one of her closing chapters, Ms. Popcorn very presciently describes email and e-commerce, calling them "screenmail" and "infobuying" though neither had yet been invented. Heck, in 1991 we weren't even using the word "internet." It would be another 3 years before anyone was even talking about "The Information Super-Highway."
The Popcorn Report is one of the great books of original thought and Faith Popcorn deserves a spot in the Marketing Hall of Fame. Buy the book. It will stretch your mind by showing you how we got to where we are.
Great Read.......2003-10-13
When I began reading this book I was doubtful that the trends and predictions of this book would be relevant ten years after it was written. I was pleasantly surprised in that these trends are still very relevant to our world today. A great book to get a perspective on how to deal with trends and changes in society, with fantastic real-world, simple examples. I would definitely recommend this book, and I look forward to reading more of Faith Popcorn.
Still handy, great for beginners, horrible cover though.......2001-10-17
Very light reading which is interesting if u r just starting out on sociology stuff. The thing abt this 10 yr old book is that u should think how it applies to the Now, especially in a global playground. Use it as a spark that pushes u to think further. Horrible cover though. Looks like a lame self-help book. But fun stuff to read.
10 years old and still brilliant.......2000-07-06
How often do you read a business book, 10 years old, and still find yourself underlining, and underlining, and..you get the point. The specific trends Faith shares and the ideas she offers for solutions are insightful, creating an easy sense of trust and confidence in her industry wisdom. They are simple and readily observable all around us. She describes her research strategy which anyone can implement, and would be a fool not to. This book is ideal for business owners, entrepreneurs and especially for those who haven't made the jump yet. By the way, if you consider yourself to be a young entrpreneur or plan to be one soon, I suggest, The Young Entrepreneur's Edge, by Jennifer Kushell.
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As a global text, Upshur's WORLD HISTORY examines world civilizations in a comparative context. Students learn to recognize and analyze trends and interconnections across history and civilizations.
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This THOMSON ADVANTAGE BOOKS low-cost COMPACT EDITION of WORLD HISTORY: BEFORE 1600: THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CIVILIZATIONS, VOLUME I examines world civilizations in a comparative context and helps you recognize and analyze trends and interconnections across history and civilizations. Five four-page full-color map inserts bring regional events to life. You have free access to the activity- and information-packed Book Companion Web Site that features quizzing, interactive maps and timelines, simulations, and links to readings and primary source materials.
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Moderately disappointed........2007-05-21
While this text is designed to be an overview of world civilizations, there are several key pieces missing. The author takes not a Eurocentric perspective on history, but rather with an Asian bias. More is devoted to Asia and the Middle East than anywhere else. Events as well as important historical figures are mentioned in passing, but never discussed in great detail. Causation of events is left vague and leaves much to be desired. The essays throughout this volume, as well as the second volume, do not have authors, making it difficult to use them as references with proper citations. However, the primary complaint I had with this as a college level text is the lack of criteria. Not once do the authors that put the work together state what makes a civilization differ from a society or culture, what makes a historical figure worthy of mention, or why the events mentioned were selected.
Overall, I'd use this as a very rough and incomplete outline when studying world civilizations. Definitely use other more complete sources for the more specific understanding.
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World History, Before 1600, Volume I: The Development of Early Civilizations
Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur ,
Janice J. Terry ,
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As a global text, Upshur's WORLD HISTORY examines world civilizations in a comparative context such that students learn to recognize and analyze trends and interconnections across history and civilizations. Volume I is a paperback version of Chapters 1-9.
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Globalizacion, Neocorporatismo y Pactos Sociales: Teoria y Practica de Las Relaciones de Trabajo
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Here is a fascinating, detailed look at the life of Charles Darwin: naturalist, geologist, and independent thinker. In his author's note, Caldecott Honor illustrator Peter Sis (Starry Messenger, Tibet: Through the Red Box) writes that Darwin always regretted not learning how to draw. However, he could and did take "dense and vivid" written notes, from which Sis drew his inspiration. Readers will spend hours poring over the gorgeous, intricately crafted pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations depicting layer upon layer of Darwin's life as he developed his theories about the origins of life and natural selection. Tidbits from Darwin's extensive and legendary voyage on the Beagle, notes on Galapagos tortoises, bloodsucking benchuca bugs, and Toxodon skeletons, and particulars from his family life intermingle with each other--just as in real life. Crammed with a veritable muddle of diary entries, cameo portraits, diagrams, natural illustrations, maps, timelines, a gatefold spread, and narrative divided into "Public Life," "Private Life," and "Secret Life" blocks of text, The Tree of Life will certainly be overwhelming to some readers; for other, less linear thinkers, it will be sheer, chaotic delight. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter
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In this brilliant presentation of a revolutionary thinker's life, the picture book becomes an art form
As far as I can judge, I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men . . .
Charles Darwin was, above all else, an independent thinker who continues even now to influence the way we look at the natural world. His endless curiosity and passion for detail resulted in a wealth of notebooks, diaries, correspondence, and published writings that Peter Sís transforms into a visual treasure trove. A multilayered journey through Darwin’s world, The Tree of Life begins with his childhood and traces the arc of his life through university and career, following him around the globe on the voyage of the Beagle, and home to a quiet but momentous life devoted to science and family. Sís uses his own singular vision to create a gloriously detailed panorama of a genius’s trajectory through investigating and understanding the mysteries of nature. In pictures executed in fine pen and ink and lush watercolors – cameo portraits, illustrated pages of diary, cutaway views of the Beagle, as well as charts, maps, and a gatefold spread – Peter Sís has shaped a wondrous introduction to Charles Darwin.
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It's seldom noted, but..........2007-08-29
You know the REALLY funny thing about Darwin?
His own children didn't even survive him.
Which made him a failure in the sense he gave his name to.
The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin.......2007-03-16
Though I liked the book very much and enjoyed reading all of the facts about Charles Darwin, I think that the format was BUSY. All over each page there were illustrations and little facts of interest. I wanted to read them all... and did! But, I prefer a more straight forward format.
beautiful book.......2005-10-12
This is a beautiful book! It gives you a vivid picture of Charles Darwin's life. Very enjoyable -- my son and I both got to know Darwin well from this book! I'm inspired to read all those books Darwin wrote.
A Gem.......2004-08-01
This is a wonderful book. Great illustrations with much detail about Darwin's life (all of it, family, career, adventures) including "pages" from his diary. I bought it for my son who really liked it. We read it together the first time, then he explored it on his own. He used it for a 4th grade school project and got an A. I enjoyed it, too.
To life!.......2004-05-28
If you are at all familiar with Peter Sis, then you linger under the incorrect impression that you know what to expect from him. Carefully researched subjects. Illustrations containing infinitesimally small people, places, and things. Engaging and entertaining plots. I tell you now, ladies and gents, "Tree of Life" takes all of this and multiplies it. Quadruples it. You have never seen a picture book like this before. When you are dealing with a book that cares to discuss the origins of life itself, you need an author/illustrator comfortable with details. In this, Sis is your man.
This is a summarization and encapsulation of the life of Mr. Charles Robert Darwin. The book begins like so:
"Charles Darwin opens his eyes for the first time! He has no idea that he will (a) start a revolution when he grows up, (b) sail around the world on a five-year voyage, (c) spend many years studying nature, and (d) write a book that will change the world".
From here on in we watch Darwin learn and grow. The text is separated, initially, into two parts. One portion is in bold and discusses the facts of Darwin's life. An italicized portion below this talks about Charles's passions and desires. Up above we see little images and factoids strewn about the page willy-nilly, giving us a better sense of the times and people involved in the naturalist's life. This form and style goes out the window when Darwin joins up with the Beagle. Suddenly the pages become drawings of creatures and sights. There is a magnificent two-page spread of boxes, each one carrying an interesting fact, animal, moment, or image that Darwin encountered. It's as if his very experiences have been cataloged for the reader's viewing pleasure. Eventually Darwin returns and as he does so the pages themselves return to the previous layout. Now, however, Darwin's life has been divided into three different parts. He has a public life, a private life, and a secret (read evolutionary) life. Every individual life is outlined on each page and as we read on we understand how a single person's dreams can be affected by their personal and private triumphs and catastrophies. When, "On the Origin of the Species" is published we find a full pull-out four page spread encompassing the enormity of this publication. Images on the pages become less straightforward and more dreamlike. At long last, accompanying a vision of a solitary Magritte-like Darwin surrounded by a clan of death's head hawk moths are the words, "Charles Darwin died on April 19, 1882, and was buried in Westminster Abbey".
According to the book's author/illustrator, Darwin was, himself, unable to draw. So rather than sketch the wonders he saw while on the Beagle, the naturalist would describe his visions with great detail. In this way, Sis has become Darwin's right hand. It is impossible to flip through this book and not be amazed at the intricacy of the project. Sis is almost a pointillist at times, his Seurat-like dots forming everything from the galleys of a ship to thousands of tiny houses in London. A child reading this book could pore over a single page for hours, interpreting and reinterpreting each digression and off-hand comment. Honestly, you've never seen a book like this one before. The image that stands out most prominently in my mind is that of Darwin astride a giant rock dove that is made up of a thousand domesticated descendents.
Which brings us to the idea of a children's book concerned with evolution in the first place. "The Tree of Life" is hardly alone in this respect. For example, the ambitious "Our Family Tree" by Lisa Westberg Peters is far more direct in voicing the facts of evolution than this book in many respects. Here, Sis seems to avoid controversy as much as possible. The spread that describes every chapter and thought that went into the making of "On the Origin of the Species" is accompanied by the caveat, "Darwin did not say that God had not created life on earth. What he said was that creation did not happen all at once". Take that. Some time is spent examining the Bishop Samuel Wilberforce's objections and the Great Oxford Debate of 1860, but it is given far less time or energy than the book's page on, say, the Galapagos Islands. I would have liked some explanations on why some people didn't (and still do not) like Darwin's theories. Even a cursory explanation of the opposition wouldn't have been inappropriate considering the subject matter. Alas, here Sis is lacking.
All this notwithstanding, this is a fine piece of kiddie lit. If you remain unconvinced and require just a little more information about this book's fine nature, I merely direct you to the endpapers. In most picture books, the endpapers in the front of the book match and duplicate the endpapers at the back. Yet even here, Sis has not skimped. From the evolving feet of horses to the hand of Michaelangelo's God reaching towards Adam's, these pages are all individual and unique, making them just as important as any other portion of the book. I shudder to think what will happen to them when this book comes out in paperback. Though some will argue that this book is too advanced for children, challenge this statement. Test it for yourself. Any child that likes detail, precision, and nature will at least enjoy portions of this book. In a word - fabulous.
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Title: Peter Sis The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin, Naturalist, Geologist & Thinker.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
Author: Betty Carter
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The Horn Book Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2003
Publisher: Horn Book, Inc.
Volume: 79
Issue: 6
Page: 768(2)
Article Type: Book Review, Young Adult Review, Children's Review, Brief Article
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