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Business Law: November 2002 Exam Questions & Answers (CIMA Q&A)
Manufacturer: CIMA Publishing
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Business Law November 2002 Examination Questions and Answers. The answers for the fourth set of exams under the new syllabus have been compiled by the Examiners. They provide an invaluable source for lecturers and students.
CIMA Q&A series Business Law (FBLW - Paper 3b) question papers and suggested answers from November 2002
Will provide a helpful guide to both students and lecturers in preparing for examinations
Allows students to practice answering exam questions plus gives invaluable help in exam technique
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Dealing with Conflict Instrument Leaders Guide
Alexander Hiam
Manufacturer: HRD Press, Inc.
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Leader's Guide includes reproducible Participant Workbook
Most of us are less skilled at handling conflict than we should be. Although studies show that a negotiating behavior is usually the best response to a conflict situation, negotiation is a difficult endeavor-one that requires considerable skill and thought. The normal negotiating behavior, as typically practiced in business and social contexts, does not generally produce high levels of satisfaction for either participant. The Dealing with Conflict Instrument (DWCI) will help change this by encouraging conflicting parties to shift to a more collaborative style in order to find and pursue shared interests, creating a win/win outcome.
The Dealing with Conflict Instrument presents five conflict-handling styles. The five styles; accommodate, avoid, compromise, compete, and collaborate, encompass all the effective ways of dealing with conflict. By completing the Dealing with Conflict Instrument-Self, participants will learn about their own natural style tendencies, while the information gathered from the DWCI 360-Degree Feedback set will give them insight into how they are perceived by others when resolving conflicts. The combined results of these assessments indicate which styles of conflict resolution need the most improvement.
Participants will explore the characteristics of each conflict-handling style which will help them develop greater style flexibility. In order to decide which style is best in a given situation, they will learn to dissect situations, using Conflict Situation Analysis.
DWCI is a significant improvement over conventional conflict assessments. It shortens usage time, produces clearer and more user-friendly results, and includes helpful support material. DWCI is compatible with most existing training programs and is the easiest way to update assessment materials.
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- Deadly
- Terribly outdated and dangerous.
- This book almost killed my hedgehog! Don't buy this book!
- Nicely presented but not all correct!
- This is charming book,esppecially for anyone likes hedgehogs
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Hedgehogs: How to Take Care of Them and Understand Them (A Complete Pet Owner's Manual)
Matthew M. Vriends
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The Hedgehog: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet
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Hedgehogs (Complete Pet Owner's Manuals)
ASIN: 0812011414 |
Customer Reviews:
Deadly.......2003-03-06
I only have one world for this book. DEADLY!
Terribly outdated and dangerous........2001-09-20
I cannot fault the intent of Vriends since I do not know him personally, but this book has caused me as a hedgehog rescuer no end of difficulty. This book -- and others -- recommend things that are terrible for hedgehogs. Cedar shavings, as another reviewer noted, are recommended by this book. The aromatic oils from cedar shavings can cause respiratory failure in hedgehogs and other complications. It gets worse from there.
The novice hedgehog owner is not going to pick up on these inaccuracies or errors, and that means that because of this book, hedgehogs are going to receive poor care. If you want a better book, try Dawn Wrobel's The Hedgehog: Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet OR try doing some research on the Internet instead, where the information is frequently peer-reviewed and kept more up-to-date than in a static publication.
This book almost killed my hedgehog! Don't buy this book!.......2000-07-26
This is a good book for anyone who is planning on reading other books on hedgehogs besides this one. It provides basic information that is neccesary to know. However it stops there. There is nothing extraordinary about this book. Plus some of the information is wrong. By following the directions in this book, I almost killed my hedgehog.
Nicely presented but not all correct!.......1999-11-20
The more I got into the book, the less it reminded me of the prickly critters I have grown to love. Much of his information is incorrect (the usage of cedar shavings, the 'nausea' sections, etc) and the rest seems to be based off of his observation of African Pygmies in the WILD. Appearantly our domesticated pets behave a little differently. An alright book in general, but you need to discern the good from the bad and that may not be too obvious for the new hedgehog afficionado.
This is charming book,esppecially for anyone likes hedgehogs.......1999-01-11
This is one of the most fasanating books I have ever read.If you are considering a hedgehog or already own one you must perchis this book.It covers evrything from taming,to raising your own hedgehogs, and even letting them go in your own backyard.
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Rabbits: How to Take Care of Them and Understand Them (A Complete Pet Owner's Manual)
Monika Wegler , and
Lucia E. Parent
Manufacturer: Barrons Educational Series Inc
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- good book for beginners--very basic
- good pictures, short on information, poor housing suggestion
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Chinchillas: How to Take Care of Them and Understand Them (A Complete Pet Owner's Manual)
Maike Roder-Thiede
Manufacturer: Barrons Educational Series Inc
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ASIN: 0812014715 |
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good book for beginners--very basic.......1998-06-18
This book was great when I got my chin. I consulted it all the time for very basic information. However, it does not have enough info on illnesses. It is simple and easy to understand but I definitely recommend getting an additional book for more detailed info.
good pictures, short on information, poor housing suggestion.......1997-05-17
The barrons book on chinchillas is a very short beginner book that has nice pictures. However, the book has little more than just the barest of information, nothing on diseases, and very little other than general information. The suggested cage is constructed of wood and since chinchillas are chewers, it is a poor choice of frame for a chinchilla cage, although it would work for a rabbit.
Chinmom
aka E.Cogswell RN MS, PHN
[Chinmom@aol.com
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Dwarf Rabbits: How to Take Care of Them and Understand Them (A Complete Pet Owner's Manual)
Monika Wegler
Manufacturer: Barrons Educational Series Inc
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ASIN: 0812013522 |
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Okay.......2000-02-12
This book has beautiful and entertaining pictures, but I found there to be many problems with the information given. If you are looking for a book with good pictures and fair information this is your book, but otherwise I don't recommend it.
This book tells you EVERYTHING about hamsters!.......1998-07-20
This book told me everything I needed to know about hamsters. It includes how to select a hamster, how to handle a hamster, what to feed and buy them, how to breed them, and much more! It even includes the history of hamsters, like when and where they were first found! I definitely recommend this book to whoever is planning to buy one of these cute companions.
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- Exactly what you would expect
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Philip's Moon Map
Philip's Publishing , and
George Philip & Son
Manufacturer: George Philip Ltd.
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Exactly what you would expect.......2001-08-03
This is essentially a map of the Moon that closely resembles a state road map. It has a reasonable index and labels the major features. It doesn't try to identify everything you could see with a large telescope but it is useful tool for the average binocular observer, a viewer with a small telescope or for a classroom wall.
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Philip's Moon Map
John Murray
Manufacturer: Philip's
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Philip's Moon Map
Manufacturer: PHILIPS (OCTO)
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GM1HUO |
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Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park is home to the world's longest cave system, boasting over 365 miles of explored and mapped passageways. Geologists estimate that there could be as many as 600 miles of this vast subterranean world that remain unexplored. In addition to the renowned Mammoth Cave, the park also includes over 50,000 acres of untouched hills, streams, and forests. Almost 70 miles of scenic trails cross the area, and the Green River winds through the landscape. Nearly two million visitors from all over the world come to the park each year to explore and enjoy nature.
In 2003, nature photographer Raymond Klass was awarded an artist-in-residence position at the park and was granted special access to the cave and the surrounding wilderness. For nearly three months he lived in the park, taking thousands of photographs of famous cave formations such as Frozen Niagara and the Drapery Room as well as scenery and vistas not often accessible to the general public.
Mammoth Cave National Park: Reflections is Klass's unique visual exploration of both the above- and belowground ecosystems within the park. With over 100 dramatic full-color photographs accompanied by Klass's commentary and extracts from his journal entries he kept while living and working in the park, the book is a celebration of this distinctive environment and of the extraordinary diversity of one of our most popular national parks.
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Da Man.......2005-10-24
This book holds amazing powers, the photos, the writing, and the caves. I love this book. I gave it to my 12 year old twins for their birthdays last year.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!
A Feast for the Eyes.......2005-09-16
Photographer Raymond Klass has done an outstanding job of capturing the beauty of Mammoth Cave National Park both inside the cave and out.
It is the best photo book ever published on the park.
The reproduction of the over 100 color photographs is outstanding.
If you have ever been to Mammoth Cave or are thinking about visiting the park, this book is a must.
A Job Well Done!.......2005-09-13
An amazingly thorough sensitive immersion in a captivitatingly unique geological ecology. Take A Bow!
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- Top class guide to Sikkim
- The best book on Sikkim till date!!!
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Sikkim : A Traveller's Guide
Sujoy Das , and
Arundhati Ray
Manufacturer: Sangam Books Ltd
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ASIN: 8178240084 |
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On the eastern border of India, sandwiched between Bhutan and Nepal and on the ancient trade route to Tibet, lies one of the last wonderlands of myth and legend. This is the world over which towers Kangchendzonga- probably the most spectacular of Himalayan peaks. Tropical orchids and alpine snow leopards inhabit this region. The hum of Buddhist prayer wheels, tribal gongs, Hindu chants and church bells harmonise to produce a wonderfully hybrid culture. Sikkim has always lured travellers- whether pilgrims, trekkers, botanists, or just people who want a serene break from routine. But access to this hill state was restricted for many years. Only in recent times have all tourists including foreigners, been given permission to visit. Photographer Sujoy Das, who fell early under the spell of Sikkim, has been documenting the land over the last two decades and provides rare pictures of its people, mountains and barren plateaus. Arundhati Ray covers all that a visitor needs to know in order to travel here. In a wonderfully story-telling style, peppered with anecdotes and folk tales, she provides the essential information. Together with Das's evocative and perceptive essays about his many journeys in Sikkim, these make the book more than just a guide: it offers a complete travel experience.
Highlights:
How to get there, what to expect once you get there
Detailed information on physical geography, history, races and religions, flowers and animals, culture and festivals
Stunning photographs
The right season, routes and distances, the right kit, places to stay, shopping, sightseeing and good food
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Top class guide to Sikkim.......2001-05-12
breathtaking photographs,wonderful essays, informative travel and historical information about Sikkim. I recommend this book very strongly for anyone visiting/vacationing in Sikkim.
The best book on Sikkim till date!!!.......2001-03-19
Great photographs, lucid text, all the essential nformation, makes me want to go to Sikkim instantly!!!
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Girls R.U.L.E. 2: Trail of Terror (Girls Rule)
Kris Lowe
Manufacturer: Berkley
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ASIN: 0425166201 |
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It's so neat!!!.......1998-10-23
I think that this book is one of the best ones of all. I am very into nature, and really enjoy the series. The girls go camping, and hear strange noises. Where are they coming from? This intriguing book will suck you into itself. This is absolutely wonderful, and everyone (at least every girl) should have it!!!
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A financial first-aid kit that helps you patch up your credit and live debt-free
Repair Your Credit and Knock Out Your Debt is a godsend for the 75 million Americans currently trying to dig their way out from under crushing debt. Written in association with Springboard, a leading not-forprofit financial services organization that, since 1974, has helped 4 million consumers get out of and stay out of debt, this results-oriented handbook is a gold mine of proven debt-management strategies and techniques. Drawing upon Springboard's expertise, Jeff Michael walks readers through all the steps to achieving a debt-free existence. He also offers expert advice for the debt-challenged reader on how to deal with foreclosures, evictions, repossessions, costly emergencies, child-care expenditures, and more. Readers learn how to:
- Get out of debt as quickly as possible, under virtually any circumstance
- Get copies of credit reports and fix what's wrong
- Control spending and live debt-free
- Restore a line of credit
- Cope with the emotional burdens of debt and develop a positive attitude about money
- Stop being pushed around by collection agents
- Make sense of complex credit and debt legislation and regulations
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A financial first-aid kit that helps you patch up your credit and live debt-free
Repair Your Credit and Knock Out Your Debt is a godsend for the 75 million Americans currently trying to dig their way out from under crushing debt. Written in association with Springboard, a leading not-forprofit financial services organization that, since 1974, has helped 4 million consumers get out of and stay out of debt, this results-oriented handbook is a gold mine of proven debt-management strategies and techniques. Drawing upon Springboards expertise, Jeff Michael walks readers through all the steps to achieving a debt-free existence. He also offers expert advice for the debt-challenged reader on how to deal with foreclosures, evictions, repossessions, costly emergencies, child-care expenditures, and more. Readers learn how to:
- Get out of debt as quickly as possible, under virtually any circumstance
- Get copies of credit reports and fix what's wrong
- Co...'
Customer Reviews:
Knock out the crap, straight advice!.......2007-05-30
This book was excellent with helping me realize common traps in a consumer driven world. Advice presented was straight forward and easy to understand. The examples used are relateable and can be applied to anyone's situation. Finally, a debt book for anyone that cuts straight to the point!
Common Sense Approach to credit repair.......2006-05-25
This is straight talking book from one of the leaders of the credit counseling industry without the trite, "Make more, spend less" approach that too many people seem to throw around these days. In fact, buying this book would be your first lesson in smart money moves; spend a little on this book instead of spending a lot on a bankruptcy lawyer. Reading this book is a lot easier work than struggling through the quagmire of bunkruptcy ads that you receive with a google or Yahoo search.
Book is an ad for Springboard.......2005-04-16
Springboard is a typical credit counseling company that passes itself off as a consumer friendly organization. Meanwhile, they are funded by the creditors. This book is basically a 200 page ad for Springboard's services and should not be bought. Save your hard earned money and do free research on the web. Credit counseling is looked at like a bankruptcy by most lenders and nearly every mortgage company. It's certainly something you don't want on your credit report.
A farse!.......2005-04-08
It is almost as if the bureaus presented this information! Not a help at all. Save time and money and do an internet search. It will be infinitely more helpful!
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Major Financial Institutions of Europe 2001
Manufacturer: Graham & Whiteside
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Do World Bank and Imf Policies Work?
Shahrukh Rafi Khan
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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The term structural adjustment has been associated with rioting as angry and hungry masses protest food price increases due to subsidy cuts or to other structural adjustment conditions prescribed by the IMF and the World Bank. Structural adjustment and the neo-liberal paradigm that underlies it is now the dominant economics paradigm practiced by developing countries. The main purpose of the book is to rely on evidence and to go beyond rhetoric, ideology and anecdotes in assessing structural adjustment in Pakistan and the developing world more generally to examine how reform can be combined with pragmatism and social justice.
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Do IMF & World Bank policies work? (SDPI monograph series)
Shahrukh Rafi Khan
Manufacturer: SDPI
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ASIN: B0006FBFLC |
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Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore
brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White shark attacked swimmers along the New Jersey shore, triggering mass hysteria and launching the most extensive shark hunt in history.
During the summer before the United States entered World War I, when ocean swimming was just becoming popular and luxurious Jersey Shore resorts were thriving as a chic playland for an opulent yet still innocent era's new leisure class, Americans were abruptly introduced to the terror of sharks. In July 1916 a lone Great White left its usual deep-ocean habitat and headed in the direction of the New Jersey shoreline. There, near the towns of Beach Haven and Spring Lake-and, incredibly, a farming community eleven miles inland-the most ferocious and unpredictable of predators began a deadly rampage: the first shark attacks on swimmers in U.S. history.
For Americans celebrating an astoundingly prosperous epoch much like our own, fueled by the wizardry of revolutionary inventions, the arrival of this violent predator symbolized the limits of mankind's power against nature.
Interweaving a vivid portrait of the era and meticulously drawn characters with chilling accounts of the shark's five attacks and the frenzied hunt that ensued, Michael Capuzzo has created a nonfiction historical thriller with the texture of Ragtime and the tension of Jaws. From the unnerving inevitability of the first attack on the esteemed son of a prosperous Philadelphia physician to the spine-tingling moment when a farm boy swimming in Matawan Creek feels the sandpaper-like skin of the passing shark, Close to Shore is an undeniably gripping saga.
Heightening the drama are stories of the resulting panic in the citizenry, press and politicians, and of colorful personalities such as Herman Oelrichs, a flamboyant millionaire who made a bet that a shark was no match for a man (and set out to prove it); Museum of Natural History ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols, faced with the challenge of stopping a mythic sea creature about which little was known; and, most memorable, the rogue Great White itself moving through a world that couldn't conceive of either its destructive power or its moral right to destroy.
Scrupulously researched and superbly written, Close to Shore brings to life a breathtaking, pivotal moment in American history. Masterfully written and suffused with fascinating period detail and insights into the science and behavior of sharks, Close to Shore
recounts a breathtaking, pivotal moment in American history with startling immediacy.
Customer Reviews:
Real Life "Jaws".......2007-09-08
Teriffic book for teens. I bought it for my son but I could not put it down.
This book is a bore..........2007-08-22
I bought this book for my teenage son as a summer read. He threw out the book after reading 70 pages without coming to a shark attack. After this I started reading the book and was hugely disappointed. The author seems to have just cut-and-pasted a lot of 1916 era trivia from archives of local newspapers and then threw in a couple paragraphs about shark attacks to make the book sell. On the other hand, if you want to learn 1916 era trivia this is a good book.
Amazing research.......2007-03-29
The author's detail in his research makes this book easy to follow. From describing the presidential vacation homes (Seven US Presidents are known to have vacationed on the Jersey Shore), the dress fashions of 1916, the pre-World War I fervor, the behaviors of the great white shark, and the overall ignorance of sharks we had back then gives this book a great backdrop. Beach goers were just then "taking it off" and strolling through the waters, and the author described the long, skin-fitting suits the men work resembling the blubbery outlines of the shark's favorite meal: the sea lion.
The book doesn't go into great detail of each attack, but of the reactions from the towns and mediafolk to each attack. "Sea Monsters" was still a commonality as we knew so little about sharks, proper first aid, and back in 1916 we didn't understand the true powers of the shark.
The author doesn't waste time describing people in this book who do not play a role in the shark attacks. After reading a few chapters one quickly knows that each victim is meticulously profiled; we then know that person will be the shark's next intended meal. This takes away from the suspense. The most gripping parts are the paragraphs describing the shark's tactics as it closes in on its prey.
I was living in New Jersey when this book was released and it was a sensation all across the state and in particular along the beautiful Jersey Shore. The towns described still stand--only Asbury Park is in ruins now--but the others like Spring Creek, Beach Haven, Sea Girt, Deal, Ocean Grove still profit from their beaches.
I do no recommend this as beach-side reading though. You just never know what lingers in those ocean waters!
Excellent book for elementary and middle school.......2007-01-09
What I liked the best is the descriptions of the shark attacks were detailed, but not graphic.
My son is into sharks at the moment, so this book was perfect. While it retells the story of the Great White Shark on our East Coast with lots os sequential details, there are enough "shark attacks" described to keep the kids interested.
We skipped around.
Pictures are boring, but we bought it for the shark attack retellings.
Good, But I wanted a little more........2006-10-13
I enjoyed the book, as other reviews have mentioned, it is a good period piece about life on the Jersey shore in 1916. The author tried to touch a lot of bases and started but did not complete a lot of story lines. When I was finished, I found myself looking for another book about the events that would fill in some blanks.
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Close To Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
Michael Capuzzo
Manufacturer: Broadway
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ASIN: 0747264082 |
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Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White shark attacked swimmers along the New Jersey shore, triggering mass hysteria and launching the most extensive shark hunt in history.
During the summer before the United States entered World War I, when ocean swimming was just becoming popular and luxurious Jersey Shore resorts were thriving as a chic playland for an opulent yet still innocent era's new leisure class, Americans were abruptly introduced to the terror of sharks. In July 1916 a lone Great White left its usual deep-ocean habitat and headed in the direction of the New Jersey shoreline. There, near the towns of Beach Haven and Spring Lake -- and, incredibly, a farming community eleven miles inland -- the most ferocious and unpredictable of predators began a deadly rampage: the first shark attacks on swimmers in U.S. history.
For Americans celebrating an astoundingly prosperous epoch much like our own, fueled by the wizardry of revolutionary inventions, the arrival of this violent predator symbolized the limits of mankind's power against nature.
Interweaving a vivid portrait of the era and meticulously drawn characters with chilling accounts of the shark's five attacks and the frenzied hunt that ensued, Michael Capuzzo has created a nonfiction historical thriller with the texture of Ragtime and the tension of Jaws. From the unnerving inevitability of the first attack on the esteemed son of a prosperous Philadelphia physician to the spine-tingling moment when a farm boy swimming in Matawan Creek feels the sandpaper-like skin of the passing shark, Close to Shore is an undeniably gripping saga.
Heightening the drama are stories of the resulting panic in the citizenry, press and politicians, and of colorful personalities such as Herman Oelrichs, a flamboyant millionaire who made a bet that a shark was no match for a man (and set out to prove it); Museum of Natural History ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols, faced with the challenge of stopping a mythic sea creature about which little was known; and, most memorable, the rogue Great White itself moving through a world that couldn't conceive of either its destructive power or its moral right to destroy.
Scrupulously researched and superbly written, Close to Shore brings to life a breathtaking, pivotal moment in American history. Masterfully written and suffused with fascinating period detail and insights into the science and behavior of sharks, Close to Shore recounts a breathtaking, pivotal moment in American history with startling immediacy.
"A remarkable read... a flash photo of the moment when our fascination with sharks transformed from awe into mortal dread."
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"A powerful page-turner that will keep you out of the water for another year."
PEOPLE
"A sepia-toned prewar crime story, imbued with atmosphere and detail."
NEWSDAY
"A page-turner, extremely well researched and well written. As a social historian [Capuzzo] is especially good at selection and connecting the disparate information that makes this book something more than the Truth behind Jaws."
OTTAWA CITIZEN
"Gripping. Truly exciting"
WISCONSIN JANESVILLE GAZETTE
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