Wild Goose Marina, Inc. CD-ROM Package, Student Version
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    Wild Goose Marina, Inc. CD-ROM Package, Student Version
    Leland Mansuetti , and Keith Weidkamp
    Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 0072348143

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    This practice set is CD-ROM based, but is the same as the disk-based product. It provides a corporate simulation intended for use after coverage of stocks, bonds, and cash flows. The completion time is between 10-14 hours.

    Perspectives on Leadership: From the Science of Management to Its Spiritual Heart
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    Perspectives on Leadership: From the Science of Management to Its Spiritual Heart
    Gilbert W. Fairholm
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    ASIN: 1567202020

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    In tracing the intellectual roots of business leadership over the last one hundred years, award winning author Gilbert W. Fairholm argues that until recently, spirit and soul have been absent from the major models. After outlining the elements of the five major ideas about leadership, he goes on to define and make operational a new focus that must exist in order to truly understand the leaders' role in relation to workers. The study begins with scientific management and traces the evolution of leadership ideas through the quality movement, on to values-, culture-, and trust-based leadership models, and concluding with an emphasis on spirit in the workplace. It suggests that the leader in the twenty-first century will need to embrace a leadership style based on the main premise of each model along with a focus on ethics, community, service, and spirituality.

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    4 out of 5 stars Great ideas, textbook delivery.......2000-06-22

    Gilbert Fairholm's book is a great introduction to leadership theory history. I was impressed by his analysis of leadership types and found myself trying to figure out where I fit and where I want to fit.

    However, it falls short on what I really like about leadership books: concrete examples or anecdotes. It covers exciting material, and yet it reads like a textbook. That makes it hard to get fired up about creating a "trust culture" or a "spiritual (whole self) leadership" environment.
    Perspectives on Leadership: From the Science of Management to Its Spiritual Heart
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      Perspectives on Leadership: From the Science of Management to Its Spiritual Heart
      Gilbert W. Fairholm
      Manufacturer: Praeger Paperback
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback
      ASIN: B000OR75N4

      Inside John Deere: A Factory History (Color Tech)
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      Inside John Deere: A Factory History (Color Tech)
      Chester Peterson , and Rod Beemer
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      ASIN: 0760304416

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      This behind-the-scenes look at the John Deere factory explores how Big Greens factory technology has changed over the years, from the early days of forging plows to the modern era of high-tech computer design and assembly. The Inside Story of John Deere-how the company started and where its headed-is accompanied by exclusive photography including the John Deere design room, assembly line, and, product.

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      5 out of 5 stars Review by a member of the John Deere family........2000-01-04

      Have recently purchased a new John Deere tractor and have found the tractor to be an outstanding piece of equipment. Was very curious on how the tractor was made. The book is a must read for anyone who owns a John Deere tractor or is intending to purchase one. The questions that I had were all answered. The book is well done and a very good interesting read.

      In Darkness Born: The Story of Star Formation
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        In Darkness Born: The Story of Star Formation
        Martin Cohen
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        ASIN: 0521262704

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        There has been much new research bearing on star formation in the last decade, yet up till now, none of this has filtered down to a popular level. In Darkness Born brings together this diverse work from many different branches of astronomy and shows clearly the synthesis of ideas that has resulted. The book presents the basic physical and astronomical ideas that are adequate for the lay reader to grasp the nature of our galaxy and to understand the way in which it formed. These basic concepts are used to develop a theoretical picture of how stars are born from giant clouds of gas and dust, and to understand the evidence from optical, radio, X-ray, ultraviolet and infrared observation. Martin Cohen is a recognised authority in this field. His knowledge and lucid style have resulted in a book which provides a stimulating introduction to most of the major concepts of astronomy. Any reader who prefers to grasp these concepts and ideas without tangling with theory and equations will find this a fascinating and illuminating book.

        The Embroidered Countryside
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          Richard Box
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          ASIN: 0713472723

          Triathlons for Women: Training Plans, Equipment, Nutrition
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          Sally Edwards
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          Aimed at everyone from beginner to expert, Triathlons for Women includes specific training plans, offers a history of women in triathlons, and answers common questions. The book also explores overtraining, mental preparation, and time management. This revised edition includes black-and-white photos, charts, tables, worksheets, and a new chapter on transition training and equipment.

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          2 out of 5 stars Did not like it..........2007-07-08

          Even as a beginner, I found it too simple for what it claims to be, and not well written enough to hold it high on a virtue other than information given.

          2 out of 5 stars Skip this one..........2006-06-13

          I was not impressed. Even as a newcomer to triathlons, the book helped very little. It had some motivation, but there are far better books for that out there, and very little useful training advice.
          My definate advice is not to get this book--- I still regret spending my money on this one.

          3 out of 5 stars Some useful information, but not a complete reference.......2006-05-01

          I noticed that many reviewers commented that this book was too geared towards beginners however, as a beginner myself, I found the book lacking. There is a lot of useful information and advice in general, but I was not able to read the book and start a practical training program. Most of the training advice is very generalized, and after reading it I still had no clue where to start. I was recently at a beginner women's triathlon clinic and I found that several participants agreed with me, and they recommended the book Slow Fat Triathlete which I have yet to read. I have referred to Edwards' chapters on techniques in all three sports and race day preparation, but beginners will need more than just this book to get started. I have recommended Eric Harr's Triathlon Training In Four Hours a Week to my friends and I am anxiously awaiting the publication of Joe Friel's Your First Triathlon. So overall, not a bad book, but just not enough information to really jumpstart your triathlon training.

          5 out of 5 stars Great!.......2005-08-16

          I am doing my first triathlon and would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book. It has great training tips, including diagrams for all events and how to improve your fitness level.

          5 out of 5 stars A Great Book for Women Training for a Triathlon.......2005-07-28

          I bought my daughter this book at Christmas and she thought I was crazy. She had suffered an injury in High-School soccer that would prevent her from playing the sport competitively again. So I just looked at this book and liked the contents and gave it to her. Well you can guess what happened, nothing! Then my wife/her mother started reading it and training and my daughter joined her and now they both are participating in Triathlons and even winning their age divisions. Is it because of the book? No, it is because they are committed to succeeding and the book gave them the information they needed to do just that. No matter what book you read, it will do you no good unless you act.

          The Dawn Collector: On My Way to the Natural World
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            The Dawn Collector: On My Way to the Natural World
            Reg Saner
            Manufacturer: Center for American Places
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            ASIN: 1930066317

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            Award-winning writer Reg Saner recollects, "Years ago I said that if I had a dozen lives to live, I'd live every one of them in Colorado." Saner first saw the Rocky Mountains in 1962, and since then he has never strayed far, spending his days in Boulder at the foot of the Colorado mesa. The Dawn Collector is a testament to Saner's devotion to his long-time home and its surrounding western landscape.

            This collection of fourteen thoughtful and meditative essays reveals Saner's love of the outdoors and his deep concern for the American West. Saner explored on foot the wild country of the West, from just beyond his backyard to remote places that most people can only dream about exploring, and recorded his thoughts and insights here. Tiny details such as a ladybug on a dawn yucca or a coyote hunting in snow are illuminated and expanded in Saner's essays as platforms for larger ideas about nature's simultaneously comforting and wildly chaotic character.

            Saner also explores in his essays how the Rocky Mountains and interior West are enduring landscapes of stark beauty that have witnessed tremendous changes during the past forty years. But Saner's writings are not an activist's call for environmental conservation so much as a thoughtful and stirring reflection on the role of human beings in a vast, powerful, and unpredictable cosmos. Accompanying Saner's writings is a gallery of his colorful photographic images that expands on his musings with a powerful visual document of the majesty and wonder of the landscape of the American West, giving full form to his statement, "That we live in a mystery has always fascinated me." Award-winning writer Reg Saner recollects, "Years ago I said that if I had a dozen lives to live, I'd live every one of them in Colorado." Saner first saw the Rocky Mountains in 1962, and since then he has never strayed far, spending his days in Boulder at the foot of the Colorado mesa. The Dawn Collector is a testament to Saner's devotion to his long-time home and its surrounding western landscape.

            This collection of fourteen thoughtful and meditative essays reveals Saner's love of the outdoors and his deep concern for the American West. Saner explored on foot the wild country of the West, from just beyond his backyard to remote places that most people can only dream about exploring, and recorded his thoughts and insights here. Tiny details such as a ladybug on a dawn yucca or a coyote hunting in snow are illuminated and expanded in Saner's essays as platforms for larger ideas about nature's simultaneously comforting and wildly chaotic character.

            Saner also explores in his essays how the Rocky Mountains and interior West are enduring landscapes of stark beauty that have witnessed tremendous changes during the past forty years. But Saner's writings are not an activist's call for environmental conservation so much as a thoughtful and stirring reflection on the role of human beings in a vast, powerful, and unpredictable cosmos. Accompanying Saner's writings is a gallery of his colorful photographic images that expand on his musings with a powerful visual document of the majesty and wonder of the landscape of the American West, giving full form to his statement, "That we live in a mystery has always fascinated me."


            But I Don't Want to be a Movie Star
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              But I Don't Want to be a Movie Star
              Margaret Pinder
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              Kat can't believe she's stuck at her Oscar-winning movie star grandmother's swanky California mansion for the whole summer. She'd rather be skateboarding back home in England—although the gorgeous pool boy makes life slightly more bearable. Noni, her grandmother, is about to land a fabulous comeback role, but after she has a run-in with Kat's skateboard, it's up to a very reluctant Kat to use her own acting skills— plus an army of stylists and wardrobe people—to impersonate Noni, fool the producer, and win the part! Kat's sassy, sarcastic wit will bring down the house.
              I Don't Want to Be a Movie Star
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                Margaret Pinder
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                Product Liability Entering the Twenty-First Century: The U.S. Perspective
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                  Michael J. Moore
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                  Las Economias Regionales A Fines del Siglo XX: Los Circuitos del Petroleo, del Carbon y del Azucar
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                    Alejandro B. Rofman
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                    Poverty and Social Assistance in Transition Countries
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                      Poverty and Social Assistance in Transition Countries
                      Jeanine Braithwaite , Christiaan Grootaert , and Branko Milanovic
                      Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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                      Declining incomes and growing income inequality have led to a rise in poverty in the transition economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. This study examines poverty and social assistance in six countries--Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Russia, and Kyrgyz Republic--to compare the poverty profiles and the correlates of poverty between the two regions. The study finds that the profile of poverty is more sharply defined in Eastern Europe than in the former Soviet Union, where poverty is more widespread. This holds the potential for better targeting of social assistance in Eastern Europe, and the study proposes a novel two-step approach to identify the poor.

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                      Declining incomes and growing income inequality have led to a rise in poverty in the transition economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. This study examines poverty and social assistance in six countries -- Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Russia, and Kyrgyz Republic -- to compare the poverty profiles and the correlates of poverty between the two regions.

                      The study finds that the profile of poverty is more sharply defined in Eastern Europe than in the former Soviet Union, where poverty is more widespread. This holds the potential for better targeting of social assistance in Eastern Europe, and the study proposes a novel two-step approach to identify the poor.
                      Social assistance and the challenges of poverty and inequality in Azerbaijan, a low-income country in transition.: An article from: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
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                        Social assistance and the challenges of poverty and inequality in Azerbaijan, a low-income country in transition.: An article from: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
                        Nazim N. Habibov , and Lida Fan
                        Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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                        Release Date: 2006-08-29

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                        This digital document is an article from Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2006. The length of the article is 7815 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: Social assistance and the challenges of poverty and inequality in Azerbaijan, a low-income country in transition.
                        Author: Nazim N. Habibov
                        Publication: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (Magazine/Journal)
                        Date: March 1, 2006
                        Publisher: Thomson Gale
                        Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Page: 203(24)

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                        Poverty and Social Assistance in Transition Countries
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                          Branko Milanovic
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                          Wolves at Our Door : The Extraordinary Story of the Couple Who Lived with Wolves
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                          Wolves at Our Door : The Extraordinary Story of the Couple Who Lived with Wolves
                          Jim Dutcher , Jamie Dutcher , and James Manfull
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                          For centuries, wolves have haunted the human imagination. It has been accepted as conventional wisdom that they are savage predators, creatures of nightmare. Determined to overcome such misconceptions, Jim and Jamie Dutcher spent six years in a tented camp on the edge of Idaho's wilderness, living with and filming a pack of wolves. Now, in this lyrical memoir, the Dutchers share their experience of life among these intelligent and elusive animals.

                          By socializing with the pack from the time they were pups, the Dutchers were able to gain the wolves' trust and observe their behavior in a way that few people ever have. What they witnessed was remarkable: a complex nature oriented toward family life and strong social bonds.

                          Wolves at Our Door is much more than a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Dutchers' Emmy Award-winning Discovery Channel documentary. It is the story of two people brought together by their devotion to wildlife and held together by their belief in each other. It is about their struggle to keep the project alive amid marauding mountain lions, forest fires, subzero temperatures -- and the never-ending storm of controversy that surrounds the wolf.

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                          5 out of 5 stars An interesting read about an artificial wolf pack.......2007-03-20

                          This book was easy and entertaining to read. It is a great description of wolf behavior under the very specific and controlled conditions created by the Dutchers. The pictures are touching. But I would say that this book definitely does not describe wolves in the wild. The reader should be very aware that the wolf pack featured in the book was created "artificially"--that is to say, the wolves were hand-reared from pups and then grouped into a pack. They were, to a certain degree, domesticated. There was a great amount of human interaction, so I think it would be accurate to say that the Dutchers became part of the pack. For example, the Dutchers intervened in the wolves' lives when one wolf endangered another or could not fit into the pack. This would not happen in the wild. When the Dutchers transferred the pack to management by the Nez Pierce Indians, apparently the pack had some problems and eventually disintegrated. Maybe this was because two pivotal pack members--the Dutchers, the stabilizing humans--were removed. While I think that books like these are helpful in creating an understanding and respect for animals, one should not assume that the animals in the wild are exactly like the Dutchers observed. Whenever humans interact (or interfere) with the wild, the wild will no longer be the same. I was also a little uncomfortable with the fact that after 6 years, the Dutchers left the pack to others. They were the "mom and pop" of the pack, even though they may not believe it. The pack was created for a photo study, not a scientific one, nevertheless responsibility for their care beyond the filming project remained. Our culture tends to "throw animals away" when we are done with them. But if we've interfered with their lives, or kept them as pets, our care and relationship with them should continue through the animals' life span, because they've been compromised in their ability to lead their lives without us.

                          5 out of 5 stars Touched by their story!.......2006-03-01

                          This book helps to shed new light on the age old fears and myths of wolfs. Written by Jim and Jamie Dutcher it details their human experience with an animal that for so many years has been persecuted and misunderstood by people. They open the door into the secret lives of these animals never seen before. This book is sure to enrich and change your ideas of the animal human relationship. I was deeply touched by this story!

                          5 out of 5 stars Wolves at Our Door.......2006-02-23

                          This was an awesome book. Though I have seen the documentary several times, reading the chapters by Jim and Jamie made me feel like I was there with them. I empathize with what they wanted to accomplish and am grateful to them for bringing the true story of the family life of the wolfpack to light. I cried with them through the tragedies and losses. Wolves are magnificent animals; they have so much to teach us - we should listen to this story.

                          3 out of 5 stars Misunderstanding.......2005-11-12

                          One other reviewer mentioned that some of Jim Dutcher's remarks in the book were extremely biased, and I would like to take this opportunity to agree with that remark and set some of the record straight.

                          First of all, there is a rift between WERC and Jim Dutcher. Each side has its own version of what has happened and what is happening, and, obviously, if you listen only to Jim, you're going to have a very one-sided piece of information. If you have never been to WERC, then don't criticize its care of the wolves.

                          I had the opportunity to work at WERC as a summer intern after my sophomore year of college. The relationships between the handlers and the wolves was unbelievable. These people care so much about the wolves there, and from what the current handlers have told me, so did the past caretakers. I can assure that there was no "abandonment" of the wolves by the caretakers. If they were being fed over the fence (and I have no idea whether or not this is true), then at least they were being fed. And the only thing I can think of that would result in a short period of severely limited socialization would be a policy change of the board of directors, which, I can assure you, would be backed with plenty of justification and probably very much disliked by the caretakers (believe me, they WANT to be with the wolves).

                          Jim, on the other hand, did abandon the wolves. I disagree with the whole notion of purchasing wolf pups, for whatever project, as this encourages the captive breeding of wolves for pets or hybridization or other purposes. He knew this project wasn't going to last forever, and surely he had to know the complexity of the relationships he was forming with the wolves, and yet he continued with the project anyway. Granted his work has increased knowledge of wolves and has probably furthered conservation efforts, but the individual wolves - Motomo, Amani, Kamots, Chemukh, and all the rest - had to pay the price. Furthermore, since Jim left the wolves at WERC, he has visited them only once or twice.

                          Please, before you go making rash judgements about WERC (or about IDFG, even), please consider ALL the facts. WERC is probably one of the most beneficial institutions in the country as far as raising wolf awareness. People may have justified problems with the employees and board of directors at a personal level, as they do in any organization, but I assure you, the wolves are being cared for in a most satisfactory manner.

                          5 out of 5 stars An Excellent 10 star book.......2005-06-19

                          This was an ecellent book about the sawtooth wolves and their lives. It not only looks at the wolves but also tells about how and where they were born. Its chapters tell the entire story of the wolves.
                          The chapter titles are:
                          Introduction-tells a little about living with wolves
                          The Den-tells about being inside a wolf den
                          Inspiration- tells how Jim decided to raise wolves
                          Wolf Camp- tells what the wolf camp yurt looked like and where it was
                          Jamie-How Jim met Jamie and how and when they where married
                          Trust- how Jim and Jamie got their first wolves
                          Makuyi- why this beautiful wolf was removed from the pack
                          Motaki- what happened to this wolf
                          Filming- starting the film Wolf: Return of a Legend
                          Kamots- about how this wolf came to be the alpha of the pack
                          Changes- important changes that took place during the years
                          Arrival- tells about the arrival of more human team members
                          Lakota- about this omega wolf and Jamie's relationship
                          Moving Camp- about moving the camp to another location inside the fense
                          New Additions- about the new pups Wyakin, Wahots, and Chemukh
                          Matsi- tells about sweet and brave gentle Matsi the beta wolf
                          Motomo and Amani- tell about the brothers of Matsi and how they interact with the pack
                          The Pack- about all the wolves mingling together
                          Winter- how the pack interact in the winter
                          Concerns- about concerns with permit for area
                          Autumn- about the autumn and the wolves
                          The Alpha Pair- about the competion for alpha female and about the mating season
                          The Sawtooth Pups- about the alpha's pups Ayet, Motaki, Piyip
                          A New Home- about the wolves going to Idaho for a new home
                          Jamie's Epilogue- about Jamie's thoughts for all the things that happened
                          Jim's Epilogue- about Jim's view from living with the wolves

                          So, that is all the chapters and I hope this review was helpful to you.


                          P.S. You might want to check out the movie too; for actual footage.

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