Accountant Liability, 1997 Cumulative Supplement (Business Litigation Library)

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This book is designed to help you make the transition from technical expert to people management. The basic building blocks of communicating, motivating, and delegating are clearly presented. In addition, completing the Technical Supervisor Action Plan will help you implement your new supervisory skills on the job.

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As interesting as the man himself!.......2002-01-08

Jack Hanna's life is so very interesting and awe-inspiring. Anyone who has ever had an interest in being around or working with animals could learn quite a bit from these fun true stories. Jack Hanna is definitely a man to be admired!

One of a kind!.......1999-06-28

If you want to read hilarious and interesting stories about animals, this is definently the book for you! There are tons of pictures (color & black and white), and the stories are great - you won't be able to put this one down!

Monkeys on the Interstate: And Other Tales from Americas Favorite Zookeeper

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Monkeys on the Interstate: And Other Tales from Americas Favorite Zookeeper
Jack Hanna
Manufacturer: Doubleday
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MC349U

MONKEYS ON THE INTERSTATE AND OTHER TALES FROM AMERICA'S FAVORITE ZOOKEEPER [N4]

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MONKEYS ON THE INTERSTATE AND OTHER TALES FROM AMERICA'S FAVORITE ZOOKEEPER [N4]
J. Hanna
Manufacturer: Doubleday
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000WPVLM4

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This book consists of peer-reviewed articles and reviews presented as lectures at the Sixth International Symposium on Thermal Engineering and Sciences for Cold Regions in Darmstadt, Germany. It addresses all relevant aspects of thermal physics and engineering in cold regions, such as the Arctic regions. These environments present many unique freezing and melting phenomena and the relevant heat and mass transfer processes are of basic importance with respect to both the technological applications and the natural context in which they occur. Intended for physicists, engineers, geoscientists, climatologists and cryologists alike, these proceedings cover topics such as: ice formation and decay, heat conduction with phase change, convection with freezing and melting, thermal properties at low temperature, frost heave and permafrost, climate impact in cold regions, thermal design of structures, bio-engineering in cold regions, and many more.

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"This work is significant. It is the first to include a method of assessing structural strength in the context of the modern marine environment." --Commander M. C. Cruder, U.S. Coast Guard

Acclaimed author and naval architect Dave Gerr created this unique system of easy-to-use scantling rules and rules-of-thumb for calculating the necessary dimensions, or scantlings, of hulls, decks, and other boat parts, whether built of fiberglass, wood, wood-epoxy composite, steel, or aluminum. In addition to the rules themselves, The Elements of Boat Strength offers their context: an in-depth, plain-English discussion of boatbuilding materials, methods, and practices that will guide you through all aspects of boat construction.

Now you can avoid wading through dense technical engineering manuals or tackling advanced mathematics. The Elements of Boat Strength has all the formulas, tables, illustrations, and charts you need to judge how heavy each piece of your boat should be in order to last and be safe. With this book, an inexpensive scientific calculator, and a pad of paper, you'll be able to design and specify all the components necessary to build a sound, long-lasting, rugged vessel.

What reviewers have said about Dave Gerr's books:

Propeller Handbook

"By far the best book available on the subject."--Sailing

"The best layman's guide we've ever read."--Practical Sailor

Dave Gerr and International Marine made a complicated topic understandable and put it into a handbook that is easy to use."--WoodenBoat

"Without doubt the definitive reference for selecting, installing, and understanding boat propellers."--Royal Navy Sailing Association Journal

The Nature of Boats

"If you are not nautically obsessed before reading this book, you will most certainly be afterward."--Sailing

Fascinating potpourri of information about today's boats, modern and traditional."--WoodenBoat

Customer Reviews:

Read every word!.......2007-10-11

Great book! This book was just what I needed, while making boat repairs and contemplating my next purchase (or perhaps build).

With an undergraduate degree in Ocean Engineering with a couple of naval architecture courses under my belt, I really needed a professional's common sense, savvy discussion of boat design. With each page read I visualized the different construction details seen at boat shows and on friend's boats, I can trace failures observed back to the discussions.

The author's writing style really livens up the reading! I have read many books on the subject, this and "The Nature of Boats" are my favorites to date.

My only criticism is that the scantlings were noted to be appropriate for speeds up to 45 knots, I would have liked to book to include higher speed designs as that is my current interest, still looking.... Otherwise, five stars!

Already applied it.......2007-03-12

As an amateur boat builder, it helped me a lot to understand the subject. After finishing this book, now it is much easier for me to understand the class rules. It already paid back, since it made me realize a mistake on the number and thickness of the scantlings on my friend's boat.

Not bad.......2007-01-05

Gerr starts this book with the calculation of a "scantling number." This number is essentially based off the length, width and height of the vessel. He then applies this number to several charts thoughout the book to give "rule of thumb" values on the proper dimensions of the scantlings (hull plating, stiffeners, beams, etc.) for the vessel in question. Overall this book should be useful to the home boat builder. The math in the book is simple and the values obtained from the book seem reasonable for most boats. The books main weakness is that it glosses over the engineering aspects (calculating stresses, etc.).

if I can read.......2006-03-02

My Englisjh is terrible, so if I can read this book (and I do), this is a good and simple book.
Thank you

The Elements of Boat Strength: For Builders, Designers, and Owners.......2006-01-30

Its a good book but I can imagine some difficulties to people not affine with this subject.

I have no problem as a Naval Architect.

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Hi.......2002-03-14

This accurately describes the 'behind the scenes' nonsense that is going on when creditors bug you. The bottom line in most cases is - all talk, no action. I cant even take those creditor clowns seriously after reading the book.

The book itself is great. Unfortunately its written in the "college analysis" style which makes for difficult reading. Keep a dictionary close by. It goes into all the probability formulas and whatnot. However there is good info for the layman in here. I doubt there is any other book out there with as much info on creditor collections. The title says it all.

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Dinner party chatter, term paper template, no help otherwise

Interesting Yet Incomplete Presentation

The latest facts key to helping students and general audiences understand the elements of the changing international economy

Cranky Anticapitalists

Lot of information and easily written

The Field Guide to the Global Economy, Revised Edition
Sarah Anderson , John Cavanagh , and Thea Lee
Manufacturer: New Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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An eye-opening, twenty-first century guide to the myths and realities of the international economy.

This fully updated and expanded second edition of The Field Guide to the Global Economy presents the latest facts to help make sense of the rapidly changing international economy. Illustrated throughout with charts, graphs, and cartoons, the book documents new trends, including the foreign "outsourcing" of US service jobs, as well as the increasing influence of mega-firms like Wal-Mart and labor union-free China on workers around the globe.

Published in conjunction with the Institute for Policy Studies, an independent research institute based in Washington, DC, this accessible guide explains how global institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, and North American Free Trade Agreement affect communities, workers, the poor, and the environment. The book dispels the widely disseminated propaganda about current globalization policies and provides an update on the burgeoning movement that is challenging them, from Bolivian water warriors to US student anti-sweatshop activists.

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Dinner party chatter, term paper template, no help otherwise.......2005-12-19

The reviews by BookwormJDC and P.Murray are on target. They give some excellent examples from the book.

Let me help answer the question that I always want to get out of these reviews: "Should I read this book?"

If you are going to a dinner party hosted by Al Franken or Michael Moore, or need to win favor, respect or envy from anyone on the far left, get this book. Everything that is wrong with America, Capitalism and Free Trade is explained in charts, cartoons and talking points. You will look like a genius as you expound on the ills of the world over a glass of California wine.

It reads like a college term paper (Doesn't rise anywhere near the level of thesis.). There are a plethora of facts, all of which support the theme. It's easy to read and the authors do a good job of staying on point. If you have a term paper due, get this book. Don't plagiarize it, just look at the technique and style.

Here's where I think the term papers get separated from the theses. In a well-written term paper you can get away with presenting a problem and gloss over the solution. I like the term reviewer BookWormJDC used to describe the treatment of solutions offered to address the litany of injustices described in the book, "ill-considered". Simply put, their solutions would not stand up to the same level of scrutiny expended on the problems.

Most of the issues raised are nothing new, but they are well documented and presented. What I found more excruciatingly tedious with each successive chapter was the lack of anything positive in the book. Ok, I get it. There is greed, oppression and injustice in the world, now what? Anytime they felt compelled to site anything positive, it was snuffed out by starting the sentence with "Although" and finishing up with what's wrong with it!

If you want to participate in the global economy, either for the evil corporations, or the oppressed peoples of the world, there is really nothing to help you in this book.

Interesting Yet Incomplete Presentation.......2005-11-28

Quite an interesting read, containing lots of facts that could affect your life (which job categories are most at risk for outsourcing overseas, how Wal-Mart treats its employees badly and taxpayers suffer the consequences, disgustingly excessive pay for CEOs, the invasion of unregulated genetically modified food, ...). Many of the facts are eye-opening and I certainly moderated my personal pro-business views.

Unfotrunately, the book is introductory (almost to a fault) as you can guess from the fact that the jacket brags about the book's cartoons. It is extremely one-sided, and its blatant pro-union propaganda can be annoying. Facts and statistics are presented but I got the feeling that many of the book's arguments could be undermined if the "whole story" were revealed (simply throwing in a citation should not take the place of complete presentation within the text). Finally, there are many completely unsupported statements of opinion inappropriately stuck into otherwise fact-based paragraphs, giving these opinions apparent legitimacy.

Despite its shortcomings, this is an interesting book, and presents an easy way to learn about the World Bank and the IMF as (probably) seen by Third World people. After reading, I agree that the corporate-driven globalization we are now experiencing is flawed, but some of the alternatives promoted by this book (blanket amnesty to illegal aliens, total cancellation of poor-country debt, weakened protection of intellectual property rights, ...) appear equally ill-considered.

The latest facts key to helping students and general audiences understand the elements of the changing international economy.......2005-11-06

The updated, expanded new edition of the Field Guide To The Global Economy presents the latest facts key to helping students and general audiences understand the elements of the changing international economy, and is a 'must' for any who would keep up with change. Charts, graphs and cartoons aid in understanding the latest trends, from the outsourcing of US jobs to the influence of big chains around the world. To add authority, this is published in conjunction with the Institute for policy Studies based in Washington DC and explains how global institutions affect not just monetary policies, but social and economic situations around the world.

Cranky Anticapitalists.......2001-10-19

The title is catchy enough. I expected lots of facts and figures in tables and graphs that would illustrate international trade and finance. Was I surprised. There are facts and figures there, even pictures and cartoons. But the authors see the world differently. "The problem..." we are told, "...is not so much that the world is so tightly linked now...but that the links converge in such a small number of hands." The hands they're refering to belong to corporate executives and billionaires. An ongoing theme throughout the book is the old cliche' that the rich get richer while the poor get poorer.
One thing different about the current process of globalization, the authors claim, "is that a number of poorer countries, led by China and Mexico, now have the infrastructure to house practically any industrial or service operation...." What's wrong with that? They object that "...Ford, Boeing, and other global corporations are now setting up state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in countries where wages and other costs are kept extremely low through repression." We can all agree that repression is a bad thing. We may differ on where it's happening. For instance, according to the index of economic freedom constructed by the Heritage Foundation (what the authors call a "corporate think tank") and the Wall Street Journal, China is "mostly unfree" (but not "repressed") and Mexico is "mostly free." "Repressed" countries include Zimbabwe, Iran, Cuba, Iraq, and North Korea. Corporate capitalism does not appear to be causing problems in those countries by any stretch of the imagination. Vietnam is among the repressed, but it's difficult to see how workers who produce sneakers for the Nike company would be better off if Nike weren't there.
Much of the book is devoted to criticizing "globalization claims." Although some free traders will justifiably dismiss this criticism, in my view the authors' attacks will work to strenghthen the case for free trade. Put differently, any economist who wants practice defending free trade can find it reading this book. Warning: the bile may rise in you.
To their credit the authors provide an abundance of endnotes to support their case. They offer some criticism a free trader would appreciate. For example they object to export subsidies and IMF bailouts of banks with troubled loans to developing countries. They even profess to reject protectionism. However the alternative they recommend, "fair trade," is better described as "managed trade."
The authors minimize the role of consumers in the process of globalization. Corporations would not achieve their goals if consumers weren't buying their products. The authors also fail to recognize the importance of property rights in economic development. If the governments of poor countries established and protected property rights, the people would get wealthier. Given that these authors reject international trade and investment as a cause of our prosperity and cannot tolerate disparities of wealth, they'll always remain idealists with axes to grind.

Lot of information and easily written.......2001-06-04

That is the first book on economics I read that does not necessarily employ a lot of incomprehensible terminology. Moreover, it is written for the average reader who wants to get a "first introduction" into the topic. It is definitely not written for people who search any detailed infomation. This book explains perfectly the basic correlations in today's global economy.

Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh and Thea Lee: The Field Guide to the Global Economy (revised edition).(Book review): An article from: Capital & Class

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Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh and Thea Lee: The Field Guide to the Global Economy (revised edition).(Book review): An article from: Capital & Class
David Layfield
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000U1QEZY
Release Date: 2007-07-21

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This digital document is an article from Capital & Class, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2007. The length of the article is 1494 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: Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh and Thea Lee: The Field Guide to the Global Economy (revised edition).(Book review)
Author: David Layfield
Publication: Capital & Class (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Issue: 92 Page: 205(4)

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Understanding Globalization.(Review) (book review): An article from: Multinational Monitor

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Understanding Globalization.(Review) (book review): An article from: Multinational Monitor
Charlie Cray
Manufacturer: Essential Information, Inc.
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Binding: Digital
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Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Multinational Monitor, published by Essential Information, Inc. on April 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1435 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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Asia constitutes a large portion of the world's population and this new book provides a good selection of contributions that cover trade, equity and development in the continent. With contributions from such leading experts as Clem Tisdell, T.N. Srinivasan and Gustav Ranis, the book's chapters cover countries from Pakistan and India to Korea and Indonesia. This book should be required reading for those interested in the economic growth and development of Asian countries.

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