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The need for better understanding of the role location plays in economic life was first and most famously made explicit by Bertil Ohlin in 1933. However it is only recently, with the development of computer packages able to handle complex systems, as well as advances in economic theory, that Ohlin's vision has been met and a framework developed which explains the distribution of economic activity across space. This book is an integrated, non-mathematical, first-principles textbook presenting Geographical Economics to advanced students. Its emphasis is on examples, diagrams, and empirical evidence, making it the ideal starting point prior to monographic and journal material.
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The need for better understanding of the role location plays in economic life was first and most famously made explicit by Bertil Ohlin in 1933. However it is only recently, with the development of computer packages able to handle complex systems, as well as advances in economic theory, that Ohlin's vision has been met and a framework developed which explains the distribution of economic activity across space. This book is an integrated, non-mathematical, first-principles textbook presenting Geographical Economics to advanced students. Its emphasis is on examples, diagrams, and empirical evidence, making it the ideal starting point prior to monographic and journal material.
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South American Development: A Geographical Introduction (Cambridge Topics in Geography)
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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Royal Geographical Society on March 1, 1999. The length of the article is 537 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: Introduction to the Economics of Water Resources: An International Perspective.(Review)(Brief Article)
Author: Paul Herrington
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Date: March 1, 1999
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The book deals with non-traditional employees frustrated in traditional business cultures. It is a unique perspective on the different characteristics of Gen Xers and Boomers in business today. Unlocks the mysteries and provides inexpensive programs to reduce the common turnover issues associated with Gen Xers, and increase employee productivity. (Foreword by best Selling Author, Ken Blanchard)
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A wonderful insight into Gen-X and what drives them!.......2003-07-08
One of the most interesting books I've read on management and human relations. This book is useful as a management primer and well beyond, including parenting.
The author illustrates with demographic data the future and clear importance of understanding Gen-X. This generation will be the dominant workforce and running the corporations and institutions of this country. If you're in management you need to be aware of and plan for this. Gen-x is talented, independent and demands a fresh approach which the author provides a blueprint for.
This book proposes that as managers first we understand ourselves, what drives us and our management styles. This chapter alone is worth the price of the book.
The book is full of interesting and introspective personal experiences from the author and well worth reading.
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Genetic Engineering and In Vitro Culture of Crop Legumes
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An introductory chapter provides an up-to-date review of biotechnology and genetic engineering for crop legumes: strategy, techniques and goals. Following chapters examine each of major category: economic and nutritional importance, applicable genetic engineering techniques, and feasible objectives for improvement. Special attention is given to soybeans, the most important of the legumes. The text is well illustrated and carefully organized for easy reference.
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Creative Cognition combines original experiments with existing work in cognitive psychology to provide the first explicit account of the cognitive processes and structures that contribute to creative thinking and discovery. In separate chapters, the authors take up visualization, concept formation, categorization, memory retrieval, and problem solving. They describe novel experimental methods for studying creative cognitive processes under controlled laboratory conditions, along with techniques that can be used to generate many different types of inventions and concepts.
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In the heartland of America rise the Ozark Mountains, teeming with cascading, free-flowing streams. Situated astride the Missouri/Arkansas border, the Ozarks represent a canoeing and kayaking wonderland. Still a comprehensive, accurate and readable guide, but now with a new design and format, A Canoeing & Kayaking Guide to the Ozarks (formerly Ozark Whitewater) catalogs the varied rivers of the region. Inside are updated descriptions of all the classic rivers, including the Buffalo National and Little Missouri, as well as exciting new reports of today’s steep creek runs: Bryant, Turkey, and many others. This guide is the definitive sourcebook for Ozark river sport.
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Beginning Paddler in Texarkana.......2007-03-19
I was looking for a guide to the many rivers and creeks to take multi-day excursions with my family in Arkansas and the close by rivers to Texarkana where I now live. I am a beginner paddler and need to have details but as any person who is overwhelmed by information, a concise and clear presentation is very helpful. On both counts, this book delivers. Having GPS coordinates is particularly helpful and the maps are very clear. The book is divided by regions, and this is also helpful. I can recommend this book without question.
A brand new classic!.......2006-07-26
Kennon's Ozark Whitewater was by far the best whitewater guidebook for the Ozarks (and the only one to find information on many streams), and it neve left my shuttle vehicle. It is in tatters now, so the timing of his updated guidebook is perfect timing for me. Though I will always refer to this and any of his books as "Ozark Whitewater" the new name reflects the fact that this is a big upgrade from version two. Much more up to date info, extremely good maps (much improved from the last version), and many new streams (some I've never heard of!). If you're a paddler in Arkansas, Oklahoma, or Missouri, Kennon has again produced the must have book for your paddling library. My copy is already on its way to being destroyed in the back of my shuttle rig! Highly recomended!
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An easy-to-follow poker guide—we're not bluffing.
In this comprehensive guide, "The Poker Pundit" Andrew Glazer explains the strategy, etiquette, money management, odds, classic opportunities—and pitfalls—of this incredibly popular, timeless game. With easy-to-follow examples and lively anecdotes, readers not only learn the technical side of the game, but the complex human element as well. Topics include rules for Texas Hold'em and Seven-Card Stud, as well as the more traditional Five-Card Draw and Five-Card Stud; the art of the bluff; how to spot "tells" and read your opponents' body language; and more.
• Poker is one of the most popular American card games
• Televised celebrity poker games and tournaments have taken the game's popularity to a new level—the phenomenon was recently featured in a New York Times story
• Poker players tend to buy multiple books on the subject
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Decent overview for beginners.......2007-05-30
This book is more of an overview of poker that I could see being very helpful for novices. It provides in introduction to various games, such as Hold 'Em and Omaha, and presents other general concepts such as bankroll management, playing in casinos vs. playing online, and poker etiquitte. Everything is easy to understand and useful for certain audiences, I just don't know how useful it would be for someone who has been playing the game for a while. It is also light on strategy.
Easy to Read and Insightful. .......2004-10-24
First, let me say that I wholeheartedly recommend this book. The fact that it is inexpensive is an immediate bonus but also, Mr. Glazer, has strong writing skills and the pages are very accessible. If you're not in the mood for concentrating you could even scan it, because, as is true with all of the "Idiot's Guide" series, "Poker" has little subgroupings that allow for quick digestion. In this edition, they're little boxes called "the inside straight, table talk" and "perilous play." Each page is full of advice and tips. It's a belly busting value play if you ask me.
As far as particulars are concerned, Glazer exposes us to all of the intricacies of the poker omniculture. There isn't a game, style, or concept that he doesn't devote words to. What I personally found most useful were his discussions about the internet and tournaments. He really does a great job explaining to the reader what exactly goes on in a tournament. It's very hard to know if you're just watching ESPN or the Travel Channel as to what exactly is transpiring behind the scenes. Previously the methodology behind tournament payouts was a mystery to me. His section on player personalities was memorable as well.
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Read your opponent Â… and rake in the chips.
The worldÂ's best poker players can read their opponentsÂ' most subtle expressions and behaviors—no matter how hard their opponents try to hide them. A tapping foot, a change in vocal tone, and countless other clues “tell” an informed player what cards the opponent is holding and how theyÂ're likely to be played. The Pocket IdiotÂ's Guide to Poker Tells explains everything amateur poker players need to start interpreting tells and using them to develop poker intuition.
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Strongly recommended to all poker players whether they are playing for high-stakes or peanuts.......2006-05-03
Thanks to the power of television, the games of poker (especially No Limit Texas Hold 'em) have emerged from their seedy backroom origins to the elegance of multimillion dollar hotels and tournaments. The Idiots Guide To Poker Tells: Learn How To Read Your Opponents' Every Move by Bobbi Dempsey and Andy Bloch (a top poker pro who has won over $750,000 playing poker) is an informed collection of advice on winning at poker by playing the players as much as the cards. The Idiots Guide To Poker Tells provides readers with foolproof tips to help recognize all types of "tells" (behaviors that reveal the strength or weakness of an opponents hand), as well game-saving advice on avoiding tells, recognizing fake tells, surefire strategies for dealing with the five different player personalities, and techniques for sharpening already natural skills at reading other players. For its outstanding knowledge of the game's inner-workings, The Idiots Guide To Poker Tells is a compact and portable paperback, and very strongly recommended to all poker players whether they are playing for high-stakes or peanuts.
Useless.......2006-03-08
I'm a regular player and was really looking forward to this. But I was even more disappointed when it arrived. Reads like the writer has never played, just a rehash of cliches. Save your money.
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America’s number one bestselling tax guide offers the best balance of thoroughness, organization, and usability
For more than half a century, over 38 million Americans have turned to J.K. Lasser for easy-to-follow, expert advice and guidance on planning and filing their taxes. Written by a team of tax specialists, J.K. Lasser’s Your Income Tax 2005 includes all the outstanding features that have made this book the nation’s all-time top-selling tax guide. Your Income Tax 2005 is the book of choice for serious taxpayers who want to pay less on their taxes.
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- Easy-to-understand coverage of the year’s tax law changes
- Filing tips and instructions to help you prepare your 2004 return
- Quick reference section that highlights what’s new for 2004
- Quick topic index to help pinpoint the biggest money-saving deductions
- Advice for customers whose use software or CPAs to file their taxes
Plus as a new added benefit, J.K. Lasser’s YIT 2005 customers gain unlimited free access to numerous new online value-added bonuses at jklasser.com, including:
- Latest breaking tax news and law changes that could affect the amount of money you can save
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- The latest tax forms from the IRS, which are instantly updated the moment an IRS change becomes official
- Interactive forms that can be filled out via computer, printed, and mailed in, saving you time and ink
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J.K. Lasser Institute has been the premier publisher of consumer tax guides since 1939, when Jacob Kay Lasser first published Your Income Tax. Since then, the guide has been published continuously for over 60 years and read by over 38,000,000 people. J.K. Lasser Institute spokespeople are regularly sought after as media tax experts. They regularly appear on such networks as CNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg and are featured in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Self Magazine, Houston Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, and many more.
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America’s number one bestselling tax guide offers the best balance of thoroughness, organization, and usability
For more than half a century, over 38 million Americans have turned to J.K. Lasser for easy-to-follow, expert advice and guidance on planning and filing their taxes. Written by a team of tax specialists, J.K. Lasser’s Your Income Tax 2005 includes all the outstanding features that have made this book the nation’s all-time top-selling tax guide. Your Income Tax 2005 is the book of choice for serious taxpayers who want to pay less on their taxes.
Special features include:
- Usable tax forms
- Over 2,500 easy-to-use tax planning tips and strategies
- Easy-to-understand coverage of the year’s tax law changes
- Filing tips and instructions to help you prepare your 2004 return
- Quick reference section that highlights what’s new for 2004
- Quick topic index to help pinpoint the biggest money-saving deductions
- Advice for customers whose use software or CPAs to file their taxes
Plus as a new added benefit, J.K. Lasser’s YIT 2005 customers gain unlimited free access to numerous new online value-added bonuses at jklasser.com, including:
- Latest breaking tax news and law changes that could affect the amount of money you can save
- Answers to all of your tax questions in "Ask J.K. Lasser"
- Publication 17–the official IRS document that provides directions for personal tax filing for individuals–available in its entirety
- The latest tax forms from the IRS, which are instantly updated the moment an IRS change becomes official
- Interactive forms that can be filled out via computer, printed, and mailed in, saving you time and ink
- Links to online forms for filing your state taxes
J.K. Lasser Institute has been the premier publisher of consumer tax guides since 1939, when Jacob Kay Lasser first published Your Income Tax. Since then, the guide has been published continuously for over 60 years and read by over 38,000,000 people. J.K. Lasser Institute spokespeople are regularly sought after as media tax experts. They regularly appear on such networks as CNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg and are featured in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Self Magazine, Houston Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, and many more.
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Taxpayer's Reference Guide.......2006-03-14
Your Income Tax for 2005, by J.K. Lasser
There are two reasons to read this book.
1) You are preparing a paper return and wish to learn more that what is printed in the IRS "Forms and Instructions".
2) You want to read and learn more than what you get from a tax preparer or computer program.
Since your economic activities have tax consequences you should read or browse the relevant sections of this book as it applies to you. Some ignore the tax consequences until its too late. Since most people don't have tax lawyers, and may not be able to get advice on a telephone, or even from the Internet, you need to reference this book as needed. Do not be afraid of the size of this book as most people will not need all chapters.
Part 1 covers the "Filing Basics" and status. Part 2 covers "Reporting Your Income" for wages, salary, other compensation; fringe benefits, dividend and interest income, property sales, property exchanges, retirement and annuity income, IRAs, rents and royalties, loss restrictions, other income. Part 3 covers "Claiming Deductions" for adjusted gross income, standard or itemized deductions, charitable and interest deductions, medical expenses, personal exemptions. Part 4 tells how to compute your taxes, and tax credits. Part 5 tells about "Personal Tax Savings Plans" and should be read by everyone. Part 6, "Business Tax Planning" is important for the self-employed. Part 7 tells about filing your return and the aftermath.
Chapter 48 discusses the possibility of an IRS tax audit so you may be informed and prepared. Chapter 49 tells how to file a refund claim or an amended return. [The easiest way to fill in a 1040X is to fill in the new 1040 and then copy the information to the 1040X.]
This edition has a wrong page number "959" for the Index, and for Part 9 "717". Don't worry about this page error.
To learn about the history of US tax policy you'll need another book. Sidney Ratner's "American Taxation" is out of print, but you may be able to find another book. Class and sectional differences make politics, and politics make the tax code. Today's income taxes fall more heavily on wage earners compared to the 1862, 1893, and 1916 income tax codes.
Extensive information.......2005-10-19
Chapters and information very well organized. You can start from the beginning chapter or jump to any other chapter immediately and quite comprehensively. The writing is clear and simple if there is such a thing with irs forms and instructions. Well worth the price you pay for this book.
Saved Me Thousands by Replacing My Accountant .......2005-03-31
This year I decided to go cold turkey and prepare my own tax returns, something I haven't done for many years. Instead, I have been using a bookkeeper to put my records in order and a CPA to prepare the actual returns. That's been expensive.
I decided that I should save the money this year and do the returns myself. Naturally, it helped to look back at what my CPA did last year. But a lot of new questions came up. This wonderful guide cleared them all up . . . and I double-checked the answers with the IRS instructions. No problems! It was a piece of cake.
If you only find one deduction you wouldn't otherwise remember to take, this guide will more than pay for itself. Buy it today!
Thanks in Large Part to this Book our Returns are DONE!.......2005-03-01
Each year I find myself buying the latest and greatest Income Tax Preparation books, often I'm let down by them for a number of reasons. I had to write this review as this is the very FIRST preparation book that answered every single question that I had. And since I do a diverse array of income tax preparations, finding a totally comprehensive book is like finding a hair in a shagged carpet.
Without going into great detail, the guide is designed in ways that make it very customer friendly. I'm the type of person that likes to make notes or comments on changes in tax law, items I want to refer to again, and I also like room for my tiny "post-it" notes. I deal with people from every possible tax category, from the very wealthy to family and friends that are disabled and have minimal income.
As far as I could tell, all of the most recent tax laws are found (easily) in this extremely comprehensive 2004 Income Tax Preparation Guide. They even reference applicable case law and Court Decisions, hot tips from the IRSinformation,planning alerts, and the latest breaking tax news.
Like previous years, you'll find all of the many forms you'll need. If something is not available in the book, you'll be directed to a location on the internet where you can find the precise information that you're looking for. This is tremendous guidance for the most recent tax law.
I'm someone who reviews the index in almost every book that I purchase. When I saw the extensive index, found in "J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2005: For Preparing Your 2004 Tax Return", I was extremely impressed and later found it to be as helpful as it appeared when I first glanced at it.
I've not covered everything in this review, however I hope that I've given you at least a little more insight into this tax guide and whether or not you should choose this one over another. Thanks for taking the time to read this and good luck to you.
Best Regards and Happy Reading!
Pete Cannice
from Scottsdale, Arizona
email: Horsepete@aol.com
Can't go wrong with this one! .......2005-01-15
Although I do have a tax specialist look over my paperwork every year, I use this book as backup and have even found a few things over the years (admittedly, very few) that my preparer missed. I feel good just knowing that I'm on top of things.
If you prepare your taxes yourself, here are some of the features you'll LOVE in this edition:
Easy to understand filing tips and instructions. Whether you are a first-time taxpayer or an experienced one, you'll be as prepared as possible if you use this book.
There are updates, planning reminders and strategies to maximize your savings this year - and help you plan for the next tax year.
I especially like the "Alerts" about upcoming laws and possible changes. Nothing like being prepared!
Recent IRS changes and rulings are alos noted, another valuable bit of info.
If you tend to miss things, the CAUTION notices in the book will alert you to possible errors as well as areas you might miss.
There are also spaces for you to write, take notes, etc...as you read, a very nice feature.
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