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Boom, Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift
David K. Foot , and Daniel Stoffman Manufacturer: Saint Anthony Messenger Press and Franciscan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0921912978 |
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A Canadian Bestseller! Demographics is the key to understanding the past and forecasting the future. From financial planning to urban planning, Professor David Foot shows us how to track the trends that will have a profound impact upon our lives.The boomers, the busters, and the echo generation: discover the nation's future - and yours - in demographics, the simple but highly potent tool for understanding the past and foretelling the future, by Canada's foremost expert. What are the best investments? Where are the new business opportunities? What will become of our cities? What are the prospects for real estate? The job market? Education? Health care? Foot and Stoffman provide answers in a book full of arresting insights and practical ideas.
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Puts life in perspective.......1998-11-05
Puts life in perspective.......1998-11-05
I liked it so much, I made my wife read it........1998-08-15
After reading this I went on to read Faith Popcorn's books, and found them to be rather flat predictions that demographics could easily fortell. Boom Bust & Echo is a useful toolkit for business people with lots of examples to draw from. My wife and I had our own company at the time, and I had to make her read the book so we could re-assess our strategy in light of this under-used tool, and it allowed us to reposition our company without straying from our original mission.
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BOOM BUST ECHO, How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift
Manufacturer: MacFarlane Walter & Ross ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000G3ES4U |
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Boom Bust & Echo - How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift
David k with Daniel Stoffman Foot Manufacturer: Macfarlane Walter & Ross ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000Q6BCBO |
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Our Continent, Our Future: African Perspectives on Structural Adjustment
Manufacturer: IDRC Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0889368554 |
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This is the first book to present the African perspective on the Bretton Woods approach to structural adjustment, and it does so with the input and support of top economists and scholars from every corner of Africa. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country’s unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent’s development agenda.Customer Reviews:
A few problems theoretically .......2006-09-29
One of the best written books on economics........1999-04-08
Must reading for anyone concerned with African development.......1999-03-26
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A source book of agricultural chemistry (History of ecology)
Charles Albert Browne Manufacturer: Arno Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0405103751 |
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Biology Revisioned
Willis Harman , and Elizabet Sahtouris Manufacturer: North Atlantic Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1556432674 Release Date: 1998-07-01 |
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Biology Revisioned presents an engaging look at the changing state of biology and proposes that we reconsider our views of science and life. Harman and Sahtouris suggest that it is an historical accident that physics came to be the generally accepted root discipline of science. If, for example, biology were instead the foundation, life sciences would be analyzed in a complete different way. We would need to look at wholes (organism and ecological systems) prior to parts (fundamental particles). The book examines several theories of “new biology”—simply adding new tool to the current definition and a moderately holistic outlook—but focuses on an even more radical holistic view which assumes the possible presence of consciousness as an underlying layer of physical reality. The authors also suggest that the scientific perspectives of non-Western cultures are invaluable to a complete understanding of science—that Western ideals are no complete without these views.Customer Reviews:
"As above, so below"...as never before........2001-05-20
Following in the tradition of James Lovelock and Lyn Margulis, the late Willis Harman and his protege Elizabet Sahtouris here take Gaia Theory (the notion that our planet is a superorganism not merely hosting life, but in itself alive) to its next logical extension. Gaia, this duo speculates, is conscious. Indeed, they postulate that not only is Gaia conscious, but every level of life is conscious. From the atomic components of each cell in your body to the unimaginable vast Body of which Gaia herself is only one cell, all...All...ALL is conscious.
The adage, "As above, so below" has never had more compelling meaning.
Harman and Sahroutis base their logical groundwork on a concept of all being organized into holons (identity units) which are part of a larger holarchy (complex of identity units). Holons, say these two, take their purpose from the holarchy in which they are embedded, and take their ability from the holons which are embedded within them. Thus, your liver exists to serve your body, and draws its capacities from the health of its individual cells.
Take this concept outward to Gaia--nay, to the penultimate Cosmos--and you may find, as I do, profound spiritual implications. You will also understand why these two respected scientists had to present this book as a speculative conversation. Pushing the outer edges of thought, challenging academia's entrenched mindset, is professionally risky. But Sahtouris has no less a motive than the saving of the planet. She holds that only by understanding what We are, can we save Ourselves from physical destruction.
With the greatest of delight, I recommend this book to your consciousness.
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The Secret Sex Lives of Animals
Diagram Visual , and David Lambert Manufacturer: Sterling ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1402728379 |
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A Children's Book?.......2007-01-13
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The Advanced Backpacker: A Handbook of Year Round, Long-Distance Hiking
Chris Townsend Manufacturer: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0071357564 |
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With thousands of all-weather miles to his credit, from North America, Europe, and Asia, Chris Townsend is the ultimate guide for backpackers of all levels. The Advanced Backpacker is an invaluable fusion of expert information and unlimited inspiration, featuring detailed discussions of everything from finding routes and choosing locations to planning, financing, equipping, and supplying oneself for the long haul. Offering readers unprecedented insight into the extensive preparations required to develop the body and psyche of a long-distance hiker, Townsend addresses the specifics of hiking in all climates, from deserts and mountains to the arctic tundra and the tropics. The Advanced Backpacker offers top-level navigation techniques as well as specific safety and health precautions for extreme heat and cold.Customer Reviews:
Excellent descriptions from experience.......2002-06-07
unnecessary?.......2002-03-20
The only new information in 'Advanced Backpacker' is brief; and can be found on the internet or in your library for free. But if you really want a wholesome guide to carry with you, then this should be the one.
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The Advanced Backpacker: A Handbook of Year Round, Long-Distance Hiking
Chris Townsend Manufacturer: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OG5TL0 |
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Disaster Planning: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Libraries (Book & CD-ROM)
Deborah Halstead Manufacturer: Neal-Schuman Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1555704867 |
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Written by experienced librarians who know because they've recovered from disasters, this important how-to helps librarians prepare for hurricanes, computer hackers, earthquakes, explosions, fires, floods, terrorist attacks, and other events too awesome to contemplate. Disaster Planning shows you how to: Create a working disaster team; Establish a communications strategy; Develop response plans, and Identify the proper relief/recovery agencies for your library. The companion CD-ROM is full of tools you can use, including: sample disaster plans, a downloadable and customizable template for creating your own disaster plan, links to disaster planning Web sites, a comprehensive directory of electronic resources and planning aids, and a disaster planning database with links to national agencies. No library, museum or archive - small or large - should be without this preparedness guide.
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Disaster Planning and Recovery: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians and Archivists (How-to-Do-It Manuals for Libraries, No. 21)
Judith Fortson Manufacturer: Neal-Schuman Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1555700594 |
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This is a guide for librarians and archivists who need to respond to disasters or to formulate plans for preventive measures. The manual discusses the various types of disasters--fire, water, wind, earthquakes--and how to recover from their damaging effects on physical structures and such media as paper, books, photographs, microfilm, and tapes. Includes instructions for writing a disaster plan, from gathering information to following up.
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For when it all goes pear-shaped.(Disaster Planning: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Librarians with Planning Templates on CD-ROM)(Book review): An article from: The Australian Library Journal
Barbara Frame Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000KG5S42 Release Date: 2007-03-20 |
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This digital document is an article from The Australian Library Journal, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2006. The length of the article is 434 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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Turn-of-the-Century Fashion Patterns and Tailoring Techniques
S. S. Gordon Manufacturer: Dover Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0486412415 |
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turn-of the century faschion patterns and tailoring techiques.......2007-05-23
Loved It.......2007-01-15
its great...if you love edwardian costuming.......2006-03-22
You have to enlarge the patterns.......2006-02-26
Basic Tailored Styles; You Create the Variations.......2000-10-31
This edition is very similar to the 1908 edition of _The "Standard" Work on Cutting Ladies' Tailor-Made Garments_, which also has been reprinted and is available under the title, _Ladies' Tailor-Made Garments 1908_, by S. S. Gordon. The 1908 edition contains many of the same patterns, but was reorganized and enlarged.
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The Voice of Fashion: 79 Turn-Of-The Century Patterns With Instructions and Fashion Plates
Manufacturer: Lavolta Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0963651722 |
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It's not as hard to make these fashions as it first seems to be!.......2007-10-14
much like the other Frances Grimble books.......2006-03-22
A must-have Edwardian reference.......2002-02-15
The Voice of Fashion : 79 Turn-Of-The Century Patterns With.......2000-06-10
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