The Impact of Parties: Politics and Policies in Democratic Capitalist States

Executive Report on Strategies in Lebanon, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)
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Executive Report on Strategies in Lebanon, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)
The Lebanon Research Group , and The Lebanon Research Group
Manufacturer: Icon Group International
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Ring-bound

Strategy & Competition | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
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Lebanon | Middle East | History | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0741825104

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Lebanon has recently come to the attention to global strategic planners. This report puts these executives on the fast track. Ten chapters provide: an overview of how to strategically access this important market, a discussion on economic fundamentals, marketing & distribution options, export and direct investment options, and full risk assessments (political, cultural, legal, human resources). Ample statistical benchmarks and comparative graphs are given.

Comprehensive Compound Interest Tables
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Comprehensive Compound Interest Tables
Michael Sherman
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Public Finance | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Interest | Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0809248751

Delbridge comprehensive interest tables,: Showing the interest on every sum, from one dollar to one million dollars inclusive, at [various rates from 1% ... a compound interest table and time tables,
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Delbridge comprehensive interest tables,: Showing the interest on every sum, from one dollar to one million dollars inclusive, at [various rates from 1% ... a compound interest table and time tables,
Charles Lomax Delbridge
Manufacturer: Delbridge Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B00088XJ0M

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A resource guide for starting your own business.Includes current state and federal start-up information, contacts, statistics, and legislation.

Starting and Operating a Business in Hawaii (Smartstart Your Business in)

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Starting and Operating a Business in Hawaii (Smartstart Your Business in)
Michael D. Jenkins
Manufacturer: Oasis Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Administrative Law | Law | Subjects | Books

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This book should be highly relevant to the growing number of people in cross-cultural marriages, as well as to professionals in the fields of marriage guidance, child welfare and academics interested in ethnicity and kinship. the legal and social factors influencing cross-cultural marriages; the personality factors and positive or negative stereotypes of 'otherness' that influence spouse choice; notions of identity, gender and personhood, and definitions of difference, and how these are often tied up in emotive stereotypes; how all these factors affect the ongoing process of living together and the ability to cope; and how the children of such marriages come to terms with identity choices. This book should be highly relevant to the growing number of people in cross-cultural marriages, as well as to professionals in the fields of marriage guidance, child welfare and academics interested in ethnicity and kinship.

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great.......1999-11-02

I'm from Canada and my wife is from FIJI. We've had all sorts of differences. The insights in this book have helped us immeasurably to understand each other and enjoy our differences.

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Interracial communication
Andrea L Rich
Manufacturer: Harper & Row
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Interracial Communication (Non-InfoTrac Version)

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Interracial Communication: At last the topic is addressed
Hope Your Instructor Chooses a Different Book

Interracial Communication (Non-InfoTrac Version)
Mark P. Orbe , and Tina M. Harris
Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Communications | Skills | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

Study & Teaching | Words & Language | Reference | Subjects | Books

General | Reference | Subjects | Books
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Race, Ethnicity and Self: Identity in Multicultural Perspective
Black and White Styles in Conflict
Communicating Across Cultures
Openness Mind (Nyingma Psychology Series)
Psychology of Culture Shock

ASIN: 0534528538

Book Description

Incorporating the theory, research, and lived experiences of communication scholars, this comprehensive text fills a need in the market for an up-to-date, research-based text that offers balanced coverage of the dynamics of racial communication. The first section of the book provides a foundation for studying interracial communication and includes chapters on the history of race and racial categories, the importance of language, the development of racial and cultural identities, and various theoretical approaches. The second section takes the foundation concepts presented in Part I and uses them to help students understand how interracial communication plays out in a number of contexts: friendships and romantic relationships, organizations, public and group settings, and the mass media. Chapter 12 concludes the book by making the connection of theory and practice clear and applicable for improving interracial communication.

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Interracial Communication: At last the topic is addressed.......2007-05-15

Finally, the Communication Studies field is addressing the important topic of interracial communication. Mark Orbe's book is an excellent introduction to this subject, particularly for undergraduate college courses. It includes a brief but comprehensive chapter on the history and construction of race as well as chapters on language, racial identities, interracial friendships, romantic relationships, interracial communication at the workplace and the impact of media. What's missing? I would like to see interracial conflicts and conflict resolution addressed in more detail. Otherwise, I highly recommend this book.

Hope Your Instructor Chooses a Different Book.......2006-02-01

At first I thought this book was okay. Well, now I'm on chapter 5 and feel like setting fire to it. First and foremost, there are typos in this book. The typos range from semantic errors to capitalization errors. I spent how much on this thing and they can't bother to properly proof read it?

Moreover, the authors talk in circles and make relatively simple concepts more complex than they need to be. One thing in particular that bugs me to no end is the authors' use of "In other words..." For example, an excerpt from page 72:

"Like Hecht, Collier, and Ribeau (1993), we believe the most productive way to approach identity formation is to avoid accepting the false dichotomy that sees the location of identity within the self or the interaction. In other words, we argue that identity development simultaneously involves personal and individual characteristics..._and_ cultural identities associated with particular roles, reference groups, and cultural categories."

The authors could have easily left out the first sentence in the excerpt and still conveyed the same message! The book has many more instances of obfuscation, which you're sure to come across if you read it.

While this may be a communication book, it does not effectively communicate to the reader.

Interracial Communication: Theory Into Practice

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Interracial Communication: Theory Into Practice
Orbe/Harris
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1426624433

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IRM Interracial Communication
HARRIS , and ORBE
Manufacturer: Wadsworth
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: 0534528511

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Would
you
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No. It’s just not natural. Sometimes presentation is almost as important as content. When you create a report, the goal is to provide information for readers in a format they can readily understand.

Crystal Reports 10 For Dummies, the latest version of the most popular report writer in the world, shows you how to create simple or sophisticated reports, turning data into interactive, actionable reports that convey what’s happening in your business. You can progress cover-to-cover or use the index to find out how to:

Give your reports more pizzazz by using the correct fonts, color, drop shadows, graphic elements, and more
Integrate elements from multiple, non-database sources
Group sort, total result sets, cross-tab reports, and add formulas, charts, or maps
Print reports
Use customized Business Views gleaned from the same information to provide each reader with information he or she needs to know without spilling all the beans, sales figures, marketing information, or whatever
Present multi-dimensional data in OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) cubes
Get ideas from sample reports on the companion Web site

Written by Allen G. Taylor, nationally known lecturer, teacher, and author of over 20 books, including Database Development for Dummies, Crystal Reports 10 For Dummies makes it crystal clear how to:

Store your information securely in Crystal Repository
Use Crystal Analysis 10 to display OLAP data so you and your report’s readers can analyze the information in an online environment
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Whether you want to dazzle your company’s CEO and shareholders, motivate the sales force, or simply share database information cogently, with Crystal Reports 10 For Dummies you not only make your point, you an impression. When your reports look professional, you look professional.

Download Description

ated to reflect the latest version of the Crystal Reports reporting tool
* Explains how to use Crystal Reports to quickly transform almost any data into interactive content
* Features a jump-start chapter on creating a simple report
* Covers basic and advanced reporting features, such as retrieving data from databases; sorting, grouping, and totaling result sets; using report templates; making correlations with cross-tab reports; working with formulas; adding geographic detail with maps; publishing reports; and much more
* Includes a new section that explains how to use the new time-saving and data-sharing features available when Crystal Reports is integrated with the other components in the product suite: Crystal Enterprise and Crystal Analysis
* Companion Web site includes sample reports from the book

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good.......2007-09-16

a good book to get your feet wet. my first 'for dummies' book. I felt a tad foolish buying this, having written loads of programs in the last 18 years, but this book was very helpful getting me started on crystal reports.

Crystal Reports 10- Yay!.......2007-06-14

This is not an intuitive program for me to use for reports and documents, but the book gave me some good pointers.

The For Dummies Approach applied to Crystal Reports.......2007-03-11

The computer was going to eliminate paperwork. That's why Crystal Reports has sold about 13 million copies. Simply put, Crystal Reports is a database report writer.

Most of the data a business wants to look at is maintained in a database. How to produce a report that is customized for what you (or your boss) want to see can be done by going directly to the database, executing a query and then printing it out in a format that you want to see -- bah humbug. Who wants to go program all that stuff?

Hence Crystal Reports. Here is a program that allows you to basically point and click and produce the report you want. It's rather simple to use for a simple straight forward report. That's why Crystal Reports is included in some 200 software packages.

Now, why buy a book on it, and why this book in particular. First, if you've looked at the documentation provided by Crystal Reports you've probably thrown up your hands in disgust. Second, because you've gotten to this page means you probably searched for something on Crystal Reports and found that you didn't have all that many choices that cover Version 10. Third, this is a 'For Dummies' book. It is written in a style that most of use can read and get some sense out of it.

If you're just getting started, this is a good place. If you're already an expert, this will tell you about what's possible in the newest version.

Crystal Reports 10 for Dummies.......2007-02-20

This book is pretty good for a quick tour of the software and it's capabilities.

Dummies and Crystal Report.......2007-01-11

Crystal Reports has more features than can one book can explain, but this one gives a great mini overview of lots of items available. Well worth the expense.

Understanding Living Trusts: How You Can Avoid Probate, Save Taxes and Enjoy Peace of Mind
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This book is lightyears in terms of out of date.

Highly recommend if help is needed getting started

this book stunk

phony testimonials

Well worth reading

Understanding Living Trusts: How You Can Avoid Probate, Save Taxes and Enjoy Peace of Mind
Vickie Schumacher
Manufacturer: Schumacher Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Personal Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Estate Planning | Personal Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
General | Self-Help | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
Wills | Practical Guides | Law | Subjects | Books
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How To Settle Your Living Trust : How You Can Settle a Living Trust Swiftly, Easily, and Safely

ASIN: 0945811225

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This book is lightyears in terms of out of date........2006-07-20

The first review about this book states, "It just keeps getting better." That review was written in 1997, eleven years ago. In fact, as far as being relevant to the current state of the law, it would be a big mistake to rely on this book. The entire Federal Estate Tax Exemption Law was revamped by Congress in 2001, and will be again in 2010. If you want to read a great book stuffed with contemporary laws and easy, even fun, to read, get, "Everything A Baby Boomer Should Know -- An Insider's Guide to Estate Planning.

Highly recommend if help is needed getting started.......2003-07-08

My in-laws had been putting off estate planning, which would put the family business at jeopardy at their death. The first chapter gives examples of what happens without planning, and after reading it, they started the process of a living trust and most importantly finished it!
The book also showed my husband and I why we needed a living trust to protect our young son (so he would not inherit wealth, without strings, at a naive 18), and why my widowed sister needed a trust to protect her children receiving an inheritance if she died after remarriage -- without a trust her inheritance would go to husband #2, and not her children.
The book helps.

this book stunk.......2003-06-27

this book really stunk don't get it

phony testimonials.......1999-12-20

The book may be good. I don't know but these people have obviously written their own testimonials. How do the readers happen to know how many have been sold etc.

Well worth reading.......1999-08-07

This book fully explaines it all. I got a trust through a lawyer and it was just as this book says. There are diagrams to show and the language is very easy to understand.

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OK But............2002-08-30

I love Kenworths and I am intensely interested enough in them to own one. However, as great as this book is... big and glossy with history and background info on several countries, I feel it could have been oh so much better.

For mine, there were not enough photos of the various models on offer, and only a scant history afforded to the different assembly plants...their opening and closing dates, and a list of all the current plant locations would be helpful.

There are photos of kenworths which are missing their model description. For example; the Australian Kenworth road train picture. Most readers would not know the model number, nor the years in which it was produced.

I would have thought that the W900 A extended hood model deserved a chapter of its own, with all the various big engine options listed and the fact that they are so keenly sought after today. See if you can spot one picture or mention of one in the book. While you are at it, look for a W900B as well.

As much as the T600 series may have revolutionised truck design, Canada and Australia produced their own models and these countries are largely glossed over.

If I was the President of Kenworth, I would have sent the author back to do the job properly. Much attention was focussed on the recent and current model line ups at the cost of the older ( and dare I say) more popular models. While it is easy to get new truck brochures showing interiors etc, it is the older models which are more difficult to obtain details on and it is these which hold moch appeal for fans.

This book took the easy route, and as one reviewer has pointed out, some of the writing reads like a truck brochure...thinly disguised advertising, and that is becasue some of the material is from the truck brochures.

So, if you are into Kenworth by all means buy this book. Just do not expect everything to be there. Some day someone will be passionate and thorough enough to produce a book on Kenworth that rivals those written about Peterbilt and Mack.

If you want to learn more about Kenworth, and in particular Paccar, hunt down a copy of "Paccar The Pursuit Of Quality" by Alex Groner.

I really love Kenworth, The First 75 Years!.......2000-02-12

I can't put it down! I read it during my lunch, and when I come home from work. I am not a trucker, but have always thought about it. The text, and photos are just WONDERFUL! As a kid, my family drove from CA. to N.Y. many times, and over the years, I guess, I became partial to the Kenworth Truck. Anyways, THANKS very much to Documentary Books for producing such a wonderful, well researched, beautifully (!) photographed book.

A glossy history of Kenworth, thin on substance..........1999-10-22

This book is a quick read, with lots of photos and large text. It's mildly enlightening for charting a history of trucking, the development of the West, and the chronology of Kenworth models. The book is seriously lacking in depth, and comes across as advertisement frequently. A perfect "driver's lounge" book for dealers, and, of course, for display in the Kenworth lobby.

Definite Page-Turner.......1999-02-25

It's a fascinating story that illustrates the actual development of the American West through the experiences of one manufacturer -- not your typical "corporate" history. A wide array of interesting photos compliments the very well-written text. Chapter 8 was particularly good.

Very good.......1998-07-11

I work for Kenworth and got my first look at the book. It has alot of pictures and facts about the Kenworth truck company and alot about the inventing of the Kenworth

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Kenworth the First 75 Years
Doug Siefkes
Manufacturer: Documentary Book Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O5892C

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