Northeastern Seashore Life - Labrador to Massachusetts: An Introduction to Familiar Plants and Animals (Pocket Naturalism Series)

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The Pocket Naturalist card is a pocket-sized, folding card which provides simplified, easy-to-use reference to what everyone should know about familiar plants, animals, and natural history. Maps are included to highlight prominent sanctuaries and outstanding natural attractions. Every card is laminated so that it is waterproof and practical for use in the field. This card highlights over 100 of Northeastern North America's most familiar marine plants, sea stars, shellfish, crabs, fishes, birds, and marine mammals.

Northeastern Seashore Life: Labrador to Massachusetts

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Northeastern Seashore Life: Labrador to Massachusetts
James Kavanagh
Manufacturer: Waterford Press
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Northeastern Seashore Life, An Introduction to Familiar Coastal Species North of Massachusetts, is a must-have, reference guide for beginners and experts alike. Whether you're hiking along the coast, relaxing at the beach, or cruising along the shoreline, you'll want to take along a copy of this indispensable guide.

The Pocket Naturalist(tm) series is an introduction to common plants and animals and natural phenomena. Each pocket-sized, folding guide highlights up to 150 species and most feature a map identifying prominent sanctuaries and outstanding natural attractions. Each is laminated for durability.

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vegas baby!.......2005-01-13

We had a girls weekend in vegas a few weeks ago and a friend of mine brought this book along. This was the perfect tool to find something for each of us to do. Shopping, shows, nightlife, the wierd, the interesting, and almost forgot, gambling. Everyone knows that there are casinos in vegas, this book talks about them, but focuses more on what ELSE there is to do in Vegas besides gamble. This book even has a whole section dedicated to kids, it gave me some great ideas for our next family vacation! We are going to vegas for the kids' spring break holiday!

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Historical fiction: By returning to a besieged Alamo with the grim news that no help could be expected, Jim Bonham knowingly chose to stand with his comrades and die defending the Alamo. This act of loyalty and courage became symbolic of the actions of all the defenders. It was for this that he is singularly remembered. But other than bringing back the dismal news that defeat was imminent, what was known of him? Was he more than just an extraordinary brave messenger? Indeed he was, as this story chronicles the events which inevitably led him to the cold morning on the sixth of March in 1836.

Texas cavalier: The story of James Butler Bonham

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Texas cavalier: The story of James Butler Bonham
Rita Kerr
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Travis, Bowie, Bonham and Davy Crockett,
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Excellent insight into the most powerful and successful software company in the world

The Good But Not The Bad Nor The Ugly

Good reading

Well researched, but nothing exciting

Scholars not exempt from 'looking under the street lamp'....

Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets and Manages People
Michael A. Cusumano
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This is a "facts ma'am, nothing but the facts" examination of how Microsoft works, both internally, and in the marketplace. Unlike the raft of gossipy Bill-bios or sardonic and shrill pro- or anti-screeds, this book is focused clearly (if sometimes ploddingly) on one central question: the relationship between business strategies and software development. And, as Microsoft becomes increasingly focused on the Internet, it is essential reading not just for software companies, but for all Internet companies as well. Highly Recommended.

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Today, Microsoft commands the high ground of the information superhighway by owning the operating systems and basic applications programs that run on the world's 170 million computers. Beyond the unquestioned genius and vision of Bill Gates, what accounts for Microsofts astounding success?

Drawing on almost two years of on-site observation at Microsoft headquarters, eminent scientists Michael A. Cusumano and Richard W. Selby reveal many of Microsoft's innermost secrets. This inside report, based on forty in-depth interviews by authors who had access to confidential documents and project data, outlines the seven complementary strategies that characterize exactly how Microsoft competes and operates, including the "Brain Trust" of talented employees and exceptional management; "bang for the buck" competitive strategies and clear organizational goals that produce self-critiquing, learning, and improving; a flexible, incremental approach to product development; and a relentless pursuit of future markets.

Cusumano and Selby's masterful analysis successfully uncovers the distinctive way in which Microsoft has combined all of the elements necessary to get to the top of an enormously important industry -- and stay there.

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Excellent insight into the most powerful and successful software company in the world.......2007-09-15

Let me start by saying that the only thing I regret about this book is that it's more than ten years old. Michael Cusumano and Richard Selby did a very professional and objective deep study about Microsoft in various dimensions: history, culture, organization, management, process, people. Of particular interest is the daily build process, the testing organization and process and the project structure. If you are a Software Engineer like myself, you are just going to love this book!

The Good But Not The Bad Nor The Ugly.......2002-12-24

The Good

Where do most of the worst business people come from? M.B.A. schools usually. Students with strong academic skills with the honored M.B.A. can do the accounting, statistical work, and market research analysis. But does that mean they have a "business mind," or good "business sense?" Absolutely not. (That's why a new test is being devised to determine the "common sense" abilities of MBAs). Gates is a perfect example of the many successful business people who didn't spend time in front of Ph.ds in ivory towers regurgitating "business theories and paradigms."

A look into the technological and mainly business side of Microsoft, the author breaks down the organization into the "how's, why's, and what's" of MSFT.

It's common knowledge that Gates is a genius in the technical realm, and MSFT is a behemoth organization that has the majority of market share. But how did Microsoft grow to where it is and thrive in this ever-changing and competitive industry? This book explains the business (more than technical) philosophy, model, and actual examples from products and projects. Interviews with former and current managers and employees are also included.

Again, it's common knowledge that Gates is exceptional at business. Ask their competitors. Note that Steve Jobs had a better product that was on the market earlier but he lacked the business, marketing, and management acumen. Gates not only seeks out brilliant techno minds but considers their business sense equally important, and this is heavily weighed when he decides to hire prospective candidates. Those hired are also individualists who will challenge him and other superiors, and argue and debate with him, in the search for the best idea or model. An employee gets Gate's respect, the author writes, "when his employees yell back." If Bill is converted by their arguments as opposed to his, he likewise changes course, taking the best route.

One of the most dangerous and damaging things to a company, and any organization, are "yes men." A company culture that rewards the "yes man/woman" mentality leads people to misrepresent themselves and their work, and the managers and ownership eventually become "out of the loop." This leads to uninformed decisions, cover-ups, resentment, and alienation that benefit no one.

This is written for the laymen, but can be a bit dry. Things such as shipping strategies, keeping teams small on projects, constant self analysis and critiques, and the reliance on customer feedback, are some of the many interlinking factors of the organization. The company likes people and departments that are interdependent upon one another to be physically close to one another. I.e., in the same building or on the same property, so if there is a problem or a need for clarification, they can see each other face to face to discuss it, instead of swapping emails, voicemails, and engaging in converence calls from across the country. Again, it's common knowledge that a major tenet of MSFT is to find out where the industry is going in the future, become the leader, and provide products with such strong quality that they become the "industry standard." The author even provides some organization charts to pin-up on your wall.

Not The Bad And The Ugly

The point of this book was to focus on the positives. The strategies and models that make the company pre-eminant. What is not in the book is: the common claim that the company is a monopoly, engages in unfair business practices, and limits the choice of consumers by ramming its product down their throats. There have been numerous charges and lawsuits that MSFT treats employees poorly. This company hires a lot of temps, work them overtime, plays with them, and then discards them. For the positives, read this book. For information on the not-so-great things about this organization, there are plenty of other books to read.

Good reading.......2002-11-07

Written by people who have done it. Easy reading. Good information. I see our executives are set our direction from some of Microsoft's methods.

Well researched, but nothing exciting.......2002-02-19

The authors definitely did a fine work by doing excellent research about Microsoft's product development and marketing. This book would prove to be very helpful to those who are coming from a non-technical perspective. It occasionally offers some valuable insights into Microsoft's strategies but it is quite dry for the most part even for a person who has plenty experiences in software development. The Microsoft 'secrets' are not exactly impressive. It would be impossible to know the true secret in a book, otherwise every software company would become a Microsoft (then again, not every company wants to). The book is a bit dated, but nevertheless offers the curious reader some insights into the development and marketing of Microsoft's past successful (and unsuccessful) moves. This book made Microsoft seems to be more fallible than its invincible image of every day praise.

Scholars not exempt from 'looking under the street lamp'...........2000-07-29

As the story goes: Leaving his car, a man and his friend walk down a dark lane passing under a street lamp along the way. Upon arriving at their destination, the man discovers he has lost his keys. He and his friend quickly re-trace their steps and the man begins his search under the light of the lamp. His friend asks "why do you choose to search under the lamp, we first walked nearly 200 meters". He answers, "you fool, can't you see we've been provided with light *here* !". Even a scholar or two can be led astray under the influence of purposeful guidance. Another reviewer commented, 'Microsoft is obliged to create its own language'. As an IS professional with a background in business management and 20 years experience dealing with this company, I too have labored with this language - the language of obfuscation. This book covers the obvious strengths of Microsoft in Research and Development. And no one disputes the talent attracted to this company. However, time proves the true direction of travel despite the claimants' insistence of a praisworthy course. The accurate reasons for Microsoft's success lie in ruthless, paranoid management, expert public relations and remarkable skills at marketing, not innovation or the development of superior products. History may well prove Microsoft's legacy as squandering the advantages and qualities alluded to in this book. Perhaps the author's would be well-advised to supplement 'the before' with a reflective 'after' as appropriate in the future.

Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People

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Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People
Michael A.; Selby, Richard W. Cusumano
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A compilation of in-depth information directed to the Miniature Horse owner, both experienced and novice. The articles incorporate many ideas and suggestions contributed by Mini owners, trainers, veterinarians, breeders, and writers in an effort to provide up-to-date relevant information to the Mini enthusiast.

The Miniature Horse in Review : A Collection of Articles on Miniature Horses

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Back in Print Is modernism fundamentally hostile to nature? How have the radical transformations of the 19th and 20th centuries affected our attitude toward nature and impacted the landscape, as seen in the relationship of modern building to the land, and in the parks and gardens of this past century? Proceeding from the premise that how we shape our physical environment is a fundamental reflection of our culture, this compendium of essays on landscape in the 20th century evolved from a symposium of distinguished historians, scholars, architects, landscape architects, and artists organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1988. Presented in a historical perspective, the discussion focuses on the problems and solutions of the 20th century and addresses the issues that carry over into the 21st.

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This book is an appreciation of and a close analysis of the films of Stuart Erwin, a versatile, complex actor whose work has for many years been unfairly neglected. Additionally, this study places Erwin's career within a social, cultural, literary, and historical context.

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There has long been a need for an accessible, comprehensive--and affordable--single-volume life of Swift. This thoughtful, judicious biography promises to fill that need for our generation.
Few author's reputations have fluctuated as wildly as Jonathan Swift's. From the beginning, critics and biographers divided into two camps--one hailing a champion of liberty, the other reviling a sadistic misanthrope. For years, moreover, an understanding of Swift's life was clouded by legends
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David Nokes is Lecturer in English at King's College, the University of London.

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