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Designed for advanced finance or economics courses and also for courses in MBA programs with a technical orientation (engineers), introductory seminars for a Ph.D. program for professionals, Modern Portfolio Theory, Advanced Investments, and Investments Theory.

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The latest volume in the bestselling series

In today's business environment, a knowledge of finance and skills in budgeting and financial planning are more important than ever before. Totally updated and revised, this highly anticipated Third Edition provides new information on five such key topics as interpreting financial statements; information technology in finance; planning capital expenditures; information technology and your firm; business valuation, and much more. Top experts in each field explain the basics of cost-volume analysis, forecasts, and budgets, and reveal how to create a winning business plan. Ideal reading for any manager or executive who needs a "refresher course" in finance.

Les Livingstone, PhD, MBA, CPA (West Palm Beach, FL), runs a national consulting firm which specializes in complex business research and expert testimony in large commercial lawsuits. He was chairman of the Division of Accounting and Law at Babson College.

Theodore Grossman (Wellesley, MA) is a senior member of the faculty of Babson College with an appointment in information technology and accounting.

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Want a simple starting point before your MBA experience begins?.......2007-05-02

Business Basics Bestseller 1: The Easy, Interesting, Open-book Look at the Game of Business Numbers! 2nd Edition

I have an MBA, so I can look at this from two angles - before and after. When you start MBA school you will quickly find yourself in the many trees of the forest of accounting and finance class without the benefit of having a view of the forest. This is no fun, let me assure you. I sat beside many a fellow student who groaned and strained through accounting 101 (many MBA's are not business majors first). I wish I had the book I am recommending before I ever set foot in class.

"Business Basics Bestseller 1" introduces you to the basics of business including the jargon behind the numbers and where all the formulas come from before you plow into a true "finance and accounting text." Search for "Business Basics Bestseller 1" and add it to your consideration. If you have never had this stuff 'splained' to you before, you will like it. This is not a suggestion that you substitute it for this text, just that you check it out as well. It's a tad bit more expensive than other paperback F&A books, but the ROI is great because of the time it saves in learning. When you finish your MBA, line up all your books beside this one and see which one you really liked -- it'll be BBB #1.

A good overview of key concepts.......2006-02-09

As an undergraduate, I studied political science; as a graduate student, I studied history (among other things) - however, few if any of my classes ever dealt with the actual mechanics of business, despite dealing with business in a more general sense (as it would fit in the context of history and politics). I decided that it was important to learn some of the basic concepts of business administration, and the Portable MBA series by John Wiley & Sons publishers fit the bill.

This book on finance and accounting is a tricky read at times - it tries to present what is in essence a numerical enterprise in language that a liberal arts graduate would understand, with a minimum of mathematics. Despite my liberal arts background, I am actually also well trained in math, so I found this occasionally frustrating. However, I can see the purpose in it. The first section deals with understanding such basics as financial statements, cost-profit-volume analysis, activity-based costing, budgetary issues, and how computers work (generally speaking) in the area of accounting and finance. The second section looks at planning and forecasting - this is a real help in understanding the financial pages of the newspaper, and also provides some insight for understanding what the government statistics that are released on financial and budgetary matters mean. The third section looks at issues of finance more narrowly, at things such as mergers and acquisitions (sometimes big in the news), public offerings of stock, just what a board of governors/directors does, and what bankruptcy means (how can major corporations go bankrupt and still be flying, for example?).

The authors who contributed to this volume have both academic and professional experience, and tend to do a good job at explaining things in terms that the non-professional can understanding. Anyone with a basic undergraduate background should find this volume accessible. However, accounting is a world of its own, and takes some effort to understand, so I will not make the assertion that this book is an easy one to read.

While I am far from being able to help anyone with their accounting homework, I am pleased that I am able to understand the terminology and concepts as accounting instructors at my college discuss their lesson plans and instructional issues. This book is in large part responsible for that.

Ok for what it is.........2005-11-08

I think if you are using this book as the sole basis for "pre-studying" for an MBA program, you are going to be pretty shocked in a descent biz grad school program. It isn't a bad book, but as one other commenter mentioned it uses pretty broad strokes on theory without explaining the underlying detail (i.e. practical formulas, analysis, in depth case studies). So it is sort of half way between a real text book and one of the typical broad stroke popular business books. After reading it, get a reading list for an MBA managerial finance course, go to your university bookstore and have a little read - I think you will see the difference in audience and expectations.

To be more effective it really needs an accompanying workbook and CD with questions and answers based on the content - aimed at a graduate level. Expectations regarding analysis are generally pretty high in most MBA programs and understanding the level of analysis you should be capable of providing (fairly rapidly) to case studies/problems is important.

Not a bad book for a refresher if you already have done a number of business courses. Especially if you have texts still that fill in the blanks.

I rate it...ok.

Balanced and packed.......2003-05-16

This book has what you will need in a portable MBA. It is selective, has scope and completeness and is fast paced. You will need to be very focused to read it but that is only expected.

I liked it.......2002-01-19

I liked the way the book didn't get bogged down in too much math. The capital budgeting chapters were clear, much more to the point than the textbooks I tried to read.

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The Portable MBA (Portable Mba Series)
Eliza G. C. Collins , and Mary Anne Devanna
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Binding: Hardcover

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0471619973

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Portable Mba in Finance and Accounting

Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HFLS18

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Best MBA overview available
Comprehensive review of business practices and buzz words
Very difficult to find what you're looking for.
Very Informative

The New Portable MBA
Eliza G. C. Collins , Mary Anne Devanna , and Eliza G.C. Collins
Manufacturer: Wiley
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Management Science | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0471080047

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It all started with one book that had a simple goal: bring the wisdom of today's top MBA programs into the home libraries of business professionals everywhere. In a nutshell—offer the skills, ideas, and power of the MBA without the time and cost. The idea took hold. And now, over 300,000 copies later, The Portable MBA has become a staple on the business shelf.

Since then, the '90s have brought revolutionary changes to the business world. We've seen management fads come and go, technological revolutions, organizational restructuring on a grand scale, the global expansion of most markets—in short, a total shattering of conventional business wisdom. The business world of the '90s and beyond is vastly different from what we saw in the last decade... And here to meet that new world is The New Portable MBA.

Designed to carry tomorrow's leaders into the 21st century, The New Portable MBA capitalizes on the strengths that made its predecessor a classic. It offers contributions from an international all-star team of experts from today's top business schools, and it provides readers with overviews of all the major business school topics, including managing people; finance, economics, and accounting; marketing management; information technology; leadership; strategy, and much more!

So what is different about The New Portable MBA? Plenty. It's been thoroughly revised and revamped to help you sort out and understand the new concepts, techniques, and strategies driving business. You'll find completely new or enhanced coverage of such crucial topics as:

Process management
Change management
The new role of the manager as leader
The customer-driven organization
Business process reengineering
New forms of organization design
Quality and productivity and many other topics that are redefining business today.

The New Portable MBA is for businesspeople who want to improve their understanding of the workings of the business world. It's for managers who want to sharpen their decision-making skills, professionals who want to make the leap into management, young men and women just entering the business world, business students, MBAs who feel they can use a refresher course.

Above all, it's for anyone who wants to further their business education and stay on top in today's constantly changing world of business.

"The Skills, Ideas, and Power of the MBA, without the Time and Cost . . ."

"...Seeks to give the reader 'instant MBA literacy,' an understanding of today's business environment and language. The book's chapters are written by scholars from premier graduate schools of business: they are designed to provide readers with knowledge equivalent to that which would result from attending the first year of a typical MBA program...A literate, concise coverage of key issues." —Choice magazine

"...Provides a framework for making reasoned business decisions and judgements." — Reference Reviews

"Useful as a starting point for learning the language and concepts [of business], refreshing a rusty subject or creating a framework for decision making." — Library Journal

"If you need the knowledge behind an MBA, but can't afford the tuition or time, this book can serve as a temporary substitute while you concentrate on other aspects of your career." — Women in Business

"...A particularly helpful resource for anyone who is an achiever in an organization..." —Memphis Business Journal

"...Should not only be read cover-to-cover but should command a place at the desk of every business professional." — Entrepreneur

"...Must reading for all business leaders. The book provides the basic building blocks for global competitiveness." — Noel M. Tichy, PhD Professor, University of Michigan Graduate School of Business Administration Coauthor of Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will

Customer Reviews:

Best MBA overview available.......2000-10-15

Best preparation for your first year and great over view of the core subjects by the top professors. A must have for MBA candidates and a great referesher for MBA's.

Comprehensive review of business practices and buzz words.......1999-06-09

Comprehensive review of business and management practices. I enjoyed listening to it.

Very difficult to find what you're looking for........1999-02-19

There are 8 sides of tape. Yet there is no Table of Contents and the tapes are not organized by topic. You need to listen to them as though they comprised a novel. It is so difficult to navigate to the topics you wish to listen that these tapes are a waste of time and money.

Very Informative.......1997-02-21

I have read plenty of business books and this is by far the most informative. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in what it takes to have an MBA

The Portable MBA in Finance & Accounting

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The Portable MBA in Finance & Accounting
Livingstone, John Leslie
Manufacturer: New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1992
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LVKS7I

The Portable Mba in Finance and Accounting

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The Portable Mba in Finance and Accounting

Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GOUH5I

The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting Set

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The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting Set
Portable , and John Leslie Livingstone
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Binding: Paperback

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0471167657

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Portable MBA Strategy Wsj Guide Set
Randall
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Portable MBA Wsj on Line Guide Set
Bruner
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Binding: Hardcover

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Portable MBA/Market Portable 2vst
LIVINGSTONE
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Whose nose is so big and floppy that it jiggles? Which birds can sniff out its prey even when it's hidden? Wayne Lynch returns with more colorful photographs and interesting text to keep young readers entertained. This time, children will find the biggest, smallest, and most unusual noses in the animal world, including giant tortoises, elephant seals, and turkey vultures. Like the previous books in the series, the title asks young readers to guess which animal they see before turning the page to find the answer.

About the series Whose? Animals: Author and photographer Wayne Lynch reveals the world of wild animals. Each creature is introduced by showing a photo highlighting one feature and some clues. Then the complete animal is pictured along with more facts.

Whose Nose Is This?: A Look at Beaks, Snouts, and Trunks (Whose Is It?)

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Whose Nose Is This?: A Look at Beaks, Snouts, and Trunks (Whose Is It?)
Peg Hall
Manufacturer: Picture Window Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Zoology | Science, Nature & How It Works | Children's Books | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 1404800093

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Whose Nose Is This
Richard George Van Gelder
Manufacturer: Walker & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Zoology | Science, Nature & How It Works | Children's Books | Subjects | Books

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Whose Nose Is This?: A Create-A-Creature Drawing Book With Magnetic Slipcase Frame (Refrigerart)

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Whose Nose Is This?: A Create-A-Creature Drawing Book With Magnetic Slipcase Frame (Refrigerart)
David Borgenicht
Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound

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ASIN: 0764153757

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Kids turn the family refrigerator into their very own art gallery with this creative complete-the-picture book that fits into its own magnetic frame. Each page for framing shows a different creature's nose. It's up to budding young artists to finish each picture as they see fit—maybe whimsically, maybe realistically, maybe with lots of detail, or maybe with just a few very clever strokes. The book contains 32 partial creature pictures in all, plus another 32 pages of frames that kids can draw in any way they please. Then, when a masterpiece is complete, they simply slip it into the magnetic frame, place it on the fridge, and invite the whole family to the art show! In this Refrigerart title, kids get clues that come with the partial pictures. They'll find a bird's beak, an elephant's trunk, a cat's whiskers, and many more. The rest of the picture is up to them!

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Great value

Poor design, some good info ...if you can find it!

An instructive if a bit dated book

An Excellent Chioce!

Top Notch Place to Start for Novice Barbers

Scissors and Comb Haircutting: A Cut-By-Cut Guide for Home Haircutters
Bob Ohnstad
Manufacturer: You Can Pub.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Hair | Beauty & Fashion | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
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How to Simply Cut Hair (How to Simply)

The Inside Haircutting System

Cutting Your Family's Hair

How to Simply Cut Hair Even Better: An Advanced Step by Step Guide to the Six Basic Haircuts That Can Be Combined or Altered to Create Just About an

ASIN: 0916819019

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Great value .......2006-01-08

As I am not a "dummy," nor do I wish to cut the hair of "dummies," I chose to add this book instead of others like it to my home's Y2K reference library. In the event of possible disruption of the current economy of hairstyling and haircutting, I wanted to assure that the hair of my family would be preserved from reaching abomination-before-the-eyes-of-the-Lord length. This book will give my family a definite survival edge, should that day ever come to pass.

Poor design, some good info ...if you can find it!.......2005-10-21

If you can find your way through this book, great! There is a ton of info, but with its poor design and layout, it can be challenging to get through.

This was published by a do-it-yourself publishing company and it shows.

Excessive Text
Eliminate unnecessary and confusing text. This book is helpful, but there is way too much for the reader and it confuses the issues simply because of its poor layout and design.

Update the hair models
These pictures are clearly from the 70s. Camera techniques and photos are poor. Eliminate excessive photos that just don't project detail. Although, some drawings prove more helpful than photos.

Dose of quotes, proverbs, passages
Get rid of the Quotes, Proverbs, Passages from practically every page! There are famous quotes by everybody from George Carlin to Robert Louis Stevenson to Matthew and Confucious. These are distracting, run-on with the normal text and have absolutely no place in a haircutting book.

Excessive Text
Most people who peruse haircutting books do so for home haircuts. Unlike other haircutting books, this one has a TON of info that is difficult to get through. Info is on the hair types, hair shaft, hair grain, texture, hair loss, etc. Included are many pointers, tips, edge-cutting, beard trimming, short, layered, etc., etc., etc.,

So if you have time to get through this book, Happy haircutting.... MzRizz

An instructive if a bit dated book.......2005-08-31

I decided to learn to cut my own hair and amazon guided me to this book. OK, for me this book was not very useful since cutting your own hair with comb and scissors by looking into the mirror will be one of the most difficult things that you ever attempted. Yet, this book had many useful tips on how to proceed and I am sure if I try my hand on some other willing person's hair I will be able to do a decent job. The illustrations and styling presented in the book are pre-historic and could really use a bit of updating.

My experiments with hair cutting my own hair produced such disastrous results that I had to shave my head completely to look sane. Now I am learning to clip my short hair with Remington clipper which also was found on amazon. Here after many disasters I have learned to coordinate my hand motion by looking into the mirror.

An Excellent Chioce!.......2004-03-25

I'm so glad that I bought this book! It is loaded with a lot of information and is detailed - unlike many of the haircutting books that are around! Thank you Bob Ohnstad!!

Top Notch Place to Start for Novice Barbers.......2002-04-27

Twice I paid too much for bad haircuts for my two-year-old son and decided I could probably do no worse. I don't have time to go to barber school so I looked for a good book to give me the basics. This is that book. The photos and hair styles are outdated, but the principles are sound. Pictures and illustrations give good step-by-step instruction. I skimmed through the book a couple times, then dove right in and won praises from my wife. The book won't make you a world-class stylist, but it will teach you how to give a respectable haircut so you can keep the [money] it would have cost you in your pocket.

Scissors And Comb Haircutting - A Cut-by-cut Guide For Home Haircutters

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Scissors And Comb Haircutting - A Cut-by-cut Guide For Home Haircutters
Bob Ohnstad
Manufacturer: You Can Publish
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000UOLT10

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Scissors and Comb Haircutting: A Cut-By-Cut Guide for Home Haircutters
Bob Ohnstad
Manufacturer: You Can Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000SJNA82

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A master gardener relates the history of rock gardening in Europe and America; discusses the classic definitions of rock gardens, alpine gardens, and rockeries; and provides practical and aesthetic information on arranging and moving boulders, rocks and earth. 150 full-color photos.

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Serious Gardener: Rock Garden
New York Botanical Garden
Manufacturer: Random House Value Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Serious Gardener: Rock Gardens
Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000J4JZIU

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Comprehensive, easy to use

New Mom Feel at ease with this book

Came to buy our second copy - the first one wore out

Excellent Book!

It's a book every parent should have to turn to for answers.

Dr. Mom: A Guide to Baby and Child Care
Marianne Neifert , Anne Price , and Nancy Dana
Manufacturer: Signet
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Family Health | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0451163117

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Marianne Neifert, M.D. (or Dr. Mom)--award-winning pediatrician, professor of pediatrics, and mother of five-- delivers a comprehensive childcare guide for contemporary parents. "This is the book that I wish I had when my first baby was born in 1968," she writes in the introduction. "My mother was 5,000 miles away, and my sailor husband, who had been overseas for the last six months of my pregnancy, returned home just a week before our baby's birth."

Neifert concisely and amiably covers the important parenting issues, from family planning through age five in chapters such as "Your Amazing Newborn," "Toilet Learning," "Understanding Common Behaviors," "Care of Your Sick Child," "Nonsexist Child Rearing," and "Working Strategies for Working Parents." Controversial issues such as whether to go the traditional hospital route, what kind of diapers to use, whether to use pacifiers, and whether to allow your child to sleep with you are discussed thoroughly in relaxed, matter-of-fact ways. Whether you're a first-time parent looking for answers to basic baby questions or a repeat parent preparing your child for the arrival of a new sibling, Dr. Mom will prove to be an indispensable guide.

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Comprehensive, easy to use.......2006-09-05

The book is a handy reference on just about every health related issue you need to know about for a child from birth- 5 years old. The book is well written, comprehensive and easy to use with a friendly tone. Once you have one, you'll buy one for every other new mom you know.

New Mom Feel at ease with this book.......2005-09-03

I used this before, during & after preganancy & still today with my teenage daughters. Great for looking up symptoms & knowing how to handle any situation that may come your way. I still have the book with my first aid items for reference even though my copy is now 18 years old.....

Came to buy our second copy - the first one wore out.......2000-04-28

Our original copy of Dr. Mom has split into two pieces. It has lost its cover and backing, and it is missing several pages. We have used this book like a bible for eight years raising our first three boys. We are having a new baby now, and we need a new copy. I seriously cannot think of any book that we have used and relied on so much. By the way, it blows all the others like it away.

Excellent Book!.......1999-10-14

I bought this book when I had my first child. It has provided me with alot of helpful information, especially at night or on the weekend when you're not sure whether or not to call the doctor. I have worn my original copy out and am about to buy a new one. Many thanks to Dr. Neifert!

It's a book every parent should have to turn to for answers........1998-12-17

I recieved this book when I had my first child and any time we have had a question or problem with health or accidents this is the first thing I turn to when in doubt. With the diffinitions of illnesses and disorders in the book you can go directly to the symptons and treatment and further prevention listed in the back of the book. It goes step by step with the new parent from the delivery of the baby, brest feeding and circucision with illustrations to name a few. The first months of a baby's life to starting them potty training and discipiline. Dosages of medication. Understanding there behaviors.

These are only a very small portion of the content in this book. We have owned a copy for eight years that is worn out literally. We are now ordering a copy for a family member and a new copy for ourselves.

The only regret is that we have not located a hard cover version of this book.

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Dr Mom A Guide To Baby And Child Care
Price And Dana
Manufacturer: Signet
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JD7S94

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DR.MOM a Guide to Baby and Child Care
MARIANNE EGELAND,M.D. NEIFERT
Manufacturer: G.P.putnam's Sons
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J532EC

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Illustrations & photographs & gatefold cover & 10 x 10 & Brad Richards' research into the life of C. R. Savage is impressive. His book promises to add considerable detail to the life of one of Western America's most important nineteenth-century photographers." --Glenn Willumson, Palmer Museum of Art This book-length biography of Savage, one of the West's great figures, features a portfolio of his work, a list of public collections, a bibliography and genealogy, and a chronology of his photographic trips.

THE SAVAGE VIEW - Charles Savage, Pioneer Mormon Photographer

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THE SAVAGE VIEW - Charles Savage, Pioneer Mormon Photographer
Bradley W., M.D. Richards
Manufacturer: Carl Mautz Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OR0VC6

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