Charles H. Jones, Journalist and Politician of the Gilded Age

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A classic autobiographical narrative of solo sailing

Sailing Alone Around the World and The Voyage of the Libredade (NG Adventure Classics)
Joshua Slocum
Manufacturer: National Geographic
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0792265564
Release Date: 2004-02-01

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A classic autobiographical narrative of solo sailing.......2007-09-25

If you have any desire to sail the oceans and get away from the rat race, both of the included stories will definitely transport you to a different time and place in a memorable way.

Slocum has a keen eye for details and illustrates his experiences in a way any serious reader will enjoy. The technology is basic and so is the man. Arm chair sailors, especially, will enjoy cruising with Slocum and this tale will find a special place on your bookshelf, I'm sure.

I've done some sailing, but am not intrepid enough to sail around the world by my lonesome. To think that this was done completely solo by someone who accomplished it before the age of radio, GPS, modern charting, and even life jackets, is quite admirable.

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The successful evaluation of capital projects requires not only a thorough understanding of traditional techniques of capital budgeting but advanced techniques as well. Riahi-Belkaoui examines the multidimensionality of capital budgeting in its various facets and in ways that executives with no special facility in the subject can follow. He covers replacement decisions, capital rationing, capital budgeting under inflation uncertainty, capital budgeting in a multinational setting with attention to political risks, social project evaluation, and concepts of wealth measurement and distribution. The result is a wide ranging treatment for executive decision makers in finance, banking, investment, and general management, and for their colleagues with similar interests in the academic community. Riahi-Belkaoui begins by examining the principles underlying the time value of money. In Chapter Two he introduces capital budgeting and in Chapter Three moves to advanced capital budgeting. There he discusses such advanced topics as replacement decisions, capital rationing, and capital budgeting under uncertainty and inflation. In Chapter Four he takes up the same issues associated with capital budgeting but in a global context, and in Chapter Five, the determination of political risk and its use in capital budgeting internationally. Chapter Six compares the techniques of leasing versus purchasing and their reliance on capital budgeting techniques. In Chapter Seven he turns to the techniques of capital budgeting applied to social projects, and ends the book with an examination of the behavior and cognitive implications of wealth measurement and distribution. This is a useful survey and examination of the traditional and advanced techniques of capital budgeting and their applications in domestic and international contexts.

Counting user cost in evaluating projects involving depletion of natural capital: World Bank best practice and beyond (Environment working paper)

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Counting user cost in evaluating projects involving depletion of natural capital: World Bank best practice and beyond (Environment working paper)
John Kellenberg
Manufacturer: World Bank, Environmentally Sustainable Development, Environment Dept
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Economic Policy & Development | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

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Evaluating Capital Projects
Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui
Manufacturer: Greenwood Pub Group 01/1//2000
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MBT5QM

NJ Transit process for evaluating capital projects

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NJ Transit process for evaluating capital projects
Donna D'Oro
Manufacturer: National Research Council, Transportation Research Board
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B000718T1E

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You can easily search for specific data, conduct analysis, graph and download information from the highly regarded 2001 version of the MGMA Physicians Compensation and Production Survey Interactive Report. The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) conducts the survey annually.

Now you can use the built-in benchmarking tools to easily establish fair compensation and retirement benefit packages, strengthen negotiating positions, attract new hires and evaluate physician production levels.

Some of the many features of the MGMA's Physicians Compensation and Production Survey are:

Compensation Estimator predicts physician compensation using the built-in regression analysis model.
Benchmark Analysis Tool interactively compares physician compensation and production to other practices by specialty.
CD-Rom accesses comprehensive statistics for eleven regions and twenty-four states quickly.
Data exports data directly to Excel® and Lotus®.
Built-in Graphing Module makes spotting trends a snap.
Data includes the Academic Practice Faculty Compensation and Production Survey.

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Maybe

Van Biggle Art Pottery

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An excellent reference for the collector of this art pottery

Best Van Briggle Reference I've Seen...

The Collector's Encyclopedia of Van Briggle Art Pottery : An Indentification & Value Guide
Richard Sasicki , and Josie Fania
Manufacturer: Collector Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0891455191

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Van Briggle art pottery, produced in Colorado in the early 1900s, includes some of the most beautiful pottery collected today. In full color are more than 800 pieces from 1901 to the present. Features company history, the production process, identification and dating, and company material. 2004 values. REVIEW:This book provides the most comprehensive pictorial review of pottery produced by the Van Briggle Art Pottery Company. Previous publications have produced a relatively small sample of photos and have focused on more select items. This book appeal to both the serious collector and the general collecting pubic, as all items produced by the company are represented.

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Maybe.......2007-07-13

I really thought I was getting more of a descriptive guidebook, rather than a photo book. Lots of pics but nothing to say about them.

Van Biggle Art Pottery.......2007-05-16

A liitle hard to use and slightly out of date. But a very good resource to start valueing your Van Briggle.

Top Notch Guide.......2000-08-23

This book is fabulous. I can't begin to say how many times I have read it and flipped through the pages for information. It is clearly written and the information is presented in such a way that even the novice collector can easily find details from glaze color and dating to prices. Price guide being located in the back is rather annoying (rather than the value being listed directly with the photo) but this a small price to pay for such a fabulous resource. For the more advanced collector, I recommend Scott Nelson's "A Collector's Guide to Van Briggle Pottery".

An excellent reference for the collector of this art pottery.......2000-04-01

This is a great book. It contains just about everything a collector of van Briggle might need to know, with the exception of a truly accurate price guide. Online auctions have rendered price guides in most reference books of this type obsolete, so this isn't really a flaw. It gives one a jumping-off point, but be aware current values online are often less than those listed here.

That being said, this book is very effective at providing information about this wonderful art pottery. The authors provide us a history of the potter and his work, with a number of historical photos. There is an extremely useful section showing various marks (backstamps) used, allowing one to identify and date pieces. There are hundreds of well shot photos of pieces, giving examples of techniques and glazes used. All in all an excellent value and sure to please.

Best Van Briggle Reference I've Seen..........2000-03-05

This reference provides a history of the Van Briggle Pottery, with a focus on the early history. The tips for dating pieces by glaze color, clay texture/color, and bottom condition are invaluable for new collectors. This is a must-read for anyone interest in Van Briggle, especially since it's really the only reference book on the market!

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Lovely origami book.......2005-10-09

This lovely book would make an ideal gift for the enthusiastic paperfolder who has mastered his or her basic models. It contains an attractive collection of geometric style models such as unusual little boxes, vases and abstract decorations for placing around your home. There is also a collection of items such as chopstick holders and various kinds of stationery and envelopes. There is even a delightful collection of stars and snowflakes which would be wonderful for the festive season in making decorations and cards.

As always in Tomoko Fuse's books, there is a sumptuous gallery of photographs of made-up models showing off the items for which instructions are provided in the book. Each set of diagrams is done in the clear Randlett/Yoshizawa style and is accompanied by either a drawing or a black and white photograph of the object you are making.

Care and accuracy is required in folding any of the models but all should be within the reach of the intermediate paperfolder. I recommend this one unreservedly.

Delightful.......2001-08-04

I bought this book quite as while back but never got down to reviewing it and was surprise that no one did since I consider this book worth getting.

This is an English version of the same Japanese origami book. Tomoko Fuse as usual do excellent origami.

The book is divided into 4 chapters:

Chapter 1: Card and Letter Holders (14 models) Chapter 2: For Use and Decoration (12 models) Chapter 3: Twinkling Stars (16 models) Chapter 4: Packages (14 models)

A lot of the models in this book is 2D and thus you can fold and send as presents or send it as a self made card. The result is very attractive. Some of it looks good on a dinner table when you have guests for special occasions.

I like the spectacularly beautiful stars, boxes and presents. The stars looks attractive when they form part of a card send to a love one.

All these models looks good when used to decorating your home.

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If Heren 5 (translated as "5 gentlemen") were a boy band instead of an architecture firm, they'd cover Burt Bacharach's "A House Is Not a Home." This vital Dutch architecture firm has taken great pains to tailor their residential projects--whether luxury apartments or elder-care centers--to the inhabitants' ideas about how feel "at home." Heren 5 is not interested so much in having its own "image" or "signature" as in designing buildings that suit the needs of the future residents and of the particular site. In this book, seven striking portraits of Heren 5 building occupants, in both interviews and in the beautiful photographs of Kees Hummel, illustrate that philosophy. In addition to providing detailed project documentation, the book gives the results of a survey of 620 occupants of Heren 5 buildings. This degree of attention to client constituent concerns about community and privacy, among other issues, is what sets the firm apart from others and signals a new paradigm, an approach that will appeal not only to architects but to those who commission and live in those structures as well. Interview by Hans van der Beek. Hardcover, 9.5 x 6.75 in./176 pgs / 100 color and 40 b&w.

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Opening the Minds of our Children.......2004-05-26

Ruth Hubbard has spent over four years in first grade, one as a student and over three as a researcher. She has spent many of her years in elementary school classrooms participating as a student and observing how the children behave in a natural setting. In A Workshop of the Possible Hubbard describes her experiences with the children in the classroom and how she feels is the best way for students to learn. Her main point was that children learn best if they are taught in creative ways.

One of her example classrooms was set up to let the children be fairly self sufficient. They would make up their own math problems, that would challenge themselves and then they had to solve them. This manner is highly effective in getting children to learn. The students in one class even wanted to make a bench for themselves to sit on throughout the day. They then drew up crude plans and made phone calls to find donors and help in making the bench. Many of the Ideas that Hubbard has discovered are truly amazing and most people would be jealous of these first, second and third graders, for their classes were much superior to the most elementary school classes.

Each chapter focuses on a different method or quality of enhancing a child's learning and creativity. The frequent use of conversations that she had with the children and photocopies of the children's work was an excellent way of illustrating what she was talking about. When she would discuss a particular method of making the children learn on their own, often times an illustration of what the child had drawn or written was included.

Although it was a research work A Workshop of the Possible was quite an enjoyable and easy read. This is a must read for all elementary teachers and highly suggested for parents as well, for many of these ideas could be used at home as well.

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Oh, where do I start........2006-04-23

Well, for one. I didn't see what Kurt's sex life had to do with the book's investigation. In fact I don't need to know what he did between closed doors, and frankly neither does anyone else. Also this book is long and drawn out. Though, there is a lot of facts that point out some weird unsettling clues about his death, there also isn't any obvious evidence that Courtney Love was behind it. Hell, I highly doubt that she could devise a plot to murder her husband, when she can't even stay sober long enough to perform on Jay Leno. And Finally. Even if Kurt Cobain was murdered, do you think this book could bring him back. No. Be it suicide or homicide, he died and unfortuneately for his family, friends, and fans there's no changing that.

This book was made for the purpose of getting money from angry, grief stricken younger fans of Nirvana.

Totally wasted.......2005-12-18

So Courtney lied.
So Courtney is a addict who is always stoned.

That is all the real evidence these two have to sell their theory that she murdered Kurt.

They must be aspiring to write for the National Inquirer.

Misleading title.......2005-12-14

This book would have been a waste of time even if it had been free.

It doesn't answer the question in its title as it has no answers it is only a book of questions . . . what if this, what if that, what if . . .?

I might as well have been spending the weekend with by sister and brother-inlaw and their 2 year old who only asks why this, why that, why, why, why?

It was a poorly thought out book that has managed to sucker in thousands of buyers.

A waste of trees and time.......2005-12-14

I have never read anything so poorly written before.

This "book" is a waste of time and of paper.

Looks at both sides of the story, exhaustively researched.......2005-08-14

This book has been popularized as the one that contains private investigator Tom Grant's theory that Courtney Love hired someone to kill Kurt Cobain. I read it thinking it would be borderline wacko with the conspiracy theory. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was an exhaustively researched account of the history of Nirvana, Kurt, Courtney, the days surrounding Kurt's death, and the investigation of the incident by the Seattle PD. The authors do present Grant's theory and his main arguments pointing to murder, but they are quick to point out that there absolutely no smoking gun, nothing explicity incriminating Courtney. They even point out some failing's in Grant's work and theories. Their main case is that there are enough unanswered questions and questionable actions during the investigation that the case should be re-opened. In fact, most people who review Grant's theory, when polled, say that the investigation should be re-opened to lay to rest all the discrepancies that he turned up.

The authors took nothing at face value when writing this book. Anytime someone claimed to have a degree, or that an incident happened, or the police were called, or that they said a certain thing, anything, the authors looked it up and verifyed whether it was true. If they couldn't verify it, they identify it as a claim. A lot of Courtney's official bio seems to be her wacky brand of lies and tirades, since the authors found many, many discrepancies in her statements, especially those to her biographer, Melissa Rossi.

Courtney is a fascinating woman, a spectacle, a force to be reckoned with. The authors remind us that no matter how much Courtney bashing goes on, we have to remember that our icon Kurt did love and trust her, and she was one of the few people he was close to. The portrayal of Courtney in this book has made me want to learn more about this dynamic woman.

Read this book to see an excellent case laid out in front of you, and then see what you think. I'm reading the author's 2004 follow-up, Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain next.

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A waste of trees and time

Who Killed Kurt Cobain?
Ian Halperin , and Max Wallace
Manufacturer: John Blake Publishing Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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A waste of trees and time.......2005-12-14

This is the most poorly written book I have ever read.

It was a waste of time and of paper.

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In a way more haunting than the updated combined volume.......2005-08-02

This book is slimmer than the volume which came out in 1994, combining and somewhat updating this and the sequel 'Saving the Fragments,' but in a way it has more of an emotional impact, even considering a lot of the powerful vignettes of Isabella and her by then two remaining sisters after the liberation are completely left out. Because it's so short, it has more room to leave a deeper emotional impact; it didn't really dawn on me until rather recently that this, the most powerful book I've ever read, offers up relatively little details about daily life in the camps or seemingly important events and rituals the then-four remaining sisters would have gone through, like mealtime, beatings, the superiors in their barracks, the type of "work" they were forced to do, and their boarding of and ride in the icy halftrack from Auschwitz to Birnbaumel in November 1944. We get some events that took place in both camps, but not, as in other Shoah memoirs, long detailed passages and chapters accounting for every day, week, or even month spent there. What has made this book so powerful to me over the years aren't the details but rather the truly touching and genuine bond between Isabella and her sisters, how they stayed alive and together for one another, because of one another, even when it would have been easier, particularly for the youngest remaining sister Regina (called "Rachel" in this book because she wouldn't let Isabella use her real name in print at the time), to go the way of the smoke. We don't even know the ages of the four sisters, which makes it harder to picture the full dynamics of this relationship (the oldest sister, the one who was caught during their eventual escape and never reunited with them, dying shortly after Bergen-Belsen was liberated, was actually almost 30 years old, I've since discovered). These are fragments in the truest sense of the word, which Isabella wrote on scraps of paper, in her native Hungarian, shortly after she'd arrived in the States in May of 1945, whenever the images and memories forced themselves to the forefront of her mind and she needed to get them out of her system, however temporarily. Although in the updated volume, this account is told in the present tense, which makes it seem even more gripping than when told in the past tense in this original book.

There are also some passages in this original volume that were left out in the updated one, like how Isabella's mother, whose death she never stops mourning or thinking about, had taught her the very important lesson of listening to her heart and the small inner voice within her dictating what was right, as well as describing how her only brother, Philip, temporarily hid as his family, friends, and neighbors were being herded to the cattlecars, but reappeared a moment later, unwilling to desert his family and not share in their fate too. (Interestingly, I happened upon the ID cards the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's webpage has for Isabella, her mother, her baby sister, and her oldest sister, and discovered that Philip may have been the only surviving brother in a family of five sisters, but wasn't the only brother they ever had; after Potyo [whose real name was Helen] was born, there were apparently born twin boys who died at 8 months of age.) There's also an interesting switch in the passage talking about how Isabella would put down her shovel and stop digging whenever the Nazi guards looked away in Birnbaumel, since her mother had told her not to aide her enemy; in this book it says "I honored her and kept myself alive" as opposed to, in the updated version, "I honored her and tried to keep myself alive." Reading the original unchanged passages makes it more emotional. And though even years later this book haunts me so much that I feel as though I had lost my own sister, nothing compares to the experience of reading it the very first time and receiving the stunning blow that Cipi, the oldest of the four sisters left, was caught and did not survive, having assumed she was with them in America and had survived too, even that maybe they'd found her even decades later. One feels the same way Isabella does, that had she known she would have tugged at her sleeve or run holding her sister's hand or arm. This volume also contains the very powerful closing line that is completely left out of the updated volume, "Mama, I make this vow to you--I will teach my sons to love life, respect man, and hate only one thing--war."

Deeper than Words.......2005-02-01

Although the length of this book is not great, the meaning behind each word is. Isabella Leitner, a Holocaust survivor, wrote this on her experiences in her life as a Jewish woman in Europe during WWII. Leitner was transported to a concentration camp. She writes many of her obstacles as if she were writing a journal. I liked this book, but is not the best I have ever read. What made me give it four stars was that it is true. The person who experienced this wrote it down. It makes me admire Leitner because she went back to this time and wrote about it on paper. I did not give it five stars because I felt I needed a deeper understanding of what I was reading. I would suggest that someone be about sixteen before they read it, unless they were very mature. I would not recommend this book to someone who likes things to be concise. This is best for a patient reader who searches for a deeper meaning. All together, Fragments of Isabella is a great book for the dedicated reader.

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Fragments of Isabella

Manufacturer: Dell Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0440124530

Fragments of Isabella: A Memoir of Auschwitz

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Fragments of Isabella: A Memoir of Auschwitz
Isabella; Leitner, Irving A. Leitner
Manufacturer: Ty Crowell Co
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OLZ81G

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