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Country Commercial Guide: Italy (Country Commercial Guides)
Manufacturer: Books for Business ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0894990411 |
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Italy, with world's sixth largest industrial economy, remains in the midst of a process of political and economic transformation. The Italian government continues on a path of budget austerity and privatization, reducing its significant role in the economy. As this rationalization of the economy moves forward, Italy should offer even more opportunities for U.S. firms, both as a destination for exports and a point for investment.The Italian market is mature and highly competitive, demanding high quality products and services. The market is very open to U.S. items, particularly innovative and niche market products, services and technologies. European Union (EU) changes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Italy's implementation of EU harmonized phytosanitary and sanitary regulations should offer fresh opportunities for U.S. agricultural exports. For example, the continued move toward a fully integrated single European market should aid U.S. high value, convenience, and health food products. The realignment of the distribution sector toward larger chains and more competitive pricing should also aid U.S. exports.
Italy's participation in the "euro" will simplify trade for those companies exporting to several EU countries. It also creates opportunities for U.S. companies with technologies and services that can assist Italian firms compete in the more integrated European market. However, these changes also will benefit European competitors who are increasing their presence in the Italian market through mergers and joint ventures with Italian firms. U.S. companies, already well known for innovation, will have to continue to emphasize the quality of their products as well as focus on price and service to maintain or develop their market share. The U.S. exporter also should be aware that to be successful in Italy they need to establish linkages with Italian representatives or partners and be flexible in their approach to this market.
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Landmark Papers in Economics, Politics and Law (The Foundations of 20th Century Economics)
A. Alchian , W. J. Baumol , R. H. Coase , M. Friedman , F. A. Hayek , Frank Hyneman Knight , A. K. Sen , H. Simons , G. Tullock , and J. Wiseman Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1840644729 |
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James Buchanan has been a key figure in the integration of the analysis of political decision-making into the corpus of economic theory, the source for what is now called `public choice economics'. This notable volume identifies for future generations the landmark contributions to this area made in the twentieth century.
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The 12 Leadership Principles of Dean Smith
David Chadwick Manufacturer: Total Sports ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1892129086 |
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As a forward for the great Tar Heel teams of the late '60s and early '70s, David Chadwick had a first-hand view of legendary coach Dean Smith's winning formula on the court. In The 12 Leadership Principles of Dean Smith, Chadwick applies Smith's people-first methods for achieving individual success within a team framework to the business world, the community, the family, and beyond.Chadwick also draws from the recollections of Mike Krzyzewski, Michael Jordan, Rick Pitino, and many others, revealing the profound influence Smith has had upon those who know him.
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Adds focus to good leadership.......2000-04-01
Dean Smith is simply the best!.......2000-03-13
The 4 Corners Disappoints.......2000-01-29
He is the greatest coach of all time, but..........1999-11-27
A logical guide for leaders and followers alike........1999-10-11
A few of the keywords Chadwick expounded on with logical meanings are, loyalty, honesty, family, team, vision, humility ,change,practice and mentoring.
David Chadwick has skillfully woven many of Dean Smith's unique leadership practices and philosophies along with Chadwick's personal experiences in a manner that can help a leader lead with confidence and a follower follow with effectiveness. He also presented it in a manner that the reader could read with enjoyment.
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The 12 Leadership Principles of Dean Smith
Manufacturer: Total Sports Illustrated ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1930844255 |
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12 Leadership Principles of Dean Smith
David Chadwick Manufacturer: Character Development Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1892056372 |
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As a forward for the great Tar Heel teams of the late '60s and early '70s, David Chadwick had a first-hand view of legendary coach Dean Smith's winning formula on the court. In The 12 Leadership Principles of Dean Smith, Chadwick applies Smith's people-first methods for achieving individual success within a team framework to the business world, the community, the family, and beyond. Chadwick also draws from the recollections of Mike Krzyzewski, Michael Jordan, Rick Pitino, and many others, revealing the profound influence Smith has had upon those who know him.
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Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me
Jeremy Jackson Manufacturer: William Morrow Cookbooks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0060527129 Release Date: 2004-03-02 |
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Warning: This is a no-holds-barred book of decadence. Do you keep unsalted butter in your freezer? Not afraid of a little saturated fat? Then indulge -- if you dare!
The recipes in Jeremy Jackson's Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me pack a one-two butter-and-sugar punch. Have a lick of Snice Cream (that's Fresh Snow Ice Cream) or slurp down a Banana Smoothie. Chomp on Chocolate-Dipped Ranger Cookies or dive into a Chocolate Sinkhole. Just be prepared to defend your bounty. These desserts are so delicious that a food fight might start over the last piece of cake!
Don't be fooled by the simple ingredients and easy-to-follow directions. Jeremy's desserts are not to be taken lightly. They're not for the faint of heart -- or stomach. Danger lurks beneath that delectable layer of Chocolate Ganache. So suit up in a pair of elastic waist pants, arm yourself with a fork and a giant glass of milk, and prepare for battle.
If you can survive Three-Lemon Cheesecake and My School Lunch Cream Puffs, you can probably handle the Peach Pie with Almond Crumb Topping. Polish that off and you just might be ready for the Hanging-Crust Rhubarb Cobbler.
In the world of desserts, there is no room for mediocrity. Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me has no filler or predictable, so-so recipes (and absolutely no almond bark!), just good, honest, and deadly delicious ones -- with plenty of heavy cream.
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Par-ty, par-ty, par-ty . . ........2005-09-12
Your wife will love you for these treats..........2004-07-11
So -- *Is* fruit a dessert. . . ?.......2004-06-08
Great Little Book of Largely Original, Easy Desserts.......2004-05-05
Jackson is a rare male culinary writer specializing on desserts who, unlike David Libovitz or Wayne Harley Brachman, is not a professional pastry chef. Not only does he simply write about dessert recipes, but he claims to write, in this book at least, exclusively about original recipes.
The story of how this book came about makes perfect sense to anyone whose mind has wandered. When Jeremy was testing and tasting an interminable queue of cornbread recipes for his first cookbook, he was daydreaming of potential book titles. This one lit him up like the famous lightbulb over the head. The task was then to come up with recipes that deserved the title.
By the author's count, the book contains sixty recipes. His objective is to avoid the situation he encounters with other cookbooks where a quarter of the recipes are good, a quarter of the recipes are so so, and half the recipes are filler. The challenge with these books is to find the recipes in the quarter of good recipes. While I suspect Jackson's estimate of average recipe quality may be just a bit more dismal than what we encounter among respectable authors, I think he has a point. The question about this book, then, is `Has Jeremy Jackson succeeded in publishing sixty original, better than average desserts?' As I suggest in my opening sentence, I believe the answer is `almost'.
On the easier question of originality, the very simple answer is that not all recipes are original, by the author's on admission. The very first recipe in the last chapter of nine `Basic Recipes' is attributed to the very good book by David Libovitz, `Room for Dessert'. I suspect that there is also not a lot of originality in the remaining eight basic recipes or their variations. People have been making pate sucree, pate brisee, and ganache for centuries. I doubt the author has anything startling to tell us about these. Several dessert recipes also have the look of being only small variations on well-known classics. The first traditional title which catches my eye is the Apple Galette.
In spite of the appearance of a few standards, I do believe that the majority of the recipes in the book deserve the label of `original'. I say this with the understanding that I have not read every dessert book ever written, so some of these recipes may be variations on recipes as old as Monsieur Careme himself. I will only say that the recipes which strike me as original seem, at the very least, to not be the product of the imaginary computer program the author concocts to visualize how many recipes in large cookbooks may be created.
The very first recipe in the first chapter on fruits immediately catches my attention as a very clever adaptation of the savory cooking en papillote to the construction of a delightfully surprising dish. The very next recipe gives us an Earl Grey applesauce recipe which I suspect never crossed the minds of the Pennsylvania Dutch who spent so much time perfecting apple dishes. In general, all but the last recipe for a banana smoothie in the chapter on fruit desserts has the strong smell of originality about it. The next chapter on custard based desserts show somewhat less pure originality and somewhat more variation on classics. The three lemon cheesecake seems like an especially delicious addition to the canon of cheesecake recipes. The chapter on pies and tarts opens with a delightful maple custard tart. In fact, the opening recipe in each chapter seems to be an advertisment for the author's originality.
I give the author extra credit for not dwelling on the details or explanations of what makes good pastry. Many very competant writers on pastry, most notably Sherry Yard in her new book `The Secrets of Baking' have covered this ground quite well already. The author does give just enough attention to being careful with your ingredients to insure that no one will shoot themselves in the foot by using an inappropriate substitution when making these dishes. I am a little surprised that he believes there is a big enough difference between Gold Medal all purpose flour and King Arthur all purpose flour to make a difference in these recipes. I know there is a difference, but I'm surprised that a 2-3% difference in protein will make that big a difference. But, he's the baker and I am not, so take his word for it.
One result of this light touch around the details of pastry practice and science is that this book may not want to be your very first experience with touchier techniques like cheesecake, caramel, and melted chocolate. I was surprised at the atypical techniques used in the cheesecake recipe where the recipe starts out with a very hot oven without the benefit of a water bath. I was especially surprised at the prediction of cracks in the cheesecake, until I saw that the cake was to be covered with a glaze which would heal all wounds.
As far as the overall quality of these recipes, I believe that most are very, very good. I did find some which may simply not be the very best use of it's ingredients. The rhubarb cobbler, for example does not come close to the delightful things Wayne Harley Brachman has done with rhubarb in a pie in his book `American Desserts. I don't even thing the recipe is a true cobbler.
The single most delightful aspect of this book is the fact that so many of the recipes are short and relatively simple, as long as you are the master of pastry dough and simple chocolate handling. The high quality of the recipes coupled with the very low list price make this book a sure thing.
Very Highly recommended, with many simple, easy delicious recipes. Almost all recipes live up to the title.
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Trading Chicago Style
Neal T. Weintraub Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0070696322 |
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Chicago's hottest traders reveal their Midas-touch secrets. In Trading Chicago Style, futures trading stars explain how they reached the pinnacle of Chicago's rough-and-tumble, lightning-fast commodities markets. Packed with winning tips, strategies, and methods, this book delivers closely guarded advice and genuine secrets that were - until now - not available anywhere else. Each chapter features trading techniques of one of today's market wizards, along with computer techniques and off-floor methods. Traders from every major chicago exchange - Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board of Exchange, and Chicago Stock Exchange - are included.Aggressive traders will love its easy-reading style and its immediately useful techniques. Traders looking for that extra trading edge will find it in Trading Chicago Style.
Chicago's hottest traders reveal their Midas-touch secrets. In Trading Chicago Style, futures trading stars explain how they reached the pinnacle of Chicago's rough-and-tumble, lightning-fast commodities markets. Packed with winning tips, strategies, and methods, this book delivers closely guarded advice and genuine secrets that were - until now - not available anywhere else.
Each chapter features trading techniques of one of today's market wizards, along with computer techniques and off-floor methods. Traders from every major chicago exchange - Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board of Exchange, and Chicago Stock Exchange - are included. Aggressive traders will love its easy-reading style and its immediately useful techniques. Traders looking for that extra trading edge will find it in Trading Chicago Style.
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In Trading Chicago Style, Chicago's hottest futures trading stars explain the tips and techniques they used to reach the pinnacle of Chicago's rough-and-tumble, lightning-fast commodities markets.Customer Reviews:
Tricks of a Chicago Huckster.......2006-08-09
The Real Mark Brown .......2004-12-15
Negative contribution to industry.......2004-11-29
Total waste of print and time.......2004-11-24
Nice insight from real traders.......2003-06-06
I know several of the traders interviewed in the book. They have reputations that span the spectrum. But the really outstanding interviews were of the traders that you don't find interviewed in other texts. The nameless Phantom, CV, the Committee and Mark Brown interviews come to mind. They are worth the price of the book. The pit stops are also useful, but in some cases are found in other texts
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Trading Chicago Style: Insights and Strategies of Today's Top Traders
Neal T. Weintraub Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OG0MOO |
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Financial Freedom : Why Not Me?
Antone P. Keller Manufacturer: Antone P. Keller ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 097054880X |
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This book develops a formula for investing in the stock market that actually works. The investor is taught the basics up to and including advanced investment techniques in a step-by-step process for successful stock investing. The featured "Oracle Investment Process" solves the biggest problem self-empowered investors face--how to control your emotions. The spreadsheet included in the book provides the investor control over the nightmare of information overload. Ten million online investors are trying to fulfil their dreams of making millions in the stock market. These dreams are disappearing rapidly and anxiety building. This book provides precise buying strategies, and more importantly, precise selling strategies. The 230% Rule is destined to become an important investment principle. This book is the solution to the online investor's problem.
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Trust: The Best Way to Manage
Reinhard K. Sprenger Manufacturer: Cyan Communications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0954282981 |
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Local Government Tax and Land Use Policies in the United States: Understanding the Links (Studies in Fiscal Federalism and State-Local Finance)
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1858986575 |
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Local Government Tax and Land Use Policies in the United States is an accessible, non-technical evaluation of the most recent economic thinking on the nexus between local land use and tax policies. In Part I, Helen Ladd provides a comprehensive summary of the extensive literature on the interaction of local land use and tax policies. She explores the theoretical controversies and clarifies issues such as the use of land use regulation as a fiscal tool, the effects of taxes on economic activity and the success of tax policies to promote economic development. In Parts II and III, a group of experts presents new research on important issues such as the impact of growth on tax burdens, metropolitan tax base sharing, the incidence of impact fees, and the shift to land value taxation in urban areas. Local Government Tax and Land Use Policies in the United States raises provocative questions concerning the conventional wisdom in fiscal policy. It will be indispensable for economists and students interested in urban issues and local public finance as well as planners and policy makers.Customer Reviews:
the best of the best.......1999-12-28
the best of the best.......1999-12-28
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Local Government Tax and Land Use Policies in the United States: Understanding the Links.(Review) : An article from: Journal of the American Planning Association
Terese J. McGuire Manufacturer: American Planning Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00098QPFM Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Journal of the American Planning Association, published by American Planning Association on March 22, 1999. The length of the article is 796 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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Margot Asquith, an Autobiography: Two Volumes in One
Margot Asquith Manufacturer: BiblioBazaar ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1426414560 Release Date: 2006-07-20 |
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Short excerpt: In his youth he had a horrible tutor who showed him a great deal of cruelty; and this retarded his development. One day at Glen, I saw this man knock Frank down.
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Autobiography
Margot Asquith Manufacturer: Doran ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00088TQZ4 |
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Autobiography
Margot Asquith Oxford and Asquith Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007DME0Y |
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Autobiography 1
Asquith Margot Manufacturer: New York Penguin 1937. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N2VQPS |
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARGOT
ASQUITH Manufacturer: THORNTON ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000RXTK38 |
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARGOT ASQUITH
Unknown Manufacturer: THORNTON ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000RXY2MM |
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARGOT ASQUITH
Unknown Manufacturer: THORNTON ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000S6GN5M |
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The Autobiography of Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000RKZF1W |
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The Autobiography of Margot Asquith
Mark Bonham Carter (editor) Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000RWF7UO |
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The autobiography of Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith Manufacturer: T. Butterworth ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006DEBYC |
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Undigestable Food for the Mind
Ricky Roby Manufacturer: PublishAmerica ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1592862055 |
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Undigestable Food For the Mind is not just about a youth who is labeled mentally ill. This book shows the dark side of suburbia. It encompasses potential problems that may be associated with Christianity, when one becomes over-zealous. Exploring the stigma attached to mental illness is, perhaps, more important than the events that went on in the "cages" of the mentally ill patients. This book is for conservative Christians and parents with troubled kids-not just loose cannons. The decadent 80's left a lot of people empty and shattered. Mentally ill people truly deserve more compassion.Customer Reviews:
Great book.......2003-09-30
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