Shopper's Guide 1999 National Toll-Free Directory: Everything to Buy from A to Z Toll-Free (National Toll-Free and Internet Directory : Shopper's Guide)

Book Description

Your Nationwide Network of Suppliers. Fast access to thousands of companies that are doing business nationally allow one to compare products, services, suppliers and prices all Toll-Free. With AT&T's best selling National Toll-Free Directories it's as simple as looking up a category to connect with Toll-Free 800 and 888 numbers of all the right stores and suppliers. Find everything from Gourmet Foods, Travel and Florists, to the latest in Internet Services, Health Foods & Vitamins and Gifts.

Book Description

You're no idiot, of course. You know that "casual Friday" doesn't mean your Beavis and Butthead T-shirt and a red vinyl miniskirt, and that fanny-patting doesn't say "good work" to a colleague. But when it comes to the rules for conducting yourself in today's workplace, you get nostalgic for the days when the only rule at a business lunch was "Stop after three martinis." Don't cancel that teleconference just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Business Etiquette has something to teach every smart professional about protocol in the modern workplace. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:

Customer Reviews:

Good All-Around Primer for Business Etiquette.......2000-03-29

This book covers all of the basics for how to conduct oneself in the business world. Office politics, dining, and social functions are all addressed. The wardrobe section is very helpful, as well. It offers sound clothing advice for both men and women. The women's section is noteworthy in that it gives women the freedom to actually dress like a woman in the office. Too many books of this sort pigeonhole women into the traditional black hole of a dark suit, round earrings, and sensible pumps. The dining section gives advice on being proper, but not stuffy, at the table. There is also a useful glossary on hard-to-eat foods. This book offers useful and practical tips for the seasoned executive and the young up-and-comer, alike. I recommend it to anyone in the business world.

Customer Reviews:

Not what I expected.......2002-02-21

This book is filled with 30 common phrases. The first "high-impact" message reads "talent alert, your ideas are outstanding".

Customer Reviews:

Good information.......2000-03-13

I read this book to find some literature to put into my dissertation. It was a great help especially with all the examples in it. Unlike other marketing books this one was easy to read. Excellent book

what's corporate identity? I want detailed information........1999-12-19

Because I am a beginner in English-studying, so I am not very clear about what it says. while I need such kind of information now , and what I can remember is little.I just know my teacher said it is a good book.I am now still not quite clear about what corporate identity is, and how it affect a corporation like Coca-cola.The more is better.

a must read for anyone interested in their own identity.......1998-03-31

I read this book as a required textbook for a class on Corporate Identity. in my opinion Wally Olins is one of the top sources of information on CI in the world and this book pretty much covers the whole nine yards of CI. It's fun to read, easy to read and has enough depth for everyone. I've used the book as a step-by-step guide and as a source of information. I've even used it to convince my company's president our marketing plans were correct and we were on the right course. I can recommend this book to everyone, even people not so much intersted in CI. Derek van den Bosch

Corporate Identity: Making Business Strategy Visible Through Design

Average customer rating:

Corporate Identity: Making Business Strategy Visible Through Design
Wally Olins
Manufacturer: Thames and Hudson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Strategy & Competition | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Public Relations | Marketing & Sales | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0500278083

Average customer rating:

Corporate Identity: Making Business Strategy Visible Through Design

ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0071033017

Book Description

Now available in paperback, Corporate Identity is a fascinating account of the role image has played in organizations ranging from Napoleon's empire to the Confederate States of America to modern corporations such as Coca-Cola, BMW, Apple, and Sony. Olins demonstrates how identity is crucial to market share, how it plays a central role in expansion and diversification, how it is vital to both effective recruitment and the way people work together inside a company, and how it is directly related to profitability. Corporate Identity makes a convincing case for the importance of corporate image to a company's success. Identity must have a secure place in the hearts and minds of managers, along with finance, research and development, product quality, personnel management, and other corporate assets. As Olins observes, "In the end, it is economic power that wins the day. But economic power derives increasingly from moral, aesthetic, and cultural power. The organizations that can marshall these strengths will lead the world in the twenty-first century."

Book Description

The seeds for the ground-breaking Simple Abundance, Sarah Ban Breathnach's hugely successful bestseller, were first planted in Mrs. Sharp's Traditions. In this revised, redesigned edition of her charmingly illustrated Victorian style- and sourcebook, Sarah introduces to her legions of new readers the old-fashioned pleasures of family, customs, and home.

Customer Reviews:

Inspiring.......2006-01-26

I found this book inspiring and full of practical and lovely ideas. Some of them are relatively easy to implement; others take a bit more effort/preparation. The holidays discussed are American. The book presents simple ways to make daily living special and to take note of holidays, seasons, and other occasions.

Simple pleasures for Simple Times.......2004-09-23

I love the noble simplicity of the Victorian age. This book is an invitation to experience simple rituals in your daily life. I especialy enjoyed the beautiful art work and many pictures. This book takes the reader on a gilded journey through the entire year with wonderfull passages describing a myriad of traditions and daily rituals for living. If you cherish the victorian tradition then you simply must have this book. Buy it new or used, read it, experience it, and pen a review to spread the joy, this truly is home.

Preserving family memories.......2003-11-27

It is Thanksgiving Day as I write. I have used this book extensively over the past week as I write down the activities we will do as a family this holiday season. We are a family with young children (8, 6, 3, baby), so we are only now starting our family traditions. It is VERY important to me that the children have family memories to keep them reminded of their happy childhood. This book has been a wonderful keepsake. I have already started purchasing it for others, as it is beautifully written and breathtakingly beautiful. Do not hesitate to buy this book. It will enhance your library like few others. I am wishing for another book like this one, but have not found it yet.

Old-fashioned family treasure!.......2002-05-16

This book is wonderful to have and explore for those women and families with children who love to take time to enjoy simple, natural treasures and to observe old-fashioned family traditions. It is a wonderful source to find out WHY we celebrate some holidays in the ways we do and to take a trip down memory lane as you rediscover some of the older traditions you might remember your grandmothers or aunts or great-aunts observing. I am definitely adding it to my home collection to use with my own family. The only negative note I might have is that the persona the author writes with has some strange sayings "Dear Reader" this and "Dear Reader" that. A little annoying, but definitely not worth NOT getting the book!

Okay, but definitely nothing special.......2001-10-26

This book is okay, but nowhere near as good as the author's earlier works. Although initially intrigued by the "legends", those I checked looked stupid to me ... e.g., about how a pansy's petals tell the story of how a wicked queen mistreats her stepdaughters, with no positive (much less fairytale) ending, nothing remotely uplifting, no moral, etc. DEFINITELY not the type of thing you'd print to give with a pressed flower pansy, or other form of the flower. The recipes are equally impractical, since few people use suet in desserts these days.
And all the stories in the voice of the mythical Mrs. Sharp just seemed stupid and contrived. Although the premise was excellent, the book just didn't follow through.

Average customer rating:

Mrs. Sharp's Traditions
Sarah Ban Breathnach , and Sarah Ban Breathnach
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

Folklore & Mythology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

General | Family Relationships | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books

ASIN: 067169569X

Mrs Sharps Traditions Nostalgic Suggesti

Average customer rating:

Mrs Sharps Traditions Nostalgic Suggesti
Sarah B Breathnach
Manufacturer: SIMON & SCHUSTER @ TRADE
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N6BLE0

Sarah Ban Breathnach's Mrs. Sharp's Traditions: Reviving Victorian Family Celebrations of Comfort and Joy

Average customer rating:

Sarah Ban Breathnach's Mrs. Sharp's Traditions: Reviving Victorian Family Celebrations of Comfort and Joy

Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description

From the Publisher The seeds for the ground-breaking Simple Abundance, Sarah Ban Breathnach's hugely successful bestseller, were first planted in Mrs. Sharp's Traditions. In this revised, redesigned edition of her charmingly illustrated Victorian style- and sourcebook, Sarah introduces to her legions of new readers the old-fashioned pleasures of family, customs, and home

Book Description

The eighth century dawned on a Greek world that had remained substantially unchanged during the centuries of stagnation known as the Dark Age. This book is a study of the economic and cultural upheaval that shook mainland Greece and the Aegean area in the eighth century, and the role that poetry played in this upheaval. Using tools from political and economic anthropology, David Tandy argues that between about 800 and 700 B.C., a great transformation of dominant economic institutions took place involving wrenching adjustments in the way status and wealth were distributed within the Greek communities.
Tandy explores the economic organization of preindustrial societies, both ancient and contemporary, to shed light on the Greek experience. He argues that the sudden shift in Greek economic formations led to new social behaviors and to new social structures such as the polis, itself a by-product of economic change. Unraveling the dialectic between the material record and epic poetry, Tandy shows that the epic tradition mirrored these new social behaviors and that it portrayed the stresses that economic change brought to the ancient Aegean world.
Tandy brings in comparative evidence from other small-scale communities beset by changes, spotlighting the specific plight of one community, Ascra in Boeotia, on whose behalf Hesiod sang his Works and Days. The result is a lively, moving account of a human dilemma that, many centuries later, is all too familiar.

Customer Reviews:

Simultaneously Impressive and Disappointing.......2007-01-08

Tandy's first three chapters get the book off to a great start. After a brief introductory chapter tracing the overall line of argument, he gets down to business with an excellent study of population growth in Dark Age Greece, presenting a broad picture buttressed by specifics from archaeological studies. In Chapter Three, he describes the establishment and growth of the Greek colonies, which were later to play such an important part of Greek society.

But from there it's all downhill. Chapter Four presents an extended theoretical discussion of social organizations, with applications to early Greek society. Tandy is attempting to establish that Greek society made a transition from a patronage-based system (in which material wealth flows down from the leader in return for loyalty flowing up) to a market-based system (in which the creators of wealth exercise direct control over its distribution). However, this subject has been handled in great detail in the anthropological literature, and I think that Tandy's treatment of it is weak. He's trying to fit existing theory onto the Greek experience, and while the fit isn't bad, he has to stretch it in a few places to make it work.

In Chapter Five he directly addresses the transition from the patronage-based system to the market-based system, and here his discussion descends into a hopeless muddle. Part of his problem is that he has completely missed one of the most important elements of the Greek transformation: the shift from a subsistence economy (relying exclusively on cereal production) to a market economy in which processed foodstuffs (wine and olive oil) are exchanged for cereals. This market-based approach is what enabled the Greeks to continue rapid population growth long after they had exceeded the cereal-based carrying capacity of their lands. There is no question that by the Classical period, many Greek cities were dependent upon grain imports paid for with wine, olive oil, and manufactures -- but Tandy fails to address this development.

The remainder of the book is a sad effort to justify his misinformed thesis. Tandy claims that the central driving force in Greek society during the eighth and seventh centuries was the conflict between the old aristocracy and the new market-based egalitarians. He claims that the Iliad and the Odyssey were promulgated by the aristocracy as a kind of propaganda to justify their elevated status, while Hesiod's Works and Days represents the growing power and resentment of the producing classes. Tandy seems to see the development of Greek Classical society as a class revolt by the proletariat against the aristocracy. But this conflict was not resolved in the eighth and seventh centuries -- they were still fighting this well into the fourth century! How can this class warfare have been the driving force of Greek development when it was never resolved?

The conclusion of the book betrays all the good work done in its early portions. Having presented Greek development as a battle between royalty and proletariat, Tandy concludes that the winner was nasty old capitalism!

I think that Tandy's analysis is weakened by over-reliance on close analysis of Homer and Hesiod. While these two are certainly the most extensive testimony we have on Greek society at the time, they cannot be relied upon as rigorous sources of fact. Homer's representation is a melange of Bronze Age and Iron Age cultures, mixing bits and pieces spread over several centuries. Using Homer to draw conclusions about eighth century Greece is rather like using Christmas carols to draw conclusions about the significance of partridges in pear trees in twentieth-century America. And while Hesiod does provide us with many specifics of his time, we must remember that he is in no wise typical of Greek farmers. Really, how many Greek farmers do you think could read and write at that time, much less compose verse for the ages?

Lastly, I especially resent Tandy's failure to deliver on the promise of his title. I expected an explanation of how Greek culture shifted from a warrior-led society to a trader-led society. Yet Tandy's treatment of the development of Greek commerce seems peripheral to his main argument. There are a few good bits and pieces, but he doesn't bring to bear the wealth of information we've been developing over the last few decades. The crucial element of ship construction and handling merits only a few lines and a footnote.

I still recommend this book for anybody interested in the forces that led to "the glory that was Greece". However, I'd suggest that you read only the first five chapters. The remainder of the book will only disappoint you.

Speculative, but interesting.......2001-10-31

In this book, Tandy tells the story of the rise of the market economy in the Greek world. His version of this story is that Greece in the Archaic period (776-490 b.c.e.) underwent a transformation from a redistributive/reciprocal economy based on exchange obligations between neighbors and between chiefs and subordinates to one based on market exchange. Tandy makes a Marxist argument (though not particularly "half-baked," I think) that the rise of the market economy in cities in Greece allowed the upper classes (those who had surplus wealth) to enrich themselves in overseas trade while the poorer classes became indebted to them through a kind of economic attrition. Tandy also argues, contrary to many scholars, that Greek overseas colonization in this period was the result of economic/commecial expansion rather than population pressure. Tandy's third major argument is that epic poetry is a "tool of exclusion," in that elites used epic poetry as a kind of propaganda to disguise the fact that their society no longer conformed to the more "egalitarian" redistributive economy.

There are some flaws to Tandy's method: 1) the basis for arguing that there was a redistributive/reciprocal economy in the early Archaic period and Greek Dark Ages is mostly comparative evidence -- this is because there really isn't any good indigenous evidence for this kind of economy; 2) Tandy uses Hesiod's "Works and Days" as a model for a peasant perspective, which is a controversial move (Hesiod was probably not a peasant, but a gentleman farmer), and his general indictment of epic as a tool of exclusion is speculative (at least the kind of exclusion he's talking about; epic certainly excludes in other ways in that it advertises an aristocratic ethos).

I found his arguments for Greek colonization as commercial expansion rather than population export to be convincing; he analyzes patterns and sites of colonization, showing that colonies were generally founded on defensive, non-productive (agriculturally) sites first, and, in many cases, follow-up colonies would be founded in areas more amenable to farming. All told, there is much that is useful and interesting in this book, but the book's main arguments are ill-founded and agenda-driven.

Book is trainted by anti-capitalist political bias........1998-02-06

This book deals with a very important issue: how classical Greece became a commerical culture under the influence of the Phoenicians. "Warriors into Traders" is the key point. However, Tandy spoils his treatment of this with the kind of sour, half-baked Marxism that is all too typical of American academics in the humanities today. He compares the "evils" of Greek commericalism, which was only responsible for all the glory of places like Athens, to the "evils" of the introduction of market ecnomies into Third World countries today. Unfortunately, most of the problems of Third World countries, if we mean by that poverty and tyranny, are due to the lack of market economies, not to their introduction. Tandy, on the other hand, inadverently draws attention to what was unique about the Greeks: that commericalization revolutionized Greek culture, which was something that did not happen to the Phoenicians, who were old hands at the business--unless we count the philosophers Thales and Zeno of Citium, reportedly ethnic Phoenicians themselves.

WARRIORS INTO TRADERS. The Power of the Market in Early Greece.

Average customer rating:

WARRIORS INTO TRADERS. The Power of the Market in Early Greece.
David W.: Tandy
Manufacturer: Pan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W2ZYNO

Book Description

Sex sells. Already a ten-billion dollar business-and growing-most sex businesses require relatively low start-up costs and minimal equipment. No wonder retired porn stars, homemakers, college students, and entrepreneurs of every stripe are eager to jump on the smut band wagon. Following the money trail, or in this case, the telecom routes, the author reveals how some big phone companies are cashing in too. Obscene Profits offers a startling and entertaining new look at this very old business, and shows why pornography, in all of its variations--videos, magazines, phone-sex, spy cameras, etc.-- is one of the most profitable and popular new careers to come out of the electronic age.

Customer Reviews:

Not my cup of tea.......2007-02-28

This book was not my cup of tea - to much law and stuff. I would love to have seen more advice regarding the adult biz but turns out this book is more of a history book and 2257 regulation book. But for people working in a law firm dealing with the adult industry I guess this book is perfect.

Good, but not complete.......2002-02-24

Well, here's the scoop. I met Fred twice at Conventions. The first time was immediately after he closed the hardcover version of the book. The second, while he was reseraching for the paperback update. Now, I don't know how to say this without being arrogant, but Fred missed it. You see, I am the Inventor of the Virtual Sex Machine, the worlds first interactive sexual simulation system for use with a computer. When fred was doing his research for each of the books, he missed us the first time, despite the fact that we are very public (virtualsexmachine.com) and have been since early 1996. Had he done even a cursury search, he would have found us. We have been covered by all the major news sources (ABC, NBC, MSNBC, Playboy, Hustler, Gear, and others.)He talks of Entrpreneurs in the Cyberage, not just the adult industry. We are most definately Front and center and were not included. I could have MAYBE understood not being included in the original Hardcover as just missing us. But we met with him twice since then, and there is NO excuse for not even a mention in the update. I bought both books expecting to see something and was very disspointed. As far as I know, we are the ONLY adult company that has Patents pending on new technologies in this industry. A search of any of the normal research areas would have turned this up. We supplied him with full coverage and contact information regarding the product, and he interviewed us twice. You may say it's sour grapes for not being included, but the fact is, we are a company in this industry with the newest and most advanced technology, and it should have been included. Maybe he'll get it right in the next book. To Fred: I'm sorry Fred, but you have really dissapointed me with your research abilities. Despite that, I still have to reccomend the book, because it is well done for the coverage that it does deal with. I just think Fred doesn't quite "get it" beyond a pure dry research approach. The book is a slow read, and is very much technical. Written more like a textbook. (With some of the best and exciting parts missing)

Porn to be Lane.......2002-01-12

From Lane's perspective on pornography, he should have surfed more porn and read fewer Time Magazines. Although he provides a very useful and entertaining history of porn in America, he lacks a real "insider's" experience. This could have come with more actual interviews with porn business pornographers other than over-publicised Danni Ashe.

This is not to say the book is bad. We all know the state of porn - or atleast you would if you're interested in reading this book. For what I required, Lane's book was almost perfect. He organized time, theme and place well, offered may other online sources and had a good chronology of events. If you're writing a TV pop documentary on the porn industry, it's a great resource. Lane's book ain't too heavy -but it's a good source for ideas.

A great outside view.......2001-09-04

A well-written review from a professsional outsider perspective. I work in this industry in a management roll and was impressed with Fred's take on things. I later met Fred and have since become friends with him. He's very serious about his work and brings a fresh perspective to a misunderstood industry.

A great read.

Indispensible primer on adult entertainment industry.......2001-05-05

Obscene Profits is the first book to pick up when researching about or doing business with the adult entertainment industry. Mr. Lane seems to have an insider's point of view coupled with an academician's intellect...which makes for engaging reading. For those fascinated by the biggest moneymaking sector on the Internet, this is a must-read.

Average customer rating:
Leader attitudes and group effectiveness;: Final report of ONR project NR170-106, N6-ori-07135
Fred Edward Fiedler
Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Psychology & Counseling | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
General | Sociology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0006AVEJK

Average customer rating:
Leader Attitudes & Group Effectiveness
Fred E. Fiedler
Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IOFL7U

Average customer rating:
Leader Attitudes and Group Effectiveness
Fred Edward Fiedler
Manufacturer: Greenwood Press Reprint
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Workplace | Organizational Behavior | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Decision-Making & Problem Solving | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
General | Psychology & Counseling | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
jp-unknown1 | Specialty Stores | Books
ASIN: 0313229678

Book Description

This monograph summarizes the research of the project "Social Perception and Group Effectiveness", which was initiated in September, 1951, and terminated in August, 1957. This research program was designed to identify psychological factors underlying group effectiveness. Its specific aim was the development of a theory regarding the part which interpersonal perception plays in making groups productive.

Book Description

Follow the medical billing steps from initial patient contact to filing the completed claim. Review managed care as well as Medicaid, Medicare, and other state and federal insurance programs. Lists billing abbreviations and defines fraud and abuse.

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books