Major Companies of Europe 1999: Germany, Greece, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg (Major Companies of Europe)

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In Thomas Jefferson on Leadership, bestselling business author and acknowledged Jefferson expert Coy Barefoot shares the inspiring lessons of this master politician, philosopher, lawyer, scientist, musician, architect, writer, and farmer to give readers a blueprint for getting ahead-in business and in life.

Thomas Jefferson believed that leadership is a skill that can be learned, and this is an inspiring and essential handbook for all Americans, for the boardroom and beyond.

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Coy Barefoot Leads Literature.......2002-10-15

I feel that Mr.Barefoot did an excelent job. Not only did he emphasize the impact that Jefferson had on America, he also let us know that he was a real person. I have read many Jefferson books, but this one is at the very top.
thank you for writing this wonderful book!

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Why does the number of organizations of any given kind vary over time? Utilizing a diverse group of organizations including national labor unions, newspapers and newspaper publishers, brewing firms, life insurance companies, and banks, this book seeks to deepen and broaden the understanding of change in organizational populations by examining the dynamics of numbers of organizations in populations. Such an approach involves explaining the sources of growth and decline in the sum of organizations (what the authors call "density") over the histories of populations of organizations. The authors conclude their study by formulating a theory of density-dependent legitimation and competition.

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Strategize! Experiential Exercises in Strategic Management
Julie I. Siciliano
Manufacturer: South-Western College Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Strategize! allows learners to try out the strategy models and concepts and get feedback regarding their understanding and application of strategic management theory. The book presents a number of experiential exercises and projects for use in class and assignments. Because the exercises include thought, action, and feedback-assessment components, they promote an understanding of strategic management through comprehensive active learning. Strategize! offers an important complement to any standard strategic management text.

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Strategize! Experiential Exercises in Strategic Management
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Strategize! Experiential Exercises in Strategic Management
C. Gopinath
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This innovative book rethinks the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century history of coastal and riverine southwest Indochina, the water frontier of the title. It repositions old state-centered histories to reveal the region as a single, multiethnic economic zone knit together by the itineraries of junk traders and by the activities of many southern Chinese, settlers, sojourners, and merchants, whose local significance it explores. In so doing, it pioneers a new, nationally-neutral way of perceiving this dynamic region.

Water Frontier: Commerce and the Chinese in the Lower Mekong Region, 1750-1880.(Book Review) : An article from: Pacific Affairs

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Water Frontier: Commerce and the Chinese in the Lower Mekong Region, 1750-1880.(Book Review) : An article from: Pacific Affairs
Hue-Tam Ho Tai
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000EQ49OS
Release Date: 2006-02-24

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This digital document is an article from Pacific Affairs, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2005. The length of the article is 676 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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Title: Water Frontier: Commerce and the Chinese in the Lower Mekong Region, 1750-1880.(Book Review)
Author: Hue-Tam Ho Tai
Publication: Pacific Affairs (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 78 Issue: 3 Page: 513(2)

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Adapted in part from the Opportunity in America series of policy briefs, this volume focuses on social and economic mobility in the United States. The authors find that class or family background has a strong effect on individual success. They examine the possible reasons for this relationship, how it has changed over the past century, and the role of the economy, the welfare system, and education in opening up opportunities for the less fortunate.

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As the world's best-known author and authority on boosting the mind's productivity, Tony Buzan knows that high-performance selling takes more brains than brawn. In this eagerly awaited book, the creator of Mind-Mapping joins forces with a pioneer of modern sales training to show sales professionals how to unleash the power of whole-brain selling skills to communicate better, sell better, and enrich every aspect of their lives. Brain Sell incorporates cuting-edge discoveries in the diverse fields of psychology, communication, neurophysiology, and brain research, together with the selling techniques of some of today's master salespeople. Written in a highly motivational style, it features 90 skill-building exercises that help readers: master the ten mental skills needed to enhance every future customer contact; use Mind Mapping's new technology to retain huge amounts of information about products and customers and keep it organized; "read" and respond to every prospect's needs and desires. Brain Power isn't just for salespeople who dream about making memorable sales presentations, staying motivated and successful, and remembering every customer's name and face the first time. This practical, high-energy guide is for every business professional who wants to more confidently sell their services, their products, their ideas, and themselves.

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Excellent resource!.......1999-10-31

I recommend this book to my screenwriting students!

This book shows how imagery helps memory and sales........1998-07-10

The authors continue to demonstrate how their mind mapping matrix can help not only to improve recall but to increase sales. They show how the use of words, color, etc.. from both sides of the brain can be used together to increase the connection with the client. I'd read it again.

It opens the door to some incredibly powerful techniques.......1996-11-18

This book provides powerful tools to use the enormous potential of everyone's mind. Just the one chapter on memory has transformed my experience at parties, where I now remember everyone's name. Before reading the book I had trouble remembering even one or two names. It applies to everyone as "sales" is an important part of what everyone does, e.g., asking for a raise, a date, a loan, a job ... I strongly recommend this book

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Brain Sell: Harnessing the Selling Power of Your Whole Brain
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This is an excellent course for professionals new to the commercial liability field. It provides a comprehensive overview of the need for commercial liability. The course helps insurance professionals identify the various types of damages awarded in liability situations and the problems associated with writing liability insurance. Using real life examples, this course will help students understand and compare claims made and occurrence liablility policies. Students will also gain an understanding of the importance and characteristics of commercial liability insurance.

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This digital document is an article from Houston Journal of International Law, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2004. The length of the article is 7789 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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Title: Resolving business disputes through litigation or other alternatives: the effects of jurisdictional rules and recognition practice.(Transatlantic Business Transactions: Choice of Law, Jurisdiction, and Judgments)
Author: Willibald Posch
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TKT to defend United States DNA construct patent litigation brought by Serono.: An article from: BIOTECH Patent News

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TKT to defend United States DNA construct patent litigation brought by Serono.: An article from: BIOTECH Patent News

Manufacturer: Biotech Patent News
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This digital document is an article from BIOTECH Patent News, published by Biotech Patent News on August 1, 2004. The length of the article is 456 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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Date: August 1, 2004
Publisher: Biotech Patent News
Volume: 18 Issue: 8

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U.S.-style litigation not seen invading EC. (European Community): An article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management

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U.S.-style litigation not seen invading EC. (European Community): An article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
David C. Jones
Manufacturer: The National Underwriter Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000924X4I
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on August 27, 1990. The length of the article is 750 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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Title: U.S.-style litigation not seen invading EC. (European Community)
Author: David C. Jones
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 27, 1990
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Issue: n35 Page: p35(2)

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Cya-Change Your Attitude: Creating Success One Thought at a Time

Manufacturer: Sylvania, OH, U. S. A. : MacBay Presentations Company, 1997
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Delivers on its premise.......2006-08-14

I don't like to spend a lot of time in the kitchen, or wrestle with complicated recipes containing lots of ingredients. No one will ever label me a master chef. I simply want recipes that are quick and easy to make, low in fat, and taste good. Petersen's book delivers on all these points. Since buying her book, I've found myself cooking dinner for my wife (that's a switch!) and sharing recipes with my mother (unheard of till now!).

While no one will like every recipe in any cookbook, I've found several good ones in Petersen's (my favorite is the Hawaiian Barbecue Chicken). Since switching to a low-fat diet, Petersen's book has given me several recipes I can eat that I enjoy. If I - definitely an amateur in the kitchen - can make them successfully, you can too.

Low on the go.......2000-01-29

I saw Terri on Martha Stewart and the Vegi Enchilada she did was fast, easy and looked good. After buying the book, I tried that recipe, absolutely loved the flavor and put it together in 10 minutes! Hard to believe it was low-fat. My husband who is a meat and potatoes man actually tried the Vegi Enchilada and couldnt put his fork down. Knowing it is healthy AND tastes good is a bonus. I rarely, if ever, cook a meal but with these quick and painless recipe's I've gotten to be quite handy in the kitchen.

Lowfat on the Go.......2000-01-24

Terri has five active children and sujected them to trying each receipe before allowing a recipe to be in her book. She wrote the book while teaching nutrition classes and raising a family. Her recipes are easy to prepare and designed for a busy family -- hence the title assiciated with a busy lifestyle. Our family and friends use her book regularly and find the recipes tasty and nourishing. We recommend them to anyone -- young or old.

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This volume is a compressed survey containing recent results on statistics of stochastic processes and on identification with incomplete observations. It comprises a collection of papers presented at the Shoresh Conference 2000 on the Foundation of Statistical Inference. The papers cover the following areas with high research activity:

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Sewing Basics: Creating a Stylish Wardrobe with Step-by-Step Techniques
Patricia Moyes
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Sewing Basics is extremely helpful for someone just learning how to sew or someone getting back into sewing. It guides beginners through the entire sewing process, from preparing the fabric to mastering challenging techniques. Details such as deciphering the back of a pattern envelope, setting up a cutting surface, and using a seam ripper are fully explained for the novice. Ordered steps help sewers construct basic, simple garments that will suit any style, while full-color photos and drawings illustrate important points in each process. Chapters progress from making the simplest of pull-on skirts and pants through to jackets, with new techniques introduced along the way. Handy troubleshooting tips help beginners avoid and correct mistakes.

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Krivisty first hand account as top Soviet espionage officer in western Europe and his ultimate defection is a fundamental document of the crisis preceding the Second World War.

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Required Reading for Communist Deniers........2004-07-02

If I could I'd see every person who laments "US Triumphalism" regarding The Cold War be forced to read Krivitsky's memoir of his years in the GRU (Soviet Military Intelligence). Those who believe that America was too worried about communism in the thirties and forties would be wise to examine "In Stalin's Secret Service" for they'll discover that our intelligence bureaus were clueless as to the threat around us. They denied that there even was such a thing as Krivitsky's position in USSR. Krivitsky used to see NKVD agents walking around New York City and our authorities were none the wiser. Once you're finished with this tale, you'll have new sympathy for Whittaker Chambers who said after he left the communists that he "had exchanged being on the winning side for being on the losing side." With as rife as we were with communist spies in the middle part of the twentieth century, its a miracle that we won any wars. As a bonus, the spy stories are first rate.

Killed in Washington.......2003-07-21

Krivitsky's book is an intelligence classic and Raymond W. Leonard wrote a perfect and most comprehensive review, not missing any detail.

Maybe, except one or two. Krivitsky warned many times that the NKVD agents were after him and was still neglected by the FBI who did not stir a finger to protect him. The Bureau oficially refused to conduct an investigation after he was shot at the Bellevue Hotel in Washington and only secretly J.Edgar Hoover gave orders to his agents to look into the matter. That was one of the most shameful cases in his career. Then followed Dusko Popov and Peter Popov.

Concerning "the highest ranked publicly identified GRU", as Mr Leonard notes, Isaac Don Levine, who was ghostwriting Krivitsky's book, dramatically exaggerated his rank: in fact, he was Senior Lieutenant of State Security, which was equal to the Red Army Captain. To date, the highest ranked GRU defector is probably Lt.Col. Alexander Krapiva, who defected in Vienna in 1991. Among those, who worked as agents in place, there were, of course, Oleg Penkovsky and Gen.Polyakov, both GRU.

Again, I want to stress, that the review of Mr Raymond W. Leonard is most brilliant and knowledgeable.

The First and the Best.......2001-11-21

Walter Krivitsky served most of his career not in the OGPU/NKVD but in the Red Army Intelligence directorate, known during most of his tenure there as the "Fourth Department" (i.e., Fourth Departmnent of the Red Army Staff). He only came to the OGPU in the late 1930s, during Stalin's purge of the Red Army. Shortly thereafter, he defected to the West, where he was ignored by British and American counterintelligence until he wrote a series of articles on Stalin's foreign policy in 1938 for the Saturday Evening Post in which he predicted that Stalin and Hitler would negotiate some sort of alliance (this is still when Stalin appeared to much of the world as the leader of the anti-Fascist forces of the "Popular Front"). After that, "experts" in London and Washington finally got around to de-briefing him, and he even testified before the U.S. Congress before his mysterious death. No one really undersood what he had to say, however, and even today there are many (including scholars) who fail to comprehend the diference between Red Army intelligence and the secret state police. Krivistky's information should have been a "wake-up" call for western counterintelligence. Among other things, in the course of his debriefings he provided clues about an OGPU ring in Cambridge (the Blunt-Philby network--in fact, acting on the suspicion that he had tipped MI5 about their most valuable asset in the UK, the NKVD actually launched a full-scale investigation of Krivitsky in 1943--three years after his death!--whom they described as "the traiter from Red Army intelligence"), and offered comprehensive details about Fourth Department and OGPU operations in the U.S., including info. about a Fourth Dept. network with access to the State Department which later was corroborated by Elizbeth Bentley and Whittaker Chambers.

Krivitsky got his start in the Comintern and was involved in a wide range of espionage and subversion. The previous reviewer is simply incorrect about this. A careful reading of his memoirs reveals fascinating details about Soviet intelligence operations throughout Europe, including attempts to topple governments in Germany, Bulgaria, and Estonia through outright insurrection. Krivitsky also relates insider information about early Soviet signals intelligence, and top-secret details about Japanese intentions in the Far East. He was privy to Stalin's reaction to Hitler's purge of the SA. Krivitsky offers insights into a wide range of additional topics, including the role of Comintern and Red Army intelligence operatives in the Russian Civil War and war with Poland; the organizational development of Red Army intelligence; key personalities like Yan Berzin and Otto Kuussinen; the infighting between Red Army intelligence and the secret police (Cheka-OGPU-NKVD); the struggle for control of the CPSU leadership after Lenin's death; the role of Soviet intelligence in the Spanish Civil War; the origins of the purges; and even the value of American passports for covert operations.

Krivitsky remains to date the highest ranked publically indentified GRU (as Soviet/Russian military intelligence is known today)defector in history, and he was also one of the first. His insights and details have been confirmed by dozens of other accounts and sources down through the decades.

Familiarity with the historical context of his work enhances its value, but anyone with an interest in Soviet espionage (which in the case of the Soviet Union is inseparable from issues of state policy and politics--indeed, the more "sensational" works which focus exclusively on "spy stories" inevitably miss the larger point) should find Krivitsky's memoirs provocative, entertaining and rewarding.

Little espionage, lots of Stalin.......2001-01-19

The blurb on the dustjacket would have you believe this is a book about Soviet espionage. Not so. Krivitsky was a spy who worked for the OGPU, but the little he mentions of his job is just to prove a point. Partly it is about Krivitsky's experience during the Great Terror, and what happened to friends and associates. Mostly it is kind of a warning to America that the Soviet Union wasn't the Socialist paradise it seemed. This book was originally published in 1941, and 2 years before it was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post, so the style of the articles smacks more of "current affairs" than a memoir. It was meant as more of a wake up call to Americans who thought that the Soviets were always enemies of Hitler (not true when he wrote it), helped the republicans in Spain, and that the Great Terror was just propaganda.

So, if you liked Robert Conquest's The Great Terror or are interested in Stalinist Russia I would recommend this book to you. If you were like me and are interested in something of a more espionage bent, look elsewhere.

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The Art of Making Decisions.......2003-04-13

Whether you are a businessman, or a housewife - this is a book you MUST read. Once I started reading this book, I could not stop. It is full of real-life examples that anyone can use.

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