Educator's Lifetime Encyclopedia of Letters
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    Educator's Lifetime Encyclopedia of Letters
    P. Susan Mamchak , and Steven R. Mamchak
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    ASIN: 0137954360

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    Lifetime Encyclopedia Of Letters, Third Edition, With Cd-Rom
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    • Lifetime Encyclopedia Of Letters
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    • For a small business owner not the average consumer...
    • As a template, THE BOOK is very useful
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    Lifetime Encyclopedia Of Letters, Third Edition, With Cd-Rom
    Harold E. Meyer
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    ASIN: 0735202184
    Release Date: 2001-01-02

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    The modern conundrum: while the art of letter writing is fast extinguishing, the need for expressive, impressive, appropriate letters is as great as ever. The result? A mortifying amount of miserable missives that sadly miss the mark. E-mail informality is all very well for one's sister in Toledo or one's colleague three cubicles down, but when one needs to promote a product or raise funds, seek a job or request a favor, effectively complain, apologize, or reprimand, or send a letter of condolence, the typically confident and competent achiever gets noodly in the knees. Write a thank-you letter? The prospective correspondent is suddenly busy cleaning his or her desk and organizing the office files.

    All you really need is a template to show you the way, and that's where Harold Meyer's Lifetime Encyclopedia of Letters excels. There are 981 letters covering most every business or personal occasion, organized in 600 categories, and followed by a comprehensive index. From Declining Requests (subdivided into "Invitations," "Applications for Credit," and "Donations," among others) and Requesting Favors to Sympathy, Apology, and Thank-You notes, Meyer shows an array of approaches, discusses effective techniques for various intended results, and instructs you on which tone to pursue, depending on whom the letter is going to and what you're trying to achieve. The encyclopedia won't actually write the letter for you or affix the stamp, but it provides proven formats to help structure your thoughts, and smooth starter and closer sentences--typically the hardest to write--to jump-start your communication and end with style. --Stephanie Gold

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    With over 1 million copies sold, this classic letter writing resource is now available with CD-ROM, making composing the perfect letter quicker and easier than ever. Covering 625 distinct categories, this hands-on guide provides nearly a thousand ready-to-use letters for every conceivable situation--from seeking out new business to collecting debts to extending congratulations. To compose the perfect letter in a snap, all a stymied writer needs to do is find the appropriate topic in the index, read the brief lead-in comments, and follow the blueprint. Now including a CD-ROM for the first time in this third edition, adapting model missives are even quicker, freeing writers from the tedious task of re-keying. This targeted, user-friendly collection includes expertly crafted letters for: •

    Requesting favors, from a deadline extension to an extended stay with a relative. •

    Saying "no," politely but firmly, to sundry pleas, demands, and invitations. •

    Selling and fund-raising to get bottom-line results. •

    Seeking employment, and reprimanding and terminating employees. •

    Making and responding to complaints with impact. For writers determined to draft from scratch, author Harold Meyer offers crash courses in "How to Do It," with step-by-step outlines, interest-arousing openers, and clincher closers for each letter group. Sweeping in scope and eminently useful, Lifetime Encyclopedia of Letters is the ultimate reference for writing it right, whatever the occasion.

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    5 out of 5 stars Lifetime Encyclopedia Of Letters.......2006-12-24

    I am a proud owner of this book and recently ordered one second hand on Amazon for a girlfriend of mine, whom I got tired of writing letters for. I have recommended it to many friends who assume I'am a certified paralegal because of my letter writing skills. this book is a must have for anyone who needs to learn how to formulate a letter correctly.

    3 out of 5 stars Mediocre.......2005-03-06

    This book is mediocre. I'd expect a book on "letter writing" to provide examples of unusual and creative letters; letters that would catch and leave a fresh impression on the reader, but it's not the case.
    The professional section is OK, even though the letters are boring, dull, and predictable. The personal section is simply dreadful: tactless and unimaginative. Letters of sympathy and condolences are some of the worse ones.
    I'd not have bought it if I'd have taken a closer look at it.
    If you're already a good letter-writer, then this book is a good tool to provoke your OWN writing. If you're not, look for another guide.

    1 out of 5 stars For a small business owner not the average consumer..........2003-11-27

    I purchased this book thinking that the author provided a voice to capture my thoughts when dealing with merchants. Why I ever doubted my ability to write my experience with a product or services, I do not know.

    I agree that this book provides a template. If you use a Wordprocessing software application it already comes with one.

    I would not recommed this as a purchase for the average consumer.
    This book is written more for the small business owner, who for example, is attempting to collect bad debts or negotiating for better pricing on business services.

    5 out of 5 stars As a template, THE BOOK is very useful.......2003-06-26

    The Lifetime Encyclopedia of Letters has come in handy for me on several occasions (both business and personal). The book itself is broken down into categories, and within these are outlines, models, indexes, open/closing sentences, and example letters for each category.

    The "How To Do It" outline provides you with a step-by-step process for each letter. This helps to keep your letter focused. The explanations in the outline is brief, and somewhat vague, but if you follow through with the model letter, you can see what direction your letter would take.

    There are also suggestions for opening and closing sentences. This will help jog your inspiration. I never used any of the suggested sentences, but it did give me a clear idea of how I should open and close my letters. Many times, hesitation has been a result of not knowing how to start... this book helped solve that problem for me.

    The best feature of this book is the variety of letters. Some are more aggressive than others, and this can be tailored to what you are trying to "sell" or say. The contrasts in letter presentation gives you a chance to choose the most appropriate letter for those who will read it.

    The personal letter section is useful for the more "delicate" correspondence (compliments, reprimand, gifts, etc...). This book guided me with proper etiquette through some very nerve-wracking letters. It also provided me with the confidence to write more letters for appropriate situations. I have actually received compliments from letter receivers!

    This book is meant to be used throughout your lifetime, for business and personal uses. My copy is pretty old, and I still use it. The letters I write using the encyclopedia are absolutely my own. Because I view this book as a template of standards, I merely adapt it to suit my own personal style and needs. I recommend it to anyone who needs to write a letter and wants to do it right with the best results.

    4 out of 5 stars A Good Reference Item.......2001-12-14

    I'm confused by the previous reviews. It seems like the objections are to the CD-ROM...our copy didn't come with one. I work in a library, and when I have trouble writing a letter or more often coming up with wording for a condolence card (I'm hopeless at this) I run to the stacks for this book! I find it most useful for appropriate ideas not necessarily a complete letter. If I don't find the subject matter I need I plunder other letters for the right words...sometimes just a sentence can get me started. I've recommended this book to other staff members who have found useful information in it. I just ordered a copy for our professional reference collection!!! This book is a great resource, but perhaps not the answer to ALL letter writing ills.
    Lifetime Encyclopedia of Letters. Revised and Expanded.
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      Streetwise Lifetime Encyclopedia of Letters
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                        Staying Human in the Organization: Our Biological Heritage and the Workplace (Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence)
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                            Wow! I have been in the quality business for 20 years and I never seem to have the right kind of luck when searching for the appropriate quote, phrase or saying that can help drive a point, or provide some insight to the topic I am trying to cover. Since purchasing Quality Quotes about 2 months ago, I have used the book at least 4 times each week! Some of my co-workers have discovered it too, and are starting to borrow it....(I'm thinking they need to get their own copy!) If you are customer focused, quality oriented, or service savied, get this book....finding the right words will help you create the impact you need.
                            Order preferencing and market quality on NASDAQ before and after decimalization [An article from: Journal of Financial Economics]
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                              This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Financial Economics, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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                              Despite the widely held belief that order preferencing affects market quality, no hard evidence exists on the extent and determinants of order preferencing and its impact on dealer competition and execution quality. This study shows that the bid-ask spread (dealer quote aggressiveness) is positively (negatively) related to the proportion of internalized volume during both the pre- and post-decimalization periods. Although decimal pricing led to lower order preferencing on NASDAQ, the extent of order preferencing after decimalization is higher than what prior studies had predicted. The price impact of preferenced trades is smaller than that of unpreferenced trades and preferenced trades receive greater (smaller) size (price) improvements than unpreferenced trades.
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                                  5 out of 5 stars A MUST READ hands-on book for strategic visionising!.......2000-04-03

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                                  The Urge to Splurge: A Social History of Shopping
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                                  Laura Byrne Paquet , and Laura Byrne Paquet
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                                  Tracing the cultural evolution of shopping from outdoor bazaars to suburban malls, this brazen look at the history and psychology of one of humankind’s oldest pursuits considers the variety of reasons (and excuses) that drive the impulse to buy. An opulent collection of shopping places are described, including ancient markets, covered arcades of 18th-century France, gallerias of 19th-century Italy, and megamalls of 1950s America. Examples from literature and other sources explore the historically conflicted attitudes about shopping—it seems that fashionistas have always fought over the trendiest hemlines and hats. The development of buying options is detailed, from mail order catalogs and Internet stores to retail districts and massive supermarkets.

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                                  5 out of 5 stars I Shop Therefore I Am.......2005-08-06

                                  The Urge to Splurge is, according to its subtitle, a Social History of Shopping. It isn't an academic book, but with its attention to history and detail, its wide range of subtopics having to do with shopping, and the excellent bibliography for further reading, it can serve as a reference work as well as an entertaining pop culture book.

                                  Laura Byrne Paquet, a Canadian writer of romance fiction and Ottawa guide books, gives no hint of the distinctive (and different) styles that normally accompany both romance novels and travel writing. The tone here is conversational, even casual, while being very informative.

                                  The Urge to Splurge covers Tupperware parties, Avon ladies, mail order shopping, TV infomercials, online shopping, compulsive shopping disorder, kleptomania, shoplifting, the differences between men and women shoppers, malls, markets, bargaining, eBay, department stores, and more. You'll learn about the transition from bargaining to fixed prices. Paquet tells us about the first escalator in Britain, which was in Harrod's and had no steps. "It was just a conveyor belt, so thrill-seeking passengers who dared to get on had to hang onto handrails for dear life." Yikes.

                                  I was reminded that it was only a few decades ago that Sunday shopping was even possible in most places in North America and Britain. Long after Sunday shopping was the norm in the States, my husband and I spent a month in London and were disappointed to find that nothing was open on Sundays. After the first few restless Sundays, we started planning ahead, finding the few museums and shops that were open on Sunday afternoons, and eventually found ourselves looking forward to Sundays as the day when we could walk the streets and parks of London without the noise of the weekday traffic. Now Sunday is much the same as any other day of the week, shopping-wise.

                                  The Urge to Splurge will make you think about your own shopping memories or maybe re-think your attitudes about shopping. The section on Tupperware reminded me that a good friend once invited me to a Tupperware party and that I had turned her down, for the very good reason that I simply could not become the sort of person who goes to Tupperware parties. It seemed I had no problem with being the sort of person who is a snob.

                                  There's plenty of historical and social history in The Urge to Splurge, as well as a fair amount of interesting trivia. Perhaps you already knew that eBay did not really begin as a Pez dispenser trading site, or how many hundreds of thousands of dollars Jackie Kennedy Onassis spent on clothes each year. This is just a tiny bit of what you will learn from the book. My only complaint about the book is that it has no index.

                                  5 out of 5 stars From stalls to malls.......2003-11-05

                                  Books on buying and selling are beset with perils. Issues, from exploitation through gender politics to environmental ethics rise like vipers from the grass. Do you deplore the "Christmas rush" as "over-commercilized? In this informative and entertaining account, Paquet skirts these dangers while keeping a wary, but knowing, eye on them. Brimming with information and told with a verve rarely encountered, this book is a prize to read - and more than once.

                                  Buying and selling, she reminds us, are as old as human existence. The earliest farms meant surplus - "extra grain could be traded for a neighbour's goat", says Paquet. From these early exchanges, Paquet moves through market stalls and fairs, a commercial method lasting many centuries. "Shop", she explains, is a term going back to the 13th Century, but "shopping" had to wait until George III's era. "Shopper" took another century to become current. A reluctant shopper herself, Paquet leavens her "social history" with some lively personal experiences. A "Ladies Night In" at Holt-Renfrew in downtown Ottawa proved a breath-taking experience. The promotion line was perfume and sampling excesses drove her outside into the night air. The free martinis might have helped force the exit.

                                  Shopping is a two-sided affair. Paquet cleverly portrays the problems of bringing seller and buyer together for a successful transaction. Small towns had fairs and permanent shops for centuries in the Old World and the New. Buyers rarely had far to go, but selection was limited. Factory-made goods overturned long-established shopping patterns in many ways. The goods were cheaper, meaning more people could buy them. The buyers, earning money in factories, could purchase more than in previous times. The choice of goods increased as competition led to variety. The flood of new products drove the need for larger stores. Complicating the situation was the rise of suburbs, separating buyers and sellers.

                                  Paquet's description of these processes keeps your attention with her light, intimate style. Her social history sense conveys us through the invention of the cash register, the escalator, the use of window displays and arranging products inside the store. Her finest prose is expressed in the most revolutionary aspect of modern shopping. Early department stores maintained extensive staffs for waiting on customers. Clerks behind counters were supported by "cash girls" who took the order and your money, raced to a cashier's cage, often floors away, to record the purchase and obtain change. Racing back to the customer, still idling at the counter, the transaction was finally completed. "I have a sneaking suspicion those girls were really fit!", she proposes. All these fit children, some as young as twelve, were sacked when a new form of store arose - the self serve. "The customer had to do the work!", Paquet exclaims, almost as surprised as the buyers must have been.

                                  There are other forms of shopping than "going to the store". Paquet passes through the itinerant peddlers of the past to follow the Tupperware Parties and Avon Ladies of today. Tupperware festivities occur somewhere on the globe every 2.2 seconds! When the media wrote of "legions" of Avon Ladies, it was likely unaware that there have been 40 million of them since its 1886 founding. Even while in decline in North America, Avon has become established in 137 countries. In Brazil, "there are more Avon sales reps than serving in the country's army and navy combined". This global horde makes one billion transactions per year - one "for every six human beings on the entire planet, including children and men".

                                  We can all agree on the meaning of "splurge", but no dictionary tells us how it originated. So why do we do it? Is our impulse to buy driven by hidden enticements devised by "shopkeepers" and their successors? A quick glance at any modern grocery, she explains, shows how traffic is funneled into predictable paths. Hairspray and other adult "non-perishables" are placed at your eye level. Where do you find candy and the product's touted during Saturday morning's cartoon shows? Have we no control? Paquet's answer is "Yes!". While the lures to shop and overshop are strong, we need not submit to them. The choice remains ours, she declares firmly. While this is not a deep psychological study, there are practical problems that both buyers and sellers have, and continue to, address. She offers many modern issues in a fine summary chapter on "The Politics of Shopping".

                                  Paquet's ten-page Bibliography is valuable support for the book. Will you benefit from this book? Undoubtedly, given the range of topics Paquet covers, there's certainly something in here for everyone. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

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