Architect's Essentials of Contract Negotiation (The Architect's Essentials of Professional Practice)

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For architects, negotiation is explicit in every aspect of practice, just as it is implicit in every aspect of design. And now you can develop or refine the negotiation skills you need with the help of this concise, easy-to-follow guide. Written by an acknowledged expert in the field, this volume in the Professional Practice Series offers accessible, practical coverage of contract negotiation essentials related to growth, expansion, new management, internal transitions, mergers, acquisitions, liquidations, retirement, and more. Also, like all the books in this series, the information you'll find here is expressly tailored to the needs of the design professional.

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A true contribution to the architectural profession.......2006-12-21

Ava Abramovitz has distilled her years of experience as attorney, advisor and mediator into a wonderfully readable book. Her insights and suggestions will benefit every architect who has strugged with uncertainty during contract negotiations. A wonderful addition to our professional library.

ESSENTIAL to say the least.......2006-09-20

Did you know that negotiation can be taught? Most architects do not understand that the rest of the world NEGOTIATES. This book is absolutely ESSENTIAL to the business end of architecture, as well as to life. How do you handle a client who wants full ownership of documents? Do you know what liability that can open you and your firm up to?! Do your key employees know how to negotiate? What about negotiating design? Are all aspects of the design so important that you're willing to walk away from the job, the client and future work; or do you know how to negotiate a win-win situation? This book is for ANYONE in the firm who is in direct contact with the client or other representatives of the client. GET AND READ THIS BOOK! (It will even help with non-professional relationships.)

Valuable Advice for Either Side of the Table........2004-03-03

Contract negotiations are often tedious and frustrating. This book was refreshingly useful because it laid out strategies for achieving desired negotitated results. The book's advice and approach can be applied with profit to any contract negotiations, but it's examples are based on negotiating the complicated agreements between Owners and Architects. I've used it with success to explain the Architect's needs and concerns to Owners and, just as frequently, I've used it when representing Owners to explain why a certain compromise and position in negotiations with Architects makes sense. It is a book with balanced advice on how to negotiate in general and how to do so in particular in the Owner/Architect context. It's many specific examples and suggested solutions to typical negotiation issues have saved me hours of time attempting to articulate to opposing counsel or my clients what the author has already compiled in this book.

I've found its contents so useful that I've taught portions of seminars to Architects, Contractors and Owners using lessons and insights taken from the book. The attendees always have commented favorably on the concrete, practical advice they have learned from those portions of the seminar.

This is a valuable book. If you're involved in any negotiations, especially construction, it is worth purchasing.

a great book about negotiation and communication.......2003-08-12

I teach architecture students a course on professional practice and have made Architect's Essentials of Contract Negotiation required reading. Of all the sources I've read on this topic, Ava Abramowitz offers the most accessible and well-reasoned explanations of what every design professional must understand about negotiation (and communication).

Abramowitz's many years of experience as a counselor, teacher and mentor to architects has clearly given her insight into how architects think, and she uses this insight to great effect. My students enjoy reading this text (especially Chapters 3&4) because it connects to the way they see the world (and helps focus that vision) in language that rings true. Don't be fooled by the word "Contracts" in the title; this is a great book about architects and negotiation in general and one that I believe all architects should own.

Better than Getting To Yes.......2003-05-03

I am not an architect, but I loved this book. It clearly laid out steps real people can take to negotiate tough problems -- whether construction-related or not. The chapter on communication skills and the one on dispute resolution alone were worth the price of the book. In fact, I would say, as a senior manager of a growing business, that anyone who seeks to accomplish anything important in any business would benefit from the information this book contains. It should be required reading for all.

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Fantastic!.......2003-03-30

This is a must-have book for anyone interested in paint by numbers. Everything you wanted to know about the creation and development of PBNs is here along with what happened to the "creator" of PBNs. This is the ultimate insider's guide to a fun and addicting art form.

Neat!.......2000-01-22

A great read. It's got a bit of everything for PBNers. Not exactly a collectors book, but a fun, well writen account. Probably the only book written on PBNs. And from the (Craft) master himself!

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The stories of six colonial Australian gardeners and their transformation of the Australian landscape are told in this revealing look at 19th-century botany, horticulture, and plant collecting. Original writings, illustrations, and photographs from this time period help to reveal the progress of the gardeners as they made clearings on land that they did not understand people still inhabited.

Exploring New World Imagery: Spanish Colonial Papers from the 2002 Mayer Center Symposium

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Exploring New World Imagery: Spanish Colonial Papers from the 2002 Mayer Center Symposium

Manufacturer: Denver Art Museum
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Spain | Europe | History | Subjects | Books

ASIN: 0914738518

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The Jan and Frederick Mayer Center for Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art at the Denver Art Museum sponsors annual symposia in these two fields of art. This volume presents essays on Spanish colonial art from the 2002 symposium, which focused on objects in the collections at the museum. Color reproductions of many of these works illustrate the essays.

New Netherland: A Dutch Colony in Seventeenth-Century America (The Atlantic World) (The Atlantic World)

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New Netherland Described at Great Cost
Excellent.

New Netherland: A Dutch Colony in Seventeenth-Century America (The Atlantic World) (The Atlantic World)
Jaap Jacobs
Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 9004129065

Book Description

This volume covers the history of the Dutch colony New Netherland on the North American continent. Based on extensive research of archival material on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, much of which has not been previously used, this work provides the most complete overview yet of a colony that has been generally neglected by historians. The chapters deal with themes such as patterns of immigration, government and justice, economy, religion, social structure, material culture, and mentality of the colonists. This book will be very useful not just for students of Dutch colonial history, but also for scholars in early American history.

Readership: All those interested in the history of New York (both City and State), American colonial history in the seventeenth century, Dutch colonial history.

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New Netherland Described at Great Cost.......2007-05-07

This is a very good book for those with an interest in New Netherland in general and New Amsterdam in particular. Jaap Jacobs compares and contrasts the social, economic, governmental, religious, and cultural practices and institutions of New Netherland with those of the Netherlands and describes the role of the West India Company throughout the period of Dutch governance of the colony. The author's text is thoroughly documented with source information in footnotes on nearly every page. For what is clearly a definitive work on life in New Netherland, I found the text to be very clearly written, without tedium, and surprisingly readable. Readers having ancestors among the inhabitants of New Amsterdam may be pleasantly surprised to find accounts of the doings, occupations, or legal problems of some of those ancestors. I found several such accounts and am doubtful that this information would have come to me in any other way. This is a very expensive book, however, and I subtracted a star from my rating because of its cost for an individual purchaser. I would encourage libraries with meaningful history collections or particular interest in 17th-century colonies in North America to obtain Jacobs' book for use of their patrons.

Excellent........2005-09-09

This is a fantastic reference book for anyone interested in the Dutch Atlantic World, specifically New Netherland (obviously). I have not purchased it yet, but the bits that I have read at the library have been most useful.

Note: It is encyclopedic!

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In The Power of One, a mysterious flying fortress is traveling across the land, seeking to capture the legendary birds Moltres, Articuno, and Zapdos. And according to legend, when the birds fall out of balance, nature itself will go out of control. Ash, Misty, and Tracey are the only ones who can help, but they're busy visiting a tropical island. In Pikachu's Rescue Adventure, Togepi wanders off and gets lost. Pikachu and Elekid must find him somewhere in the branches of a giant tree. Along the way, they meet rare Pokemon such as Hoot Hoot, Bellossom, and Ledyba. Exciting adventures abound in both stories, which are illustrated with actual cels from the hit movie.

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Beutiful and well done........2001-04-16

This comic book version of Pokemon 2000 tells the whole story of the second pokemon movie as well as the short "Pikachu's Rescue Adventure" in glorious detail. It contains just about every scene from the movie and as an extra a mini pokedex on the non human stars of the movie like Lugia and Slowking.

I recommend it to anyone who loved the movie.

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Perfect for Lugia/Pokemon Lovers!

What can I say? This is a good book!

The Art of Pokemon: The Movie 2000: The Power of One: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure
Takeshi Shudo , and Hideki Sonoda
Manufacturer: Tandem Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: School & Library Binding
ASIN: 0613790383

Book Description

The Art of Pokemon: The Movie 2000 features gorgeous color images from the 45mm film used to make the movie. It also contains information and color images from the Pokemon special teamed up with the movie.

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Perfect for Lugia/Pokemon Lovers!.......2001-03-07

This book of art from the Pokemon 2000 (Revelation Lugia) movie is wonderful, to say the least. I was greatly impressed, it easily surpassed my expectations. Though the art is fantastic and plentiful, some of the most noteable features is information; the book gives a nice synopsis of the film and the short that was played with it, as well as a nifty little Pokedex for the new Pokemon featured in the movie. It's a great addition to any Pokefan's collection! I highly recommend this one.

What can I say? This is a good book!.......2001-02-04

This book is really good, but unfortunately I found a few misprints. But, then again, every book has misprints, so I shouldn't be so nit-picky. Also, I noticed something: in this book, Lugia said, "You, who recovered the two treasures, are our best hope," when it's saying that Ash is the Chosen One. But wait! In the movie, Lugia said that only with the help of the true Chosen One (Ash), would the Ice Sphere glow brightly like the other two. So I think they took that particular sentence in the book from the Japanese version of this movie. Also, about those weird drawings on page 44 . . . who drew them? The reason I'm not giving this book less than five stars is because it answered a lot of my questions. I hate to admit, but I didn't really understand the real reason that Moltres and Zapdos were attacking each other in Lawrence's airship. And that's just one example. There were a lot of other things I was sort of confused about that this book explained. Last note: this book tells you the name of the Pokemon collector! Lawrence III! But why doesn't the elderly man (you know, the one who told Ash that the festival was just for the tourists) have a name?

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Pokemon 2000 the Movie-The Power of One

Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Pokémon | Popular Characters | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B000H3QNVK

Pokemon the Movie 2000: The Power of One (Pokemon (Scholastic Sagebrush))

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Great
This book is exciting

Pokemon the Movie 2000: The Power of One (Pokemon (Scholastic Sagebrush))
Tracey West
Manufacturer: Tandem Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: School & Library Binding
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ASIN: 0613267400

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Great.......2001-11-21

You have to have this in your collection otherwise you'll be sorry.
It was so good I read it ten times!!!!!!!
Finnaly a book about a movie that is just as good as the movie.

I rate it 100000000000 out of 10.

This book is exciting.......2000-08-14

I think this book is great to read because I wasn't able to watch the movie myself and I really wanted to. I borrowed this book from a friend who had it and it was fun to read. It filled me in on the whole movie. I like to read and I think this book is great.

Pokemon the Movie 2000: The Power of One

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Pokemon the Movie 2000: The Power of One
Tracey West
Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Pokémon | Popular Characters | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B000SR508W

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How to transform raw data into knowledge--and empower businesses with a significant competitive edge!

What is a "data warehouse?" It's a database that's structured to support business decision making. A data warehouse organizes, analyzes, and synthesizes huge amounts of raw data--so that it's intelligible and useful to employees. Until recently, all that data would be stored in centralized, monolithic storage media. It was cumbersome to manage, slow to operate, and expensive to maintain.

Internet technology has changed all that forever! In this insightful book, managers and information technology professionals get a clear-eyed overview of what's required to set up and use distributed data warehouses--which utilize multiple computers (networked together via Internet technology) to store and access data as needed. The book takes a look at:

* Basic functions and benefits of a distributed data warehouse and what's required to set one up * Many of the complex technical issues involved, such as placement of functions and data, web-enabled computing technologies, object technologies, and more * The full spectrum of what a data warehouse can deliver--and how to exploit it * How to present and justify a business case for creating a data warehouse.

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An Excellent Introduction to Data Warehousing.......2000-10-04

My introduction to Data Warehousing was a water cooler discussion with a colleague just returned from a Data Warehousing workshop. The main topic of that discussion was the long development time required by data warehousing projects and how foolish it was start any project where the first "deliverable" to a business user was planned for three years hence.

With the approach that Ms. Moeller presents in this book, however, data warehouse projects are made eminently manageable by planning a series of major deliverables spaced 3-6 months (not YEARS) apart - at a fraction of the cost of a full-blown "Data Warehouse." Data Warehousing projects no longer have to automatically connote the development of a "black hole."

Potential readers should be aware that this book is not a "how-to-do-it." Rather, it focuses on what has to be done and how to approach a Data Warehousing project in general.

One final note: having read Ms. Moeller's past articles in the journal "InfoDB", she continues to present very technical information in a lucid, clear writing style. I'm still amazed that I read each chapter straight through in one sitting. This is the first "technical book" I have read in a very long time about which I can make that statement.

NYC Consultant.......2000-09-12

What an asset to the Internet enabled Data Warehouse! As a consultant in the field, someone offering a practical solution to the Data Warehousing environment provided valuable insight that I can offer my clients. With Internet applications becoming more abundant and the volume of clickstream data reaching terabyte sizes, it is wonderful that the author offered a solution of distributing pieces of the data warehouse across different nodes. The authors' step-by-step process, that includes a valuable discussion on security, will assist in multiple environments but especially in the e-commerce arena.

Turning Fantasy to Reality.......2000-09-08

R. A. Moellers approach in this book is extremely pactical. The author give usable examples on how to build a distributed data warehouse that could cross political boundardies. This is valuable to anyone building e-commerce applications that cross not only divisional boundardies but corporate boundaries. The chapter on security was especially interesting and helpful for an e-commerce situation as well.

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Don't Bother

"You Too Can Make a Million Dollars in Real Estate"!

"You Too Can Make a Million Dollars in Real Estate"!

Read This Book Before Investing in Real Estate, It's worth!

Real Estate 101 - Buying Real Estate 102 - Renting (Hilda's Basics)
Hilda Giron Erfe
Manufacturer: Cliff Walk Press, LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Real Estate Investing for Dummies

ASIN: 0972503242

Book Description

Real Estate 101- Buying, Real Estate 102 - Renting is written by an expert who has over twenty years experience in buying and renting houses. Author Hilda Erfe has written the book in a simple format with easy to understand text and Hilda's Helpful Hints. Learn how to obtain a mortgage, find good tenants, furnish your houses and much more!

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Don't Bother.......2006-01-10

I'm having trouble getting useful information out of this book. It is not very well written, organized or edited. I'm sure Hilda is familiar with the subject matter; however, others have written much better books on the subject of real estate.

"You Too Can Make a Million Dollars in Real Estate"!.......2003-02-23

"Remember that having a bad tenant is far worse than having no tenant at all! The house is better being empty for a month, rather than having it destroyed or neglected by a bad tenant"! is one of the many helpful hints form Hilda that can be found throughout "Real Estate 101 Buying - Real Estate 102 Renting".

This friendly and easy to read book has chapters everyone can learn from...ranging from "Buying A House", "Finding A Good Tenant Problems." Each chapter has suggestions that can be immediately applied for quick results.

The author, Hilda Giron Erfe has a gusty style and an acute business acumen that has earned her recognition in a wide variety of business environments and has made a wealthy woman.

Hilda writes from the position of a successful entrepreneur. She believes if she can do it, so can others. This book covers her experiences over the past 20 years in buying and renting houses. She also frankly discusses how she has learned from her mistakes and how she went from putting a small down payment on her first house to managing over a million dollars worth of properties.

Please remember, real estate is the primary way to accrue wealth in America. READERS ARE CERTAIN TO BE INTERESTED!

"You Too Can Make a Million Dollars in Real Estate"!.......2003-02-23

The author, Hilda Giron Erfe has a gusty style and an acute business acumen that has earned her recognition in a wide variety of business environments and has made a wealthy woman.

Please remember, real estate is the primary way to accrue wealth in America. READERS ARE CERTAIN TO BE INTERESTED!

Read This Book Before Investing in Real Estate, It's worth!.......2003-02-20

If you have ever thought about getting involved in Real Estate Investment - First Read This Book! The book is a "How-to" and give you a foundation of all you need to know before starting your real estate investment. "Real Estate 101 - Buying Real Estate 102 - Renting" is full of example that successful help you understand how things work with real estate. I found the book very easy to read, useful as well pretty relaxed. The book definitely was worth time and money !!!!

Real Estate 101 Buying, Real Estate 102 Renting: All You Need To Know To Invest in Real Estate Successfully (Hilda's Basics)

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Real Estate 101 Buying, Real Estate 102 Renting: All You Need To Know To Invest in Real Estate Successfully (Hilda's Basics)
Hilda Giron Erfe
Manufacturer: Cliff Walk Press, LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N63T2W

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