Facing Southwest: The Life and Houses of Jon Gaw Meem

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A colorful tour of the life and work of Santa Fe architect John Gaw Meem.

Regarded as the leading southwest architect of his time, John Gaw Meem brought the Santa Fe style to its peak in the 1920s and 1930s. Including original drawings, floor plans, and stunning color photographs, this book explores Meem's signature design elements and numerous examples of his unique Spanish- and Pueblo-influenced residences. 176 color and 100 black-and-white illustrations.

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Lots of info...but a duplicate of another work.......2007-07-10

If you are to purchase only one of Codina's books, I would recommend this one. However...he has the same book, with 2 different titles. I purchased both of them assuming they would be different since their publication dates are years apart. They are not. The above book, Handbook of Jewellry Techniques, is the same as Goldsmithing & Silver Work: Vessels, Ornaments, etc. So save yourself some money and purchase the less expensive of the 2.

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Good book to help you negotiate the slippery slope

A Very Informative Book

This is an excellent guide for workers' rights.

Job Rights & Survival Strategies: A Handbook for Terminated Employees
Paul H. Tobias , and Susan Sauter
Manufacturer: Jist Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Fired, Laid Off Or Forced Out: A Complete Guide To Severance, Benefits And Your Rights When You're Starting Over

ASIN: 0965600009

Book Description

A valuable self-help guide for the newly unemployed and those who want to be prepared when and if "the axe falls."

Now you can arm yourself with the latest expert advice about legal options and job loss coping methods. This valuable book was written by experienced lawyers Paul H. Tobias and Susan Sauter. In its eighteen chapters you'll discover information you cant' afford to miss. With tens of thousands of people being laid off every year, you need to know your employee rights. Chapters cover such diverse topics as how to take action against discrimination, how to deal with the judicial and administrative systems, and how to copewith the financial and emotional burdens caused by job loss.

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Good book to help you negotiate the slippery slope.......2001-02-07

Author Tobias guides the reader through that awful experience of losing a job. Employees sometimes need to know what there rights are, and this book helps. Useful for me as I negotiated severance and letters of recommendation...something that my employer really didn't want to do.

A Very Informative Book.......2000-01-05

This book is excellent. A great help for those who have recently been fired from a job or who are expecting to get the axe. I especially felt that the chapters on negotiating a separation package were useful.

This is an excellent guide for workers' rights........1999-11-09

I would recommend this book to anyone who is having problems at work

Getting Fired: What to Do if You're Fired, Downsized, Laid Off, Restructured, Discharged, Terminated, or Forced to Resign

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Know your rights!, and use them.
GOT RIPPED!
A helpful book at the right time for my career...
Not my Bag, Baby
Emotional strength during a tough job crisis

Getting Fired: What to Do if You're Fired, Downsized, Laid Off, Restructured, Discharged, Terminated, or Forced to Resign
Steven Mitchell Sack
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ASIN: 0446608564

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If you work for a living, you risk getting fired. But just because today's corporate culture has made job security a thing of the past doesn't mean you're helpless. In this book - a book everyone should have on hand - nationally known employment attorney Steven Mitchell Sack has created a first-aid kit surviving a firing, giving you the information and the power you need to fight back, cut a deal, stand up for your rights, and land firmly on your feet.This book tells you how companies frequently violate state and federal laws when they terminate employees. It tells you when to get a lawyer and when you don't need one. It offers strategies for getting your job back or getting more money when you leave, with letters to send to protect your rights and samples of actual termination agreements to show how other people have negotiated maximum severance and generous termination benefits. It also stresses tax implication of any termination settlement and how some deals can be structured creatively to benefit both you and your employer.Putting you back in control, GETTING FIRED offers in-depth help in such key areas as: * antidiscrimination laws: how they work and how they apply to you * how to build a discrimination case against your employer * pregnancy, sexual harassment, and equal pay: what every woman must know about getting fired * what you can do to keep your job if you think your company wants to fire you * the right way to resign your position * the ten most important steps to take as soon as you find out that you've been fired * safeguarding your health insurance and pension benefits * winning unemployment claims * protecting your reputation and getting favorable job references after a firing.Calm and thorough, GETTING FIRED is an advocate for you during one of the most vulnerable times of your life. Designed by an expert to save you money, save your sanity, and save your future, GETTING FIRED has the right information and strategies to make getting fired just another word for getting on with your life.

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Know your rights!, and use them........2005-12-27

Too many people are completely ignorant of their rights in general. Employment law is no different. This book is not about how to be a good employee and not get fired, it's not about office politics, it's not there to hold your hand through that tough time. It is a book about knowing and exercising your legal rights as an employee. Learn how to protect yourself at work before you even get the job. I highly reccomend this book.

GOT RIPPED!.......2005-06-25

The book was a great read for employment law; but when you think you have a case based on what you read in this book and get to the office and are charged $250 for consultation (1/2 hour)as he takes calls while meeting you, you start to feel a bit ripped off. All the info in the book that I thought made a case meant absolutely nothing when I went to meet this lawyer at his office. Before you consult, buy and read a couple of other books and get as much free consul as you can if at all possible...

A helpful book at the right time for my career..........2004-10-15

As a successful college football coordinator, I realize that my job is always under public scrutiny. Regardless of the fact that I, and the team, am highly successful and that we make our yearly trip to the Holiday Bowl, there is always the outside chance that people are not satisfied with my performance. With my ability to scheme. With my ability to adjust during a game. With my ability to develop talent. With my ability to utilize talent. But I digress.

The previous review noted that the book was only good if you are planning to sue. I don't see this as a negative. In fact, the threat of a lawsuit is certainly a reasonable way to maintain one's position. Also, I've discovered that it's very important to have photographs of one's superior in, shall we say, a "compromising position". I got that idea from the movie "The Firm", and it's allowed me to maintain a career track that is highly enviable.

I appreciate the advice in this book in response to getting fired, in particular the section dealing with "how to protect your pension". Why, just last year I gave my good friend Bull some advice on this very subject which turned out to be a huge help for him. He's now sitting out on his bass boat, fishing while collecting an amazing pension.

The part of this book that I disagree with is entitled "the right way to resign your position". There is no right way and no right time to do this. First, make them fire you. Screw them if they can't see your brilliance. Second, make sure you have those compromising photographs! These ensure that your boss complements you publicly, like "Greg is doing the best job in the country".

In all, this book was very helpful to me, and I plan to use many of these strategies to ensure proper compensation if I am fired. Oh, and I'll publish those pictures too. Which should serve as a reminder - never fall asleep in a strip club in Mexico if your friend has a camera! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!

Not my Bag, Baby.......2003-06-30

Only useful if you're planning to sue. Very depressing if you're searching for emotional support/help only. Do not recommend it overall. Too negative.

Emotional strength during a tough job crisis.......2001-07-20

During a restructuring phase at my company, i had the heavy feeling of not knowing if I was going to be next on the ax list. I stumbled across this book at a bookstore, not really looking for it. Reading the title, I said to myself that this is what I need right now. Very good solid stable advice from a seasoned pro in this field. Knowledge is power and this book gives you an extra kick of power.

Savage Dragon Volume 8: Terminated (Savage Dragon (Graphic Novels))

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Graphic SF Reader

Savage Dragon Volume 8: Terminated (Savage Dragon (Graphic Novels))
Erik Larsen
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Includes an appearance by Mike Mignola's Hellboy as well as the super-hero Star and the introduction of Zeek, plus Martians attacking, Chaos & Control, and more villians that you can possibly keep track of. Featuring a rambling, incoherent introduction, a sketchbook section that sheds a little light on the creative process, and Dung - you can't live without Dung!

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Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03

A lot of bad stuff follows the big green fin headed guy around, even if he doesn't want it to. Given this, he has finally been given the arse from the police force, somewhat for political reasons.

Given that this will in no way stop the superhuman menaces, especially ultra-powerful new arch-nemesis types, and will only make a few people feel better, it is really pretty silly.

Especially when you get invaded by aliens.

Congratulations! You've Been Fired: Sound Advice for Women Who've Been Terminated, **

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Supurb advice for those between careers
Everything you need to know...and then some

Congratulations! You've Been Fired: Sound Advice for Women Who've Been Terminated, **
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Supurb advice for those between careers.......1997-10-29

This is a super book with great advice on negotiating a severance, and getting out there to hit the pavement running again. Its a shame to see such a great book out of print, but if you can find a copy, its worth the wait!

Everything you need to know...and then some.......1997-10-04

I couldn't have gotten through this difficult time without Koltnow's advise. The book helped me negotiate a severance package, update my resume and network into a GREAT new position. I even negotiated a better package then I had at my previous job. Thank you for writing this book. My new bible!

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Annals of the American Revolution or a Record of the Causes and Events Which Produced and Terminated in the Establishment and Independence of the American Republic
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Annals of the American Revolution; or, a Record of the Causes and Events Which Produced and Terminated in the Establishment and Independence of the American Republic...and as Appendix Containing a Biography of the Principal Military Officers...
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Calculations of thermal,: Field emission for a terminated image potential, (NASA)

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Calculations of thermal,: Field emission for a terminated image potential, (NASA)
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Case Screening by the Crown Prosecution Service: How and Why Cases Are Terminated (Home Office Research Study)

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Case Screening by the Crown Prosecution Service: How and Why Cases Are Terminated (Home Office Research Study)
Debbie Crisp
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Effective control of terminated government contracts as practised by Sperry Gyroscope Company, Inc.

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Affirmative action has been and continues to be a volatile, complex, and hotly debated issue. In this volume, Ronald Turner provides a comprehensive resource and guide through the maze of preferential treatment doctrine, U.S. Supreme Court decisions relating to affirmative action, and agency regulations and practices. Rather than focus on the moral or constitutional issues involved, Turner seeks to provide an objective analysis of the evolution of the legal concept of affirmative action--to describe what the law has actually meant in practice rather than judge whether affirmative action is either right or wrong, constitutional or unconstitutional. To this end, Turner defines and examines what affirmative action was in the early 1970s when the concept was first enshrined in law and explores how the Supreme Court is now interpreting the concept. He also discusses cases involving set-aside programs and analyzes other federal and state government programs in which constitutional principles and Executive Orders remain untouched by the Supreme Court's recent conservative rulings. Following an introductory chapter in which he reviews the basic issues involved in the affirmative action debate, Turner discusses the origins and development of the affirmative action concept. He then examines affirmative action in the employment jurisprudence of the U.S. Supreme Court and the application of the Court's rulings by the lower courts in selected cases. The requirements of Executive Order 11246 and its implementing regulations and the impact of the order on federal contractors are detailed in a separate chapter. Turner also offers a brief treatment of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's affirmative action guidelines. Finally, the author explores the judicial review of minority and women business enterprise programs, with particular emphasis on the Supreme Court's 1989 ruling which invalidated a minority business enterprise statute enacted by the City of Richmond, Virginia. By thoroughly analyzing the record of the courts and legislative and administrative initiatives in affirmative action, this book offers guidelines and information which will be invaluable to all segments of the labor management community involved in and responsible for affirmative action and preferential treatment of minorities and women.

Lessons for the future of affirmative action from the past of the religion clause? (Public law and legal theory working paper)

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