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Firm Retreats: A Step by Step Guide for Cpa Firms
Dale D. Freidig Manufacturer: American Institute of Certified Public Accoun ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0870511858 |
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Finding Your Voice: Learning to Lead . . . Anywhere You Want to Make a Difference
Larraine R. Matusak Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0787903051 |
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A remarkable book, the only one I know that focuses on how 'ordinary citizens' can learn to lead. Well-written and down-to-earth, more importantly, it is powerful testimony to the possibilities within all of us.Offers a practical set of tools to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for effective leadership, and shows how individuals without a title or position of power can pursue their passion and fit leadership opportunities to their specific talents.
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Excellent Book - Must Read.......2005-10-23
A Great Book!.......2001-10-23
A book for everyone who wants to make a difference.......1999-09-14
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Finding Your Voice: Learning to Lead...Anywhere You Want to Make a Difference
Larraine R. Matusak Manufacturer: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000MHM9Z0 |
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Wage-Hour Compliance Handbook: Practical Guide to Law and Administration
Manufacturer: Aspen Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0735513880 |
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Wage-Hour Compliance Handbook: Practical Guide to Law and Administration, 2005 Edition
Manufacturer: Asp Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Ring-bound ASIN: 0735550956 |
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Wage-Hour Compliance Handbook is an all-inclusive, practical reference guide to wage and hour law. The Handbook contains concise and easy-to-understand explanations of key topics for the HR and Payroll practitioner, plus plain English language explanations of the laws. Updated annually, this essential reference offers you the information you need to stay in total compliance with state and federal wage-hour laws. The 2005 edition features: Completely updated state-specific chapter that spells out minimum wage, overtime, and child labor rules for all 50 states, plus information for each state on military leave payday laws, garnishment, prevailing wage, meal and rest periods, jury duty, and voting leave Coverage on the dangers of class-action lawsuits and federal military leave requirements Recent case studies showing how the courts apply wage-hour law to real world situations Specific steps for conducting wage-hour audit before the labor department investigator arrives Government forms Posters Key web sites Directories Fingertip guides And provides coverage of: The Fair Labor Standards Act Exemptions from FLSA's Minimum Wage and Overtime Compensation Provisions: Application to Specific Jobs and to Specific Industries Equal Pay Act Family and Medical Leave Act Davis-Bacon Act Walsh-Healey Act And much, much more Table of Contents Introduction The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Exemptions from the FLSA's Minimum Wage and Overtime Compensation Provisions The Equal Pay Act The Family and Medical Leave Act The David-Bacon Act The Walsh-Healey Act Sate Wage-Hour Laws Forms, Publications, and Posters Federal/State Directories Wage-Hour Web Sites Index
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Wage-Hour Compliance Handbook: Practical Guide to Law and Administration, 2006 Edition
Dorinda Descherer Manufacturer: Aspen Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Ring-bound ASIN: 0735553823 |
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Wage-Hour Compliance Handbook is an all-inclusive, practical reference guide to wage and hour law. The Handbook contains concise and easy-to-understand explanations of key topics for the HR and Payroll practitioner, plus plain English language explanations of the laws. Updated annually, this essential reference offers you the information you need to stay in total compliance with state and federal wage-hour laws. The 2006 Edition features: Completely updated state-specific chapter that spells out minimum wage, overtime, and child labor rules for all 50 states, plus information for each state on military leave payday laws, garnishment, prevailing wage, meal and rest periods, jury duty, and voting leave Coverage on the dangers of class-action lawsuits and federal military leave requirements Recent case studies showing how the courts apply wage-hour law to real world situations Specific steps for conducting wage-hour audit before the labor department investigator arrives Government forms Posters Key web sites Directories Fingertip guides And provides coverage of: The Fair Labor Standards Act Exemptions from FLSA's Minimum Wage and Overtime Compensation Provisions: Application to Specific Jobs and to Specific Industries Equal Pay Act Family and Medical Leave Act Davis-Bacon Act Walsh-Healey Act And much, much more
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Wage-Hour Compliance Handbook: Practical Guide to Law and Administration
Cheryl A. Lieberman Manufacturer: Aspen Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0735523258 |
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Shoemaker by Levy: The Man Who Made an Impact
David H. Levy Manufacturer: Princeton University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0691113254 |
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It was a lucky twist of fate when in the early1980s David Levy, a writer and amateur astronomer, joined up with the famous scientist Eugene Shoemaker and his wife, Carolyn, to search for comets from an observation post on Palomar Mountain in Southern California. Their collaboration would lead to the 1993 discovery of the most remarkable comet ever recorded, Shoemaker-Levy 9, with its several nuclei, five tails, and two sheets of debris spread out in its orbit plane. A year later, Levy would be by the Shoemakers' side again when their comet ended its four-billion-year-long journey through the solar system and collided with Jupiter in the most stunning astronomical display of the century. Not only did this collision revolutionize our understanding of the history of the solar system, but it also offered a spectacular confirmation of one scientist's life work. As a close friend and colleague of Shoemaker (who died in 1997 at the age of 69), Levy offers a uniquely insightful account of his life and the way it has shaped our thinking about the universe.
Early in his training as a geologist, Shoemaker suspected that it wasn't volcanic activity but rather collisions with comets and asteroids that created most of the craters on the moon and most other bodies in the solar system. Convincing the scientific community of the plausibility of "impact theory," and revealing its power for penetrating mysteries such as the extinction of the dinosaurs and the timing of the Earth's eventual demise, became Shoemaker's mission. Through conversations with Shoemaker and his family, Levy reconstructs the journey that began with a young geologist's serious desire to go to the moon in the late1940s. Sent by the government to find a way to harvest plutonium, Shoemaker instead found evidence in desert craters for what became his impact theory. While he never became an astronaut, he did become the first geologist hired by NASA and subsequently set the research agenda for the first manned lunar landing.
After a series of victories and setbacks for Shoemaker, the collision of Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter provided the most convincing proof to date of the role of impacts in our solar system. Levy's explanation of the scientific reasoning that guided Shoemaker in his career up to this dramatic point--as well as his personal portrait of a man who found white-water rafting to be an easy way to relax--sets these fascinating events in a human scale. This biography shows what Shoemaker's legacy will be for our understanding of the story of the Earth well into the twenty-first century.
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A Giant of Science.......2002-05-18
Levy is always a treat to read, with an enthusiastic and easygoing style which keeps the subject accessible and the language casual. He moves the narrative effectively, and frequently refers back to earlier portions of the book to jog the reader's memory regarding various details. The book follows a more-or-less chronological course in relating Shoemaker's life, although it does follow concurrent threads in seperate chapters, so it may confuse less-attentive readers from time to time as Levy covers Shoemaker's gological work during a particular decade in one chapter, and in the next might jump back to the end of the previous decade while describing his astronomical work.
The book's only real flaw is in it's extreme reverence for Shoemaker and the resultant unwillingness to dig for "dirt" in the process of profiling this colorful and contentious man, understandable considering how close Levy was to Shoemaker, and how close he remains to Shoemaker's wife Carolyn. While the general impression is that there was little actual dirt to be found, Levy glosses over some conflicts in Shoemaker's life, especially the significant personal break with his one-time student and co-collaborator Eleanor Helin, whose near-Earth object research has been truly influential as well. Additonally, passing but tantalizing mention is made in places of his (apparently) less-than-perfect relationship with his children when they were young.
All in all, these lapses are insignificant (worth a point off a pefect score, though), especially since it will most likely be many years before we are treated to any more thorough and (perhaps) less-biased biography by any other writer. Heartily recommended to anyone who likes a good biography or who has an interest in geology or the search for near-earth objects.
Should Be A Big Hit
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Shoemaker by Levy.......2001-03-09
A mark on the Earth and ashes on the moon........2001-01-06
Somehow I didn't take time to reflect on the "rightness" that the comet was discovered by the scientist most responsible for our current understanding of past and future impacts on the Earth. I guess it just seemed obvious that Shoemaker was the one to find the comet. (Actually, his wife Carolyn was the first to see it on film Gene and David Levy exposed.)
The day after his death I heard of the idea to include some of his ashes on the Lunar Prospector satellite that was soon to launch, orbit, and eventually crash on the moon. While I instantly recognized what a wonderful idea that was, my memory was fuzzy on his long contribution to lunar exploration.
Levy's biography is a wonderful summary of the Shoemakers' life and contributions to astrogeology. Shoemaker will be remembered as one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. Shoemaker's enthusiasm for geology was a key to his success and Levy concentrates on that, leaving the technical aspects to the bibliography. The result is a book anyone can read and all can learn from.
Five stars, several asteroids, and dozens of comets!
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Impact Jupiter: The Crash of Comet Shoemaker Levy 9
David H. Levy Manufacturer: Basic Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0738208809 |
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"The definitive memoir of the unfolding of the S-L 9 episode." --Publishers Weekly An account of the discovery of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet and its spectacular collision with Jupiter, just 6 months later, written by one of the comet's discoverers.Customer Reviews:
A Smashing Story That Will Leave A Big Impact On You.......2004-06-05
David Levy's book is a personal odyssey of how he and the Shoemaker's (Carolyn and Gene, the latter deceased as of 1998) happened to discover the impact of SL-9 in 1995. It was the first of 3 consecutive comet shows during the 1990's, with Comet Hyukatuke in 1996 and Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997 helping to revitalize astronomy and comet interest after the disappointing return of much-expected Halley's Comet in 1986.
The book does a good job of letting you experience the thrills that Levy and others went through during their confirming that the comet would hit Jupiter and the buildup to the expected collision dates. The diaries of the media frenzy are particularly illuminating. The one area where the book falls short is not having enough color photos of the impacts themselves. Published in 1995, "Impact Jupiter" should have had access to enough color photos, especially from the Hubble Space Telescope. There are some decent black-and-white shots, some interesting drawings and sketchings, but more color photos from the HST or other telescopes should have been included. Needless to say, there are a ton of such shots now available on the internet or in some quality astronomy and Hubble Telescope books.
All in all, an enjoyable and in-depth read on an event that had a long buildup and then was over in the course of a few days. Perhaps if we are lucky we will get another chance to witness a planetary impact in our solar system -- and hopefully, NOT on planet Earth!
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The Great Comet Crash: The Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0521482747 |
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The Great Comet Crash is a record of the spectacular collision between Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and the giant planet Jupiter in July 1994. Researchers who were involved in all aspects of observing and interpreting the encounter give personal narratives of the events, from the discovery of the comet through to the dramatic effects on the appearance of Jupiter in the hours, days and months after the collision. The chapters are all by distinguished researchers who personally participated in the international teams who recorded the events. The book is illustrated in colour throughout by the very best images selected from professional observatories around the world. The Great Comet Crash is the definitive illustrated account by professional astronomers of the collision and its consequences.
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Revelations: The Final Harvest
Douglas J. Edgel Manufacturer: Nyrmad Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0966196007 |
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There is something terribly wrong in the solar system, and it is about to take its toll on humanity.In the twenty-first century, an unthinkable chain reaction has manifested itself in an apocalyptic nightmare for the inhabitants of the Earth. Who would have thought it could have been born out of a seemingly innocuous comet, Shoemaker- Levi 9, which slammed into Jupiter in 1994?
Astrophysicist Levon Halston is called to a meeting of internationally renowned scientists to discuss the possible consequences of Jupiter's orbital deviation. Within months, his dire predictions are dwarfed, as the barely perceptible orbital deviation escalates into rapidly occurring celestial upheavals. Earth is captured in the gravitational field of another planet, sending the entire world into chaos, with meteors, earthquakes, firestorms, and unusual weather disturbances. And to make the devastation complete, a rogue country launches a nuclear attack upon the other nations of the world, while the U.S. is crippled and unable to organize a counterstrike.
Levon is plunged into an anxiety-ridden quest across the United States to find his 12-year-old daughter. Along the way, he converges with Michelle and Jordan, who are fleeing California's destruction. Together, they go through the furious struggles of a horrifying reality, at the same time trying to define their own utopia.
The Bible's mysterious book of Revelation unfolds as author Douglas J Edgel weaves a bone-chilling account of the last days of the world. This riveting, complex tale excites and unforgettably engages the reader's imagination.
A novel that feels so real, it just might be . . . some day.
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I couldn't put the book down! An excellent read..........1998-06-30
Intriguing plot aside, it is well written; The dialog between the characters, transitions between scenes, and the story line.
I chose this book for it's science fiction content and worried that the religious aspect might be a bit more pervasive than I would care for. But it all came together in a very exciting and thought provoking manner.
Hmmmm... I think I'll go read it again.
the read is like watching a movie ........1998-06-28
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The Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter: IAU Colloquium 156 (Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series)
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0521031621 |
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The spectacular collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter in July 1994 was a unique event in the history of astronomy. With a year's advance warning, astronomers and planetary scientists around the world were able to coordinate an observing campaign to track the event in unprecedented detail. A year after the event, a workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute provided the first opportunity for them to bring together their observations and foster a new understanding of the impact. In this book, the editors present fifteen invited reviews from authors selected as international leaders in the study of the impact and its aftermath. They have edited and arranged the chapters to provide a thorough and comprehensive overview of our knowledge of the event. While our understanding of the impact will evolve with future work, this book provides a solid foundation for new insights.
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The Comet Hale-Bopp Book: Guide to an Awe-Inspiring Visitor from Deep Space (Frontiers in Astronomy and Earth Science, Vol. 1,)
Thomas A. Hockey Manufacturer: ATL Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1882360141 |
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and the Planet Jupiter (SuDoc NAS 1.43:C 73/2)
NASA Manufacturer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00010LD8W |
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9: Impact on Jupiter and Plume Evolution
Thomas J; et al Ahrens Manufacturer: Academic Press, Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000KG6N4Q |
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9; Fragment and Progenitor Impact Energy
Thomas J; Toshiko Takata Ahrens Manufacturer: American Geophysical Union ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000KG9J1K |
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9; Fragment and Progenitor Impact Energy
Thomas J; Toshiko Takata Ahrens Manufacturer: American Geophysical Union ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000KGBO9A |
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Invitation to Organic Chemistry
A. William Johnson Manufacturer: Jones & Bartlett Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0763707449 |
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Essentials of Organic Chemistry is a new textbook written for one-semester and one- or two-quarter organic chemistry courses for non-majors. Its goal is to facilitate the learning of organic chemistry for students who need an overview of the subject in order to support study in their chosen career field (such as nutrition, nursing, biology, psychology, etc.). The approach taken in this text is to limit the content and present only that material which is essential for understanding the elementary workings of organic chemistry. As part of the overall teaching and learning program, Essentials of Organic Chemistry makes full use of today's teaching and learning technology. A text-specific web site, called Organic On-line, contains a variety of student resources that have been designed to provide them with the opportunity to become active participants in the learning process, capturing their interest as they learn. In addition, a unique instructor resource, called the Instructor's Tool Kit CD-ROM, features several different tools designed to make your lectures the very best they can be.
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INVITATION TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Johnson Manufacturer: JONES AND BARTLETT PUBLISHERS, INC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N55W4G |
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Embryogenesis: Species, Gender and Identity
Richard Grossinger Manufacturer: North Atlantic Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 155643359X Release Date: 2000-04-28 |
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Embryogenesis completes an ethnographer's 22-year study of the origins and boundaries of the universe. Echoing Sheldon Nuland's How We Die, Sogyal Rinpoche's Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, and many other sources, this book makes the vital link between science and religion as it discusses the evolution of the species. Touching on everything from Darwin to Derrida, and with headings running the gamut from "Chaos and Zen" to "The Universal Cellular Mold," this tome is for the reader with a large appetite for bold, eccentric investigations and with the leisure to digest such eclectic fare.Customer Reviews:
A unique masterpiece.......2000-10-18
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Reactor Physics in the Resonance and Thermal Regions - vol 2
Manufacturer: The MIT Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0262070243 |
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The Things That Are Caesar's
Bud Norman Manufacturer: Affiliated Writers of America ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1879915138 |
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The Things That are Caesar's.......2004-05-14
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Things That Are Caesar's
Arnold Heeney Manufacturer: University of Toronto Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0802019307 |
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The things that are Caesar's
Milton Katz Manufacturer: Knopf ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007DU0LE |
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The Things That Are Caesar's It takes qualities of one kind to win political power, but qualities of another kind to govern.
Milton Katz Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000J1RXUU |
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The things that are Caesar's: A novel
Reginald Wright Kauffman Manufacturer: D. Appleton and Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00086PTYI |
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Things That Are Caesar's: the Genesis of the German Church Conflict
Paul Banwell Means Manufacturer: Round Table Press, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000H5AZV2 |
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The things that are not Caesar's,
Jacques Maritain Manufacturer: Sheed & Ward ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006DC7I4 |
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Listening in on God's radio!: Being a reply to The things that are Caesar's,
John O'Connor ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006C42PQ |
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Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the thinds that are God's: The sermon preached at the consecration of the Right ... Alfred Harding, D.D., Bishop of Washington
Charles Edward Woodcock Manufacturer: Chapter of Washington Cathedral ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0008AHXOI |
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THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESAR'S - A DEFENSE OF WEALTH
Manufacturer: A.L. Fowle ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000H1B66O |
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