Advances in Accounting: 1991 (Advances in Accounting)

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Organizational Learning, Performance, and Change presents the most current theoretical frameworks and practical applications in the field of human resource development. Drawing from the authors' pioneering research, this book offers the most comprehensive treatment of HRD theory and practice available, providing educators and practitioners alike with a rigorous approach to analyzing and launching successful HRD programs.

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This handy reference contains tests with detailed solutions.

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A worthwhile addition..........2002-05-04

Like others, I found the verbal sections to be near-useless. However, the science sections more than make up for that shortcoming. They're great practice; just a touch harder than the actual sections on the test in my experience. The book isn't perfect, but it's a good buy and worth using.

Great for practice.......2000-06-23

Excellent book, the three tests were very much like the real MCAT, although some questions are a little off-the-wall overall, the book is excellent, definitely worth getting.

A MUST HAVE book

GREAT FOR THE SCIENCES!.......1999-08-19

This book has very good practice tests for the science sections (although there are a few errors here and there. If you know your stuff, you'll be able to pick them out and they won't phase you. For example, in two places they ask you to name an organic compound, and don't name it correctly in any of the choices!!!) Despite these tiny errors, the practice tests are very good and very helpful....EXCEPT THE VERBAL SECTIONS!!! SKIP THE VERBAL SECTIONS - there are MANY questions which have more than one correct answer in the choices, some questions which have no correct answers and the occasional question which asks for your opinion!!!! you'd never see any question without ONE correct answer on the MCAT and these verbal sections will drive you nuts! I'd still get the book and substitute a different verbal for the ones here.

Best practice tests I've seen.......1999-08-01

Though this book has a few mistakes, the question formats in the science sections are just like those of the MCAT, and the explanations are great. The authors didn't cut corners by making up shoddy passages or trivial questions. These practice tests are as close to the real thing as they get.

The tests are a good copy of the real thing........1999-07-28

The tests were a good challenge; however, the verbal section is not designed quite like that of the actual mcat but both test the same skills. There are few mistakes in the physical and biological sections, and some explanations for the verbal sections are confusing. Overall, these tests are a good imitation of the actual mcat.

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Meteorite research is fundamental to our understanding of the origin and early history of the Solar System. This book considers the mechanism and timing of core formation and basaltic volcanism on asteroids, and the effects of heating water-rich bodies. Results from meteorite research are placed in a galactic setting, and a theory is proposed for the origin of the planets of our Solar System. This advanced yet succinct introduction classifies meteorites in the context of their ages and origin.

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One of the only professional comprehensive meteorite books.......2000-02-14

This book is an invaluable source of information for the professional, and is also useful for those who have some background in geology. I've had this book checked out of the library for 2 years! It's time to get my own copy!

recommended by NASA for meteorite thin section analysis.......1999-08-31

If the person from Canada thought "it bit", perhaps they he would like to sell it to someone that finds the information invaluable. No other book published before or since focuses on the subject better!

It Bites!.......1999-01-13

I learned nothing form this book

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what a piece of junk.......2007-07-01

if you ever want to read a book whose sole function is to justify millions of children dying, going into comas and convulsing, this is the book to read. This guys says he's a pediatrician. He should be ashamed of himself.

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This carefully edited book puts together the state of the art and recent advances in knowledge incorporation in evolutionary computation within a unified framework. The book provides a comprehensive self-contained view of knowledge incorporation in evolutionary computation including a concise introduction to evolutionary algorithms as well as knowledge representation methods. Knowledge Incorporation in Evolutionary Computation is a valuable reference for researchers, students and professionals from engineering and computer science, in particular in the areas of artificial intelligence, soft computing, natural computing, and evolutionary computation.

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Knowledge Incorporation in Evolutionary Computation
Andrzej Janczak
Manufacturer: Springer Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LZF6QM

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All papers were peer-reviewed. Shock wave compression represents a unique approach to understanding condensed matter response to extreme conditions and to provide insight into nonlinear wave propagation.

This volume embodies the most recent research on shock compression of condensed matter, and includes 349 papers on topics including equation of state, phase transitions, chemical reactions, warm dense matter, fracture, geophysics and planetary science, energetic materials, optical studies, materials modeling, experimental developments, and biological applications of shock waves.

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A Love Story with Sauce

Enjoyable Robbins

garbage.

Love is the ultimate outlaw

couldn't even finish it

Still Life with Woodpecker
Tom Robbins
Manufacturer: Bantam
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Still Life with Woodpecker is sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict between social activism and romantic individualism, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes powerful Arabs, exiled royalty, and pregnant cheerleaders. It also deals with the problem of redheads.

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Still Life with Woodpecker is sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict between social activism and romantic individualism, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes powerful Arabs, exiled royalty, and pregnant cheerleaders. It also deals with the problem of redheads.

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A Love Story with Sauce.......2007-10-03

Every Tom Robbins novel is a fantastic journey with psychedelic whorl sauce. This novel will surprise readers who have navigated his novels with multiple converging stories and stretched fantasy. This is almost a regular novel from the Robbins set.

The novel has one story, of all things, a love story, with several overtly named and referenced themes the author invites the audience to analyze. This is a romantic novel (huh!) with a very traditional love story. I'm talking Romeo and Juliet stuff here. Is he baiting us? Is there something more to what he has directly pointed out? Maybe this time the story is told in his thoughts of object-ism, pyramid power, the moon and redheads (which is great) rather than his typical inviting challenge to follow the story in the characters. In this case, the story is a straightforward journey and the thematic discussions are the spot that requires effort. And by effort, I don't mean the Stairmaster or studying algebra, I mean allowing your mind to stretch out to meet Tom Robbins point to point.

As usual the characters in the story don't "fit the description"; an idealist princess and an outlaw; their actions intense and their purpose dubious which immediately makes it better than a "normal" book. I was challenged to dig the thematic definitions as deeply as I normally do the stories. Maybe I missed the connection between the characters and the themes that gives the book another layer. It is nice however, to see a different curve to a Robbins tale. For a regular Robbins reader the novel does have those things we love including the fantastic internal monologues that define the characters, the gluttonous descriptions of everyday objects (the Camel cigarette pack) and his incredible ability to concoct a story with a broken mold. For my tastes however, I enjoy dissecting a fantastic story more than I like trying to guess at someone else's conclusions on symbology and love.

Enjoyable Robbins.......2007-09-01

I have read Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All, and Another Roadside Attraction, all of which would easily earn 5 stars (and do, for that matter). This is my least favorite of Tom Robbins' books, but it did keep me rather entertained. If you are into Robbins and you want to read lots of his work, I really think you should read this book (and the others listed above). If, however, you are looking for something better, check out Skinny Legs and All. This book is a great introduction to his style and is is better tied together than Still Life.

My main complaint about this novel is that it felt a little more disorganized than usual (yes, I know, Robbins does this intentionally). The follow up to this disorganization usually leads to meaningful connections and points at the end where the story(ies) is resolved. Although there is some resolution and excellent use of language (he is the master of the metaphor), it lacks the writing skill of his other works. Generally his books advertise the unique and he follows up by delivering the reader just that: an explanation of the problem with redheads, for example. Although difficult to say exactly why, other books tend to 'follow up' on these with more explanation and deeper meaning.

The other issue I have with this book is the character development. The relationship between the two protagonist redheads felt odd and forced at about 100 pages into the book. Whether or not you decide to read it, Tom Robbins' novels all demand patience. Give it time and make a commitment to the book. Knowing this, it is easy for me not to get worried 75 or 125 pages into one of his books. Being a little lost is OK at first.

garbage........2007-08-19

i really don't have much more to say than that. eh. i know this short and lazy review will bump me down a few spots on the reviewer ranks, but i dont care. i am already in the millions. robbins writes for the people who dont read...yes, that is you (i can see you scowling at my arrogance). read a real book...i know it is hard to do if your high school teacher isnt assigning it, and i applaud you for getting at least one down. keep trying.

Love is the ultimate outlaw.......2007-08-07

The world is meaningless? Let's not pretend that we can make meaning then; let's just play with nonsense. However, are we being narcissistic by animating an uncaring world? Is it selfish to want a mutual relationship with a spoon? Clearly, having a job, or being a part of any organization is "dull" or even "evil." On the other hand, for Leigh-Cheri, an unemployed princess, and Bernard "Woodpecker" Wrangle, an unemployed fugitive, Objecthood is the highest plane of consciousness in the Outlaw bible. What is Objecthood? "In time, Leigh-Cheri became intimate with most of the inanimate objects in her environment..." In Objecthood, rain is not just rain, tequila is not just tequila, and of course, a box of cigarettes is not just a box of cigarettes. Throughout the book, Robbins is frantically personifying and free associating and generally making excessive word play. Whereas Vonnegut seemed to keep his descriptions to their intellectual and emotional essentials, Robbins prefers to repetitively lambaste a topic to death. Speaking of death, apparently, in 1980, a guy and his explosives could be considered a free-spirited nonconformist. However, in the later part of the 20th century, we have been jaded by the bombing massacres at Columbine (April 20, 1999) and Oklahoma City (April 19, 1995). The Woodpecker's light-hearted destruction of property no longer seems so playful or heroic. At one point in the story, Robbins even provides several recipes for making household bombs. Nevertheless, humanizing a cold abstraction or even some natural phenomenon gives us a way to understand it, one more way to arrange the world in our own terms, so that we can further comprehend it. Here the metaphors sometimes take over the book and control it. "Still Life with Woodpecker" is a pastiche of Vonnegut, Penthouse "Letters," pagan mythology and pop psychology. If you can get through the first third of the book, a mildly amusing story emerges.

couldn't even finish it.......2007-07-10

A now ex-boyfriend loaned me this book when we first started dating, it was his favorite book. Totally understand why we didn't work. I tried so hard to get into this book and read it and understand it, but it was awful (personal opinion only, don't blast me for hating). I can't even put into words why I hated it, I just did. It made little to no sense (the overly quirky and likely severely stoned author kept breaking into the story to yell at his old school type-writer the Remington...what>!?!). I should have ended the relationship based on the fact that this was his favorite book, turns out we were completely different and incompatable and our opinions of this book were merely the beginning. Not that there is anything wrong with him, the book or the author, its just not my thing even a little bit. No offense meant to those who are fans. I just didn't get it. What makes love stay...seriously, how can this book even remotely be marketed as a love story. Sure if an uptight yuppie princess finds a dirty, chain smoking, bad teethed criminal to be her Prince Charming, then ok...its a love story. Whatever.

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Still Life With Woodpecker spanish version

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Spanish version of Still Life with Woodpecker, printed in Mexico.

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A startling performance!

Still Life With Woodpecker

Manufacturer: DoubleDay
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Binding: Paperback

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A startling performance!.......2001-06-06

What could i write about this book that hasn't already been written? Fact is, for this book alone, Tom Robbins deserves more credit than he could ever get. "Still Life ..." is a perfect depiction of middle-class American culture of the 1970s and 80s, by one of the wittiest American authors of the late 20th century. One of the coolest stories i've ever read.

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