Individual Taxes 2003-2004: Worldwide Summaries (Worldwide Summaries Individual Taxes)

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PricewaterhouseCoopers Individual Taxes 2003-2004: Worldwide Tax Summaries provides you with the most comprehensive summary of basic information about individual taxes and tax rates in over 120 countries and territories.

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Corporate and Individual Taxes 2003-2004 WorldWide Summaries (Worldwide Summaries 2 Volume Set)

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Corporate and Individual Taxes 2003-2004 WorldWide Summaries (Worldwide Summaries 2 Volume Set)
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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Large international corporations and accountants representing international interests require the most up-to-date information regarding tax issues in countries around the world. Worldwide Summaries provides in two volumes vital information on the tax systems of over 120 countries. Volume 1 is for corporate tax and Volume 2 is for individual tax.

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MASTERFUL FACILITATION Becoming a Catalyst for Meaningful Change

Facilitators must be masters at helping groups and organizations reach their goals. Whether it is helping an executive team complete a strategic plan, guiding a group through a team-building exercise, or assisting a individuals to resolve conflicts, facilitation is a skill that is becoming more and more important.

Using three key concepts in this book, managers and anyone interested in the fine 'art' of facilitation will be able to help group members articulate their purpose and determine their true desired results. They will be able to choose the level of intervention that will be the most powerful and efficient for that particular group -- and ultimately become 'master' facilitators who are adept at:

** achieving maximum results ** removing barriers to performance and leaving people and organizations more knowledgeable and skilled than before ** engineering change efforts that are effective and empowering A. GLENN KISER (Davidson, NC) is president of Kiser Consulting Services and has nearly 20 years of experience in the field of organizational development. He has trained more than 100 facilitators to use his systematic approach to facilitation.

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Remove the words "Masterful Facilitator" from a page or two.......2000-03-17

Good book - I have gained a lot from this book but it is not an easy read. Take that beat-to-death-ugly phrase, "Masterful Facilitator", out of a few pages, please. Sounds like we're reading about the "Terminator". Good lessons we can all learn concerning change in the workplace - good reality check when dealing with inevitable changes.

concise, easy to follow, powerful tool for managers.......1999-08-10

This book is a must read for human resource people on up the CEO's. It is easy to follow and has many concrete examples to how to affect self discipline and followship. It is a more simplified book than the "Fifth Discilpine Fieldguide" by Senge but has the same impact.

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Great, concise review.......2006-10-06

This is a great review book for pharmacology. It's concise and easy to carry. It has everything laid out in outline format, with the important facts in bold, so you can read through it quickly. Highly recommended!!

Katzung & Trevor's Review of Pharmacology

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Katzung & Trevor's Review of Pharmacology
Anthony J. Trevor , Bertram G. Katzung , and Susan B. Masters
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Medical
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ASIN: 0071488693

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The best-selling study guide for pharmacology students!

Ideal for course review and USMLE Step 1 preparation, this guide features more than 3,000 USMLE-type questions with answers, a concise yet thorough review of basic and clinical pharmacology, and the most up-to-date information on all current drugs.

Medical Pharmfile: High Yield Complete Review of USMLE Pharmacology...for Coursework and USMLE Review

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Medical Pharmfile: High Yield Complete Review of USMLE Pharmacology...for Coursework and USMLE Review
Medfiles Publishing , Edward Orlando , and Daniel Feinstein
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High-yield Pharmacology: India Edition
Daryl Christ
Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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One of the most amazing books I have seen in my life.......2003-07-05

This is one of the most amazing books, I have come across in my life. It does justice to its title: Conceptual Astronomy. Being trained as a physicist, I was amazed by the use of key words expressing the central idea, such as: Newton's First Law: The Interial Law, Newton's Second Law: The Force Law, Newton's Third Law: The Reaction Law. Same goes with Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion. Key Ideas are put down in separate boxes, all with use of only elementary mathematics. I have been using this book as supplementary reading in my freshman to senior classes.

The same style is followed while dealing with abstract ideas of mathematics, e. g., models and the conditions which they must satisfy (with everything wrapped up in a single word: Explain, Predict, Verifiable, Chageable - of course, I add a fifth condition: Mathematically Consistent).

It is not that the book is all dry pouring up concepts of physics, matheamtics and astronomy. It has beautiful pictures (in fact, breathtaking pictures), it has support material listed, with a question test bank available, all making it the most suitable textbook to adopt for non-mathematics majors.

It is a pity that such a book is out of print. Books like Conceptual Astronomy: A Journey of Ideas "never" die.

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This book serves as a supplement to The Pyrazines, Volume 41 of the Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds series. It covers the literature published between 1979 and 2000, and–together with Volume 41–provides a complete, up-to-date reference for heterocyclic chemists. It emphasizes practical approaches to pyrazine chemistry, offers a full appendix of all simple pyrazines up to 2000, and features detailed coverage of the following topics:

Systematic descriptions of all primary synthetic routes to pyrazines
Other preparative routes to alkylpyrazines and their reactions
Halogenopyrazines and their synthetic uses
Oxypyrazines and trivial names for pharmaceutical or agrochemical pyrazines
Thiopyrazines
Amino-, nitro-, and other similar pyrazines and their reactions
Pyrazinecarboxylic acids and their derivatives

The supplement features extensive cross-references to the original volume and uses chemical nomenclature as per current IUPAC recommendations

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The Pyrazines, Supplement I (Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds: A Series Of Monographs)
D. J. Brown
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MU4P1I

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Many scientists and engineers now use the paradigms of evolutionary computation (genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, genetic programming, classifier systems, and combinations or hybrids) to tackle problems that are either intractable or unrealistically time consuming to solve through traditional computational strategies. The Handbook of Evolutionary Computation addresses the need for a comprehensive source of reference in the maturing field of evolutionary computation. The handbook is available in a looseleaf print format and an online format.

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incredible complete and useful.......2000-08-31

This book is an edited collection of chapters written by knowledgeable researchers in the field of evolutionary computation. The collection is very well organized, and it covers in adequate depth many topics of evolutionary algorithms. This is an expensive book, but it is worth the price if you are really interested in a good reference book of this area. I recommend it highly.

Handbook Evolutionary Computation - Inst Physics Publish

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Handbook Evolutionary Computation - Inst Physics Publish
Fogel Michalewicz Back
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Handbook of Evolutionary Computation: looseleaf edition and World Wide Web access to contents (Published in Cooperation with the Institute of Physics)

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Handbook of Evolutionary Computation: looseleaf edition and World Wide Web access to contents (Published in Cooperation with the Institute of Physics)

Manufacturer: Published in cooperation with the Institute of Physics
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Binding: Loose Leaf

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ASIN: 075030393X

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A joint publication of Institute of Physics Publishing and Oxford University Press, the Handbook of Evolutionary Computation is the second in a series of three works that form part of the Oxford/IOP Computational Intelligence Library project. Also in the series are the Handbook of Neural
Computation and the Handbook of Fuzzy Computation. Each of the three handbooks will be available in loose-leaf print form, as well as in an electronic version that combines both CD-ROM and on-line (via World Wide Web) access to the contents. In each case, regularly published supplements will be
available on a subscription basis.
Supplements to the Handbook of Evolutionary Computation will be published semi-annually after the core volume. The supplements will contain amendments to existing material, new articles to complement existing material, and new case studies describing real world applications of evolutionary
computation. New information will be added to the online version as soon as it is available.
A major reference publication devoted to evolutionary computation fundamentals, models, algorithms, applications, and case studies, this work will soon become the standard reference resource for the evolutionary computation community.

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Nonlinear Dynamics : A Two-Way Trip from Physics to Math.......2000-07-28

The best book so far i have read on Nonlinear Dynamics. From the best of the best.

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All along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire’s richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world’s largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum, and Pompeii.

But the carefree lifestyle and gorgeous weather belie an impending cataclysm, and only one man is worried. The young engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the enormous aqueduct that brings fresh water to a quarter of a million people in nine towns around the Bay of Naples. His predecessor has disappeared. Springs are failing for the ﬁrst time in generations. And now there is a crisis on the Augusta’s sixty-mile main line—somewhere to the north of Pompeii, on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.

Attilius—decent, practical, and incorruptible—promises Pliny, the famous scholar who commands the navy, that he can repair the aqueduct before the reservoir runs dry. His plan is to travel to Pompeii and put together an expedition, then head out to the place where he believes the fault lies. But Pompeii proves to be a corrupt and violent town, and Attilius soon discovers that there are powerful forces at work—both natural and man-made—threatening to destroy him.

With his trademark elegance and intelligence, Robert Harris, bestselling author of Archangel and Fatherland, re-creates a world on the brink of disaster.

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All along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire's richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world's largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum, and Pompeii.

But the carefree lifestyle and gorgeous weather belie an impending cataclysm, and only one man is worried. The young engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the enormous aqueduct that brings fresh water to a quarter of a million people in nine towns around the Bay of Naples. His predecessor has disappeared. Springs are failing for the first time in generations. And now there is a crisis on the Augusta's sixty-mile main line -- somewhere to the north of Pompeii, on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.

Attilius -- decent, practical, and incorruptible -- promises Pliny, the famous scholar who commands the navy, that he can repair the aqueduct before the reservoir runs dry. His plan is to travel to Pompeii and put together an expedition, then head out to the place where he believes the fault lies. But Pompeii proves to be a corrupt and violent town, and Attilius soon discovers that there are powerful forces at work -- both natural and man-made -- threatening to destroy him.

With his trademark elegance and intelligence, Robert Harris, bestselling author of Archangel and Fatherland, re-creates a world on the brink of disaster.

"Blazingly exciting... Pompeii palpitates with sultry tension... Harris provides an awe-inspiring tour of one of the monumental engineering triumphs on which the Roman empire was based... What makes this novel all but unputdownable... is the bravura fictional flair that crackles through it. Brilliantly evoking the doomed society pursuing its ambitions and schemes in the shadow of a mountain that nobody knew was a volcano, Harris, as Vesuvius explodes, gives full vent to his genius for thrilling narrative. Fast-paced twists and turns alternate with nightmarish slow-motion scenes (desperate figures struggling to wade thigh-deep through slurries of pumice towards what they hope will be safety). Harris's unleashing of the furnace ferocities of the eruption's terminal phase turns his book's closing sequences into pulse-rate-speeding masterpieces of suffocating suspense and searing action. It is hard to imagine a more thoroughgoingly enjoyable thriller."
   LONDON SUNDAY TIMES

"Breakneck pace, constant jeopardy and subtle twists of plot... a blazing blockbuster... The depth of the research in the book is staggering."
   DAILY MAIL

"[A] stirring and absorbing novel... The final 100 pages are terrific, as good as anything Harris has done; and the last, teasing paragraph, done with the lightest of touches, is masterly."
   THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

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pompeii.......2007-10-07

This book is beyond excellent - a compelling drama even though you know the ending!

Good Read.......2007-09-17

The author knows how to build excitement and develop interesting characters. This is difficult to do in a short, action book.

Those who enjoy novels by Stephen Saylor will like this book too.

Got me very interested in Pompeii.......2007-08-14

After completing the book, I was inspired to learn even more about Pompeii even though I've visited there! There's a plethora of fabulous books at Amazon. Wish I'd read this one before I went. I am really thrilled to know that Roman Polanski is now making the movie version of it.

The aqueduct system detail-upon-detail was of less interest to me, and I found myself skimming through some of it, but with the inspiration to read more on life in Pompeii, this book is close to the top of my reading list this year.

Conduits of Man and God .......2007-07-16

What do aqueducts and volcanoes have in common? A lot, in Robert Harris's remarkably fast paced and lucid historical fiction "Pompeii".
The Roman aqueducts are one of the towering achievements of ancient engineering. Built to lengths of 50 kilometers with a constant gradient of 1 meter per kilometer, the aqueducts snaked around mountains and valleys to supply water to the Roman cities. These aqueducts were constructed and maintained by the Aquarii, the hydrology engineers of Rome.

It is in 79AD, as we meet the protagonist Marcus Attilius Primus, young, incorruptible, recently widowed and the new Aquarius of the aqueduct Augusta. Aqua Augusta, a massive 50-mile aqueduct that supplies water to a quarter million Roman people is suddenly failing. The previous Aquarius has disappeared mysteriously. The perturbed Marcus Attilius skillfully determines that the aqueduct is facing some obstruction near the city of Pompeii, situated beneath the famed Mount Vesuvius.

Racing against time, Attilius forms a small expedition and dashes to Pompeii, promising the Admiral of the Fleet, Pliny The Elder, that he will restore the water supply in a couple of days. Pompeii, a profligate corrupt city , is the center of the story.

As the young engineer is working feverishly to detect and clear the man-made conduit, another conduit made by the Gods is forming under the bowels of Vesuvius. The man-made one bringing water, the one from the Gods bringing fire. The two stories collide and as we know from history, the Gods' conduit erupts, devastatingly.

Few writers bring out the details from a long dead civilization as beautifully as Robert Harris does. As you read the book, you feel the heat of the sun, the smell of the sulphur in the springs, the noises from the streets and ports of Ancient Rome, the degrading sights from the brothels of the city and the awe-inspiring dread from a cloud of pumice stones raining death on Pompeii.

This book is at times a morality play, at times a love story, at times a mystery and at others, a fast paced action thriller. But mostly this story is about the two conduits, between the man-made one and the one wrought by God, one bringing life, the other death.

A fast and entertaining read.

Superb on the Beach.......2007-05-29

This is superb beach fiction: It has all the elements - the courageous public employee trying to prove himself, his technical staff that may not be trusted, the criminal resort developer and his political toadies, the developer's pulchritudinuous daughter and the volcano that brought them all together - in 79 AD. Remember when Tony Soprano said..."We are the Romans". This should go straight to HBO..now - ignore the serious reviews - this is a FUN READ.

Fire and Darkness: Taken from the Novel Entitled the Last Days of Pompeii

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Fire and Darkness: Taken from the Novel Entitled the Last Days of Pompeii

Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
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The Last Days of Pompeii (THE SIGNIFICANT ENGLISH NOVELS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - THE LOUIS XVI BINDING)

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The Last Days of Pompeii (THE SIGNIFICANT ENGLISH NOVELS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - THE LOUIS XVI BINDING)

Manufacturer: International Collectors Library
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ASIN: B000COFKCC

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The Last Days of Pompeii -A Novel

Manufacturer: London Marshall Cavendish 1976.
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LAST DAYS OF POMPEII, The Novels and Romances

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LAST DAYS OF POMPEII, The Novels and Romances
Edward Bulwer (Lord Lytton) Lytton
Manufacturer: Little Brown & Co.
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The Last Days of Pompeii; Harold (Bulwer's Novels)

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The Last Days of Pompeii; Harold (Bulwer's Novels)
Edward Bulwer Lytton
Manufacturer: George Routledge Sons
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Nine lives to Pompeii;: A novel of suspense

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Nine lives to Pompeii;: A novel of suspense
William Melton
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POMPEII - A Novel
Robert Harris
Manufacturer: Random
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1st Paperback edition

Pompeii: A Novel (RUSSIAN TEXT) HARDCOVER EDITION

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Pompeii: A Novel (RUSSIAN TEXT) HARDCOVER EDITION

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Pompeii: A Novel (Unabridged Audio CD Collector's Edition)

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Beware: the recording is abridged.
This unabridged version is worth it!

Pompeii: A Novel (Unabridged Audio CD Collector's Edition)
Robert Harris
Manufacturer: Random House Audio
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Binding: Audio CD
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Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome

ASIN: 0736695982

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Editorial Review Ancient Rome: While Mount Vesuvius silently bubbles and smokes, citizens of the world's sole superpower relax in their luxurious villas while its navy lies peacefully at anchor in the Bay of Naples. But engineer Marius Primus, newly in charge of the Aqua Augusta, the aqueduct that brings fresh water to a quarter million people around the bay, is worried. Springs are failing for the first time in generations, and something is wrong with the Augusta's main line on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. As he heads to repair the aqueduct before the reservoir runs dry, Marius discovers forces that even the Roman Empire can't control. Told through the eyes of an engineer and a scientist, POMPEII offers an entirely original perspective on this terrible catastrophe.

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Beware: the recording is abridged........2007-09-12

This happens all too frequently with audio recordings. I've reported this fact to Amazon.com before, but the listings always remain unchanged. This audio recording is abridged. The slipcase says "THIS ABRIDGMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE AUTHOR." The written novel is superb and the reading is very well done. But it's not unabridged and it should not be advertised as such.

This unabridged version is worth it!.......2004-06-09

I highly reccommend this unabridged reading of Pompeii, a Novel. The narrator, John Lee, is excellent, the story gripping, the detail delicious. Take it with you on a long trip and it will transport you to an ancient Rome full of character and drama. You will learn interesting things along the way about engineering, fish, volcanoes. There is love, death, cruelty and a wonderful portrayal of Pliny, the scientist. This is too good a book to be abridged.

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