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Accounting for Lawyers: Materials on (University Casebook Series)
David R. Herwitz , and Matthew J. Barrett Manufacturer: Foundation Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
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1999 Supplement to Materials on Accounting for Lawyers
David R. Herwitz , and Matthew J. Barrett Manufacturer: Foundation Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1566628563 |
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1999 Supplement to Materials on Accounting.......2000-06-22
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Accounting for Business Lawyers Teaching Materials
Ted J. Fiflis , and Homer Kripke Manufacturer: West Publishing Co. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NTZQK2 |
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Accounting for Business Lawyers, Teaching Materials: American Casebook Series
Ted J. Fiflis , Homer Kripke , and Paul M. Foster Manufacturer: West Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0314806679 |
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Accounting for business lawyers;: Teaching materials, (American casebook series)
Ted J Fiflis Manufacturer: West Pub. Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006C5IFO |
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Accounting for Lawyers Materials Concise Third Edition 2005 Supplement
Mathew J. Barrett , and David R. Herwitz Manufacturer: West ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1587789272 |
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Helps lessen the trepidation with which some students approach accounting with its "learn by doing" approach. The Teachers Manual provides answers to all the problems in the casebook. Because the casebook contains alternative problems in every chapter, professors can rotate problems from year to year.
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Accounting for Lawyers Materials Third Edition 2005 Supplement
Mathew J. Barrett , and David R. Herwitz Manufacturer: West ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1587789264 |
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Helps lessen the trepidation with which some students approach accounting with its "learn by doing" approach.
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Accounting Issues for Lawyers: Teaching Materials (American Casebook Series)
Ted J. Fiflis Manufacturer: West Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0314862803 |
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Goes beyond the mechanics and on to what lawyers need to know, can use, or will encounter in their professional activities. Includes materials on recognition and realization of revenue and income; cost allocation; stockholders' equity; mergers, acquisitions, and investments; and analysis of financial information.
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Materials on Accounting for Lawyers (Ahrq Publication,)
David R. Herwitz , and Matthew J. Barrett Manufacturer: Foundation Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 1587780631 |
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Uses a "learn by doing" approach. Its Teacher's Manual augments the casebook with alternative problems for each chapter, additional materials and references to accounting promulgations. Its four suggested syllabi make it a tool for adapting the casebook to two- and three-credit hour basic courses or a two-credit hour advanced course.
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Accounting for Business Lawyers. Teaching Materials
Fiflis and Kripke Manufacturer: West Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OU7YN2 |
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Managing People Is Like Herding Cats: Warren Bennis on Leadership
Warren G. Bennis Manufacturer: Executive Excellence Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 189000961X |
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Bennis offers insights into developing leaders, the competencies of great leaders, ten traits of dynamic leaders, and how leaders constantly reinvent themselves.Customer Reviews:
Managing vs. Leading.......2002-12-02
Quick Review.......2002-07-07
Also, Herding Cats Is Like Managing Transitions.......2001-04-18
Bennis begins with an especially apt quotation of T.S. Eliot's comments on his cat The Rum Tum Tugger: "For he will do as he will do, and there's no doing anything about it. When you let him in, then he wants out; he's always in the wrong side of the door." As an owner of countless cats myself for more than 20 years, I can personally affirm that Eliot's cat is normal. It really makes no difference what you name a cat nor what you say to it. The best advice I can offer is to remember that a dog's idea of God is a human being but that a cat's idea of God is a cat. For thousands of years, the human race has deified certain rulers (e.g. Caesars), many of whom (like cats) saw themselves as deities. Until recently, many corporate CEOs embraced the "command and control" leadership style. Several of them are on record as viewing themselves as omniscient and omnipotent, victims of what I characterize as "The Ozmanias Syndrome" which is inevitably fatal for them and often for their spheres of influence as well.
Back to Bennis and this book. To those who aspire to lead people, here's his advice: "Be humble. Stop trying to `herd cats' and start building trust and mutual respect. Your `cats' will respond. They will sense your purpose, keep your business purring, and even kill your rats." Bennis' clever use of similes and metaphors aside, I rate this volume so highly for three reasons. First, it offers what is probably the most personal glimpse we are likely to have of Bennis, very much in the same spirit as Stephen King's On Writing. Also, Bennis is deeply concerned about an ever-worsening "leadership crisis" of global proportions. He explains why others should share that concern. Finally, as noted earlier, he assembles in this volume his most important insights and observations on the subject of leadership. For that last reason, I am most grateful (much as I enjoyed the pleasure of his personal company) because those insights and observations suggest HOW to respond to the aforementioned "leadership crisis."
Bennis organizes his material with two Sections (The Leadership Crisis and What Makes a Leader?) and an Epilogue (Reflections on Retirement). Drawing upon personal experiences which extend back to his childhood, Bennis explains why he views self-invention as an exercise of the imagination: "That's basically how we get to know ourselves. People who can't invent and then reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out. Inventing oneself is the opposite of accepting the roles we were brought up to play." This is an affirmation with profound implications. Those who possess sufficient courage, determination, and (yes) endurance to gain self-knowledge will eventually achieve beneficial change. So long as this immensely difficult process continues, periodic reinvention is inevitable.
Meanwhile, paradoxically, Bennis suggests that there are certain human values which must remain constant throughout that process. They include integrity, dedication, magnanimity, humility, openness, and creativity. Values-driven leaders, while increasing their self-knowledge, must possess non-negotiable standards of moral and intellectual honesty. They must have a passionate belief in something. They must be "noble of mind and heart; generous in forgiving; above revenge and resentment." As Bennis observes, "Magnanimous and humble people are notable for their self-possession. They know who they are, have healthy egos, and take more pride in what they do than in who they are." They must be willing to try what is new and be receptive to new ideas, however bizarre, with "a tolerance for ambiguity and change, and a rejection of any and all preconceived prejudices, biases, and stereotypes." With regard to creativity, Bennis asserts that "we must restore our sense of wonder, break through our own preconceptions and see everything new and fresh -- as we did when we were children." In sum, leaders have both vision and virtue.
In his Epilogue, during which he reflects on the subject of retirement, Bennis shares two basic ideas. First, that all of his own personal heroes "were always in transition. They were always redesigning, recomposing and reinventing their own lives. Also, "that people who have been successful in their careers and in life are also successful in all transitions." This book is really not about "herding cats"; rather, it is about principled self-governance. It is also about values-driven leadership as (in effect) a "work in progress" throughout transitions in life. Now more than ever before, our world desperately needs leaders whose vision will inspire us and whose virtue will guide us during our own quest for self-knowledge from one transition to the next.
Common sense and somewhat repetitive.......1999-12-07
A tape on leadership, not management........1999-12-06
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Medical Discourse and Systemic Frames of Comprehension. Advances in Discourse Processes Volume XLII
Manufacturer: Norwood, NJ 1991. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000IG1BEK |
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Medical Discourse and Systemic Frames of Comprehension. Advances in Discourse Processes Volume XLII
Ronald J Chenail Manufacturer: Publisher Unknown ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000V00FS6 |
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Medical Discourse and Systemic Frames of Comprehension: (Advances in Discourse Processes)
Ronald J. Chenail Manufacturer: Ablex Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0893917079 |
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Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Four Volume Set
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0521842859 |
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This series of four books celebrates the Centennial of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and is based on four special symposia held by the Observatories in Pasadena. The symposia explored astronomical topics of major historical and current interest at the Observatories. Each volume, the result of one of the symposia, contains comprehensive, authoritative review articles by leading experts on the subject.
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Fusion Bonding of Polymer Composites
C. Ageorges , and L. Ye Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1852334290 |
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Fusion bonding is one of the three methods available for joining composite and dissimilar materials. While the other two, mechanical fastening and adhesion bonding, have been the subject of wide coverage both in textbooks and monographs, fusion bonding is covered here substantially for the first time. Fusion bonding offers a number of advantages over traditional joining techniques and it is anticipated that its use will increase dramatically in the future because of the rise in the use of thermoplastic matrix composites and the growing necessity for recyclability of engineering assemblies. Fusion Bonding of Polymer Composites provides an in-depth understanding of the physical mechanisms involved in the fusion bonding process, covering such topics as:
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Interlaminar contact development during thermoplastic fusion bonding.: An article from: Polymer Engineering and Science
F. Yang , and R. Pitchumani Manufacturer: Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008F1LN2 Release Date: 2005-07-30 |
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This digital document is an article from Polymer Engineering and Science, published by Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. on February 1, 2002. The length of the article is 8169 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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The Site Calculations Pocket Reference
Ed Hannan Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Plastic Comb Similar Items:
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The revised field companion for construction, recreation department, and landscape professionals
Put it in your pocket and go!
For the busy professional working on-site—this updated, handy pocket reference puts all the formulas and calculations you need at your fingertips. Now with a convenient, lay-flat comb binding, this book is invaluable for all areas of general site construction. It gives you fast access to the information you want—when you want it—complete with real-world examples.
This revised Second Edition features a new chapter on sports fields that includes descriptions and schematics for more than forty different fields. It also provides the latest information on:
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Finally, a book that answers the REAL questions..............2000-04-14
Fantastic, an all you need to know guideline to construction.......1999-10-07
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Letters of the Century: America 1900-1999
Manufacturer: The Dial Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
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Letters of the Century opens by recalling a pregnant mother's letter to Jonas Salk the day after he discovered a vaccine for polio. The book's editors, veteran journalists Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler, try to describe that letter's emotional impact: "The difference between knowing that Americans were grateful to Jonas Salk and reading this letter to him is like the difference between knowing the words of a song and hearing it sung. Letters give history a voice."Organizing them by decade, with helpful annotations for context, this couple has assembled 423 such exceptional letters, culled from a thousand times that many; each gives witness to a sliver of the century, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the patenting of Coca-Cola's glass bottle, from the tension of the Bay of Pigs to the flush of Internet romance. Letters to lovers, threats from gangsters, pleas to judges for mercy, tracts from terrorists, junk mail from evangelists, advice from Ann Landers, even young JFK's message carved on a coconut after PT-109 was sunk--all combine to provide one of the most authentic, resonant, and real histories imaginable, a sweeping and often intensely personal chronicle of the American 20th century, as told by the famous, the infamous, and the obscure. --Paul Hughes
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"Immediate and evocative, letters witness and fasten history, catching events as they happen," write Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler in their introduction to this remarkable book. In more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens, Letters of the Century encapsulates the people and places, events and trends that shaped our nation during the last 100 years.Customer Reviews:
An Unexpected Delight.......2004-03-14
I am so glad I found out I was wrong.
It's actually enthralling, well-done, and a worthwhile addition to anyone's library. I am not generally fond of ultra-personal non-fiction, or of the twentieth century in general, but _Letters of the Century_ overcame all of my doubts. The explanatory paragraphs and notes are extremely helpful; the letters are generally of medium length, diverse in subject matter, and uniformly fascinating. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and highly recommend it.
A different look at the history of 20th century America.......2001-06-02
1. The choices of letters from the 1990s were the weakest of any decade. I suppose that's to be expected in the days of e-mail, chatrooms, and the demise of the letter writer, but I'm sure there were better selections than one detailing the results of testing performed on the stained blue dress worn by Monica Lewinsky, or the letter to a Star Trek fan.
2. The majority of the letters related to negative aspects of the century, which while powerful to read made it a bit depressing to read more than 30-50 pages at a sitting. As the various forms of media have always realized, bad news makes for better stories than good news. I wish, however, that there would have been more letters evincing triumphs, humor, and/or optimism. Such letters were in evidence, but not in abundance.
3. I agree with an earlier reviewer that noted the liberal bias of the letters selected. There appeared to be an inordinate amount of 'coming out' selections and letters voicing disapproval of the System. They were important letters, however, that gave me a different view of the country's past.
4. One of my favorite history-related books is A People's History of The United States by Zinn. This book of letters reminded me of that text, required in a college history class.
Overall, I strongly recommend this collection to anyone interested in the history of 20th century America.
One way of looking at the century.......2000-06-23
Some of the letters are famous ones: Einstein alerting Roosevelt to the possibility of developing a nuclear bomb, Martin Luther King writing from the Birmingham jail, and Nixon's terse letter resigning the presidency. Others are less-known but still from famous people: Mark Twain complaining caustically about the inefficiency of telegrams, Charlie Chaplin ecstatic about his first movie contract, Bill Gates trying to discourage early software piracy.
And others are from and to obscure people while still being remarkably telling: an immigrant writing to his relatives about his new life in America, a Jewish woman writing of her experiences being captured and interrogated by the Nazis, a letter left at the Vietnam War Memorial, an erstwhile Compuserve user giving up on his connection problems when confronted with technobabble in response to his request for help. It's really a fascinating read, a hodge-podge of life across the century, from mundane domestic problems to the key issues of the day. My only complaint is that there's a bit of a liberal bias, with plenty of letters describing the hardships of the downtrodden masses and not a whole lot celebrating human ingenuity and accomplishment. But perhaps that is a telling point as well, considering it's a bias that has dominated this century.
This book is a treasure.......2000-05-07
My favorite story is about a young woman writing to her best friend about her bad marriage. Her husband is physically abusive to her and her son. She yearns for the courage to escape and become an independant woman which she eventually does. Another story by a young man who actually survived the sinking of the Titanic He writes his girlfriend about his experience of getting off the ship and waiting to be rescued.
There is a letter by a woman in Hawaii to her brother in Ohio. She recounted witnessing the bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War 2. She recounts going to a bomb shelter and depicts the commaraderie among the people of the time.
There is a Dear John letter addressed to Ernest Hemmingway from a nurse who cared for him while he was wounded in World War 1 He loved her but their relationship was a mere fling to her. She lets him down gently. This relationship inspired Hemingway to write the novel The Sun Also Rises. There is another letter written by a young unwed pregnant woman in the 1930's seeking advice from a doctor. Her father has no knowledge of the pregnancy and her mother is dead. She has nobody to turn to and her desperate plea for guidance is very touching.
There is another poignant letter written by the sister of a Vietnam Vet who died from lymphnoma as a result of exposure to Agent Orange. She expresses her disbelief, loss and sorrow to an anti war group. There are several stories written by expectant parents to their unborn children. Each letter is filled with anticipation and hope. Buy this book. You will never be able to put it down.
Letters of the Century.......2000-02-29
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Letters of the Century America 1900-1999
edited by Grunwald Lisa and Stephen J. Adler Manufacturer: The Dial Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000UEYY2G |
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Letters of the Century: America 1900-1999
Manufacturer: Dial Press Trade Paperback ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0385315937 Release Date: 2008-04-29 |
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"Immediate and evocative, letters witness and fasten history, catching events as they happen," write Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler in their introduction to this remarkable book. In more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens, Letters of the Century encapsulates the people and places, events and trends that shaped our nation during the last 100 years.
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Letters of the Century: America 1900-1999
Manufacturer: Dial ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000RCAEZ2 |
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Annotated Guide to the Insolvency Legislation (Company Law Books)
L.S. Sealy , and David Milman Manufacturer: Sweet & Maxwell ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0421827904 |
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Annotated Guide to Insolvency Legislation
Sealy , and Milman Manufacturer: Sweet & Maxwell Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0863255027 |
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Annotated guide to the 1986 insolvency legislation: Insolvency Act 1986, Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 and Insolvency Rules 1986 (as amended)
L. S Sealy Manufacturer: CCH Editions ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0863251617 |
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Annotated Guide to the Nineteen Eighty Six Insolvency Legislation
L.S. Sealy , and David Milman Manufacturer: Croner CCH Group Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0863252699 |
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SEALY AND MILMAN'S ANNOTATED GUIDE TO THE INSOLVENCY LEGISLATION
LEN MILMAN, DAVID SEALY Manufacturer: SWEET & MAXWELL LTD ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N5EUZI |
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