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Far better than I expected.......2005-03-06

I had read reviews both here and other places, that made me think this would be a great book to use as an example of POOR methods for supervision/management and certainly for leadership. I bought it strictly for that purpose. What I found was a far more realistic and useful view of the world of work--and working with and through others--than I expected. It is arranged by sections: Avoiding Time Traps, Supervisory Communications, Improving Employee Performance, Improving Group Productivity, Coping with Problem Employees and Employee Problems, Dealing With Your Boss and Others, Personnel Matters, Crisis and Panic Situations, Day-To-Day Details and Self-Improvement. Each section has 10-15 "How To" lists that are, for the most part, quite useful in most settings. Yes, some of the thoughts are intuitive--but all are handy reminders, especially for a less-experienced supervisor.

What I particularly like about the book is that Mr. Fuller doesn't write as though the readers are saints, great communicators or spectacular leaders. He writes to ordinary people who are wondering how-the-heck to handle THIS situation. I don't rate it as highly as the Supervisor's Standard Reference as a basic book, but this would certainly be a good addition to a supervisor's library. You never know when one of the lists might come in handy!

Too much of the blindingly obvious, and too Theory X.......2001-03-06

This book's filled with lots of ideas that are going to be common sense to anyone who's been around the block. "Don't talk bad about people", "Don't discipline employees in front of others", etc. If the book were half its size, and weeded out the painfully obvious exhortations, it would be much better.

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The travel journals and letters of Matthew and George Culley give a fresh and practical picture of agriculture and related conditions in England and Scotland in the late eighteenth century, as seen by two successful farmers who pioneered and spread improved methods and livestock breeds in
Northumberland and beyond. These down-to-earth journals are worthy to stand alongside such famous contemporary works as Arthur Young's Tours and John Byng's Diaries.

Matthew and George Culley Travel Journals and Letters, 1765-1798

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Matthew and George Culley Travel Journals and Letters, 1765-1798
Matthew and George; Anne Orde Ed. Culley
Manufacturer: British Academy
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKYOSA

Book Description

The text takes all of the features that have made Arny Explorations a top-selling textbook and applies them under a stars-first approach.

This new edition continues to offer the most complete technology/new media support package available. That technology/new media package includes: 6 NEW Interactives; PowerWeb (web-based research and interactive quizzing - very current); Online Learning Center (that allows instructors to take their course to the web if they choose); and a new CD-ROM that offers new and different text material/animations/links to even further enhance student comprehension.

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Explorations.......2006-03-28

This book is very detailed and the CD-Rom has excellent pictures. The only downfall is that the mathmatical functions are not detailed enough for me.

up to date introduction.......2005-07-19

A very solid, and up to date discussion of modern astronomy. Well suited for undergraduate astronomy majors taking a first course. You get a coherent formulation of our best understanding of galaxy formation on a cosmological scale. And also how first and second generation stars appear and evolve. Then, within a stellar system, how planets can condense out of gas.

Naturally, our solar system is well described. From both observations made on Earth and by satellites (especially the Hubble), and by US and Russian probes.

The CD will appeal to some of you. Arny has put considerable effort into it. But the main text stands well, even if the CD is missing.

Explorations, Update, Solar System (VOLUME 1) with Essential Study Partner CD-ROM and Starry Nights 3.1 CD-ROM

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Explorations, Update, Solar System (VOLUME 1) with Essential Study Partner CD-ROM and Starry Nights 3.1 CD-ROM
Thomas T Arny , and Thomas Arny
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Explorations, Update: Solar System (Volume 1) with Essential Study Partner CD-ROM

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Explorations Vol 1

Explorations, Update: Solar System (Volume 1) with Essential Study Partner CD-ROM
Thomas T Arny , and Thomas Arny
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 007286687X

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Explorations Vol 1.......2007-01-28

The book is well written and is easy reading. It is good about stating theory as just that theory. The pictures and diagrams are beautiful and understandable for even a high school level. The math is explaned clearly.

1990 update to Strategy for exploration of the inner planets (SuDoc NAS 1.26:188728)

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1990 update to Strategy for exploration of the inner planets (SuDoc NAS 1.26:188728)
NASA
Manufacturer: National Academy Press [National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Technical Information Service, distributor]
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00010NNAI

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This book is a philosophically sophisticated and scientifically well-informed discussion of the moral and social issues raised by genetically engineering animals, a powerful technology that has major implications for society. Unlike other books on this emotionally charged subject, the author attempts to inform, not inflame, the reader about the real problems society must address in order to manage this technology. Nontechnical and anecdotal in nature, written by a professor of philosophy, physiology and biophysics, this book will appeal to both specialists and general readers with an interest in genetic engineering.

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This is THE book

Excellent book.

Excellent book to enjoy scoring a game !

Thorough and Very Readable

So you think you know the rules of the game...

Baseball Scorekeeping: A Practical Guide to the Rules
Andres Wirkmaa
Manufacturer: McFarland & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0786414480

Book Description

Many fans enjoy keeping track of baseball action with easy abbreviations written on simple grids. Serious scorekeeping, however, is more complicated than just jotting down runs, outs, and the final score. Official scorekeeping requires a thorough knowledge of a large body of rules—many of which are confusing, and all of which must be followed carefully to ensure that the scorekeeper's data are valid.

With confidence and enthusiasm, Andres Wirkmaa leads the reader through the daunting maze of rules that govern official scorekeeping. Chapters explain and clarify the official scorer's duties, responsibilities and authority; the official scorer's reports; and all the game-to-game details such as player listings, substitute batters and runners, out-of-turn batters, called and forfeited games, runs batted in, base hits, stolen bases, sacrifices, putouts, assists, double and triple plays, errors (and instances when errors are not charged), wild pitches and passed balls, bases on balls, strikeouts, earned runs, winning and losing pitchers, and saves. Also covered are statistics, percentage records, minimum standards for individual championships, and consecutive hitting and playing streaks.

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This is THE book.......2006-07-22

Mr. Wirkmaa patterns his book directly on the Rules of Baseball, therefore making it simple to go from the Rules to his interpretation of how the scoring would be handled for that particular situation. This type of editing lays out what is still a complicated subject in at least a methodical fashion.

My only disappointment on receiving the book was that he includes no diagrams on the scorekeeping itself. I wanted to see the actual scribblings when someone "runs the book." Not in there. I purchased another excellent book (not available through Amazon) entitled "The Scorekeeper's Friend" by Bill Glasco that has the level of diagramming (and explanations) that I was initially seeking.

All in all, any person serious about their scorekeeping should own Mr. Wirkmaa's book. I hope he follows it up with another.

Excellent book........2006-03-09

This book does a very solid job of clarifying some of the finer points of scorekeeping that are somewhat vague and difficult to comprehend in the baseball rule book. I highly recommend it for anyone who is truly serious about improving the accuracy of their scorekeeping skills. Even novice baseball fans that like to score a game just for kicks while sitting at the ballpark can benefit from reading it.

Excellent book to enjoy scoring a game !.......2006-01-02

If you think you know the baseball rules completely you must read this book first...! It's an excellent companion to the Official Rules of the game.
If you love the game, you'll love this book !

Thorough and Very Readable.......2004-12-29

As an official scorer for a university baseball team, I was pleased to run across Andres Wirkmaa's book, Baseball Scorekeeping. I was hoping to find a text that would serve as a guide to resolving those "knotty problems" that come up every once in a while that present real challenges to any official scorekeeper. Wirkmaa's handy little book accomplishes that, and more. It takes the reader through Rule 10 of the Official Rules of Baseball, step by step, with plenty of examples. Wirkmaa mixes a decidedly scholarly tone -- he is an attorney by trade -- with a sense of humor, all in a very approachable and engaging style. I would have liked to see a few examples of scoring notation to supplement each rule, but since many scorekeepers have their own symbols and tricks, this may have been difficult to do without confusing novice readers. The book is well written, clearly organized, and valuable to anyone who is involved in scorekeeping.

So you think you know the rules of the game..........2004-01-27

Baseball Scorekeeping

Do you care what your favorite player's batting average is? Are his on-base percentage and his slugging percentage important to you? Then you owe a real debt of gratitude to baseball's official scorers. All the statistics that are generated around the game of baseball depend upon the oft-maligned and seldom properly-appreciated scorers of the game.

And baseball scorers, as well as fans, owe a debt of gratitude to Andres Wirkmaa for writing this interesting and informative book.

Baseball Scorekeeping is a thorough and meticulous discussion of Rules 10.01 through 10.24 of baseball's official rulebook, pertaining to "The Official Scorer." It is an essential reference for any professional scorekeeper, and for anyone who keeps score seriously.

Until I read this book, I had no idea of the complex rules that go into keeping score, nor of the amount that a scorer must know to do his or her job properly. The scorekeeper must pay strict attention at all times to what is happening on the field, and must often use his or her judgment and discretion to apply the rules so that the resulting statistics will be meaningful and comparable.

Filled with examples and illustrations of complicated baseball situations, the book takes on the task of explaining not only what is required of the scorekeeper, but why. Despite the rigid format imposed by the rulebook, the author manages some humor in unexpected places. I particularly enjoyed his explicatory subtitles (he refers, for example, to the "...Seemingly Pointless, Unnecessary and Incongruous Exception to Rule 10.05(e)".

Wirkmaa clears up many misconceptions. A common one is that a fielder must touch the ball to be charged with an error. Not true! The difference between a misplay and an error, the difference between a plate appearance and an at bat, understandable explanations of a fielder's choice, and how to calculate earned runs, all are here. In this surprisingly fascinating book, you will also find out how a runner can be caught stealing and still be safe on base, how a pitcher can be credited with a strikeout while the batter reaches first base safely, and how a batter may have his plate appearance charged to one pitcher but the run he eventually scores charged to a second pitcher.

If you think you understand all of baseball's rules, buy this book and test yourself. Baseball Scorekeeping is a wonderful book to "dip into" occasionally just for fun. And when questions about scoring come up, you will find the answers here.

The book is printed on acid-free paper for a long shelf life.

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Toy Story 2 - Woody's Roundup: Giddy-Up Ghost Town - Book #2 (Woody's Round-Up, 2)
Rebecca Gomez
Manufacturer: Disney Press
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ASIN: 0786844434

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A definitively postmodern western.

A Delight From Beginning To End

More Over praised Fiction

The bloodiest knife fight in fiction history

Amazing genreless genre fiction

Ghost Town
Robert Coover
Manufacturer: Grove Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Cross Cormac McCarthy with Eugene Ionesco and you might get something like Robert Coover's Ghost Town. The hero of this spaghetti Western is an unnamed cowboy riding along through a "vast empty plain, where nothing seems to have happened yet and yet everything seems already over...." Exhausted and parched, he sets his sights across the distant horizon only to find himself overtaken--literally--by a small, seemingly deserted little town. With the immutable logic of a dream, he becomes caught up in a strange, disjointed chain of events, in which drunken gamblers declare him sheriff and a saloon chanteuse stakes him out for her own. Meanwhile, the cowboy carries a torch for a melancholy, pale-faced woman known as the schoolmarm, who has a disturbing propensity for correcting his grammar while slapping his face. If, after wandering through Ghost Town's bloody streets for a while, readers find themselves suspecting that this is one of them newfangled metafictions, Coover will not disappoint. He plants the requisite empty plain-empty page analogies, and the book's denouement is nothing less than sexuality and textuality in a showdown at high noon. But there is more here than mere postmodern pastiche. Coover writes with prodigious intellectual energy and quicksilver wit; his sentences are never less than surprising, and often possess a sublime beauty all their own. As for his take on the genre's conventions, Coover may have struck closer to home than we think. Long stretches of tedium interrupted by flashes of hallucinatory violence: in its own bizarre way, Ghost Town might be the most realistic depiction of the Old West in a very long time. --Mary Park

Book Description

A nameless rider plods through the desert toward a dusty Western town shimmering on the horizon. In his latest novel, Robert Coover has taken the familiar form of the Western and turned it inside out. The lonesome stranger reaches the town - or rather, it reaches him - and he becomes part of its gunfights, saloon brawls, bawdy houses, train robberies, and, of course, the choice between the saloon chanteuse or the sweet-faced schoolmistress whom he loves. Throughout, Robert Coover reanimates the Western epics of Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour, infusing them with the Beckettian echoes, unique comic energy, and exuberant prose that have made him one of the most influential figures in contemporary American literature. It is, as The Washington Post Book World put it, "a fast-forward, ribald vision of the American West, a free-for-all that slides from surreal to ridiculous like a circus-goer's grin through a funhouse mirror . . . a heady frisson, a salon entertainment, one helluva ride."

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A definitively postmodern western........2003-12-15

I enjoyed this book immensely. Fans of metafiction--that is, fiction about the way fiction works--will find much to enjoy here. Readers looking for a linear storyline and 'realistic' plot should probably stay away. As mentioned before, 'GHOST TOWN' is perhaps best described as a send-up of the Cormac McCarthry western in the style, perhaps, of Thomas Pynchon, Donald Barthemle or Italo Calvino. It is rather imperative that one understands and appreciates the metafiction aesthetic, at least in general, if s/he plans to get anything approaching enjoyment out of this novel. Otherwise, there is a significant chance that you will come away rather frustrated. If this sounds like something you think you might enjoy then I'd be willing to bet that you will.

A Delight From Beginning To End.......2003-06-23

This is the first Robert Coover book I have read, and I must say, I was thoroughly entertained! Some of the dialog was so funny, I had to laugh out loud. I read several passages a second time, they were such a delight to read. Even when events turn dark, and killing is described in such graphic detail, there is a constant underlying layer of humor. I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading more of Robert Coover's works.

More Over praised Fiction.......2002-07-09

Ghost Town, Robert Coover (7/02): This is an amazing novel in that it is simultaneously juvenile and pretentious. This attempt at a Beckian version of Cormak McCarthy succeeds on no level. The long drawn out prose are neither poetic nor sparse. The re-visioning of the cowboy myth, by portraying a violent grotesque environment, only come off as silly and has been done before. I could not tell whether the frequent, homey existential quips by the cowboys were supposed to make fun the of the genre or were meant to be profound. Yet, they succeeded at neither. In short, this is another over-praised novel by an author of noteworthy intentions but little original skill needed to pull it off.

The bloodiest knife fight in fiction history.......2001-10-19

Less disconnected than some Coover books I've read, Ghost Town borrows elements from literary and hollywood westerns and gives them a subversive and often graphic edge. At times a wonderful read with passages that flow beautifully and at other times harsh and violent. It contains the single bloodiest knife fight in fiction history. All in all a risky venture but Coover blends these two opposites and keeps it together through the end.

Amazing genreless genre fiction.......2001-09-25

Those who come to Coover from his earlier works are well-prepared for this remarkable synthesis of excellent language, excellent description, excellent mood. Those new to Coover will delight in their discovery. Ghost Town is somehow less earnest, more effortless, than earlier Coover, and is more mature for it. Here is a novel that makes no apologies, denies an association with the "modern novel," and expertly ignores the western as genre by setting itself right in the middle of it. In Coover's Ghost Town, genre cliches become literary devices, and stereotypes become grammatical foils. Critics (not to mention grad students) will be playing with this one for years; casual readers will carry it around with them and read their favorite bits over and over again for even longer.

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The Jinx of the Payrock Canyon
Troy Nesbit
Manufacturer: Whitman Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Wild West | Obsessions | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0911197338

Product Description

"Hey, lookit! Somebody just bailed out of that plane!" As they observed a parachute falling to the ground, Jason Himrod and his buddy Doc could no longer hear the plane's engine; maybe it had crashed. With this, Jason & Doc saddle up their horses and ride out in the high Colorado Rockies above the ghost town of Payrock to explore the mystery before them. THE JINX OF PAYROCK CANYON, another in a series of 1950's Whitman juvenile classic literature written by Troy Nesbit (aka Franklin Folsom), is a truly adventurous tale that involves the young reader's imagination in a western setting. Will Jason & Doc suddenly find themselves too deep in trouble when they unravel the mystery of the JINX OF PAYROCK CANYON?

Able Team (Books 31 Thru 39 : Ghost Train; Firecross; Cowboy's Revenge; Clear Shot; Strike Force; Final Run; Red Menace; Cold Steel; Death Code)

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Able Team (Books 31 Thru 39 : Ghost Train; Firecross; Cowboy's Revenge; Clear Shot; Strike Force; Final Run; Red Menace; Cold Steel; Death Code)
Dick Stivers
Manufacturer: Worldwide/Gold Eagle
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000X1LXAW

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Hayz the amayz
good book
The Cowboy Gost.
Cowboy Ghost

Cowboy Ghost
Robert Newton Peck
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0060281685

Book Description

Sixteen year old Tee MacRobertson can saddle a wild mustang and hold his own on a round-up, but proving to his father that he's every bit as good a rancher as his older brother, burly Micah--now that's a real challenge. Robert Newton Peck has crafted a riveting coming-of-age story set in the 1920's in Florida's dusty and rugged "long" country. Tracing one boy's grueling journey on an unforgettable cattle drive, Cowboy Ghost is a heart-pounding drama about what it means to become a man. With a cast of characters that range from the spectral to the down and dirty, a tempestuous storm, unpredictible Seminoles, and an all-out stampede, this unusual cowboy story explores one boys struggle to become the rancher no one but his brother ever believed he could be.

2001 ALA Popular Paperback for YAs

01-02 Golden Sower Award Masterlist (YA Cat.) and 00-01 Tayshas High School Reading List

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Hayz the amayz.......2002-12-20

The book Cowbow Ghost is about a kid his name is Titus our Tim. He grows up with a wonderful mother and a bashful father. Him and his older brother Micah dont get along very good in the begining so Tim tries to earn his brothers respect when the go on there first cattle drive. I woul recommend this book to the younger era of children that need to learn to respect there elders. I think that the author Robert Newton Peck is trying to get to the reader that when someone ignores you are doesnt like you try to give them there space and earn there respect.

good book.......2002-10-31

This book was a pretty good one. It had everything a great book should have in it like a father that pays no attention to the young one and the older one gets all of the attention. The young Titus reminds me of... well...me. I'm not trying to be personal,but this book interested me for just that simple fact. Thumbs up all the way.

The Cowboy Gost........2001-03-09

I thought this book was very good and had a lot of exciting part.It never seem to get boring because Titus and his brother always had something to do so if you like adventures, cowboys, and and horses i totaly recemend this book to you

Cowboy Ghost.......2000-05-27

Growing up with an uncaring father and no mother puts Titus in a strange position. His brother is the accepted one while his father doesn't appear to notice Titus. After several of the hands are unable to go on a cattle drive Titus volunteers to go. He must overcome many obstacles. He leaves home a confused boy and comes home a confident man. The best Peck book I've read.

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Cowboy Ghost
Robert Newton Peck
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEO78I

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Cowboy Ghost

Manufacturer: Recorded Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette
ASIN: 0788732080

Product Description

3 cassettes

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Ghost town cowboy;
Genevieve Torrey Eames
Manufacturer: Messner
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

The Hill family of Shakepeare: How a cowboy and a schoolmarm got married and saved a historic ghost town

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The Hill family of Shakepeare: How a cowboy and a schoolmarm got married and saved a historic ghost town
Janaloo Hill
Manufacturer: J. Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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I think this book is great for everyone!
It was the greatest book I ever read.
I think it's great for kids and some adults.

The Lost Cowboy Ghost (NFL Adventures)
James Buckley
Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 059016211X

Customer Reviews:

I think this book is great for everyone!.......1998-12-29

This book has plenty of characters and even some players! It would be especially good for Cowboy fans. There is a ghost at a camp and the Cowboys help to fight it off. I really enjoyed reading this book and wish there were more like it.

It was the greatest book I ever read........1998-12-16

This book is about a lost cowboy ghost. The ghost was last seen on a trail in Dallas,Texas.Rusty,Gordo,and Jenna are on that trail. Will they find the ghost?

I think it's great for kids and some adults........1998-06-14

I think it's great, it takes your mind to the desert also it's a great mystery and it's not bad at all.And the author did a great job on the book.I think it's the best book for kids, kids enjoy the book and probaly grownups would like it to.It's the best book I read in my life.Any one would enjoy it.And if your a cowboy fan, ride your horses and buy the book.

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