Managerial Economics & Business Strategy w/Data Disk

Average customer rating:
Managerial Economics & Business Strategy w/Data Disk
Michael Baye
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Microeconomics | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Business & Investing | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Similar Items:

The Essentials of Business Statistics I (Essentials)

Microeconomics In Context

Accounting: What the Numbers Mean

The Next Sustainability Wave: Building Boardroom Buy-in (Conscientious Commerce)

You Are What You Say: The Proven Program that Uses the Power of Language to Combat Stress, Anger, and Depression

ASIN: 0072818638

Book Description

Baye's Managerial Economics and Business Strategy is one of the best-selling managerial economics textbooks. It is the first textbook to blend tools from intermediate microeconomics, game theory, and industrial organization for a managerial economics text. Baye is known for its balanced coverage of traditional and modern topics, and the fourth edition continues to offer the diverse managerial economics marketplace a flexible and up-to-date textbook. Baye offers coverage of frontier research in his new chapter on advanced topics. The Fourth Edition also offers completely new problem material, data, and much more.

Managerial Economics & Business Strategy w/Data Disk

Average customer rating:

Managerial Economics & Business Strategy w/Data Disk
Michael Baye
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OGA43S

Book Description

An encyclopaedic treatment of plant diseases in Europe, this book is designed as a standard reference volume for the general working plant pathologist and those taking advanced training in plant pathology. It provides a clear, informed and authoritative summary of each entry by an appropriate specialist, with a selection of key references for further reading. The handbook covers the economic diseases of crops and forest trees in Europe, treated by

Book Description

The advancement of observational techniques over the years has led to the discovery of a large number of stars exhibiting complex spectral structures, thus necessitating the search for new techniques and methods to study radiative transfer in such stars with moving envelopes. This led to the introduction of the concept of "photon escape probability" and the wisdom of expressing the transfer equations in "comoving frames" (CMF). Radiative transfer problems in spherically moving media form a branch of mathematical physics which uses mathematics of a very distinctive kind. Radiative Transfer in Moving Media records the basic mathematical methodologies, both analytical and numerical, developed for solving radiation transfer problems in spherically symmetric moving media, in the consideration of macroscopic velocity fields only. Part I contains the basic notions of radiation-matter interaction in participating media and constructs the relevant transfer equations to be solved in the subsequent chapters. Part II considers the basic mathematical methods for solving the transfer problems in extensive moving atmospheres when it is observed in the lab frame. Part III introduces the analytical and numerical methods for solving radiative transfer problems in spherically symmetric moving atmospheres when expressed in the comoving frame. This book is addressed to graduate students and researchers in Astrophysics, in particular to those studying radiative transfer in stellar atmospheres.

Book Description

This is a record of the lives, adventures, and discoveries of pioneering American naturalists and conservationists.

Average customer rating:

Good on golf instruction.

Very dated but still worthwhile

If you only read two golf books

Great Book but not to start out with

only book you need

How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time
Tommy Armour
Manufacturer: Fireside
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Golf | Sports | Subjects | Books
General | Sports | Subjects | Books
Look Inside Sports Books | Trip | Specialty Stores | Books
Similar Items:

Ben Hogan's Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf

Bobby Jones on Golf (Bobby Jones)

On Learning Golf: A Valuable Guide to Better Golf

Ernest Jones' Swing the Clubhead

Four Magic Moves to Winning Golf

ASIN: 0684813793

Book Description

Tommy Armour's classic How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time provides timeless golf instruction on the following subjects:

* How to learn your best golf

* What can your best golf be?

* Taking you to the lesson tee

* How your clubs can help you

* The grip holds your swing together

* How to get ready to swing

* Footwork, the foundation of best golf

* The art of hitting with the hands

* The waggle, preliminary swing in miniature

* The pause that means good timing

* Assembling your game in good order

* Saving strokes with simple approach shots

* The fascinating, frustrating philosophy of putting

* The simple routine of an orderly golf shot

These classic bits of advice are accompanied by over four dozen two-color illustrations.

Customer Reviews:

Good on golf instruction........2004-12-24

When I bought this book, I was looking for something that would really step up my game. I wanted to be consistent. Armour's book can show you how to be truly consistent at golf. This book is aligned with Hogan's theory on golf instruction. So the rationale since Hogan got so much success using his technique, it must work. Many golfers don't realize that Hogan had awesome flexibility and talent to get away with using his technique. If you don't have the body of Hogan nor the flexibility get the following:
The Ultimate Golf Instruction Guide: Key Techniques for Becoming a Zero Handicap Golfer or Better by Patrick Leonardi. The isbn is 1933023090. I used this last book and I don't have much flexibility and I improved right after using the techniques in Leonardi's book. I went from an 96 stroke average to about a 88 stroke average within 7 weeks. I play twice a week so this definitely says a lot. All I have to say is that this book works.

Very dated but still worthwhile.......2003-01-07

Bear in mind that this is a book originally published in the 1950s. It's widely regarded as an all-time classic, but it's now very dated. Armour was an excellent player (one of the great iron players of all time) and a superb teacher, but some of his theories are no longer in vogue. I can tell you that way back in the early 1960s this book, through Armour's focus on the hip turn, transformed me literally overnight from a beginner who sliced the ball to someone who has fought a hook for the last 40 years. I bought this updated edition strictly for its sentimental value, and I wouldn't foist it on someone who was serious about achieving his or maximum potential because a GREAT deal has been learned about the golf swing since this was written (and today's equipment demands a different sort of swing anyway). However, if you've played for awhile and just can't seem to get the hang of the golf swing, this book is so straightforward that it may be just what you need. You'll end up looking like Julius Boros rather than Tiger Woods, but odds are that'll be a major improvement if you're now shooting over 85. Armour was a transplanted Scot who was very eloquent, and this book is a pleasure to read for that reason alone. Some of his most basic wisdom ("THINK WHAT TO DO -- that's concentration in golf") still sticks with me every time I play. A ROUND OF GOLF WITH TOMMY ARMOUR, in which he steers his 90-shooting friend around the course in 79 by making him play within his limitations, is also excellent.

If you only read two golf books.......2002-02-21

This book is an excellent follow-up to Ben Hogan's Five Lessons. Hogan covering the backround theory in more detail and Armour emphasizing the practical application.

There are differences opinion: Hogan wants the hands to act as a unit while Armour says to whack the ball with your right hand. But they agree on much more than they disagree, and Armour explains how, through basic footwork and other simple measures, you can be sure you are swinging correctly. Armour also goes into more detail about specific shots such as chipping, pitching or driving.

Theory, then applcation. You can't go wrong if you read Hogan and Armour back to back, in that order.

Hit 'em straight.

Great Book but not to start out with.......2002-01-24

Other reviewers have sung the praises of this book, and I won't throw water on that. However, if you are a new golfer thinking this book will give you some magic secrets, you may be disappointed. I'm not saying it can't help, but to get the most out of the book, you need to have had some lessons and some familiarity with golf, including your swing. If you don't know what a spine angle is, or what the slot is, go take a class or get private lessons, and THEN buy this book. It's analysis on the mental game and playing the course is great and probably isn't taught too well in lessons. THAT's where this book shines.

only book you need.......2001-06-15

This book is the Hemingway version of golf instruction. All the useless info is edited out and every word is carefully chosen. Simple and complex at the same time. Easy to follow as a beginner, easy to learn from as an expert

Average customer rating:

HOW TO PLAY YOUR BEST GOLF ALL THE TIME
Tommy Armour
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IC1MGG

Average customer rating:

How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time

Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Similar Items:

How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time

ASIN: B000CDRHTC

Average customer rating:

How to Play Your Best Gold All the Time
Tommy Armour
Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Golf | Sports | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B000URYVGM

Product Description

Great vintage golf book with instruction and tips from a master.

Average customer rating:

HOW TO PLAY YOUR BEST GOLF ALL THE TIME
Tommy Armour
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JWE9TW

Average customer rating:

HOW TO PLAY YOUR BEST GOLF ALL THE TIME
Tommy Armour
Manufacturer: Crest - Fawcett Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NZJATE

Average customer rating:

HOW TO PLAY YOUR BEST GOLF ALL THE TIME
TOMMY ARMOUR
Manufacturer: HODDER STOUGHTON
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000S6GCXA

Average customer rating:

How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time
Tommy Armour
Manufacturer: Crest Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000X1RJX2

Average customer rating:

How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time

Manufacturer: Fawcett Crest
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HM67L2

Average customer rating:

How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time

Manufacturer: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000HUHG6O

Book Description

A revised and expanded version of the highly successful and innovative pronunciation text for intermediate to high-intermediate students of North American English. The Clear Speech, Third Edition, Student's Book provides learners with visual representations of important pronunciation features, such as voicing and syllable length. It features a reordered table of contents, a greater emphasis on listening recognition, and more coverage of vowel sounds. It also contains a Student Audio CD, so students can practice many of the exercises on their own.

Customer Reviews:

CLEAR SPEECH.......2007-10-01

THIS PROGRAM IS GOOD FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH. IT IS A GOOD WAY TO LEARN A PERFECT ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION. TRY IT.

A great book for non-native speakers.......2007-07-23

The book starts from clear listening tests which made sense. Introduction to syllable(s) and sound(s) by listening to the CD is very useful, plus the pics show how the lips change when the alphabet vowel sounds are being said.

Improved my English. .......2006-07-22

"Clear Speech" is the best. First, I use the text book & CD at a college, and I brought the Class Audio CDS for self-study at home. You need it, because CDs coming with Student's or Teacher's books don't include all listening dialogs.

Clear speech-teacher edition.......2006-03-17

The product contains mainly the answer key for the acutal student exercise book, and if you don't have that to refer to, it's not as useful. The teacher editon should contain the student workbook for easier reference. There is a CD that comes with it but again without being able to see the corresponding exercises in the student workbook, you feel as if you're working blind.

Good for speaking AND understanding.......2005-05-09

Clear Speech is a well-conceived pronunciation text that, in my experience, students have found very pleasant to use. It covers individual sounds, as well as speech rhythm and intonation, in a very fluid way. It can help instructors teach ESL students to pronounce well not only word by word, but also to arrive at more natural-sounding sentence flow. I have found that the exercises in the book benefit students beyond their own pronunciation, and actually help them to understand native English speakers better. The third edition is a vast improvement over the previous one, because it guides students in deciphering English spelling and provides more practice in specific, troublesome sounds. The new edition also includes a practice CD, which is something many students using the second edition often wished for. The graphic simplicity of the book is a huge advantage over other pronunciation texts available. All in all, I think Clear Speech is one of the best - if not THE best - choice for teaching pronunciation.

Book Description

Yolanda is a great big girl and strong for her age, bigger and stronger and smarter than anyone else in the fifth grade. She is cool and streetwise, too, and afraid of no one. It's easy for her to watch out for her little, first-grade brother, Andrew. But their mother, a legal professional and a widow, is concerned about crime and drugs in her children's Chicago school. She moves them all to a smaller and, she hopes, smaller town.

Yolanda, at first, is scornful of her new town. And Andrew, who never talks much, is having trouble learning to read. What he loves to do is play on the old harmonica given to him as a baby by his father to teethe on and which he's kept blowing ever since. He can imitate any sound he hears, like bacon sizzling, or express any mood he feels, like the freshness of an early morning. Yolanda understands that that's the way he "talks." She is convinced Andrew is a true genius with a great musical gift. But no one else believes it--not her mother, nor Andrew's teachers, not even wonderful Aunt Tiny in Chicago. Yolanda sets out to open up adult eyes, a task whose strategies will call on far more than her physical toughness. Her plans crystallize on a visit back to Chicago to enjoy the great annual blues festival with Aunt Tiny.

Carol Fenner, whose previous book Randall's Wall has reached a wide audience throughout the country, has created a daring heroine in Yolanda and a warm portrayal of an African-American family in a story that moves with mounting intensity to a dramatic, believable, and a wholly satisfying conclusion.

Download Description

Yolonda's Genius is like a piece of music combining the thoughts of a young adult with the sound of musical expressions played through a harmonica and a wooden pipe flute by musical genius, Andrew Blue. Yolonda's character appeals to the readers who can identify with her as a young adult in a world where peer-pressure and acceptance are the rules by which the game is played. She is seen as a heroine who knows how to come in and strike it up at just the right time. As such, readers will enjoy following Yolonda and the other characters in the story through their trials and tribulations. The real-to-life experiences that the story provides will strike a chord of comfort and excitement for all who read Yolonda's Genius.

Customer Reviews:

Yolanda's Genius.......2007-06-12

Yolanda's Genius is the story of an African-American family (mother, older sister Yolanda and younger brother Andrew) who move from a rough neighborhood in Chicago to a quieter town in Michigan. The focus of the story is Yolanda's relationship with her brother. Both children are gifted, but in different ways. Yolanda is a big, tough fearless girl while Andrew is a quite child who expresses his feelings and the world around him with his harmonica. The characters' race is an ever present factor, but not the primary issue that the children deal with in the story. Within the context of an African American family, Carol Fenner looks at giftedness, and the story suggests that Andrew may be a highly functioning autistic child.

The stereotypes that the author takes on have more to do with gender roles than race. Yolanda gets in physical fights, and verbally confronts some older kids who have been harrassing her younger brother. By the end of the story she convinces her mother that Andrew is the one who needs music lessons, while Yolanda dreams of being a policeman like her deceased father.

The primary characters are females, and they definitely achieve success through their own initiative and hard work. Andrew's success is due to the dedication of Yolanda. Yolanda's mother moves her children away from a neighborhood she considers unsafe to a smaller town. Yolanda's aunt is a flamboyant woman, full of life, who has a successful business.

Yolanda makes friends with a white girl who is physically unattractive like Yolanda. She wants to be Yolanda's friend, and when Yolanda doesn't treat Shirley fairly, Shirley holds Yolanda accountable.

Yolanda is a terrific heroine. She takes risks, stands up for herself and her desires, and is devoted to her younger brother. She even manages to get Andrew on stage with B.B. King at a Chicago Blues Festival. Yolanda is also physically large, and she gets teased for it. She also uses it to her advantage.

Carol Fenner brings she brings her understanding of jazz and blues to this story. When she talks about Andrew's harmonica playing, she is able to characterize it stylistically and emotionally. She spent many years in Chicago, and her bringing a Blues Festival into this story is absolutely authentic. I would highly recommend it for high third grade readers through middle school.

Yolanda's So So.......2007-02-06

Our book group at our middle school just read this book. Just like the other reviewers, some of us liked it and some of us didn't.

Here are the good comments. Yolanda was a very intelligent girl. She thought of many ways to come up with a plan for Andrew. These plans made it fun to read. The book was realistic since Yolanda usually followed the rules but like real teenagers, she broke the rules when she thought it was justified. This realism was a positive point. Yolanda really cared about her brother. This also was admirable.

Here are some bad points. The ending was too sudden, leaving the reader feeling desserted. The meaning behind the title was never made clear.

Overall, most of the students aren't really glad they read this book.

Rich Blues.......2006-07-07

Yolanda, 10 and her brother Andrew, 6 live with their widowed mother in Chicago. When Yolanda tells their mother that a classmate shot another child to death, that ends her days as a Chicago resident. Her mother, a paralegal, moves the family to a Michigan suburb with a good school system.

Yolanda quickly adjusts, after initially pining for the familiarity of her old neighborhood and the close proximity to her Aunt Tiny. Aunt Tiny is a large, husky woman with a large heart. She gives her piano to Yolanda, who is plainly talented and enjoys listening to and playing the classics. A delightful, intelligent woman, Aunt Tiny owns several hair salons in Chicago and her work has been featured nationwide and in magazines. Oprah Winfrey was a client at one of her shops.

Yolanda identifies with her aunt. Both are husky and buxom; both are outstanding cooks and both share a love for classical music and reading. Aunt Tiny as well as her sister-in-law, Yolanda and Andrew's mother are professionals who set their sights high.

Andrew, also is musically talented. A harmonica afficionado, the boy has been playing songs and setting background sounds to music since infancy. His harmonica was a gift from his late father, a police officer who died in a fishing accident. Yolanda was 4 at the time.

Andrew has a harder time in school; he rarely talks; cannot read and spends his free time thinking about music. A kind speech teacher takes Andrew under his wing and teaches him to read by applying the lessons to musical terms and interests, e.g. "B is for Bongo," etc. He also teaches Andrew how to read music.

Yolanda is fiercely independent and very bright. She can defend herself against any bully with reason, logic and a well applied foot in some cases. She is also very funny. When a group of older boys demolish her brother's harmonica, Yolanda comes up with a resourceful way of getting even with them and providing a new harmonica for her brother.

This is a wonderful story about a strong, intelligent black family with a very appealing cast of characters. The story ends on quite a blues note! I love it!

Warning: Excellent Book.......2006-06-04

I am a 5th grader and I really enjoyed this book. The main character, Yolanda, is about my age, and she is very smart and sophisticated. She cares about her family and even though she makes mistakes sometimes, she is a nice person. I really liked this book and think that other kids my age will like it because they will be able to relate to Yolanda and her family. Carol Fenner is a really good writer.

didn't like it.......2005-08-23

This book was the most boringest book i ever read.it took me amonth to read it and usually it doesn't take me that long to read a book. if you like this book you are a boring person and have no life whatsoever.

Newbery Honor Set 2 (Yolanda's Genius, The Fledgling, Calico Bush, True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle)

Average customer rating:

Newbery Honor Set 2 (Yolanda's Genius, The Fledgling, Calico Bush, True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle)

ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000F6Q44U

Average customer rating:

Yolanda's Genius

Manufacturer: Scholastic Book Services
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HEQO2M

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books