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Posted: January 21st, 2009, 5:17pm CET
Influence: Science and Practice (4th Edition)
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Number of Pages: 262
Published: 2000-07-09
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 0321011473
ISBN-13: 9780321011473
Influence: Science and Practice is an examination of the psychology of compliance (i.e. uncovering which factors cause a person to say "yes" to another’s request) and is written in a narrative style combined with scholarly research. Cialdini combines evidence from experimental work with the techniques and strategies he gathered while working as a salesperson, fundraiser, advertiser, and other positions, inside organizations that commonly use compliance tactics to get us to say "yes." Widely used in graduate and undergraduate psychology and management classes, as well as sold to people op...
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Posted: January 21st, 2009, 4:04pm CET
China Business: The Rules of the Game
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Academic
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2001-02-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1865082309
ISBN-13: 9781865082301
Doing business in China involves new challenges and traps for many Western businesspeople. Understanding the cultural context and logic of China’s vastly different system is vital to success in this large and important market. Carolyn Blackman reveals the "rules of the game" - the key things you need to know to do business effectively in China. Using the experiences of Western executives and the problems they’ve encountered, plus her own deep understanding of Chinese culture, Blackman gives you tried and true practical strategies that will turn obstacles into advantages. Whether yo...
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Posted: January 21st, 2009, 1:33pm CET
Maximum Energy for Life: A 21-Day Strategic Plan to Feel Great, Reverse the Aging Process, and Optimize Your Health
Publisher: Wiley
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2002-12-05
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0471235377
ISBN-13: 9780471235378
Master the Art of Stress Management Reduce Your Body Fat Optimize Your Performance at Work Recharge Your Passion For Life Praise For Mackie Shilstone’s MAXIMUM ENERGY FOR LIFE "No matter how successful you are, the one thing you can’t buy is your health. But as I did, you can put the expertise and cutting-edge knowledge of Mackie Shilstone to work for you. This book represents a strategic management plan . . . the ultimate book for helping you to identify where you want to go and how best to achieve your performance goals. The performance management p...
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Posted: January 21st, 2009, 1:20pm CET
Design First: Design-based Planning for Communities
Publisher: Architectural Press
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-06-17
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0750659343
ISBN-13: 9780750659345
Features: * Focus and emphasis on planning by 3-D design * Clear and practical presentation of how communities can improve their town planning processes * Case studies illustrate the practice and implementation of ideas Well-grounded in the history and theory of Anglo-American urbanism, this illustrated textbook sets out objectives, policies and design principles for planning new communities and redeveloping existing urban neighborhoods. Drawing from their extensive experience, the authors explain how better plans (and consequently better places) can be created by applying the three...
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Posted: January 21st, 2009, 11:57am CET
Student-Friendly Guide: Successful Teamwork (Student-Friendly Guides)
Publisher: Open University Press
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2004-09-01
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 0335215785
ISBN-13: 9780335215782
A must for all students involved in group projects This concise, practical guide is for anyone placed in a group and assigned a project to carry out. It goes straight to the heart of the matter and deals pragmatically with common student concerns such as: How to allocate work appropriately How best to communicate and conduct meetings How to keep a team together How to deal with people who are taking a “free ride” or who try to dominate How to work constructively with people one doesn’t know—and people one doesn’t like very much How to resolve ...
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Posted: January 21st, 2009, 10:35am CET
In Good Company: The Escort’s Guide
Publisher: Vision
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-04-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1904132715
ISBN-13: 9781904132714
This guidebook offers a fresh take on an age-old profession. Putting aside social taboos and dispensing with academic distance, this volume addresses all the concerns, challenges, and benefits involved in choosing a career as a call girl or escort. Written by an award-winning entrepreneur of the sex industry, and relying upon research and anecdotes from dozens of veterans of the trade, this guide includes frank, insightful discussion of every conceivable issue an escort encounters on a day-to-day basis—from building relationships with clients and making sound business decisions to steeri...
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Posted: January 21st, 2009, 10:08am CET
ARCO Master the GRE 2009 (with CD)
Publisher: Arco
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 2008-05-13
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 076892605X
ISBN-13: 9780768926057
The most comprehensive resource for students who want to earn top GRE scores. Includes 9 full-length practice tests (3 on CD), thorough reviews of every section on the exam, and expert tips and strategies from a test prep pro....
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Posted: January 21st, 2009, 9:47am CET
Bureaucrats in Business: The Economics and Politics of Government Ownership (World Bank Policy Research Report)
Publisher: A World Bank Policy Research Report
Number of Pages: 366
Published: 1996-01-11
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0195211065
ISBN-13: 9780195211061
After more than a decade of privatization, state-owned enterprises still account for nearly as large a share of developing countries’ economies as they did twenty years ago. Drawing on detailed case studies of twelve countries, this report explains how divestiture and other measures improve the economy, why politics often impedes reforms, how countries overcome obstacles, and why so few countries have reformed. The final chapter offers detailed guidance on how to competently reform state-owned companies....
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Posted: January 21st, 2009, 5:08am CET
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2003-12-23
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1400045371
ISBN-13: 9781400045372
Out of nowhere, like a fresh breeze in a marketplace crowded with advice on what to believe, comes Byron Katie and what she calls “The Work.” In the midst of a normal life, Katie became increasingly depressed, and over a ten-year period sank further into rage, despair, and thoughts of suicide. Then one morning, she woke up in a state of absolute joy, filled with the realization of how her own suffering had ended. The freedom of that realization has never left her, and now in Loving What Is you can discover the same freedom through The Work.The Work is simply four questions that, wh...
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Posted: January 21st, 2009, 12:46am CET
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-11-04
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0195374614
ISBN-13: 9780195374612
One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows how its insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to modern lives. In A Guide to the Good Life, Irvine offers a refreshing presentation of Stoicism, showing how this ancient philosophy can still direct us toward a better life. Using the psychological insights and the prac...
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Posted: January 21st, 2009, 12:01am CET
Product Design for Manufacture & Assembly Revised & Expanded
Publisher: CRC
Number of Pages: 720
Published: 2001-09-15
List price: $169.95
ISBN-10: 082470584X
ISBN-13: 9780824705848
Presents up to date tools to analyze injection molding, sheet metalworking, die casting, and powder metal processing costs....
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