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Chainsaw The Notorious Career of Al Dunlap in the Era of Profit-at-Any-Price
'Chainsaw' Al Dunlap Earned his nickname by the remorseless way he downsized organizations to boost shareholder value. Along the way, he became the most celebrated villain in business since Michael Milken, and his firing by Sunbeam made headlines around the world. But, as distinguished BusinessWeek journalist John Byrne shows so vividly in What Goes Around Comes Around, Dunlap's relentless destructive drive for profits at any cost is symptomatic of our times -- and the overpowering greed of Wall Street's princes, who hired Dunlap and paid his salary. With names right out of today's business headlines, including financiers Ron Perelman and Michael Price, hedge-fund wheeler-dealer Michael Steinhardt (whom Time magazine named one of the 25 most influential Americans of 1998), and assorted characters from business powerhouses such as Morgan Stanley, Skadden Arps, Arthur Andersen, and Coopers & Lybrand, the book tells of the mad pursuit of wealth. Wealth, in this case, in the form of increasing share price -- won at the expense of customers, employees, the community at large, and, ultimately, the truth. Loaded with implications for everyone with a stake in American business, What Goes Around Comes Around will be to the '90s what Barbarians at the Gate was to the '80s. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - Used Item: 461109565
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At War with Ourselves Why America Is Squandering Its Chance to Build a Better World
As correspondent for Newsweek, Michael Hirsh has traveled to every continent, reporting on American foreign policy. Now he draws on his experience to offer an original explanation of America's role in the world and the problems facing the nation today and in the future. Using colorful vignettes and up-close reporting from his coverage of the first two post-Cold War presidents, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Hirsh argues that America has a new role never before played by any nation: it is the world's Uberpower, overseeing the global system from the air, land, sea and, increasingly, from space as well. And that means America has a unique opportunity to do what no great power in history has ever done--to perpetuate indefinitely the global system it has built, to create an international community with American power at its center that is so secure it may never be challenged. Yet Americans are squandering this chance by failing to realize what is at stake. At the same time that America as a nation possesses powers it barely comprehends, Americans as individuals ha - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - Used Item: 461403233
- At War with Ourselves Why America Is Squandering Its Chance to Build a Better World
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It's Not the Big That Eat the Small...It's the Fast That Eat the Slow How to Use Speed As a Competitive Tool in Business
In today's hyper-competitive business environment, only those companies that can bring their products and ideas to the marketplace faster than their competitors will achieve real success. That's the powerful message presented by Jason Jennings and Laurence Haughton, two of the world's most innovative and successful business consultants, in this vitally important book. Using success stories from such pioneering companies as AOL, Charles Schwab, and Hotmail, which went from an interesting idea to a $400 million purchase by Microsoft within two years, the authors present a step-by-step guide to growing any business through the philosophy of 'surging,' a strategy which can be implemented at any level in any company. With the explosive rise in e-commerce, speed is more critical than ever, and the proven methods presented here can help give your company an overwhelming advantage in the marketplace. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - Used Item: 461660905
- It's Not the Big That Eat the Small...It's the Fast That Eat the Slow How to Use Speed As a Competitive Tool in Business
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Rails Under My Back A Novel
A dazzling family saga that brilliantly reflects the reality of the African-American experience in the United States Hatch and Jesus Jones are cousins on their fathers' side and on their mothers' side, and you can't have a family much more bound than that. And family is the most important entity for these young men, even when family seems to be defined by abandonment. Rails Under My Back traces these two men from one form of bondage or freedom to another, from one job to another, as they face down danger and try to come to terms with their family's past. This ambitious novel, which has been hailed by critics nationwide as a rare achievement on the level of fiction by Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, and Richard Wright, is the communal expression of a century of African-American life in America, with its imagery of exodus and exile, departure and destiny. It wields extraordinary literary, religious, and historical power, and announces the triumphant debut of a most powerful and utterly original voice. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - Used Item: 461662495
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In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo
In the Congo, a country rich with diamonds, gold, copper, uranium, oil, and timber, the average worker was reduced to a living income of $120 a year under the rule of Mobutu. This is a brilliant journalistic account set amid the heart of the apocalypse--a nation plunged back to the Iron Age, whose citizens miraculously continue to survive. 8-page photo insert. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - Used Item: 461715869
- In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo
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Principles of Electric Circuits Electron-Flow Version
This full-color guide provides a clear introduction to DC/AC circuits with numerous exercises and examples, an abundance of illustrations, photographs, tables and charts, and a strong emphasis on troubleshooting. Uses an electron-flow approach throughout, and incorporates mathematical concepts only when needed to understand the discussion. Covers everything from components, quantities and units to voltage, current and resistance; series circuits; magnetism and electromagnetism; phasors and complex numbers; capacitors; inductors; RC and RL circuits; circuit theorems, and more. Considers reactive circuits by circuit type as well as by component type . Integrates many TECH Tips (Technology Theory Into Practice) and PSpice Computer Analysis sections that apply theory learned to a practical activity using realistic circuit board and instrument graphics. Weaves worked examples and related exercises throughout to clarify basic concepts and illustrate procedures and troubleshooting techniques. Contains over 1,300 full-color illustrations, and over 750 problem sets and 850 self-test and review questions. For electronic technology professionals or anyone who wants a fundamental understanding of the principles of electric circuits. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - Used Item: 461112272
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Hazardous and Industrial Waste Treatment
This book was written to serve as a textbook and reference for those engaged in finding solutions to the management of ongoing sources of hazardous waste. These individuals may have prior training in environmental science and engineering or in one of the other science or engineering disciplines. This text can serve as the foundation for one or more courses in the field of hazardous waste management. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - Used Item: 461112439
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Differential Equations With Graphical and Numerical Methods
(Pearson Education) A college sophomore level textbook in differential equations employing graphical and numerical methods as means of illuminating concepts. Contains all of the basic concepts and includes supplementary exercises to help students firmly mentally anchor concepts. DLC: Differential equations. - Category: Books/Reading - Misc. - Used Item: 460837772
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The Taming of the Chew A Holistic Guide to Stopping Compulsive Eating
A psychologist and doctor of holistic health explains how readers can eliminate compulsive overeating and their dependence on food by using holistic medicine and treatments to promote healing, change behavior and lifestyle, and build self-esteem. Reprint. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 461507334
- The Taming of the Chew A Holistic Guide to Stopping Compulsive Eating
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The Comfort Trap Or What If You're Riding A Dead Horse?
Explains how to escape from the comfort zones that trap us to achieve a happier, more meaningful, and more fulfilling life, introducing a seven-step program on how to transform one's life. By the best-selling author of Excess Baggage. Reprint. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 461507426
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The Book Nobody Read Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
Examines how De revolutionibus, the technical sixteenth-century treatise by Nicolaus Copernicus, helped launch a revolution more profound than the Reformation and how the six hundred surviving copies have evolved into million-dollar cultural icons. Reprint. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 461507430
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Black Bodies and Quantum Cats Tales from the Annals of Physics
Traces key developments in the field, illustrating the fundamentals of physics via films and literature, as in Back to the Future, which demonstrates the finer points of special relativity, or Poe's The Purloined Letter, which serves to illuminate the mysterious nature of neutrinos. Original. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 461507443
- Black Bodies and Quantum Cats Tales from the Annals of Physics
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Bargaining for Advantage Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People
An authoritative guide to business negotiation explores the complex psychological factors in every bargaining situation and examines six key leverage points that promote bargaining success. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. - Books/Reading - Misc. - New - 461507453
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