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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A long-awaited paperback edition of this classic bestseller.The Singing Wilderness is Sigurd Olson's first and best-selling book, with over 70,000 copies sold in hardcover since its release in 1956. Now available in paperback for the first time, this volume established Olson as a major writer renowned for the beauty of his prose and the clarity of his vision."The singing wilderness has to do with the calling of the loons, northern lights, and the great silences of a land lying northwest of Lake Superior," Olson writes. "It is concerned with the simple joys, the timelessness and perspective found in a way of life that is close to the past. I have heard the singing in many places, but I seem to hear it best in the wilderness."Olson tells his story through descriptions of the simple events in nature that bring meaning to his life: picking berries, looking for pine knots, fly-fishing, hiking through the forest, paddling a canoe. "The movement of a canoe is like a reed in the wind," he writes. "Silence is part of it, and the sounds of lapping water, bird songs, and wind in the trees. It is part of the medium through which it floats, the sky, the water, the shores." Olson's insights, sharpened by his knowledge of the natural world and warmed by his passion for the outdoors, challenge the reader to participate in each fulfilling moment. As meaningful today as it was when he wrote it, The Singing Wilderness is an essential antidote to the trials of modern life. This unique volume, beautifully illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques, will be a welcome addition to any nature lover's bookshelf and backpack. Francis Lee Jaques (illustrateur).…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Hier ist die Broschurversion der 1996 erschienen gebundenen Ausgabe. Trader's Tales ist eine umfangreiche Sammlung amüsanter Wall Street Geschichten, die die Phantasie eines jeden Lesers zu erobern vermag. Das Buch behandelt nicht nur das besondere Wesen der Wall Street sondern auch die Wesen, die an der Wall Street anzutreffenden sind. Geschrieben wurde das Werk von einem führenden Wirtschaftsjournalisten, der permanent mit den Hauptakteuren der Wall Street in Verbindung steht. Dieser geistreiche und witzige Beitrag kommt genau zur rechten Zeit, da sich die Leute gerade heute ganz besonders mit dem Thema Geld beschäftigen.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A practical guide to the crucial role of visiting in the life of a church--a role that has grown even more important in an age when so many do not regularly attAnd church services. Presented here are 14 different forms of visiting, to reach both within the church congregation and in the community at large.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - NOW COMPLETELY REVISED AND EXPANDED! THE BESTSELLING GUIDE TO GETTING STARTED IN STOCKS.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Leadership is learnableA Warren Bennis Executive Briefing Series Book Crosby is taking his message to a different audience--a growing army of intelligent young men and women who are setting out to become executives by choice and for the right reasons.--Central Florida Business In this, his eleventh book, world-renowned consultant Philip Crosby offers readers a simple, yet ingenious method for assessing the skills of those they've been assigned to follow, as well as their own leadership abilities. Leaders, he says, come in five versions Destructor, Procrastinator, Caretaker, Preparer, and Accomplisher. And by examining each of those character types in relation to his four Absolutes of Leadership, the author establishes a framework would-be leaders can use to build quality leadership skills of their own. Crosby also discusses the leader's role in organizational finance and quality, and in dealing with customers, suppliers, employees, and bosses. You know a leader when you meet one, he asserts and he maintains that those people who already have leadership potential will blossom once they understand and epitomize the precepts set forth in this groundbreaking work.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Kennon Callahan shares a new understanding of leadership, and helps missionary pastors grow their leadership by cultivating new understandings and practices in seven key areas. Callahan guides pastors and key leaders in building on their creativity and imagination in order to revitalize their local churches and advance their missions.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Develop standard-setting customer service!Based on the best-selling book Fabled Service by Betsy Sanders!This program will help you develop exceptional customer service that puts your organization above your competition. Inspiring Fabled Service helps you assess your needs and select activities to improve weak areas in your current customer service.Teach others vital customer service skills, such as how to:\* Positively represent the organization\* Satisfy customers so they will buy the product or service\* Encourage customers to return\* Understand what motivates people and initiates action\* Solve problems immediately and effectively. and more!Simply written, this program includes all necessary materials to create results-oriented, customized customer service training. A Trainer's Guide includes specific direction for administering the Customer Service Survey, which assesses individual strengths and weaknesses in three learning areas: understanding him or herself and others; planning for results; and product/service knowledge. The Guide also includes 12 prepared activities that correspond with the three learning areas. Using results from the survey, you choose activities that will help your group improve in its weaker areas. Each activity specifies goals, materials needed, time required, physical setting, and process (including questions to help you review what was learned and help people understand what can be applied to every day situations).You will need to order a Participant Workbook for each person involved in the training. The Workbook includes a copy of the survey and participant materials for each activity.Create great service that gets customers talking.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Critical acclaim for The Last Great Frenchman 'This is a splendid popular biography . . . recounted with verveand anecdotal warmth, along with fresh appraisals of de Gaulle'scareer as soldier, politician, and head of state.' --PublishersWeekly. 'Highly readable. . . . It is to Williams' credit that he is ableto get so close to such a prickly personality.' --San FranciscoChronicle 'Charles Williams has matched a great subject by something near toa great book.' --Daily Telegraph (London) 'Marvelous vignettes. . . . Williams tells his story with pace andskill.' --Martin Gilbert. …

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Guides church leaders through the process of clarifying and prioritizing their mission. Kennon Callahan demonstrates how to cultivate your mission with compassion and community, as well as prayer and scripture. This guide will make any congregation's mission become a reality by matching your church's facilities with its ministry needs.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - An essential guide for church leaders to help them incorporatethe Twelve Keys As a companion to Twelve Keys to an Effective Church, theLeader's Guide provides ideas and suggestions on how to lead usingthe Twelve Keys model, how to handle congregational dynamics, plusguidelines on leading a Twelve Keys Planning Retreat to prepare forthe future. \* Shows how to use the Twelve Keys model within acongregation \* Offers helpful resources and suggestions for encouragingaction, implementation, and momentum \* Includes guidelines on leading a Twelve Keys Planning Retreatto prepare for the future \* Written by Kennon L. Callahan, the pastor who developed theTwelve Keys method This book will help church leaders implement the Twelve Keysmodel and handle the many other factors that make a churcheffective and successful. …

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Jetzt neu als Broschurausgabe präsentiert dieses Buch die 20 beispielhaften Geschichten unternehmerischen Erfolges, die jeder gebildete Geschäftsmann einfach lesen muß. Unbändiger Ehrgeiz, geniale Führungsgröße, Geschäftemacherei und harte Arbeit - das sind die Zutaten für geschäftlichen Erfolg. Harvard-Journalist Dan Gross beschreibt mit jeder einzelnen Geschichte nicht nur die jeweilige Unternehmerpersönlichkeit, sondern auch die dahinterstehende Gesellschaft, und zwar spannend und dramatisch, gespickt mit Weisheiten und geheimen Erfolgsrezepten. (10/97).…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Childhood traumas range widely in their severity and impact. A car accident, an earthquake or flood, being attacked by a dog, undergoing a frightening medical treatment all are distinctly different events yet all provoke common symptoms of psychological trauma. These symptoms may include fearfulness, nightmares, and dramatic behavioral or personality changes. And parental anxiety over changes in a child can, in turn, complicate the healing process. Children and Trauma teaches parents and professionals about the effects of such ordeals on children and offers a blueprint for restoring a child's sense of safety and balance. Cynthia Monahon, a child psychologist who specializes in the treatment of psychological trauma, offers hope and reassurance for parents. She suggests straightforward ways to help kids through tough times, and also describes in detail the warning signs that indicate a child needs professional help. Monahon helps adults understand psychological trauma from a child's point of view and explores the ways both parents and professionals can help children heal. …

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - * Offers a lively introduction to world population growth and the debates which surround it. * Original and provocative argument - Furedi argues thatt he changing character of the population agenda is itself a problem worthy of investigation.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Blends the brilliance of the scientific genius with the compassion, playfulness, and wit of the private figure 'A fascinating read with more interesting material about Einstein as a human being than I have ever seen before.'--Robert Jastrow, astrophysicist and bestselling author 'A thoughtful and captivating account of one whom I had the joy of knowing and loving.'--George Wald, Nobel Prize Laureate His face is one of the most recognized on the planet. His very name is synonymous with genius. Yet, for all the attention and countless biographies, our images of Albert Einstein rarely go beyond the eccentric and larger-than-life scientist unraveling one cosmic mystery after another. In this engaging popular biography, Denis Brian draws on a wealth of new information recently opened to the public to bring us a broader, more authentic portrait of Einstein than previously available. The first full-scale Einstein life published in 20 years, it is also the first to integrate Einstein's genius with his private and public life to give us a complete impression of the real person. We meet an Einstein with a gift for friendship, a romantic with a roving eye for women. We confront a man whose countless scientific triumphs were tempered by tragic ironies in his personal life. We encounter Einstein the humanist who showed compassion for the children of others yet neglected his own sons. We learn from his former assistants how they revered Einstein, how he worked at his science, and of his warm relationships with other physicists. Based on information drawn from new access to the Einstein archives as well as exclusive interviews with colleagues and friends, Einstein: A Life reveals an endearing and sensititve man, but one slightly detached from even those closest to him, as if he inhabited his own world of lofty thoughts and cosmic dreams. DENIS BRIAN (West Palm Beach, Florida) is the author of The True Gen: An Intimate Portrait of Hemingway by Those Who Knew Him and Genius Talk: Conversations with Nobel Scientists and Other Luminaries.; Seit über 20 Jahren ist dies die erste umfassende Einstein-Biographie. Der anerkannte Autor Denis Brian untersucht die private, öffentliche und wissenschaftliche Seite der legendären Persönlichkeit dieses rätselhaften Mannes. Geschickt beleuchtet Brian Einsteins eigenartig-neugierigen Charakter, die Träume und Ereignisse, die den künftigen Wissenschaftler vorangetrieben haben auf seiner unglaublichen Reise zu den Gipfeln des Erfolges und weltweiter Anerkennung. Einsteins Lebenswerk veränderte schließlich die Sichtweise der Wissenschaft von der Welt, angefangen bei seinem ersten Entwurf der revolutionären Relativitätstheorie 1905 bis hin zur Entwicklung der Atombombe (und seiner umstrittenen Position als Gegner des nachfolgenden nuklearen Wettrüstens). Der Autor erforscht Einsteins überwältigendes Erbe in Gesprächen mit vielen Zeitgenossen. Auch lüftet Brian das Geheimnis der Formeln, Theorien und Experimente, damit wir ihre Bedeutung und Tragweite besser verstehen können. Mit Prägnanz und Liebe zum Detail entführt er uns in die Welt, in der Einstein arbeitete, zurückgezogen oder gemeinsam mit anderen; von seinen Assistenten wurde er verehrt und mit anderen Physikern seiner Zeit pflegte er freundschaftliche Beziehungen. (10/97).…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This step-by-step guide to healthy habits of church finances will help church leaders focus their best creativity, leadership, and energy on advancing their mission. Written for committee members, key leaders, pastors, and staffs, this is a detailed account of budgeting and fund-raising, complete with charts and questionnaires.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This complete guide to giving and stewardship sheds new light on solid financial resources, one of the 12 keys to building an effective church. Here is a practical plan for the growth and development of giving and stewardship in your congregation, complete with action worksheets that advance the progress of the plan over four years.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A rare opportunity to go one-on-one with an industry giant and one of today's most respected financial thinkers, Merton Miller on Derivatives is a refreshingly accessible overview of derivatives, the revolution they have wrought, and the disasters they've supposedly caused.Though routinely assailed by regulators and the media, derivatives are hailed by a celebrated group of practitioners, analysts, and theorists, led most notably by Nobel laureate Merton Miller. Miller is legendary for repeatedly demonstrating-often with humor and always with grace-the value of derivatives in price discovery, managing financial risk, and tailoring a risk-return profile.Here, in this collection of his recent essays, Miller expounds on a number of critical derivatives issues. Is it a problem that some organizations have lost substantial sums on derivatives Miller's short answer: Some organizations will always find ways to lose money. Nor does he believe that more government regulation is the answer. He notes, for example, that for all the horror stories about derivatives, the world's banks have lost vastly more in bad real estate deals than they'll ever lose on their derivatives portfolios.Merton Miller on Derivatives offers twenty-two provocative chapters. A sampling: 'The Recent Derivatives 'Disasters': Assessing the Damage' takes a close look at such debacles as Procter & Gamble, Orange County, and Barings Bank. 'Financial Regulation: The Inside Game' uses an apt sports analogy to show how the derivatives regulatory game is really played, as opposed to the way outsiders imagine it is played. 'Japanese-American Trade Relations: Can Rambo Beat Godzilla ' succinctly sums up the nature of Japanese-American trade. And 'Risk and Return on Futures Contracts: A Chicago View' highlights the pivotal role derivatives play in hedging risk.There are also penetrating pieces on corporate governance that compare the system existing in the United States and England with the one existing in Germany and Japan. To complete the collection, a section called 'Questions I'm Often Asked' features Miller's unique perspective on a wide range of topics, from what's ahead for China to what we've learned from the Crash of 1987.Contrary to widely held perceptions, the so-called 'derivatives revolution' has made the world safer, not more dangerous. This explains the phenomenal growth of financial futures. As Miller shows, derivatives enable organizations to deal effectively with risks that have plagued them for decades, even centuries.Praise for merton miller on derivatives'Miller is one of the clearest thinkers of our time. Once again, he provides a simple, insightful, and witty analysis of an important and complex topic. This book is truly fun to read.' -Kenneth R. French Beinecke Professor of Management Studies and Finance Yale University School of Management.'Some of us trade markets; others of us observe markets; Merton Miller understands markets. As this volume demonstrates, Professor Miller is unsurpassed at cutting through fluff, misinterpretation, and even obfuscation to get to the heart of highly charged issues.' -Charles W. Smithson Managing Director, CIBC Wood Gundy.'Vintage Merton Miller: zesty writing and forcefully communicated ideas, not only on derivatives, but on a wide range of topics in financial markets. This is no ponderous academic tome, but rather a series of entertaining, yet devastatingly analytical essays on controversial issues in finance. Great reading and great analysis.' -Hans R. Stoll Walker Professor of Finance and Director of the Financial Markets Research Center, Vanderbilt University.'I am grateful to Merton Miller for setting the record straight, once again, regarding derivatives. With his customary brilliance, Merton cuts through the fog of misunderstanding and nonsense that too often surrounds derivatives and reveals them for what they truly are: phenomenally successful and essential risk manage.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This is Habermas s long awaited work on law, democracy and the modern constitutional state in which he develops his own account of the nature of law and democracy.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A Selection of the Executive Program and Fortune Book Clubs Leaders beware. There's an unconscious conspiracy afoot, aiming to sabotage your plans and undermine your vision. Entrenched bureaucracy, ominous social trends, and mind-numbing routine are among its members and their proliferation is an unfortunate sign of our times. But take heart. In this highly acclaimed work, legendary management consultant Warren Bennis unmasks the culprits, analyzes their tactics, and offers new insights for change agents struggling to take charge in an era that conspires against effective leadership. The best book on how leaders can lead. --Peter Drucker Bennis teaches leaders to maximize their virtues, correct their faults, face change successfully, and love their work. Leaders will win, but so will their organizations: Bennis advocates a collaborative leadership that empowers employees and enhances organizational effectiveness. A priceless gift to those seeking to be accountable leaders. --Max De Pree, author of Leading Without Power So learn why leaders can't lead. Then learn how they can lead. This book--alive with warmth and wisdom--is essential reading both for leaders and for the human resource professionals who teach them.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This unique resource provides 60 teaching/ learning units created to help special needs students learn short and long vowels, irregular vowel combinations, diphthongs, and r-controlled vowel sounds.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'Important and ingenious . . . ought to be read by every educated person.' --The Spectator. Renowned British economist Paul Ormerod explodes current economic theory to offer a radical new framework for understanding how human societies and economies really operate. His bold and impassioned arguments about how and why economics should be recast to reflect the current ills of Western society --including unemployment, crime, and poverty --are both persuasive and controversial. Integrating ideas from biology, physics, artificial intelligence, and the behavioral sciences, Ormerod's groundbreaking approach is sure to have far-reaching repercussions. 'A clear, concise, and yet sophisticated history of economic thought that should be required reading for Economics 101 courses. The fundamental challenge is to view the economy more as an organism than a machine and place it in its larger political, social, and moral context.' --The Washington Post 'A vigorous, informed, and thoughtful critique of the dismal science.' --Kirkus Reviews. 'Crucial reading for the concerned citizen, which ought to mean all of us. . . . This book is very timely indeed.' --The Observer 'Economics has some battles to fight. . . . Unless economists improve their ability to analyze and prescribe in an intelligent way, and to provide a modicum of accuracy in their forecasts, the twentieth-century pseudoscience of economics will become a twenty-first-century museum piece.' --Sunday Times (London). …

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Takes a hard look at the consequences of intense conflict between divorced parents This book explores both the causes and consequences of high-level, stressful conflict between divorced parents on their children's development. It also provides concrete advice to help parents work together to the benefit of all involved, most importantly the children.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This volume examines the causes of the very volatile financial markets and exchange rate crises recently experienced, particularly in a number of European countries, and considers the implications for business cycle fluctuations and economic policy. It will attempt to clarify whether these developments can be attributed to further capital market liberalization, financial innovations, etc., or whether they are the product of business cycle changes in combination with shifts in the focus of economic policy towards less activism and low inflation. Issues related to the functioning of financial and exchange rate markets, the possibility of controlling these markets, the gains from liberalization and the implications for economic policy will also be covered.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Follow America's High-Tech Leaders to Sustained Growth and Profitability With forceful and engaging style, Cohan describes what makes technology companies like Hewlett-Packard so successful.Any executive aspiring to market leadership should read The Technology Leaders. -- Dean O. Morton, retired executive vice president, COO and director, Hewlett-Packard Company As organizations emerge from an era of epochal downsizing, managers are beginning to realize that repeated cost-cutting is no longer the path to sustained profitable growth. Clearly, a new strategy is called for. In this landmark work, Peter Cohan details the practices of today's most vital, prosperous companies -- America's high-tech leaders -- and demonstrates how other companies can follow their remarkable example and thrive in a hypercompetitive marketplace driven by rapid product innovation. …

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'A pleasure to read.' -Architectural Review'A wonderful, nontechnical introduction to one of this century's most fascinating minds.' -Whole Earth Review'Original . . . [and] valuable, because it describes . . . Fuller's original techniques.' -Architectural Record.Architect, mathematician, engineer, inventor, visionary humanist, educator, inspirational orator, and bestselling author, R. Buckminster Fuller has been rightly called 'the 20th-century Leonardo da Vinci.' Written by a fellow inventor who worked with Fuller for more than three decades, BuckyWorks is an inspiring celebration of the man, his ideas, his inventions -and his legacy for our future. Featuring over 200 photographs and drawings, plus dozens of fascinating excerpts from Fuller's lectures and conversations with the author, this book offers a breathtaking inside look at one of the truly great minds of our time.J. BALDWIN is an inventor and teacher who worked under, with, and for R. Buckminster Fuller for more than three decades. He served as an editor of the Whole Earth Catalog and the Whole Earth Review for 25 years.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie könnten mit 57 der bedeutendsten Unternehmerpersönlichkeiten über erfolgreiches Unternehmertum diskutieren. Hier haben Sie die einmalige Gelegenheit dazu: Andrew Carnegie, David Ogilvy, Bernard Baruch, P.T. Barnum und Carl Icahn - um nur einige zu nennen - plaudern für Sie aus dem 'Nähkästchen' und geben Ihnen einen Einblick in das gesamte Spektrum der Unternehmenswelt, angefangen bei der Frage, wie man Unternehmer wird bis hin zum Thema, wie man als einzelner Unternehmer seinen Platz in der Welt der großen Gesellschaften behauptet. Jedem Eintrag sind einleitende Informationen zu Leben und Karriere der betreffenden Unternehmerpersönlichkeit vorangestellt.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Cases in Strategic Management is designed to provide students with the best means for developing their decision-making skills. It contains 25 comprehensive, up-to-date cases featuring a wide range of organizations that are undergoing, or have undergone, strategic change. All the cases feature actual organizations, ranging in size from small businesses to Fortune 'Global 500' industry giants. The emphasis of this casebook is on strategic decisions, particularly those involving quality issues and global competition. It may be used with the companion text, Strategic Management by Michael J. Stahl and David W. Grigsby, or with other texts or books of readings.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Cognitive therapies are based on the idea that behavior and emotions result largely from an individual's appraisal of a situation, and are therefore influenced by that individual's beliefs, assumptions and images. This book is a comprehensive guide to cognitive therapy of anxiety disorders.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A simple yet comprehensive framework for hiring exceptional people and tying the hiring decision into the purpose and work of the organization. In clear-cut terms, the authors guide the reader through the procedures and sequences for applying the right hiring tools in the right ways for the right tasks.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'The writing is beautiful, the ideas persuasive, and the picture it paints of the process of careful observation is one that every writer should read. . . . A rich and wonderful book.' -American Journal of Education A landmark contribution to the field of research methodology, this remarkable book illuminates the origins, purposes, and features of portraiture-placing it within the larger discourse on social science inquiry and mapping it onto the broader terrain of qualitative research.…