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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Hundreds of useful phrases at your fingertipsSpeak Chinese - instantly!Traveling to China but don't know Chinese Taking Chinese at school but need to kick up your conversation skills Don't worry! This handy little phrasebook will have you speaking Chinese in no time.Discover how to\* Get directions, shop, and eat out\* Talk numbers, dates, time, and money\* Chat about family and work\* Discuss sports and the weather\* Deal with problems and emergencies.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - CHANGE YOUR THINKING CHANGE YOUR LIFE'Every line in this book is bursting with truth, wisdom, and power. Brian Tracy is the preeminent authority on showing you how to dramatically improve your life. Let him be your guide. I've learned so much from Brian myself that I can't thank him enough!'-Robert G. Allen, #1 New York Times bestselling author'This book gives you a step-by-step system to transform your thinking about yourself and your potential, enabling you to achieve greater success in every area of your life.'-Lee Iacocca, Chairman, Lee Iacocca & Associates'Once again, Brian Tracy has written an incredible book which shows individuals how to delve into their inner resources so that they can not only identify realistic goals but develop a plan on how to achieve these goals. This book promises to be a bestseller and to influence the lives of so many. It is must reading.'-Sally Pipes, President, Pacific Research Institute'Outstanding! Brian Tracy's Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life is a must-read. Use the powerful 'mental software' program in this book to tap your vast inner resources and bring the life you've been dreaming about into reality.'-Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager(r) and Full Steam Ahead!'As usual, Brian Tracy has hit another home run with Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life. It's a must-read!'-Mac Anderson, founder, Successories, Inc.'Brian's new book, Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life, will show you how to attract the people and resources you need to achieve any goal you set for yourself.'-Tony Jeary, Mr. Presentation, author of Life Is a Series of Presentations'This is a masterful book laden with wisdom and knowledge. It'll catapult you from intention to implementation. It arms you with the information and insights you need to achieve success and significance in your life.'-Nido R. Qubein, founder, National Speakers Association Foundation Chairman, Great Harvest Bread Company.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Examines Wiccan magic, rituals, traditions, and code of conductGet the scoop on this ancient spiritual pathWondering what it takes to be a Wiccan This plain-English guide introduces you to the vibrant world of Wicca and the practices of Witchcraft, describing its ancient origins, dispelling stereotypes, and explaining Wiccan beliefs, ethics, rituals, and holidays. You ll see what it means to live as a contemporary Wiccan -- and how to worship alone or with a group.Discover how to Worship alone or join a coven Perform charms, blessings, and spells Obtain necessary tools and supplies Spot spiritual scams and inappropriate behavior Explore a spiritual path guided by nature.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Find Out How to Lead Effectively-- Even When You're Not in Charge.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Have you ever seen inventors on TV or in the newspaper and thought, That could be me!Well, it certainly couldand this book shows you how. 'Kids Inventing!' gives you easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for turning your ideas into realities for fun, competition, and evenprofit. From finding an idea and creating a working model to patenting, manufacturing, and selling your invention, you get expert guidance in all the different stages of inventing. Youll see how to keep an inventors log, present your ideas, and work as part of a team or with a mentor. Youll meet inspiring kids just like you who designed their own award-winning inventions. And youll see how to prepare for the various state and national invention contests held each year, as well as international competitions and science fairs.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Questions concerning retirement savings abound, but the one question on everyone's mind is, 'How much is enough to provide for the type of retirement I want ' How Much Is Enough provides the answer by helping readers build a customized plan. Author and financial planning expert Diane McCurdy clearly explains how to save on taxes and invest wisely, so that readers can find the money they need to reach their retirement goals. Readers will also learn how to comfortably work with financial advisors and manage the investments needed for retirement. Filled with in-depth insight and practical advice, How Much Is Enough is a refreshing approach to defining retirement goals and building a personalized plan to reach them.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Get up to speed easily with your TI-89 TitaniumUse advanced science and math applications, PDA functions, and moreYour TI-89 Titanium graphing calculator is an amazing tool, and this plain-English guide gets you up and running on all the things it can do, quickly and easily. Find out how to use the preloaded applications, let your calculator double as a PDA, do algebra, trigonometry, and calculus, graph and analyze functions, and much more!Discover how to: Use the keyboard, menus, and catalog Find absolute values Graph and analyze functions Add text to a graph Enter data using formulas Deal with vector calculusThe Dummy Way Explanations in plain English 'Get in, get out' information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 3 Easy Steps to Better Stock InvestingLessons explain key stock investing concepts clearly and simply to help you learn quickly.Quizzes reinforce and build on what you learn.Worksheets let you put what you learn into practice immediately to improve your own investing.Morningstar Investing Workbook Series helps you build skills progressively at your own pace. Look for these other titles in the Workbook Series:Stocks 1: How to Get Started in StocksStocks 3: How to Refine Your Stock StrategyMutual Funds 1: Find the Right Mutual FundsMutual Funds 2: Diversify Your Fund PortfolioMutual Funds 3: Maximize Your Fund ReturnsMorningstar has been helping investors make better investing decisions for more than 20 years with independent information and analysis. Morningstar people are passionate about helping you invest successfully.Paul Larson is the editor of the Morningstar Investing Workbook Series: Stocks. He is also one of Morningstar s Equities Strategists and editor of Morningstar StockInvestor. As editor, Larson manages the publication s two market-beating portfolios: Tortoise for conservative and Hare for aggressive investors.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Wouldn't it be great to never have to work again That's what it's like when you're doing something you love - it isn't work, it's fun. Bear Hunt is about turning that dream into reality. Eight simple yet startling insights provide the formula that can lead you towards your goal, starting with helping you to discover what it is that motivates and stimulates you.Bear Hunt is your path to discovering a life you'll love. Just like the family in the children's story, We're Going On A Bearhunt, when you are searching for something big, beautiful and frightening you will come up against many obstacles. To achieve a life that you can love you have to stop tinkering around at the edges and have the courage to smash through them. Bear Hunt is about creating the spirit, knowledge, skills, creativity and desire to overcome all barriers to happiness and fulfilment.The future is both exciting and frightening. We have to go forward, and we have to be positive, so - we're going on a Bear Hunt.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Your customers are going to give you three seconds to make the sale.Do you know what to say in those three seconds The marketing methods of the past are losing effectiveness as consumers are getting smarter and smarter and have less and less time. What is needed is a new way of doing business-a method that is simultaneously socially responsible and far more effective than 'old' marketing. This new way is The Irresistible Offer.'The Irresistible Offer is the missing link in many marketing books.'-Joe Sugarman, Chairman, BluBlocker Corporation'The Irresistible Offer reveals secret after proven secret guaranteed to pump fresh power into your sales process.'-John Du Cane, CEO, Dragon Door Publications, Inc.'As the world's fastest reader (Guinness Book certified) I've read just about every business and marketing book in existence. The Irresistible Offer by Mark Joyner is, by far, the easiest and most powerful. If you want to make a profitable business (any business small or large), The Irresistible Offer should be your starting point.'-Howard Berg, 'The World's Fastest Reader''I've read every book on marketing printed in the last 150 years. This is the first breakthrough in over fifty years.'-Dr. Joe Vitale, author of The Attractor Factor'If I had to choose one modern marketing genius to learn from, it would be Mark Joyner. The Irresistible Offer belongs in the hands of everyone wanting to wildly succeed in business.'-Randy Gilbert, a.k.a. 'Dr. Proactive' host of The Inside Success Show.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for The Paradox of Excellence'This book reveals a powerful new formula for every business to become distinct and not extinct!'-Ram Charan, coauthor, Confronting Reality and Execution, and author, Boards That Deliver'The Paradox of Excellence is a must-read for any company executive. In today's competitive environment, it is all too easy to become 'invisible' to our customers, which leads to undesired consequences. This book helps put into perspective issues facing many businesses today.'-Garry Betty, CEO, Earthlink'The Paradox of Excellence is a quick read and an excellent investment of your time. It provides a meaningful guide to improving communications and interactions with your customers.'-Jerry McElhatton, president, Global Technology & Operations, MasterCard International'The message Mosby and Weissman are delivering is very important to all companies regardless of size or success. In my thirty-four years in business and eight as a college president, I have often seen and experienced the paradox of excellence phenomenon. This is a must-read for all in today's business and service environment.'-Bill Galvin, retired vice chairman, Xerox Corporation, and retired president, Babson College'A fresh idea made very accessible-definitely worth reading!'-Ron Okamoto, vice president, Worldwide Developer Relations, Apple Computer'The Paradox of Excellence teaches a fundamental management lesson nestled in an involving, suspenseful story-operations excellence leading to high expectations coupled with inadequate management of your brand can be a recipe for disaster.'-David Aaker, vice chairman, Prophet, and author, Brand Portfolio Strategy'I was so impressed with this book. I'm going to order an advanced copy for myself and members of my management team.'-Joan Waltman, president, Wireless Business Solutions, Qualcomm, Inc.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Paul Volcker THE MAKING OF A FINANCIAL LEGEND'Paul Volcker may be the most important figure of our time on the U.S. economic scene. In his book, Paul Volcker: The Making of a Financial Legend, Joseph Treaster has captured the man, his time, and his influence with exceptional insight, clarity, and readability. It's a must-read for anyone interested in the American economy.'-Myron Kandel, CNN Financial Editor'Only a truly great chairman of the Federal Reserve could stay the course, keep interest rates at an all-time high to lower inflation, and save the economy in the face of near unanimous denunciation and derision. That drumbeat was summed up in a congressman's shout, 'Your course of action is wrong. There isn't anybody who says you're right.' That chairman was Paul Volcker. Events, of course, proved Volcker right.'-Ed Koch, former New York City mayor, and current Partner, Bryan Cave LLP'Paul Volcker is a true American hero. His courage as a central banker in leading the assault on the great inflation of the 1970s was the single most important step on the road to economic renewal in the United States. Treaster's probing look inside the man reveals a strength of character that made it easy for Volcker to do the toughest job in America.'-Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Director of Global Economic Analysis, Morgan Stanley'At a time when a number of business leaders have betrayed the public trust, upon which their power, position, and, ultimately, the prosperity of their companies depended, Paul Volcker stands out as a financial leader of unusual competence, unquestionable diligence, and uncompromising integrity. Joseph Treaster has vividly captured the essential greatness of the man in his excellent book.'-David Rockefeller III, former CEO and chairman of The Chase Manhattan Bank'Joseph Treaster has written a splendidly useful book that reveals how one courageous banker broke the back of double-digit inflation in America. There are up-to-the-minute lessons here for everyone who wants to learn from history rather than be condemned to repeat it.'-Marshall Loeb, columnist for CBS MarketWatch and former managing editor of Fortune and Money magazines.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Classroom teachers often feel pressure to choose between using standards-based lessons and activities that engage their students' creativity and encourage personal expression. In Jump Write In!, however, the experienced writer-teachers from WritersCorps offer numerous exercises that do both: build key standards-based writing skills and give voice to youth.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 3 Easy Steps to Better Stock InvestingLessons explain key stock investing concepts clearly and simply to help you learn quickly.Quizzes reinforce and build on what you learn.Worksheets let you put what you learn into practice immediately to improve your own investing.Morningstar Investing Workbook Series helps you build skills progressively at your own pace. Look for these other titles in the Workbook Series:Stocks 2: How to Select Winning StocksStocks 3: How to Refine Your Stock StrategyMutual Funds 1: Find the Right Mutual FundsMutual Funds 2: Diversify Your Fund PortfolioMutual Funds 3: Maximize Your Fund ReturnsMorningstar has been helping investors make better investing decisions for more than 20 years with independent information and analysis. Morningstar people are passionate about helping you invest successfully.Paul Larson is the editor of the Morningstar Investing Workbook Series: Stocks. He is also one of Morningstar s Equities Strategists and editor of Morningstar StockInvestor. As editor, Larson manages the publication s two market-beating portfolios: Tortoise for conservative and Hare for aggressive investors.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Beginning Cryptography with JavaWhile cryptography can still be a controversial topic in the programming community, Java has weathered that storm and provides a rich set of APIs that allow you, the developer, to effectively include cryptography in applications-if you know how.This book teaches you how. Chapters one through five cover the architecture of the JCE and JCA, symmetric and asymmetric key encryption in Java, message authentication codes, and how to create Java implementations with the API provided by the Bouncy Castle ASN.1 packages, all with plenty of examples. Building on that foundation, the second half of the book takes you into higher-level topics, enabling you to create and implement secure Java applications and make use of standard protocols such as CMS, SSL, and S/MIME.What you will learn from this book\* How to understand and use JCE, JCA, and the JSSE for encryption and authentication\* The ways in which padding mechanisms work in ciphers and how to spot and fix typical errors\* An understanding of how authentication mechanisms are implemented in Java and why they are used\* Methods for describing cryptographic objects with ASN.1\* How to create certificate revocation lists and use the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)\* Real-world Web solutions using Bouncy Castle APIsWho this book is forThis book is for Java developers who want to use cryptography in their applications or to understand how cryptography is being used in Java applications. Knowledge of the Java language is necessary, but you need not be familiar with any of the APIs discussed.Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Four years after the publication of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, Rush Rhees, one of Wittgenstein's literary executors and closest friends, began writing reflections on the masterpiece he had helped to edit. In this collection of his previously unpublished writings, Rhees offers an original critique of Wittgenstein's analogy between language and games. The volume constitutes a major contribution not only to Wittgenstein scholarship, but also to philosophical debates about the possibility of discourse, and to why conversation is central to that possibility.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written to reflect the realities of today's business environment, Power Mentoring is a nuts-and-bolts guide for anyone who wants to create a connection with a protégé or mentor, or to improve a current mentoring relationship. Filled with illustrative examples and candid insights from fifty of America s most successful mentors and protégés, Power Mentoring unlocks the secrets of great mentoring relationships and shows how anyone (including those who are well established in their careers, or those who are just starting out) can become a successful mentor or protégé. Based on compelling interviews from Ellen Ensher and Susan Murphy's own research, this important resource explains what it takes to develop a 'power mentoring' network consisting of a variety of mentors across a range of organizations and industries. The authors provide strategies for establishing such power mentoring relationships, outline the best practices, and offer insights from mentors and protégés in a variety of fields including technology, politics, and the media.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The fifth Roman emperor, Nero has gone down in history as the archetypal narcissistic tyrant. In this fascinating new biography, Jürgen Malitz invites readers to reconsider Nero's reputation.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Domicile and Diaspora investigates geographies of home and identity for Anglo-Indian women in the 50 years before and after Indian Independence in 1947. Theoretically informed and substantively grounded, the book draws on interviews and focus groups with over150 Anglo-Indians, as well as archival research. Key themes include: imaginative geographies of Britain as fatherland and India as motherland before Independence; the establishment of Anglo-Indian homelands; Anglo-Indian migration under the British Nationality Act of 1948 and the White Australia Policy; and the spatial politics of home for Anglo-Indians today in India, Britain and Australia.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This sharp and authoritative account of American foreign relations analyzes the last 15 years of foreign policy in relation to the last 40 years, since the end of the Cold War. In 1989, the United States emerged as victor from the Cold War struggle. But what did victory mean In the United States, commentators were divided in their views: some feared their nation's eclipse by more successful trading powers or blocs; others were concerned that undoubted military pre-eminence was in effect financed by foreigners.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Championship Selling'Every business leader and sales professional will benefit from Championship Selling.'--Jeffrey J. Fox , bestselling author of How to Become a Rainmaker'Championship Selling provides a comprehensive framework for individuals and entire companies to build lasting value. Read this book if you don't want to be left behind.'--Mike Charette, Vice President Customer Development - Wal-Mart, Johnson & Johnson'Championship Selling will help you see the customer in a refreshing new light.'--Tom Greco, Senior Vice President Sales, Frito-Lay North America'Forget books on getting the customer to see it your way. Championship Selling tells you something much more valuable: how to see it the customer's way.'--George Cooke, CEO, Dominion of Canada General Insurance'The concepts in Championship Selling speak directly to the shift companies need to adopt if they want to position themselves for success in today's environment.'--Steve Fox, Senior Vice President Customer Business Development, Nestlé'Sales leaders of the future will need to become customer general managers. Championship Selling will get them on the right road - fast.'--Tom Muccio, former President Global Customer Teams, Procter & Gamble'You'll never look at customers the same way again.'--Tim Boissinot, Executive Vice President, Quebecor'Championship Selling gives you the tools to create enduring, sustainable value. If you want a leadership edge, this is the book to get.'--Kevin Cashman, CEO, LeaderSource and bestselling author of Leadership from the Inside Out.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This is no book, / Who touches this touches a man,' Walt Whitman famously said. Taking account of Whitman's identification of himself with his books, this introductory guide weaves together the writer's life with an examination of his works, especially his evolving masterpiece Leaves of Grass.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This major reference work is distinct from many other handbooks. It provides original contributions from top strategic management scholars rather than pure research reviews or collections of previously published articles. In the original chapters provided by these outstanding strategic management scholars, major ideas and theories relating to their particular areas of expertise are presented. The contributors examine the background on their topic through their own lenses, whilst also introducing new ideas that will influence the future of research in the field.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The scholarship of teaching and learning is not a magic bullet that will shoot through higher education and suddenly solve the many challenges to successful student learning today. But it 'is a tool, an attitude, and an evolving set of habits that faculty and institutions can use to strengthen the educational enterprise.- from the Preface --.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Science, Technology, and Society: A Sociological Approach is a comprehensive guide to the emergent field of science, technology, and society studies and its implications for today's culture and society. Written in an accessible style, and designed especially for students, the book emphasizes the sociological sciences as the foundation for STS studies. It opens with a discussion of current STS topics, research tools, and theories, and tackles some of the most urgent issues on the STS agenda: power and culture, race, gender, colonialism, the internet, cyborgs and robots, and biotechnology.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For 2,000 years the Christian churches have developed, disagreed with each other, and divided into separate and often hostile factions. This book, written by a distinguished Church historian, explores the theological lessons to be learnt from this difficult history.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of the landmark book Discussion as a Way of Teaching shows how to plan, conduct, and assess classroom discussions. Stephen D. Brookfield and Stephen Preskill suggest exercises for starting discussions, strategies for maintaining their momentum, and ways to elicit diverse views and voices. The book also includes new exercises and material on the intersections between discussion and the encouragement of democracy in the classroom. This revised edition expands on the original and contains information on adapting discussion methods in online teaching, on using discussion to enhance democratic participation, and on the theoretical foundations for the discussion exercises described in the book.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics explores the fundamental ontological categories of things; things that we encounter in everyday life, such as material substances, persons, events and universals.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT CLASSIC-REVISED AND EXPANDEDNow Includes Downloadable Forms and WorksheetsProjects are becoming the heart of business. This comprehensive revision of the bestselling guide to project management explains the processes, practices, and management techniques you need to implement a successful project culture within your team and enterprise. Visualizing Project Management simplifies the challenge of managing complex projects with powerful, visual models that have been adopted by more than 100 leading government and private organizations.In this new Third Edition, the authors-leading thinkers and practitioners in the field-keep you on the cutting edge with a sophisticated approach that integrates project management, systems engineering, and process improvement. This advanced content can help take your career and your organization well beyond the fundamentals.New, downloadable forms, templates, and worksheets make it easy to implement powerful project techniques and tools.Includes references to the Project Management Institute Body of Knowledge and the INCOSE Handbook to help you pass:\* The Project Management Professional Certification Exam\* The INCOSE Systems Engineer Certification Exam (CSEP)'I recommend this book to all those who aspire to project management [and] those who must supervise it.'-Norman R. Augustine, former chairman and CEO Lockheed Martin Corporation'The importance of this excellent book, able to encompass these two key disciplines [systems engineering and project management], cannot be overemphasized.'-Heinz Stoewer, President, INCOSE.