Wiley feb 1998 (66 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Make glow-in-the-dark stars! Learn how an Etch-A-SketchR(r) erases pictures! Create a kaleidoscope from your toys! Discover why a SlinkyR(r) slinks down stairs! Experience the science of toys and games with these quick, easyexperiments and activities from Jean Potter. You can complete eachin ten fun-filled minutes or less, and the clear step-by-stepinstructions and illustrations help you get it right every time.The projects help you learn about everything from why a swing goeshigher when you pump your legs to how Silly PuttyR(r) pulls upcomic strips from the newspaper. You will find most of the requiredmaterials already in your toy chest, home, backyard, orneighborhood. The 101 activities in this book cover every aspect of the scienceof toys and the games you play, including swinging, bouncing,throwing, sliding, and much more. You'll discover why a footballspirals as it zips through the air, learn how to make your cerealjump out of the bowl, find out why goggles make you see betterunderwater, and make your own homemade paint --all with the help ofa leading educator.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A tour d'horizon of Wall Street and the creatures who inhabit it, Where the Money Grows has withstood the test of time to become a true investment classic. Filled with salient observations and rich portraits that are as incisive today as they were decades ago, this entertaining volume brings Wall Street past and present to vibrant life. Now, with a new Foreword by Esquire financial columnist Christopher Byron, Where the Money Grows introduces a new audience to - as well as reacquaints old admirers with - a milestone work long considered to be one of the best investment books ever written. Written by Garet Garrett, a financial writer widely admired for his wry wit and inimitable sense of satire, Where the Money Grows is a colorful chronicle of the ways in which money circulates in the markets, and of the diverse, devious, and dynamic characters in hot pursuit. With insights that remain on target today, Where the Money Grows concisely captures the quirks, deceptions, idiosyncrasies, and downright craziness of the most famous street in the world. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Powerful. . . . The crisis [Torrey] delineates should stir any halfway sensitive human being to anger.'--The New York Times Book Review 'Brilliant and remarkably detailed. . . . Dr. Torrey, our clearest and most informed voice for the mentally ill, offers his own insightful plan for a way out . . . of a healthcare scandal that remains one of America's most enduring shames.'--Phil Donahue. 'If President Clinton is looking for a worthy goal to accomplish in his second term, here's one: Rescue the homeless mentally ill. It can be done. . . . Dr. E. Fuller Torrey . . . provides a five-year road map in Out of the Shadows.'--New York Daily News. 'An important book . . . timely and very well written.'--The New England Journal of Medicine. 'Controversial ideas, forcefully presented.'--Kirkus Reviews 'Moving and vivid. . . . Torrey's powerful prescription for change challenges conventional wisdom and political correctness. His searing case examples will haunt the reader.'--Laurie Flynn Executive Director National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the hope of shedding light on questions that continue to spark debate among historians and students of Lincoln, Brooks Simpson presents Think Anew, Act Anew, a concise and inventively annotated collection of documents written by Abraham Lincoln that focus on the interrelated themes of slavery, union, emancipation, and reconstruction. How did Lincoln define equality How did he harmonize his rejection of slavery as immoral with his toleration of it where it existed What were his views on race, and did they change over time What did freedom mean to him This unique selection of Lincoln's own words offers readers a chance to explore for themselves how Lincoln understood the prevailing concerns of his America. Professor Simpson provides contextual information in introductions to each of the book's eight chapters and all sixty-four documents are preceded by a brief note.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this exciting activity, participants face a simulated 'jungle survival.' They must reach agreement in this imaginary setting in order to succeed, and they learn why consensus produces the best decisions. 'You are a volunteer on an expedition to South America to study the tropical flora. Your base camp is a small village near the river city of Manaus, Brazil. Today is a free day and you and a few other expedition members have decided to visit, unannounced, a mutual friend who is working as a medical assistant in a remote village in the Amazon. Because there is no road, you hire a small plane to fly you over the rain forest jungle to reach your destination and return. Before you left the airport in Manaus, the pilot filed details of your flight plan with local authorities, as required. The plane took off as soon as the rain had stopped early this morning.'--excerpted from Adventure in the Amazon When the plane makes an emergency landing in the jungle, participants need to decide which of 15 items on the plane--including tallow candles, a pistol, safari hats, and other objects--would be most essential to their survival. First, as individuals, participants rate the 15 items. Then participants collaborate as a group and attempt to decide on the best course of action. When they cooperate, they experience the spark of synergy as never before! Use this gripping simulation to.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Completely revised throughout, Culture and Value is a selection from Wittgenstein s not Elektronisches Buch -- on the nature of art, religion, culture, and the nature of philosophical activity.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This practical resource gives teachers at all levels hundreds of tested techniques and guidelines for maintaining control and order in the classroom. These have been developed and refined in the crucible of the modern classroom by teachers just like yourself and are ready to help you solve problems and create the disciplined environment that students and teachers need for effective learning.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ein Porträt der Superstars der Finanzwelt! Der Erfolg von Legenden wie William Sharpe (Kapitalmarkt), Gary Brinson (globales Investment), Peter Bernstein (Risiko) und anderen hier vorgestellten Persönlichkeiten gründet sich auf Grundprinzipien, von denen jeder profitieren kann. (03/98).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first complete guide to mastering the forecasting techniques essential for short-term trading successWhile a majority of trading systems incorporate only existing or past pricing activity into their simulations, the most successful ones use forecasting methods to establish future activity. Now, Ed Gately, a leading computerized trading systems developer, creates a groundbreaking approach to forecasting that includes setting price and time targets to anticipate future price movements-an essential step in reducing risk, increasing reaction time, and yielding greater returns. With detailed coverage of such important targeting techniques as Fibonacci numbers, Fibonacci ratios, and cycle analysis, as well as support/resistance, moving average and Raff channels, Bollinger bands, and trendlines, Forecasting Profits Using Price & Time enables you to integrate today's most accurate computerized forecasting models into your current system. Once in place, these techniques can be combined to obtain confirmation, thereby strengthening reliability. These key concepts for maximizing profits over short periods of time include:\* Forecasting price movements of securities by using technical analysis.\* Setting risk objectives and establishing stop loss levels.\* Confirming change of trend with moving averages, candlesticks, and other methods of plotting price movement.\* Using Fibonacci, Gann's, Carolan's, and other number series to target future prices and establish timing of future changes in trend.Detailed charts and graphs, as well as helpful models that can be used to test individual systems before engaging in actual trades, make this an indispensable resource for learning how to forecast accurately-and successfully.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Q: How many female CEOs does it take to break the glass ceiling A: That s the wrong question!Numbers alone simply don t tell the real story of how women are doing in today s corporate world. Success on Our Own Terms does. It s filled with real stories -- stories of ordinary women who are making an extraordinary difference in the way corporations work.Success on Our Own Terms features women of different ages, ethnic backgrounds, and educational levels. Their combined experiences offer a fascinating portrait of how the corporate landscape has changed for women over the last few decades. This book is filled with the wisdom of these experiences, from important lessons on navigating corporate corridors and influencing the system to juggling work and personal life, helping local communities, and much more.Exploring the multidimensional definition of success shared by these women, this book reveals how they are working hard to reach their goals, balance their lives, and make a positive contribution to society. It shows how they --and others like them --are transforming the organization from the inside out through their own unique management style, values, vision, and determination.By designing, achieving, and owning their success, women are exploding conventional definitions of their progress in the workplace. The female voices in Success on Our Own Terms inform, encourage, and inspire us all.'Wonderful, timely, and absolutely refreshing. Reading this book excited and inspired me, and reaffirmed my belief that the future will be a great place for women.' --Sally Helgesen, author of The Female Advantage: Women s Ways of Leadership and Everyday Revolutionaries: Working Women and the Transformation of American Life'Virginia O Brien tells the real story --that we are entering a new phase in which women are becoming full participants with men in conducting the nation s business. . . . It s a heartening read, and a good antidote to media tales of doom and gloom.' --Caryl Rivers, coauthor of She Works, He Works: How Two Income Families Are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off'A must read to understand the multidimensional new values successful women bring to the marketplace of ideas. . . . [Readers] will find themselves, a friend, or a loved one on every page.' --Carol R. Goldberg, President of the Avcar Group, Ltd. and former President and COO of Stop & Shop Companies, Inc.'Insightful and informative. This excellent work brings the stories of successful women executives to the forefront.' --Charles E. Rice, Chairman and CEO, Barnett Banks, Inc.'These are inspiring stories, which I highly recommend.' --Richard McCormick, Chairman and CEO, US West, Inc.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'I don't even help [my children] with their homework in the evening because I'm in the chat rooms, and I don't help put them to bed because I don't realize how late it is. I also don't help them get ready for school in the morning like I used to do because I'm checking my e-mail. And I just can't stop myself.'-Raymond, an Internet addict.Internet addiction is real. Like alcoholism, drug addiction, or compulsive gambling, it has devastating effects on the lives of addicts and their families: divorce, job loss, falling productivity at work, failure in school, and, in extreme cases, criminal behavior. The problem has already reached epidemic proportions in the United States, and the number of 'netaholics' continues to grow rapidly as more households and businesses go on-line. Yet, until now, no one from the mental health community has come forward with a specific description of Internet addiction and its effects or a strategy for treatment and recovery.In Caught in the Net, Kimberly Young shares the results of her three-year study of Internet abuse. Often using the words of the Internet addicts themselves, she presents the stories of dozens of lives that were shattered by an overwhelming compulsion to surf the Net, play MUD games, or chat with distant and invisible neighbors in the timeless limbo of cyberspace.Why is the Internet so seductive What are the warning signs of Internet addiction Is recovery possible Dr. Young answers these questions and many more. She provides a questionnaire to help Net users determine whether they are addicts, and offers concrete steps to help problem users regulate Internet usage and devise a more balanced place for it in their daily lives.For Internet addicts as well as their parents, spouses, friends, and employers, Caught in the Net offers guidance on where and how to seek help from counselors, therapists, and other professionals who take this affliction seriously. For mental health professionals, this book provides insights into the nature and causes of Internet addiction and encourages counselors and therapists to expand their addiction recovery programs to address the specific problems of Internet addicts.'Think that computer addiction is a joke Think again. This groundbreaking book is the first to explore on-line addiction in a serious way and to consider the effects on individuals and their families. Caught in the Net is an important book for anyone who spends mornings and evenings connected to the Net.'-Clifford Stoll, author of The Cuckoo's Egg and Silicon Snake Oil.'An excellent account of the dangers of the burgeoning Internet industry. Dr. Young carefully outlines the traps into which people can fall and offers pragmatic self-help suggestions. Caught in the Net is valuable for both consumers and the professionals who deal with them.'-Maressa Hecht Orzack, PhD, Founder and Coordinator, Computer Addiction Services, McLean Hospital Lecturer, Harvard University Medical School'I don't mean to spend all my time this way, but I can't stop. It's the only place my opinion matters and I feel important.'-bobage38.automechanic.internet.addict'I feel guilty about it, but when I tried to break free, I simply didn't have the strength.I'm a long-time smoker, but I've found the craving to go on the Internet first thing every morning is stronger than my urge to light a cigarette.'-marylouage40.motheroffour.internet.addict'When you're talking about the Internet, you're talking about power. It's the most powerful information tool I have ever known. When I explore the on-line world, I feel like that robot in the movie Short Circuit. I need more input! More input!'-daveage28.militarytelecommunicationsexpert.internet.addict'I feel the rush every time my mind gets connected to this intensely powerful information whirlpool. When I enter cyberspace, I become one with.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Eine gelungene Mischung aus historischen Fakten, Anekdoten und Einblicken in die moderne Finanzwelt! Der Lebensweg von Andre Meyer, der von Rockefeller als einer der kreativsten Geister des Investmentgeschäfts bezeichnet wurde, wird anschaulich nachgezeichnet - von seiner Emigration aus dem besetzten Frankreich über seine bahnbrechenden Leistungen in der Geschäftswelt bis zu Prunk und Dekadenz der späteren Jahre. (03/98). …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Strategic planning expert William Rouse cuts to the heart of the most common causes of failed business plans and strategies and shows how to overcome them. He encourages strategic thinkers and planners to spend much more time analyzing a situation instead of jumping to ready solutions. The tone is tongue-in-cheek, but the keen observations and sage advice Rouse offers aptly address a serious subject. It s a fast-track primer in critical thinking and evaluation planners and managers at every level can use to approach their work more effectively.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A hands-on guide for patients, families, and caregivers on how tolive an affirming existence while facing the physical and spiritualtraumas of life-threatening illness. Every page of this book reveals the author's keen awareness of thechallenges faced by patients, families, and caregivers dealing withlife threatening illnesses. In page after page readers willdiscover clear, practical, and wise suggestions that are wellgrounded in personal experience. Don't we all know somebody whoneeds this book now --Robert Kastenbaum, Ph.D., Editor, Omega Journal of Death andDying.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Harness the Boundless Power of Knowledge Take a fascinating glimpse into the not-too-distant future. In The Infinite Resource, seventeen visionary thinkers explore knowledge--the only inexhaustible source of competitive advantage--as the juggernaut of an remarkable new order whose advent is fast rAndering today's business conventions obsolete. Their incisive observations include up-to-the-minute examinations of knowledge-change initiatives currently under way at Bell Atlantic, MCI, Lufthansa, and other forward-thinking companies. Filled with fresh ideas, perspectives, and voices, it's a state-of-the-art appraisal of emerging organizational forms vital to anyone grappling with the challenges and possibilities posed by the Information Age.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Treating HIV with Nutrition Nutrition and HIV addresses the issues of nutrition and HIV fromthe perspective of the patient as well as the physician. Everyonewho is interested in the problems of--and solutions to--nutritionaltherapy in HIV owes it to themselves to read this book. --Paul A. Volberding, M.D., director, Center for AIDS Research, SanFrancisco This reference book offers a sound nutritional model for sustainingand improving quality of life for HIV positive men and women. Itoutlines an easy-to-follow program for the prevention and treatmentof weight loss--a common problem that if left untreated could leadto serious health decline or even death.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Create a more flexible, responsive, and competitive business A Publication of The Center for Effective Organizations Picking up where the successful Organizing for the Future left off, this work from the Center for Effective Organizations presents a coherent set of principles and hands-on guidance for creating the successful organization of tomorrow. Celebrated contributors such as Jay Conger, David Finegold, and Tora Bikson--not to mention the editors themselves--empower a book that captures the latest thinking and new practices regarding the design of complex organizations. The emerging forms and contexts of organizations, enablers of continuous performance improvement, and change implementation processes are among the many cutting-edge topics discussed.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book uncovers the wealth of philosophical problems that history presents, and encourages further thought on how these issues grow out of historical questions.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'It is [a] belief in diversity and pluralism and the uniqueness of each person that underlies all my writings . . . ' -from the Preface.Regarded as the most influential and widely read thinker on modern organizations and their management, Peter Drucker has also established himself as an unorthodox and independent analyst of politics, the economy, and society. A man of impressive scope and expertise, he has paved significant inroads in a number of key areas, sharing his knowledge and keen insight on everything from the plight of the employee and the effects of technology to the vicissitudes of the markets and the future of the new world order. Adventures of a Bystander is Drucker's rich collection of autobiographical stories and vignettes, in which this legendary figure paints a portrait of his remarkable life, and of the larger historical realities of his time.In a style that is both unique and engaging, Drucker conveys his life story -from his early teen years in Vienna through the interwar years in Europe, the New Deal era, World War II, and the postwar period in America-through intimate profiles of a host of fascinating people he's known through the years. Their personal histories are, as Drucker tells us, the beads for which his own life serves as the string. A colorful group, these diverse, often unpredictable, always multidimensional individuals were chosen 'because each of them, in his or her own highly personal way, reflects and refracts the thirty crucial years from the end of World War I to the first post-World War II decade-the thirty years that largely formed the world in which we now live.'An amazing pageant of characters, both famous and otherwise, springs from these pages, illuminating and defining one of the most tumultuous periods in world history. Along with bankers and courtesans, artists, aristocrats, prophets, and empire-builders, we meet members of Drucker's own family and close circle of friends, among them such prominent figures as Sigmund Freud, Henry Luce, Alfred Sloan, John Lewis, and Buckminster Fuller. Playing to perfection their roles as those who 'reflect and refract' the customs, beliefs, and attitudes of the times, these singular personalities lend Adventures of a Bystander a striking 'you-are-there' feel.A brief encounter with Freud becomes the catalyst for an absorbing, multidimensional description of the economics, politics, and social psychology of pre-World War II Europe. Drucker introduces us to Fritz Kraemer, a brilliant, monocle-wearing eccentric who became an influential mentor to the young Henry Kissinger. His personal memoir of Henry Luce documents the development of modern journalism, while in 'The Indian Summer of Innocence,' he rescues and preserves the very heart of the American experience during the last New Deal years before World War II.Shedding light on a turbulent and important era, Adventures of a Bystander also reflects Peter Drucker himself as a man of imaginative sympathy and enormous interest in people, ideas, and history. These enthralling stories complement and complete the groundbreaking analytical writing for which he is so revered.Luminous autobiographical stories by one of the greatest thinkers of our time'The cast of characters among whom Drucker moves is superbly rich, and the informed glimpse he provides of a vanished social and political universe is an education in itself. Adventures of a Bystander is better than a novel, more lively than an essay, and as thoughtful as both at their best.' -The Harvard Business Review.'Adventures of a Bystander is a virtuoso performance in which Drucker displays a dazzling diversity of personal interests and knowledge, an awesome power of recall, and a crisp, highly readable writing style.' -BusinessWeek.'Adventures of a Bystander appears in a stroke to have restored the art of the memoir and of the ess.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This lucid and wide-ranging volume constitutes a self-contained introduction to the elements and key issues of the philosophy of language.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mental health nursing has always been susceptible to modification due to, for example, new treatments and changing demands by society. This timely book examines the current status of mental health nursing and the role that this discipline plays in the social control of the 'mad'.Controversially, the author recommends that mental health nursing should exploit its social control function by re-establishing its traditional allegiance to medical psychiatry. However, the author suggests also that a minority of mental health nurses may wish to become part of a radical force aimed at achieving genuine empowerment for the mentally disordered.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A comprehensive collection of original essays by leading experts on social and econmic policy including Frances Fox Piven, Harvey Molotch, Jill Quadagno, James Petras, and Judith Stacey. This volume challenges the conservative notion that the fundamental problem plaguing America is dependancy on government and further cuts only lead to a cycle of recision. - Newly published articles by the leading experts in social and economic policy - Explores conservative social policy of the late twentieth century - Contains articles on welfare reform, health care, military spending and economic policy.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The concept of the body is one of the most recent, and hotly contested areas of inquiry among philosophers today.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 107.Bedrock river channels are sites of primary erosion in the landscape, fixing the baselevel for all points upstream. This volume provides for the first time an integrated view of the characteristics and operation of this important, though hitherto neglected, class of channels. Examples are provided from several continents and cover a wide range of spatial scales from the large river basins (such as the Colorado River in the United States and the Indus River in Pakistan) down to reach scales and individual sites. Likewise the geologic timescales considered range from erosion and transportation during individual flows to accumulated effects over periods of tens of millions of years.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a practical guide to all aspects of financial management in the smaller business. Although the prime focus is on owners and managers of farm businesses and farm diversifications, it is equally valuable for other types of rural business and organisation. It has proved popular on degree and diploma courses in Rural Resource Management, Countryside Management and Rural Estate Management, as well as those concerned with Agriculture. In this fourth edition, increased emphasis has been given to general accounting principles and techniques, especially those of management accounting, cost-volume-profit and break-even analysis and pricing. While maintaining and strengthening the farm business focus, the new edition also better accommodates the needs of non-agricultural enterprises, including service and manufacturing businesses and non-profit organisations such as Wildlife Trusts.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This collection brings together in one volume current leading approaches to the study of media discourse.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this collection, Robert Segal, one of the leading interpreters of theories of myth, seeks to provide a comprehensive analysis of the myth and ritual theory.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The book helps you design a grat user interface by focusing in the most important step in the process - the first one. You learn to go out and observe your users work, whether they are employees of your company or people in customer organisations. You learn to find out what your users really need, not by asking them what they want, but by going through a process of understanding what they are trying to accomplish. You learn: How interface designers use user and task analysis to build successfull interfaces. Why knowlegde of users, their tasks, and their environments is critical to successful design. How to prepare and set up your site visits. How to select and train your user and task analysis team. What observations to make, questions to ask, and questions to avoid. How to record and report what you have learned to your development team members. How to turn the information you've gathered into design idea. How to create paper prototypes of your interface design. How to conduct usability tests with your prototypes to find out if you're on theright track. This book includes many examples of design successes and challenges for products of every kind.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is the second edition of a textbook that has met with enthusiastic acclaim since its publication in 1988. It explores in detail theories and discussions of how children think and learn. It also looks at the practical implications of research and acknowledges some of the difficult problems teachers face when trying to put theory and research into practice in the classroom. - Discusses important new research in developmental psychology that has taken place since the first edition was published in 1988 - Provides an excellent resource for both psychology students and educationalists - Includes substantially revised chapters on mathematics and classroom education.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Estuaries is a comprehensive introductory text emphasizing the physical processes involved in the mixing of sea and river water and the transport of fine sediments within the complex estuarine topographic context. The theoretical and mathematical formulation of these processes are treated at a fairly elementary level, and are used to develop a foundation for more extensive study. The second edition retains the classical approaches to the tidally averaged circulation and mixing conditions but broadens them to consider recent advances in the understanding of processes occurring within the tide. The scope has also been widened to include more detail on the morphology of estuaries and their development, the fluxes of suspended fine sediments, and the generation and maintenance of turbidity maximum. The book provides an excellent introduction for research students in oceanography, environmental science, geography, geology, and water and coastal engineering. It will also be useful as a reference book for those working in water quality, morphological modelling and estuarine environmental management.…