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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A handy, splash-proof, on-the-water reference guide should you ever find yourself in an emergency: it could be your saviour. Covering everything from fires, leaks, engine trouble and emergency steering to man overboard, first aid, dismasting and distress signals.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Early Intervention Games.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Don't let 'white blindness' drive you into debt! Make your wedding everything you want it to be on the budget you determine.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An intriguing look at how past market wisdom can help you survive and thrive during uncertain timesIn Wealth, War & Wisdom, legendary Wall Street investor Barton Biggs reveals how the turning points of World War II intersected with market performance, and shows how these lessons can help the twenty-first-century investor comprehend our own perilous times as well as choose the best strategies for the modern market economy.Through these pages, Biggs skillfully discusses the performance of equities in both victorious and defeated countries, examines how individuals preserved their wealth despite the ongoing battles, and explores whether or not public equities were able to increase in value and serve as a wealth preserver. Biggs also looks at how other assets, including real estate and gold, fared during this dynamic and devastating period, and offers valuable insights on preserving one's wealth for future generations. With clear, concise prose, Biggs\* Reveals how the investment insights of truly trying times can be profitably applied to modern day investment endeavors\* Follows the performance of global markets against the backdrop of World War II\* Offers many relevant lessons-about life, politics, financial markets, wealth, and survival-that can help you thrive in the face of adversityWealth, War & Wisdom contains essential insights that will help you navigate modern financial markets during the uncertain times that will increasingly define this new century.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Talk Less, Say More is a revolutionary guide to 21st century communication skills to help you be more influential and make things happen in our distracted, attention-deficit world. It's loaded with specific tips and takeaways to ensure that you're fully heard, clearly understood, and trigger positive responses in any business or social situation.It's the first book to deliver a proven method to master the core leadership skill of influence. Talk Less, Say More lays out a powerful 3-step method called Connect, Convey, Convince (R) and guides you in how to use these habits to be more influential. This succinct book solves your modern communication issues in today's demanding, distracted world at a time when interaction skills are plummeting.Communication is the single greatest challenge in business today. It takes just 3 habits to conquer it. Talk Less, Say More will help you achieve more with less. Less wordiness. Less tune-out. Less frustration. You'll gain more time. More positive outcomes. More rewarding relationships.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An all-in-one guide to online marketing from the New York Times bestselling author of Never Cold Call AgainIn Never Cold Call Again, Frank Rumbauskas shows salespeople how to achieve sales greatness without using those dreaded old tactics like cold calling. Now, in The Never Cold Call Again Online Playbook, he gives small business owners, independent professionals, and entrepreneurs a complete, all-in-one guide to the best practices of effective online marketing.The best marketers know all the secrets of using the Internet to fuel business growth. With The Never Cold Call Again Online Playbook, you'll have access to all the best proven Internet marketing wisdom, tactics, strategies, and tools. You'll learn how to develop a complete online marketing system that boosts sales and brings in customers galore.\* A comprehensive toolkit for creating a complete, powerful, and effective online marketing program for your business\* Written by online marketing guru Frank Rumbauskas, bestselling author of Never Cold Call Again and Selling Sucks\* A revolutionary system for increasing sales without tired old selling tactics that no longer work anyway\* How to explode your business with social media sites like Twitter and FacebookFor anyone who owns or operates a business and wants to increase their sales, profits, and visibility online, The Never Cold Call Again Online Playbook is the ultimate practical resource.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An unauthorized look behind one of the greatest video game franchises of all time, Final FantasyThe Final Fantasy universe is packed with compelling characters and incredible storylines. In this book, you'll take a fascinating look at the deeper issues that Final Fantasy forces players to think about while trying to battle their way to the next level, such as: Does Cloud really exist (or should we really care) Is Kefka really insane Are Moogles part of a socialist conspiracy Does the end of the game justify the means As Mages, Moogles, fiends, and Kefka are mashed together with the likes of Machiavelli, Marx, Foucault, and Kafka, you'll delve into crucial topics such as madness, nihilism, environmental ethics, Shintoism, the purpose of life, and much more.\* Examines the philosophical issues behind one of the world's oldest and most popular video-game series\* Offers new perspectives on Final Fantasy characters and themes\* Gives you a psychological advantage--or at least a philosophical one--against your Final Fantasy enemies\* Allows you to apply the wisdom of centuries of philosophy to any game in the series, including Final Fantasy XIIIGuaranteed to add a new dimension to your understanding of the Final Fantasy universe, this book is the ultimate companion to the ultimate video-game series.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Wisdom on Value Investing offers author Gabriel Wisdom's insights on succeeding in difficult markets. One of his favorite approaches-which is part classic value investing and part behavioral finance-is called 'The Fallen Angels Investment Strategy,' and it prepares investors to look past short-term value assumptions in order to capture profits. Throughout this book, Wisdom will show you how to capitalize on value plays where the fundamentals are actually strong, but the 'general wisdom' surrounding the security has turned negative. He discusses how stocks with the most promise are ones that Wall Street has marked down without regard to their underlying value, and reveals how this type of intrinsic value discount provides a margin of safety during difficult times, and substantial upside rewards for those who find them early enough.\* Takes value investing one step further by mixing significant amounts of behavioral finance into the analysis\* Prepares investors to take advantage of other's mistakes\* A time-tested strategy for any type of market-up or downA classic look at value investing with a twist, this book will put you in a better position to succeed in both bull and bear markets.Includes a Foreword by Mary Buffett and David Clark, authors of Buffettology.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There are no sacred models of church, no specific molds into which God pours blessings, and no special leadership styles that are holier than others. Too often, though, church leaders attempt to pattern their ministries after either tradition or the successes of a few prominent trendsetting congregations.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mansions of the Heart begins with the author's personal story of frustration and confusion and the discovery that there is more to the Christian life than building a successful church. While strengthening his relationship with God, R. Thomas Ashbrook--a engineer-turned- pastor--went on a wondrous and often challenging adventure of discovery. By revealing his story of transformation, Dr. Ashbrook offers seekers a way to move forward on their own spiritual paths.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An honest assessment for how to determine your individual relationship with charitable giving in today's worldFrom world-renowned philanthropists Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies comes a comprehensive guide on how to be a canny, street-smart, effective philanthropist, regardless of your income level. It is also a perfect companion for nonprofit program and development executives who would like to introduce donors to their work and their organizations.Despite their critical importance to philanthropy, donors have few resources for solid information about making their gifts-deciding what type of gift to give, how to structure it, the tax implications, what level of follow-up and transparency they should ask for and expect, and countless other complexities. This book fills that vacuum and helps you gain a special understanding of philanthropy as a business undertaking as well as a deeply personal, reflective process.Drawing on decades of experience, the authors offer a fresh, enlivening approach to the nonprofit enterprise that, too often, is undervalued and thought of as the province of the burnt-out and the overwhelmed. Along with its many candid insights and memorable anecdotes, The Art of Giving also offers instruction on how to create a business plan for giving that works for you.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The definitive guide for using social media to build more effective organizationsToday's networking technologies-wikis, blogs, and social networking sites-are changing how we build professional relationships and work collaboratively. In this insightful book, three organizational development experts from Oracle Corporation offer executives down-to-earth strategies for leveraging the power of social media to build more effective and agile organizations, engage employees, and sustain competitiveness.\* Offers practical advice for using social media (wikis, blogs, and social networking sites) to increase organizational effectiveness\* Presents proven recommendations for building teams, accelerating learning, and fostering innovation by adopting social networking tools\* Shows how to tap into the power of social networks to improve organizational performance\* Demonstrates how social media will help organizations thrive for years to come by drawing on case studies from companies like Intel, Cisco, Nokia, and others.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The small or mid-sized business' guide to outselling the big boysOften, small or mid-sized businesses don't think they have the resources or the talent to compete with the larger competitors in their industry. But just because they don't have the advertising budgets or purchasing power of their bigger counterparts doesn't mean they can't play ball. For sales organizations, service matters much more than size.If your sales business is competing with much bigger fish, the odds are stacked against you. Pressured and powerless, frustrated and overwhelmed, you might be tempted to give up. But smaller businesses often find advantages over their bigger competitors.\* Includes proven tactics to help small businesses tackle bigger competitors\* Author William T. Brooks is also the author of The New Science of Selling and Persuasion and How to Sell at Higher Margins Than Your Competitors\* Shows you how to steal market share from bigger vendors with bigger resourcesJust because your business can't flood the market with salespeople or contend on economy of scale and purchasing power, that doesn't mean you can't compete. The secret is Playing Bigger Than You Are.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - World-renowned British philosopher Derek Parfit's soon-to-be-published On What Matters is certain to change the face of some of the most fundamental concerns of moral philosophy - including the nature of practical reasons and rationality, and the interpretation of Kantian Ethics and its relation to consequentialism. It will also initiate new debates about the freedom of the will, the nature of moral attitudes and properties, the relationship between prudentiality and ethics, and the significance of desiring.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The consumer guide to small-scale wind electricity production!Maybe you're not T. Boone Pickens, but you can build your own home-sized wind-power empire right in your back yard. Wind Power For Dummies supplies all the guidance you need to install and maintain a sustainable, cost-effective wind generator to power your home for decades to come.This authoritative, plain-English guide walks you through every step of the process, from assessing your site and available wind sources to deciding whether wind power is the solution for you, from understanding the mechanics of wind power and locating a contractor to install your system to producing your own affordable and sustainable electricity.\* Guides you step by step through process of selecting, installing, and operating a small-scale wind generator to power your home\* Demystifies system configurations, terminology, and wind energy principles to help you speak the language of the pros\* Helps assess and reduce your energy needs and decide whether wind power is right for you\* Explains the mechanics of home-based wind power\* Shows you how to tie into the grid and sell energy back to the power company\* Offers advice on evaluating all of the costs of and financing for your project\* Provides tips on working with contractors and complying with local zoning lawsYes, you can do it, with a little help from Wind Power For Dummies.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Working Bodies examines the theoretical underpinnings and empirical nature of the noticeable shift to interactive and embodied forms of work in service economies. Introductory chapters explore the transformation of labour markets in advanced industrial economies, the arguments for and against a radical shift in the nature of employment, the growth of inequality and assess the growing significance of the body/work relationship. Later chapters consist of a series of mainly UK-based case studies of interactive and embodied servicing work - from childcare and sex work to boxing, nursing and low paid jobs in hospitality.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Making RTI Work.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How to create a profitable, sustainable business developing and marketing iPhone appsiPhone apps are hot; the average app is downloaded more than 30,000 times. If you have some great apps in mind, Starting an iPhone Application Business For Dummies will show you how to produce and market them effectively.Starting an iPhone Application Business For Dummies provides clear, reliable business information to help developers and entrepreneurs create a profitable, sustainable business in this new and exciting market.\* Identifies what goes into a successful iPhone application business\* Helps you find the market niche your applications can fill, market and promote your business, and build your brand\* Explains how to develop a pricing strategy, build your applications efficiently, and get them into the App Store\* Explores finding a sustainable revenue model, including free trials, social media models, ad-based revenue models, and subscription models\* Demonstrates effective ways to provide service and support to customers\* Written by a team that combines knowledge of iPhone app development with sound business experienceStarting an iPhone Application Business For Dummies can help you turn your ideas into income.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Adeptly address today's business challenges with this powerful new book from web analytics thought leader Avinash Kaushik. Web Analytics 2.0 presents a new framework that will permanently change how you think about analytics. It provides specific recommendations for creating an actionable strategy, applying analytical techniques correctly, solving challenges such as measuring social media and multichannel campaigns, achieving optimal success by leveraging experimentation, and employing tactics for truly listening to your customers. The book will help your organization become more data driven while you become a super analysis ninja!Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of Elektronisches Buch file.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A blueprint to successful value investingSuccessful value investors have an ingrained mental framework through which all investments decisions are made. This framework, which stems from the father of value investing, Benjamin Graham-who believed that investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike-can put you in a better position to improve the overall performance of your portfolio.Written by Sham Gad-founder of the Gad Partners Funds, a value-focused investment partnership inspired by the 1950s Buffett Partnerships-The Business of Value Investing effectively examines the fundamental tenants of this approach and skillfully illustrates the six essential elements of the entire process. Opening with some informative discussions of how value investing focuses more on buying a piece of a business, and less on buying a company's stock, this reliable resource quickly moves on to detail exactly what it takes to become a successful value investor.\* Outlines the six essential elements required for a successful risk averse value investment approach\* Contains case studies that illustrate how to approach investing in an intelligent, businesslike fashion\* Walks you through the pitfalls that most investors initially fall intoWith The Business of Value Investing as your guide, you'll quickly become familiar with one of the most effective investment strategies ever created.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An eye-opening look at how investors can take control of their financial lifeBuy and Hold Is Dead provides actionable strategies and disciplines, which can be used to earn positive results in any market environment. Money managers rarely outperform the stock market over time, and this has become a sticking point for many people as our uneven economic landscape continues to unfold. This timely guide is designed around a step-by-step educational process in which traders and investors lean how they can protect their wealth and make money regardless of market direction. The goal of Buy and Hold Is Dead is twofold: to dispel old-school investment techniques and to show you how to maximize your returns without sacrificing time or lifestyle and without the use of a money manager.\* Identifies the duration of the current economic down cycle and warns of a Greater Depression\* Encourages readers to use proactive trading strategies that can protect their wealth and make them money in any market environment\* Discusses why investors cannot afford to rely on the selfish guidelines imposed by big brokers and money managersLosing less is never a winning strategy, and this book skillfully addresses why it should not be considered a positive result despite relative market performance.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A practical introduction to the necessity of competitive intelligence for smarter business decisions-from a leading CI expert and speakerIn Competitive Intelligence Advantage, Seena Sharp, founder of one of the first Competitive Intelligence firms in the US, provides her expert analysis on the issues and benefits of CI for today's businesses. CI is critical for making smarter business decisions and reducing risks when formulating strategies, leading to more profits and fewer mistakes.This is a practical guide that explains what CI is, why data is not intelligence, why competitor intelligence is a weak sibling to competitive intelligence, when to use it, how to find the most useful information and turn it into actual intelligence, and how to present findings in the most convincing manner. Importantly, Sharp argues that businesses would benefit from shifting their perspective on CI from viewing it as a cost to viewing it as an investment that saves money and provides immediate value.\* Author Seena Sharp is a noted CI expert who established Sharp Market Intelligence in 1979\* Addresses all the most common myths and misconceptions about CI\* Includes more than sixty examples of when to use CI\* Completely explains the ins and outs of CI, and why your company will act faster and more aggressively with CICompetitive intelligence is a management tool that is misunderstood and underestimated, yet results in numerous benefits. If you are a senior level executive or operate a business-and you aren't tapping the power of CI to improve your decision making-you are missing a potent advantage.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This first book in Castells' groundbreaking trilogy, with a substantial new preface, highlights the economic and social dynamics of the information age and shows how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale.\* Groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of information on all aspects of society\* Includes coverage of the influence of the internet and the net-economy\* Describes the accelerating pace of innovation and social transformation\* Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Writing Assessment and Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first guide to planning and performing a physical penetration test on your computer's securityMost IT security teams concentrate on keeping networks and systems safe from attacks from the outside-but what if your attacker was on the inside While nearly all IT teams perform a variety of network and application penetration testing procedures, an audit and test of the physical location has not been as prevalent. IT teams are now increasingly requesting physical penetration tests, but there is little available in terms of training. The goal of the test is to demonstrate any deficiencies in operating procedures concerning physical security.Featuring a Foreword written by world-renowned hacker Kevin D. Mitnick and lead author of The Art of Intrusion and The Art of Deception, this book is the first guide to planning and performing a physical penetration test. Inside, IT security expert Wil Allsopp guides you through the entire process from gathering intelligence, getting inside, dealing with threats, staying hidden (often in plain sight), and getting access to networks and data.\* Teaches IT security teams how to break into their own facility in order to defend against such attacks, which is often overlooked by IT security teams but is of critical importance\* Deals with intelligence gathering, such as getting access building blueprints and satellite imagery, hacking security cameras, planting bugs, and eavesdropping on security channels\* Includes safeguards for consultants paid to probe facilities unbeknown to staff\* Covers preparing the report and presenting it to managementIn order to defend data, you need to think like a thief-let Unauthorised Access show you how to get inside.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Art of Videogames explores how philosophy of the arts theories developed to address traditional art works can also be applied to videogames.\* Presents a unique philosophical approach to the art of videogaming, situating videogames in the framework of analytic philosophy of the arts\* Explores how philosophical theories developed to address traditional art works can also be applied to videogames\* Written for a broad audience of both philosophers and videogame enthusiasts by a philosopher who is also an avid gamer\* Discusses the relationship between games and earlier artistic and entertainment media, how videogames allow for interactive fiction, the role of game narrative, and the moral status of violent events depicted in videogame worlds\* Argues that videogames do indeed qualify as a new and exciting form of representational art.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For laypeople and accountants with little or no governmental accounting experience, Governmental Accounting Made Easy, Second Edition is a complete and easy-to-use road map to a broad range of governmental accounting topics, and how these individual aspects of governmental accounting work together under the financial reporting model for governments adopted by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.