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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Meteorology can seem like a black art with the meteorologist producing forecasts that seem to contradict what you are reading from the charts. The Sailor's Book of the Weather takes the confusion out of the forecasts and helps you answer, 'Why is that happening ' The Sailor's Book of the Weather introduces key principles that influence the weather and gives the sailor the tools to forecast from observations and make the most of the available information. Wind, clouds and knowledge of weather patterns and local conditions all contain ample hints to allow the informed mariner to accurately predict the weather.Illustrated with charts and over 100 beautiful photographs, this book is a must for anyone who ventures onto the water, whatever your vessel or experience. It should be carried aboard every boat and is essential reading whether you are on the water, in land, on the coast or venturing further afield.Simon Keeling is proud to be a self-confessed weather anorak. From the age of nine he dreamed of being a TV weatherman and in 1995 that dream came true when he became weatherman for GMTV. He has done stints on all the main UK networks, but now spends more time writing about the weather, running weather courses for TV weather presenters, pilots and sailors, as well as running his own weather company. He is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and has a Master of Science Degree in Applied Meteorology&Climatology from the University of Birmingham.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Proven investing principles applied to today's marketsValue stocks like businesses and survive market ups and downsWant to follow in Warren Buffett's investing footsteps This plain-English guide explains what value investing is and how to incorporate it into your overall strategy. You'll see how to value stocks, decide when the price is right, and make your move. You'll also understand how to invest in jittery markets and detect hidden agendas in financial reports.Discover how to:\*Understand financial statements\*Assess a company's value\*Incorporate fundamentals and intangibles\*Make the most of funds, REITs, and ETFs\*Develop your owninvesting style.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What do Skull & Bones, the Kennedys, and UFOs all have in common Your guide to an undiscovered world of arcane rites and ritualsWhether you're a skeptic or a true believer, this fascinating guide, packed with the latest information, walks you through some of the most infamous conspiracy theories -- such as Area 51 and the assassination of JFK -- and introduces you to such mysterious organizations as the Freemasons, the Ninjas, the Mafia, and Rosicrucians. Sorting out fact from fiction, you'll be able to explore their global impact on society today.Discover how to:\* Test a conspiracy theory\* Spot a sinister secret society\* Assess the Internet's role in fueling conspiracy rumors\* Explore world domination schemes\* Evaluate 9/11 conspiracy theories.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Do you have a great idea for the next big thing, an eye-catching new corporate logo, or an exciting new business concept Understand how to safeguard your ideas and creations with this expert guide to the fundamentals of intellectual property. Walking you step-by-step through the processes involved in protecting your great ideas, this book offers all the advice you need to ensure that you're the only one cashing in on your creativity and hard work.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for The Best Service Is No Service'A very sharp and practical treatise on why so many call centers and service operations are playing with the wrong deck of cards altogether. We strongly recommend it to anyone involved in customer service issues.'-Don Peppers and Martha Rogers, Ph.D., authors, Rules to Break and Laws to Follow'The Best Service Is No Service presents great new ideas about how to make service work for the company and the customer. Customers are clamoring for self-service that answers all of their questions, and this important book shows companies how to achieve this level of customer satisfaction.'-Sheryl Sandberg, vice president of online sales and operations, Google'I recommend The Best Service Is No Service to companies and their outsourcing partners alike-when customers don't need to contact companies for help or information because everything is clear and works right, then everyone benefits. The 'best service' principles also work across all countries and cultures, a new universal goal!'-Sanjeev Aggarwal, managing director, Helion Ventures Pvt Ltd Gurgaon, India, and founder and former CEO of IBM Daksh'Building 'the best service is no service' also applies outside of corporations-universities and business schools can learn a lot from this book and its principles. I recommend this book to academic leaders for their schools and for their students to obtain firsthand lessons that really work!'-James Jiambalvo, dean, Michael G. Foster School of Business; and Kirby L. Cramer Chair of Business Administration'This book is compulsory reading for executives, customer service managers, and decision makers whose actions define a company's customer experience. The Best Service Is No Service points out areas where management mistakes or confusion can lead to unnecessary contacts and disoriented customers. The concept of 'no service' is elegant in its simplicity. You will find clear solutions and tips on how to achieve 'no service' but also how to provide 'awesome customer experiences' while pursuing 'no service.''-Bert Quintana, former vice president, Dell International Services.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for COACHING SALESPEOPLE INTO SALES CHAMPIONS'I see tremendous value for anyone who reads this book. If you embrace Keith's philosophy around coaching, you can certainly expect to win in all areas of your life, while making a profound and measurable impact on your salespeople's performance and attitude.'--Dr. Denis Waitley, bestselling author of The Seeds of Greatness and The Psychology of Winning'There is no other single activity to boost sales that works better than sales coaching and this book is the best ever written on how to do it well.'--Brian Tracy, author of Getting Rich Your Own Way'Fluffless! Rosen continues to give practical, A-to-Z how-to advice. After you read it, simply do it!'--Anthony Parinello, author of Selling to VITO'Keith has done a tremendous job outlining the importance of coaching versus managing. Implementing Keith's playbook will drive the development of high-performance salespeople and superior results.'--Kelly Carioti, Vice President, Specialty and Self-Service Retail, PepsiCo'Where most books on sales management are filled with biased ideology and abstract concepts, Keith Rosen's book is refreshingly practical. It contains concrete steps on what to coach, how to coach, and how to bring out people's hidden talents without resentment or frustration. This is clearly the best book on sales coaching I've seen in a decade.'--Gerhard Gschwandtner, founder and Publisher of Selling Power'This is a book that will truly take entire sales organizations to the next level. Keith is spot on, and his approach to accountability in the coaching process is what so many salespeople and sales managers are missing.'--Tom Ziglar, CEO, Ziglar, Inc.'To lead is to serve and to truly serve is to coach. In Keith Rosen's brilliant book, you'll not only learn how to create a winning culture and a competitive advantage for your team through coaching but also how to create and leave a legacy that you'll be proud of.'--Vince Thompson, author of Ignited.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Many people have great ideas, but finding the right information about taking the next steps and turning your ideas into reality isn't always easy. Written by a team of leading inventors and legal experts, this book guides you through every aspect of developing your inventive ideas. From protecting your invention and product development to finding investment and selling your product into the marketplace, Inventing For Dummies is the easiest way to get your great ideas off the ground and start your business.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dieses etwas andere Lehrbuch bietet keine vorgefertigten Rezepte und Problemlösungen, sondern eine kritische Diskussion ökonometrischer Modelle und Methoden: voller überraschender Fragen, skeptisch, humorvoll und anwendungsorientiert. Sein Erfolg gibt ihm Recht.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide is a personal and engaging journey through theories of culture and globalization. Drawing on extensive examples and interdisciplinary research, Wise explores concepts of culture, territory and identity in order to give students a new perspective on issues of globalization.Includes numerous examples from Asian, European, and North American youth culture and popular musicDraws on interdisciplinary research from the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, cultural geography, and media studiesConsiders how global processes carry with them the ethical questions of how to act in the world and how to care for othersProvides an original and stimulating overview of theories of culture and globalization, encouragingstudents think more broadly about the key issues.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This one-of-a-kind text examines the role that financial markets and institutions play in modern macroeconomics. Traditional economics downplays the function of financial systems in macroeconomic thought. Recently, however, economists have increasingly begun turning to microeconomic models of market failure in an effort to explain business cycles and other macroeconomic phenomena. Here, author David Knoop offers a non-technical review of the new advances critical to understanding the macroeconomic impact of financial systems. Particular attention is paid to the role that these systems play in economic instability and to the causes of recessions and depressions in the US and abroad. For the first time, significant developments made in the field of financial macroeconomics over the past decade are outlined.Written in an accessible style, Modern Financial Macroeconomics will appeal to both university students and anyone interested in modern financial developments.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Natural Theology explores the knowledge of God as it is observed through nature. This book sets forth a new approach to the study of natural theology, reestablishing its legitimacy as a distinct aspect of Christian theology. While remedying some of the criticisms of traditional presentations and perceptions of the concept, this new approach treats natural theology as a cultural phenomenon, broader than Christianity itself yet always possessing a distinctively Christian embodiment.Beginning with an introduction to human engagement with nature, this volume goes on to explore topics such as beauty, goodness, truth, and the theological imagination; how investigating nature gives rise to both theological and scientific theories; the idea of a distinctively Christian approach to nature; and how natural theology can function as a bridge between the Christianity and other faiths. With a resurgence of interest that is taking place in the field, this book is a first-rate, innovative resource for the study of natural theology.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Accessibly written, Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach provides detailed coverage of all major writing systems of historical or structural significance with thorough discussion of structure, history, and social context as well as important theoretical issues. Discusses systems as diverse as Chinese, Greek, and Maya.\* \* Presents each system in light of four major aspects of writing: history and development, internal structure, the relationship of writing and language, and sociolinguistic aspects.\* Includes glossary of technical terms, extensive illustrations, exercises and further reading suggestions to aid in teaching from the book.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written by leading market risk academic, Professor Carol Alexander, Quantitative Methods in Finance forms part one of the Market Risk Analysis four volume set. Starting from the basics, this book helps readers to take the first step towards becoming a properly qualified financial risk manager and asset manager, roles that are currently in huge demand. Accessible to intelligent readers with a moderate understanding of mathematics at high school level or to anyone with a university degree in mathematics, physics or engineering, no prior knowledge of finance is necessary. Instead the emphasis is on understanding ideas rather than on mathematical rigour, meaning that this book offers a fast-track introduction to financial analysis for readers with some quantitative background, highlighting those areas of mathematics that are particularly relevant to solving problems in financial risk management and asset management. Unique to this book is a focus on both continuous and discrete time finance so that Quantitative Methods in Finance is not only about the application of mathematics to finance; it also explains, in very pedagogical terms, how the continuous time and discrete time finance disciplines meet, providing a comprehensive, highly accessible guide which will provide readers with the tools to start applying their knowledge immediately.All together, the Market Risk Analysis four volume set illustrates virtually every concept or formula with a practical, numerical example or a longer, empirical case study. Across all four volumes there are approximately 300 numerical and empirical examples, 400 graphs and figures and 30 case studies many of which are contained in interactive Excel spreadsheets available from the accompanying CD-ROM . Empirical examples and case studies specific to this volume include:Principal component analysis of European equity indices;\* Calibration of Student t distribution by maximum likelihood;\* Orthogonal regression and estimation of equity factor models;\* Simulations of geometric Brownian motion, and of correlated Student t variables;\* Pricing European and American options with binomial trees, and European options with the Black-Scholes-Merton formula;\* Cubic spline fitting of yields curves and implied volatilities;\* Solution of Markowitz problem with no short sales and other constraints;\* Calculation of risk adjusted performance metrics including generalised Sharpe ratio, omega and kappa indices.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This intellectual bulldozer of a book attacks the all too prevalent mindset that views marketing as essentially a managerial function best studied from a logical positivist perspective. In its place the editors champion a far broader view of marketing's complex role in today's world, a view that only tools and insights from historical analysis and critical thought, in all its many forms, can provide. Students and graduates of marketing programs that all too often provide an unduly and unjustifiably restricted view of what's intellectually good, true, and beautiful should find this book a truly 'mind blowing' learning experience.Stanley J. Shapiro, Professor of Marketing (Emeritus), Simon Fraser UniversityCritical Marketing: Issues in Contemporary Marketing is an urgently needed and field-leading contribution to this growing area. Key authors offer detailed, scholarly and historically framed perspectives on the many dimensions and traditions of critical scholarship in marketing. The Editors provide authoritative analytical comment in a text which not only sums up the field but advances it. This book is essential reading for the serious Marketing scholar.Professor Chris Hackley, Royal Holloway University of London.Marketing is central to our everyday lives. As an academic subject its popularity has been steadily growing for the last thirty years. In this space of time, it has become increasingly fashionable to gesture to the uncritical, managerialist focus of the discipline. By contrast, this book makes the case that marketing has actually been critical in the sense of a Frankfurt School version of 'unmasking critique' for most of its history. The key concern underwriting this collection is to rethink the way that we understand the development of marketing theory and practice, as it took place in the past and the directions that we would like it to move in the future. The contents critically interrogate the history of marketing and consumer research, highlighting the elision of productive avenues for research and practice in relation to the biological basis for consumer behaviour and the forgotten dimensions of the cognitive revolution. It also includes chapters which explicitly connect marketing activities to the society in which they take place.The topics examined include:\* Sustainable marketing\* Anti-globalisation challenges to marketing\* Ecofeminism\* Post colonialism and marketing practice\* The interconnection of cultural studies and Consumer researchThis book will be essential reading for students and scholars in marketing, consumer research, cultural studies, sociology and psychology.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As many as 1 in 4 people have a form of mental illness and the provision of suitable mental health care is one of the major tasks facing general practitioners and health care teams. As a result, there is a growing army of people that are being trained to offer emotional and psychological support to people in primary care settings. For health professionals, the time pressures and demands on consultations are huge, leaving many feeling that they do not have the time to engage in effective psychological interventions with clients.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Assessing Risk in Sex Offenders: A Practitioner's Guide is a handy resource for forensic practitioners responsible for assessing an managing sexual offenders at risk of recidivism. It covers the risk factors associated with sexual recidivism, evaluates risk assessment approaches and offers guidance on how to conduct forensic evaluations.Written by an expert author team, Assessing risk in Sex Offenders: A Practitioner's Guide examines:\* The characteristics of sexual offenders\* Methodological considerations in measuring predictive accuracy\* Static and dynamic factors\* Structured risk assessments\* Treatment of sexual offenders\* Policy and practicesAssessing Risk in Sex Offenders: A Practitioner's Gide is an essential resource for clinical and forensic psychologists, forensic psychiatrists, undergraduate and postgraduate students in forensic and clinical psychology, and prison and probation officers.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written by leading market risk academic, Professor Carol Alexander, Practical Financial Econometrics forms part two of the Market Risk Analysis four volume set. It introduces the econometric techniques that are commonly applied to finance with a critical and selective exposition, emphasising the areas of econometrics, such as GARCH, cointegration and copulas that are required for resolving problems in market risk analysis. The book covers material for a one-semester graduate course in applied financial econometrics in a very pedagogical fashion as each time a concept is introduced an empirical example is given, and whenever possible this is illustrated with an Excel spreadsheet.All together, the Market Risk Analysis four volume set illustrates virtually every concept or formula with a practical, numerical example or a longer, empirical case study. Across all four volumes there are approximately 300 numerical and empirical examples, 400 graphs and figures and 30 case studies many of which are contained in interactive Excel spreadsheets available from the the accompanying CD-ROM . Empirical examples and case studies specific to this volume include:\* Factor analysis with orthogonal regressions and using principal component factors;\* Estimation of symmetric and asymmetric, normal and Student t GARCH and E-GARCH parameters;\* Normal, Student t, Gumbel, Clayton, normal mixture copula densities, and simulations from these copulas with application to VaR and portfolio optimization;\* Principal component analysis of yield curves with applications to portfolio immunization and asset/liability management;\* Simulation of normal mixture and Markov switching GARCH returns;\* Cointegration based index tracking and pairs trading, with error correction and impulse response modelling;\* Markov switching regression models (Eviews code);\* GARCH term structure forecasting with volatility targeting;\* Non-linear quantile regressions with applications to hedging.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dynamics and Vibration: An Introduction is a textbook to support Dynamics and Vibration modules across a wide range of undergraduate engineering courses from first year to final year including civil, mechanical, aerospace and medical engineering. The unique DAMA software, included as a free online resource, generates computer simulations that provide students with a new way to visualise the motion of mechanisms and vibrating systems. By varying the input and output parameters of the simulations themselves, students can clearly see and understand the effects of system changes.Dynamics and Vibration: An Introduction is well structured and easy to understand, with a wealth of examples and tutorial questions. It offers lecutres and student of Dynamics and Vibration a practical and concise resource specifically for their needs.Topics covered include:\* motion of particles and rigid bodies with and without reference to masses and forces (Kinematics and Kinetics) including motion of wheels, gears, linkages and mechanisms;\* balancing of machines including rotating masses and multi-cylinder engines;\* free and forced vibration of a single degree of freedom (mass, a spring and a damper) including damped, damped systems and vibration isolators;\* free and forced vibration of two-degree of freedom systems including vibration of bars and lateral vibration absorbers;\* vibration of continuous systems including lateral vibration of cables, longitudinal vibration of bars and lateral vibration of beams using analytical solution and Finite Element Method.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Workbook for Organic Synthesis: Strategy and ControlPaul WyattSenior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UKStuart WarrenReader in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK.Workbook for Organic Synthesis: Strategy and ControlThis workbook provides a comprehensive graded set of problems to illustrate and develop the themes of each of the chapters in the textbook Organic Synthesis: Strategy and Control. Each problem is followed by a fully explained solution and discussion. The examples extend the student's experience of the types of molecules being synthesised by organic chemists, and the strategies they employ to control their syntheses. By working through these examples students will develop their skills in analysing synthetic challenges, and build a toolkit of strategies for planning new syntheses. Together the workbook and textbook provide a complete course in advanced organic synthesis.Organic Synthesis: Strategy and ControlOrganic Synthesis: Strategy and Control is a sequel to Stuart Warren's bestseller Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach. The 'Disconnection' book concentrated on the planning behind the synthesis of compounds. This book focuses on putting the planning into practice. The two themes of the book are strategy and control: solving problems either by finding an alternative strategy or by controlling any established strategy to make it work.The book is divided into five sections that deal with selectivity, carbon-carbon single bonds, carbon-carbon double bonds, stereochemistry and functional group strategy. Interpenetrating this structure, the 36 chapters start with classic methods and progress to modern methods and modern strategic considerations. Heterocyclic chemistry is treated throughout the book with full mechanistic explanations as part of organic chemistry rather than a separate entity.Students and professional chemists familiar with Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach will enjoy the leap into a book designed for chemists at the coalface of organic synthesis.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is the first modern approach to thermodynamics written specifically for an undergraduate course. It covers the fundamental modern formalism that relates rates of entropy production to irreversible processes, and its historical context; describes basic applications of the formalism and continues with a number of additional applications that instructors can use according to their particular degree program. These chapters cover thermal radiation, biological systems, small systems including nano systems, classical stability theory, and principles of statistical thermodynamics. A wide range of examples appear throughout the book showing the student a wide range of applications in biological, engineering and atmospheric systems.Introduction to Modern thermodynamics will prove invaluable to chemists, chemical, engineers, physicists, material scientists, industrial and mechanical engineers taking a first course in thermodynamics.\* First modern approach to the subject written for undergraduates\* Suitable for a variety of degree programs with an extensive range of applications and examples drawn from biological, engineering, atmospheric and small systems including nano systems\* Includes Onsager reciprocal relations and dissipative structures\* Numerous examples and exercises in each chapter\* Mathematical codes for solving complex problems\* Dedicated website for students and instructors.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Alzheimer's disease is by far the most common dementing disorder in later life, but discriminating the initial manifestations of Alzheimer's from the cognitive changes that accompany usual aging is, in many instances, a difficult task. The term 'mild cognitive impairment' (MCI) has been proposed to represent the border zone between aging-related changes and frank dementia.The purpose of this book is to describe the cognitive changes associated with age, the earliest detectable stages of Alzheimer's, and the relationship of these conditions to MCI. The authors review the latest advances in our understanding of MCI, its prevalence, evaluation, management, and outcomes. In so-doing they provide practising physicians with a useful resource that will assist them in identifying those MCI patients who will progress to recognized Alzheimer's Disease. The ability to identify these individuals, as opposed to those with MCI who do not have an underlying dementing illness, will allow the earliest symptomatic stages of true dementia to more easily recognized and treated.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Business Planning and Control: Integrating Strategy, Accounting and People starts with an introduction to core areas of management accounting and business planning. It explores relationships between strategy, management accounting information, and the design of control systems, taking into account the needs of both people and organizations.FEATURES:\* Provides an integrative approach to business planning and control\* Includes a specific focus on the design of planning and control systems\* Considers key techniques of long-range business planning\* Uses management accounting techniques for operational, managerial and strategic purposes\* Provides case study information to form a thematic thread throughout the text.Business Planning and Control is an indispensable text for undergraduate students taking management accounting modules and for postgraduate students who need an understanding of the fundamentals of business planning. Practising managers will also find this book provides an alternative to many traditional management accounting and business planning texts.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Terminating Therapy provides a thoughtful and comprehensive discussion of the many issues involved in termination. It addresses underlying principles and concrete actions in a way that will be consistently helpful to practicing clinicians. This is the single best source I have seen on the subject of termination.' --Steven D. Hollon, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - American public art is a living entity always in flux. It is not relegated only to physical objects, but is manifested through an accretion of meaningful experiences. Though the art world has often taken an elitist view of popular culture, public interest in art has grown. This dynamic has thrust public art into the center of academic and intellectual debate, especially in the last few decades.