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Poorly Written
The book is poorly written, which makes it difficult to read and understand.There are very few examples.The end of each chapter has a 10 question quiz, but there are no answers included.The practices they teach in the Prospecting section are questionable.

What You Need to Get Started!
This is an excellent book that covers all the basics of getting started in real estate. It goes into the systems you need to be successful, such as developing your listing presentation, servicing your listings, and advertising. Everything is here. I recommend this book highly!! (It also helped me pass the CA broker exam.)

Helped me pass the broker's exam.
This is an excellent introduction to the basics of California real estate practice. I passed the broker's exam on the first try with the help of this book, even though I had no experience as a real estate salesperson and I did not take a test-preparation course. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. California    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Real estate business    7. Study & Teaching    8. United States - State & Local - General    9. Vendors and purchasers    10. House & Home / General    11. Property & real estate    12. USA   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. California    5. Examinations, questions, etc    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Licenses    8. Real Estate - General    9. Real estate agents    10. Real estate business    11. Real property    12. Business & Economics / Real Estate    13. Property & real estate   

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A masterpiece of scholarship, dense but very extremely well done
I can not say if this is the best book on the subject, because I have not read the other books.I can say that this book is absolutely magnificient scholarship.Its subject is the Irish in America, and it gives a masterful presentation of the history of these people, both in Ireland and in America. This book is not a light read.It is very dense, and rather long.For readers with a serious interest in the subject, however, it is very rewarding to read.

How So Many Irish Became American
Emigrants and Exiles:Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America is a well documented history of the emigration of more than seven million Irish people who left Eire for North America in five time periods from pre-Revolutionary days to 1921.Author Kerby Miller's research included more than 750 sources in both public and privately held collections in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Canada, 20 U.S. states and the District of Columbia as well as more than 5,000 emigrants' letters,memoirs, poems, songs and folklore. Pretty thorough look at the Irish Diaspora
An excellent book covering the migration out of Ireland.Miller looks at the different time periods and at the different kinds of immigration, and traces the idea of emigration as "exile."Great background materials are included, as well as good statistical appendices and notes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Emigration & Immigration    2. Emigration and immigration    3. Europe - Ireland    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: American    7. Ireland    8. Irish    9. Social Science    10. Social conditions    11. Sociology    12. United States    13. United States - 19th Century    14. Anthropology    15. Civil rights & citizenship    16. Immigration & emigration    17. Modern period, c 1500 onwards    18. Social Science / Emigration & Immigration    19. Social history    20. USA   

Subjects:  1. Business/Economics    2. Entrepreneurship    3. Organizational behavior    4. Political Science    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Public Administration    7. Public Affairs & Administration    8. Public Policy - General    9. Central government    10. Organizational theory & behaviour    11. Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Securities    5. United States   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. General    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Litigation    7. Sports    8. United States    9. Law / Sports    10. SPORTS_LAW AND LEGISLATION    11. SPORTS_UNITED STATES   

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Good, to the point, technical overview - A must read for any manager
I am trying to educate myself on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and bought this, and another book by Scott Green to get started."What is Sarbanes-Oxley", is an excellent starting place.At just over 100 pages, the book gives an overview of the sections of the Act (404, 302, etc.) one needs to know in order to navigate through the terms, terminology and subtleties of the Act.
Disappointing
I needed to know more about Sarbanes-Oxley for work and ordered this book.While I was waiting for it to arrive, I went onto the Internet and downloaded some information, including the text of the legislation itself.
Finance Manager
This book provided a brief overview and was short on application which I required.Perhaps the books intent did not comply with my needs.However,"Manager's Guide to Sarbanes Oxley Act" proved valuable and aided in presentation to our managers group for the need for internal controls. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    3. Business & Economics    4. Business/Economics    5. Corporations    6. Directors of corporations    7. Financial statements    8. Insurance - General    9. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    10. Law and legislation    11. Legal status, laws, etc.    12. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002    13. Securities    14. United States    15. Business & Economics / Insurance / General    16. Management accounting    17. USA   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Forms    3. Law    4. Legal Education    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. License agreements    7. United States   

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A Must-Have for University Administrators
Kaplin & Lee's "The Law of Higher Education (Third Edition)" was the required text for a graduate course, "Legal Aspects of Higher Education" and should be present on the bookshelf of any university administrator.The book's subtitle, "A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making," is wholly accurate in describing the scope and utility of this massive tome (over 1,000 pages from cover to cover).
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Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Administration - General    3. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    4. Education    5. Education / Teaching    6. Higher    7. Law and legislation    8. School management and organization    9. United States    10. Universities and colleges    11. Education / Administration   

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an excellent companion volume for students
Findlay and Farber treat environmental issues in this work that is a part of the "Nutshell" legal series. Law students snap these works up around exam time to make sure they haven't missed any valuable tidbits, andthis book has that sort of "Cliff's Notes" feel to it -- that is,it is not an exhaustive environmental law treatise, but makes an excellentsupplement to such treatises. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Environmental    3. Environmental law    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. United States    7. Environment law   

Editorial Review

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Worth the money
This set me straight on a few things while setting up my business. It is well written and easy to understand. I would recommend this to any 1st time business owner starting out.

Great book!
Full of the information you expect based upon the title of the book. The information is detailed so you have the guidance you sought.
Just what the doctor ordered!
Nolo's Legal Guide to Starting and Running a Small Business was exactly what I needed to help start my company off on the right foot. I don't have a very strong legal backround and would have been way over my head if I'd tried to forge ahead totally alone but at the same time I didn't want to spend a fortune consulting a lawyer. If you're in a similar situation then Nolo's Legal Guide is the perfect solution. It is well written, well organized, thorough, and very easy to use. It's a great general start-up kit that would be helpful to any fledgling business that I can think of. If I had had to call a lawyer to answer every legal question that arose in the first couple of months (a huge number) then my company may easily have never gotten off the ground. I was so pleased with this product that I have since purchased two more Nolo books (Tax Savvy for Small Business and The Employer's Legal Handbook) that are more directed at business owners who have gotten through the initial start-up phase. Both of these books are also excellent and I would recommend them as follow ups to the Legal Guide to Starting and Running a Small Business. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business & Financial    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business Law    6. Business enterprises    7. Business/Economics    8. Commercial - General    9. Law and legislation    10. Popular works    11. Small Business - General    12. Small Business - Legal Guides    13. Small Business Management    14. Small business    15. United States   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    3. Business & Economics    4. Business/Economics    5. Corporate Governance    6. Corporation law    7. Corporation secretaries    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Legal status, laws, etc.    10. Popular works    11. United States   

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Highly RecommendedLifetime Guide on How to Prepare, Preserve and Protect Your Estate Matters
Patti Spencer, Esquire, is widely recognized as an authority on estate planning matters.She has written a weekly column in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, "Taxing Matters" since 1999.Her book, "YOUR ESTATE MATTERS" grew out of those weekly columns.Patti is known for her "down to earth" conversational style and for using humor in presenting what most times is a dry and dull subject.Patti presents very valuable information and advice which will enable the reader to greatly incerease their knowledge on the subject.The book is easy to read and helps debunk many myths about estate planning, including the one about:if you don't have a will, the state gets everything."This book is the one resource I have found that provides practical and understandable advice and reasonings regarding estate matters.Patti has really hit a home run with this book.It is a must read for anyone, from an individual, a retiree, a business person or anyone who is getting prepared to address their estate matters.In 35 years of professional life, this is one of those valuable resources that has the potential to have a profound impact on changing the way people think about the subject of estate planning.I highly recommennd this book and will be sure that my business clients, especially those with family owned businesses, get this book and read it cover to cover.It should become a part of every business owner's business survival kit and everyone's personal library.
good organization of estate planning topics
The columns are interesting in themselves, but are much more searchable with an index and grouping by subject, starting from planning early in life, then progressing through changing needds at marraige, parenthood, retirment, and estate settlement.This is a great guide for learning about transfer of wealth and how the government is a party to it.The quotations at the beginning of some topics are a nice opeing statement to get you thinking philosophically about a subject, or just to give you a chuckle while reading an otherwise dry subject.

Helpful and Humorous
I was thrilled to find that someone finally wrote a resouce book that I can understand that answers my financial and estate planning questions!The author's sense of humor actually turned dull topics into fun reading.I recommend this book for anyone planning to see an attorney for a will or estate settlement. You'll be well prepared. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Estate planning    3. Estates & Trusts    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Popular works    7. Tax planning    8. United States    9. Constitutional & administrative law    10. Equity & trusts   

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A good road map...
I found the book to be a nice reference to buying a business.Several key chapters provide some good thought provoking questions to consider in any endeavor to start a business.I had checked this out in the library and found myself wanting to write in the margins.A really good first step in identifying the hows and whats of buying a business. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business & Financial    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business Enterprise    6. Business enterprises    7. Business/Economics    8. Consumer Finance    9. General    10. Law and legislation    11. Marketing - General    12. Merchandising    13. New Business Enterprises    14. Personal Finance - General    15. Popular works    16. Purchasing    17. Small business    18. United States   

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Excellent book for my current course
Well written book, easy to access information.Excellent choice for my current course ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Ethics    3. Law and legislation    4. Legislation, Nursing    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Nursing    8. Nursing - General    9. Nursing Ethics    10. United States    11. Medical / Nursing / General   

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Fascinating as study of both architechture and history.
Wright starts at the beginning and explains how the American experience has effected American architechture, and vice versa. Weaving religious, social and economic conditions into her story of how Americans came to live in the structures that they call home, Wright's book is one of the few "page-turners" that I've encountered among architechture books. It's indespensible to the student of American history.--David Macia ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Architecture, Domestic    3. General    4. History    5. History - General    6. Housing    7. Social aspects    8. United States    9. Architecture / History    10. History of specific subjects    11. Houses, apartments, flats, etc    12. USA   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Franchises (Retail trade)    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. States    7. United States    8. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business Law    4. Business enterprises    5. Business/Economics    6. Corporate    7. Corporation law    8. General    9. Handbooks, manuals, etc    10. Law and legislation    11. Legal Profession    12. Legal Reference / Law Profession    13. Legal assistants    14. United States    15. Business & Economics / General    16. USA   

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Understand U.S. Immigration Law through examples.
The most striking thing about this book is the extensive use of examples throughout the book. One of the main problems in understanding the law is trying to figure out how it applies to your particular situation. The use of examples is one of the best ways for an author to explain the various aspects of any law. In this book, the author did such a fantastic job that I have picked up the book at various times in the last decade to figure out how I can solve my own particular immigration problem and I was able to fix it very fast. He does such a great job that I got carried away by the confidence the book inspires and decided to handle one of the more difficult immigration situations myself. It worked out alright but in hindsight, I should have taken the assistance of a lawyer to make things easier for myself. A must read
This is the best book on this subject available. I am a new citizen to this country, and it would have not happened so easily without this great book. Thank you, Mr. Wernick.

Very usefull and well written
This is an excellent book for anyone going through the hurdles of US Immigration. The author covers all bases and still keeps the text easy to read and easy to reference. I have seen Mr. Wernick speak and have read his authoritative newspaper column and this book lives up to his usual high standards. It is the only book of its kind you will need and with the high cost of legal advice, you will save time and money. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business Law    2. Citizenship    3. Civics & Citizenship    4. Constitutional    5. Emigration & Immigration    6. Emigration And Immigration    7. Emigration and immigration law    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Popular works    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. United States    13. Visas    14. Law / Emigration & Immigration   

Subjects:  1. Government - State, Provincial & Municipal    2. Law    3. Law and legislation    4. Local government    5. United States    6. Constitutional & administrative law