Subjects:  1. Building Codes    2. Construction    3. Construction - General    4. Engineering - Mechanical    5. Mechanical & Electrical Systems (Building Engineering)    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Technology / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades   

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One of the Best and Most Enjoyable Business Book I've read.
Not a fan of the business book since I've found many of them so boring. I got this book based on the recommendation on BusinessWeek (I'm a fan of this magazine) and am not disappointed. It's well-written, easy to understand. The writer seems to have all the details nailed down and have a very entertain-able writing style. Almost like reading a very good novel except that this is true, which is very rare when it comes to business book. You will finish it in no time. Unputdownable.

Rise and Fall
My two cents-
The Ballad of Enron
While there was a great amount of greed that contributed to Enron's downward spiral (illegal investment vehicles, ridiculous executive salaries and corporate perk largesse), what makes this different from the cornball `big bad greedy company causes its own downfall' tagline, though, is the book's thesis that business machismo caused Enron's collapse. Note the Enron culture of landing big deals, particularly in new industries and tertiary markets where Enron could be viewed as a trailblazer. Enron loved landing front-page news of its deals; what it failed to do was to see them through and ensure they financially contributed to the company's well-being.As well, during the Jeff Skilling era, there was a constant and unhealthy fixation with Enron's stock price. Enron's corporate performance was directly pegged to the stock price; Enron executives begged, borrowed, and stole to ensure rosy financial statements and a love-in with Wall Street bankers and analysts. Never mind that Enron was bogged down with loser, capital-draining businesses (Broadband, Enron International) that were causing liquidity problems even years before Enron declared bankruptcy. As long as Enron was making deals and the stock price was high, everything was sunny.
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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Business    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business failures    6. Case studies    7. Corporate    8. Corporate & Business History - General    9. Corrupt practices    10. Energy industries    11. Enron Corp    12. History    13. Investments & Securities - General    14. United States    15. Business & Economics / Economic History   

Subjects:  1. Contracts    2. General    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Corporate    5. Corporation law    6. Directors of corporations    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Legal status, laws, etc    9. Legal status, laws, etc.    10. Management - General    11. United States    12. Business & Economics / Management   

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An overview ith the details
This book breaks it all down. Time management, budgeting, deaking with staff and technical issues. For those in the field already, its a refresher and a confirmation of what you're doing. For those new to the field, it can serve as an operations manual for guidance. Appendix B that describes the job description is invaluable.

Practical techniques
This book has the basic knowlegde tha every CM must know, its easy to read, and it give you a better and required professional overview of construccion projects.

An essential book for project managers
Easy and comprehensible step by step guide to project management, very helpful for both experienced and entry level project management engineers ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business/Economics    2. Construction    3. Construction - General    4. Construction Management    5. Construction industry    6. Engineering - Civil    7. Law    8. Management    9. Project Management    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Building construction & materials    12. Law / Construction   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Taxation    6. Taxation - General    7. Accounting    8. Business & Economics / Taxation / General    9. Taxation law   

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Great intro to law text
As an MBA student, this text was a great introduction to business law.The actual cases proved to be quite interesting and illustrative of the topics discussed throughout the text.You must go through the text before reading the cases or you may be confused, but the terms are so well laid out that once familiar with them, the cases are quite easy to understand and you are able to brief them yourself!Will serve as an excellent reference and I have decided to keep it in my library.

Excellent!!!
I could not be happy with the speed and condition of this item.I am very pleased with the purchase that I made, and look forward to doing business with them if needed.Thank you for the wonderful, and speedy service.

Great Introductory Business Law Text!
Unlike the previous post, I found this book to be extremely helpful as a business student. If one is looking for a strictly "law" book this is obviously not the correct choice. For business professionals and students, however, it is an excellent introduction to the field of business law. The cases are in fact quite helpful and are not too long as stated in the previous post. The "briefs" provide a good insight into the heart of the issue at hand and are quite useful. They are much better than fabricated examples, as they are up to date, and add a 'reality' element to the text.
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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Financial    3. Business law    4. Business/Economics    5. Cases    6. Commercial law    7. Law    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. United States    10. Law / Business   

Subjects:  1. Business    2. Business & Economics    3. Business & Financial    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business Law    6. Business/Economics    7. E-Commerce - General    8. Electronic commerce    9. Law and legislation    10. United States    11. Law / Business   

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Retire Secure-Solid Advice For All
Reading "Retire Secure" will not alone make you rich. However, if you read and follow Mr. Lange's advice, you will build wealth and then protect it to the fullest extent possible. The book outlines a very clear path to maximize savings using the most effective vehicle available to you. Then it goes on to provide a thorough roadmap to minimizing your tax consequences and maximizing your after tax returns. Finally the book provides several different strategies for passing along wealth to your heirs while once again factoring in the greedy hands of Uncle Sam. The author not only provides you with the theory, as many financial planners do, but backs up his recommendations with solid proofs and confirms them with amusing case studies. Overall this book is an excellent source for information on the use of retirement funds for wealth building and hopefully inheritance to pass on.

Good for Advisors and Investors
James Lange's Retire Secure, offers great techniques to help persons planning for retirement.He is on the right track - to postpone and minimize the impact of taxes - in order to maximize the retiree's money and extend the spendable income.This book makes a valuable contribution to the field of personal finance - for both the consumers and the professional advisors who serve them.
My Roadmap
I find James Lange's book to be excellant. When we want to go someplace we're not familiar with, who uses MapQuest? Why? It gives us the starting point and the ending point. This book gives so much valuable information. I'll be retiring in 10 to 11 years, so my interest is quite serious. I stumbled accross Mr. Lange's website and find that to also be a fine source of information. As a 'boomer' I'm amazed at what the internet has done for our culture i.e. sharing of information.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Individual retirement accounts    3. Law and legislation    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Pension trusts    6. Personal Finance    7. Personal Finance - General    8. Personal Finance - Retirement Planning    9. Practical Guides    10. Tax planning    11. Taxation    12. United States    13. Business & Economics / Personal Finance / General    14. Finance & Accounting   

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Codes are Fun!
Could studying building codes actually be fun?Much to my surprise, when you combine this book with the companion study guide workbook it is.The author presents the information on the codes clearly and in logical order.I am studying for my NCIDQ exam and was really nervous about the "codes questions" until I got this book.

The Codes Guidebook for Interiors- professional peer review
I own each of the 3 editions of this book, and have found the information to be a well source of sound, practical advise concerning the application of codes as they relate to interior projects. I am an Interior Designer and I refer to my copy of Codes Guidebook for Interiors regularly for projects I am involved in. This book and the companion study guide are part of the recommended resources for studying and preparing for the NCIDQ examination. I believe this book should be a part of every commercial practitioners library, whether they be an architect or interior designer.

Informative
The Codes Guidebook for Interiors is a simple, straight forward guide to understanding how building codes regulate design.The guidebook builds a chapter by chapter systematic approach to code research and applicationthat can be followed by every practictioner regardless of building locale. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Building Codes    3. Building laws    4. Buildings    5. Construction - General    6. Interior Design    7. Interior Design - General    8. Interior Design - Professional Reference    9. Interior architecture    10. Reference    11. Specifications    12. United States    13. Architecture / Interior Design    14. Building construction & materials   

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How to Beat the IRS
Keeping up with all the IRS rules and regulations can be a real hassle. The tax code keeps getting more and more complex every year, in spite of countless promises by politicians to "simplify" the system.
Insightful
I bought TaxCut software, then read this book, I end up with a tax professional to do my 2001 tax.I am glad I read this book though, I avoided making mistakes and I followed carefully to my tax attorney's advice.This book is informative and insightful.

Solid, up-to-date tax advice for 2002
Now available in a revised and updated eighth edition, What The IRS Doesn't Want You To Know: A CPA Reveals The Tricks Of The Trade is a compendium of solid, up-to-date tax advice for 2002. Chapters survey such topics as what the latest IRS targets are; ten ground rules one must never break to win with the IRS;the thirty-four greatest taxpayer misconceptions; commonly overlooked credits and deductions; what forms should never be filled out; new tax laws enabling an innocent spouse to get out of debt; how to plan IRA and pension plans; the latest taxpayer rights; and what IRS people are really like and how to work with them. What The IRS Doesn't Want You To Know is a highly practical book and strongly recommended reading for every taxpayer! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Income tax    6. Law and legislation    7. Personal Finance    8. Personal Finance - General    9. Personal Finance - Taxation    10. Popular works    11. Tax Accounting    12. Tax administration and procedure    13. Tax auditing    14. Taxation    15. Taxation - General    16. United States    17. Budgeting & financial management    18. Business & Economics / Personal Finance / General    19. USA   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Cases    3. Entertainment    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Sports    8. United States   

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Missed Its Target Audience...
Undeniably, Professor Stoebuck is one of the brightest scholars around in Property law, but this book misses its mark for what it was intended for.West's Hornbook series are designed to be used by first year law students learning the law, non-legal scholars who need a quick reference for whatever they are working on, or the practicing attorney who doesn't have the time or money to use one of West's multi-volume practicioner series treatises.
Heavily detailed, but useful for Property students
ALthough this text contains about 10x what the average 1L will need for a Property exam, it was a very helpful guide through a very difficultsubject.It will remain on my shelf just in case I change the very core ofmy being and someday become a real estate lawyer.Students of Property:this is the ONLY text that will help you outside of the classroom.

Excellent resource for a difficult area of the law
This is an excellent treatise covering the major areas and topics of property law.It is sighted often by leading casebooks, including Singer's Property Law.I highly recommend this book to law students as the othersecondary sources in this area of law are woefully lacking. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Property    4. Real property    5. United States    6. Private, property, family law   

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In America, when somebody does you wrong, you take 'em to court. W. R. Grace and Beatrice Foods had been dumping a cancer-causing industrial solvent into the water table of Woburn, Massachusetts, for years; in 1981, the families of eight leukemia victims sued. However, Read more

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Synchronicity???
Is this book, a worthwhile read, an attempt to close the book on shady goings-on in Woburn of the 1960s?Were some children in this case treated for leukemia using cutting edge techniques of the day,such as bone marrow transplants, and some of those children survived only to be tormented because of their unexpected survival?
Just a an ending, not a beginning!
This is a necessary book which does a public service by highlighting the repercussions of poor environmental stewardship. It does not, however, indicate the extent of a broader mystery behind the events in Woburn and Middlesex county itself, respectively.
An inside track on the legal process
Insanely detailed.The author shadowed Mr. Schlichtmann throughout the entire course of the case, giving the reader unprecedented insight into what goes on behind the scenes during litigation.I can see why law classes use the book.A must read for anyone going into law school. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1936?-    2. Anderson, Anne,    3. Boston    4. Civil Procedure    5. Contamination    6. Drinking water    7. Groundwater    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal System    10. Massachusetts    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Pollution    13. Sociology    14. Torts    15. Trials (Toxic torts)    16. Trials, litigation, etc    17. W.R. Grace & Co    18. Woburn    19. Anderson, Anne    20. Law / Environmental    21. Law for the lay person    22. Schlichtmann, Jan    23. Reading Group Guide   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Corporate    4. Incorporation    5. Industries - General    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Non-Profit Organizations Management    9. Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    10. Nonprofit organizations    11. Popular works    12. Reference    13. United States   

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OK...But not for a law students
This book was ok. It won't help the 1L law students looking for an aid to help them supplement their readings.This book is just a glorified canned case book.Highly recommended for those CONSIDERING law school and want to read about contracts BEFORE they start school.Once your in law school, look for another source.

A charming introduction to legal thinking
This is one of the few books that someone should consider reading before law school. Written in a fluid style, the book provides an adequate overview of what could be called "Contracts' Greatest Hits." While it is probably not sufficient to rely on for exams, it is a great introduction to legal thinking generally.

The Best Supplement For Contracts Students
This book explains contract law simply and effectively in an incredibly small number of pages.The book covers the entire common law of a first year course.When taking Contracts, I used Chirelstein as a review of a section of law, and it noted just about every seminal case.Often, the explanations were better than my professor's (and perhaps not conicidentally, sometimes they were the same).Now that I am a second-year student, I still use it as my first reference for contracts before looking to a horn book or Westlaw.I would recommend every first year law student to have a copy.It is easy on the back and on the mind.
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Good Introduction to Business Law
This was the textbook for an introductory course in business law I took. It does a great job at laying the groundwork of the US legal system and explodes many common myths. A large amount of material is covered clearly and consisely. The chapters on contracts and constitutional law alone are worth the price of the book. The authors do a good job hitting the high points and not getting bogged down in details that are inappropriate for an introductory course.
Legal & Regulatory Environment of Business
Great Book. Better than the other Legal Business books. Great cases. Easy to read and understand. Great for Business law. Other books are more about law instead of business law, Not this book. You be the Judge DVD-Rom is great similation of legal business situations. Book is great for learning Business Law.

Informative, enlightening, and well-organized.
Like many Americans, I didn't know much about our country's principles of government or its legal system.This book helped me to become more knowledgeable about both.I admit, this is not reading I would choose to curl up with in front of the fire; this was part of a requirement for my MBA.However, I will remember what I've learned in this text long after my class ends. Having previously been clueless about the legal system, it is now exhilarating to read about, say, how the nine US Supreme Court Justices are dealing with the aftermath of the Gore vs. Bush debacle and actually understand what is going on.The chapters are well-organized and easy to understand. There are even helpful study tips and ways to brief a legal case in the beginning of the text.After completing this book, I not only feel better equipped to handle business decisions, but also feel empowered and enlightened for better understanding our great country. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Financial    3. Business law    4. Industrial laws and legislation    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Trade regulation    8. United States    9. Law / Business   

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A superb collection of forms for an established business
This book contains a great deal of ready to use forms for your corporate records on many aspects of business operations but be careful if you are looking for information on minutes of first meeting. The book says not to worry if you don't have organizational minutes; however, such important resolutions as corporate seal or principal office are missing.
Great coverage of exactly what it says it's going to cover.
Many other books on corporate forms try to cover everything (from selection of entity type to formation, filings, taxes, legalities, etc.) which means they usually just cover these topics in a shallow and frustrating way.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business records    3. Business/Economics    4. Corporate    5. Corporate meetings    6. Corporation law    7. Corporations    8. Industries - General    9. Law and legislation    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. Popular works    12. United States   

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Gold Standard
I used this book in grad school--it is the gold standard in MMPI coverage, clinical uses, etc.

Excellent resource for MMPI-2'ers.
I have used this text for my graduate class I teach on the MMPI-2.It isan excellent text. Very comprehensive.My graduate students found it veryhelpful in learning to appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of theMMPI-2.Awareness of any tests strengths/limitations is crucial to theappropriate use of all psychological tests.Learning to appropriatelyutilize this test as part of a psychological screening or battery iscritical for the training of all clinical psychologists.Graham does anexcellent job of presenting the information in a readable andunderstandable format.

An updated edition to a classic guide and text to the MMPI
This is a superbly useful, updated version of his prior work on MMPI-2 interpretation.As always, Dr. Graham hits the bullseye for clinical usefulness and readability.His interpretive strategy is thorough andpragmatic.While others base their interpretative statements on clinicallore and antedotes, Dr. Graham backs up his interpretations with research. This text is a "must-have" for anyone who administers theMMPI-2--students and clinicians alike. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Business & Economics    3. Business Law    4. Business/Economics    5. Mental Health    6. Minnesota Multiphasic Personal    7. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory    8. Personality    9. Personality Assessment And Testing    10. Psychology    11. Psychopathology - General    12. Psychological testing & measurement    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology    14. Psychology | Clinical    15. The self, ego, identity, personality   

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Its alright
This book is alright for a basic course but lacks some vital deffinitions. Also, some vocabulary words are hilited and some are left without making them difficult to find. In a few cases there are no deffinitions for words. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business Law    3. Business/Economics    4. Criminal Law    5. Criminal Law - General    6. Criminal Procedure    7. Handbooks, manuals, etc    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Legal assistants    10. United States    11. Business & Economics / General    12. Organizational theory & behaviour    13. USA