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|  | Intellectual Capital by Thomas A. Stewart
This title shows examples of the intellectual capital revolution sweeping America's corporations today--and how these companies have profited from what makes them smart. AUTHOR: Thomas A. Stewart
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business 
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 | Resolving Conflicts at Work by Joan Goldsmith, Kenneth Cloke
Create a new sense of yourself in your organization, a new direction in your life, and a new understanding of your adversaries with this highly practical guide for resolving conflicts, miscommunications, and misunderstandings at work. Two veteran professionals show you how conflicts-and the process of resolving them-can offer extraordinary opportunities for personal growth, deeper and more satisfying relationships, and enhanced morale. AUTHOR: Joan Goldsmith, Kenneth Cloke
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Internet Bubble
The spectacular Bull Market in high-tech stocks is the investment story of the decade. The numbers are astonishing. The Internet boom has created new household names such as Yahoo, Amazon, and America Online -- companies that today command billions in market value. Internet startups like Healtheon and eBay have seen their stocks sky-rocket over 3000 percent since their IPOs, and dozens of other Internet stocks have doubled, tripled, and even quadrupled on their first day of trading. Here is a market where: entrepreneurs like the thirty-something founders of Yahoo and Amazon become global billionaires overnight; money-losing startups command market valuations that make the captains of traditional industry cry their hearts out and tremble with competitive fear; and venture capitalists and investment bankers cash in big on companies barely out of the cradle. But individual retail investors -- the outsiders in this turn of the century roulette game -- are left to foot the bill, paying exorbitant prices for stocks that will end up diving off a cliff. TheInternet Bubble is the story of the turbulent world ofhigh-tech stocks, a place where fortunes aremade and lost in a day. This book uncovers the innerworkingsof an industry that increasingly thrives ongreed and hype. It shows who is really getting rich, and how they use small investors to finance their empires. Silicon Valley insiders Anthony and Michael Perkins provide a behind-the-scenes look at the forces -- and the people -- stoking the money engine in the technology stock market. They show how the allure of fast-paced innovation and overnight success has driven an ongoing market frenzy around Internetstocks, creating what they call an Internet Bubble. Most important, the authors show that, when the Bubble inevitably bursts, Main Street--not Wall Street -- will take the big hit, unless individual investors take steps t
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Speed Reading for Business by Steve Moidel
The necessary task of digesting the paperwork that's part of a business operation can steal valuable time from a manager's work day. Here's a good solution to that problem--methods for increasing reading and comprehension speed by three to five times. Barron's Business Success Series books feature clever line art illustrations and helpful sidebar information. AUTHOR: Steve Moidel
PUBLISHER: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Make Way for Ducklings by Barrett Clark, Robert McCloskey
The Mallard family makes their home in the middle of Boston. But how can the mother and the ducklings make their way around with busy streets to cross? Fortunately, there's enough kindness and patience in the big, busy city to accommodate a family of ducks. Two-color illustrations accompany the text. Winner of the 1942 Caldecott Medal. AUTHOR: Barrett Clark, Robert McCloskey
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Children's
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 | The Soul of the New Consumer by Ken Orton, Laurie Windham
This straightforward business guide provides extensive market research into online behavior patterns, motivational tools for e-commerce beginners, and strategies to help experienced Web marketers more effectively court the Web consumer. AUTHOR: Ken Orton, Laurie Windham
PUBLISHER: Allworth Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business
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