Samantha's Blue Bicycle by Dan Andreasen, Philip Hood, Valerie Tripp @ Business book

Samantha's Blue Bicycle by Dan Andreasen, Philip Hood, Valerie Tripp
Description not available.In 1904, when ten-year-old Samantha has trouble riding her new bicycle which was a gift from Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia, her grandmother offers a surprising solution. 35,000 first printing.

AUTHOR: Dan Andreasen, Philip Hood, Valerie Tripp
PUBLISHER: Pleasant Company Publications
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Children's

Merriam-Webster's Secretarial Handbook by Merriam-Webster Staff
Description not available.Provides information about such topics as office correspondence, record keeping, business English, and making travel arrangements

AUTHOR: Merriam-Webster Staff
PUBLISHER: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business

The Abilene Paradox & Other Meditations on Management by Jerry B. Harvey
Description not available.Explains the Abilene Paradox, a metaphor for how groups often agree to take actions that contradict what the individual members believe is right, in terms of corporate decisions and illogical interactions. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

AUTHOR: Jerry B. Harvey
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business

The Father Christmas Letters by J. R. R. Tolkien
When Tolkien's children sent letters to Father Christmas, he answered with elaborate drawings and detailed responses telling of the North Pole and all its inhabitants. These letters are an important part of understanding Tolkien's method of myth-creation but, moreover, they are gorgeous to look at.

AUTHOR: J. R. R. Tolkien
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Children's

No, David! by David Shannon, Teresa Mlawer
In one busy day, an energetic boy named David causes all sorts of mischief--from coloring on the walls of his house to picking his nose, from tracking mud on the carpet to running down the street in the nude. All the while, David's mother tries to get him to behave by saying such things as That's enough, David, Settle down, David, and the ever-popular No, David! Illustrated with acrylic paintings.

AUTHOR: David Shannon, Teresa Mlawer
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Children's

Short Cycle Selling by Jim Kasper
The first book on short cycle selling--the fast-track route to a higher closing ratio Sales professionals today waste untold hours worrying about identifying, tracking, and timing their sales cycles. In Short Cycle Selling, author Jim Kasper trains his sights on the only important concept and goal in sales cycles--shortening them. He walks professionals point-by-point through the series of steps that constitute the sales cycle--from identifying prospects to negotiating and closing--and at each step shows how to streamline the process. Short Cycle Selling is the first book to deal specifically with proven techniques that condense the time from prospecting to closing, while taking advantage of today's most innovative concepts in selling skills and E-technology. Packed with case studies and actual examples of short cycle selling success--and techniques that were field tested on clients from Amoco and Pentax to Wells Fargo Bank--this hands-on book reveals how to: Land more accounts Achieve greater sales volumes Generate greater sales income and satisfaction

AUTHOR: Jim Kasper
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business