The Alpine Obituary by Mary Daheim, ISBN 0345447913
SPECIAL EDITION: MURDER
Not even in Alpine, Washington, could the death of octogenarian Jack Froland be considered big news--except by his drinking buddies at Mugs Ahoy. But that suddenly changes when in the middle of the funeral, Jack's widow hysterically insists that he was murdered. Emma Lord, publisher of "The Alpine Advocate, who is already investigating a threatening letter received by the town's beautiful blonde judge, now suspects she has two hot stories to unravel. Backed by her House and Home editor, that bottomless repository of scandal Vida Runkel, she prepares for a triple-threat special: murder, blackmail, and--as wildfire sweeps the mountainside-- possible arson as well. But success will not come cheap. With a killer roaming the woods, it may cost Emma her life. . . .
Mathematics of Business by John E. Rogers, ISBN 0130807699
Real-world and hands-on in approach, this book uses financial statements to explore the "relationships" between various business applications and accounting concepts and to show how mathematics can be used to formulate, analyze and resolve business "problems." Begins with a review of mathematical concepts, presents solutions both "algebraically" and "arithmetically," and features "Mind Your Business" activities--on-going, realistic business applications in which readers assume the role of a partner in a business called "Media World," create financial information, and make decisions that are the basis of monthly financial statement preparation and analysis. Solving Equations and Word Problems. Percents. Business Statistics and Graphs. Financial Statements and Analysis. Purchasing Merchandise. Pricing Merchandise. Simple Interest. Simple Discount. Compound Interest. Annuities. Business and Consumer Credit. Bank Services and Records. Securities and Distribution of Income and Expenses. Depreciation....
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Dragons at Your Door: How Chinese Companies Are Disrupting the Rules of Global Competition
The dragons are coming. Companies in Europe and the Americas have not faced such an overwhelming threat to their domestic markets since the Japanese arrived with their cars and consumer electronics. To fend off these fierce competitors, managers must forget yesterday's image of Chinese companies as producers of cheap, low-quality imitations flooding world markets. Using what the authors term, cost innovation, Chinese firms are advancing very quickly into high-end products and industries and competing for such high-value activities as engineering, design, and even R&D, not just basic manufacturing. Few firms will be immune to the global impact of Chinese Companies. Chinese competitors will create new pressure on margins across a wide range of industries and stages in the value chain. They will not only attack today's mass-markets, but also break down the barriers that have hitherto protected highly profitable, niche businesses.As the first to examine this new competitive force, this book...
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Thirty-Six Billion Bargain: Strategy and Politics in U.S. Assistance to Israel by A. F. K. Organski, ISBN 0231071973
In this provocative and original book, A.F.K. Organski explodes the myth that U.S. support of Israel is driven by an overriding concern for Israel's existence, or by powerful Jewish / Israeli interest groups. After examining American attitudes toward Israel over time and comparing Israeli aid with assistance programs to other nations, including the major Arab states, Organski establishes that support has been determined by U.S. strategic interests in the region, particularly to repulse both Soviet influence and the expansion of radical Arab states. Considering the immerse strategic value to the United States of stability in the Middle East, Organski concludes this illuminating work by declaring that American aid to Israel has been 'cheap at the price'.
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Big Pasture
Nathan Stark had the usual poor boys hunger to make a million bucks before he was thirty. He figured all he had to do was go to Texas, pick up a cheap herd of longhorns and drive them back to the beef-starved prospecting camps of Montana. The trek would be 1,500 miles of raging rivers, bone-dry deserts and hostile Indians, but Stark was brutal and ambitious. He wasnt about to let these obstacles get in his way. He would destroy anything in his path on his road to prosperity. What Nathan Stark hadnt counted on was starting Montanas first range war.
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