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Mongolia - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Alan Sanders,Culture Smart!

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Mongolia - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Alan Sanders,Culture Smart!

Mongolia is landlocked between its neighbors China and Russia in the heart of Asia. For centuries after the disintegration of Genghis Khan's empire it was ruled by one or the other, but in 1990 the Mongols embraced democracy. Now, after two centuries of Manchu stagnation and seventy years of Soviet communism, they are rebuilding their national heritage. Rarely in the news but making progress toward a market economy, this resource-rich but infrastructure-poor country is a land of pioneers, and its greatest asset is the Mongol people, who are friendly, cooperative, ambitious, and well educated. English is now the first foreign language and the country's leaders are forging new partnerships with international investors. Travelers from across the world are drawn to the "land of blue sky" by its picturesque mountains and lakes, flower-carpeted steppes and stony deserts, home to the snow leopard, the wild horse and camel, and the Gobi bear. The broad pasturelands, with herds of grazing livestock, and the traditional lifestyle of the nomads contrast with the busy streets of the capital Ulan Bator, a bustling metropolis of over one million people, modern hotels, apartments, and shops, interspersed with Buddhist monasteries and temples, surrounded by crowded suburbs of traditional felt tents. Mongolia's many attractions range from dinosaur skeletons and the remains of ancient civilizations to relics and reenactments of the Genghis Khan era, and the traditional sports of wrestling, archery, and horse-racing. Culture Smart! Mongolia provides rare insights into contemporary Mongolian society, and offers practical tips on what to expect and how to conduct yourself in order to get the most out of your visit. Despite the undeniable challenges posed by modernity, these warm, tough, adaptable, and hospitable people welcome visitors and are open to the world.

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Kuperard

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1857337182

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USA - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Alan Beechey,Gina Teague,Culture Smart!

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USA - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Alan Beechey,Gina Teague,Culture Smart!

Don't just see the sights&―get to know the people. Who can afford not to understand the USA? Underneath the gleaming smile of American popular culture lies a rich and complex society that brims with contrasts and contradictions. It is a culture of rugged individualism, of go-getters, of high-tech high achievers. At the same time it is a deeply religious country with a quiet devotion to church and charitable works. This new edition of Culture Smart! USA reveals a society in transition. In an increasingly polarized political and cultural climate, and with an ever-widening gap between the haves and the have-nots, the rise of social media has given more Americans a voice. As Americans wake up to a changing world where their global economic dominance is no longer assured, attitudes and behaviors are being challenged and reassessed across the land. Culture Smart! USA takes you on a tour of the core influences and ideals that have shaped this great country and have driven the behavior and attitudes found on Main Street and in the workplace. It looks at Americans at work, at home, and at play, and provides the visitor with an up-to-date cultural road map of this dynamic, multifaceted society. Have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on etiquette and communication will help you navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.

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1787023222

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Nepal - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Culture Smart!,Tessa Feller,Alan Mercel-Sanca

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Nepal - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Culture Smart!,Tessa Feller,Alan Mercel-Sanca

Don't just see the sights—get to know the people. Nestling in the foothills of the Himalayas, Nepal is a land of contrasts and incongruities not least in the variety of its cultural, ethnic, and religious weave. The Nepalese attitude to life is essentially religious. Hindu and Buddhist values predominate and help to maintain social harmony despite the divisions between rich and poor, urban and rural, highlands and lowlands. Culture Smart! Nepal sets out to explain the complexities of Nepalese life, from home to business, to the marketplace. It tells you what to expect, and provides insights that will help you to go beyond friendly smiles and turn your visit into an enlightening and rewarding experience. Have a richer and more meaningful experience abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on history, values, attitudes, and traditions will help you to better understand your hosts, while tips on etiquette and communicating will help you to navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.

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1787028739

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Smart Is Not Enough!

The South Pole Strategy and Other Powerful Talent Management Secrets

By: Alan C. Guarino

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Smart Is Not Enough!

The South Pole Strategy and Other Powerful Talent Management Secrets

By: Alan C. Guarino

The Information Age is OVER -- In business today, it is all about TALENT! "Smart Is Not Enough" explains the core issue of 21st century business. Forget technology - Forget outsourcing TALENT is the #1 challenge in your organization. Whether you're a CEO or an entry level college grad; whether you manage a staff or not, this book is for you. It can help in career planning, in developing your management strategy, or just help you understand the playing field in business today. Author Alan Guarino explains the full gamut of cutting-edge talent management, from how to find it, develop it, deploy it and lead it, to his South Pole Theory of "hidden talent" talent as a solution for the shortage of critical talent in the business world of the 21st Century. The South Pole Theory explains that traditionally, corporations biased their talent searches towards those who performed at the top of their academic classes. Yet, some of the most successful executives and business leaders weren't good students themselves. Grades aren't the only predictor of success in the real business world. This book shares techniques for finding those determined, dedicated go-getters who fall through the cracks when we judge them solely on academics. To compete in business today, top companies need to cultivate every available source of talent. This book shows business leaders how to find and capitalize on this special pool of talent-- the future versions of people like Paul Orfalea, founder of Kinkos, Wayne Huizenga of Blockbuster Video, and many others. Alan Guarino (Marlboro, NY) is CEO and co-founder of the executive search firm Cornell International. His firm is now owned by Adecco, the largest recruiting company in the world.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470169125

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9780470169124

Words For Smart Test Takers

The Tools You Need for High Scores on College, Graduate, and Professional School Admissions Tests

By: Mark Alan Stewart

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Words For Smart Test Takers

The Tools You Need for High Scores on College, Graduate, and Professional School Admissions Tests

By: Mark Alan Stewart

Exercises help students preparing for standardized tests to improve their vocabulary.

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Peterson's

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0768907152

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Short and Simple Guide to Smart Investing

By: Alan Lavine,Gail Liberman

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Short and Simple Guide to Smart Investing

By: Alan Lavine,Gail Liberman

Mutual funds are fast becoming America's investment choice, largely because of their sheer variety. But, with so many mutual funds to choose from more than 8,000 at last count it's hard for many people to pick the right ones for them. Short And Simple Guide To Smart Investing first gives you the fundamentals, explaining what mutual funds are, how they work, and how commissions and fees affect the ROI. Dozens of graphs and charts carefully guide you through the maze of available mutual funds, and you'll learn their characteristics, advantages, drawbacks, and risk potential.

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iUniverse

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1475920628

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Art Smart

The Intelligent Guide to Investing in the Canadian Art Market

By: Alan D. Bryce

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Art Smart

The Intelligent Guide to Investing in the Canadian Art Market

By: Alan D. Bryce

Art Smart's advice will allow you to venture into the often-intimidating world of art with confidence and make intelligent purchases for pleasure and profit.

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Dundurn

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1550026763

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9781550026764

Smart Engagement

Why, What, Who and How

By: John Aston,Alan Knight

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Smart Engagement

Why, What, Who and How

By: John Aston,Alan Knight

Businesses that thrive in the 21st century will be those that are smart about "engagement". These businesses are the best at adapting to changing societal concerns, expectations, risks and opportunities and they know how to generate sustainable outcomes.However, while many companies talk a lot about stakeholder engagement, very few do it in a way that genuinely contributes to business success. In many cases companies engage the wrong people on the wrong issues at the wrong time; they plan too much and do too little; they slide into PR-mode or they undermine relationships by creating expectations that can't be met.Smart Engagement can help you plan an engagement programme that is integrated into your core business. John Aston and Alan Knight draw on nearly 50 years of practical expertise in the field of natural resources, energy and infrastructure, chemicals, aeronautics, the financial sector, environmental management, social responsibility and capacity building. They distil the best from current research and offer a robust guide to best practice. This is not abstract process guidelines; it is a straightforward, no-nonsense and practical approach to engagement, focused on results and value creation.

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Routledge

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1351274546

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Measurement and Instrumentation Principles

By: Alan S. Morris

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Measurement and Instrumentation Principles

By: Alan S. Morris

Measurement and Instrumentation Principles' is the latest edition of a successful book that introduces undergraduate students to the measurement principles and the range of sensors and instruments that are used for measuring physical variables. Completely updated to include new technologies such as smart sensors, displays and interfaces, the 3rd edition also contains plenty of worked examples and self-assessment questions (and solutions). In addition, a new chapter on safety issues focuses on the legal framework, electrical safety and failsafe designs, and the author has also concentrated on RF and optical wireless communications. Fully up-to-date and comprehensively written, this textbook is essential for all engineering undergraduates, especially those in the first two years of their course.Completely updatedIncludes new technologies such as smart sensors and displays

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Elsevier

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0080496482

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Managing Smart

By: Lynne Milgram, M.D., MBA,Alan Spector, Ph.D., M.D.,Matt Treger

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Managing Smart

By: Lynne Milgram, M.D., MBA,Alan Spector, Ph.D., M.D.,Matt Treger

Managing Smart' examines the challenges facing today's management and provides fast, practical answers for solving common workplace situations. It presents step-by-step instructions for mastering more than 300 key real-world management tasks. This condensed business guide includes information on: * Leadership techniques * Labor management * Strategic planning * Time management * Marketing and sales techniques * Career development * Key business concepts * Management tools * Information systems Among many other management topics, 'Managing Smart' also shows you how to: * Set project goals and priorities * Increase efficiency * Comply with employment and labor benefits * Manage finances Management professionals and novices alike will improve their effectiveness, skills, and knowledge with these concise reference tips.

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Routledge

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1136432930

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The Complete Guide to Home Automation

By: David Alan Wacker

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The Complete Guide to Home Automation

By: David Alan Wacker

Covers environmental controls, home theatre systems, pc-based automation and more.

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Betterway Publications

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1558703012

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9781558703018

The Princeton Review Guide to the Right Career, 1996

By: Princeton Review (Firm),Alan Bernstein,Nicholas Reid Schaffzin

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The Princeton Review Guide to the Right Career, 1996

By: Princeton Review (Firm),Alan Bernstein,Nicholas Reid Schaffzin

After the strains of Pomp and Circumstance die out and student loans come due, it's time for new grads to assess their talents, select a career path, and plot their strategy for cracking the job market. This guide is designed to help recent college graduates get on the right track, offering a self-assessment test to help define individual potential.

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Princeton Review

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067976917X

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9780679769170

Citrix Access Suite 4 for Windows Server 2003: The Official Guide, Third Edition

By: Steve Kaplan,Tim Reeser,Alan Wood

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Citrix Access Suite 4 for Windows Server 2003: The Official Guide, Third Edition

By: Steve Kaplan,Tim Reeser,Alan Wood

Containing checklists and technical best practices; this guide explains how to maximize the suite components to enable and manage secure access to applications and data across the Internet; intranets; extranets; and WANs; LANs; and wireless networks. --

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0072262893

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9780072262896

March to the Finals

The History of College Basketball's Illustrious Finale

By: Alan Minsky

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March to the Finals

The History of College Basketball's Illustrious Finale

By: Alan Minsky

A year-by-year, player-by-player history of the college basketball finals, recognized by many as the most exciting spoting event -- amateur or professional -- in the world.

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Friedman-Fairfax

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1567997058

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9781567997057

Desktop Database Marketing

By: Jack Schmid,Alan Weber

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Desktop Database Marketing

By: Jack Schmid,Alan Weber

Desktop Database Marketing isn't just another "database book." It isn't even just another database marketing book. It is a marketing book written by businesspeople who give you the know-how to capitalize on desktop technology to market more effectively and efficiently. In straightforward language with a minimum of technical jargon, the authors show you how to improve all of your customer communications; make the economics of database marketing work for your organization, regardless of its size or type; build flexible operations and systems that work for your organization's specific needs; develop a marketing strategy that builds customer relationships, gives you useful information you can put to work, and tailors strategies and tactics to the special needs of your organization.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0844232351

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9780844232355

The Computer Glossary for Everyone

It's Not Just a Glossary!

By: Alan Freedman

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The Computer Glossary for Everyone

It's Not Just a Glossary!

By: Alan Freedman

Reduces Technical Computer Concepts into Understandable Words. Providing Over 1000 Definitions. Designed for Students, Businesspeople & Computer Users

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0941878023

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9780941878029

Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt

By: Alan Ezust,Paul Ezust

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Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt

By: Alan Ezust,Paul Ezust

Master C++ “The Qt Way” with Modern Design Patterns and Efficient Reuse This fully updated, classroom-tested book teaches C++ “The Qt Way,” emphasizing design patterns and efficient reuse. Readers will master both the C++ language and Qt libraries, as they learn to develop maintainable software with well-defined code layers and simple, reusable classes and functions. Every chapter of this edition has been improved with new content, better organization, or both. Readers will find extensively revised coverage of QObjects, Reflection, Widgets, Main Windows, Models and Views, Databases, Multi-Threaded Programming, and Reflection. This edition introduces the powerful new Qt Creator IDE; presents new multimedia APIs; and offers extended coverage of Qt Designer and C++ Integration. It has been restructured to help readers start writing software immediately and write robust, effective software sooner. The authors introduce several new design patterns, add many quiz questions and labs, and present more efficient solutions relying on new Qt features and best practices. They also provide an up-to-date C++ reference section and a complete application case study. Master C++ keywords, literals, identifiers, declarations, types, and type conversions. Understand classes and objects, organize them, and describe their interrelationships. Learn consistent programming style and naming rules. Use lists, functions, and other essential techniques. Define inheritance relationships to share code and promote reuse. Learn how code libraries are designed, built, and reused. Work with QObject, the base class underlying much of Qt. Build graphical user interfaces with Qt widgets. Use templates to write generic functions and classes. Master advanced reflective programming techniques. Use the Model-View framework to cleanly separate data and GUI classes. Validate input using regular expressions and other techniques. Parse XML data with SAX, DOM, and QXmlStreamReader. Master today’s most valuable creational and structural design patterns. Create, use, monitor, and debug processes and threads. Access databases with Qt’s SQL classes. Manage memory reliably and efficiently. Understand how to effectively manage QThreads and use QtConcurrent algorithms. Click here to obtain supplementary materials for this book.

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854

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Prentice Hall

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0132851636

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9780132851633

This Wired Home

The Microsoft Guide to Home Networking

By: Alan Neibauer

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This Wired Home

The Microsoft Guide to Home Networking

By: Alan Neibauer

This practical introduction to home computer networking describes the latest technologies, services, and innovative software packages available to provide an economical and secure network for family and home-based business needs.

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0735614946

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9780735614949

Getting the Job Done!

Managing Project Teams and Task Forces for Success

By: W. Alan Randolph,Barry Z. Posner

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Getting the Job Done!

Managing Project Teams and Task Forces for Success

By: W. Alan Randolph,Barry Z. Posner

This new edition now focuses on how teams--especially from different departments--can be managed more effectively to achieve project goals. Written in an entertaining, jargon-free style, it shows managers how to set realistic team goals and spells ou ten rules for getting the job done. Illustrations.

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Financial Times/Prentice Hall

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0136162851

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9780136162858

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