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Time, Identity and the Self: Essays on Metaphysics

By: Brian Garrett

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Time, Identity and the Self: Essays on Metaphysics

By: Brian Garrett

This volume contains twenty-four essays by the British/Australian analytic metaphysician, Brian Garrett. These essays are followed by four short dialogues that emphasize and summarize some of the main points of the essays and discuss new perspectives that have emerged since their original publication. The volume covers topics on the metaphysics of time, the nature of identity, and the nature and importance of persons and human beings. The chapters constitute the fruits of almost four decades of philosophical research, from Brian’s two award-winning essays, published in Analysis in 1983 and The Philosophical Quarterly in 1992, to his latest ideas about Fatalism and the Grandfather Paradox. This book will be of interest to students and professional philosophers in the field of analytic philosophy.

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Springer Nature

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3030855171

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Areté

Activate Your Heroic Potential

By: Brian Johnson

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Areté

Activate Your Heroic Potential

By: Brian Johnson

AN INSTANT PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER “This book will change your life. And, if enough of us commit, it will change the world.” — Phil Stutz, MD, bestselling author of The Tools, featured in the Netflix documentary, Stutz In Areté, Brian Johnson integrates ancient wisdom, modern science, and practical tools to, as per the sub-title of the book, help you activate your Heroic potential and fulfill your destiny. If you asked the ancient stoic philosophers how to live a good life, they’d answer you in a single word: Areté. We translate Areté as “virtue” or “excellence” but the word has a deeper meaning—something closer to being your best self moment to moment to moment. Phil Stutz, MD, the author of The Tools, who was featured in the Netflix documentary called Stutz, wrote the foreword to the book. He says: “What Brian has developed is much more than a bunch of coping mechanisms for the over-stressed modern person; although that would be an improvement for most of us. He’s developed a training program for the soul. Commit to this training and you will gain the ability to transmute your biggest problems, your darkest days, into unstoppable courage, endless enthusiasm, and an unshakable faith in the future. This book will change your life. And, if enough of us commit, it will change the world.”

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Blackstone Publishing

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Evidence Law

By: Laurie L. Levenson,LEVENSON/HOFFSTADT,Brian M. Hoffstadt

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Evidence Law

By: Laurie L. Levenson,LEVENSON/HOFFSTADT,Brian M. Hoffstadt

Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on CasebookConnect, including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities; practice questions from your favorite study aids; an outline tool and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. Learn more about Connected eBooks The combined efforts of the impressive authorship team of Professor Laurie L. Levenson and Justice Brian M. Hoffstadt have produced a casebook that is everything an evidence professor, and the professor's students, would want in a book - clarity in explaining the rules of evidence, examples to test and reinforce their understanding of the rules, carefully edited cases demonstrating the application of the rules, and discussion of complications in application of the rules. Evidence Law: Policy, Practice, and Problems is a straightforward and accessible casebook that is consistent and clear in how it teaches evidence. This book provides a suitable foundation for most students to learn and apply, both in litigation and transactional practices, federal and state evidence laws. This is a masterful, comprehensive, and stimulating teaching tool, with its unique approach of (1) providing the rule; (2) explaining the basis for the rule; (3) demonstrating how it is to be applied; (4) discussing any complications in its application; and (5) providing short, where appropriate, carefully edited cases, regarding the rule. Cases in the book serve to affirm the rule, not provide subtle or exceptional applications of it. Highlights of the First Edition: Sets forth the evidence rules, the rationale for them, examples of their applications, cases demonstrating their use in civil and criminal litigation, and plenty of problems for classroom discussion and review Each chapter contains summary charts and diagrams to help students follow the requirements and apply the rules Carefully edited cases to ensure clarity in the application of the rules is provided without overwhelming the reader Summary chapter where students can see the rules applied to a sample trial Professors and students will benefit from: An assortment of review questions that professors and students can use to reinforce the students' understanding of the evidence rules Short readings regarding cutting-edge areas of evidence law Examples of contemporary challenges in applying the evidence rules Step-by-step approach for dealing with evidence issues Thorough and clear presentation of hearsay, its exceptions, and its interaction with the right of confrontation Comparisons with the rules for major state jurisdictions

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Aspen Publishing

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1543825982

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Bohan and McCarthy - Capital Acquisitions Tax

By: Brian Bohan,Fergus McCarthy,Aidan McLoughlin

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Bohan and McCarthy - Capital Acquisitions Tax

By: Brian Bohan,Fergus McCarthy,Aidan McLoughlin

Bohan and McCarthy: Capital Acquisitions Tax is recognised by tax practitioners as the leading authority on the law of capital acquisitions tax in Ireland. It guides the practitioner through the financial processes required to navigate when handling transactions with a capital acquisition tax aspect.The fourth edition includes:1. Changes to CAT Consolidation Act 2003 and the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 introduced in five Finance Acts (2009 to 2013 inclusive).2. Relevant Irish and other case law since 2008.3. Analysis of and reference to updated Revenue commentary and precedents since 2008.4. Updated worked computations and examples where necessary in the context of any changes in CAT law.Table of contents:Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 DefinitionsChapter 3 TerritorialityChapter 4 Gift Tax, Inheritance Tax and PropertyChapter 5 Taxable ValueChapter 6 ValuationChapter 7 Valuation DateChapter 8 ReliefsChapter 9 Agricultural PropertyChapter 10 Business ReliefChapter 11 ExemptionsChapter 12 Computation of CATChapter 13 Double Taxation ReliefChapter 14 Co-ownershipChapter 15 Partnerships and Lloyd's UnderwritersChapter 16 SettlementsChapter 17 Discretionary TrustsChapter 18 InsuranceChapter 19 Anti-avoidanceChapter 20 Returns and AssessmentsChapter 21 Revenue Powers and AppealsChapter 22 Payment of Tax and Interest on TaxChapter 23 MiscellaneousAppendicesAppendix A: Probate TaxAppendix B: Agricultural Relief prior to 22 January 1997Appendix C: Statement of Practice SP-CAT1-04Previous print edition ISBN: 9781847662439

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A&C Black

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1780433522

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Sophie and Candy - A Tale of Two Dachshunds

By: Brian L. Porter

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Sophie and Candy - A Tale of Two Dachshunds

By: Brian L. Porter

Before Brian L. Porter met his wife Juliet, and they embarked on their lives as dog rescuers, he adopted two beautiful dachshunds who shared his life as his constant companions. This is their story. SOPHIE AND CANDY - A TALE OF TWO DACHSHUNDS tells how their lives had such an impact on the author that he discovered how the love of dogs can teach us, as human beings, to love and be loved, unconditionally. There’s laughter and tears, love and loss in this story. Taking the reader back in time almost thirty years to a previous period in Brian’s life, it’s a fascinating and beautifully illustrated insight into the beginning of a life devoted to the love of dogs. Sophie and Candy were two very special dachshunds who left Brian with a lasting legacy of love.

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Your First Cruise

A Complete Guide to Planning and Attaining the Perfect Cruise Vacation

By: T. Brian Chatfield

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Your First Cruise

A Complete Guide to Planning and Attaining the Perfect Cruise Vacation

By: T. Brian Chatfield

[Tells] first-time cruisers what to expect at every point in their vacation.

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Atlantic Publishing Company

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1601381514

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LinkedIn for Business

How Advertisers, Marketers and Salespeople Get Leads, Sales and Profits from LinkedIn

By: Brian Carter

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LinkedIn for Business

How Advertisers, Marketers and Salespeople Get Leads, Sales and Profits from LinkedIn

By: Brian Carter

Increase Your LinkedIn Leads, Sales, and Profits: Attract Higher-Quality Leads, Market More Effectively, Boost Your Sales This book delivers a complete system for profiting from LinkedIn. Top social media marketer Brian Carter shows you how to use LinkedIn to supercharge your existing business-to-business marketing, advertising, and sales processes, generate more qualified leads, and build sales in powerful new ways! Through case studies, Carter reveals how innovative businesses of all types are achieving amazing results with LinkedIn and teaches specific, actionable lessons you can apply right now. Whether you’re an advertising expert, content marketer, sales professional, PR pro, B2B executive, or social media specialist, LinkedIn offers you far more power than you may realize--and this book will help you leverage all of it! YOU’LL LEARN HOW TO Identify the fastest, easiest ways to profit from LinkedIn Apply today’s 15 most valuable Internet marketing principles to your LinkedIn presence Network for dollars, with this book’s proven six-step relationship-building process Find hot prospects through quick LinkedIn prospecting and introductions Use LinkedIn as a “passive prospecting platform”: Generate more leads without more work! Attract “mega-leads” through LinkedIn Answers, Events, and Groups Strengthen brand awareness and spread key messages Leverage content marketing (infographics and more) to boost brand awareness and generate more leads Accelerate your sales cycle with LinkedIn Improve your lead funnel and ensure that prospects are qualified before they talk to salespeople Establish efficient weekly LinkedIn marketing routines Optimize LinkedIn ad campaigns to maximize clicks, leads, and sales

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0133048039

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Individual Influence

Find the "I" in Team

By: Brian Smith,Mary Griffin

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Individual Influence

Find the "I" in Team

By: Brian Smith,Mary Griffin

While most of us have grown up being taught that the letter “I” has no place in the word “team,” teams are wholly made up of individual advantages that contribute to the collective power of the group. In Individual Influence, authors Brian and Mary Smith go far beyond this axiom, making a persuasive case that even a company or team of individual players is still an “Individual” at its core—expressing the collective influence of all those who play a role in it. Thus, there is not just one “I” in team, but many. In the first installment of this series, readers will be led on a far-from-typical journey of self-discovery punctuated by often humorous stories and tangible steps to put the wisdom into practice. Demonstrated through real-life experience working with and leading teams, the authors cover many transformative concepts, including: How to be your best self so that your unique influence radiates from you Reaping the benefits of slowing down and existing within the moment How to delegate, hold accountable, define values, and achieve balance Setting realistic success criteria for yourself and learning to celebrate small victories Gaining more significant influence over your own conscious thoughts and reshaping your reality Individual Influence revolutionizes the paradigm of traditional self-help books, presenting a clear, logical flow in implementing solutions to everyday challenges we face. It is a call for readers to discover who they are, and in doing so, there is a new world filled with unlimited possibilities waiting to be explored.

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Go Long!

My Journey Beyond the Game and the Fame

By: Jerry Rice,Brian Curtis

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Go Long!

My Journey Beyond the Game and the Fame

By: Jerry Rice,Brian Curtis

In Go Long! Jerry Rice shares the inspirational lessons and empowering practices that have helped him attain success, both on the football field and off. Through the ups and downs of Rice’s life and incomparable career, we discover how self-motivation, determination, and humility are the keys to achievement and true fulfillment. It’s been a long journey for Jerry Rice, from his childhood as a bricklayer’s son in Crawford, Mississippi, to a berth in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Along the way, Rice has been fueled by tireless effort and a belief in a few simple principles, among them that achievement is a voyage, not a destination; that modesty and perseverance, not talent, are what determine how far you will go; and that everyone should strive to be a role model. Rice even demonstrates these rules in action, breaking down the greatest games from his stellar career. Go Long! is an inspiring book by a living sports legend. More than that, however, it is the story of how Jerry Rice awakened the champion within, illustrating how we, too, can unlock inner greatness. “Rice was nobody’s fool as a player. He kept his tongue in check for most of his twenty-one-year career, understanding performance, not oratory, was his occupation. Now retired, Rice has taken the muzzle off [and] it is that persona which emerges from the book.” –Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California)

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Ballantine Books

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Million Dollar Habits

Proven Power Practices to Double and Triple Your Income

By: Brian Tracy

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Million Dollar Habits

Proven Power Practices to Double and Triple Your Income

By: Brian Tracy

95% of what people think, feel and do, is determined by habits. Habits are ingrained but not unchangeable—new, positive habits can be learned to replace worn-out, ineffective practices with optimal behaviors that can cause dramatic, immediate benefits to the bottom line. In Million Dollar Habits, Tracy teaches readers how to develop the habits of successful men and women so they too can think more effectively, make better decisions, and ultimately double or triple their income. Readers will learn how to organize their finances, increase health and vitality, sustain loving relationships, build financial independence, and take a leadership role to turn visions into reality.

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Entrepreneur Press

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1613083734

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Your Total PSAT/NMSQT Solution

By: Brian Higginbotham,Drew D. Johnson,Michael Snow

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Your Total PSAT/NMSQT Solution

By: Brian Higginbotham,Drew D. Johnson,Michael Snow

Study Smarter for the PSAT with REA’s Your Total PSAT Solution Test Prep with TestWare® CD! Your Total PSAT Solution Helps Get You Into College! This second edition of REA’s popular PSAT test prep is the best way for high school Sophomores and Juniors to prepare for the PSAT and raise their test scores! Students at all learning levels will benefit from this comprehensive college entrance test prep. Our in-depth review chapters are completely aligned with the most recent PSAT test content. The review covers all the subjects tested on the official exam: Critical Reading, Writing, and Math. Drills, examples, and practice questions in each chapter help you assess your skills and gauge your test-readiness. The book includes a diagnostic test plus a full-length practice test that replicates the actual exam’s question format and timing. Both of the book’s exams are featured on our TestWare® CD with the most powerful scoring and diagnostic tools available today. Automatic scoring and instant reports help you zero in on the topics and types of questions that give you trouble now, so you’ll succeed when it counts! The timed exam format on CD gives you the closest experience to taking the actual PSAT. Our on-screen detailed explanations of answers help you identify your strengths and weaknesses. We don’t just say which answers are right – we also explain why the other answer choices are incorrect – so you’ll be prepared on test day! The TestWare® CD comes with an extended time function to accommodate students with learning disabilities. As an added bonus, this test prep includes REA’s exclusive vocabulary iPhone app, so you can study anywhere! Additional PSAT study questions are available online at www.rea.com. When it's time to take the PSAT... REA has Your Total PSAT Solution!

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Research & Education Assoc.

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0738609250

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Realist Inquiry in Social Science

By: Brian D. Haig,Colin W. Evers

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Realist Inquiry in Social Science

By: Brian D. Haig,Colin W. Evers

Realist Inquiry in Social Science is an invaluable guide to conducting realist research. Written by highly regarded experts in the field, the first part of the book sets out the fundamentals necessary for rigorous realist research, while the second part deals with a number of its most important applications, discussing it in the context of case studies, action research and grounded theory amongst other approaches. Grounded in philosophical methodology, this book goes beyond understanding knowledge justification only as empirical validity, but instead emphasises the importance of theoretical criteria for all good research. The authors consider both quantitative and qualitative research methods, and approach methodology from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. Using abductive reasoning as the starting point for an insightful journey into realist inquiry, this book demonstrates that scientific realism continues to be of major relevance to the social sciences.

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SAGE

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1473943124

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The Boston Garden

By: Richard A. Johnson,Brian Codagnone

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The Boston Garden

By: Richard A. Johnson,Brian Codagnone

For seven decades, the Boston Garden functioned as both a de facto community center and the indoor entertainment hub of New England. Known to millions as the home of the Bruins and Celtics, the Garden was also home to a variety of other events. The Boston Garden was truly a "people's palace," serving as a venue for events both grand and humble, monumental and mundane. It was nothing less than the city's playpen, music hall, political clubhouse, tavern, cathedral, and living room. The Boston Garden opened on November 17, 1928, to an overflow audience who witnessed local boxer Dick "Honeyboy" Finnegan defeat reigning world featherweight champion Andre Routis in a non-title bout. Three days later, the Bruins greeted a crowd that fire department officials estimated was nearly four thousand above maximum capacity. The Boston Garden captures these moments and the unique relationship that was forged with the city right from the beginning. During the Great Depression, the Garden hosted countless community events, such as free public skating and religious services. It was Boston's main attraction with concerts, wrestling, school sports, and the ever popular Bruins. Later years saw the birth of the Boston Celtics in 1946 and their unsurpassed record of sixteen world championships. Following World War II and through the baby boomer years, performers as diverse as Liberace, Elvis, and the Rolling Stones also packed fans in. The Boston Garden was demolished in 1998 to make room for the Central Artery and private development, but it lives on in the hearts of New Englanders.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738511528

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Become who You Were Born to be

We All Have a Gift-- Have You Discovered Yours?

By: Brian Souza

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Become who You Were Born to be

We All Have a Gift-- Have You Discovered Yours?

By: Brian Souza

Become Who You Were Born to Be" is a blueprint for discovering ones unique gift and using it to realize personal and professional potential. To illustrate his life-changing philosophy, Souza relates true stories of everyday people and world-famous celebrities including Lance Armstrong, Amy Tan, Sylvester Stallone, Garth Brooks, and Oprah Winfrey, who became heroes by overcoming adversity and squeezing every ounce of opportunity from their gifts.

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Harmony

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0307346625

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Investigating the Psychological World

Scientific Method in the Behavioral Sciences

By: Brian D. Haig

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Investigating the Psychological World

Scientific Method in the Behavioral Sciences

By: Brian D. Haig

A broad theory of research methodology for psychology and the behavioral sciences that offers a coherent treatment of a range of behavioral research methods. This book considers scientific method in the behavioral sciences, with particular reference to psychology. Psychologists learn about research methods and use them to conduct their research, but their training teaches them little about the nature of scientific method itself. In Investigating the Psychological World, Brian Haig fills this gap. Drawing on behavioral science methodology, the philosophy of science, and statistical theory, Haig constructs a broad theory of scientific method that has particular relevance for the behavioral sciences. He terms this account of method the abductive theory of method (ATOM) in recognition of the importance it assigns to explanatory reasoning. ATOM offers the framework for a coherent treatment of a range of quantitative and qualitative behavioral research methods, giving equal treatment to data-analytic methods and methods of theory construction. Haig draws on the new experimentalism in the philosophy of science to reconstruct the process of phenomena detection as it applies to psychology; he considers the logic and purpose of exploratory factor analysis; he discusses analogical modeling as a means of theory development; and he recommends the use of inference to the best explanation for evaluating theories in psychology. Finally, he outlines the nature of research problems, discusses the nature of the abductive method, and describes applications of the method to grounded theory method and clinical reasoning. The book will be of interest not only to philosophers of science but also to psychological researchers who want to deepen their conceptual understanding of research methods and methodological concerns.

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MIT Press

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0262322382

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Strategies to Attract and Retain a Capable Transportation Workforce

By: Brian E. Cronin

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Strategies to Attract and Retain a Capable Transportation Workforce

By: Brian E. Cronin

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 685: Strategies to Attract and Retain a Capable Transportation Workforce includes straight-forward, implementable practices that transportation Human Resources (HR) managers and hiring professionals can use to help improve the recruitment and retention of qualified employees in their organizations. The report provides information on workforce challenges, industry strategies, and detailed descriptions of noteworthy practices within each of 15 recruitment and retention categories. Volume II: Supplemental Material is available online as an ISO image, which can be used to produce a CD-ROM. Volume II includes an introductory document summarizing the content of the supplemental materials and provides full case studies and summaries of other example practices related to the recruitment and retention practices. Links to the ISO image and instructions for burning a CD-ROM from an ISO image are provided.

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Transportation Research Board

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0309155533

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Regional Economic Development

Analysis and Planning Strategy

By: Robert J. Stimson,Roger R. Stough,Brian H. Roberts

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Regional Economic Development

Analysis and Planning Strategy

By: Robert J. Stimson,Roger R. Stough,Brian H. Roberts

Regional economic development has attracted the interest of economists, geographers, planners and regional scientists for a long time. And, of course, it is a field that has developed a large practitioner cohort in government and business agencies from the national down to the state and local levels. In planning for cities and regions, both large and small, economic development issues now tend to be integrated into strategic planning processes. For at least the last 50 years, scholars from various disciplines have theorised about the nature of regional economic development, developing a range of models seeking to explain the process of regional economic development, and why it is that regions vary so much in their economic structure and performance and how these aspects of a region can change dramatically over time. Regional scientists in particular have developed a comprehensive tool-kit of methodologies to measure and monitor regional economic characteristics such as industry sectors, employment, income, value of production, investment, and the like, using both quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis, and focusing on both static and dynamic analysis. The 'father of regional science', Walter lsard, was the first to put together a comprehensive volume on techniques of regional analysis (Isard 1960), and since then a huge literature has emerged, including the many titles in the series published by Springer in which this book is published.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662049112

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The Encyclopedia of Native Music

More Than a Century of Recordings from Wax Cylinder to the Internet

By: Brian Wright-McLeod

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The Encyclopedia of Native Music

More Than a Century of Recordings from Wax Cylinder to the Internet

By: Brian Wright-McLeod

Want the word on Buffy Sainte-Marie? Looking for the best powwow recordings? Wondering what else Jim Pepper cut besides “Witchi Tai To”? This book will answer those questions and more as it opens up the world of Native American music. In addition to the widely heard sounds of Carlos Nakai’s flute, Native music embraces a wide range of forms: country and folk, jazz and swing, reggae and rap. Brian Wright-McLeod, producer/host of Canada’s longest-running Native radio program, has gathered the musicians and their music into this comprehensive reference, an authoritative source for biographies and discographies of hundreds of Native artists. The Encyclopedia of Native Music recognizes the multifaceted contributions made by Native recording artists by tracing the history of their commercially released music. It provides an overview of the surprising abundance of recorded Native music while underlining its historical value. With almost 1,800 entries spanning more than 100 years, this book leads readers from early performers of traditional songs like William Horncloud to artists of the new millennium such as Zotigh. Along the way, it includes entries for jazz and blues artists never widely acknowledged for their Native roots—Oscar Pettiford, Mildred Bailey, and Keely Smith—and traces the recording histories of contemporary performers like Rita Coolidge and Jimmy Carl Black, “the Indian of the group” in the original Mothers of Invention. It also includes film soundtracks and compilation albums that have been instrumental in bringing many artists to popular attention. In addition to music, it lists spoken-word recordings, including audio books, comedy, interviews, poetry, and more. With this unprecedented breadth of coverage and extensively cross-referenced, The Encyclopedia of Native Music is an essential guide for enthusiasts and collectors. More than that, it is a gateway to the authentic music of North America—music of the people who have known this land from time immemorial and continue to celebrate it in sound.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816538646

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Total Facility Management

By: Brian Atkin,Adrian Brooks

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Total Facility Management

By: Brian Atkin,Adrian Brooks

The importance of effective facility management in enabling organizations to function efficiently is widely recognized. The fourth edition of Total Facility Management offers a comprehensive treatment of what facility management means to owners, operators, tenants, facility managers and professional advisors, as well as containing advice on how facilities can be better managed from a number of perspectives. It consolidates current best practice, defines and develops emergent areas and offers a pathway for the future development of facility management. The facility management body of knowledge now benefits from the publication of several national and international standards, none of which were available when earlier editions of the book were published. The opportunity has been taken to modify the structure and content of this new edition to align it with these standards to provide readers and their organizations with a comprehensive treatment of the subject. Greater emphasis has been given to facility planning, especially the briefing stage in the design of a new or refurbished facility; design for operability; stakeholder management; outsourcing; procurement; transition; performance management; environmental management; sustainability; maintenance management; information management and building information modelling (BIM). Throughout the book, the links between facility management practice and the organisation’s business objectives are emphasised. Readers worldwide will find this fourth edition a valuable and thought-provoking blend of the principles and practice of facility management.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118655478

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The Stag Hunt and the Evolution of Social Structure

By: Brian Skyrms

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The Stag Hunt and the Evolution of Social Structure

By: Brian Skyrms

Brian Skyrms, author of the successful Evolution of the Social Contract (which won the prestigious Lakatos Award) has written a sequel. The book is a study of ideas of cooperation and collective action. The point of departure is a prototypical story found in Rousseau's A Discourse on Inequality. Rousseau contrasts the pay-off of hunting hare where the risk of non-cooperation is small but the reward is equally small, against the pay-off of hunting the stag where maximum cooperation is required but where the reward is so much greater. Thus, rational agents are pulled in one direction by considerations of risk and in another by considerations of mutual benefit. Written with Skyrms's characteristic clarity and verve, this intriguing book will be eagerly sought out by students and professionals in philosophy, political science, economics, sociology and evolutionary biology.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521533929

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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 38

Bestselling Anthology of Award-Winning Sci Fi & Fantasy Short Stories

By: L. Ron Hubbard,Frank Herbert,Diane Dillon,Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson,Azure Arther,Desmond Astaire,J. A. Becker,Lazarus Black,Z. T. Bright,Em Dupre,N. V. Haskell,Michael Panter,Brittany Rainsdon,Mike Jack Stoumbos,M. Elizabeth Ticknor,Rebecca E. Treasure

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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 38

Bestselling Anthology of Award-Winning Sci Fi & Fantasy Short Stories

25 Award-winning Authors and Illustrators Brilliant new worlds Captivating new ideas Powerful new stories of action, adventure, and fantasy Just imagine... It’s game on, the fate of the universe is on the line—and you’re about to go all in. Saving the mammoths is in your hands—can you conjure the magic to make it happen? You’ve got a monster BFF—whom you’re hiding from your own monster-hunting family. You’re part of a sting, out to catch some bar hoppers who are not only bending their elbows, but bending time as well. And much more! Think you’ve seen it all? Think again. Prepare for alien contact. Explore the darkest alleyways of urban fantasy. Rise to the dizzying heights of magical realism. You will love this year’s anthology because these award-winning writers provide a diverse array of stories that will transport you and reshape your reality. Get it now. 3 Bonus Short Stories by David Farland • Frank Herbert • L. Ron Hubbard Art and Writing Tips by Diane Dillon • Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson • Frank Herbert • L. Ron Hubbard Edited by David Farland 16-page color gallery of artwork • Cover art by Bob Eggleton

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Shot in Montana

A History of Big Sky Cinema

By: Brian D'Ambrosio

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Shot in Montana

A History of Big Sky Cinema

By: Brian D'Ambrosio

For nearly a century, movies have been made in Montana. The state played itself in Cattle Queen of Montana, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Winter in the Blood, and the iconic A River Runs Through It, and it doubled for an Arctic ice pack in Firefox, Nebraska in Nebraska, the authentic Old West in Heaven’s Gate, and even heaven in What Dreams May Come. Montana’s Kootenai River swallowed up Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep in The River Wild, a stunt double for Leonardo DiCaprio tumbled down Kootenai Falls in The Revenant, and Forrest Gump ran through Glacier National Park. The city of Butte played itself in Evel Knievel, substituted for San Francisco’s Chinatown in Thousand Pieces of Gold, and hosted a zombie apocalypse in Dead 7. Charles Bronson’s Telefon blew up a school in Great Falls, Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando battled in the badlands of The Missouri Breaks, and Far and Away’s Oklahoma land rush with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman actually thundered across Montana prairie. From megahits with the biggest Hollywood stars to acclaimed independent films and forgettable flops, nearly a hundred movies have been made, in whole or in part, in Montana, and for the first time this treasure trove of filmmaking has been thoroughly researched and documented. Montana author Brian D’Ambrosio (Warrior in the Ring) describes every movie, including the actors, directors, and shooting locations, and reveals fascinating stories and incidents that took place behind the cameras. Featuring 120 photos and interviews with actors and filmmakers, Shot in Montana is a blockbuster adventure through the Treasure State’s cinematic history.

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Oracle DBA Mentor

Succeeding as an Oracle Database Administrator

By: Brian Peasland

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Oracle DBA Mentor

Succeeding as an Oracle Database Administrator

By: Brian Peasland

New Oracle database administrators can get off the ground running. This book helps you develop the ability to think on your feet and move focus in an instant from arcane syntax details to broad, corporate issues. Along the way, you will see how to create your first database and implement best practices to ensure a well-running database system. What makes Oracle DBA Mentor different is that it also teaches you how to obtain answers that are not found in this or other books. Focus is given to creating a test bed and running test cases to examine hypotheses and prove out solutions so you can be sure they work in production. Attention is given to navigating product documentation and networking in forums and social media to build your skills and a network to draw on when solving problems under pressure. There are chapters of step-by-step technical content as well as coverage of essential skills to succeed as a DBA no matter which database engine you administer. By the time you are done reading this book, you will have confidence to face many of the situations thrown in your direction. You will know where to go for the answers you don’t yet know that you need. You’ll be able to work and troubleshoot under pressure. You’ll know how to create a database, institute backup and recovery procedures, secure the database and its valuable corporate data, and acquire more knowledge as needed so you can run a database to meet the needs of your organization. What You'll LearnInstall Oracle Database with best practices Implement backup and recovery procedures Understand the fundamentals of databases and data security Find answers to technical problems using Oracle documentation, Oracle Support, and other resources Patch and upgrade an Oracle database Who This Book Is For The novice database administrator who wants help getting off the ground with their DBA career, and in building the skills to let that career flourish in the long term. Mid-level DBAs will also find the book helpful as they try to grow their career to the next level. While the book is geared toward the Oracle platform, database administrators from other platforms can benefit from the soft skills covered in this book.

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Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Predictive Data Analytics, second edition

Algorithms, Worked Examples, and Case Studies

By: John D. Kelleher,Brian Mac Namee,Aoife D'Arcy

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Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Predictive Data Analytics, second edition

Algorithms, Worked Examples, and Case Studies

By: John D. Kelleher,Brian Mac Namee,Aoife D'Arcy

The second edition of a comprehensive introduction to machine learning approaches used in predictive data analytics, covering both theory and practice. Machine learning is often used to build predictive models by extracting patterns from large datasets. These models are used in predictive data analytics applications including price prediction, risk assessment, predicting customer behavior, and document classification. This introductory textbook offers a detailed and focused treatment of the most important machine learning approaches used in predictive data analytics, covering both theoretical concepts and practical applications. Technical and mathematical material is augmented with explanatory worked examples, and case studies illustrate the application of these models in the broader business context. This second edition covers recent developments in machine learning, especially in a new chapter on deep learning, and two new chapters that go beyond predictive analytics to cover unsupervised learning and reinforcement learning.

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0262361108

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Cucina Piemontese

Cooking from Italy's Piedmont

By: Maria Grazia Asselle,Brian Yarvin

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Cucina Piemontese

Cooking from Italy's Piedmont

By: Maria Grazia Asselle,Brian Yarvin

Cucina Piemontese includes recipes for more than 95 Piemontese dishes, many of them from the author's family in Piedmont. These classic recipes, accompanied by historical and cultural information, as well as a chapter on regional wines, provide an opportunity to explore this fascinating and increasingly renowned cuisine from an insider's perspective. The simple recipes made with readily available ingredients bring the cucina piemontese home.

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From the Ballfield to the Boardroom

Management Lessons from Sports

By: Brian Goff

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From the Ballfield to the Boardroom

Management Lessons from Sports

By: Brian Goff

No one can deny that sports and business are two of the most potent forces in our culture today. Sport, play, and the terms and phrases that define them, are engrained in our collective psyche, influencing the ways in which we conduct business-as a game, with rules of engagement, tournaments of competition, the shame that accompanies defeat, and the bragging rights that accrue to the victor. The parallels are ubiquitous; as the NFL's Bill Parcells stated in a Harvard Business Review article, my guess is that the challenges I've faced are not all that different from the ones that executives deal with every day. People are people, and the keys to motivating them and getting them to perform to their full potential are pretty much the same whether they're playing on a football field or working in an office. From the Ballfield to the Boardroom draws from Brian Goff's expertise as a managerial economist to shed new light on the sports-business connection. Using dozens of examples from across the spectrum of professional and college sports, he analyzes the ways in which key decisions are made on the playing fields and locker rooms and applies these lessons to the corporate context. From the distinctive leadership styles of legendary coaches Tom Landry, Vince Lombardi, John Wooden, and Bobby Knight, among others, to such culturally significant developments as the racial integration of Major League Baseball and the meteoric rise of NASCAR, Goff draws from the world of sports to provide a solid foundation in the managerial arts, including: assessing risk and uncertainty, conducting market and competitive analysis, wooing customers, fostering an innovative culture, managing information and communication flows, and resolving labor disputes. The result is an incisive look at the sport of business, with practical insights for successful management at all levels of your organization.

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Tourism Marketing

A Collaborative Approach

By: Alan Fyall,Brian Garrod

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Tourism Marketing

A Collaborative Approach

By: Alan Fyall,Brian Garrod

This book provides a thorough and detailed understanding of tourism marketing principles and practice within the context of inter- organisational collaboration.

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Normative Externalism

By: Brian Weatherson

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Normative Externalism

By: Brian Weatherson

Normative Externalism argues that it is not important that people live up to their own principles. What matters, in both ethics and epistemology, is that they live up to the correct principles: that they do the right thing, and that they believe rationally. This stance, that what matters are the correct principles, not one's own principles, has implications across ethics and epistemology. In ethics, it undermines the ideas that moral uncertainty should be treated just like factual uncertainty, that moral ignorance frequently excuses moral wrongdoing, and that hypocrisy is a vice. In epistemology, it suggests we need new treatments of higher-order evidence, and of peer disagreement, and of circular reasoning, and the book suggests new approaches to each of these problems. Although the debates in ethics and in epistemology are often conducted separately, putting them in one place helps bring out their common themes. One common theme is that the view that one should live up to one's own principles looks less attractive when people have terrible principles, or when following their own principles would lead to riskier or more aggressive action than the correct principles. Another common theme is that asking people to live up to their principles leads to regresses. It can be hard to know what action or belief complies with one's principles. And now we can ask, in such a case should a person do what they think their principles require, or what their principles actually require? Both answers lead to problems, and the best way to avoid these problems is to simply say people should follow the correct principles.

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0192576887

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A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children E-Book

By: Charles J. Cote,Jerrold Lerman,Brian Anderson

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A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children E-Book

By: Charles J. Cote,Jerrold Lerman,Brian Anderson

Covering everything from preoperative evaluation to neonatal emergencies to the PACU, A Practice of Anesthesia in Infants and Children, 6th Edition, features state-of-the-art advice on the safe, effective administration of general and regional anesthesia to young patients. It reviews underlying scientific information, addresses preoperative assessment and anesthesia management in detail, and provides guidelines for postoperative care, emergencies, and special procedures. Comprehensive in scope and thoroughly up to date, this 6th Edition delivers unsurpassed coverage of every key aspect of pediatric anesthesia. - Includes a laminated pocket reference guide inside with essential, practical information. - Features key references at the end of each chapter that provide a quick summary for review. - Presents must-know information on standards, techniques, and the latest advances in pediatric anesthesia from global experts. - Provides access to a video library of 70 pediatric anesthesia procedures – 35 are new! Videos include demonstrations on managing the difficult pediatric airway, cardiac assist devices in action, new positioning devices, management of burn injuries, and many demonstrations of ultra-sound guided regional anesthesia blocks and techniques. - Features extensive revisions of all chapters with many new contributors, and numerous new figures and tables throughout. - Introduces new drugs such as those used to premedicate children and facilitate emergence from anesthesia, plus an up-to-date discussion of the drug approval process and detailed information on opioid safety for children with obstructive sleep. - Includes new chapters on pharmacogenomic implications of drugs in children and the anesthetic implications when caring for children with cancer. - Offers up-to-date information on the management of emergence agitation, sleep-disordered breathing, neonatal and pediatric emergencies, and the obese child and bariatric surgery. - The Essentials chapters, with extensive input from pediatrician experts, provide the latest information concerning hematology, pulmonology, oncology, hepatology, nephrology, and neurology. - Contains significant updates on perioperative fluid management, pharmacology, intravenous anesthesia and target controlled infusions, cystic fibrosis, new interventional devices for children with congenital heart defects, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, simulation in pediatric anesthesia, and much more. - Expert ConsultTM eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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0323551629

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football

By: Joe Theismann,Brian Tarcy,Brian Billick

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football

By: Joe Theismann,Brian Tarcy,Brian Billick

From high school games to the NFL, this guide features the basics of offense and defense, players, rules, strategies, and even what to wear. New coverage for this edition includes how the draft works, new technology on the field, and XFL, arena league, expansion teams, and NFL Europe

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Business Success Through Risk Elimination

The Top Ten Rules of Successful Start-Ups

By: Brian Davies

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Business Success Through Risk Elimination

The Top Ten Rules of Successful Start-Ups

By: Brian Davies

Entrepreneurs are made, not born. By following the best practices of entrepreneurs before you, you can learn from the best and use those techniques to insure your business success. Brian Davies, who has created wealth with two start-up medical device companies and as a real estate investor, walks you through uncertain economic times so you can take charge of your financial future. Learn the top ten things you must do to ensure your start-up is successful, and discover how to reduce risk with solid financial strategies; launch a business with little or no money; control expenses and secure credit; and develop top-performing teams. Its not every day that an entrepreneur who has started multiple firms, including one that was bought by a publicly traded company, opens up his playbook. Davies lays out everything, and the only thing he wants is for you to share in his success by starting something of your own. There are key elements that all successful new business have in common. These tips can help you take charge of your life, grow your business, and transform your financial future with Business Success through Risk Elimination.

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Global Sourcing and Supply Management Excellence in China

Procurement Guide for Supply Experts

By: Marc Helmold,Brian Terry

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Global Sourcing and Supply Management Excellence in China

Procurement Guide for Supply Experts

By: Marc Helmold,Brian Terry

This book provides readers a holistic and pragmatic approach towards supply management in China. It elaborates on how supply management should integrate the optimum level, and a combination of quality, cost and delivery. In addition to serving as a guide on how to address cultural barriers, apply supply tools and concepts, it also illustrates the best practices in supply management in China. It draws from a large number of best practices of companies from automotive to railway, to convince other functional departments and higher management that supply management plays the most fundamental role in any organization due to the high number of value adding activities which are coming from suppliers. These practices have been derived by a multi-methodical approach including interviews with supply management leaders from industry and experts in academia, making it as unique and a suitable a guide for practitioners and academics.

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9811016666

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Faint Objects and How to Observe Them

By: Brian Cudnik

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Faint Objects and How to Observe Them

By: Brian Cudnik

Aimed at observers with 10-inch or larger telescopes, this guide to some of the most distant, dim, and rarely observed celestial objects is supported by background information on surveys and objects lists—some familiar, such as Caldwell, and some less so.

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1441967567

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The Team Handbook

By: Peter R. Scholtes,Brian L. Joiner,Barbara J. Streibel

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The Team Handbook

By: Peter R. Scholtes,Brian L. Joiner,Barbara J. Streibel

This book is a comprehensive resource book that provides everything you need to know to create high performing teams.

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1884731260

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New York City For Dummies

By: Brian Silverman

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New York City For Dummies

By: Brian Silverman

From soaring skyscrapers to rumbling subways, power shopping to bargain-hunting, world-renowned restaurants to neighborhood delis and pizzerias, majestic cathedrals to Times Square—New York has it all. Chances are you can't do it all, but this friendly guide helps you take a big bite out of the Big Apple with: Maps and tips for getting around by public transit, plus sights best seen on foot A calendar of events for every season A shopper's guide, including trendy areas like SoHo, NoHo, and NoLita Information about great free attractions, including the Staten Island Ferry Sample itineraries to help you make the most of your trip Like every For Dummies travel guide, New York City For Dummies, Fourth Edition includes: Down-to-earth trip-planning advice What you shouldn’t miss — and what you can skip The best hotels and restaurants for every budget Handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages With information on "must see" attractions like the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and Central Park, places to take the kids, an insider's look at the nightlife, tips on getting discount tickets to popular shows, and a Quick Concierge with all kinds of info, this guide will have you saying, "I love New York.

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