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The Business of Economics

By: John Anderson Kay

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John Kay has been described as the `most important business analyst in Britain bar none', and this book shows why.Here he combines common sense and rigorous economic thinking in a number of essays on business and economic issues---the competitiveness of UK plc, the stakeholder economy, business strategy, and corporate personality.Kay is well known for his incisive and entertaining columns in the Financial Times (some of which are included here), his regular audio and TV broadcasts, and is much in demand as a speaker and consultant. In The Business of Economics he shares his analysis, thoughts and insights on a range ofurgent and important issues facing the country and individual firms. His clear and direct writing style will inform, challenge, and entertain; his rigorous and clever analysis of the corporate world will offer insights into the business problems and decisions faced by executives and managers everyday.The book confirms the judgement of the Economist - `that John Kay is well on the way to turning himself into a European Michael Porter.

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Oxford University Press

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0198292228

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Women, the Family, and Peasant Revolution in China

By: Kay Ann Johnson

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Women, the Family, and Peasant Revolution in China

By: Kay Ann Johnson

Kay Ann Johnson provides much-needed information about women and gender equality under Communist leadership. She contends that, although the Chinese Communist Party has always ostensibly favored women's rights and family reform, it has rarely pushed for such reforms. In reality, its policies often have reinforced the traditional role of women to further the Party's predominant economic and military aims. Johnson's primary focus is on reforms of marriage and family because traditional marriage, family, and kinship practices have had the greatest influence in defining and shaping women's place in Chinese society. Conversant with current theory in political science, anthropology, and Marxist and feminist analysis, Johnson writes with clarity and discernment free of dogma. Her discussions of family reform ultimately provide insights into the Chinese government's concern with decreasing the national birth rate, which has become a top priority. Johnson's predictions of a coming crisis in population control are borne out by the recent increase in female infanticide and the government abortion campaign.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226401944

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9780226401942

Foundations of Corporate Success

How Business Strategies Add Value

By: John Kay

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Foundations of Corporate Success

How Business Strategies Add Value

By: John Kay

How did BMW recover from the edge of bankruptcy to become on of Europe's strongest companies? Why did Saatchi and Saatchi's global strategy bring the company to its knees? Why has Philips's outstanding record in innovation not been translated into success in the market? What can be learnt from the marriage contract about the conduct of commercial negotiations? These are some of the questions addressed as John Kay asks `What makes a business successful?' Drawing on his own business experience and on concepts in economics, legal theory, and sociology, the author presents a fresh approach to questions of business strategy. He rejects the military analogy which underpins much strategic thinking, in which success depends on size and share, on vision and leadership, on shifting patterns of mergers and alliances. John Kay argues that outstanding businesses derive their strength from a distinctive structure of relationships with employees, customers, and suppliers, and explains why continuity and stability in these relationships is essential for a flexible and co-operative response to change. By integrating organizational and financial perspectives on the performance of the firm, Kay not only gives insights into the creation of effective business strategies, but sheds light on the success - and failure - of national economies. As the single market develops, this book - full of insight and rigour, yet lively in style - is probably the most important European contribution to strategic thinking for many years. It will be vital reading for all who want to understand what distinguishes the successful company.

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OUP Oxford

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019161081X

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The Long and the Short of It (International edition)

A guide to finance and investment for normally intelligent people who aren’t in the industry

By: John Kay

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The Long and the Short of It (International edition)

A guide to finance and investment for normally intelligent people who aren’t in the industry

By: John Kay

The follies of finance have threatened the stability of the global economy, and the world of finance has become increasingly complex and sophisticated, but also greedy, cynical and self-interested. The Long and the Short of It provides a guide to the complexities of modern finance and explains how to put your finances in the only hands you can confidently trust - your own. In this new, wholly updated edition of The Long and the Short of It, you will learn everything you need to be your own investment manager. You will recognise your investment options, the institutions that try to sell them, and how to distinguish between fact and fiction in what companies say. You will discover the principles of sound investment and the research that supports these principles. Crucially, you will learn a practical investment strategy and how to implement it. Leading economist and hugely successful investor John Kay uses his academic credentials and practical experience to lay out the key principles of investment with characteristic clarity and dry humour. This is the only book about finance and investment anyone needs, and the one book they must have.

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Profile Books

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1782832696

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9781782832690

Secrets of the Moneylab

How Behavioral Economics Can Improve Your Business

By: Kay-Yut Chen,Marina Krakovsky

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Secrets of the Moneylab

How Behavioral Economics Can Improve Your Business

By: Kay-Yut Chen,Marina Krakovsky

Taking the findings of behavioral economics from the cocktail party to the boardroom. Experimental economist Kay-Yut Chen leads an economics lab at Hewlett- Packard-the first of its kind at any company. His groundbreaking research into human behavior has turned into tangible results for HP. He has saved the company millions of dollars, simply by explaining why people really do the things they do. MoneyLab offers practical lessons being put to use right now at HP and other leading companies. It explains, for instance, how to: ? Use incentives to influence employees, suppliers, and buyers ? Determine whom to trust, and how much ? Reduce the negative effects of irrational behavior by noticing patterns that don't seem logical ? Take advantage of the human tendency to game the system In the spirit of Predictably Irrational, but with a more practical approach, Chen shows how to translate the findings of behavioral economics into concrete actions to achieve new levels of success.

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Penguin

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110144424X

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9781101444245

CEO Pay and Shareholder Value

Helping the U.S. Win the Global Economic War

By: Ira T. Kay

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CEO Pay and Shareholder Value

Helping the U.S. Win the Global Economic War

By: Ira T. Kay

U.S. executive pay, particularly that of CEOs, has been under serious attack for nearly a decade. Despite the fact that tying executive performance and pay to stock price has appeared to have substantially benefited the U.S. economy, this criticism has not subsided. CEO Pay and Shareholder Value challenges some assumptions behind this criticism by addressing these pertinent questions and more:

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CRC Press

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104029264X

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Essential Standard General Maths Second Edition Enhanced TIN/CP Version

By: Peter Jones,Kay Lipson,David Main,Barbara Tulloch

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Essential Standard General Maths Second Edition Enhanced TIN/CP Version

By: Peter Jones,Kay Lipson,David Main,Barbara Tulloch

Revised edition enhanced with an interactive online textbook and TI-Nspire OS3 updates. The Essential VCE Mathematics series has a reputation for mathematical excellence, with an approach developed over many years by a highly regarded author team of practising teachers and mathematicians. This approach encourages understanding through a wealth of examples and exercises, with an emphasis on VCE examination-style questions. New in Standard General Mathematics Second Edition Enhanced TI-N/CP Version: • An additional chapter on bivariate data with an early introduction to regression analysis, a key topic in Further Mathematics. • Updated worked examples and exercises, with revisions for CAS calculator use. • The TI-Nspire CAS is updated to OS3 in the CAS calculator explanations, examples and problems integrated into the text, which also feature the Casio ClassPad • Page numbers in the printed text reflect the previous TI-nspire and Casio ClassPad version allowing for continuity and compatibility.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107664624

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Sport and Social Exclusion

By: Michael F. Collins,Tess Kay

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Sport and Social Exclusion

By: Michael F. Collins,Tess Kay

This book presents the first comprehensive review of factors leading to exclusion from participation in sport in the UK. Structured around key excluded groups, such as the elderly, ethnic minorities, the disabled and rural communities, the book offers an important assessment of sports policy in contemporary Britain, as well as a unique case study of policies to combat social exclusion under New Labour.

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Routledge

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1134511736

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XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

By: Michael Kay

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XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

By: Michael Kay

What is this book about? XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference is the only authoritative reference on XPath, a sub-language within XSLT that determines which part of an XML document the XSLT transforms. Written for professional programmers who use XML every day but find the W3C XPath specifications tough to slog through, this book explains in everyday language what every construct in the language does and how to use it. It also offers background material on the design thinking behind the language, gentle criticism of the language specification when appropriate, and a diverse range of interesting examples in various application areas.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0764577565

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9780764577567

Professional XML

By: Bill Evjen,Kent Sharkey,Thiru Thangarathinam,Michael Kay,Alessandro Vernet,Sam Ferguson

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Professional XML

By: Bill Evjen,Kent Sharkey,Thiru Thangarathinam,Michael Kay,Alessandro Vernet,Sam Ferguson

As XML gains popularity, developers are looking to implement XML technologies in their line-of-business applications This book offers readers real-world insight into XML so that they can build the best possible applications Offers an in-depth look at XML and discusses XML tools, services (RSS, SOAP, REST, WSDL), programming (DOM, SAX, Ajax), and languages (.NET, Java, PHP)

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0470167386

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9780470167380

Compete and Win in Telecom Sales

A Step-by -Step Guide for Successful Selling

By: Philip Max Kay

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Compete and Win in Telecom Sales

A Step-by -Step Guide for Successful Selling

By: Philip Max Kay

For anyone ready to launch a successful career in sales for telecom equipment, services and technologies, or for veterans ready to break through to a higher level, this book provides a practical eight-step program for successful selling.

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1040158862

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9781040158869

Tough Tactics for Tough Times

How to Maintain Business Success in Difficult Economic Conditions

By: Patrick Forsyth,Frances Kay

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Tough Tactics for Tough Times

How to Maintain Business Success in Difficult Economic Conditions

By: Patrick Forsyth,Frances Kay

In difficult economic times, decision-makers in business need to take decisive action. It is essential that they combat the pressures and respond to difficult market and economic conditions in a way that minimizes negative effects. Tough Tactics in Tough Times will give you a head start in difficult circumstances. It sets out fifty practical ways to help your business and its financial situation, including ways to: reduce costs, increase staff effectiveness, maintain a marketing initiative, maximise business from your best customers, maintain an awareness of your products/services, focus promotional activity where it will do the most good and spot opportunities for new business. Tough Tactics in Tough Times will help you to take stock and act now. With a check-list to help you decide on the appropriate action, you will be able to formulate a crash programme of well selected measures that should assist your situation and help you to maintain business success.

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Kogan Page Publishers

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0749456035

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9780749456030

The Dynamics of Public Policy

Theory and Evidence

By: Adrian Kay

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The Dynamics of Public Policy

Theory and Evidence

By: Adrian Kay

. . . this is a first rate book. It draws on a wide range of reading philosophy, economics and politics and teases out a number of important ideas. . . for academics and postgraduates it surely will be essential reading and I think has pushed the study of public policy forward. Michael Connolly, Political Studies Review In The Dynamics of Public Policy, Adrian Kay sets out the crucial methodological, theoretical and empirical implications of two important trends in the social sciences: a frequently expressed ambition for analysis of movies not stills and the regular observation that policy, politics and governance is becoming more complex. Beginning with a discussion of the centrality of temporality, change and history to the social sciences, he develops the provocative claim that existing models of the policy process are of limited value in understanding and explaining policy dynamics. Instead, the author argues that it is only through structured narratives that we can really understand and explain complex policy histories. He sets out a methodology for structuring policy narratives and illustrates the claims of the book through four detailed case studies: health policy and pharmaceutical regulation in the UK; and agricultural policy and budget policy in the EU. Adrian Kay s book will appeal to academics in the fields of policy analysis, public administration and public sector management as well as political science and political theory.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1847203000

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9781847203007

Myths and Realities of Executive Pay

By: Ira Kay,Steven Van Putten

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Myths and Realities of Executive Pay

By: Ira Kay,Steven Van Putten

Popular perceptions of executive compensation in the United States are now part of a full-blown mythology fueled by critics who have little direct experience with the inner workings of corporations, their boards, and the executive teams who ultimately shoulder the responsibility for business success or failure. This book documents the realities of executive compensation by investigating the extent to which the pay for performance model governs executive pay levels. It also assesses the relative success of this model in creating value for shareholders and robust job growth for U.S. workers and provides detailed, real-world guidance for designing and executing effective executive compensation plans. Based on extensive empirical research and decades of direct experience in the field, Myths and Realities of Executive Pay settles the debate about executive compensation and the role it plays in the broader U.S. economy.

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Cambridge University Press

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113946647X

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The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century

Why (almost) everything we are told about business is wrong

By: John Kay

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The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century

Why (almost) everything we are told about business is wrong

By: John Kay

SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 "Original and thought-provoking... A brilliantly erudite account of the major waves in the theory and practice of management" - The Financial Times "The doyen of British thinkers on the evolution of business...One of the great attractions of his [work] is that he stands above and apart from conventional political attitudes" - Literary Review For generations, we have defined a corporation as a business run by a capitalist elite, that uses its accumulated wealth to own the means of production and exercise economic power. That is no longer the reality. In the twenty-first century, our most desired goods and services aren't stacked in warehouses or on container ships: they appear on your screen, fit in your pocket or occupy your head. But even as we consume more than ever before, big business faces a crisis of legitimacy. The pharmaceutical industry creates life-saving vaccines but has lost the trust of the public. The widening pay gap between executives and employees is destabilising our societies. Facebook and Google have more customers than any companies in history but are widely reviled. John Kay, one of the greatest economists of our time, describes how the pursuit of shareholder value has destroyed some of the leading companies of the twentieth century. Incisive and provocative, this book redefines successful commercial activity and leadership, the knowledge economy and what the future of the modern corporation might be.

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Profile Books

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1805221736

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Sport and Social Exclusion

Second edition

By: Michael F. Collins,Tess Kay,Mike Collins

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Sport and Social Exclusion

Second edition

By: Michael F. Collins,Tess Kay,Mike Collins

Tackling social exclusion should be a central aim of any civilised social policy. In this meticulously revised and updated new edition of his groundbreaking study, Sport and Social Exclusion, Mike Collins has assembled a vast array of new evidence from a range of global sources to demonstrate how the effects of social exclusion are as evident in sport as they are in any area of society. The book uses sport as an important sphere for critical reflection on existing social policy and explores sport's role as a source of initiatives for tackling exclusion. It examines key topics such as: • What is meant by 'social exclusion' • How social exclusion affects citizenship and the chance to play sport • How exclusion from sport is linked to poverty, class, age, gender, ethnicity, disability, and involvement in youth delinquency, and living in towns or countryside • How exclusion is linked to concepts of personal and communal social capital. It uses four revised and five new major case studies as detailed illustrations, notably Be Active, Birmingham, the national PE and Youth/School Sport strategy, Positive Futures and Street Games. . Sport and Social Exclusion features a wealth of original research data, including new and previously unpublished material, as well as important new studies of social exclusion policy and practice in the UK and elsewhere. This revised edition surveys all the most important changes in the policy landscape since first publication in 2002 and explores the likely impact of the London Olympic Games on sport policy in the UK. The book concludes with some typically forthright commendations and critiques from the author regarding the success of existing policies and the best way to tackle exclusion from sport and society in the future. By relating current policy to new research the book provides an essential guidebook for students, academics and policy makers working in sport policy and development.

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Routledge

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1135165211

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The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland

By: Kay Muhr,Liam Ó hAisibéil

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The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland

By: Kay Muhr,Liam Ó hAisibéil

The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland contains more than 3,800 entries covering the majority of family names that are established and current in Ireland, both in the Republic and in Northern Ireland. It establishes reliable and accurate explanations of historical origins (including etymologies) and provides variant spellings for each name as well as its geographical distribution, and, where relevant, genealogical and bibliographical notes for family names that have more than 100 bearers in the 1911 census of Ireland. Of particular value are the lists of early bearers of family names, extracted from sources ranging from the medieval period to the nineteenth century, providing for the first time, the evidence on which many surname explanations are based, as well as interesting personal names, locations and often occupations of potential family forbears. This unique Dictionary will be of the greatest interest not only to those interested in Irish history, students of the Irish language, genealogists, and geneticists, but also to the general public, both in Ireland and in the Irish diaspora in North America, Australia, and elsewhere.

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Oxford University Press

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019252478X

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Beyond Price

Differentiate Your Company in Ways that Really Matter

By: Mary Kay Plantes,Robert D. Finfrock

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Beyond Price

Differentiate Your Company in Ways that Really Matter

By: Mary Kay Plantes,Robert D. Finfrock

Commoditisation is the gravitational force pulling competing products and services down to the same level, until price determines which company wins and loses customers. "Beyond Price" will teach readers how to innovate their business models to escape the gravity of commoditisation and price-driven competition. Business leaders will find immediate value in this systematic guide to transforming a company from one-of-many to one-of-a-kind, a company whose offerings competitors will find hard to copy and customers will feel excited to discover. A strategically differentiated business model, executed effectively, will create: Customers willing to pay a premium for a product; Long-term relationships with customers and suppliers; A collaborative environment focused on shared goals of where and how to win business; Faster decisions about how and when to pursue opportunities; Better resource leveraging through clear direction and focus. A well-defined roadmap to building a thriving business, "Beyond Price" identifies and integrates all the areas of change, beyond strategy, leaders must address to break out of and stay out of commodity competition.

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Greenleaf Book Group

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1929774737

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Heroes at Home

Help and Hope for America's Military Families

By: Ellie Kay

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Heroes at Home

Help and Hope for America's Military Families

By: Ellie Kay

Inspiration for Active -Duty Military and Their Hometown Heroes This encouraging book is more than just a helpful guide for families on active duty. Ellie offers today's generation of families the encouragement they need as they encounter the challenges military families face, whether they're Reserves, National Guard, or full-time active duty. As the wife of an Air Force pilot and the mom of five kids, Ellie has an inside perspective on how to cope with frequent moves, be ready for imminent deployment, and stay in touch over long distances. Her sage advice and witty humor give families some sense of comfort when military life seems chaotic. Ellie is "bent on ensuring our military members and families are thanked, loved, and know they are serving with support" (Command Chief Master Sergeant Vance M. Clarke, USAF).

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Baker Books

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1441270094

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A Tip a Day with Ellie Kay

12 Months' Worth of Money-Saving Ideas

By: Ellie Kay

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A Tip a Day with Ellie Kay

12 Months' Worth of Money-Saving Ideas

By: Ellie Kay

Save money every day! With a tip a day from "America's Family Financial Expert®", readers reap practical money-saving tips that can be implemented right now! This purse-sized guide shows families how to save money on everything from groceries to vacations, life insurance to investments, and clothing to housing. Ellie understands the need to save - she is the mom of seven and has lived to tell about it! Easy-to-follow tips are divided into "need" areas. A coupon in the back of the book gets the reader jump-started.

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Moody Publishers

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1575673789

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The Growth of Biofuels in the 21st Century

Policy Drivers and Market Challenges

By: R. Ackrill,A. Kay

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The Growth of Biofuels in the 21st Century

Policy Drivers and Market Challenges

By: R. Ackrill,A. Kay

This book provides a timely and insightful analysis of the expansion of biofuels production and use in recent years. Drawing on interviews with key policy insiders, Ackrill and Kay show how biofuels policies have been motivated by concerns over climate change, energy security and rural development.

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1137307897

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