Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: island, small, notes
Number of Pages: 282
Published: 1997-05-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0380727501
ISBN-13: 9780380727506

"Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to say, all of it."After nearly two decades spent on British soil, Bill Bryson-bestsellingauthor of The Mother Tongue and Made in America-decided to returnto the United States. ("I had recently read," Bryson writes, "that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another,so it was clear that my people needed me.") But before departing, he set out ona grand farewell tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home.Veering from the ludicrous

Author: Bill Sammon
Publisher: William Morrow
Keywords: kerry, bush, haters, john, terrorism, president, battles, misunderestimated
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2004-05-01
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0060723831
ISBN-13: 9780060723835

A riveting portrait of President Bush as he broadens the war on terror overseas -- and plunges into high-stakes political battles at home "They misunderestimated me," George W. Bush famously remarked on the eve of his historic presidency. Fractured syntax aside, Bush was right: his detractors misunderstood his appeal to the American public, and underestimated his considerable political skills. In this compelling new book, Bill Sammon reveals how the president is turning these misperceptions to his advantage in the looming showdown with John Kerry and the Bush haters. As senior White Ho

Author: Bill Jelen
Publisher: Holy Macro! Books
Keywords: microsoft, excel, using, analysis, data, guerilla
Number of Pages: 108
Published: 2002-09-30
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0972425802
ISBN-13: 9780972425803

This book includes step-by-step examples and case studies that teach users the many power tricks for analyzing data in Excel. These are tips honed by Bill Jelen, “MrExcel,” during his 10-year run as a financial analyst charged with taking mainframe data and turning it into useful information quickly. Topics include perfectly sorting with one click every time, matching lists of data, data consolidation, data subtotals, pivot tables, and much more.

Author: Bill Jelen
Publisher: Holy Macro! Books
Keywords: excel, solved, mysteries, learn
Number of Pages: 836
Published: 2005-09-28
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1932802126
ISBN-13: 9781932802122

Containing 277 business case studies that illustrate nearly every aspect of Excel, this book presents real-life business problems and works them through to their solutions. In addition to exemplary solutions, each case analysis considers alternate approaches and gotchas, and includes a summary of the necessary commands and functions. Excel files that can be downloaded and worked through step-by-step are included for each case.

Author: Bill Stinnett
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: understanding, influencing, customers, sales, maximize, customer, winning, strategy, think
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2004-10-29
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0071441883
ISBN-13: 9780071441889

How to capture customers by learning to think the way they do The most common complaint Bill Stinnett hears from his corporate clients is that would-be vendors and suppliers "just don’t understand our business." In Think Like Your Customer, Stinnett explains why the key to landing corporate customers is to learn to think about the things executives and business owners think about and understand how they make complex buying decisions. Drawing upon his years of experience as a Fortune 500 consultant, he offers sales and marketing professionals a powerful framework for understanding t

Author: Bill Watterson
Publisher: Andrews and McMeel Publishing
Keywords: planet, weirdos
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1990-01-01
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 0439137497
ISBN-13: 9780439137492

Wonder, merriment, and orneriness abound in this collection full of Watterson’s superior artwork and keen ability to depict the inner hopes, joys, fears, and devilishness of the ever-enterprising Calvin and his sidekick, Hobbes.

Author: Bill McGuire
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: wanted, everything, world, guide
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2004-09-09
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0192804529
ISBN-13: 9780192804525

Thousands of people die every year from floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes and typhoons. Yet compared to what the Earth endured in prehistoric times-lethal volcanic winters, deadly asteroid collisions-our civilization has developed against a backdrop of relative geological calm. Will this calm last? A Brief Guide to the End of the World looks at the frightful prospects that await us in the 21st century and beyond. Bill McGuire, a leading expert in the field of geological hazards, admits that the omens are less than encouraging. Only 10,000 years after the last Ice Ag