Author: Catherine Turner
Publisher: CIMA Publishing
Keywords: accountants, guide, practical, governance, corporate
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2009-09-08
List price: $57.95
ISBN-10: 0750683821
ISBN-13: 9780750683821

This book will provide a user-friendly guide to current and emerging issues in corporate governance, especially for accountants and directors. The book explains terminology used in a jargon free way, and sets out to give you a practical guide to establishing a robust, yet workable governance framework for your enterprise. The book also guides you through the process of dealing with the particular issues relating to listed companies, and to those with exposures in other countries which may bring other jurisdictions? governance requirements to bear.The book is intended to appeal to accountants w

Author: Catherine Turner
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinema
Keywords: global, capital, markets, institute, securities, funds, practical, guide, international
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2004-12-27
List price: $93.95
ISBN-10: 0750658991
ISBN-13: 9780750658997

’International Funds’ will provide readers with:*A greater understanding of the benefits and limitations of funds to both retail and institutional investors*An easy-to-read, yet technically comprehensive, insight into fund structures *An overview of the variety of legal structures, regulatory categories and investment profiles available*A detailed understanding of the practical aspects of fund valuation and administration, and the role of the various practitioners*A view of the future of the international funds industry in the light of changing markets, regulation and investor appe

Authors:Phil Turner, Susan Turner, Elisabeth Davenport,
Publisher: Information Science Reference
Keywords: premier, reference, source, perspectives, interdisciplinary, space, technology, spatiality, exploration
Number of Pages: 278
Published: 2008-09-15
List price: $195.00
ISBN-10: 1605660205
ISBN-13: 9781605660202

The emerging study of technology in space has been shaping human interaction with physical, social, and technological worlds. Drawing upon a wide range of information technology disciplines, this field is now grabbing the attention of many, including computer scientists, anthropologists, and psychologists craving for more on this intriguing new field. Exploration of Space, Technology, and Spatiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives offers stimulating research currently bridging the areas of space, spatiality, and technology. A must-read for researchers and scholars working at the intersecti

Authors:David Benyon, Phil Turner, Susan Turner,
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Keywords: contexts, technologies, activities, people, interactive, systems, designing
Number of Pages: 832
Published: 2005-03-24
List price: $88.40
ISBN-10: 0321116291
ISBN-13: 9780321116291

Designing Interactive Systems: People, Activities, Contexts, Technologies is an exciting, new, forward-looking textbook in Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Authoritative in its coverage, this innovative book takes a top-down approach, starting with what is familiar to students and working down to theory/abstract underpinnings. This makes it suitable for beginners with a less technical background as well as advanced students of HCI and can be used at all stages of the curriculum for courses in this dynamic field. The book focuses on and explores this emerging discipline by bringing together t

Authors:Lena Albrite Turner, Pat Turner Ritchie,
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: america, images, gap, brocks
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2005-08-24
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0738541664
ISBN-13: 9780738541662

Brocks Gap is the name given to 200 square miles in Rockingham County, Virginia, that were created by the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. As early as the 1740s, German-speaking settlers were attracted to the area by abundant water, plentiful wood, fertile river bottoms, and great hunting. Many of the first settlers stayed for generations, tucked into the security of the mountains. Families were self-sufficient, growing their own food, gathering wild berries and nuts for their own use, and selling the surplus. Stories and traditional ways of life have been passed down through generations, m

Authors:Victor Turner, Edith Turner,
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: culture, christian, pilgrimage, image
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 1995-04-15
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0231042876
ISBN-13: 9780231042871

First published in 1978 and hailed by as constituting "an important foreshadowing of issues that have become prominent in more recent anthropology," this classic book, now updated and extensively revised, examines the theological doctrines and popular notions that promote and sustain Christian pilgrimage, including their corresponding symbols and images.

Authors:Gilbert M.Joseph, Catherine LeGrand, Catherine LeGra
Publisher: Duke University Press
Keywords: american, encounters, relations, interactions, latin, global, history, empire, writing, cultural, close
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 1999-02
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0822320991
ISBN-13: 9780822320999

Concerns with the intersections of culture and power are producing new questions about the United States’ involvement with Latin America. Essays by distinguished U.S. and Latin American historians and anthropologists illuminate a wide range of subjects pertinent to the issue. 2 maps. 25 photos.