Authors:David J. Berri, Martin B. Schmidt, Stacey L. Brook,
Publisher: Stanford Business Books
Keywords: modern, sport, myths, measure, wins, taking, wages
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2006-05-22
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0804752877
ISBN-13: 9780804752879

Arguing about sports is as old as the games people play. Over the years sports debates have become muddled by many myths that do not match the numbers generated by those playing the games. In The Wages of Wins, the authors use layman’s language and easy to follow examples based on their own academic research to debunk many of the most commonly held beliefs about sports.

Authors:David Berri, Martin Schmidt, Stacey Brook,
Publisher: Stanford Business Book
Keywords: sport, stanford, business, books, modern, myths, wins, taking, measure, wages
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2007-09-07
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0804758441
ISBN-13: 9780804758444

Arguing about sports is as old as the games people play. Over the years sports debates have become muddled by many myths that do not match the numbers generated by those playing the games. In The Wages of Wins, the authors use layman’s language and easy to follow examples based on their own academic research to debunk many of the most commonly held beliefs about sports. In this updated version of their book, these authors explain why Allen Iverson leaving Philadelphia made the 76ers a better team, why the Yankees find it so hard to repeat their success from the late 1990s, and why even

Authors:David Jessop, David Jones, Peter Baily, David Farmer,
Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Keywords: management, principles, purchasing
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2005-01-13
List price: $89.50
ISBN-10: 0273646893
ISBN-13: 9780273646891

Providing a proactive managerial view of the purchasing function, this text meets the needs of the modern manager as a practical guide and satisfies the requirements of students of purchasing management, whether functional, specialist or general. Suitable for undergraduate Business or Engineering students taking a module in Purchasing and Supplies Management, MBA and CIPS students.

Authors:Joyce E. Penner, David Lister, David J. Griggs, David
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: report, special, atmosphere, global, aviation
Number of Pages: 373
Published: 1999-12-01
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0521664047
ISBN-13: 9780521664042

This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report is the most comprehensive assessment available on the effects of aviation on the global atmosphere. The report considers all the gases and particles emitted by aircraft that modify the chemical properties of the atmosphere, leading to changes in radiative properties and climate change, and modification of the ozone layer, leading to changes in ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth. This volume provides accurate, unbiased, policy-relevant information and is designed to serve the aviation industry and the expert and policymaking

Authors:David Wray, David Lee, Andrew Clark, David Stenhouse,
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: surgery, oral, general, textbook
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2003-08-28
List price: $92.95
ISBN-10: 0443070830
ISBN-13: 9780443070839

This practical resource helps readers arrive at an integrated understanding of both general and oral surgery — in one convenient text. A companion to Wray: Textbook of General and Oral Medicine, it provides the basic principles of general surgery and general medicine and a more detailed knowledge of certain areas of these specialties which are related to dentistry or have an influence on the practice of dentistry.

Authors:David Broughton, David Denver, David Farrell, Colin R
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: yearbook, parties, elections, british
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 1996-05-01
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 0714642436
ISBN-13: 9780714642437

This volume looks at the political events and discusses the major issues of 1994, most notably the European parliament elections.

Authors:David Broughton, David Denver, David Farrell, Colin R
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: yearbook, parties, elections, british
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 1996-05-01
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0714647055
ISBN-13: 9780714647050

This volume looks at the political events and discusses the major issues of 1994, most notably the European parliament elections.