Authors:W.J. Samuels,  Warren J. Samuels, Jeff E. Bid
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Keywords: volume, 26b, methodology, thought, history, economic, research
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2008-06-16
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 1846639069
ISBN-13: 9781846639067

This volume examines topics in the discourse and methodology of economics. Focusing on the types of metaphor, the use of mathematics, and the "Economics of..." literature. Other articles deal with some continuities between Adam Smith and Max Weber, and pre-Keynesian heterodoxy in macro-monetary dynamics. A special section presents multiple reviews of books by Yuval Yonay and Perry Mehrling on American economic thought during the inter-war period. Also included are reviews covering topics such as Classical political economy, Marx, communitarianism, Scholasticism, Hume’s political ideas, a

Authors:Mina Benson Hubbard, Mina Benson Hubbard, Sherrill G
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Press
Keywords: labrador, unknown, way, woman
Number of Pages: 271
Published: 2004-06
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0773527044
ISBN-13: 9780773527041

In 1905 Mina Benson Hubbard became the first white person to cross Labrador, documenting her travels in the classic A Woman’s Way Through Unknown Labrador. This reissue, edited and fully annotated by Sherrill Grace, makes the complete work available for the first time since the original 1908 publication and features an introduction that situates Hubbard’s writing in the context of her life and times, making clear how unusual - and unexpected - it was for a woman to undertake such an expedition, let alone going on to write and lecture about it. In 1903 Hubbard’s husband, Leoni

Author: Eli Mina
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: sourcebook, meetings, business
Number of Pages: 653
Published: 2002-06-15
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 081440670X
ISBN-13: 9780814406700

A well-run meeting doesn’t just start on time and end on time. It also saves you time! From hammering out project goals to smoothing over differences of opinion, the purpose of a meeting is to get things done. The Business Meetings Sourcebook is a comprehensive and highly practical guide to planning, launching, and steering a meeting, on track and on time, to its most productive destination. Filled with sample scripts, a troubleshooting guide, checklists, and other tools, this rich source of ideas for continually improving meetings shows readers how to: * Get a superb return on their

Author: Eli Mina
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: solve, problems, boardroom
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2008-11-05
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0814410588
ISBN-13: 9780814410585

Book Description Every board has one main purpose—to make and execute quality decisions. However, even the best board can be derailed by personality clashes or inherent flaws in its system. 101 Boardroom Problems and How to Solve Them offers readers practical tools to prevent and deal with every difficult situation, from collective impatience and indecision to rivalries and conflicts of interest. As a board effectiveness consultant and meeting management expert, Eli Mina has firsthand experience in dealing with the myriad of problems that boards face. Here he shows readers how to identif

Author: Denise Mina
Publisher: Back Bay Book
Keywords: resolution
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2007-11-15
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0316016829
ISBN-13: 9780316016827

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year"Resolution can stand alone, battered and proud, as a class-conscious crime novel that dares to tell the ugly truth." -New York Times Book ReviewJust as Maureen O’Donnell is struggling to give up drinking, she faces her most formidable challenges yet: testifying against her boyfriend’s murderer and the return of her abusive father. Irresistibly blending suspense, compassion, raw instinct, and grim wit, Resolution provides a wrenching conclusion to Denise Mina’s universally acclaimed Garnethill trilogy."For anyone who thinks Western civ

Author: Denise Mina
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Keywords: blood, field
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2006-07-01
List price: $7.50
ISBN-10: 031615458X
ISBN-13: 9780316154581

A sensational murder provides the young journalist Paddy Meehan with her big professional break when she realizes that she has a personal connection to one of the suspects.Launching her own investigation, Paddy uncovers lines of deception that go deep into the past - and that could spell even more horrible crimes in the future if she doesn’t get the story right.

Author: Denise Mina
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Keywords: garnethill
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2007-09-20
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0316016780
ISBN-13: 9780316016780

"A shattering first novel... You can’t look away from it."--New York Times Book ReviewMaureen O’Donnell wakes up one morning to find her therapist boyfriend murdered in the middle of her living room and herself a prime suspect in a murder case. Desperate to clear her name and to get at the truth, Maureen traces rumors about a similar murder at a local psychiatric hospital, uncovering a trail of deception and repressed scandal that could exonerate her - or make her the next victim."I can’t think of a more interesting - and less likely - crime hero than Maureen O’Donnell,