Authors:Victor Montejo,  Victor Perera,
Publisher: Curbstone Pre
Keywords: village, guatemalan, death, testimony
Number of Pages: 113
Published: 1995-07-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0915306654
ISBN-13: 9780915306657

eyewitness account of army attack, tr V Perera

Author: Victor Perera
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: tragedy, guatemalan, conquest, unfinished
Number of Pages: 297
Published: 1995-11-14
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0520203496
ISBN-13: 9780520203495

Spanning the years of civil war in Guatemala, Unfinished Conquest portrays an embattled country facing the third cycle of a conquest that began when the conquistadors arrived in the sixteenth century. As personal narrative weaves with reportage and oral testimony, we meet the victims, champions, and villains of a society torn apart by violence and injustice.

Authors:Lao Tzu,  Victor H. Mair,
Publisher: Bantam
Keywords: ching, tao
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1990-09-01
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 055334935X
ISBN-13: 9780553349351

A new, landmark translation ofone of the most popular works of world literture, this edition of the Tao Te Ching is based on the newly discovered Ma-wang-tui manuscripts. Illustrated ith ten woodcuts.

Author: Shanta Perera
Publisher: Global Professional Publishing
Keywords: corporate, treasurers, association, world, financial, options
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 2002-02-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0852976429
ISBN-13: 9780852976425

· Presents a straightforward analysis of what options are and how to use them effectively· Practical with worked examplesWhat are options? What influences the value of an option? What risks are the buyer and seller assuming when they enter into an options agreement? How can the option be used effectively in raising corporate finance?Options can be complex but highly effective financial tools. This book cuts through the complexities of options and the options market. Central to its approach is the proposition that options are an essential tool of financial management. This title presents prac

Author: Ajith Perera
Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr
Keywords: landscape, terrestrial, managed, ecology
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2001-02
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 0774807504
ISBN-13: 9780774807500

The growing popularity of the broad, landscape-scale approach to forest management represents a dramatic shift from the traditional, stand-based focus on timber production. Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape responds to the increasing need of forest policy developers, planners, and managers for an integrated, comprehensive perspective on ecological landscapes. The book examines the "big picture" of ecological patterns and processes through a case study of the vast managed forest region in Ontario. The contributors synthesize current landscape ecological knowledge of this area and look

Authors:Raskin, Tom,  Victor Raski,
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Keywords: research, humor, primer
Number of Pages: 674
Published: 2008-11-15
List price: $137.00
ISBN-10: 3110186160
ISBN-13: 9783110186161

The book is intended to provide a definitive view of the field of humor research for both beginning and established scholars in a variety of fields who are developing an interest in humor and need to familiarize themselves with the available body of knowledge. Each chapter of the book is devoted to an important aspect of humor research or to a disciplinary approach to the field, and each is written by the leading expert or emerging scholar in that area. There are two primary motivations for the book. The positive one is to collect and summarize the impressive body of knowledge accumulated in h

Authors:Ezekiel J. Emanuel,  Victor Fuch,
Publisher: PublicAffair
Keywords: solution, america, secure, simple, guaranteed, healthcare
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-05-26
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1586486624
ISBN-13: 9781586486624

America spends more than any other developed nation on healthcare—$2.1 trillion in 2007 alone. But 47 million Americans remain uninsured, and of those Americans who are insured, many suffer from poor health. In his ground-breaking proposal, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel offers up a plan to comprehensively restructure the delivery and quality of our healthcare. By eliminating employer-healthcare and establishing an independent program to evaluate healthcare plans and insurance companies, he offers a no-nonsense guide to how government can institute private insurance options that will allow each of us a