Author: David P. Bank
Publisher: Periplus Editio
Keywords: handy, pocket, guides, guide, orchids
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2003-11-15
List price: $5.95
ISBN-10: 079460191X
ISBN-13: 9780794601911

Featuring:• Over 120 orchid species found in Southeast Asia• Contains more than 130 color photographs

Authors:Paul A. Tucci, Mathew T. Rosenberg,
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Keywords: book, handy, series, geography
Number of Pages: 450
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1578592151
ISBN-13: 9781578592159

From discovering why every map is distorted to why Rhode Island is called an island even though it’s not, this comprehensive reference simplifies geography in an approachable question-and-answer format. All aspects of the discipline are covered, including physical, economic, political, and cultural geography. Questions answered include Who carved Mount Rushmore? What is the average life expectancy in Japan? and What were the seven wonders of the ancient world? Ideal for students and teachers, this resource is for all those curious about our world.

Authors:Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney,
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Keywords: book, handy, series, geology
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2004-02-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1578591562
ISBN-13: 9781578591565

...offers clear, detailed explanations of the many fascinating and diverse aspects of geology. The book is written in understandable language, but the answers are not over-simplified... – American Reference Books. The award-winning science writers answer such puzzlers as: What is the theory of continental drift? What are polarity reversals? They deliver captivating reading and easy understanding of the complexities that shaped our planet, as they answer nearly 1,000 of the most often asked questions. Tracing the formation of the universe and the planet, investigating the layers of the Earth,

Author: Charles Handy
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: paradox
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1995-09-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0875846432
ISBN-13: 9780875846439

In an age of numbingly rapid change, one of the most brilliant and engaging thinkers of our day extends a guiding hand in the search for order. Ranging widely over business, family, education, citizenship, money, relationships, and other subjects, the author of The Age of Unreason proposes bold ideas for navigating through this brave new world.

Author: Charles Handy
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: flea, elephant
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2002-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1578518229
ISBN-13: 9781578518227

From his childhood in an Irish vicarage, to Oxford University, to his first job as an oil executive with Royal Dutch/Shell in the Far East, to a professorship at the London Business School, to chairmanship of the Royal Society of Arts, and finally to his current status as an eminent social philosopher and international business guru, Charles Handy has viewed the business and economic workings of the twentieth century inside and out. Now, in the twenty-first century, Handy provides a firsthand account of how we got here and where we are headed. The Elephant and the Flea is a fitting capstone to

Author: Charles B. Handy
Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association
Keywords: matters, important, myself
Number of Pages: 213
Published: 2008-02-28
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0814401732
ISBN-13: 9780814401736

One of the world’s most influential living management thinkers, Charles Handy has year-after-year been listed alongside business gurus including Peter Drucker and Tom Peters in the prestigious Thinkers 50 list. His views on management -- and life -- have inspired and enlightened others for decades. Now, in Myself and Other More Important Matters, the bestselling author of books including The Age of Unreason shares his special brand of wisdom, giving readers uncommon insight into business and careers...as well as the choices we all have to make in our lives. Handy draws on the lessons

Author: Charles Handy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: organizations, understanding
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 1993-12-02
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0195087321
ISBN-13: 9780195087321

Charles Handy’s revolutionary 1989 bestseller The Age of Unreason catapulted him into the ranks of the top management consultants. Now, in this new edition of his acclaimed study Understanding Organizations, he solidifies his reputation as a seminal business thinker, offering a brilliantly insightful, wide-ranging look at business organizations. Long a bestseller in the United Kingdom, this classic text offers an illuminating discussion of key concepts of concern to all managers: culture, motivation, leadership, power, role-playing and working in groups. Ever mindful of actual busine