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Human Dimensions of Scientific Expeditions

Collecting Fishes in the South Seas

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Smithsonian expeditions to the South Pacific in the 1990s explored the marine biodiversity of Tonga and Vanuatu, documenting fieldwork experiences and challenges. The journals provide insights into the logistics and dynamics of research in the Pacific Ocean, enriching our understanding of ecological studies.This book captures the essence of several Smithsonian ichthyological expeditions through ... Read more

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Smithsonian expeditions to the South Pacific in the 1990s explored the marine biodiversity of Tonga and Vanuatu, documenting fieldwork experiences and challenges. The journals provide insights into the logistics and dynamics of research in the Pacific Ocean, enriching our understanding of ecological studies.This book captures the essence of several Smithsonian ichthyological expeditions through
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The New Financial Capitalists

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Creation of Corporate Value

by George P. Baker, George David Smith ...

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts's approach to leveraged buyouts was an important aspect of the corporate restructuring and governance reforms in the American economy from the mid-1970s through 1990. During that period, KKR crafted a series of progressively more elaborate deals tailored to specific companies and market conditions. Through its creative debt financing and its relationships with an evolving ... Read more

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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts's approach to leveraged buyouts was an important aspect of the corporate restructuring and governance reforms in the American economy from the mid-1970s through 1990. During that period, KKR crafted a series of progressively more elaborate deals tailored to specific companies and market conditions. Through its creative debt financing and its relationships with an evolving
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Long Lost Midwife

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In 1934 St. Louis, Missouri, Pamela, outwardly a young, white socialite (but inwardly an unsettled late adolescent), is about to give birth to her first child. To assist in the delivery, she searches for the 'colored' midwife, Miss Minnie, who attended her own birth in 1911. She and her husband's families vehemently protest. During the final months of her pregnancy, her husband, Frank, even brings ... Read more

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In 1934 St. Louis, Missouri, Pamela, outwardly a young, white socialite (but inwardly an unsettled late adolescent), is about to give birth to her first child. To assist in the delivery, she searches for the 'colored' midwife, Miss Minnie, who attended her own birth in 1911. She and her husband's families vehemently protest. During the final months of her pregnancy, her husband, Frank, even brings
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Progress and Provery (Illustrated and Bundled with The Wealth of Nations and On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation)

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The book has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter of the following titles:PROGRESS AND POVERTY – Henry GeorgeThe Wealth of Nations – Adam SmithON THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND TAXATION – David RicardoHenry George was greatly influenced by Adam Smith and David Ricardo. Henry George cited them in his most famous work Progress and Poverty from 1879 as the follows: ... Read more

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The book has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter of the following titles:PROGRESS AND POVERTY – Henry GeorgeThe Wealth of Nations – Adam SmithON THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND TAXATION – David RicardoHenry George was greatly influenced by Adam Smith and David Ricardo. Henry George cited them in his most famous work Progress and Poverty from 1879 as the follows:
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The Return of Peter Grimm (Unabridged)

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"Mr. Belasco has written the following account of "Peter's" evolution: [ ] The play, "The Return of Peter Grimm," is an expression in dramatic form of my ideas on a subject which I have pondered over since boyhood: "Can the dead come back?" Peter Grimm did come back. At the same time, I inserted a note in my program to say that I advanced no positive opinion; that the treatment of the play allowed ... Read more

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"Mr. Belasco has written the following account of "Peter's" evolution: [ ] The play, "The Return of Peter Grimm," is an expression in dramatic form of my ideas on a subject which I have pondered over since boyhood: "Can the dead come back?" Peter Grimm did come back. At the same time, I inserted a note in my program to say that I advanced no positive opinion; that the treatment of the play allowed
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Ethnography and Schools

Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Education

by Phil Francis Carspecken, Douglas Foley, Perry Gilmore, Peter N. Kiang, Joe L. Kincheloe, Peter McLaren, James Joseph Scheurich, David Smith, George D. Spindler, Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco, Henry T. Trueba, Harry F. Wolcott ...

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The ethnographic experience is an indelible venture that continuously redefines one's life. Bringing together important cross-currents in the national debate on education, this book introduces the student or practitioner to the challenges, resources, and skills informing ethnographic research today. From the first chapter describing the cultural foundations of ethnographic research, by George ... Read more

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The ethnographic experience is an indelible venture that continuously redefines one's life. Bringing together important cross-currents in the national debate on education, this book introduces the student or practitioner to the challenges, resources, and skills informing ethnographic research today. From the first chapter describing the cultural foundations of ethnographic research, by George
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Chasing Goldman Sachs

How the Masters of the Universe Melted Wall Street Down...And Why They'll Take Us to the Brink Again

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You know what happened during the financial crisis … now it is time to understand why the financial system came so close to falling over the edge of the abyss and why it could happen again.Wall Street has been saved, but it hasn’t been reformed. What is the problem?Suzanne McGee provides a penetrating look at the forces that transformed Wall Street from its traditional role as a capital-generating ... Read more

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You know what happened during the financial crisis … now it is time to understand why the financial system came so close to falling over the edge of the abyss and why it could happen again.Wall Street has been saved, but it hasn’t been reformed. What is the problem?Suzanne McGee provides a penetrating look at the forces that transformed Wall Street from its traditional role as a capital-generating
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Stocks for the Long Run 5/E: The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns & Long-Term Investment Strategies

by Jeremy J. Siegel ...

The stock-investing classic--UPDATED TO HELP YOU WIN IN TODAY'S CHAOTIC GLOBAL ECONOMYMuch has changed since the last edition of Stocks for the Long Run. The financial crisis, the deepest bear market since the Great Depression, and the continued growth of the emerging markets are just some of the contingencies directly affecting every portfolio inthe world.To help you navigate markets and make the ... Read more

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The stock-investing classic--UPDATED TO HELP YOU WIN IN TODAY'S CHAOTIC GLOBAL ECONOMYMuch has changed since the last edition of Stocks for the Long Run. The financial crisis, the deepest bear market since the Great Depression, and the continued growth of the emerging markets are just some of the contingencies directly affecting every portfolio inthe world.To help you navigate markets and make the
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The Clash of the Cultures

Investment vs. Speculation

by John C. Bogle ...

Recommended Reading by Warren Buffet in his March 2013 Letter to ShareholdersHow speculation has come to dominate investment—a hard-hitting look from the creator of the first index fund.Over the course of his sixty-year career in the mutual fund industry, Vanguard Group founder John C. Bogle has witnessed a massive shift in the culture of the financial sector. The prudent, value-adding culture of ... Read more

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Recommended Reading by Warren Buffet in his March 2013 Letter to ShareholdersHow speculation has come to dominate investment—a hard-hitting look from the creator of the first index fund.Over the course of his sixty-year career in the mutual fund industry, Vanguard Group founder John C. Bogle has witnessed a massive shift in the culture of the financial sector. The prudent, value-adding culture of
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Distressed Debt Analysis

Strategies for Speculative Investors

by Stephen Moyer ...

Providing theoretical and practical insight, Distressed Debt Analysis: Strategies for Speculative Investors presents a conceptual, but not overly technical, outline of the financial and bankruptcy law context in which restructurings take place. The book covers the broader financial environment of the reorganization and the basic process of investment analysis and investment strategies. The author ... Read more

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Providing theoretical and practical insight, Distressed Debt Analysis: Strategies for Speculative Investors presents a conceptual, but not overly technical, outline of the financial and bankruptcy law context in which restructurings take place. The book covers the broader financial environment of the reorganization and the basic process of investment analysis and investment strategies. The author
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The Shareholder Value Myth

How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public

by Lynn Stout ...

An in-depth look at the trouble with shareholder value thinking and at better options for models of corporate purpose.Executives, investors, and the business press routinely chant the mantra that corporations are required to "maximize shareholder value." In this pathbreaking book, renowned corporate expert Lynn Stout debunks the myth that corporate law mandates shareholder primacy. Stout shows how ... Read more

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An in-depth look at the trouble with shareholder value thinking and at better options for models of corporate purpose.Executives, investors, and the business press routinely chant the mantra that corporations are required to "maximize shareholder value." In this pathbreaking book, renowned corporate expert Lynn Stout debunks the myth that corporate law mandates shareholder primacy. Stout shows how
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The Number

How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America

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In this commanding big-picture analysis of what went wrong in corporate America, Alex Berenson, a top financial investigative reporter for The New York Times, examines the common thread connecting Enron, Worldcom, Halliburton, Computer Associates, Tyco, and other recent corporate scandals: the cult of the number.Every three months, 14,000 publicly traded companies report sales and profits to their ... Read more

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In this commanding big-picture analysis of what went wrong in corporate America, Alex Berenson, a top financial investigative reporter for The New York Times, examines the common thread connecting Enron, Worldcom, Halliburton, Computer Associates, Tyco, and other recent corporate scandals: the cult of the number.Every three months, 14,000 publicly traded companies report sales and profits to their
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