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Strategic Meetings Management Handbook: From Theory to Practice
Kevin Iwamoto, editor
Subject: Business
Date Published: Sep 20 2011

ISBN: 978-1-935212-54-6

Not long ago, only the most sophisticated and informed corporate travel, meetings, and procurement managers knew anything about strategic meetings
management (SMM), the science of centralized meetings planning and management. Today, however, more and more companies see adopting SMM as a necessity in order to gain greater visibility into all meetings spend, boost control over expenditures, improve relationships with preferred hotels and other suppliers, and mitigate the everyday financial and security risks that come with holding events around the world.

In Strategic Meetings Management Handbook: From Theory to Practice, eleven meetings industry thought leaders have come together to share their knowledge and experience in chapters about the most advanced SMM theories and best practices.

$21.95
Home > Books > The Good Night Sleep Tight Workbook

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The Good Night Sleep Tight Workbook
Kim West
Subject: Parenting
Date Published: Mar 10 2010

ISBN: 978-0979824-86-9

The Good Night Sleep Tight Workbook: The Sleep Lady’s Gentle Step-by-Step Guide for Tired Parents is the essential companion to the best selling book, Good Night Sleep Tight, by The Sleeplady, Kim West.  The book includes a step-by-step guide for parents, is organized by age and by process, and is the key to sleep coaching success.  The Workbook can be used as a standalone guide; it includes an essential to do list, sleep plans, tear out sleep logs, sleep manner sticker charts and a certificate of completion for celebrating success - all the essentials needed to help tired parents with children of any age who are experiencing sleep problems.

$13.95
Home > Books > Muddling Toward Frugality

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Muddling Toward Frugality
Warren Johnson
Subject: Economics and Environment
Date Published: Jul 27 2010

ISBN: 978-1-935212-16-4

Mr. Johnson’s thesis can be summarized without much difficulty: after generations of extravagant and reckless industrial expansion, we are clearly entering an age of economic scarcity. While human demands continue to rise, natural resources, especially the non-renewable kind, become harder to find and more expensive to extract, process, transport and distribute. This simple brute fact is the basic cause of inflation, despite the inability of most professional economists to see it. (The “dismal science” has never been more dismally obtuse than it is today.) The law of diminishing returns is coming into effect. Technological developments can delay the process but not halt or reverse it; nor can we rely on government or big business to save us. Planning for further growth delays the adjustments that must be made, makes a fair sharing of necessary sacrifices more troublesome, and if carried too far will make more severe and painful, because rapid, the inevitable decline of the international economic machine. The best way to deal with the end of affluence is to accept it—not fight it—and to begin, here and now, the unavoidable adaptations, on an individual, family, and community basis.  Piecemeal, experimental, and muddling.

$14.95
Home > Books > Will War Ever End?: A Soldier’s Vision of Peace for the 21st Century

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Will War Ever End?: A Soldier’s Vision of Peace for the 21st Century
Paul K. Chappell
Subject: Peace
Date Published: Jan 25 2011

ISBN: 978-1-935212-22-5

Once in a great while, a book is written that substantially changes the way people think about a particular subject. Will War Ever End? is such a book. Written as a “manifesto for waging peace” by an active duty captain in the US Army, Will War Ever End? challenges readers to think about peace, war and violence in radically new ways.

“Are human beings naturally violent?”

“What is hatred?”

“How can love overcome the power of hatred?”

“How does nonviolence overcome the power of violence?”

“How can we prove that unconditional love makes us psychologically healthy and that hatred, just like an illness, occurs when something has gone wrong?”

“How does violence against the natural world relate to violence between human beings?”

These are all questions that Captain Paul K. Chappell leads us to consider in a strikingly new way. In Will War Ever End?, Chappell demonstrates that human beings are naturally peaceful and that world peace can become more than a cliché. He lays out a practical framework for transforming the way we think about war and violence, enabling us to begin the real work we must do in order to achieve true peace for mankind.

Will War Ever End? is a deeply personal story of a soldier’s search for human understanding that will lead to universal transformation. Its message is one of hope, offering practical solutions to help us build a better world.

We can all make change. Now is the time to begin.

$9.95
Home > Books > The End of War: How waging peace can save humanity, our planet and our future

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The End of War: How waging peace can save humanity, our planet and our future
Paul K. Chappell
Subject: Peace
Date Published: May 18 2010

ISBN: 978-1-935212-11-9

Building on the powerful argument for peace laid out in his first book, Will War Ever End, Paul K. Chappell now explains in detail how together we can end the wars between countries, our ongoing war with nature, and the suffering in our hearts.

From the foreword by Gavin de Becker:  Gandhi said, "The machineries of governments stand between and hide the hearts of one people from those of another." Paul K. Chappell reveals many hearts to us, by revealing his own. He is a soldier and a warrior, and a crusader for peace. The road to peace is not a straight one, he explains; it is like a vine: it will have many twists and turns on the way. He understands that many times in the past, people have put all their faith in waging war as the best way to defend themselves. However, in a world that every day becomes more interconnected and fragile, Paul shows how the power of waging peace gives us all a more effective and reliable way to defend ourselves. 

"Paul K. Chappell has transformed my way of thinking about war and peace."

- Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, US Army (ret.), author of On Killing, and Director of the Warrior Science Group

"I am certainly in agreement with so much of what Paul K. Chappell has to say. His values are truly humane and admirable."

- Howard Zinn, historian, activist, author of A People’s History of the United States

 

$12.95
Home > Books > White Ninja Has a Serious Kiwi Problem

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White Ninja Has a Serious Kiwi Problem
Scott Bevan/Kent Earle
Subject: Comics/Humor
Date Published: May 05 2009

ISBN: 978-0979824890

White Ninja Has a Serious Kiwi Problem is 208 pages of white-hot, White Ninja action.  It begins where the last volume left off. It includes some alternate versions of your favorites, just like you would find in the bonus features of your favorite dvd. And David Malki! of Wondermark has provided a short piece of prose about White Ninja in place of a foreword (because forewords are boring). 

 

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$14.95
Home > Books > Biscuitville: The Secret Recipe for Building a Sustainable Competitive Advantage

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Biscuitville: The Secret Recipe for Building a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
J Philips L Johnston
Subject: Business/Management
Date Published: Jul 07 2009

ISBN: 9781935212058

Biscuitville is the ultimate American success story which you’ve probably never heard of. It’s a company which had its humble beginnings in the American south, making and selling the best tasting biscuits in the land. Now it is quickly on its way to becoming the fast food equivalent of Starbucks. Biscuitville the company is a model for how America should have been doing business for the last 30 years and how it should be doing business in the future. Biscuitville the book is packed full of insights into how companies must operate in order to be successful in a new business environment. CEO’s can no longer operate in the charismatic, imperial way that brought them to their current ruin. A new age of entrepreneurship must follow this recession. Corporations, regard- less of size, cannot continue to do business in the same way that they have. Biscuitville is for anyone who is serious about running a profitable, ethical company with the new participatory leadership: soft power.

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$21.95
Home > Books > The New Data Imperative

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Raj Nathan, Irfan Khan, Sinan Baskin
Subject: Finance/Data/Management
Date Published: Jun 16 2009

Advancements in data technology are critical to the future of the capital markets and will be a vital contributor to growth in the economy as a whole. Historically, innovations in IT have improved crisis resolution mechanisms and driven significant increases in global productivity. Effective capital and financial risk management now requires that information flows no longer be handled independently in business unit silos; they must be unified for use in front, middle and back offices and to aid compliance with internal controls and regulatory demands. Drawing on their individual and corporate experience at the leading edge of IT developments, three of Sybase’s senior IT executives offer a lucid analysis of IT needs in the rapidly changing capital markets. They show how innovative IT capabilities and architectures can strengthen risk management and establish a foundation for new and sustained capital markets growth. 

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Home > Books > Family Movies Hollywood Did Not Make - But Should (OUT OF PRINT)

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Family Movies Hollywood Did Not Make - But Should (OUT OF PRINT)
Jill Pomerantz, editor
Subject: Film / Fiction
Date Published: Jul 08 2008

ISBN: 0979824818

Entertaining stories direct from screenplays written for the big screen in short story format.

This book, the first in a planned series of collections of screenplays, was created because there are thousands of high quality screenplays that otherwise will never see the light of day.  Great stories come in many forms.  The five here were all originally written as screenplays and were then rewritten by their authors as short stories.

They may never be seen on screens, but presented here as stories enable readers to enjoy them on the page. 

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$18.95
Home > Books > Original Cartoons: The Frederator Studio Postcards 1998-2005

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Original Cartoons: The Frederator Studio Postcards 1998-2005
Fred Seibert and Eric Homan, editors
Subject: Animation
Date Published: Aug 18 2005

ISBN: 0974380636

Frederator Studios makes cartoons for television and the movies.

Since 1998, Frederator’s become one of the largest and most prolific independent cartoon studios. Through our affiliation with Nickelodeon, America’s largest cable TV network, we’ve got four television series on the air. There are over 100 projects in active development and production for features, books, television, and video.

$35.00
Home > Books > The Work: 25 Years of Fallon

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The Work: 25 Years of Fallon
Pat Fallon and Bob Barrie, editors
Subject: Business / Advertising
Date Published: Jul 21 2006

ISBN: 0974380652

Insanity is contagious. How else do you explain five fresh-faced Minnesotans who were crazy enough to believe, way back in 1981, that a start-up agency in Minneapolis could fire a warning shot of creativity across the bow of Madison Avenue? How else do you explain these same five camping out, uninvited, in the lobby of their first new business pitch with a portfolio full of ads, and then actually winning the damn thing-against 16 other agencies?

How else do you explain the restless clients, big and small, who quickly came running? Or the hundreds of amazingly talented people who flocked here to be part of this crazy experiment on the prairie?

From the world’s largest bank to the Episcopal Church; from The Wall Street Journal to Rolling Stone, from Hush Puppies to United Airlines.

Celebrating 25 years of creativity that has helped drive results and ultimately outsmart the competition. 
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$49.95
Home > Books > Arctic Transformations: The Jewelry Of Denise And Samuel Wallace

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Arctic Transformations: The Jewelry Of Denise And Samuel Wallace
Lois Sherr Dubin
Subject: Art
Date Published: Apr 26 2005

ISBN: 0974380628

Arctic Transformations: The Jewelry of Denise and Samuel Wallace features the intricate sculptural jewelry created by Denise Wallace, a Chugach Aleut, and her husband and partner, Samuel Wallace. The Wallace’s innovative jewelry explores a contemporary style that is rooted in the traditions of Denise’s Chugach culture. Its designs are inspired by the people, animals and natural environment of Alaska. The Wallaces are storytellers who use fossil ivory, silver, and richly colored stones as their medium rather than words. "My grandmother used to tell stories when I was young, and I incorporate some of them into through my work, to express Alaska Native culture," Denise explains.

To convey the concept of movement and transformation that is central to the Wallace’s work, the book includes eight gatefolds of their major storytelling belts, all seen at nearly actual size. The other eight belts are displayed on double page spreads. Each belt is illustrated with its historic and contemporary influences as well as being grouped with the pieces that originally came from or were influenced by it. The belts, which are seen together here for the first time, are artistic and technical masterpieces.

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$60.00
Home > Books > Accelerated Disruption (OUT OF PRINT)

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Accelerated Disruption (OUT OF PRINT)
Eric Lefkofsky
Subject: Business
Date Published: Nov 19 2007

ISBN: 0979824826

Disruptive businesses are born every day.  Someone has a great idea that offers a better choice in terms of price, convenience, service or functionality, and for a moment, they gold the keys to the remaking of an entire industry.

Yet many of these businesses let advantage slip through their hands over time because they fail to realize that the fast pace of technology allows a challenge to come from anywhere - large competitors or startups - and overtake them in an instant.

This is Accelerated Disruption.  It is business development moving at the speed of the next technological advancement.  Businesses that can understand and control the forces of technology will thrive in coming years.  Those that cannot will find themselves displaced. 

 

$19.95
Home > Books > Business Evolves, Leadership Endures

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Business Evolves, Leadership Endures
Charles Tribbett III, Andrea Redmond, Bruce Kasanoff
Subject: Business and Leadership
Date Published: Aug 15 2004

ISBN: 0974380601

First in the Russell Reynolds Associates Leadership Series

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$24.95
Home > Books > 18 in 08 (Documentary Film: DVD)

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18 in 08 (Documentary Film: DVD)
David Burstein, Director
Subject: Subject
Date Published: Nov 15 2007

ISBN: 0979824834

18 in ‘08 is a nonpartisan documentary film and movement targeting today’s 17 to 24-year-olds, many of whom will be voting in their first presidential election in 2008. Made by 18-year-old director David D. Burstein and produced by Crossborders, 18 in ‘08: The Film, features interviews with many of the most influential politicians of today, as well as figures from popular culture, political activists, media commentators, student leaders, and young people.

18 in ‘08 highlights what is at stake for youth in the 2008 election, how decisions made in Washington today will affect young people for years to come, the issues and ideas that engage our generation, what turns us off, why are we so cynical about politics, the role of new media in engaging young voters, and candidates who have inspired youth.

Fast-paced, entertaining, and thought-provoking, the film is ultimately a call to young people to overturn their traditional under-representation in election campaigns, get involved in the political process, and vote. The film features a cast of leading politicians, media figures, and thinkers including: Senator Sam Brownback, Governor Jeb Bush, Senator Robert Byrd, political strategist James Carville, General Wesley Clark, Senator Chris Dodd, ABC’s Sam Donaldson, Academy Award Winning Actor Richard Dreyfuss, Presidential Advisor David Gergen, Senator Chuck Hagel, Senator John Kerry, Representative John Lewis, Senator Joe Lieberman, and MTV News’ Gideon Yago. 
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$15.00
Home > Books > 52 Sleep Secrets for Babies

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52 Sleep Secrets for Babies
Kim West
Subject: Parenting
Date Published: May 20 2008

ISBN: 0979824842

Countless new parents saythey were unprepared, they wonder why they were never told that sleep could be so difficult to get, that their baby would not effortlessly learn to put him or herself to sleep independently.

They wait …. they pace, they bounce, they rock, they feed, in hopes of elusive sleep. They call, write and ask for magic or “secrets” to help their babies sleep. “What’s the secret, Sleep Lady®?” they plead.

Now, Kim West, The Sleep Lady ®, renowned author of Good Night Sleep Tight, provides anxious parents with simple tips and tricks in handbook form.

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$9.95
Home > Books > The Eyes Have It: How to Market in an Age of Divergent Consumers, Media Chaos & Advertising Anarchy

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The Eyes Have It: How to Market in an Age of Divergent Consumers, Media Chaos & Advertising Anarchy
Kevin Lee and Steve Baldwin
Subject: Business/Marketing
Date Published: Oct 15 2007

ISBN: 0974380660

Media and advertising are undergoing a radical and unprecedented transformation. New digital channels are appearing and evolving with breathtaking speed. The simple mass media model of yesterday has yielded to a new media landscape in which technology, targeting, and real-time responsiveness are the keys to marketing success. Old ways of media buying are falling by the wayside, replaced by a new ethos in which targeting, relevancy, and nonobtrusiveness are the new coins of the realm.

The Eyes Have It provides solutions to the most pressing questions facing the advertising industry today, gleaned from the authors’ experiences.

 

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$24.95
Home > Books > They’re Playing Our Song: Conversations With America’s Classic Songwriters

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They’re Playing Our Song: Conversations With America’s Classic Songwriters
Max Wilk
Subject: American Popular Music
Date Published: Mar 01 2008

ISBN: 097982480X

Reprint of a classic text, revised and updated.  The careers, inspirations, and techniques of classic songwriters are revealed in Max Wilk’s unique profiles, comprised of anecdotes, remembrances, reflections, and commentary either by the lyricists and composers themselves or other show business professionals intimately associated with them.  First hand oral history with the great songwriters, lyricists, and composers of what is now known as The American Songbook. 

$18.95
Home > Books > Get Satisfied: How Twenty People Like You Found the Satisfaction of Enough

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Get Satisfied: How Twenty People Like You Found the Satisfaction of Enough
Carol Holst, editor
Subject: Simple Living
Date Published: Nov 07 2007

ISBN: 0974380687

What do Americans need that most eludes them? It’s not a tank of cheap gas (as astonishing as that would be) or ever earlier pre-holiday sales. What Americans need most - and most of them know it - is satisfaction, especially the satisfaction of enough. So when Simple Living America put out its call for submissions to this book, the mainstream response was enthusiastic. From the outpouring of personal stories submitted, the editorial committee chose these twenty to represent the broadest possible spectrum of Americans who have sought and found a simpler, more satisfying life. 

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$14.00
Home > Books > I am White Ninja and You are My Pickle Sidekick

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I am White Ninja and You are My Pickle Sidekick
Scott Bevan and Kent Earle
Subject: Humor / Cartoons
Date Published: Apr 01 2008

ISBN: 0974380695

What are White Ninja Comics?

White Ninja Comics are not for the weak of mind. They are a brilliant satirical commentary on controversial worldly issues.

They can be enjoyed on many levels. Scholars, Philosophers, and the like, who possess the intellect to analyze and break down the comics to their hidden, and often devious, roots, will enjoy White Ninja to the fullest degree. Others, like you and I, however, can still enjoy the comics for their light-hearted surface humor and funny drawings.

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$14.95