Small Business Cash Flow: Strategies for Making Your Business a Financial Success [Paperback]
Posted by admin in Business & Investing on September 1, 2010
Product Description
Many small business owners don’t understand the importance of maintaining a healthy cash flow. More than anything else, cash flow determines the success or failure of a small business. Small Business Cash Flow covers all the basics of cash flow, from selecting a great accountant, to keeping money flowing in and out of the business, to budgeting and record-keeping.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t [Hardcover]
Posted by admin in Business & Investing on September 1, 2010
Amazon.com Review
Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, “Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?” In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11–including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo–and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn’t require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization would do well to consider. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come. –Harry C. Edwards
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful [Hardcover]
Posted by admin in Business & Investing on September 1, 2010
From Publishers Weekly
Goldsmith, an executive coach to the corporate elite, pinpoints 20 bad habits that stifle already successful careers as well as personal goals like succeeding in marriage or as a parent. Most are common behavioral problems, such as speaking when angry, which even the author is prone to do when dealing with a teenage daughter’s belly ring. Though Goldsmith deals with touchy-feely material more typical of a self-help book—such as learning to listen or letting go of the past—his approach to curing self-destructive behavior is much harder-edged. For instance, he does not suggest sensitivity training for those prone to voicing morale-deflating sarcasm. His advice is to stop doing it. To stimulate behavior change, he suggests imposing fines (e.g., $10 for each infraction), asserting that monetary penalties can yield results by lunchtime. While Goldsmith’s advice applies to everyone, the highly successful audience he targets may be the least likely to seek out his book without a direct order from someone higher up. As he points out, they are apt to attribute their success to their bad behavior. Still, that may allow the less successful to gain ground by improving their people skills first.
Nature’s Garden: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants [Paperback]
Posted by admin in Outdoors & Nature on August 31, 2010
Product Description
A detailed guide to all aspects of using edible wild plants, from identifying and collecting through preparation. Covers 41 plants in-depth and the text is accompanied by multiple color photos.
Setup & Care of Garden Ponds (Animal Planet Pet Care Library) [Hardcover]
Posted by admin in Outdoors & Nature on August 31, 2010
Product Description
This functional book contains information on creating, stocking, and maintaining garden ponds of all sizes, and offers advice on issues like pond and plant maintenance, species selection, and health care.
Aquarium Care of Bettas (Animal Planet Pet Care Library) [Hardcover]
Posted by admin in Animal Care & Pets on August 31, 2010
Product Description
Bettas are a unique tropical fish with attractive features. This handy book makes it easy and fun to find favorites from the many different types of bettas, and is a great tool to help make the best care choices for these colorful fish.
The Nature of Animal Healing : The Definitive Holistic Medicine Guide to Caring for Your Dog and Cat [Paperback]
Posted by admin in Animal Care & Pets on August 31, 2010
Amazon.com Review
As an accomplished doctor of veterinary medicine, Martin Goldstein is well respected for his 25 years worth of experience in the field–experience he effectively utilizes in conjunction with his expertise in holistic medicine in his new book, The Nature of Animal Healing: The Path to Your Pet’s Health, Happiness, and Longevity. Goldstein begins with a broad explanation of the origins of diseases in pets, then moves on to taking action against those diseases, not only offering thorough discussions of specific ailments–including cancer, allergies, and arthritis–and the holistic medicines available to help in the healing process, but also speaking to the “dubious legacy of vaccines” as well as the questionable quality of pet food. Finally, Goldstein turns his attention to the spiritual realm, addressing both the bonds that we have with our pets–and how those bonds aid in preventing and fighting our pets’ health problems–as well as dealing with the death of a beloved pet. Goldstein’s expert advice, inclusion of inspiring real-life cases, and thorough resource “compendium of holistic books, newsletters, Web sites, veterinarians, and associations” make this book a valuable addition to any pet owner’s library. –Julia King –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1 [Hardcover]
Posted by admin in Cooking Food & Wine on August 30, 2010
Review
“Has it really been 40 years since Julia Child rescued Americans from dreary casseroles? This reissue, clad in a handsome red jacket, is what a cookbook should be: packed with sumptuous recipes, detailed instructions, and precise line drawings. Some of the instructions look daunting, but as Child herself says in the introduction, ‘If you can read, you can cook.’”
- Entertainment Weekly — Review
The Professional Chef [Hardcover]
Posted by admin in Cooking Food & Wine on August 30, 2010
Product Description
“A serious reference for serious cooks.”
-Thomas Keller, Chef and owner, The French Laundry
Named one of the five favorite culinary books of this decade by Food Arts magazine, The Professional Chef® is the classic resource that many of America’s top chefs have relied on to help learn their cooking skills. Now this comprehensive “bible for all chefs” (Paul Bocuse) has been thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the way people cook and eat today.
The book includes essential information on nutrition, food and kitchen safety, and tools and ingredients, as well as more than 640 classic and contemporary recipes plus variations. One hundred and thirty-one basic recipe formulas illustrate fundamental techniques and guide cooks clearly through every step, from mise en place to finished dishes.
This edition features nearly 650 all-new four-color photographs of fresh food products, step-by-step techniques, and plated dishes taken by award-winning photographer Ben Fink. It explores culinary traditions of the Americas, Asia, and Europe, and includes four-color photographs of commonly used ingredients and maps of all regions. Written “with extreme vigor and precision” (Eric Ripert, Chef and co-owner, Le Bernardin), The Professional Chef® is an unrivaled reference and source of inspiration for the serious cook.
The Culinary Institute of America (Hyde Park, NY, and St. Helena, CA) was founded in 1946. Known as the Harvard of cooking schools and credited with having “changed the way Americans eat” by The James Beard Foundation, the CIA has trained nearly 50,000 foodservice professionals.
Healthy Cooking for Two (or Just You): Low-Fat Recipes with Half the Fuss and Double the Taste [Paperback]
Posted by admin in Cooking Food & Wine on August 30, 2010
Review
“At last…a cookbook for us! Plenty of reliable, effortless main dishes.”–Catherine Houck, Dieter’s Notebook columnist, Cosmopolitan magazine
“An especially good book for beginning cooks, empty-nesters and health-oriented small families. This is the book to buy.”–Colleen Pierre, R.D., Nutrition columnist, Baltimore Sun
“Frances Price’s down-to-earth style makes her one of the best recipe developers I know. I would prepare any recipe the first time for company and be confident it would be a success.”–Ginger Johnston, FOODday Editor, The Oregonian.
