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Bear-Trap: The Fall of Bear Stearns and the Panic of 2008
Bill Bamber
Brick Tower Books, 2008
Accurate Portrayal of Bear
As a former Bear sales-trader who was there through the end, I can attest that Bamber's description of what life was like at the firm is accurate. The description of a "typical" Bear employee to the fast pace at which events transpired the week of March 14th is right ...
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Managing Change and Transition
Richard Luecke
Harvard Business School Press, 2003
Invaluable "Essentials"
This is one of several paperbacks in the "Essentials" series, each of which offers "cutting edge" thinking on a major business subject. Mike Beer served as the adviser to Richard Luecke while he wrote this volume. Brief information about both is provided. There are ...
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The Library at Night
Alberto Manguel
Yale University Press, 2008
The Romance of Reading
Alberto Manguel has produced a romantic history of libraries which incorporates their best feature: the ability to wander down hitherto unsuspected byways and make new discoveries, often winding up far from your original objective but still satisfied by what you have ...
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.)
Steven Pinker
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007
A Thorough and Entertaining Introduction to Language
As someone who has had a fascination about languages, this book was the perfect choice for my undergraduate neuroscience class--it's objective is to elucidate how the mind creates language. The prose is extremely well-written and complex ideas clearly explained. Pinker ...
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The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection : The 350 Essential Works
Ted Libbey
Workman Publishing Company, 1999
Learning from the educated
I am a huge classical music fan, always looking for that perfect recording and being most critical when it doesn't suit my taste. Even so, I had a lot to learn about composers and pieces of great music that I was unfamiliar with. It delights me to report that I have ...
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Baby Sign Language Basics (Hay House Lifestyles)
Monta Z. Briant
Hay House, 2004
Handy book
This is a very tiny book. But full of very practical information. I've heard so many good things about it from others too.
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Baby Talk: A Guide to Using Basic Sign Language to Communicate with Your Baby
Monica Beyer
Tarcher, 2006
Wonderful Book with Great Illustrations
I bought this book to use for my ten-month-old son, and I really love it!
It begins with basic information and research about signing with babies and is very easy to understand.
I think it includes the perfect amount of signs - it has the basic need-based signs ...
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Mergers and Acquisitions from A to Z
Andrew J. Sherman, Milledge A. Hart
AMACOM, 2006
Mergers and Acquisitions from A and Z by Sherman
The author explains the distinction between a merger combination and the purchasing of assets in an acquisition by the buyer.
Mergers involve considerable restructuring and revaluations
as a condition precedent to success. Classic merger difficulties
involve ...
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Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
Collins Business, 2008
A Big Deal
Barbarians at the Gate is a classic of the business book genre, and with the private equity boom we have seen in the last couple of years, it is still as relevant as it was when it came twenty years ago. It is the story or some extremely unlikable rich people brought ...
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Raising a Bilingual Child (Living Language Series)
Barbara Zurer Pearson, Living Language
Living Language, 2008
Easy to Read and Full of Great Academic Studies!
Chapter Two on Learning a First Language is the best thing I have read on First Language Acquisition and I plan to tell the professors where I work that this is the text they should use for their courses on First and Second Language Acquisition (which I have taught for ...
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The Art of M&A Due Diligence
Alexandra Reed Lajoux, Charles M. Elson
McGraw-Hill, 2000
Book is an excellent resource for anyone serious about M&A.
Alexandra Reed LaJoux has done it again. Her most recent book on "The Art of M&A Due Diligence" is a valuable tool for the seasoned practitioner as well as the neophyte. She and her co-author Charles Elson effectively combine the big picture with relevant detail so ...
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Applied Mergers and Acquisitions (Wiley Finance)
Robert F. Bruner
Wiley, 2004
Very comprehenive in an acedemic way
Very complete but not a "how to.." guide.
A great and thought provoking resource.
Should be on every investment banker book shelf
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Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning: Teaching Second Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom
Pauline Gibbons
Heinemann, 2002
Short and to the point!
If you are a teacher, you know there are a lot of crappy teacher "resources" out there. This book is NOT one of them. I bought it as a requirement for a class and devoured it in a couple of days.
As other reviewers have stated, it's great because it talks about the ...
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Baby's First Words in Chinese (Baby's First Words)
Living Language
Living Language, 2007
FANTASTIC!
This is a GREAT product. I am really impressed. Even though the product is intended for 0-2 year olds, I bought it for my 26 month old son who has a mandarin-speaking babysitter. I am so happy I did. The CD is basically what I hoped for. Lots of great songs and ...
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Baby's First Words in Spanish (Baby's First Words)
Living Language
Living Language, 2007
Best Spanish CD for babies/children
I speak Spanish fluently, but not being raised speaking Spanish, I did not know any songs to share with my son when he was born. I found this CD, and it has been fantastic! We speak Spanish about 20% of the time at home, but in spite of hearing more English, this is ...
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