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The One Hour Survival Guide for the Downsized: What You Need to Know When You're Let Go
William L. Tatro Manufacturer: DC Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1932021000 |
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There has never been a better time for this book!! Downsizing -- that horrible word -- has become one of the most frequently heard words across America. People who were once felt confident about their career are now out on the street looking for work. Here's your survival guide for dealing with the impact of being downsized.If you've got an hour, you can literally read the entire book. When you're on the outside looking in, you need practical tools to taking control of a bad situation. That is exactly what the author has provided.
Here's all you need to know about leaving your company, what questions to get answers to before walking out the door, and how to know if you are getting your benefits. Since the entire family is impacted by the loss of a single job, the author points out the role of communication at this critical time. Here's practical information on surveying your personal finances, assessing the need you have for your current home, the role garage sales can play, and the importance of watching your credit. Since you've probably not interviewed in a long time, there is information on getting your resume in order and the attitude one needs to go out and face a new potential employer. From 401(k) plans to health insurance, it is critical that you know what you've got and what to do if you've lost coverage.
A true survival guide...this book could mean the difference between overcoming a bad situation and a bad situation taking you over. Anyone who has a need to get their life in order during a period after being downsized will find this book invaluable.
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On my feet again!.......2002-06-28
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International Business Law and Its Environment
Richard Schaffer , Beverley Earle , and Filiberto Agusti Manufacturer: South-Western College/West ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0324261020 |
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW AND IT'S ENVIRONMENT, 4th Edition employs a comparative approach that emphasizes private law and facilitates effective managerial decision-making. The authors balance the legal challenges of doing business in developing and non-market-economy countries with the economic and political issues that commonly arise.Customer Reviews:
It is an excellent book for international lawyers.......1998-09-29
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The Legal and E-Commerce Environment Today: Business in its Ethical, Regulatory and International Setting
Roger LeRoy Miller , and Frank B. Cross Manufacturer: South-Western College/West ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
Accessories: ASIN: 0324270577 |
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This book is specifically designed as a business oriented legal environment text. The basic philosophy behind the book allows for a look and feel of texts students are more familiar with (social science books) as opposed to an overly legal looking text.Customer Reviews:
Satisfied.......2007-01-12
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Business: Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment
Marianne M. Jennings Manufacturer: West Legal Studies in Business ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0538877626 |
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This highly effective text provides superior legal, ethical, and regulatory coverage while fully integrating practical business practices for tomorrow's business managers. Legal topics are explored and explained through real-world business examples (over 300 references to business are made in the text). In addition to a solid foundation in the law, students learn valuable legal and ethical reasoning skills through a variety of critical thinking exercises. Students receive -- and appreciate -- practical advice on when it is necessary to call a lawyer, how best to use legal aid services and how to avoid legal trouble in the first place. This text fulfills current curricular and AACSB accrediting standards.Customer Reviews:
FAST SHIPPING!!!.......2007-09-10
Quite Comprehensive.......2006-03-17
Good enough.......2005-09-12
15 days to tell us they didn't have the book........2004-11-16
Overall, I recommend it........2001-09-04
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Environmental Regulation and Its Impact on Foreign Investment
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1853337269 |
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Industry, farmers relieved the province has postponed its environmental rights bill. (Ontario Ministry of Environment's proposed bill making environmental ... An article from: Northern Ontario Business
Douglas McDougall Manufacturer: Laurentian Business Publishing, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00092IAHO Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Northern Ontario Business, published by Laurentian Business Publishing, Inc. on September 1, 1991. The length of the article is 720 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
Richard; Earle, Beverley; Agusti, Filiberto Schaffer Manufacturer: West Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OTSPYU |
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Legal Environment Today: Business in its Ethical, Regulatory and International Setting
Roger Leroy Miller , and Frank B. Cross Manufacturer: South-Western Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0538885343 |
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Just starting out.......2007-08-09
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Study Guide With Quicken Business Law Partner 3.0 Cd-Rom to Accompany the Legal Environment Today: Business in Its Ethical, Regualtory, and International Setting
Roger LeRoy Miller , Frank B. Cross , and William E. Hollowell Manufacturer: Thomson South-Western ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 053888536X |
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International Business Law and Its Environment
Richard; Earle, Beverley; Agusti, Filiberto Schaffer Manufacturer: West Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OTS3BU |
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International Business Law and Its Environment
Filiberto Agusti Manufacturer: South-Western College/West ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OUFH86 |
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Managers As Employees: An International Comparison of the Changing Character of Managerial Employment
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0195043227 |
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This collection of essays examines the role of managers as employees in nine industrialized countries--Britain, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, West Germany, Sweden, France, Italy, and Japan. Focusing on middle managers, including professionals, the contributors document the differences and similarities that exist in the employment relationships of managers in these countries, trace the forces that shape these relationships, and discuss the ways that these relationships have been affected by developments in the business environment over the last two decades. The distinguished contributors include Greg Bamber, Ed Snape, Russell D. Lansbury, Annabelle Quince, David F. Smith, Eberhard Witte, Karl-Olof Faxen, Hakan Lundgren, Jacques Rojot, Claudio Pellegreni, and Vladimir Pucik.
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Meze: Small Plates to Savor and Share from the Mediterranean Table
Diane Kochilas Manufacturer: William Morrow Cookbooks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0688175112 Release Date: 2003-06-03 |
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To confuse meze with antipasto or tapas is to miss the point. These small plates of Greek deliciousness come to us from a Mediterranean world of mid-afternoon snacking, drinking, and talking. The pace is leisurely, the content simple, the effect extraordinary. Early on in Meze Diane Kochilas, award-winning author of The Glorious Foods of Greece, sets the prototypic meze stage: two village codgers holding down either side of a small table; two glasses and a carafe of raki between them; a plate with some bread, olives, air-dried anchovies, cucumber sticks, and cheese. They do not sit at the table so much as beside the table, the better to take in the world.
And thus it is with meze. It's not about sitting down to eat as much as being present to exchange ideas, enjoy a glass of wine or spirits, and snack on taste treats that enliven the palate and pull all the threads of the whole into one. Kochilas divides Meze into "Dips, Spreads, and Relishes"; "Savory Salads"; "Small Egg Dishes"; "Phyllo Pies"; "Finger Foods and Fried Treats"; "Vegetable and Bean Mezethes"; "A Sea's Bounty"; "From Meatballs to Kebabs"; and, the "Meze Pantry." She provides sources for ingredients. And she includes enlightening notes on Greek wine and spirits, perfect for serving with these small dishes. She is truly a master of it all and a delight to read. When was the last time you mixed garlicky yogurt with dried apricots, or baked figs with oregano? Put your hand in Kochilas's oven mitt. She'll take you to a new, delicious, life-invigorating territory. --Schuyler Ingle
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Now you can enjoy the food and fun of a meze feast. Meze, the small plates of just about everything from seafood, meat, and vegetables to handheld pies, colorful salads, nuts, olives, and cheeses, is the food of hospitality and conviviality, food meant to be shared with friends and family and savored with wines and spirits.
Here, in Meze, Diane Kochilas, the award-winning author of The Glorious Foods of Greece, chef, restaurateur, and cooking teacher, takes you on a spirited journey across Greece and the rest of the Mediterranean, exploring these simple and simply irresistible dishes. The recipes are robust, dear, and easy to follow. These uncomplicated dishes are charged with flavor and based on fresh, accessible ingredients. The results are spectacular.
Meze makes every meal a party, and no one knows how to throw a party better than the Greeks. Youll find tangy, skewered meats and juicy meatballs, delicious seafood dishes from simple steamed mussels to creamy ouzo-flavored shrimp. You'll find a healthful selection of aromatic bean dishes, and a recipe for the best fried potatoes in the world, Greek fries, which are hand cut and cooked in olive oil.
The convivial and festive nature of the meze table is reflected in Diane's warm, inviting style. The innate attractiveness of the food -- the colors, textures, and shapes -- are captured in brilliant photographs that evoke the sunny, warm Mediterranean dime. Whether you make just a few dishes for informal entertaining, or create an entire meal of meze, Diane Kochilas makes it possible to bring the spirit of fun and sharingthe essence of meze throughout Greece and the Mediterranean -- to your own table at home.
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Great Recipes.......2007-09-23
Great for entertaining.......2007-05-19
Same Old Fiddly & Fat Laden Tidbits.......2006-11-26
Disappointing.......2006-09-25
Simple Pleasures.......2003-11-18
Almost all recipes in this book use fewer than 12 ingredients and the technique rarely takes more than four (4) steps, taking no more than a half page of text. This is not exactly quick cooking, although there are a fair number of quick recipes herein. Some recipes do require long marinades, but very few require long cooking. Most heat is from either a quick saute or a grill.
The issues with ingredients, especially for those who like to stay authentic, is probably solved if you live in a large city and there is a Greek or middle eastern grocery available. It is also probably not a big issue if you live near a `megamart' which carries a generous supply of Greek and Turkish staples. Needless to say, even if you live in the sticks, there are internet sources for everything. The most important speciality ingredients are:
Greek feta - There is barrel cured and tin cured. Some recipes recommend one type. Some the other.
Other Greek Cheeses - Popular Italian cheeses like ricotta will substitute for most requirements.
Greek Oregano - Dried
Greek / Eastern Mediterranian yogurt - Fortunately, there is an easy way to make plain yogurt work.
Dried Mint - Yes, dried. Fresh mint is also commonly used.
Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil - `What is grown together goes together'. But Italian or Spanish will work.
Phyllo - Supermarket Phyllo is fine.
Octopus - The national seafood of Greece.
Pastourma - Cured Beef
Once you locate a source, I believe most ingredients such as the Greek olive oil will actually be less expensive than Italian substitutes. Almost all other ingredients such as eggplant, pita, and ouzo are very common everywhere in the country.
Meze, short for mezethes, denotes small dishes served typically at small eateries like `mezethopoleion'; ouzeri, similar to the Italian wine shop; and the tsipouradiko, serving Greek eau-de-vie. The object of these establishments and their meze fare is to offers its patrons a place to eat, drink, and have conversation in the hours between large meals. The author points out that although there is a strong similarity in portion size and preparation similarity to Spanish tapas, the dishes were specifically developed to be eaten only as an accompanyment to drink in the middle of the day, not as a `before the meal' bite to get you started on the main meal of the day. It is much more comparable to bar nuts, pretzels, and pickled eggs on American bars.
All portions are small and most are designed to be eaten with the fingers, bread, or skewer. Chapters in the book cover:
Dips, Spreads, and Relishes; Savory Salads; Small Egg Dishes; Phyllo Pies; Fried Finger Foods; Vegetables and Beans; Seafood; and Meatballs and Kebabs
The author is a recognized authority on Greek food and has a written a widely praised book on general Greek cuisine. The color pictures are decorative, but few. While I found all instructions very simple, the author did occasionally seem a bit opaque. I still don't totally understand her instructions for peeling a roasted eggplant. As Martha Stewart said in one of her book introductions, this book made me want to immediately try many of the dishes. This is a sure symptom that there is good food to be had here.
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Meze: Small Bites Big Flavors from the Greek Table
Rosemary Barron Manufacturer: Chronicle Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0811831485 |
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Healthful as well as delicious, it's easy to see why the little Mediterranean dishes called meze work perfectly for cocktail parties, as part of a buffet table, or for a relaxed weekend dinner with family or friends. Greece-based cooking teacher Rosemary Barron's Meze: Small Bites, Big Flavors from the Greek Table focuses solely on that country's contribution to this delectable repertoire, and does so with an eye to their simple virtues--versatility and preparation ease. Her 60-plus recipes, which range from cold plates and salads to hot dishes, savory pies, and grilled specialties, feature the direct, zesty flavors of the Greek Islands; the result is easy-to-enjoy food like Peppered Greek Oregano Pork, Piquant Almond Figs, and Eggplants in Spicy Tomato Sauce--dishes most cooks can readily accomplish.Part of the meze "plan" involves creating a simple Greek pantry from which the dishes can be quickly assembled. Following a section devoted to that setup, and a useful list of particularly quick and simple dish "sketches" (sprinkle drained canned tuna with sliced raw onion, olive oil, sea salt, and the tangy spice sumac and there's your meze), the book then presents other alluring recipes like Thyme-Scented Fish Souvlakia with Roasted Pepper Sauce, Savory Honey-Pear Pies, and Yogurt Chicken with Beets and Greens. An unusually detailed glossary includes not only ingredients but characteristic preparation methods like clay-pot cooking and equipment, such as sfongata skillets, a traditional iron pan for which readers can substitute more familiar equivalents. Illustrated with color photos throughout, Meze stands out among other similarly themed books for its concise thoroughness, clear instruction, and simple good taste. --Arthur Boehm
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As timeless as the azure waters of the Aegean, the little Greek dishes known as meze are perfect for today s way of eating. Author Rosemary Barron has compiled 65 of her favorite recipes- full of flavor and good health- from traditional small bowls of marinated olives and little cheeses to more substantial meat-filled pastries and grilled seafood. Meze gives advice on stocking the shelves with essential basics and offers helpful hints on preparing spectacular Mediterranean buffets or casual outdoor get-togethers without spending all day in the kitchen. Meze celebrates the art of slowing down, of savoring the simple, distinct flavors of Mediterranean ingredients, and of sharing the experience with friends and family.Customer Reviews:
A good buy........2007-06-04
Meze small bites,big flavors by Rosemary Barron.......2005-08-14
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Greek meze cooking
Sarah Maxwell Manufacturer: Produced by Quantum Publishing Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 193104029X |
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The Best Cookbook I Have Ever Had!.......2001-06-10
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