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Has Globalization Gone Too Far?
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Has Globalization Gone Too Far?
Institute for International Economics | 1997-03-01 | ISBN: 0881322415 | 128 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB
Globalization is exposing social fissures between those with the education, skills, and mobility to flourish in an unfettered world market-the apparent "winners"-and those without. These apparent "losers" are increasingly anxious about their standards of living and their precarious place in an integrated world economy. The result is severe tension between the market and broad sectors of society, with governments caught in the middle. Compounding the very real problems that need to be addressed by all involved, the kneejerk rhetoric of both sides threatens to crowd out rational debate. From the United States to Europe to Asia, positions are hardening. Author Dani Rodrik brings a clear and reasoned voice to these questions.
Has Globalization Gone Too Far? takes an unblinking and objective look at the benefits-and risks-of international economic integration, and criticizes mainstream economists for downplaying its dangers. It also makes a unique and persuasive case that the "winners" have as much at stake from the possible consequences of social instability as the "losers." As Rodrik points out, ". . . social disintegration is not a spectator sport-those on the sidelines also get splashed with mud from the field. Ultimately, the deepening of social fissures can harm all." President Clinton has read the book and it provided the conceptual basis for the trade/IMF portions of the State of the Union message in January 1998.
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Posted in books by bahalaka on Jul. 07, 2008 // 09:03
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Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life
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Paul Ekman, «Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life» Times Books | ISBN 0805072756 | 1st Edition (April 2003) | PDF | 4 Mb | 288 PagesBook Description:
A renowned expert in nonverbal communication, Paul Ekman has led a revolution in our scientific understanding of emotions. Now he assembles his pathbreaking research and theories in a comprehensive look at human emotional life. Emotions Revealed explores the evolutionary essence of anger, sadness, fear, surprise, disgust, contempt, and happiness. Drawing on his fieldwork investigating universal facial expressions in Papua New Guinea and his analysis of the prognosis of hospital patients based on their emotional profile, Ekman shows that emotions are deeply imbedded in the human species. In the process, he answers such questions as: What triggers emotions and can we stop them? How does our body signal to others whether we are slightly sad or anguished, peeved or enraged? Can we learn to distinguish between a polite smile and the genuine thing? Unique exercises and photographs help readers identify emotions in themselves and others. Emotions Revealed is a practical, mind-opening, and potentially life-changing exploration of science and self.
About the Author:
A world-renowned expert on facial expression, emotion, and deception, Paul Ekman, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of California Medical School in San Francisco and a frequent adviser to police, antiterrorism groups, and the animation studio Pixar. He is the author of fourteen books, including Telling Lies. He lives in San Francisco.
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Posted in books by bahalaka on Jul. 07, 2008 // 09:05
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What's Keeping Your Customers Up at Night?: Close More Deals by Selling to Your Client's Pain
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What's Keeping Your Customers Up at Night?
McGraw-Hill | 2003-02-27 | ISBN: 0071411038 | 208 pages | PDF | 7,4 MB
PR guru Steve Cody and sales consultant Richard Harte team up to bring readers a revolutionary methodology for discovering what customers really need and using that knowledge to build stronger, more profitable relationships with them. The evolutionary next step in the "trusted adviser" approach to selling that has taken the sales world by storm, the system successfully combines public relations strategies with consultative sales techniques in a strategic framework.
Among other important lessons, salespeople learn to uncover a client's deepest concerns --"what keeps them up at night"-- and to position their products or services in light of those concerns, using message points and other traditional PR tactics to help them successfully sell to the customer's "pain."
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Posted in books by bahalaka on Jul. 07, 2008 // 09:08
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40 Mistakes Man Makes During Or Right After Sex
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40 Mistakes Man Makes During Or Right After Sex PDF | 2008 | 4 pages | English | 1.39MB
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Posted in books by bahalaka on Jul. 07, 2008 // 09:10
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Jack Wiles , Anthony Reyes,"The Best Damn Cybercrime and Forensics Book Period"
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Jack Wiles , Anthony Reyes,"The Best Damn Cybercrime and Forensics Book Period" Syngress | ISBN: 1597492280 | PDF | 1000 Pages | October 15, 2007 | english | 8.7 MB This book is the first to combine cybercrime and digital forensic topics to provides law enforcement and IT security professionals with the information needed to manage a digital investigation. Everything needed for analyzing forensic data and recovering digital evidence can be found in one place, including instructions for building a digital forensics lab.
Electronic discovery refers to a process in which electronic data is sought, located, secured, and searched with the intent of using it as evidence in a legal case. Computer forensics is the application of computer investigation and analysis techniques to perform an investigation to find out exactly what happened on a computer and who was responsible. IDC estimates that the U.S. market for computer forensics will be grow from $252 million in 2004 to $630 million by 2009. Business is strong outside the United States, as well. By 2011, the estimated international market will be $1.8 billion dollars. The Techno Forensics Conference has increased in size by almost 50% in its second year; another example of the rapid growth in the market.
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Posted in books by bahalaka on Jul. 07, 2008 // 09:13
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Living It Up : America's Love Affair with Luxury
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James B. Twitchell “Living It Up : America's Love Affair with Luxury"
Simon & Schuster | 2003-07-02 | ISBN: 0743245067 | 320 pages | PDF | 9,33 MB
Luxury isn't just for the rich, says James B. Twitchell. Today you don't need a six-figure income to wear pashmina, drink a limited-edition coffee at Starbucks, or drive a Mercedes home to collapse on the couch in front of a flat-screen plasma TV. In Living It Up, sharp-eyed consumer anthropologist Twitchell takes a witty and insightful look at luxury -- what it is, who defines it, and why we can't seem to get enough of it.
In recent years, says Twitchell, luxury spending has grown much faster than overall spending -- and it continues to grow despite the economic recession. Luxury has become such a powerful marketing force that it cuts across every layer of society, spawning a magazine devoted to spas, cashmere bedspreads on sale at Kmart, and a dazzling array of bottled waters.
Twitchell says that the democratization of luxury has had a unifying effect on culture. Luxury items tell a story that we want to identify with, and more people than ever aspire to the story of Ralph Lauren's Polo or Patek Philippe. Shopping itself is no longer a chore but a transcendent experience in which we shop not so much for goods as for an identity.
Sharply observed and wickedly funny, Living It Up is a revealing and entertaining examination of why we are all part of the cult of luxury.
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Posted in books by bahalaka on Jul. 07, 2008 // 09:16
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The Art of Speed Reading People: How to Size People Up and Speak Their Language
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The Art of Speed Reading People: How to Size People Up and Speak Their Language
Little, Brown and Company | 1999 | ISBN: 9780316845182 | 224 pages | djvu (reader included in RAR file) | English | 4 MB
Do you communicate ineffectively with some people and powerfully with others? The reason may be a difference in personalities and communication preferences. The Art of Speedreading People is a crash course in communication strategies, showing you how to observe behavioral clues to gain valuable insights into people's personalities and communication styles. The result: you become a more effective and convincing communicator, and you are more likely to receive the response you want.
Do you communicate ineffectively with some people and powerfully with others? The reason may be a difference in personalities and communication preferences. The Art of Speedreading People is a crash course in communication strategies, showing you how to observe behavioral clues to gain valuable insights into people's personalities and communication styles. The result: you become a more effective and convincing communicator, and you are more likely to receive the response you want.
This book is like a practical communications seminar based on the psychology model called Personality Typing, which is focused on identifying key personality traits in order to communicate most effectively. First, you analyze your own personality type and determine your placement on the scales of extrovert/introvert, sensor/intuitive, thinking/feeling, and judging/perceiving. The book then teaches you about the clues that indicate other people's personality type, including speaking style, body language, and occupation. You test yourself by reading a few scenarios and personality typing the characters described. You put the system to work by learning approaches to "speedreading" people in person and on the phone using skill-building exercises. Finally, you learn how to communicate effectively with people who are a different type or temperament than you. The Art of Speedreading People is intriguing and useful, especially for those who work in a sales, service, teaching, or managerial position, or any job where effective and positive communication is paramount.
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Posted in books by bahalaka on Jul. 07, 2008 // 09:19
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Mac OS X for Photographers: Optimized image workflow for the Mac user
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Rod Wynne-Powell “Mac OS X for Photographers: Optimized image workflow for the Mac user"
Focal Press | 2008-01-21 | ISBN: 0240520270 | 328 pages | PDF | 17,7 MB
If you're a photographer using a Mac and why wouldn't you be? then you need this guide to optimizing OS X for your photography workflow.
Macs are still the hardware of choice for the cream of digital imaging experts over two million registered Mac users of Adobe Photoshop can't be wrong. Let the expert advice of Rod Wynne-Powell help you to:
* Configure your Mac for a trouble-free life from capture to output
* Speed up your photography workflow using Photoshop, Bridge and the rest of the Adobe Creative Suite
* Optimize your color management system and ensure the highest quality image results
* Save time through effective storage and retrieval of images
Years of experience dealing with digital image makers queries on a day-to-day basis means he also knows that problems can and do happen even on a Mac so this book is also packed full of vital troubleshooting advice and ways to
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Posted in books by bahalaka on Jul. 07, 2008 // 09:20
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Advanced Reading Power 4
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Linda Jeffries, Beatrice S. Mikulecky “Advanced Reading Power 4"
Pearson ESL | 2007-03-31 | ISBN: 0131990276 | 311 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB
Advanced Reading Power is unlike most other reading textbooks. First, the focus is different. This book directs students' attention to their own reading processes, while most other books focus primarily on the content. Second, Advanced Reading Power is organized in a different way. It contains four separate sections that correspond to four important aspects of proficient reading, and therefore it is like four books in one. Teachers should assign work on all four parts of the book concurrently.
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Posted in books by bahalaka on Jul. 07, 2008 // 09:23
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Enthusiasm Makes the Difference
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Posted in books by bahalaka on Jul. 07, 2008 // 09:26
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