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The Sixty-Second Motivator
Jim Johnson Manufacturer: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1598581384 |
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Based entirely on research from peer-reviewed journals and randomized controlled trials, The Sixty-Second Motivator is an easily read story that reveals practical motivational techniques. In less than 100 pages, readers will have the necessary tools to enable them to motivate themselves or others. A handy worksheet is also included which guides the reader through the motivational process.Customer Reviews:
Sixty Second Motivator.......2007-09-19
It Really Works!.......2007-08-08
The Sixty-Second Motivator- Book Review.......2007-06-12
Excellent read!!.......2007-03-08
The missing link!.......2006-09-19
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ATL Internals (The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)
Brent E. Rector , and Chris Sells Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0201695898 |
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Written for the advanced C++ programmer, ATL Internals reveals the inner workings of the Active Template Library (ATL), the toolkit of choice for building today's lightweight Internet and server components.The book begins with a tour of the ATL code generated by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6 AppWizard. The authors introduce fundamental ATL programming issues here, but they do not provide a general introduction to COM or ATL; they assume that readers have a good deal of background in both C++ and COM.
The book focuses on the extremely useful ATL support classes for managing strings (BSTRs), variants, and smart pointers. It covers the classes that help instantiate COM components (and examines support for different threading models and "creator" classes). The guide continues with object internals--covering object maps and the classes used to manage them--and interfaces, including aggregates and various interface design options. Information on ATL's support for persistence, which lets objects save and restore their state; on how ATL supports basic containers; and on interfaces that work with the Standard Template Library (STL) in C++ is well done.
Later sections explain how to work with windows and ActiveX controls. After some material on events (and connection points), the authors reveal ATL support for basic window operations, including dialogs. For building a custom ActiveX control, the authors provide an excellent example of a nicely functional visual control. (This code will prove invaluable since it illustrates all the essentials of ATL component programming.) --Richard Dragan
Book Description
ActiveX controls are a Microsoft technology that allowsThis book provides practical solutions for programmers, and explains
these solutions on a detailed, technical level -- keeping the technology in
a real-world context that many books lack. Programmers will learn how to
create new ActiveX controls using ATL, and how to modify the thousands of
available ActiveX controls to fit specific needs.
Written by well-respected writer and teacher Brent Rector along with
DevelopMentor's Chris Sells, the content of this book has been taught in
courses for the Technology Exchange Company and Wise Owl Consulting. The
book covers the latest version of ATL, 2.1, a major revision.
Customer Reviews:
ATL Internals Book.......2006-01-25
This is a six star book.......2002-10-10
I have a good number of books on COM and ATL but getting the low down on ATL starts and ends in this book. The coverage in unbeleiveable. It will make you think you were part of the ATL implementation team.
This book is not a short cut for learning COM programming.You should have a good understanding of how COM works and you also need to know your c++ well(emphasis on well. This book does not teach c++)
However, considering the .NET revolution, ATL may not be of much use for much longer.But if for some reason you need to learn ATL, this book is the ATL University.
Don't do ATL or COM without it.......2002-05-05
ATL Internals not only discusses ATL but also does and excellent job discussing COM's theory of operation and how a Win32 OS supports COM.
As a warning, however, ATL Internals isn't the only book that you need on a COM project because it is specialized on ATL (and on COM in general). While ATL is useful it is not the only thing that you will have to deal with on a COM project. You will probably need to work with IDL files and for that I can unequivocally recommend "Essential IDL" by Martin Gudgin.
ATL Internals accomplishes several things well; I will try to describe the most valuable aspects of this book. One of the best properties of this book is that it is thorough. It covers ATL in depth.
The following is a partial list of the material in ATL Internals:
1) ATL Internals covers using the wizards and explains how to proceed beyond the point where the wizards quit.
2) A though discussion of ATL facilities. For example: CComPtr (a COM smart pointer), CComBSTR (a class wrapped around the error-prone BSTR datatype) classes are covered in detail. The text conversion macros are completely covered here. In other books and on the internet I saw code examples that used them but will little explantion.
3) Bug warnings, both your (potential) bugs and bugs within ATL. The authors point out the buggy parts of ATL and they invest the necessary effort to warn out about aspects of ATL that, if naively used, create bugs. Numerous pages are dedicated to showing both how to correctly use certain hazardous parts of ATL as well as examples of buggy code. Depreciated techniques are also described for completeness.
4) Discussion and examples of various COM issues, including threading issues, connection points, the Service Control manager (SCM)and so on.
5) Detailed discussion of the numerous macros that Microsoft uses to conceal substantial code, (e.g. BEGIN_OBJECT_MAP, COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY_IMPL, etc.)
6) One of the appendixes shows a cross reference between ATL classes and header file names. This was a welcome convenience (yes I could have greped, but this is quicker)
ATL Internals not only has great content but it is written in a very readable style. The typeset is easy to read and the diagrams are well done.
The best book for understanding what's REALLY going on.......2002-02-14
After successfully using Chapter 7 (Collections & Enumerations) for what I needed, I went back and read the whole book from front to back, and started really to understand what was happening under the covers - the whys and wherefores for all of the seemingly quirky little code chunks that I had seen peppered throughout my code, but not understood fully.
This book has become an indispensible resource, that I keep close at hand. I can't really recommend it as a first book on COM or as an introduction to ATL, but this is not a criticism, because that's not its intended purpose. For in-depth coverage of the workings of ATL, though, I haven't come across a better book.
A great book for ATL.......2001-12-01
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ATL Internals: Working with ATL 8 (2nd Edition) (The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)
Christopher Tavares , Kirk Fertitta , Brent Rector , and Chris Sells Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0321159624 |
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ATL Internals: Working with ATL 8 (2nd Edition).......2007-08-16
deals with many legacy issues.......2006-08-09
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Stem Cells Handbook
Manufacturer: Humana Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 1588291138 |
Book Description
This survey on the "state-of-the-science" of stem cell biology explains the origins of stem cells and describes how they function, how they can cause illness, and how they might be employed to cure or ameliorate disease. In particular, the authors discuss the roles of stem cells in development and organogenesis, in normal tissue turnover, in the repair response to injury, and in carcinogenesis. They also explain how to obtain stem cells from different organs, culture them in vitro, and manipulate them for therapeutic use.Customer Reviews:
Impressive.......2007-06-08
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Statistical Techniques for Analytical Review in Auditing
Kenneth W. Stringer , and Trevor R. Stewart Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0471118168 |
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The Internal Sell: Encouraging Executive Influence and Accomplishment
Michael E. Friesen Manufacturer: Quorum Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1567201709 |
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Executives at all levels and in every type of organization achieve their executive status in one of two ways: they either inherit it or they earn it through hard work, aspiration, and a bit of luck. Friesen directs his book at executives who wish to improve their ability to sell and implement ideas, and, in doing so, continue their rise up the corporate ladder. This book will also be of value to executives who have a desire to increase their authority and/or their administrative position and to those who wish to inspire a sense of loyalty among their employees, and those who hope to lead their orgaizations into the next century. Friesen explains why organizations tend to be defensive and how recognizing this can lead to greater levels of personal success. He also provides a thorough background on the nature of power, contrasting legitimate power and authority, and helping one understand how to increase it without formal advancement in the organization. A specific process one can use to sell ideas as well as to develop relationships is described and illustrated. The book is intended for specialists in organizational behavior and top-level executives. It is organized to provide value as a reference work and to provide readers with unusual and useful strategies for their personal advancement and the enrichment of their communication skills.Customer Reviews:
This is a good one!.......1998-12-01
Give this one a quick read, it was worth it for me.
Excellent, practical guide to critical skill........1998-11-05
Friesen outlines a very clear, logical and systematic process for selling ideas within a company. He gives real-world hints on completing each of the steps within the process, so that readers can develop clear plans for selling their own ideas in a very methodical fashion. The approach is common-sense, but one that most do not employ because of a myriad of reasons Friesen identifies, including organizational defensiveness, egoism, personality traits and just plain ignorance of its importance!
Friesen's book includes lots of anecdotes and cases that we all can relate to easily. These illustrate the fact that one of the most amazing things about this book is that it wasn't written before--the topic is so critical, that one would expect others to have addressed it before this. But Friesen's is a first, and the guide is so definitive that others will not be needed. This is it! A must read.
Excellent advice for greatly expanding your influence.......1998-09-27
This book provides clear and productive ways of selling your ideas. Organizations and individuals tend to be defensive and reluctant to consider new ways of doing things. The Internal Sell describes typical rejections an individual will face and how to overcome them.
Here's what you can expect from this book:
Lack of understanding of the RESISTANCE of three important realities - organizational defensiveness, differences in personality types, and misinterpretation of power and authority - causes people in many organizations to "give up", get frustrated, "moan and groan", or just take their ideas elsewhere. You can expect from The Internal Sell a new sense of CONFIDENCE in a proven approach that will allow:
* Creativity to abound
* Productivity to increase
* Morale to improve, and
* Innovations to occur at a rate that will surprise you.
The concepts and methodology of The Internal Sell work equally well whether you are INSIDE an organization trying to get your good ideas adopted or OUTSIDE as a sales person dependent on someone in the customer organization to be skillful in selling your idea.
The principles within The Internal Sell are also perfect for the organization that has committed millions of dollars for SAP or some other comprehensive enterprise-changing system. It's still the PEOPLE, their CREATIVITY, and their COMMITMENT that will make these massive investments pay off. The Internal Sell will help you to understand how to make your organization OPTIMIZE individual contributions.
I highly recommend this book to readers in all types of organizations and all levels of the organizational hierarchy.
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Buy-sell agreements and transfer tax valuation.: An article from: The Tax Adviser
Frank L. Washelesky Manufacturer: American Institute of CPA's ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00093REZ2 Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from The Tax Adviser, published by American Institute of CPA's on October 1, 1995. The length of the article is 486 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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... Buy-sell agreements and.... (Brief Article): An article from: The Tax Adviser
John C. Gardner Manufacturer: American Institute of CPA's ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00091X138 Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from The Tax Adviser, published by American Institute of CPA's on April 1, 1992. The length of the article is 432 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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The inside track: internal training doesn't always sell itself, so be prepared to make a solid pitch by understanding the questions you'll be asked.(Human Resources): An article from: CMA Management
Teresa Kirkwood , and Ajay Pangarkar Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00084B2TG Release Date: 2005-10-14 |
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This digital document is an article from CMA Management, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1455 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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IRS letter ruling 9306001: a window of opportunity to sell publicly traded stock and use the installment method. (Brief Article): An article from: The Tax Adviser
Richard W. Bailine Manufacturer: American Institute of CPA's ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00091ZIRK Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from The Tax Adviser, published by American Institute of CPA's on June 1, 1993. The length of the article is 474 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.Books:
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