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Myth and Reality in the Rain Forest: How Conservation Strategies Are Failing in West Africa
John F. Oates
$22.06

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John Oates tackles one of the most serious challenges facing the world's conservation leaders today: How can the needs of wildlands and wildlife be reconciled with the needs of people? Current conservation theory holds that wildlife can best be protected through the promotion of human economic development. Oates disagrees. Drawing on his extensive experience as a primate ecologist who has worked on rainforest conservation projects in Africa and India, he argues that the linking of conservation to economic development has had disastrous consequences for many wildlife populations, especially in West Africa. He maintains that in those parts of the world where people are very poor, human well-being is more likely to be promoted by large-scale political, social, and economic reforms than by community development schemes associated with conservation projects.

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A Failing Grade for S. 1, the Senate Education Committee Bill
Krista Kafer
$1.50

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The Six Month Fix: Adventures in Rescuing Failing Companies
Gary Sutton
$23.48

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Acclaim for The Six-Month Fix

"Finally: a turnaround guide that explains the nontrivial difference between those who work for debtors and those who work for shareholders, and gives readers a peek at why most turnaround guys should not stay for long."
–– John Carrington, Chairman and CEO, WebSense

"Too many celebrate financial victory; too few dig into business tragedy. Ultimate success comes from saving the disasters, and this book tells exactly how."
–– Craig McCaw, Chairman, Nextel

"A solid turnaround guide from one who’s been there."
–– Peter Ueberroth, Chairman, Contrarian Fund

"Hard-hitting, practical thrusts."
–– Philip Thurston, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School

"Winning basics for sports, war, or business."
–– Don Drobny, Partner, Perot Systems

"Uncommon, in-your-face thinking that resurrects business."
–– Carole Rhoades, Vice President, Seaport Ventures

"Powerful. I reread it on trips."
–– Allan Shaw, Executive Director, MS Society

"Executives must read this."
–– Martha Demski, VP and CFO, Vical

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Permanently Failing Organizations
Professor Lynne G. Zucker
$50.02

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Why do organizations succeed or fail in pursuit of their explicit goals? Do effective organizations displace inefficient and ineffective ones? Does organizational performance improve with age? Contrary to the theory long espoused by economists that inefficient organizations are constantly being replaced by the more efficient, instances of permanently failing organizations abound.

In this volume, the authors closely examine performance and draw on the best of both sociology and economics to explain why some organizations perform well and others perform badly. They first separate the concept of organizational performance from that of organizational persistence. Then, bringing in sociological concepts of power, collective action and revolution, they develop a theory of why - and how - organizations tend towards failure and how they survive in spite of it. Meyer and Zucker contend that management plays a critical role in the movement towards or away from poor performance, yet persistence is determined by the often competing interests of owners, managers, workers and the public.

Replete with examples of high-persistence, low-performance organizations and provocative, theoretical insights, this book is an important addition to the theoretical literature on organizations.

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Health Care Meltdown: Confronting the Myths and Fixing Our Failing System [HEALTH CARE MELTDOWN REV/E -OS]
Robert H. M. D.(Author) ; White, C. Rocky M. D.(Author) LeBow
$19.95

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Lasso Lou and Cowboy McCoy
Barbara Larmon Failing
$6.50

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They're the rootinest-tootinest cowboys this side of the Pecos! With his spiffy new cowboy hat, McCoy is ready to ride the range as soon as he can figure out how to get on his horse. Luckily his pal Lasso Lou is there to help McCoy saddle up. And then, they're both in for a wild ride!

This warmhearted and wonderfully silly western tale introduces a pair of crazy cowpokes who, for all their bumbling, know that every adventure is better with a friend along to share the ride.

Pictures by Tedd Arnold.

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The Complete Excuses Handbook: The Definitive Guide to Avoiding Blame and Shirking Responsibility for All Your Own Miserable Failings and Sloppy Mistakes
Julia Spalding
$2.49

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Finally, we all have a good excuse! This definitive guide covers the entire gambit of self-justifications, so everyone from the frustrated CEO to the mid-level executive, from the soccer mom to the lazy student can convincingly say: It’s not MY fault! Discover brand new, impeccable excuses for being absent when you should have been present, arriving late, missing the deadline, flunking the class, slacking on the job, consuming too much junk food, and lots more. Plus, there are great ideas straight from the rich and shameless and a list of monosyllabic excuses for those who can’t be bothered to tell a whopper. Best of all, the book has a devious reversible cover so you can carry it anywhere and always have a lie at hand!

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How to Have Fun without Failing Out: 430 Tips from a College Professor
Robert Gilbert
$6.27

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' If you're attending college--read this book before you attend another class. If you're paying for someone to attend college--buy this book AND MAKE SURE THAT PERSON READS IT!'

--Dr. Kirk Peters, Dean of Student Affairs, Tunxis Community College

GET GREAT GRADES IN COLLEGE

AND STILL HAVE A TON OF FUN ALONG THE WAY!

Congratulations--you're going to college! You have what it takes to be wildly successful. You're bright. You're eager. You're determined.

But wait. Statistics show that more than half of all college students either fail out or drop out and tragically never get their degrees.

So, what will you become in college--a superstar or a statistic ?

Open this book right now to find the simple and easy-to-follow strategies you need to graduate with honors and still have the best time of your life!

Dr. Rob Gilbert, who has been a college professor for more than twenty-seven years, has discovered the keys to having fun in college without failing out! He has seen too many students with tremendous potential take the plunge from fun to flunk. That's why he wrote this book. With these powerful, easy-to-use, student-tested tips you will enjoy a less stressful, more productive, and most memorable college experience. Absolutely, positively, guaranteed!

Some of the secrets you'll learn include:

• Tip #35 How to get your professors to like you almost instantly

• Tip #170 The one must-do the night before any exam

• Tip #180 The word to say that can help you get better grades

• Tip # 404 Fourteen words that will change your life

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Putin's Russia: Life in a Failing Democracy
Anna Politkovskaya
$5.44

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A searing portrait of a country in disarray, and of the man at its helm, from “the bravest of journalists” (The New York Times)

Hailed as “a lone voice crying out in a moral wilderness” (New Statesman), Anna Politkovskaya made her name with her fearless reporting on the war in Chechnya. Now she turns her steely gaze on the multiple threats to Russian stability, among them President Putin himself.

Putin’s Russia depicts a far-reaching state of decay. Politkovskaya describes an army in which soldiers die from malnutrition, parents must pay bribes to recover their dead sons’ bodies, and conscripts are even hired out as slaves. She exposes rampant corruption in business, government, and the judiciary, where everything from store permits to bus routes to court appointments is for sale. And she offers a scathing condemnation of the ongoing war in Chechnya, where kidnappings, extrajudicial killings, rape, and torture are begetting terrorism rather than fighting it.

Sounding an urgent alarm, Putin’s Russia is both a gripping portrayal of a country in crisis and the testament of a great and intrepid reporter.

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The Seven Failings of Really Useless Leaders
Jacqueline M. Moore; Steven Sonsino
$47.00

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Don't Try To inspire Your People. That's Pointless. Just Stop The Seven Things You're Doing That Demotivate People Utterly. You ll Soon Become A Better Leader Unlike other leadership books, The Seven Failings of Really Useless Leaders does NOT concentrate on good or great leadership. (Or even on getting from 'good to great'.) You see, we don't want you to copy all those so-called inspirational executives out there. We know that copying other people blindly just doesn't work. There's an even better reason why we don't want you to concentrate on what other executives do brilliantly. And the reason is this: we learn far more and far more quickly from our mistakes than from the things we do well. That's just human nature. So in this book we'll share with you exactly where people still foul up in leading others. Things that destroy bottom-line value. Now don't misunderstand us we can t reveal the specific information from our coaching, teaching and consulting work that would be unethical. But what we can do is this: we can summarise for you the seven key things that seem to occur time and time again things people do that have a direct impact on the bottom line. And we've called these the Seven Failings of Really Useless Leaders. Jacqueline Moore and Steven Sonsino www.7failings.com