Atlas Shrugged1547 reviews Ayn Rand Plume, 1999 Written in the 50s and is coming true today. + But wasn't the real Atlas--from Greek mythology--he who held the SKY, not the Earth? + Now more than ever... + The best             The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1168 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Picador, 2007 Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" list + Friedman is a True Patriot! I found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it ...             Handbook For Scientific and Technical Research2 reviews David P. Beach, Torsten E. Alvager Prentice Hall PTR, 1991 good book for students This book is useful for helping you to organize a research paper in the right way so you won't spend a lot of time rewriting the drafts your professors reject. I found it easy to read and a practical step by step guide to major paper writing in scientific style. The book arrived in good condition.             Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Fourth Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking)4 reviews Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie Morgan Kaufmann, 2007 Great textbook + For SW/HW Engineers NOT Systems Engineers + Excellent background on TCP/IP + Great book             The Technological Society14 reviews Jacques Ellul Vintage, 1967 Technique - the bedrock of the modern world + Jacques Ellul NOT a Catholic layman + Ellul and Technique + Amazing             Data Communications and Networking (McGraw-Hill Forouzan Networking)5 reviews Behrouz Forouzan McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2006 The best book out there for basic-intermediate level + If you want to learn about networks, this is your book I conducted a full book research for an undergraduate networking class I'll be teaching, and this volume quickly rose to the top, and stayed there. It may not be perfect for a strongly math-centric or engineering-based curriculum, but it's perfect for IT/IS and general CS. It is the textbook I ...             Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation8 reviews Robert Burgelman, Clayton Christensen, ... McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2003 Just what I needed + Good + Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation Just what I needed for my class and it was a lot cheaper buying through you.             Management of Technology1 review R.M. Mason Pergamon, 2001 Management of Technology That Makes Sense I found this book very helpful and rich in content. We use this book for our MBA in Strategic Management course.             Handbook of Technology Management Gerard H. Gaynor McGraw-Hill Professional, 1996 Master the proven principles of technology management (TM) to improve your company's financial performance and competitive position. Handbook of Technology Management, edited by Gerard H. Gaynor, gives you an enterprise-wide view of technology to help you manage your business as a system. . .optimize investments in technology. . .achieve efficient business integration. . .and monitor and measure ...             Educational Research: An Introduction (8th Edition)6 reviews Meredith Damien Gall, Joyce P. Gall, ... Allyn & Bacon, 2006 Educational Research:An Introduction 8th Edition + Good resource, but presents inaccurate stats information + perfect Everything was just great. The book arrived in fine condition and well before the maximum delivery date.             The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 200057 reviews Paul M. Kennedy Harper Collins Publishers, 1989 American Decline - War Spending + One of the greatest books that I have ever read! + Military interest + A great book about international economics and power             Transnational Management: Text, Cases And Readings in Cross-Border Management5 reviews Christopher Bartlett, Sumantra Ghoshal, ... McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006 Fast delivery + Pretty good Correct item was received; I'm using this for a class and it's helpful for international business strategy. I will probably keep it afterward for reference.             The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization36 reviews Peter M. Senge Doubleday Business, 2006 Systemic thinking: the art of thinking in loops... + Excellent book on systemic thinking in business context I won this book in a lottery and it was on my bookshelf for several years. I thought it would be one of those repetitive bestsellers about management and leadership, so common in this genre. Belonging to this genre, this book could not escape its being repetitive, but the content far outweighed ...             Business: Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment6 reviews Marianne M. Jennings South-Western College/West, 2008 FAST SHIPPING!!! + Quite Comprehensive + Good enough + Overall, I recommend it.             Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate5 reviews Ernest L. Boyer Jossey-Bass, 1997 A must read for all higher education faculty + Scholarship Reconsidered-A mandate for new scholars + Easy, Effective Read Ernest Boyer has presented a very thoughtful conception of the changing demands placed upon those faculty who work in higher education. Recognizing the triad which governs the "tenurability" of faculty, Boyer addresses the need to rethink what higher education is about and how the ...             Selected Papers in Network and System Administration2 reviews Wiley, 2002 Important ideas in Systems Administration Computer Systems Administration has been needed since shortly after the first digital computers were produced. And certainly, there have never been any shortage of SA books for major operating systems. A trend that has continued to this day. This book offers a different take. It presents SA issues ...             Research in Education: Evidence Based Inquiry (6th Edition)1 review Jim H McMillan, Sally Schumacher Allyn & Bacon, 2005 textbook I only bought this because I needed it for grad. school. It's tough reading!!             Strategic Management for the XXIst Century1 review Reza Vaghefi, Alan B. Huellmantel CRC, 1998 Excellent book on Strategic Management This book is very excellent for being comprehensive and well organized. It is also written in very lucid language but professional, which made it easy for the reader to go through the book and understand the ideas of the authors. This book helps in building a visionary style of thinking for the ...             Industrial Network Security2 reviews David J. Teumim ISA, 2004 An Excellent Introduction to Industrial Networks and Systems Security This book offers an introduction to all the aspects that need to be considered by any Automation, Instrumentation, and/or Control professional to guarantee appropriate security measures for any Industrial network for which he/she may be accountable for. When the book mentions Industrial Network ...             Strategic Management of Technological Innovation3 reviews MELISSA SCHILLING McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006 Concise writing with excellent, practical examples + The most usable book on the subject + Strategic Management of technological Innovation by Melissa Schilling Schilling has prepared a great book to be be used in any strategic management class. As a student using this book within a strategic management class at Southern Polytechnic State University, I enjoyed the short chapters that were introduced with practical real-word case studies. Her ...