In simple stages, this business book charts the creative path to achievement, telling readers how to manage themselves and others and how to be successful. The author offers suggestions on how to choose life goals, how to negotiate to win, and when to stand firm and when to concede with grace

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In a dramatic, personal narrative, popular science writer Shapiro ( Life Beyond Earth ) presents the fullest, clearest account to date of the Human Genome Project, the ongoing research effort to decode the entire DNA text. Besides bringing anticipated relief from hereditary diseases, the Project, if successful, will make feasible new techniques, like mass genetic screening and embryo selection, that will raise novel ethical and legal issues, discussed here with calm detachment. Shapiro engagingly illuminates the Project

This book, the 25th in the spirit of korean cultureal roots series, is an historical examination of the background to the formation of traditional korean villages along with their functions and characteristics. in some cases the tradition of a village is continued in harmony with historical development but in other cases it changed and sometimes disappears. belief in the superiority of western civilization resulting from rapid modernization has led to negative assessment of traditional elements and thus accelerated the decline of traditional villages. under recognition of the unquestionable value of tradition, this book explore human settlements with along history that have continued to the present time, shedding light on their nature and compositional characteristics according to their location, form, and function.

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he Berlin Stories is inhabited by a wealth of characters: the unforgettable Sally Bowles, whose misadventures in the demimonde were popularized on the American stage and screen by Julie Harris in I Am A Camera and Liza Minnelli in Cabaret; Mr. Norris, the improbable old debauchee mysteriously caught between the Nazis and the Communists; plump Fräulein Schroeder, who thinks an operation to reduce the scale of her Büste might relieve her heart palpitations; and the distinguished and doomed Jewish family, the Landauers

In the most reliable and readable guide to effective writing for the Americans of today, Wilson answers questions of meaning, grammar, pronunciation, punctuation, and spelling in thousands of clear, concise entries. His guide is unique in presenting a systematic, comprehensive view of language as determined by context

TodayOs American: How Free? assesses the state of American freedom in the post-9/11 period. Conducted by Freedom House, the study looks at a broad range of rights and liberties, including the electoral process, freedom of the press, counterterrorism policies, corruption, freedom of belief, academic freedom, race relations, immigration, property rights, and equality of opportunity

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