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Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets, New Expanded Edition, (Paperback)
Michael W. Covel Manufacturer: FT Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0136137180 |
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Impressionable, but..........2007-08-25
Not bad, but not very useful.......2007-06-03
It describes trend followers but does not give any sysytems.......2007-06-01
Listen to the author's podcasts before you dismiss him based on negative reviews........2007-05-25
Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets, New Expanded Edition, (Paperback).......2007-05-12
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Trading Up: Why Consumers Want New Luxury Goods... And How Companies Create Them (Revised and Updated)
Michael J. Silverstein , and Neil Fiske Manufacturer: Portfolio Hardcover ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1591840805 Release Date: 2004-12-29 |
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First published to media acclaim in October 2003, Trading Up revealed how today's middle-class consumers are seeking higher levels of quality, taste, and aspiration than had ever been possible beforein their choices of cars and clothing, vodka and beer, golf clubs and dolls, and much more. The book identified a major opportunity for entrepreneurs and innovators, managers and marketers, in every category of consumer goods and services. Now Michael Silverstein and Neil Fiske have thoroughly revised this BusinessWeek bestseller with new research and new insights into the still- growing phenomenon of trading up.Customer Reviews:
Great Insight, but Could Be Shorter.......2007-08-15
Wish I had more time............2007-03-30
Consumer goods startups must read.......2007-01-07
Retail Marketing 101.......2006-10-03
Trading Up.......2006-09-30
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TRADING UP
Candace Bushnell Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0786887060 |
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Janey Wilcox is an M.A.W. (that's Model/Actress/Whatever to the uninitiated). The problem with Janey, the protagonist of Candace Bushnell's first novel, Trading Up, is not the M or the A part. It's the W. Here is a rare alphabetical anomaly: In Janey's case, W stands for "prostitute." Oh, Janey never crosses the line into actual hookerdom, but she does sleep with extremely wealthy men in the hopes they'll improve her status, her financial situation, or her lifestyle. When we first met Janey in Bushnell's novella collection 4 Blondes, she was up to her usual tricks (so to speak)--scamming a guy for a Hamptons vacation rental. At the opening of Trading Up, her fortunes have improved. She's now the star of a Victoria's Secret ad campaign, and as such she's found access to undreamed-of echelons of New York society. She makes friends with Mimi Kilroy, a senator's daughter "at the very top of the social heap in New York." She gets invited to all the best parties. And she finally finds a wealthy man who will actually marry her: Seldon Rose, a powerful entertainment industry executive. Of course, Janey's social ambitions are not stoppered by her marriage to Seldon, and the clash between her expectations (more parties!) and his (normal life) send Janey into a tailspin that leads to heartbreak. Bushnell is clearly trying to channel Edith Wharton (The Custom of the Country is even invoked by Janey as a screenplay idea), but ends up sounding a lot more like a cross between Tama Janowitz and Judith Krantz. This is a novel about shopping and sex, and while it's fizzy enough, it's not Cristal. --Claire DedererBook Description
Janey Wilcox is an M.A.W. (that's Model/Actress/Whatever to the uninitiated). The problem with Janey, the protagonist of Candace Bushnell's first novel, Trading Up, is not the M or the A part. It's the W. Here is a rare alphabetical anomaly: In Janey's case, W stands for "prostitute." Oh, Janey never crosses the line into actual hookerdom, but she does sleep with extremely wealthy men in the hopes they'll improve her status, her financial situation, or her lifestyle. When we first met Janey in Bushnell's novella collection 4 Blondes, she was up to her usual tricks (so to speak)--scamming a guy for a Hamptons vacation rental. At the opening of Trading Up, her fortunes have improved. She's now the star of a Victoria's Secret ad campaign, and as such she's found access to undreamed-of echelons of New York society. She makes friends with Mimi Kilroy, a senator's daughter "at the very top of the social heap in New York." She gets invited to all the best parties. And she finally finds a wealthy man who will actually marry her: Seldon Rose, a powerful entertainment industry executive. Of course, Janey's social ambitions are not stoppered by her marriage to Seldon, and the clash between her expectations (more parties!) and his (normal life) send Janey into a tailspin that leads to heartbreak. Bushnell is clearly trying to channel Edith Wharton (The Custom of the Country is even invoked by Janey as a screenplay idea), but ends up sounding a lot more like a cross between Tama Janowitz and Judith Krantz. This is a novel about shopping and sex, and while it's fizzy enough, it's not Cristal. --Claire DedererDownload Description
The heroine of the story is Janey Wilcox, who was first introduced to readers by Candace in one of the four stories that comprise her bestselling FOUR BLONDES. But this first novel by the iconic author of SEX AND THE CITY is a stand alone novel - you don't need to have read FOUR BLONDES to read this smart, entertaining, incisive and altogether satisfying novel. Janey Wilcox has been a celebrity wannabe for much of her young life, and when we meet her in TRADING UP she has at last achieved many of her goals. She has made it big as a model for Victoria's Secret and has therefore become famous; she has at last been able to buy the car of her dreams; and has even been able to buy her own house in NY's exclusive Hamptons, which means she no longer has to choose boyfriends on the basis of who owns a Hamptons house she can summer in. While Janey has realized many of her ambitions, she hasn't yet realized all of them. She has yet to be taken seriously as an actress, and she hasn't found the man of her dreams. But that second thing, at least, is about to change. In one of the early scenes in the novel, Janey finally gets invited to the most exclusive of all Hampton parties, which means, at least to her, that she has really made it. There, she runs into some of Hollywood's leading personalities, into the creme de la creme of NY society, and also into some people from her past she'd rather not have seen again. However, in the course of the party, she is introduced to and is charmed - captivated - by a handsome, successful man who soon thereafter becomes her boyfriend. But Janey's lilfe will never be simple, both because of who she is and also because of her past somewhat not always good girlish behavior, therefore it's not long before Janey's great new life begins to fray a bit at the edges.Customer Reviews:
Devastatingly Horrible .......2007-09-19
Eh.......2007-09-17
Lifestyles of the Rich and Wannabes.......2007-03-27
A Fun Read.......2007-01-23
My "fix" for Sex and the City.......2007-01-14
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Trading Up: Consumer and Environmental Regulation in a Global Economy
David Vogel Manufacturer: Harvard University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0674900847 |
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Health, safety, and environmental regulations have been traditionally perceived as distinct entities from trade policy, yet today they have become intertwined on a global scale. In this pioneering work, David Vogel integrates environmental, consumer, and trade policy, and explicitly challenges the conventional wisdom that trade liberalization and agreements to promote free trade invariably undermine national health, safety, and environmental standards. Vogel demonstrates that liberal trade policies often produce precisely the opposite effect: that of strengthening regulatory standards.
The most comprehensive account of trade and regulation on a global scale, this book analyzes the regulatory dimensions of all major international and regional trade agreements and treaties, including GATT, NAFTA, the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the United States, and the treaties that created the European Community and Union. He explores in depth some of the most important trade and regulatory conflicts, including the GATT tuna-dolphin dispute, the EC's beef hormone ban, the Danish bottle case, and the debate in the United States over the regulatory implications of both NAFTA and GATT.
This timely book unravels the increasingly important and contentious relationship between trade and environmental, health, and safety standards, paying particular attention to the politics that underlie trade and regulatory linkages. Trading Up is essential reading for the business community, policymakers, environmentalists, consumer interest groups, political scientists, lawyers, and economists.
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Trading Up
Nancy Goldstone Manufacturer: Dell ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: 0440203465 Release Date: 1989-05-01 |
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An excellent writer, an excellent read.......2000-08-05
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Online Trader's Dictionary: The Most Up-to-Date and Authoritative Compendium of Financial Terms
R. J. Shook Manufacturer: Career Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1564145670 |
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When it comes to investing-or every day life-nothing has changed the rules as much as technology. For anyone interested in investing, business, the Internet, or technology in general, the Online Trader's Dictionary is the perfect resource. As the biggest dictionary of its kind, it contains nearly 7,000 terms, making it the most comprehensive collection of terms and phrases used by online professionals. Each term is explained with easy-to-understand definitions and complete cross-referencing. This book is also a helpful guide for understanding terminology involving real estate, banking, personal finance, and various other financial matters. Also included are hundreds of phrases and acronyms.R.J. Shook, author of five business books, including Wall Street Dictionary provides you with the necessary lingo to navigate the Internet and online trading with ease. Entries range from basic terms used within your office to little-known buzz words spoken by every day investors and traders.
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An excellent resource.......2003-12-29
The best glossary for investing, computers, Internet, etc........2001-11-07
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The Chinese drama from the earliest times until today; a panoramic study of the art in China, trading its origin and describing its actors (in both male and female roles): their costumes and make-up, superstitions and stage slang: the accompanying music and musical instruments: concluding with synopses of thirty Chinese plays. With a pien by Mei Lan-fang and a foreword by H. A. Giles.
L. C. Arlington Manufacturer: Bronx, Benjamin Blom, ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000OUV5AK |
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FutureShop: How to Trade Up to a Luxury Lifestyle Today
Daniel Nissanoff Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 014311221X |
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This is a book about change. In particular, it's about how our consumer culture is rapidly evolving to allow us to live better, richer lives for less. The catalyst to this change is eBay and similar sites that are quickly growing into mainstream shopping venues and creating unprecedented levels of liquidity for our everyday goods. The wave of the future will be temporary ownershipconsumers will be able to buy what they really want because they'll be able to easily sell it when they are ready to upgrade to the next item on their wish list. Veteran Web entrepreneur Daniel Nissanoff's invaluable heads-up explores why this change is taking place and discusses what consumers and businesses can do in order to benefit from this new paradigm.
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How I Made One Million...Last Year...Trading Commodities (Hardcover-1973)
Larry R. Williams Manufacturer: Conceptual Management ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000M6KR82 |
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This book gives the reader the tools and concepts the would enable him/her to meet with success in the market.
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Insider Secrets to Making Profit-rich Stock Trades "How to Make Quick and Easy, Profit-rich Trades..part-time From Home..even If...the Stock Market Is Up, Down or Flat. An Amazong but True-life Stock Trading Success Story a Plan Anyone Can Follow!
Jack Carter Manufacturer: Superior Information ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000WL3WT8 |
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Thornyhold
Mary Stewart Manufacturer: Fawcett ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0449217124 Release Date: 1989-10-30 |
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This old-fashioned gothic romance is as good as they get. When Gilly's witch aunt leaves Thornyhold to her, a house in the middle of the woods, Gilly finds that she has inherited far more than she realized. Along with the house comes a cat, a still room filled with herbs (and a missing recipe book), an attic chamber with carrier pigeons (who have secret messages), and an attractive neighbor whose young son offers the sacred and unique blessing of friendship. But Thornyhold possesses far more than even these simple offerings. The place itself seems to convoke otherworldly gifts as well: Gilly cultivates the abilities to heal and to foresee the future once she makes Thornyhold her home. (For those fans of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, there is a Geilis the witch in this book, too.)Book Description
Gilly Ramsey's lonely childhood were brightened only by visits to his godmother, Geillis. When she died, suddenly, the grownup Gilly inherited her cottage, Thornyhold. But nothing about his godmother prepared him for the strange and sinister life that awaited him there....Customer Reviews:
Simple magic.......2007-03-08
Heartwarming and magical.......2006-05-21
Dreamy book, but no real value.......2006-01-07
This is one of my favorites!.......2005-08-10
Favorite Book.......2004-05-29
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The Edge/Alaska/Thornyhold (Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 2: 1989)
Dick Francis , James Michener , and Mary Stewart Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000GRN4CI |
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Thornyhold
Mary Stewart Manufacturer: General Publishing Company, Limited ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: 0773672613 |
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The Edge, Alaska, Thornyhold (Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Vol. 2-1989)
James A. Michener, Mary Stewart Dick Francis Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000JL1RA2 |
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Three novels condensed into one volume.
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The Edge/Alaska/Thornyhold (Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 2: 1989)
Dick Francis , James A. Michener , and Mary Stewart Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000CIJS8U |
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The Edge/Alaska/Thornyhold (Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 2: 1989)
Dick Francis , James A. Michener , and Mary Stewart Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000CIJT8O |
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Mary Stewart Omnibus: Rose Cottage / Stormy Petrel / Thornyhold
Mary Stewart Manufacturer: Hodder & Stoughton General Division ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0340767251 |
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Reader's Digest Condensed Books Volume 2 - 1989 (The Edge, Alaska and Thornyhold
Dick Francis , James A. Michener , and Mary Stewart Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000JCOX70 |
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THORNYHOLD
Manufacturer: William Morrow ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000H1AVBA |
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THORNYHOLD
Mary STEWART Manufacturer: Ballantine Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000GZAESM |
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