An updated edition of the bestselling collection of timeless wisdom from the world's greatest investor Readers of Warren Buffett's letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders have gained an enormously valuable informal education in the art of investing Broad in scope & long on wisdom Buffett's letters explain his principles on sound investing selecting managers valuing businesses using financial information profitably & other vital topics for investors This newly updated Fourth Edition

Includes:: Buffett's latest wisdom on such topics as the financial crisis the housing bubble corporate governance Berkshire Hathaway's acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe the role of oversight in heavily regulated industries today's best investing opportunities & the weaknesses of popular option valuation models Features investing advice in plain English from one of the world's most legendary investors

Includes:: Buffett's insights on the current financial crisis & recession Offers new & potent insight on good corporate governance & other issues vital to executives & managers For investors corporate executives managers & Buffett fans The Essays of Warren Buffett Fourth Edition features the kind of wisdom on investing finance & leadership that can be found nowhere else



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Reveals the secrets of Chinese internal power development 352 pages 498 Halftones black & white Yang Jwing-Ming ...

A paperback reissue Hazel Soan's classic practical art book Hazel Soan is a well-known & popular artist & an enthusiastic & inspirational teacher In The Essence of Watercolour Hazel shows how wonderfully versatile & beguiling the medium of watercolour is & how to get the most out of it Hazel stresses how important it is to understand the characteristics of the medium in order to exploit it to the full She encourages the reader to explore the properties of watercolour & to be unafraid of strength of colour & brushstroke Hazel shows through demonstration & projects that tone is king in watercolour & illustrates how to paint light with the use of shade Armed with this understanding she demonstrates that watercolour is not such an unforgiving medium after all accidents & mistakes can be disguised overridden & corrected The Essence of Watercolour is a culmination of many years of Hazel's teaching & demonstrating in which she offers inspirational insights into the secrets of watercolour painting & encourages artists to take their art to the next level ...

Track Listings Disc 11 Bing Crosby
- White Christmas
- Bing Crosby 2 Frank Sinatra
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Frank



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The Essential College Professor is about the how & why of being a faculty member today Based on the author's series of highly successful faculty development workshops each chapter deals concisely with the most important information college professors need at their fingertips when confronted by a particular challenge or faced with an exciting opportunity Written both as a comprehensive guide to an academic career & as a ready reference to be consulted whenever needed The Essential College Professor emphasizes proven solutions over untested theories & stresses what faculty members have to know now in order to be successful in their careers Each chapter is concluded by a short exercise that faculty members can perform to help them for instance completely revise a course by restructuring the syllabus & course materials bring new life to a research project by reframing it as a book proposal or grant application & so on ...

A healthy diabetic diet is all about eating a wide variety of foods increasing the amount of vegetables & fibre reducing protein & learning to recognise hidden sugars & this book proves just how simple & delicious this can be A comprehensive introduction written by the nutritionist Louise Blair provides all the information you need to plan & shop & cook & Anthony's 200 recipes take inspiration from cuisines around the world to bring you the very best most flavoursome & most healthy dishes even when it's a traditional Sunday Roast or a hearty venison stew accompanied by an American-style cheesecake or a delicious fruit crumble Whether you have diabetes or live with someone who does this is the book for food lovers who know that healthy food should also mean appetising food ...

A collection of comic strips by the internationally-acclaimed graphic-literary talent Alison Bechdel offers an acerbically funny insight into the lesbian culture of 1980s America Bechdel&s brilliantly imagined counter-cultural band of friends
- academics social workers booksellers
- fall in & out of love negotiate relationships raise children switch careers & cope with aging parents The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For fuses high & low culture
- from foreign domestic policy to domestic routine postmodern theory to hot sex
- in a serial graphic narrative &suitable for all humanist persuasions& Alison Bechdel has been chronicling the lives of a small universe of cartoon characters in her strip Dykes To Watch Out For which has been syndicated in fifty alternative newspapers in the USA & has been published in eleven volumes For this first time this collection gathers the best of those volumes & So much more than a comic strip No one comes close to Alison Bechdel& Times



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Sometimes pianists would love to play the 'pops' they enjoy but finding quality arrangements that work for the instrument can be a real challenge The author takes classic film songs from across the decades & makes well-crafted & satisfying arrangements for intermediate pianists ...

A bestselling classic completely revised & updated The third edition of The Essential Garden Design Workbook is fully updated with new colour photograph & illustrations It features new informaion on designing with computer-aided design (CAD) details on sustainability ad biodiversity & important advice on working with contractors It features all new garden plans & growing information for the top 50 plants no designer should be without ...

From time immemorial people have been drawn to the beach to collect practical resources as well as mysterious objects that have fuelled myth & folklore
- it is our inherent hunter-gatherer instinct Whether you are a seasoned beachcomber a casual visitor or an enthusiastic naturalist this book will satisfy your curiosity about the treasures found cast up on the beach strandline be it a pretty seashell a spent eggcase a seaweed frond or an exotic ocean voyager Every find has a story to tell & we aim to answer the questions that arise from each beachcombing discovery
- what is it & where has it come from? Clear photographs & descriptions are accompanied by information about the natural history of the animals & plants you encounter Even man-made debris can offer a fascinating introduction to the workings of the ocean & illustrate how items discarded in Africa or America can wash ashore on a British beach The beach strandline is often overlooked as a wildlife habitat but is home to a unique community of flora & fauna many found nowhere else It is understudied & under threat facing a variety of man-made problems In this book you will find a comprehensive account of the animals & plants that make up this rich & ever-changing oasis of life in the otherwise harsh environment of the beach The more we understand the delicate nature of the strandline the more we can do to nurture & protect it But beware
- beachcombing can be an addictive pleasure! Make sure you pack this book every time you visit the beach
- there is always something new to discover whether on a nocturnal strandline safari making seaweed whistles or hunting minibeasts with pots & pooters Emmerse yourself in the beachcombing experience; the wind in your face the smell of salt spray the roar of the ocean; it's an assault on the senses the perfect tonic
- & this book is your essential guide




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