Search Results: Authors starting with M from Mike's Library

London: Routledge. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 041535580X . Library stamps/marks/labels, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Contents: Introduction : the quest for responsible leadership in business / Thomas Maak and Nicola M. Pless; Ethics : the heart of leadership / Joanne B. Ciulla; Responsible leadership : a relational approach / Thomas Maak and Nicola M. Pless; A compass for decision making / Lynn Sharp Paine; Spirituality as the basis of responsible leaders and responsible companies / Peter Pruzan and William Miller; Integrity, responsible leaders and accountability / George G. Brenkert; Leadership, character, and virtues from an Aristotelian viewpoint / Alejo Jose? G. Sison; Leading responsibly across cultures / Sonja A. Sackmann; Towards responsible leadership through reconciling dilemmas / Tong Schraa-Liu and Fons Trompenaars; Leading in a world of competing values : a strategic perspective on corporate social responsibility… Read More

New York: Arno Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 040513374X . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Originally presented as the author's thesis, New York University, 1975. "One of these advantages is the ability of affiliates of multinational firms to circumvent restrictive monetary policies in host countries more readily than host-country (local) firms. Although it would be difficult to isolate the contribution of size to this advantage, the mechanism of "escape" from local monetary restriction is clearly linked to multinationality, per se. ... The purpose of this study is to seek empirical evidence regarding the process of circumventing host-country monetary restrictions and the result of this process." - Abstract. ; Multinational Corporations; Ex-Library; [9], 158, [6] pages .

Edinburgh: Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. 0950962600 . Light cover tone, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback.; Edited proceedings of a conference on the Islands of Europe held in Edinburgh in April 1983, under the joint auspices of the Centre for European Government Studies and the Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland. "Case studies of the constitutional and administrative position of Faroe; the Isle of Man; Guernsey and the Channel Islands; Corsica; Sicily; the Greek islands; the Canary Islands; and the Azores. Special attention in each case is paid to the relationship of the islands with their central government." ; vii, 192 pages .

New York: Macaulay. Good with no dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover. Cock, cloth stains, spine crease, wear. Solid hardcover.; Scarce later romance novel by author of Many Mansions and Why Theodora.; 310 pages .

Halifax NS: Institute of Public Affairs, Dalhousie University. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1979. Trade Paperback. 0889260192 . Library stamps/marks/labels, spine tone, rear cover crease, rubbed, otherwise light wear. Solid oversize trade paperback.; "This publication has been prepared as a guide to the literature and resource material needed to conduct a detailed assessment of the impact such a proposed project might have on the poeple of the Bay of Fundy region. While most of the references cited are specifically related to such an assessment, a number of works, especially those in the first two sections, are relevant to an examination of the impact of any large scale private or public project." - Introduction. ; Ex-Library; 82 pages .

Princeton: Princeton University : Program in Law and Public Affairs. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 2001. Trade Paperback. 0971185905 . Corner bump and crease, otherwise light wear. Crisp trade paperback. ; "Our hope all along has been to wed theory and practice: to study a set of difficult problems of international justice and law with the goal of formulating consensus principles." - Preface. ; 67 pages .

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1918. Hardcover. Gutter started after title page, cloth staining, cocked, tone, owner's address stamp on paste-downs, wear; Dust Jacket in two pieces with large chips to front cover, tone, worn. Serviceable reading copy. ; Novelist and investigative journalist's "story of love and politics in a big American city," Philadelphia. Frontispiece and three illustration plates by Leslie L Benson. Strong dust jacket Liberty Bell design; simpler Liberty Bell on book cover. Hard-to-find, with uncommon, worn dust jacket. ; 458 pages .

Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 2004. Trade Paperback. 8322925603 . Corners bumped, otherwise light wear. Crisp trade paperback. ; Polish language. Sociological analysis of the transition of the Polish officer corps from Warsaw Pact-era to NATO standards. ; Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis / Socjologia; Vol. 36; 89 pages .

New York: Arno Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. 0405092849 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover.; Facsimile repritn of 1902 Edition, London: Grant Richards. Mackenzie details the dramatic effects of the expansion of American manufacturing and finance into Europe, especially into the British Empire. "It is no longer necessary to insist on the supreme importance to our trade of the issues here raised. Opinions about the need of industrial reform, which a year ago one dared only state with almost bated breath, are now the commonplaces of the man in the street. We move rapidly in these days, and the entire self-confidence of our industrial supremacy which held the minds of most Englishmen not long since has now given way to a perhaps undue sense of depression. The American invasion of Europe is no long a matter of abstract discussion." - Preface. Overstated perhaps, but a good overview of the impact of… Read More

Princeton NJ: The Benham Club. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1912. Hardcover. Light edge rub and edgewear, edge foxing, owner's signature, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "The undersigned Committee, obedient to the action of the Benham Club, at its annual meeting, May 8th, 1911, has prepared this book, in the belief it will serve to enrich the interest of Benham men in the history of the Club and that it will help maintain the same life and spirit in the undergraduate Club for the years to come." History, constitution, and membership of The Benham Club, a congenial eating Club for undergraduates and graduates of the Princeton Theological Seminary. ; 84 pages .

London: T Werner Laurie. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1925. Hardcover. Library REBIND, library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Interesting memoir of twenty-five years expatriate residence in Venado Tuerto district, Santa Fe province, Argentina, starting in 1899. During this time period, Argentina experienced strong growth with the agricultural development of the pampas, and outgrew both Australia and Canada in population, total income, and per capita income. Accounts include rural life, wildlife, expatriate living, and polo, during a time when Argentina's success was real and the future looked bright. ; viii, 188 pages .

Teheran: Surah-i Mihr. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2006. Trade Paperback. 9645061342 . Creased half-title page, otherwise slight wear. Crisp trade paperback. ; Farsi / Persian language. Islamic Culture and Art Research Institute. Volume 1 ONLY! Contents: jild-i 1. Tajaddud va dinzadayi dar farhang va hunar-i munavvar al-fikri-i sikular va rawshanfikri-i dini -- [jild-i 2. Zaminahha-yi tajaddud va dinzadayi dar andishah-i mutafakkiran-i jadid-i Iran -- jild-i 3. Tajaddud va dinzadayi dar andishahha-yi Mirza Fath Ali Akhundzadah]. ; Chap-i 1; 630 pages .

New York: Criterion Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0200717855 . Slight wear; DJ slight wear. Crisp hardcover.; "As the All-America Coeds, the former Tigerettes become good enough "boys' rules" players to defeat a succession of men's teams finally getting to play the Tigers themselves - and the guys weren't too happy about it." Not ex-library; no writing or markings. An uncommonly wonderful copy with the slightest wear.; 143 pages .

Amsterdam: Walter J Johnson / Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1976. Reprint Edition. Pamphlet. 9022108139 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, covers laminated, otherwise light wear. Solid paperback stapled pamphlet.; "S.T.C. no. 17178." Photoreprint of the 1640 edition printed by T. Badger for H. Mosley, London. Influential work by Maddison, "regarded as a great authority on currency questions. He gave a clear statement of the theory of the balance of trade in Englands Looking In And Out ..." - Dictionary of Political Economy; edited by Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave; Volume 1, Page 723 ; The English Experience: Its Record in Early Printed Books Published in Facsimile; Ex-Library; Vol. 813; 28 pages .

New York: Garland Publishing. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0815313888 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Stand-alone volume one of four volume series. "... for most of Africa colonial domination by European powers was both a relatively recent and relatively short phenomenon. In 1870 most Africans lived in independent societies; by 1915 all but two African sates had been conquered by Europeans. Resistance to European domination by Africans was continuous, although the level on which it occured varied. As the articles in this collection show, the costs of conquest to Africans was great. The articles in this collection concentrate on African struggles to maintain thei autonomy." - Introduction. Contents: Connexions between 'primary resistance' movements and modern mass nationalism in East and Central Africa, parts I & II / T.O. Ranger; African critics of Victorian imperialism: an analysis / B.I.… Read More

Rio de Janeiro: H Garnier. Good with no dust jacket. 1902. Trade Paperback. Rear spine edge tears, rear cover well chipped with old tape repairs, tone, small chips, some unopened pages, random foxing, wear. Still serviceable and solid trade paperback. ; Portuguese language. Collection of critical essays on Brazilian authors and their works by Brazilian poet, diplomat and founding member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo. ; 285 pages .

Calcutta: Sanskrit College. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. Light wear; Dust Jacket light tone, light edgewear, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by editor. Bengali translation of significant 11th-century work on Sankrit poetics.; Calcutta Sanksrit College Research Studies Series 28; [17, 240] pages; Signed by Editor .

Rio de Janeiro: MEC-SEC: FUNARTE Instituto Nacional do Folclore / Universidade de Taubate. Good with no dust jacket. 1980. Trade Paperback. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, edge curling, sunning, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback.; Portuguese language. Premio Silvio Romero 1980. Illustrated. The folklore of troops, cargo and drovers in the Paraíba Valley - details of mule and burro handling in Brazil. ; Ex-Library; 124 pages .

Wien: Springer-Verlag. Good with no dust jacket. 1985. Trade Paperback. 3211818170 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, creased/folded, tone, edgeworn, light wear. Solid trade paperback.; Lectures given at the fifth CISM short course on modern problems in offshore engineering, 1983. Contents: The Progressive Structural Failure of the Alexander L Kielland Platform / T Moan; Steel Template Platform on Piled Foundation / A Agostini; Maureen: The First Steel Gravity Platform in the North Sea / A Gostini, E Gnone; The Ninian Concrete Platform in the North Sea / L C Zaleski-Zamenhof; A Tension Leg Floating Platform / N Ellis; Design and Analysis of Deep Water Marine Riser Systems for Floating Production Facilities / R J Olson; Some Aspects of the Technology Relating to Submarine Pipeline Crossing of Uneven Seabed Areas / A Berti, R Bruschi, R Matteelli; Laying Operations in the North Sea During the 1981 Season / V Giardinieri; A Case History of a Marine Terminal / Y Eprim; Development in… Read More

No place stated: Ben Maile Art Products. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0953174700 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, DJ protector tape residue on covers, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket spine label, otherwise light wear. Solid oversize oblong hardcover. ; INSCRIBED by author/artist Ben Maile on reverse of front free endpaper. "This book presents, to his collectors, for the first time, a rare and fascinating selection of initial sketches and working drawings; original studies that Maie sees as the very bones of the final, finished paintings." ; Ex-Library; Drawings; 111 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator .