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We've built machines to become more efficient in business, but humans remain human -- and inefficient. But must that always be the case? According to renowned business psychologist Walter Dill Scott, managers can help workers find their "second wind," the point at which they move past their previous limits and achieve top performance. Applying psychology to business, Scott wrote, "when a man is doing what he believes to be his best, he is still able to do better; when he is completely exhausted, he is, under proper stimulus, able to continue." In Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, Scott explores how to create motivation for success. He looks at factors such as imitation, competition, loyalty, concentration, wages, pleasure, "the love of the game," relaxation, and habit formation. He hopes to find each worker's latent powers and hidden stores of energy to discover "wider horizons of honorable and profitable activity."WALTER DILL SCOTT applied psychology to the fields of advertising, vocational aptitude, and business. He created a rating scale that would predict a job applicant's success in a given position; this scale was modified for the military during World War I with great success. For this contribution, Scott earned a Distinguished Service Medal at the end of the war. He retired as President Emeritus from Northwestern University, which he led from 1920 -1939.

Published before 1900, this appealing little book offers the facts about "The Game" on Wall Street with the hopes that some novice investors may catch a hint or two along the way.Appealing because of its simple and unadorned language as well as offering scores of examples of what the world of Wall Street was like "back in the day," THE GAME IN WALL STREET provides timeless investment information in an engaging and accessible way.With insightful analysis from inside the world of finance, THE GAME IN WALL STREET: and How to Play it Successfully should be in every investor's library.

Looking to make better investment decisions, eliminate costly errors, and handle your financial affairs with knowledge and confidence?Beyond fundamental investment tactics that involve charts, formulas and financial analyses is an art based on primary principles, timeless tenets and a common sense approach to investing in today's complex financial markets.The Art of Wall Street Investing showcases the art of investing. Success in the market is built with vision, skill and the classic principles from which anyone can learn. This practical guide features information on a range of investment styles and subjects from value investing to quantitative analysis, from emerging markets to forecasting stock market movements. Investment professionals agree: the key to successful investing is to avoid costly mistakes in timing the stock market. The Art of Wall Street Investing is essential reading for novice and expert investors alike.

".between October and December 2003, at the Abu Ghraib Confinement Facility, numerous incidents of sadistic, blatant, and wanton criminal abuses were inflicted on several detainees. This systemic and illegal abuse of detainees was intentionally perpetuated by several members of the military police guard force. There was a severe lapse in the accountability of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison complex."Finally released to the public in March 2004, THE TAGUBA REPORT provides specific findings and offers official recommendations on the subject of detainee abuses, prisoner escapes, and the military's accountability. What's more, it details the "command climate" that resulted in the devastating mistreatments carried out by U.S. military personnel in Iraq.For the first time, this report assesses the Department of Defense's Counter-Terrorism Interrogations and Detention Operations, as well as presenting evidence related to initial investigations into the actions and perspectives of military intelligence personnel.MAJOR GENERAL ANTONIO M. TAGUBA led the initial investigation into abuses in the U.S. military prison at Abu Ghraib and has played a major role in the United States' global war on terrorism. Prior to his command in Iraq, Major Taguba served as the Deputy Commanding General (Support), Third U.S. Army, U.S. Army Forces Central Command and Coalition Forces Land Component Command.

Tom Slick Mystery Hunter! What if we could peer inside the mind of a 20th century "mystery hunter"? How did he learn to harness his intuition, to celebrate his curiosity, to dare to explore the unknown? What clues could we discern for our own personal journeys of discovery? Author Catherine Nixon Cooke takes us on an exciting adventure, in the company of her uncle, legendary explorer Tom Slick, whose tremendous wealth gave him the means to mount spectacular expeditions to the Himalayas and the Amazon, where conversations with the Dalai Lama, Indian mystics, and South American shamans offered many different lenses through which to see the world we think we know. Slick created five scientific research foundations, developed new species of cattle and grasses, discovered major oil fields, loved several beautiful women, searched for the "Abominable Snowman", wrote two books on world peace, and produced several inventions that changed the world...all before he died in 1962 at 46 years old. Rare historic photos, personal interviews with family and friends, and Slick's personal correspondence discovered in a shed by Cooke, create a portrait of a remarkable man who was sparked by the same "life puzzles" that catapult each of us on our own quest to understand the mysteries we all encounter.

These are no ordinary reminiscences a Wall Street broker--these are, according to many readers, the personal tales of legendary trader Jesse Livermore, the man often blamed for the stock market crash of 1929.

American historian John S.C. Abbott wrote Benjamin Franklin-A Picture of the Struggles of our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago (1876) as part of his American Pioneers and Patriots series.

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States Vol. III-with a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution, written by Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story in three volumes, was first published in 1833, of which this edition is a replica.

In this fascinating publication, which sold 200,000 copies, Gladstone expressed his sympathies for the Balkan Christians and called for independence of the Balkan states.

Constantine, the Last Emperor of the Greeks, or the Conquest of Constantinople by the Turks (A.D. 1453) (1892), by Cedomilj Mijatovic, is a fascinating history of the fall of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

Culpeper's Complete Herbal was originally published in 1652 as The English Physitian, and in 1653 under its more well-known title. It is a practical health guide, describing plants, where and when they grow, and what symptoms they alleviate.