Economics, Finance, Business Used Books - Here are the latest additions to the Economics, Finance, Business category of the Mary Ward Used Books catalogue http://www.marywardbooks.com/categories/58.html very clean and good - corners slightly creased - first edition : immediately available http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0333643267.html Simon and Schuster ; 1991; soft cover; 196 pages including index. Synopsis From the author of "The First Five Minutes", this is a guide to seizing the initiative, and setting the tone and the agenda in the critical last five minutes of any business encounter. Condition: as new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0671710761.html McGraw- Hill, 1963 reprint of the second edition: board book: 192 pages including index. Synopsis: A manual of instruction on transcription of shorthand, organised in eight chapters, divided into 48 lessons, with the theory completed in lesson 45. Lessons 46 to 48 are supplementary and provide systematic reviews. In lessons 1 to 45 the theory is presented in small learning units, designed for easy teaching and easy learning. Condition: very clean and good overall: immediate availability. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/B0007DNL4M.html Synopsis: A guidebook to personal fulfilment and professional success through principle-centered leadership based on timeless principles - showing how goals of excellence and total quality express an innate human need for progress in personal and organizational life.Comments: pristine - as new- immediate availability . Format: Paperback. Pages: 332. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/068485841X.html Princeton University Press, 1966: fourth printing of the 1957 first edition: blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine: 243 pages including index; b/w charts, graphs and figures. Synopsis: Number 63 in the General Series, National Bureau of Economic research, in which Dr Milton Friedman( of the University of Chicago, and Fulbright lecturer at Cambridge University , England 1953/ 4) presents the theory of consumption function ; tests it against extensive statistical material; suggests some of its significant implications: and examines the distinction between two concepts of income: measured income, and permanent income. Condition: dust jacket worn, with damaged edges, and upper corner of front flap removed: corners bumped :end paper stamped D/P LIBRARY (89):cover and contents very clean: overall clean, firm and good. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw01262.html first edition: pristine - as new- immediate availability http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/068485841X....html Penguin 1967: first edition paperback: ownership inscription: paper slighty tanned; overall very clean and good: immediate availability http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0515A819065.htmlJohn Holt : blue cloth hardcover: undated but with ownership inscription dated 1955: 80 pages plus folding map: black and white and colour photographic reproductions. Synopsis: A commemorative trading history produced by John Holt and Co. (Liverpool) Ltd , describing the evolution of their West African Trade which began in the 1860s in cocoa, hides, cotton and linen, mahogany, and groundnuts. Contents: Chapters in Part One, The History of John Holt entitled : - Early days of the merchant adventurer. Foundations of the family business. On the coast. Era of competition. Death of a partner -- birth of the company. Pattern for a new century. Chapters in Part Two , The Company Today entitled:- The modern framework. Markets and merchandise. The produce trade. John Holt Line Ltd. Outlook for tomorrow. Black and white and coloured photographic reproductions of trading stations, factories, vessels, personnel, manuscripts and products included. Condition: no dust jacket: edges of hard cover worn: corners bumped: ownership inscription dated 1955: contents very clean and good: end papers slightly foxed: overall clean , good and collectable. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw004378876.html Gower Publishing 1989: immaculate- almost unread. immediate dispatch http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0566086654.html Barclay's Bank 1972: green cloth hardcover: Gilt lettering and decoration: no dust jacket: 167 pages: Black and white photographic illustrations: frontispiece full page reproduction of pastel and line drawing by Charlotte Halliday , August 1962. Synopsis: A sequel to the firstpre 1925 history of Barclay's Bank, providing the background of the bank's operation during the 44 years between 1926 to 1969; sketching out the main events within the bank during that period and reviewing the principal items in the bank's balance sheet; describing the main banking subsidiaries: followed by a miscellany of topics including the author's personal reminiscences of the bank's most prominent individuals. Condition very clean and good overall http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw01290.html Random House, 2000: paperback: 443 pages. Condition: very clean and good overall. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0712684670.html Comments: very clean and as new - immediately available . Format: Paperback. Pages: 88. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0859411370.html Nicholas Brealey 2000: paperback: 302 pages. Condition; very clean and good/almost as new: immediate availability http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/1857881680.html Review: Advice for anybody who seeks to change their carreer . Richard Nelson Bolles advocates a creative three-pronged approach . He councils you to be in charge, proactive and sell yourself . First identify your talents, work out where you would like to apply these transferable skills, and decide how you will pursue organisations which interest you. Thereafter its down to you. He advices that successful job hunting is a learned skill, requiring study and practice . You need to master it thoroughly and it will be useful for the rest of your life. Format: Paperback. Pages: 480. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0898158443.html