In today’s turbulent global economy, companies establish competitive advantage by creating the most exciting ideas and taking them to market. To sustain this competitive advantage and thrive long term, innovative companies must use intellectual property to protect their valuable ideas. iProperty explores the intellectual property strategies and tactics used by successful companies to protect ideas. It answers the question, "If I’m serious about strategically deploying intellectual property in a way that benefits my bottom line, what should I do on Monday morning to make that happen?" Too often, books dealing with strategy remain high-level and vague, while intellectual property books frequently bog the reader down in the intricacies of patent laws and regulations. Avoiding these extremes, iProperty emphasizes the concrete details involved in actual implementation and provides executives, managers and attorneys with practical advice for developing and executing a strategic intellectual property plan that will yield a measurable return on investment.

iProperty: Profiting from Ideas in an Age of Global Innovation

Business & Money

HUNT, THOMAS

Price, Christopher

Barrett, William

Industries

wiley

Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia

Set in the Gilded Age of New Orleans, the historical biography Deep Water:Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia establishes thefactual details of Macheca's epic life story, the assassination of Police ChiefDavid Hennessy and the Crescent City lynchings."An excellent, meticulously detailed ... account of the birth of the AmericanMafia and a wonderful study of New Orleans from the CivilWar/Reconstruction periods up through the famous mass lynching.Macheca comes across as a fascinating rogue. Deep Water ... shows amarvelous objectivity."-Rick Mattix, coauthor, The Complete Public Enemy Almanac"A memorable reading experience... This book will force a reassessment ofa famous event in the history of American organized crime."-Dr. Peter Dale Scott, author, Deep Politics and the Death of JFK"Very interesting and informative. I was also happy to see my own prejudiceconfirmed: the Hennessy murder emerges out of the turbid racial andpolitical situation in the city."-James Fentress, author, Rebels and Mafiosi

Biographies & Memoirs

Sheldon, Martha

Historical

iUniverse, Inc.

Set in the Gilded Age of New Orleans, the historical biography Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia establishes the factual details of Macheca’s epic life story, the assassination of Police Chief David Hennessy and the Crescent City lynchings. “An excellent, meticulously detailed ... account of the birth of the American Mafia and a wonderful study of New Orleans from the Civil War/Reconstruction periods up through the famous mass lynching. Macheca comes across as a fascinating rogue. Deep Water ... shows a marvelous objectivity.” —Rick Mattix, coauthor, The Complete Public Enemy Almanac “A memorable reading experience... This book will force a reassessment of a famous event in the history of American organized crime.” —Dr. Peter Dale Scott, author, Deep Politics and the Death of JFK “Very interesting and informative. I was also happy to see my own prejudice confirmed: the Hennessy murder emerges out of the turbid racial and political situation in the city.” —James Fentress, author, Rebels and Mafiosi Through a combination of historical records and family lore, the authors trace Macheca's rise to successful merchant while concurrently describing the political and social changes in New Orleans in the last half of the 19th Century... [A] convincing analysis of the inextricability of organized crime and local politics.—Kirkus Discoveries

Catholic School Leadership addresses many of the challenges facing those who prepare faith leaders and education leaders for the Catholic schools of the future.

Catholic School Leadership: An Invitation to Lead

Oldenski, Brother Thomas

Wallace, Theodore J.

Religion & Spirituality

Routledge

This elegant look into the life of dance paints a portrait of the unique world of ballet from within America's oldest ballet company, the San Francisco Ballet.The photographers' stunning imagery gives the reader an inside look into the daily classes, rehearsals, and performances of these remarkable artists by capturing life onstage and backstage. Over a five-year period and with special permission from the San Francisco Ballet, At the Ballet focuses on the inner workings of this world-class company and reveals the efforts that go into every performance.Candid interviews with the principal dancers and members of the corps reveal their own secrets to the beauty and grace of this classic art form. It takes a highly driven person with the right mix of talent, devotion, character, body type, and luck to make it into a company of this caliber. The dancers--many of whom came to the company from as far away as China, Russia, and Australia--describe their aspirations, fears, strengths, weaknesses, and philosophies in inspirational texts. They share with readers how they prepare for a performance; what they think about onstage; how they survive the grueling schedule of rehearsals, performances and tours; and to what they attribute their success.

At The Ballet; On Stage, Backstage

Arts & Photography

Lee, Sandra

Hunt, Tom

Performing Arts

Universe

This elegant look into the life of dance paints a portrait of the unique world of ballet from within America's oldest ballet company, the San Francisco Ballet. The photographers' stunning imagery gives the reader an inside look into the daily classes, rehearsals, and performances of these remarkable artists by capturing life onstage and backstage. Over a five-year period and with special permission from the San Francisco Ballet, At the Ballet focuses on the inner workings of this world-class company and reveals the efforts that go into every performance. Candid interviews with the principal dancers and members of the corps reveal their own secrets to the beauty and grace of this classic art form. It takes a highly driven person with the right mix of talent, devotion, character, body type, and luck to make it into a company of this caliber. The dancers--many of whom came to the company from as far away as China, Russia, and Australia--describe their aspirations, fears, strengths, weaknesses, and philosophies in inspirational texts. They share with readers how they prepare for a performance; what they think about onstage; how they survive the grueling schedule of rehearsals, performances and tours; and to what they attribute their success.

Humor & Entertainment

A guide to the treatment of diseases of the skin with suggestions for their prevention, for the use

History

BiblioLife

A Guide to the Treatment of Diseases of the Skin with Suggestions for Their Prevention, for the Use

A defence of the Charter

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