Describes a tsunami which struck Hawaii on April 1st, 1946 and provides additional facts about the causes of tsunamis and the difficulties scientists encounter in developing an early warning system.

In the summer of 1609 a fleet of nine ships left England bound for the Jamestown Colony. Days before landfall, the fleet was hit by a hurricane. Four nights later, the flagship, Sea Venture, ran aground on the reefs on Bermuda's northern coast. Miraculously everyone survived. This is their story.Describes how the crew of the Sea Venture survived a five-day hurricane at sea and being shipwrecked on the 'haunted' Bermuda Islands.

Product Description: First published in 1927. John Macdonald (1741-96) was born, and died, a Scottish Highlander. First published at the time of the French Revolution, these memoirs of his days in service provide a rich panorama of life in the company of blind fiddlers, maid-servants, the Scottish aristocracy, soldiers, historians, Oriental Princes, servants of the East India Company and men of great wealth, including James Coutts the banker...read more

Product Description: The Law of Freedom of Information is set to become the standard work of authority in this newly important field. Published to coincide with the coming into force of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, its comprehensive, analytical approach provides the complete reference volume for practitioners advising on the new legislation: those working within or advising the myriad public bodies upon which the Act imposes new duties regarding the disclosure and handling of information; those advising clients with a personal, professional or commercial interest in obtaining information from those newly obliged to provide it; and those in the business community for whom the Act raises important concerns about the potential accessibility of commercially sensitive information...read more

Product Description: This book aims to 'clear the fog' which surrounds the concept of TQM. It provides an easy, stp-by-step guide to understanding the TQM process. These steps include: understanding the principles; assessing the need for TQM; developing an implementation plan; providing an environment for success;and auditing and monitoring progress...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Condemns corporate America's use of quick-fix fads to change for the sake of changing, and examines such companies as 3M, Wal-Mart, and Toyota for strategies on succeeding which rely on developing their staff, knowing their business, and concentrating oncustomers (view table of contents)

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Product Description: This book highlights the desperate need for quality improvement in a variety of service organizations. Experience and research indicates that the waste of resources in the services sector amounts to more that 30% of operating costs...read more

Product Description: “The Travis McGee novels are among the finest works of fiction ever penned by an American author.” ―Jonathan KellermanHe had done a big favor for her husband, then for the lady herself. Now she’s dead, and Travis McGee finds that Helena Pearson Trescott had one last request of him: to find out why her beautiful daughter Maureen keeps trying to kill herself...read more

Product Description: This is the third volume on gastrointestinal cancer of the Cancer Treatment and Research Series. The emphasis in this volume is to present a series of papers on areas of high clinical relevance in malignant diseases of the gut. As in the first and second volumes of this series, authors have been selected for their expertise and national and international prominence in their fields...read more