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Author: Deborah K. Dietsch. Foreword by Robert A.M. Stern, Dean of the Yale School of Architecture Publisher: For Dummies – An Imprint of Wiley Publishing – 308 Book Review by: Venkat Subramaniam This book can be read by non-architects to learn about architecture or by architects as a reference source. If you are planning on a custom-built structure as your new residence or a commercial building for your business, this book can provide you a lot of knowledge and helpful insight. It gets you thinking on areas you didn’t consider. And there is no doubt a lot of information...

Author: Shari Olefson Publisher: Amacom Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram Shari Olefson provides advice on how to rebuild your financial life. The 2008 collapse of the financial sector added millions more people to the rolls of the unemployed. Today 22,282,247 people have no jobs, according to the website  www.USDebtClock.org, which gets its facts and figures from Federal government agencies. And according to Kevin Drum, author of the Aug 03, 2012 Mother Earth article Will Congress Screw Underwater Homeowners on December 31? some $700 billion in equity had been lost by ‘underwater’ homeowners, or those owing more to lenders than...

Authors: Carol Liao, David Michael, Michael J. Silverstein and Abheek Singhi Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press – 314 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram Economist John Williams gives us three statistics about the United States that will make you shake your head: The first statistic is that for the last few years, the gross domestic product of the U.S. has been shrinking about 2 percent per year, instead of growing at about the same rate that major American media report to us. That is a 4 percent difference that amounts to a whopping $626 billion, or 4 percent of...

Authors: Frances Frei and Anne Morriss Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press – 247 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram In today’s competitive business environment, with few exceptions, it is almost impossible to avail continuous supply of a product on an exclusive basis, so that a company can dictate its price to customers and get the lion’s share of a business. Even manufacturers cannot control retail prices of their products due to competition from importers or other domestic makers of similar goods. One of the key differentiators is the level of customer service. In most U.S. companies, especially consumer-oriented ones...

Authors: Denise F. Polit, PhD, FAAN and Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins – 802 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The first edition of this book was published some 35 years ago in 1978. It has become a classic in nursing. It has undergone numerous improvements over the years. This ninth and latest edition has many of the popular features of previous editions and some new ones which we name below. The authors are both professors of nursing. Denise F. Polit is a professor of nursing at the Griffith University...