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New Tourism Books - week of November 16th

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Below is a list of new Tourism titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'Tourism development and the environment'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
NET BL580 Sacred natural sites : guidelines for protected area managers / Robert Wild and Christopher McLeod, editors Peter Valentine, series editor.
IPW, SSH D105 .W47 2009 Lonely Planet: Western Europe.
IPW, SSH D974 .M44 2009 Lonely Planet: Mediterranean Europe.
IPW, SSH DJK9 .E27 2009 Lonely Planet: Eastern Europe.
IPW, SSH DS566.2 .C85 2009 Lonely Planet: Thailand.
IPW, SSH DT1717 .S68 2009 Lonely Planet: South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland.
IPW, SSH DU17 .S68 2009 Lonely Planet: South Pacific.
IPW, SSH DU622 .B46 2009 Lonely Planet: Hawaii / Jeff Campbell et al.
IPW, SSH G155.A1 B69 2009 Contemporary tourist behaviour : yourself and others and tourists / David Bowen and Jackie Clarke.
IPW, SSH, GAT G155.A1 S473 2009 Tourism development and the environment : beyond sustainability? / Richard Sharpley.
SSH G155.M46 C85 2009 Cultures of mass tourism : doing the Mediterranean in the age of banal mobilities / edited by Pau Obrador Pons, Mike Crang, Penny Travlou.
IPW, SSH G156.5.V64 H65 2009 Managing volunteers in tourism : attractions, destinations and events / Kirsten Holmes and Karen Smith.
SSH GV181.35 .T43 2009 SUP 1 Technical skills for adventure programming: a curriculum guide / Mark Wagstaff, Aram Attarian, editors.
SSH, IPW GV713 .S6773 2009 Sport management / edited by Karen Bill.
SSH HE9868.25.T87 K69 2008 Rising above the clouds : the story of Turkish Airlines’ transformation / Cem Kozlu.
SSH QH75 .B57 2008 Biodiversity : my hotel in action : a guide to sustainable use of biological resources.
SSH TX911.3.M27 L9776 2009 Start your own restaurant and more : pizzeria, coffeehouse, deli, bakery, catering business / Entrepreneur Press and Jacquelyn Lynn.

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New Economics Books - week of November 16th

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Below is a list of new Economics titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'The fall of the house of credit'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH GV716 .J679 2009 Global sports : cultures, markets and organizations / Frank P. Jozsa, Jr.
SSH HB98 .H395 2008 The fortunes of liberalism : essays on Austrian economics and the ideal of freedom / F.A. Hayek edited by Peter G. Klein.
SSH HB139 .R46 2009 The practice of econometric theory : an examination of the characteristics of econometric computation / Charles G. Renfro.
SSH HB145 .B3189 2009 The equilibrium manifold : postmodern developments in the theory of general economic equilibrium / Yves Balasko.
SSH HB171 .O35 2009 Everyday economics : honest answers to tough questions / Lawrence H. Officer.
SSH HB171.5 .H46 2010 SUP.1 Study guide, The economic way of thinking, 12e, Paul Heyne, Peter J. Boettke, David L. Prychitko / David Prychitko.
SSH HB172 .M398 2010 Microeconomics / Doug McTaggart, Christopher Findlay and Michael Parkin.
SSH HB172.5 .M4 2010 Macroeconomics / Douglas McTaggart, Christopher Findlay and Michael Parkin.
SSH HB501 .H439 2009 Capitalism, institutions and economic development / Michael G. Heller.
SSH HB3731 .F69 2009 The myth of the rational market : a history of risk, reward, and delusion on Wall Street / Justin Fox.
SSH HC427.95 .E36 2009 Economic policies and social welfare in the 21st century : challenges and responses for China and Thailand / edited by Peter Wilson.
SSH HD7287.3 .P65 2009 The politics of housing booms and busts / edited by Herman M. Schwartz and Leonard Seabrooke.
SSH HF1017 .A97 2010 Australasian business statistics / Ken Black et al
SSH HF1359 .S543 2009 Rules for the global economy / Horst Siebert
SSH HG1573 .M55 2009 The fall of the house of credit : what went wrong in banking and what can be done to repair the damage? / Alistair Milne.
SSH HG3821 .T48 2010 The theory and empirics of exchange rates / Imad A. Moosa, Razzaque H. Bhatti.
SSH HG5750.6.A5 .M64 2009 Bond markets in Malaysia & Singapore / Mohamed Ariff, Cheng Fan Fah, Neoh Vee Heng.
SSH JZ4972 .S76 2009 The UN and development : from aid to cooperation / Olav Stokke.
SSH RA410 .H37 2009 Health and growth / edited by Michael Spence and Maureen Lewis.
SSH RA441 .G558 2009 Global health governance : crisis, institutions and political economy / edited by Adrian Kay, Owain David Williams.


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New Books in Business - Week of 9 November 2009

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Below is a list of new Business titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

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LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH HB615 .E6267 2009 Entrepreneurship and its economic significance, behavior and effects / Maria V. Bradshaw and Patricia T. Carrington.
SSH HB3722 .D55 2009 Keep it simple : policy responses to the financial crisis / Carmine Di Noia and Stefano Micossi with Jacopo Carmassi and Fabrizia Peirce.
SSH HB3722 .M34 2009 A colossal failure of common sense : the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers / Lawrence G. McDonald with Patrick Robinson.
SSH HB3722 .T87 2008 The credit crunch : housing bubbles, globalisation and the worldwide economic crisis / Graham Turner.
SSH HD30.23 .V476 2009 Business intelligence : data mining and optimization for decision making / Carlo Vercellis.
SSH HD30.4 .L425 2008 Doing business research : a guide to theory and practice / Nick Lee with Ian Lings.
SSH HD30.4 .M94 2009 Qualitative research in business and management / Michael D. Myers.
SSH HD30.55 .E34 2010 Global comparative management : a functional approach / Ralph B. Edfelt.
SSH HD38.7 .I536 2008 Tapping into unstructured data : integrating unstructured data and textual analytics into business intelligence / William H. Inmon, Anthony Nesavich.
SSH HD42 .D65 2006 Workplaces that work : a guide to conflict management in union and non-union work environments / Blaine Donais.
SSH HD45 .R392 2009 Reshaping your business with Web 2.0 : using the new collaborative technologies to lead business transformation / Vince Casarez … [et al.].
SSH HD57.7 .C6665 2009 Contemporary leadership and intercultural competence : exploring the cross-cultural dynamics within organizations / Michael A. Moodian, editor.
SSH HD58.9 .Z48 2009 Quantitative models for performance evaluation and benchmarking : data envelopment analysis with spreadsheets / Joe Zhu.
SSH HD2741 .M583 2009 The modern firm, corporate governance and investment / edited by Per-Olof Bjuggren, Dennis C. Mueller.
SSH, ECO HD2741 .T685 2009 Corporate governance : principles, policies, and practices / Bob Tricker.
SSH HD6971 .P62 2009 Industrial relations : origins and patterns of national diversity.
SSH HD9710.J34 T595 2008 Harvard business review on manufacturing excellence at Toyota.
SSH HF5387 .B534 2008 Positively responsible : how business can save the planet / Erik Bichard and Cary L. Cooper.
SSH HF5387 .D392 2009 An introduction to business ethics / Joseph DesJardins.
SSH HF5387 .H4645 2009 Business ethics : a case study approach / Stephen K. Henn.
SSH HF5387 .H69 2009 The ethical executive : avoiding the traps of the unethical workplace / Robert Hoyk, Paul Hersey.
SSH HF5415 .B42887 2009 Sustainability marketing : a global perspective / Frank Belz and Ken Peattie.
SSH HF5415.1255 .S35 2009 The international brand valuation manual : a complete overview and analysis of brand valuation techniques, methodologies and applications / Gabriela Salinas.
SSH HF5415.127 .C53 2009 Boomer marketing : selling to a recession resistant market / Ian Chaston.
SSH HF5429 .R457 2009 Retail supply chain management : quantitative models and empirical studies / Narendra Agrawal, Stephen A. Smith, editors foreword by Hau L. Lee
SSH HF5548.32 .P78 2009 Proliferation of the Internet economy : e-commerce for global adoption, resistance, and cultural evolution / Mahmud Akhter Shareef … [et al.].
SSH HF5548.34 .M625 2009 Mobile and ubiquitous commerce : advanced E-business methods / [edited by] Milena Head and Eldon Y. Li.
SSH HF5548.37 .L33 2009 Managing the human factor in information security : how to win over staff and influence business managers / David Lacey.
SSH HF5625 .S36 2009 Financial accounting theory / William R. Scott.
SSH HF5635 .L684 2009 Accounting in context / Bradley N. Potter … [et al.].
SSH HF5657.4 .H548 2008 Cost management : strategies for business decisions / Ronald W. Hilton, Michael W. Maher, Frank H. Selto.
SSH HF5718 .F67 2008 The art of successful business communication / Patrick Forsyth with Frances Kay.
SSH HF6146.I58 L438 2009 The truth about pay-per-click search advertising / Kevin Lee.
SSH HG101 .T55 2009 Financial Darwinism : create value or self-destruct in a world of risk / Leo M. Tilman.
SSH HG172.A2 A43 2009 Lords of finance : the bankers who broke the world / Liaquat Ahamed.
SSH HG173 .F27 2009 Finance : capital markets, financial management, and investment management / Frank J. Fabozzi, Pamela Peterson Drake.
SSH HG173 .T346 2009 Risk management in finance : six sigma and other next-generation techniques / Anthony Tarantino, Deborah Cernauskas.
SSH HG173 .U65 2009 Unified financial analysis : the missing links of finance / W. Brammertz … [et al.].
SSH HG186.A2 H33 2009 European financial markets and institutions / Jakob de Haan, Sander Oosterloo, Dirk Schoenmaker.
SSH HG3751.5 .L364 2008 The rating agencies and their credit ratings : what they are, how they work and why they are relevant / Herwig M. Langohr and Patricia T. Langohr.
SSH HG3851 .C437 2009 Essentials of foreign exchange trading / James Chen.
SSH HG3881 .B436 2009 International financial management / Geert Bekaert, Robert J. Hodrick.
SSH HG3881 .E655 2009 International financial management / Cheol S. Eun, Bruce G . Resnick.
SSH HG4015.5 .B78 2010 Case studies in finance : managing for corporate value creation / Robert F. Bruner, Kenneth M. Eades, Michael J. Schill.
SSH HG4027.7 .H355 2009 The handbook of financing growth : strategies, capital structure, and M&A transactions / Kenneth H. Marks … [et al.].
SSH HG4521 .S847 2008 Sustainable investing : the art of long-term performance / edited by Cary Krosinsky and Nick Robins.
SSH HG4530 .B66 2007 A demon of our own design : markets, hedge funds, and the perils of financial innovation / Richard Bookstaber.
SSH HG4530 .Y365 2009 Enhanced indexing strategies : utilizing futures and options to achieve higher performance / Tristan Yates.
SSH HG4751 .L34 2009 The private equity edge : how private equity players and the world’s top companies build value and wealth / Arthur B. Laffer, William J. Hass, Shepherd G. Pryor.
SSH HG6024.U6 T48 2009 Fool’s gold : how the bold dream of a small tribe at J.P. Morgan was corrupted by Wall Street greed and unleashed a catastrophe / Gillian Tett.
SSH HM1221 .S63 2009 Public relations and social theory [electronic resource] : key figures and concepts / edited by Øyvind Ihlen, Betteke van Ruler, Magnus Fredriksson.
SSH KU885 .P43 2009 Financial services law and compliance in Australia / Gail Pearson.
SSH NA6218 .A485 2009 21st century retail centers : context, culture and community / Ronald A. Altoon.
SSH P96.I5 I4848 2010 International communication : a reader / edited by Daya Kishan Thussu.
SSH TS156 .B433 2009 Implementing Six Sigma and Lean : a practical guide to tools and techniques / Ron Basu.
SSH TS157.4 .K83 2009 Proportional optimization and fairness / Wieslaw Kubiak.

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New Tourism Books - week of November 9th

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Below is a list of new Tourism titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'Managerial accounting for the hospitality industry'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH DS493.53 .A75 2009 Lonely Planet: Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya / Bradley Mayhew, Joe Bindloss.
SSH F1754.7 .S74 2009 Lonely Planet Cuba
IPW, SSH G155.A1 P25 2009 Transport and tourism : global perspectives / Stephen J. Page.
SSH G155.A1 W49 2009 Tourism geography : a new synthesis / Stephen Williams.
SSH GV1046.A8 C93 2009 Lonely Planet: Cycling Australia / Andrew Bain, Ethan Gelber.
SSH GV1301 .A885 2009 Gambling / Australian Government, Productivity Commission.
BIO GV481 .D46 2009 Developing effective physical activity programs / Lynda Ransdell et al.
SSH GV576 .R48 2009 Sport in the 21st century.
SSH HD7289.62.A8 S49 1998 Caravan parks : necessity for some, lifestyle for others : a report investigating the rate and impact of long term caravan park closures and alternative models of caravan park management in South East Queensland / written by Jennifer Severns for the CSCA Consultation and Planning Project.
PSE HE9797.5.U5 A68 2009 Airports and the newest generation of general aviation aircraft.
SSH HF5686.H75 D67 2009 Managerial accounting for the hospitality industry / Lea R. Dopson, David K. Hayes.
NET TX911.3.V62 2006 Extraordinary jobs in the food industry / Alexia T. Devantier & Carol A. Turkington.

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New Economics Books - week of November 9th

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Below is a list of new Economics titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'Lords of Finance'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH HA32 .S6722 2009 An introduction to Stata programming / Christopher F. Baum.
SSH HB103.H47 M37 2008 Markets, money and capital : Hicksian economics for the twenty-first century / edited by Roberto Scazzieri, Amartya K. Sen and Stefano Zamagni.
SSH HB131 .D536 2009 Toolbox for economic design / Dimitrios Diamantaras with Emina I. Cardamone, Karen A. Campbell, Scott Deacle, and Lisa A. Delgado.
SSH HB139 .A326 2008 Using Stata for principles of econometrics / Lee C. Adkins, R. Carter Hill.
SSH HB3722 .D55 2009 Keep it simple : policy responses to the financial crisis / Carmine Di Noia and Stefano Micossi with Jacopo Carmassi and Fabrizia Peirce.
SSH HB3722 .M34 2009 A colossal failure of common sense : the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers / Lawrence G. McDonald with Patrick Robinson.
SSH HB3722 .T87 2008 The credit crunch : housing bubbles, globalisation and the worldwide economic crisis / Graham Turner.
SSH HB615 .E6267 2009 Entrepreneurship and its economic significance, behavior and effects / Maria V. Bradshaw and Patricia T. Carrington.
SSH, NET RA395.A8 A297 2009 Building a 21st century primary health care system : a draft of Australia’s first national primary health care strategy.
SSH HC79.A4 U93 2003 Economic theory and global warming / Hirofumi Uzawa.
GAT HC79.E5 C59 2009 Climate change and sustainable development : new challenges for poverty reduction / edited by M.A. Mohamed Salih.
SSH HD1691 .C67 2005 Cost-benefit analysis and water resources management / edited by Roy Brouwer and David Pearce.
SSH HD9000.6 .F659 2005 Food war [videorecording]
SSH HG172.A2 A43 2009 Lords of finance : the bankers who broke the world / Liaquat Ahamed.
SSH HG1811 .L39 2009 Central bank independence, accountability, and transparency : a global perspective / Bernard J. Laurens, Marco Arnone, Jean-François Segalotto.
SSH HG4523 .D535 2009 The microstructure of financial markets / Frank de Jong and Barbara Rindi.
SSH HG9979.3 .C55 2008 Climate change : financial risks / U.S.Government Accountability Office.
SSH JC359 .C35 2009 Imperialism and global political economy / Alex Callinicos.
SSH, HML QA276.4 .H235 2009 Statistics with Stata : updated for version 10 / Lawrence C. Hamilton.
SSH QA276.4 .K63 2009 Data analysis using stata / Ulrich Kohler, Frauke Kreuter.
SSH, HML QA276.4 .L66 2009 The workflow of data analysis using Stata / J. Scott Long.


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New Tourism Books - week of November 2nd

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Below is a list of new Tourism titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'Owning the Olympics'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
FRY DU278.15 .E65 200- Engineering heritage inner Brisbane : a walk/drive tour.
SSH, IPW G155.A1 T58915 2008 Tourism development : economics, management, & strategy / Alejandro D. Ramos and Pablo S. Jiminez (editors).
IPW, NET G155.A8 Coastal tourism : a manual for sustainable development / prepared for Tourism Council Australia, Australian Local Government Association, Royal Australian Planning Institute in collaboration with Portfolio Marine Group, Environment Australia Office of National Tourism.
BIO GV713 .D54 1995 Sport in a changing society : sociological essays / Helmut Digel.
SSH GV722 2008 .O96 2008 Owning the Olympics : narratives of the new China / Monroe E. Price and Daniel Dayan, editors.

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New Economics Books - week of November 2nd

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Below is a list of new Economics titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'Asset prices and monetary policy'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH HB171.5 .M39 2010 Economics / Doug McTaggart, Christopher Findlay, and Michael Parkin.
SSH HB95 .M43 2009 The hesitant hand : taming self-interest in the history of economic ideas / Steven G. Medema.
SSH HG230.3 .A733 2008 Asset prices and monetary policy / edited by John Y. Campbell.
SSH PN1992.77 .S4335 2009 The secret millionaire [videorecording]
SSH, NET RA395.A8 A297 2009 Building a 21st century primary health care system : a draft of Australia’s first national primary health care strategy.
SSH, NET RA395.A8 A298 2009 Primary health care reform in Australia : report to support Australia’s first national primary health care strategy.


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