For anyone thinking about starting an online business, this resource provides all the steps needed to take an idea and turn it into reality. Wiley Pathways E-Business begins by discussing the legal considerations involved in launching the business as well as tips for acquiring the necessary financing. It also delves into the techniques to follow for operating the e-business, including selecting the right products, managing inventory, creating a marketing plan, and more. The book then covers how to create a secure Web site that can track customer data.

Signed into law in 1966, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ensures public access to government documents, with the exception of nine categories of documents. Martin (communication, U. of Maine) explores the developments that led to the law's enactment and the resulting discoveries in government repositories in recent decades. The text examines the government's historical responsibilities for the management of public information and the news media's interests in access to that store of documents; the wealth of information that dozens of government agencies gather, store, and manage since the formalized reporting system of the FOIA legislation; and the ways in which FOIA advocates assess the application of the law, celebrate their access success, and work toward expanding those opportunities. Martin also assesses the sustainability of the FOIA in an increasing climate of information terrorism and heightened security concerns. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

NO HIDING. Lana Hancock knows all about danger--and betrayal. Eighteen months ago, she was captured by a terrorist group known as the Swarm while one of its members, a rugged man with sinfully dark eyes, did nothing to help her. Now when she's freed and desperate to put it all behind her, the unthinkable happens. The Swarm is targeting Lana once again and the man who stood silently by has become her protector. But can she trust him? NO ESCAPE. Delta Force operative Caleb Stone will never forget the hatred shining in Lana's eyes. Ordered to take down the Swarm by infiltrating its ranks, Caleb couldn't blow his cover to save her--no matter how much it haunted him. Now, gifted with a second chance, he vows to move heaven and earth to protect her...and fulfill her every desire. But the Swarm has reorganized. It's more powerful than ever and hell-bent on revenge...NO CONTROL.

Hidden in the woods is a castle that has been asleep for a hundred years. Only the handsome prince, and your young readers, can wake the sleeping princess and break the spell. Green level for your beginning reader.

The legends of Hercules strength and resourcefulness are among the most famous of Greek mythology. Follow him as he completes his twelve Labors in this brilliantly illustrated Greek myth. Pink level for your fluent reader.

Welcome to Jon Scieszka's Trucktown, a brand-new preschool/kindergarten series that will come in more shapes, sizes, and formats than you can shake a bumper at. It's a world where all the characters are trucks, all the stories are action driven, and boys and girls can imagine themselves in all their crazy, loud, funny, creative, excited, full-throttle glory! It's a world where we work at play, and we play at work...and no one's afraid to get dirty or be LOUD! And it all kicks off with Smash! Crash! Best friends Jack and Dan are spending their day doing what they do best - smashing and crashing! All the while a strange shadow is following them around every corner...Who is this new addition to Trucktown? What does she want? Rhythmic, rollicking text will get kids' motors running and horns honking with each refrain! This is a book that begs to be read again and again!

A fascinating story exists just below Seattle's surface, buried in the city's many historic cemeteries. Founded in 1872 on land acquired from Doc Maynard, Lake View Cemetery holds the remains of one of Seattle's favorite sons, Bruce Lee, whose son Brandon Lee is buried beside him. Maynard is also buried here, along with most of the Seattle pioneers, including the Dennys, Borens, Maynards, Yeslers, and Morans. Princess Angeline, Chief Sealth's daughter, was buried here in a canoe-shaped coffin, and Madame Damnable's remains supposedly turned to stone. Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery, founded in 1884 by the Denny family, contains Judge Thomas Burke, known as 'the man who built Seattle'; a Veterans' Memorial Cemetery dating from the Civil War; and two cannons from the USS Constitution, famously nicknamed 'Old Ironsides.' Mount Pleasant Cemetery, founded in 1883 in Queen Anne, is the final resting place of the labor martyrs of the Everett Massacre and William Bell, of Belltown fame. Remembrance benches for Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix's memorial are also local landmarks.

Capitalize on All the Latest Legal, Financial, and ComplianceInformation Needed to Analyze and Appraise Any Business

For over 25 years, Valuing a Business has provided professionals and students with expert business valuation information, offering clear, concise coverage of valuation principles and methods. Over the decades, the book's unsurpassed explanations of all valuation issues have made it the definitive text in the field, against which every other business valuation book is measured.

Now updated with new legal, financial, and compliance material, the Fifth Edition of Valuing a Business presents detailed answers to virtually all valuation questions_ranging from executive compensation and lost profits analysis…to ESOP issues and valuation discounts.

Written by Shannon Pratt, one of the world's leading authorities on business valuation, this updated classic offers a complete “one-stop” compendium of information on the full range of valuation concepts and methods. Valuing a Business contains step-by-step discussions and analyses of:

• Business Valuation Standards and Credentials
• Defining the Assignment
• Business Valuation Theory and Principles
• Gathering Company Data
• Site Visits and Interviews
• Researching Economic and Industry Information
• Analyzing Financial Statements
• Financial Statement Ratio Analysis
• Income, Market, and Asset-Based Approaches to Valuation
• The Capitalized Excess Earnings Method
• Premiums and Discounts
• Writing and Reviewing Business Valuation Reports
• Valuing Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Stock Options, and S Corporation Stock
• Valuations for Estate and Gift Tax Purposes
• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Valuations for Income Tax Purposes
• Valuation with Employee Stock Ownership Plans
• Valuations for Ad Valorem Taxation
• Dissenting Stockholder and Minority Oppression Actions
• Valuations for Marital Dissolution Purposes
• Litigation Support Services
• Expert Testimony
• Arbitration and Mediation

This landmark reference also presents a wealth of recent court cases for each valuation area, which together provide a comprehensive overview of all the legal rulings and trends in the field of business valuation.

Simple text and illustrations retell Bible stories from the Old and New Testaments, each of which is followed by a 'growing time' section that includes interesting facts, the moral of the story, and discussion questions.

The reader's decisions will determine what happens when he or she travels to Australia to help Uncle Gilroy, a famous archaeologist, search for an ancient civilization.

Conjoint behavioral consultation (CBC) strengthens collaboration between children's most critical learning environments - school and home - for improved academic, behavioral, and social-emotional skills. The reader-friendly, 2nd edition of Conjoint Behavioral Consultation: Promoting Family-School Connections and Interventions offers innovative applications of CBC as an ecological, evidence-based approach. In this new edition, the authors combine best practices in consultation and problem-solving for interventions that promote and support children's potential, teachers' educational mission, and family members' unique strengths. Important features in this new edition include: A step-by-step framework for developing and maintaining family/school partnerships takes readers from initial interviews through plan evaluation.Chapters include discussion on core interpersonal skills, including building trust, managing conflict, and communicating effectively.Practical strategies illustrate working with diverse families and school personnel, improving family competence, promoting joint responsibility, and achieving other collaborative goals.Case studies demonstrate CBC as implemented in traditional school, Head Start, pediatric health, and response-to-intervention (RtI) contexts.In-depth research review explains the efficacy of CBC.The companion CD-ROM includes reproducible forms, interview questionnaires, and intervention tools.The progressive model of Conjoint Behavioral Consultation has a great deal to offer school psychologists, special educators and other school-based professionals as well as mental health practitioners. In addition, its accessibility makes this volume a suitable graduate text or training manual for those planning to work with children and families in these growing fields.

A man who lives simply by the sea explores the shore each day for its treasures which ease and enrich his life, and in the evening creates gifts which he gives to the sea in return.