"A terrific book that captures the explosion of creativity and business evolution at the center of the Internet phenomenon. A tantalizing mix of diverse players with utopian visions, animated by equal parts aggression and delight. A true saga of our time."-James F. Moore author, The Death of Competition; Chairman, Geo Partners Research Inc.
Architects of the Web presents the dynamic history of the Web's creation and evolution-as well as its emergence as a dynamic business tool-through revealing profiles of its architects, the brilliant minds who have helped thrust the Web onto desktops and corporate agendas around the world. A diverse, ambitious group, the architects of the Web are:
* Marc Andreessen, Netscape
* Ariel Poler, I/PRO
* Rob Glaser, Progressive Networks Andrew Anker, HotWired
* Kim Polese, Marimba
* Halsey Minor, C/NET
* Mark Pesce, VRML
* Jerry Yang, Yahoo!
Before writing this book, ROBERT REID worked at Silicon Graphics (SGI), a $2 billion maker of supercomputers, workstations, and servers. There, he managed his company's relationship with Netscape (which was cofounded by SGI's own founder, Jim Clark). He now works at Twenty-Firs t Century Internet, a venture capital fund headquartered in San Francisco. Mr. Reid is a graduate of Stanford University, holds an MBA from Harvard University, and lives in Mountain View, California. "A terrific book that captures the explosion of creativity and business evolution at the center of the Internet phenomenon."—James F. Moore, Chairman, Geo Partners Research Inc.
"Well written and rich with detail." (Fortune) "Well written and rich with detail." (Fortune) 02 Wiley Imprint Code List JW Wiley John Wiley & Sons 19990219 1997 01 000 01 238.5 mm 02 160.0 mm 03 28.1 mm 08 20 oz John Wiley & Sons IP 27 01 T 16.95 0471325740 03 0471325740 0471161276 BC Back from the Brink The Greenspan Years 1 A01 Steven K. Beckner Beckner, Steven K. Steven K. Beckner eng 452 BUS027000 2.3 01 "Thorough and timely . . .essential reading for those who seek insight into the process and the personalities that will shape Fed policy."—Barron's
A compelling and intricate portrait of the enigmatic Alan Greenspan and the powerful institution he heads
"Steven Beckner, as knowledgeable a Fed watcher as there is in the land, has done a great job telling the story of the challenging and successful Greenspan years."—L. William Seidman Chief Commentator, CNBC, and former head of the FDIC
"Beckner does a yeoman's job of chronicling the Fed policy of the past decade."—Business Week
"No matter what [Beckner] writes these days, people on Wall Street assign magical properties to his words."—Michael Lewis New York Times Magazine
"Fed watcher extraordinaire Steven Beckner chronicles the incredible tenure of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan. . . . Read and reread this extraordinary book."—Dow Jones Asset Management
"Accessible to the financially uninitiated, this dynamic, seemingly day-to-day chronicle may be the ultimate Fed watcher's guide."—Publishers Weekly 04 02 The Makings of a Central Banker.
Hitting the Ground Running.
"Deep Root Canal Surgery."
An About-Face.
The Chickens Come Home to Roost.
"Fifty Mile per Hour Headwinds."
The End of a Recession and a Presidency.
Working with a Democratic President.
A Preemptive Strike.
Coping with a Peso Crisis and a Fiscal Fiasco.
Epilogue.
Endnotes.
Index. Steven K. Beckner is a financial writer whose reporting sends ripples through the markets with the so-called "Beckner Effect" (The New York Times). For the past eleven years, he has been a reporter for Market News Service, a wire service specializing in information on and for the markets. He is also a frequent guest on National Public Radio, where he demystifies economic and financial developments. "Essential reading for those who seek insight into the process and the personalities that shape Fed policy during the next phase of the Greenspan era."—Barron's
02 Wiley Imprint Code List JW Wiley John Wiley & Sons 19990219 1996 01 000 01 222.5 mm 02 139.5 mm 03 31.5 mm 08 20.64 oz John Wiley & Sons IP 21 01 T 16.95 0471326135 03 0471326135 0471599255 BC The Blue Planet, Study Guide An Introduction to Earth System Science 1 A01 Brian J. Skinner Skinner, Brian J. Brian J. Skinner Yale Univ. 2 A01 Stephen C. Porter Porter, Stephen C. Stephen C. Porter Univ. of Washington 3 A01 Daniel B. Botkin Botkin, Daniel B. Daniel B. Botkin The Center for the Study of the Environment, George Mason Univ. 2 eng 193 SCI030000 2.3 01 The image of the Earth on the front cover was acquired from the GOES-8 Imager by the Laboratory for Atmosphere at NASA'S Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. It was taken on September 2, 1994, using two channels for the Imager to produce a "natural color" effect. The photos shown here on the back cover illustrate the four spheres of the Earth system - the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere - together with changes being produced by human activities. 04 02 THE EARTH IN SPACE.
The Earth System.
Fellow Travelers in Space: Earth's Nearest Neighbors.
The Sun, Giver of Life.
THE EARTH BENEATH OUR FEET.
Plate Tectonics.
Earthquakes and the Earth's Interior.
Minerals and Rocks.
The Heat Within: Magmas and Volcanoes.
The Earth's Evolving Crust.
THE EARTH'S BLANKET OF WATER AND ICE.
Water on the Land.
The World of Snow and Ice.
The World Ocean.
THE EARTH'S GASEOUS ENVELOPE.
Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere.
Winds, Weather, and Deserts.
The Earth's Changing Climate.
A Planetary Perspective on Life.
Geochemistry and Life.
Biological Evolution and the History of the Biosphere.
LIVING ON THE EARTH.
Resources from the Earth.
The Changing Face of the Land.
Global Change: A Planet Under Stress.
Appendices.
Glossary.
Credits.
Index.
