C A T A L O G

· General Interest
Bears I’d Like to Meet: A Bear’s-Eye View of 101 Notable Figures in History
Barbara Boehm

Demon Defense and Demon Doubling: Defend With Skill and Double for Keeps
Augie Boehm

Wielding the Axe: The Vanishing Art of the Penalty Double
Augie Boehm

Private Sessions: A Bridge Education
August W. Boehm

Everyday Clothing: A Pictorial History of What People Really Wore—Prehistory to 1850
Marianne Powell-Parker

· Business
Globalization and Human Resource Management: Adapting Successful UN Practices for the Private and Public Sectors
Fatima Fernandez

Managing Change in the Workplace: A 12-Step Program for Success
Ralph L. Kliem and Irwin S. Ludin

Marketing to the European Laboratory: A Guide to Doing Business in Europe
Robert L. Stevenson and Peter J. Jenks

Work Transformation: Planning and Implementing the New Workplace
Ken Robertson

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BEARS I’D LKE TO MEET!
A Bear’s-Eye View of 101 Notable Figures in History
Barbara Boehm

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2008
48 pp. (hard cover)
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More than 100 notable characters, spanning a variety of eras, occupations, and backgrounds, are presented in glossy photographs with informative and entertaining captions. History made fun for young readers—and their adult companions.

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Demon Defense and Demon Doubling:
Defend With Skill and Double for Keeps
Fourth Printing

Augie Boehm

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June 2004
172 pp.
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“Many important corners are explored that are not available elsewhere in the literature.”
—Alan Truscott, The New York Times

“Boehm does include all of the key elements [of defense] .... Penalty doubles are covered comprehensively.”
—Phillip Alder, syndicated columnist

· Description

This book teaches the principles of good defense. When you feel reasonably confident about your ability to defend, you will feel more secure in doubling the opponents. Successful penalty doubles are a sure way to improve your performance. Using the Socratic method, the book links defense to penalty doubles in a sequential progression. This book will have strong appeal to tournament players of intermediate ability.

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ISBN: 0-9728061-6-4

Three Notrump in Depth

Augie Boehm

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September 2006
176 pp.
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Part I of this book will equip you with a variety of useful, easy-to-master bidding tools to help you and partner discover when to grab the 3NT brass ring, and, just as important, when to avoid it. Reaching good 3NT contracts doesn't confer an automatic bonus-there is that niggling rule about needing to make what you bid. So, Part II is dedicated to the play of 3NT. Since you are apt to defend 3NT twice as often as you declare (50% versus 25%), defensive counters are given full weight.

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ISBN: 978-0-9728061-9-0

Wielding the Axe:
The Vanishing Art of the Penalty Double

Augie Boehm

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July 2008
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Nothing exemplifies the keen competitive spirit of tournament bridge better than the penalty double. Anytime a final contract is doubled, the stakes are raised—not just the score but the implied mano a mano challenge. When you acquire a feel for opportunistic penalty doubles, you have added a potent weapon to your arsenal. Your courage to double freely and wisely will make you a respected and feared opponent. And if the opponents occasionally make a doubled contract against you, be consoled by what a mentor taught me: if they never make a doubled contract, you aren’t doubling often enough. This book, like my books on demon doubling and 3NT, is intended for the intermediate and advanced intermediate club and tournament player.

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ISBN: 0-9637533-9-8

Private Sessions:
A Bridge Education

August W. Boehm

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2002
230 pp.
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"Boehm's book has the sort of stuff that no one ever explains. It is bound to make you a better bridge player."
—Zia Mahmood

"Augie Boehm's Private Sessions is loaded with fresh, valuable material. A dialogue between student and teacher is a great way to learn, and Boehm is a witty professor."
—Larry Cohen

· Description

The best way to enjoy bridge, and win more often, is to learn how to think. This is the essence of Augie Boehm's Private Sessions, now available through HNB Publishing. In its pages, Augie reveals:

·How to improve your bridge memory
·The benefits of visualization
·The fine points of hand evaluation
·Passing--how it is the secret weapon
·What a singleton honor is really worth
·The importance of the fourth trump
·The value of timing during the bidding and play, and at the table
·Secrets of successful declarer play

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Globalization and Human Resource Management:
Adapting Successful UN Practices to the Private and Public Sectors

by Fatima Fernandez

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December 2004
300 pp. (paper)
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"I am very impressed by the book's breadth and its depth. HR practitioners in the private sector as well as in government and other nonprofit organizations will benefit a great deal from the work."

--Norbert Wetzel, Former IBM Regional HR Director for Central and Eastern Europe, the Near and the Middle East, and Africa

· Description

While multinational corporations have struggled with international HR problems over decades, the United Nations organizations have developed a well-functioning career development system in a multicultural environment that is one of the most remarkable success stories of the United Nations. Globalization and Human Resource Management is the first book to compare the HRM strategies and practices of the UN system to those of the private sector and show how to modify them to suit the objectives of MNCs. The implications are straightforward and will have immediate practical impact.

As the US dollar has significantly depreciated, US companies are, now more than ever, seeking business opportunities overseas. At the same time, they have to master ostracizing cultural challenges. Globalization and Human Resource Management is must reading for decision makers in international business, including HR managers, CEOs, COOs, CFOs, business development managers, sales & marketing managers, public relations managers, and other corporate strategists.

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Managing Change in the Workplace:
A 12-Step Program for Success

Ralph L. Kliem and Irwin S. Ludin

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"Covers a complex subject in an interesting, lively, entertaining manner and this kept me glued to the book. . . . The book is realistic in terms of the struggles that any leader and business face. It humanizes the various characters. It has covered powerful learning points in a precise manner."
International Journal of Manpower

"The treatment of the subject shows exceptional maturity and deep knowledge of the authors."
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"Entertaining in its approach and easily conveys methods and concepts of Project Management."
The Noah Project: The Secrets of Practical Project Management
Business Age

"Compulsive reading, cleverly interweaving the arts of presentation into a gripping novel. . . . An excellent read . . . opened a new vista on the subject."
Stand and Deliver: The Fine Art of Presentation
Management Training

· Description

Santa Claus is in trouble. His workshop at the North Pole has been cruising along for centuries, but Santa now finds his customer base-the world's children-dwindling. He realizes that changes are necessary but discovers that implementing them is another matter altogether. Through trial and error, Santa learns that change is not about modeling, restructuring, pay increases, or bellowing orders. It is about people believing in change and wanting it to happen.

Lively and entertaining, Managing Change in the Workplace takes the reader along the often bumpy path of introducing an organization to change. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of change and concludes with a handy checklist to guide the reader around the obstacles to change. Based on solid management principles, Managing Change in the Workplace will have strong appeal for management consultants, project managers, corporate trainers, and CEOs and other executives implementing organization-wide initiatives.

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Marketing to the European Laboratory:
A Guide to Doing Business in Europe

Robert L. Stevenson and Peter J. Jenks

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2001
314 pp.
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"I would highly recommend it for any person who is responsible for developing and implementing sales and marketing practices for this important part of the world. The authors, Stevenson and Jenks, are to be commended for packing so
much valuable information into such a solid little book -- it's a guerilla marketer's dream.
--Managing the Modern Laboratory, 5(4)

"This very readable book contains a mass of useful information"
--Chemistry in Britain

"This book is for readers who desire to sell to scientific, chemical, and diagnostic consumers in Western Europe. However, the philosophy and background information can be applied in different countries and for different market segments."
--Clinical Leadership & Management Review

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A comprehensive guide for American chemical, pharmaceutical, instrument, and laboratory supply companies marketing to or manufacturing in the European Union or considering expanding operations overseas. Covers the current market, selling arrangements, packaging and quality issues, regulatory and export law, environmental and currency concerns, and other business practices of the new Europe. A detailed analysis of distribution contracts provides insight into avoiding conflict and maximizing the potential of establishing business abroad. Includes a special section on marketing to Asia. Essential reading for business development and export managers as well as any executive involved in planning or executing the globalization of the business.

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W ork Transformation:
Planning and Implementing the New Workplace
Third Printing

by Ken Robertson with a Foreword by Gil Gordon

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"Ken Robertson's excellent book belongs on every facility manager's shelf. In fact, it belongs also on the shelf of every executive responsible for human resources, information systems, and telecommunications."
Canadian Facility Management & Design

"The tips and insights provided in the areas of human resources, technology, and design create a useful roadmap for anyone responsible for implementing an alternative officing program."
Franklin Becker, Professor of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University; Author of Workplace by Design

"Captures the very essence of work transformation . . . presenting solid foundations, realistic analyses, and user-friendly evaluation tools."
David Fleming, California telework program champion

"Focussed upon the strategic issues involved in business change. An interesting read for anyone involved in the changing workplace."
Facilities

"Thoughtful and thought provoking"
Telecommuting Review

"Substantive and detailed"
Canadian HR Reporter

"Easy to read, well structured, and full of useful content, demonstrating Robertson's thorough grasp of a range of organisational issues"
Flexibility: The Interactive Forum on New Ways of Working"

"A welcome addition to the growing body of literature in this field."
International Flexwork Forum

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This book explains how an organization can integrate human resources, facilities management, and information technology strategies to deliver improved bottom-line results while fostering a workplace environment that is more satisfying.

Focusing on optimizing the enabling technologies of the new workplace, Work Transformation is an invaluable resource for:

· Facilities managers
· Information technology managers
· Human resources managers
· Corporate/commercial real estate professionals
· Office designers and architects
· Telecommunications and office furniture equipment suppliers

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