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In recent years, the debate over science, reason, and religion has reached a peak (or a high plateau, depending on your perception of time scales) of intensity, breadth, and confrontational vigor. Hundreds of Web sites, blogs, and forums have sprung up, enabling the debate to rage day-to-day. But people will always want points of view to be encapsulated in portable form: books. Faith in the Unseen is a contribution to the debate. Its author, Dr. Rashid Seyal, who is a consultant cardiologist with numerous books on cardiology and religion under his belt, approaches the debate on the "faith" side as a religious man (he is a Muslim) with a strong background in science. The title of his book places the emphasis on the key issue that stands between the scientific atheist side and the faith side: evidence, and the absence thereof. For fundamentalist believers, evidence (other than what is written in holy books) is simply not an issue. However, for the rational religious believer, it is a pivotal point and must be rationalized. It is divided into substantial chapters, each dealing with a major subject of faith and/or reason, and each chapter is subdivided into sections, which discuss various detailed aspects or examples, including death, the afterlife, and the philosophy of life.

No es un obra mas sobre "administracion de empresas," sino un original e interesante tratado que esclarece el autentico rol del directivo empresarial. Las universidades preparan profesionistas, mas no forman directivos. Los tratadistas ofrecen funciones tecnicas, difiriendo de unos a otros, mas no un modelo integral de su papel. Ante esa confusa diversidad los directivos tienden mas a cuidar la operacion diaria encimandose a los demas niveles de mando, descuidando su principal responsabilidad: la estrategia. Para establecer las funciones del directivo lo primero es comprender que es la empresa. Los tratadistas lo pasan por alto. Apoyado en el Enfoque de Sistemas, el autor conceptualiza la esencia de la empresa como organizacion productiva, humana y social. De ahi desprende las funciones gerenciales clasificadas en cuatro areas de actuacion: Directiva-Empresarial, Tecnologica, Administrativa y de Direccion Humana. Con esta clasificacion desarrolla la descripcion de las funciones tanto de Alta Gerencia General, como de Alta Gerencia Funcional, Gerencia Media y Gerencia de Primera Linea, niveles de direccion complementarios entre si. Mas la comprension integral del rol directivo se perfecciona al analizar sus implicaciones eticas. Bajo solidas reflexiones de filosofia social sobre el hombre y el significado de su trabajo, la esencia y fines de la empresa como institucion social, el autor propone la Deontologia del Directivo aplicando los principios de la etica para humanizar sus funciones. En inapelable sintesis: el directivo debe concertar la eficacia de la empresa con su esencia humana y social. Viene a llenar un trascendente hueco sobre la gestion empresarial."

Meet Buck Langley, 50-year-old ad man and occasional ghostwriter about to go broke when a letter arrives in his mailbox with an irresistible invitation and a Honolulu postmark, 4,000 miles away from Langley's home on the West Bank of New Orleans ... Meet Howard Choy, who offers Langley a million dollars to ghostwrite his father's autobiography with a string attached: Milton Choy, following a car accident and a coma, has awakened to claim he is an ancient Chinese military sage from twenty-five centuries past ...Meet Sun Tzu, the legendary general who literally wrote the book on THE ART OF WAR, but committed a sin in 513 BC that would haunt his conscience for eternity ...Meet the men who thought they'd planned the perfect frame, until their victim survives to become THE RETURN OF SUN TZU... "Original and intriguing, the details of Sun Tzu's life historically fascinating." -Writer's Digest "An extraordinary look at The Art of War in action with stunning political twists." -John Grimm, Political Consultant, Multi-Quest International"Truly unique, a tantalizing read for scholars and mystery mavens alike." -Ed Dodge, Author of the critically acclaimed Dau: A Novel of Vietnam