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 Madam Mayor
By Marcy Meffert
Paper
Watercress Press
Available from Marcy Meffert, P.O. Box 680262, Leon Valley, Texas 78268
In 1994, Marcy Meffert took on what
she calls the ultimate volunteer job of serving on the Leon Valley,
Texas, city council. She served
four years as a councilmember and six as mayor. She was active
on the regional and state levels and served in several in various
leadership positions.
In 2004, she retired from public service to write this book, which
she hopes will encourage more people to get seriously involved in government
as candidates, election workers, and/or at the very least, as voters.
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 The Public Sector's Guide to Skill-Based Pay
System Development & Implementation
By The Waters Consulting Group
2004 - 3-ring hardcover
txmunl $69.95
Organizations of all sizes will have the benefit of the Waters
Group's 3 decades of knowledge, experience and expertise in one
concise reference manual.
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 The Future Once Happened Here:
New York, D.C., L.A., and the Fate of America's Big Cities
By Siegel, Fred
2000/02 - Trade Paper
Encounter Books
1893554104 $15.95
New York, Washington, Los Angeles are the case studies for Cooper
Union history professor's fascinating look at failure of social
policies born in the 60s and 70s Praised by the Wall Street
Journal, The New Yorker and U.S. News and World Report, Siegel's
book has been recognized as the definitive analysis of the late
20th century American urban experience. Anyone who cares about
where we're headed in the new century will welcome this book.
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 New Visions for Metropolitan America
By Downs, Anthony
1995/02 - Trade Paper
Brookings Institution Press
0815719256 $18.95
In this volume, the author analyzes the problems of urban America
and presents economically sound alternatives to guide the growth
and development of metropolitan areas without increasing traffic
congestion and air pollution; endlessly raising taxes, or sacrificing
the availability of affordable housing.
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 The Gift of Community
By Gary D. McCaleb
2001/11 - Trade Paper
Hillcrest Publishing
0891124268 $17.95
To order this book, please contact Lea Watkins; 325-674-2156.
"Gary continues to gently lead us in defining our personal
responsibility to community. "
--Don Borut, Executive Director, National League of Cities
"Gary McCaleb knows the meaning of community. And everything
that he does, from sitting a a college baseball game to dining
with friends at a Chicago steakhouse, reinforces what he knows.
The lessons he shares come from the famous and the not-so-famous.
Gary writes with real feeling, and his sensitive insights
can help all of us turn our cities, our towns, our counties
into true communities. "
--Janet Ward, editor, American City and County
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 Community: the Other Side of Self
By Gary D. McCaleb
2000/05 - Trade Paper
Hillcrest Publishing
089112425X $15.95
To order this book, please contact Lea Watkins; 325-674-2156.
"Gary McCaleb has culled the wisdom of the ages to describe
the soul of and create a face for the fundamental idea of
community. Gary continues to gently lead us in defining our
personal responsibility to community."
--Don Borut, Executive Director, National League of Cities
"Each quote is a gem that will make you think... and think
again."
--Frank Sturzl, Executive Director, Texas Municipal League
"In an age of information overload, this book is as if we
walked into a medieval chapel: austere, sparse, and yet full
of meaning that reaches our innermost soul."
--Costis Torregas, President, Public Technology, Inc.
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 The Community of the Future
By Hesselbein, Frances
Editor Goldsmith, Marshall
Author Hesselbein
1998/01 - Hardcover
Jossey-Bass
0787910066 $25.00
This third volume in the prestigious Drucker Foundation Future
Series brings together the brightest of today's societal thinkers
to examine how we can live better, work, communicate, educate
our children, and govern ourselves as we speed toward the 21st
century. Contributors include Stephen Covey, Elie Wiesel, James
Barksdale, and Lester Thurow.
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 The Economy of Cities
By Jacobs, Jane
1970/02 - Trade Paper
Random House Trade
039470584X $13.00
"This book is radiant with ideas about what makes cities
rich or poor, how cities grow, and how city growth affects
national economies."
-- The New Yorker
"The book is... timely, and if it will irritate some of the
experts it will also help bring some neglected issues and
theories into public focus. This ... has always been Mrs.
Jacobs' most notable taient and her most constructive contribution."
-- Charles Abrams, The New York Times Book Review
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 Cities on the Rebound: A Vision for Urban America
By Hudnut, William H.
1998/02 - Hardcover
Urban Land Institute
0874208637 $21.95
In Cities on the Rebound, Bill Hudnut displays the same
wisdom, balance, and determination to find solutions that made
him such a success as mayor of Indianapolis. His description
of the entrepreneurial American city that must adjust to change
by encouraging partnership, collaboration, diversity, and a
global vision among its citizens is right on target. Without
sugarcoating the serious challenges facing cities, Hudnut accurately
forecasts a future of hope for urban America.
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 City-Building in America
By Orum, Anthony M.
1995/04 - Trade Paper
Westview Press
0813308437 $26.40
Why do some cities grow and expand, while others dwindle and
decline? Why is Milwaukee a town of the past, while Minneapolis–St.
Paul seems reborn and infused with future dynamism? And what
do Milwaukee and the Twin Cities have to tell us about other
cities' prospects, the trials and destinies of industrial Cleveland
and post-industrial Austin?Anthony Orum's new book tells the
story of these cities and, at the same time, of all cities.
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 Home from Nowhere: Remaking Our Everyday World for the 21st
Century
By Kunstler, James Howard
1998/03 - Trade Paper
Free Press
0684837374 $14.00
In Home from Nowhere, the author of the landmark book Geography
of Nowhere not only shows that the original American dream--the
desire for peaceful, pleasant places in which to work and live--still
has a strong hold on our imaginations, but offers innovative,
eminently practical ways to make that dream a reality. Photos
and line drawings
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 The Death and Life of Great American Cities
By Jacobs, Jane
1992/12 - Trade Paper
Vintage Books USA
067974195X $14.95
A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the shortsightedness
and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban
planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American
Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become the
standard against which all endeavors in that field are measured.
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 Essentials of Texas Politics
By Kraemer,
Richard H.
Joint Author Newell,
Charldean
Joint Author Prindle,
David F.
2000/08 - Trade Paper
Wadsworth Publishing Company
053455377X $49.45
This concise yet comprehensive overview compares the reality
of Texas politics to the democratic ideal through a thought-provoking
reform orientation. Unlike survey texts, this lively paperback
engages students in controversial issues and encourages them
to participate in class debate.
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 Robert's Rules of Order: Newly Revised
By Robert,
Henry Martyn
Joint Author Evans,
William J.
Joint Author Balch,
Thomas J.
2000/11 - Trade Paper
HarperCollins Publishers
0738203076 $17.50
Thoroughly updated to reflect the past decade's technological
advances, this edition of the only authorized parliamentary
procedure guide contains new information on conducting meetings
over the Internet, on phone and video conference calls, and
with members in absentia. Other editors are William J. Evans,
Daniel Honemann, and Thomas Balch.
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 How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken
By Marshall,
Alex
2001/01 - Trade Paper
University of Texas Press
0292752407 $25.95
DO CITIES WORK ANYMORE? How did they get to be such sprawling
conglomerations of lookalike subdivisions, megafreeways, and
"big box" superstores surrounded by acres of parking lots? And
why, most of all, don't they feel like real communities? These
are the questions that Alex Marshall tackles in this hard-hitting,
highly readable look at what makes cities work.
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 Politics of Arlington, Texas: An Era of Continuity and Growth
By Allan A. Saxe
2001/09 - Trade Paper
Eakin Publications
1571685421 $24.95
Politics of Arlington, Texas, is a case study of the
politics of a booming mid-size American city. Relying on interviews,
city documents, and media records, Allan Saxe examines Arlington
from the post–World War II years to the end of the millennium
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 Cities without Suburbs
By David Rusk
1995/09 - Trade Paper
Woodrow Wilson Center Press
0943875730 $29.00
Cities without Suburbs, first published in 1993, has become
an influential analysis of America’s cities among city planners,
scholars, and citizens alike. In it, David Rusk, the former
mayor of Albuquerque and now an international speaker and consultant
on urban policy, argues that America must end the isolation
of the central city from its suburbs in order to attack its
urban problems.
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 The Empowered Manager
By Block,
Peter
Author Block
1987/01 - Trade Paper
Jossey-Bass
1555422659 $22.95
Block introduces the path to empowerment and shows managers
the inherent pressures that discourage initiative, dull creativity,
and dissuade risk taking. Readers learn how to create a strong
vision of the future--one that encourages the best in themselves
and in those around them.
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 Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap, and Others
Don't
By Collins,
Jim
2001/10 - Hardcover
HarperBusiness
0066620996 $27.50
This book is a thought-provoking challenge to American business.
The author of the best-selling Built to Last, Collins
now explores the most difficult test any company faces—how to
take a "good" business, with average profits and satisfied stock
holders, and make that company "great." The book is based on a study of
11 companies who made the leap and sustained greatness for more
than 15 years.
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 The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work,
Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
By Florida,
Richard
2002/06 - Hardcover
Perseus Books Group
0465024769 $27.50
An economist looks at the growing influence of today's newest
"Creative Class, " which derives its identity and values from
its role as purveyors of creativity and comprises nearly 40
million Americans and 25 percent of all employed people. The
author also offers innovative and practical lessons for businesses
and employees.
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 Creating Public Value: Strategic Management in Government
By Moore,
Mark H.
1997/03 - Trade Paper
Harvard University Press
0674175581 $30.75
A seminal figure in the field of public management, mark more
presents his summation of fifteen years of research, observation,
and teaching about what public-sector executives should do to
improve the performance of public enterprises.
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 The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
By Gladwell,
Malcolm
2002/01 - Trade Paper
Back Bay Books
0316346624 $14.95
This celebrated bestseller, now in paperback, is a book that
is changing the way Americans think about selling products and
disseminating ideas. The new Afterword by the author describes
how readers can constructively apply the tipping point principle
in their own lives and work.
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 The Heart Aroused
By Whyte,
David
2002/01 - Trade Paper
Doubleday Books
0385484186 $14.95
In The Heart Aroused, David Whyte brings his unique perspective
as a poet to the workplace and opens readers' eyes to a neglected
side of corporate life. Going beneath the surface concerns about
products and profits, organization and order, he addresses the
needs of the heart and soul, the fears and desires that many
corporate workers keep hidden. Through the poetry of both classic
and modern masters, Whyte helps readers cope with negative events
or feelings and find both professional and personal fulfillment.
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 The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization
By Katzenbach,
Jon R.
Joint Author Smith,
Douglas K.
2003/02 - Trade Paper
HarperBusiness
0060522003 $17.95
Now with a new introduction, this classic guide remains the
best and most highly regarded book on elective use of teams
in the workplace. Now updated to include the latest developments
and findings in this key area in business management, The Wisdom
of Teams continues to lead the way to successful team building.
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 Leadership: The Inner Side of Greatness, a Philosophy for Leaders
By Koestenbaum,
Peter
2002/08 - Hardcover
Jossey-Bass
0787959561 $29.95
In this thoroughly revised edition of his classic book Leadership,
legendary business philosophy and thinker Peter Koestenbaum
expands on his leadership theories and invites managers to break
out of the ordinary managerial mind-set. He reveals how striving
for greatness enables managers to focus their efforts and grasp
new ideas and insights by bringing intensity and meaning to
their work— thereby improving their ability to achieve bottom-line
results.
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 Managing Chaos and Complexity in Government: A New Paradigm
for Managing Change, Innovation, and Organizational Renewal
By Kiel,
L. Douglas
1994/09 - Hardcover
Jossey-Bass
0787900230 $35.00
To keep government operating smoothly, changes in public management
policy and strategy usually follow the old rule of change -
that it must evolve in an incremental, step-by-step fashion.
But in today's unpredictable world of shrinking budgets, demands
for better service, and greater accountability and adaptability,
step-by-step change is no longer enough. In this book, L. Douglas
Kiel presents a framework that addresses the new chaotic reality
of public management and the need for responsive change and
innovation.
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Tales From the Trenches: Achievements, Blunders and Challenges
in Local Government Management
By Len Wood, Joe Baker
2003/02 - Hardcover
Training Shoppe
0963437496 $44.95
The Authoritative Book on Local Government Management for Students,
Beginning Managers and Seasoned Professionals. Tales from
the Trenches deals with the key management issues for local
government professionals. Each chapter begins with a cartoon
depicting a management theme. Cartoons are augmented by introductory
comments and Tales from the Trenches that provide realism to
the common sense management approach advocated by the authors.
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