If tipping is a voluntary practice, what are the characteristics I prefer in service personnel that warrant a tip?

Gratuity provides a perspective on nonstandard compensation that demonstrates the process by which tipping norms have an impact on the experiences of workers. Understanding this under-researched perspective reveals a great deal about the role of norms in economic transactions as well as the management practices that shape the work environment and enhance organizational performance.

It would be a tragedy for the historic Donner Stock Trail to be abandoned. We must use it or we will surely lose it as a great hiking experience. This is the key trail between the Town of Truckee, the Donner Rim Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail.

From restaurants to cruise ships, casinos to country clubs, readers will be able to tip with confidence whether traveling internationally or traveling in the United States.

Demonstrates tools and techniques for increasing Web site traffic, including overall design, exposure to search engines, newsgroups, e-mail, mailing lists, linking strategies, and online advertising.

President Jack Ryan deals with the worst breach U.S. intelligence has ever suffered in this “compelling and frighteningly realistic”* thriller in Tom Clancy’s #1 New York Times bestselling series. A massive data breach has compromised the personal information of millions of American military officers and intelligence agents. After several deadly attacks on off-duty personnel and their families, President Jack Ryan faces one of the greatest challenges of his career. Can he find the hackers and cap the flow of information before it’s too late?

From The Big Sleep to Babette's Feast, from Lawrence of Arabia to Drugstore Cowboy, The Movie Guide offers the inside word on 3,500 of the best motion pictures ever made. James Monaco is the president and founder of BASELINE, the world's leading supplier of information to the film and television industries. Among his previous books are The Encyclopedia of Film, American Film Now, and How to Read a Film.