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The Tour of James Monroe President of the United States Through the Northern and Eastern States in 1817: His Tour in the Year 1818 Together With a Sketch of His Life With Descriptive and History
S. Putnam Waldo Manufacturer: Library Reprints ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0722242352 |
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Hope: The Story of Geraldine Owen Delaney, Alina Lodge and Recovery
Dick B. Manufacturer: Paradise Research Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1885803338 |
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Animated TV Specials
George W. Woolery Manufacturer: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0810821982 |
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Surveys 434 films including the popular favorites, classics, and special TV-movie presentations. With 103 illustrations.
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Animated TV Specials
George W. Woolery Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc 01/1//1990 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N5UNBS |
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Carlos Chvez: A Guide to Research (Composer Resource Manuals)
Robert L Parker Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 0815320876 |
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This book is the first extensive guide to the life, music, and writings of Carlos Ch vez (1899-1978), Mexico's most influential musician of the 20th century. The chapter on biography also presents a characterization of his compositional styles. This work provides a comprehensive listing of Ch vez's compositions and arrangements by genre and performance medium, and reviews the composer's own abundant writings on a broad range of musical subjects. Subsequent chapters address other authors' writings about his multi-faceted career as composer, conductor, teacher, and arts administrator that contributed to his international reputation. A chapter on Research Aids includes annotations of pertinent general reference works, catalogs, and collections of letters that will assist both the general reader and the music specialist.
Introductory narratives illuminate the bibliographic entries in each section, and cross references facilitate access to literature that extends beyond a single relevant topic. The book includes three indexes, which cover compositions and arrangements, authors and titles, and subjects.
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El libro de oro de los crucigramas
Jim Puzzler Manufacturer: Vintage ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1400002044 Release Date: 2002-11-26 |
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A word puzzle, a pen and a smile adorn this cover, along with the beautifully embosssed and hot stamped title...Customer Reviews:
these are hard puzzles.......2006-09-14
Bastante Malo, no es lo que vende con ese týtulo.......2006-04-14
Ignore the cover-and the book.......2006-02-05
EL LIBRO DIVERTIDO.......2005-10-12
It offers entertainment and mental motivation.......2003-03-02
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The Big Book of Business Games: Icebreakers, Creativity Exercises and Meeting Energizers
John W. Newstrom , and Edward E. Scannell Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0070464766 |
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Break the ice at your next meeting with The Big Book of Business Games!
In this exciting resource book, two of today's acknowledged games masters serve up a cookbook of activities that you can learn to use, guaranteed to generate a lively discussion, or simply give a group a "breather" from the monotony of a boring staff meeting or presentation. Each of the 75 group games and activities here is adapted from the best-selling Games Trainers Play series and shortened to suit the needs of managers and team leaders to use with their departments, staff, or committees.
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The Big Book of Business Games: Icebreakers, Creativity Exercises and Meeting Energizers.......2006-11-04
Icebreakers Only.......2006-07-09
Another "Big Book" that doesn't deliver.......2002-11-22
Chapter two of "The Big Book of Business Games" is titled, "How to Use This Book." My suggestion? As kindling or compost. In the book you will find 54 activities. The nine dot problem and the human knot are examples of the many common activities found in countless other books.
You'll also find suggestions for "presentation boosters." One "booster" example: Display two flip charts. On one ask what things were valued about how the meeting was run. On the other ask how future meetings might be improved. As part of the description you are reminded to "tear off the flip charts and return to your office. . .celebrate your success and change something needing improvement." In the book, the previous activity actually merits a two page description.
Applying their exercise to their book, I'd say I valued very little if anything. How might future books be improved? Provide NEW activities or suggest creative variations for the countless recycled exercises. Also, be certain the content is relevant to a business audience. A skilled facilitator will find a way to successfully use most any of the activities in this book. However, a skilled facilitator is also likely to have a number of better selections in her bag of tricks to choose from.
Once again if the price entices you to purchase this book, I'd suggest you keep exploring. You will find a number of resource books available on Amazon.com that are significantly better.
The big Book of Business Games.......2001-11-30
Great for the Price.......2000-02-19
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The Big Book of Business Games: Icebreakers, Creativity Exercises and Meeting Energizers
John W. Newstrom Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OFXXTQ |
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The Tennis Partner
Abraham Verghese Manufacturer: Harper Perennial ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0060931132 Release Date: 1999-09-22 |
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What is it about sports that makes some men wax as mystical as a Castanedan Yaqui? In the hands of writers such as David James Duncan and Norman Maclean, the simple, repetitive motions of baseball, fly-fishing, and golf have acquired almost numinous significance. In The Tennis Partner, Dr. Abraham Verghese takes on his own fascination with tennis and comes up with as good an explanation as any: "In the way we controlled the movement of a yellow ball in space, we were imposing order on a world that was fickle and capricious. Each ball that we put into play, for as long as it went back and forth between us, felt like a charm to be added to a necklace full of spells, talismans, and fetishes, which one day add up to an Aaron's rod, an Aladdin's lamp, a magic carpet. Each time we played, this feeling of restoring order, of mastery, was awakened."For both Verghese and his tennis partner, a fourth-year medical student named David Smith, the game is a much-needed island of order in the midst of personal chaos. Both men are struggling to rebuild their lives, Verghese undergoing a painful divorce, Smith struggling with an intravenous cocaine addiction. For a brief, idyllic period, their friendship flourishes; Verghese mentors Smith in the examining room, while Smith, an Australian who competed briefly on the pro circuit, ends up Verghese's teacher on the court. But there are dark corners to David's personality, and under the mounting pressures of medical school and his increasingly complicated love life, these come to the fore. Even as he learns how to inhabit his new life, Verghese watches with horror as his friend relapses, dries out, then relapses again. The author of the powerful My Own Country, a chronicle of caring for AIDS patients in rural Tennessee, Verghese once again proves that the skills of a good doctor are strikingly similar to those of a good writer. Careful observation, compassion, restraint: these are the instruments Verghese uses to stunning effect in The Tennis Partner. A paean to the healing powers of tennis, this book is also a moving meditation on friendship, fatherhood, love, addiction, and the particular loneliness of physicians. --Mary Park
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When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from drug addition, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in the sport they love and with each other. This friendship between doctor and intern grows increasingly rich and complex, more intimate than two men usually allow. And just when it seems nothing more can go wrong, the dark beast from David's past emerges once again. As David spirals out of control, almost everything Verghese has come to trust and believe in is threatened. Compassionate and moving, The Tennis Partner is a unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live, and how they survive.
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An emotion and thought provoking story, uniquely told!.......2007-06-07
A portrait of the addicted person.......2005-12-10
A satisfying read despite inherent flaws.......2004-12-11
Recommended by my doctor.......2003-11-09
Anatomy of Addiction and Relapse.......2002-12-17
For persons (especially medical Doctors) without intimate knowledge of the power of addiction this should be very informative. For those with personal knowledge (especially medical Doctors) it should also be helpful.
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The Tennis Partner (ARC)
Abraham Verghese Manufacturer: Harper Collins, 1998 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0060994851 |
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The doubles connection: How to be a better partner
Kim Z Dillard Manufacturer: K.Z. Dillard ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006R7YB0 |
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The Tennis Partner
Abraham Verghese Manufacturer: Harper Perennial ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000O5ZBDC |
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The Tennis Partner - A Doctor's Story Of Friendship And Loss -
Abraham Verghese - Manufacturer: Harper Collins Publishing - ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000PRTE8M |
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Gary Bashian: lawyer shares his love for tennis with family, youth.(Profits & passion)(partner in law firm, Bashian, Enea & Sirignano L.L.P.): An article from: Westchester County Business Journal
Elizabeth Hlotyak Manufacturer: Westfair Communications, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008DKVP8 Release Date: 2005-07-31 |
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This digital document is an article from Westchester County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on September 1, 2003. The length of the article is 551 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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The Right Partner Can Cure The winter Tennis Blues.(Brief Article): An article from: Parks & Recreation
Andre Christopher Manufacturer: National Recreation and Park Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008HPDBG Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Parks & Recreation, published by National Recreation and Park Association on February 1, 2001. The length of the article is 644 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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THE TENNIS PARTNER
Abraham Verghese Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OEKX68 |
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The Tennis Partner
Abraham Verghese Manufacturer: Vintage ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OGUKYQ |
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The Tennis Partner
Abraham Verghese Manufacturer: HarperAudio ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Cassette ASIN: B000PM1FCA |
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Disjointed War: Military Operations in Kosovo, 1999
Manufacturer: RAND Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0833030965 |
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An examination of the 1999 conflict in Kosovo, with afocus on joint military operations.The 1999 military operation against the Yugoslav Army in Kosovosuggests several areas in which Joint military operations weredeficient. This study examined all aspects of the Kosovo conflict,including its political and historical underpinnings, in an attempt tounderstand these deficiencies and to recommend improvements. Thisdocument--provided in both a classified and unclassified version--isbased on extensive original source documents and interviews with mostof the principal participants, and serves as the definitive Armyrecord on Kosovo. While the primary focus of the research was on U.S.Army involvement, it covered many other aspects of Operation AlliedForce. Topics included NATO objectives in Operation Allied Force, airand ground planning, evolution of the air operation and its effects onfielded Yugoslav forces, Task Force Hawk, and peace operations. The 1999 military operation in Kosovo suggests severalareas in which Joint military operations were deficient. This studyexamines all aspects of the Kosovo conflict, with a focus on U.S. Armyinvolvement, including its political and historical underpinnings, inan attempt to understand these deficiencies and to recommendimprovements.Download Description
An examination of the 1999 conflict in Kosovo, with afocus on joint military operations.The 1999 military operation against the Yugoslav Army in Kosovosuggests several areas in which Joint military operations weredeficient. This study examined all aspects of the Kosovo conflict,including its political and historical underpinnings, in an attempt tounderstand these deficiencies and to recommend improvements. Thisdocument--provided in both a classified and unclassified version--isbased on extensive original source documents and interviews with mostof the principal participants, and serves as the definitive Armyrecord on Kosovo. While the primary focus of the research was on U.S.Army involvement, it covered many other aspects of Operation AlliedForce. Topics included NATO objectives in Operation Allied Force, airand ground planning, evolution of the air operation and its effects onfielded Yugoslav forces, Task Force Hawk, and peace operations. The 1999 military operation in Kosovo suggests severalareas in which Joint military operations were deficient. This study examines all aspects of the Kosovo conflict, with a focus on U.S. Armyinvolvement, including its political and historical underpinnings, inan attempt to understand these deficiencies and to recommendimprovements.Customer Reviews:
Short but rich in details.......2007-03-08
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Formations of Violence: The Narrative of the Body and Political Terror in Northern Ireland
Allen Feldman Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0226240711 |
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Interesting but difficult to get through.......1998-12-09
A most facinating and informative book!!!.......1998-12-08
Fascinating.......1998-07-24
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Gaian Democracies: Redefining Globalisation and People-Power (Schumacher Briefings)
Roy Madron , and John Jopling Manufacturer: Green Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 190399828X |
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Schumacher Briefing No 9Customer Reviews:
We Need New Governing and Monetary Systems.......2004-06-23
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Book review: Gaian democracies: redefining globalisation and people-power [A book review from: Futures]
D. Nordberg Manufacturer: Elsevier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000RR77KW |
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This digital document is a journal article from Futures, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Books:
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