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Famous Leaders of Industry
Edwin Wildman Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0766161897 |
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1920. The life stories of boys who have succeeded. These are stories of boys, young, ambitious, full of grit and anxious to make their lives a success, both in earning money, building a business and gaining honor and prestige among their fellows. Success is a hard road, as you will learn in reading of the struggles, obstacles overcome, disappointments and unremitting devotion to their ambition of these famous leaders of industry. Illustrated throughout.
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Famous Leaders of Industry - First Series: The Life Stories of Boys Who Have Succeeded
Edwin Wildman Manufacturer: The Page Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B00087JS6C |
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Famous Leaders of Industry [fifth series]
Manufacturer: L.C. Page & Company Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000GSEY9Y |
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Famous Leaders of Industry First Series
Edwin Wildman Manufacturer: Ayer Co Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0836900588 |
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Famous Leaders of Industry Second Series : The Life Stories of Boys Who Have Succeeded
Edwin Wildman Manufacturer: Boston Company : The Page Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000IXKUHW |
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Famous Leaders of Industry Sixth Series
William H. And Moynanhan James H. S. Clark Manufacturer: Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1955 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NXL6KW |
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Famous leaders of industry,
William Horace Clark Manufacturer: Page ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007E4YWY |
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Famous leaders of industry, fifth series;: Life stories of men who have succeeded (Famous leaders series)
Joseph A Moore Manufacturer: L.C. Page & Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007EMX5O |
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Famous Leaders of Industry/Fourth Series
Harry I. Shumway Manufacturer: Ayer Co Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 083692441X |
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Famous Leaders of Industry/Third Series
Trentwell M. White Manufacturer: Ayer Co Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 083692259X |
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Pete Knight: The Cowboy King
Darrell Knight Manufacturer: Wild Horse Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0977161021 Release Date: 2006-12-01 |
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Pete Knight was one of rodeo's first international superstars. A Canadian champion bronc rider who also won championships in the United States through the 1920s & '30s, as well as fans in Australia and Eurpoe. His earnings in the rodeo arena rivaled that of top business executives of his day, as well as professional atheletes. Happily married and with a newborn baby girl, his life was tragically cut short in the rodeo arena. His story eerily mirrors that of another rodeo legend, Lane Frost. Young, handsome, a superstar and at the top of his game, his life ended in a rodeo arena.Customer Reviews:
a Rodeo LEGEND!.......2006-12-28
An outstanding biography of rodeo's first international superstar........2006-12-22
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Reel Faith: Where Meaning Meets the Movies (Reel to Real)
ALBANS Manufacturer: Abingdon Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0687034035 |
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Globalization and Cultural Trends in China
Kang Liu Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 082482704X |
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In this timely and provocative work, Liu Kang offers a guide to post-1989 Chinese culture and its transformation into a post-revolutionary capitalist state. The picture he draws is of an emergent world power whose institutions have not yet succeeded in rendering its character clear or coherent. Neither socialist nor capitalist, modern nor postmodern, China's is a hybrid culture that embodies the fundamental tensions and contradictions of globalization. Although socialist alternatives and experiments have been drastically altered--if not completely abandoned--in China today, Mao's rhetoric still legitimizes the state, an inherent contradiction creating a sense of ideological crisis among intellectuals.Unlike other critics, Liu argues that globalization is not simply a new conceptual framework through which cultural change in China can be understood; it is a historical condition in which the country's gaige kaifang (reform and opening up) has unfolded and a set of values or ideologies by which it and the rest of the globe are judged. In five clear and concise chapters, Liu examines China's current ideological struggles in political discourse, intellectual debate, popular culture, avant-garde literature, the news media, and the internet. He constructs an original understanding of post-revolutionary Chinese culture, making the case that revolutionary culture is still important despite the fact that Mao's ideology has been gutted and arguing for its value in providing China with its own cultural identity, curbing the excesses of capitalism, and putting forward an alternative model of modernization.
Globalization and Cultural Trends in China makes use of a broad range of up-to-date literary, scholarly, journalistic, policy, and popular cultural sources. It will be of considerable value for its insights into contemporary intellectual and cultural politics and debates about modernity, and for making material that is inaccessible to many widely available.
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Jumble Brain Busters!: A Workout for Your Mind
David L. Hoyt , and Russell L. Hoyt Manufacturer: Torrey Pines Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1892049287 |
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Jumble Brainbusters.......2002-11-03
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Microsoft Money 2006 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
Peter Weverka Manufacturer: For Dummies ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0764599534 |
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Do you know where you money goes? Would balancing your budget take an act of Congress? Does your idea of preparing for the future involve lottery tickets?This friendly guide provides everything you need to know to stay on top of your finances and make the most of your money — both your cash and your Microsoft Money 2006 software program (the Premium, Deluxe, or Standard edition). You’ll find out how to record financial transactions, analyze different investments, determine your net worth, plan for retirement, make informed financial decisions, and more.
With step-by-step, easy-to-understand instructions and lots of screen shots, Microsoft Money 2006 For Dummies shows and tells you how to:
You can even get really serious and use the Lifetime Planner to map out your hopes and dreams and find out if you’re on the way to achieving them. This book could be the best investment you’ll ever make!
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Covers Premium, Deluxe, and Standard editions of Money Use Money to save money, make money, manage money, and get your money's worth Ever hear that it takes money to make money? Spend a little on this book and discover easy ways to set up accounts, do your banking online, research and track investments, make payments on time, even generate reports that help you understand where your money's going. Best of all, you'll find you're actually managing your money! Discover how to Set up Money or update from an earlier version Know what your investments are worth Estimate your tax bill Track income and expenses Generate reports Plan for retirementCustomer Reviews:
Great for getting started, but missing what I was really looking for.......2007-09-17
MS Money 2006 for dummies.......2007-04-02
Money 2006 for Dummies.......2006-03-26
Microsoft Money 2006 For Dummies .......2006-03-10
Valuable Time-Saving Guide.......2005-10-23
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Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life
J. M. Coetzee Manufacturer: Viking Adult ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0670872202 |
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Until writing this book, the author of Waiting for the Barbarians and other acclaimed novels has remained determinedly private about the personal experiences that sparked his writing. In Boyhood, describing his youth in the third person, J. M. Coetzee limns the halting struggle toward maturity of a sensitive, bookish boy contemptuous of his weak father who yearns--and fears--to loosen a powerful attachment to his mother. He evokes the narrowness and cruelty of South African society in the years following World War II with the same austere yet passionate prose that distinguishes his fiction.Book Description
Coetzee grew up in a new development north of Cape Town, tormented by guilt and fear. With a father he despised, and a mother he both adored and resented, he led a double life--the brilliant and well-behaved student at school, the princely despot at home, always terrified of losing his mother's love. His first encounters with literature, the awakenings of sexual desire, and a growing awareness of apartheid left him with baffling questions; and only in his love of the high veld ("farms are places of freedom, of life") could he find a sense of belonging. Bold and telling, this masterly evocation of a young boy's life is the book Coetzee's many admirers have been waiting for, but never could have expected.Customer Reviews:
Childhood through Coetzee's eyes.......2005-08-22
ok........2004-10-20
growing up.......2004-09-02
Double, double toil and trouble.......2004-08-10
Deceptively simple.......2003-11-11
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Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life (ISBN: 0670872202)
J. M. Coetzee Manufacturer: Viking Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0436204487 |
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The first volume of memoirs from the two-time winner of the Booker Prize.
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Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life.(Brief Article): An article from: World Literature Today
David Coad Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000989KJ0 Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from World Literature Today, published by University of Oklahoma on March 22, 1998. The length of the article is 459 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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Beauty, Honor, and Tradition: The Legacy of Plains Indian Shirts
Manufacturer: National Museum of American Indian Smithsonia ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0816639477 |
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To the Plains Indians of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, elaborately decorated hide shirts were symbols of bravery earned only by the most courageous of warriors. Those who had met the enemy in battle or slipped undetected into enemy camps to capture horses were awarded shirts specifically created to honor the wearer and the heroic deeds associated with him. Made from the skins of elk, deer, or mountain sheep, these spectacular garments were adorned with porcupine quills, paint, ribbons, locks of hair, and glass beads. Believed to hold intrinsic spiritual power, these shirts continue to play a large part in American Indian society today. Symbolizing honor, courage, and ancestral tradition, they are worn by tribal leaders at powwows and earned by students according to their academic and athletic accomplishments.Beauty, Honor, and Tradition, a traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, presents a new perspective on these garments, their creation and history, and their place in the cultures of the Plains Indian tribes. Through photographs and detailed descriptions of fifty-three representative shirts crafted from the 1820s to the 1990s, this book explores the complex relationship between the shirts, their makers, and their wearers. Throughout the text the voices of individual Plains Indians speak of the personal and cultural significance of these magnificent garments.
Joseph D. Horse Capture is assistant curator in the Department of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. They are coauthors of Warrior Artists (1998).
George P. Horse Capture is deputy assistant director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, and author of Powwow (1992).
Distributed for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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good for the heart.......2007-01-04
magnificent, breathtaking.......2003-05-07
war shirts were given to the men of the plains nations for remarkable courage and character and for impressive deeds. the shirts would be transferred to other men of equal standing. the designs were worked by women who were unusually talented in quill and bead embroidery. occasionally, the design of the shirt would be directed by the man to wear it, based on his dreams/visions.
since it is oversized, the book allows larger, more detailed photos of the shirts. quillwork, paint, beads and other materials show up clearly. the workmanship is stunning, the designs are magnificent. the use of materials is inspirational. the examples range from the early 19th century to contemorary shirts.
the text, aside from a couple of areas where the proofreader failed miserably in his job, is almost as interesting as the shirts. this is not to insult the authors. no words could equal the shirts. there are also quotes from contemporary indians about the shirts that are interesting and illuminating.
if this book had been published by abrams, the price would have been at least doubled. given the quality of the photos, that fact alone is worth a couple of stars.
this is a must for anyone interested in indian beadwork, history or art and for anyone interested in beauty and great design of any origin.
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Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape
Erin Sullivan Manufacturer: Red Wheel / Weiser ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1578631807 Release Date: 2007-05-01 |
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Geocentricity might well be egocentricity-the phenomenon of retrograde motion is based on our Earth-centered view of the solar system, but the movement and cycles of retrograde planets are based entirely on the apparent motion of the Sun through the zodiac. Sullivan organizes and explains retrograde motion from a systems-viewpoint-the system of the Sun and planets-and interprets retrograde planets natally, by progression, and in transit.Sullivan has interpreted these movements in a way that is immediately apparent and useful to both novice and professional astrologers, and provides both psychological and mundane interpretations of retrograde planets. This edition includes and index.
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A MICROSCOPIC SEARCH OF HIDDEN TREASURE.......2002-07-20
Astrology Down Under.......2001-09-03
Retrogression Fully Explained............2001-01-15
Thank you, Erin.......2000-09-19
Rx Venus.......2000-02-13
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Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape.
Erin Sullivan Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OJ7W7Q |
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Uncommon Ground: Toward Reinventing Nature
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0393038726 |
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Rethinking is the right word.......2004-09-22
the result of a year-long project in critical thinking.......1998-12-26
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Uncommon Ground: Toward Reinventing Nature. (book reviews): An article from: The Geographical Review
Steven E. Silvern Manufacturer: American Geographical Society ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00096QOQE Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on October 1, 1996. The length of the article is 1462 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.Books:
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