Playing for a Living: Without Apology

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Turning the work place into a play place is the ultimate goal to enhance the quality of life for everyone. PLAYING FOR A LIVING… WITHOUT APOLOGY, by author Lou Androes, examines the art of attaining economic freedom and demonstrates the important value of Ben Franklin's Power-of-the-Penny philosophy, which he faithfully applied to his own life the day he received his first paycheck. Androes describes some changes already taking place in corporations and businesses to bring play into the work place in order to better meet human needs. Readers will discover immense benefits and rewards in applying this philosophy to their work experience.

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30 + years later.......2007-03-14

I read this book while taking a business management class over 30 years ago. We all had to do a book report. I had a couple of beers before class and told the managers to be that I would give them a quick synopsis of the book and then answer questions as I belived Schrank would. Boy did I get them PO'd. I don't think many of them had ever looked at work from the workers point of view. They really didn't like the anodote about the first management decision being made by the guy who couldn't make clay pots. You'll have to read the book. Anyway I got an A+. I have been a worker's manager ever since and have always had motivated people who kept me out of trouble. One of the top 10 books in impact on my life for sure.

Entertaining and accurate commentary on LIFE at work.......1999-09-25

I lent and lost my copy of this book over a decade ago, but I still remember reading this one book above most others. This memorable book was a humorous, entertaining and wise look at the whole of a person's life at work. From hourly to salaried workers, the author displays an insiteful and very human look at an activity that most spend over a quarter of their life engaged in. Although Schrank is very pro-union in his outlook (he was a union organizer,) his work was balanced, enjoyable and poignant even for a southerner with an ingrained right-to-work attitude. A pre-requisite to starting one's 'first job.'

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Ten Thousand (10,000) Working Days
Robert Schrank
Manufacturer: MIT Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000ND0SOM

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TEN THOUSAND WORKING DAYS
ROBERT SCHRANK
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OQ971I

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TEN THOUSAND WORKING DAYS

Manufacturer: The MIT Press Cambridge, MA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IB66VS

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Ten Thousand Working Days.
Robert. SCHRANK
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OQC99K

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Inside and Outside the Law analyzes the relationship between the law, the state and its citizens. Drawing on general theories and specific case-studies, it examines the diverse ways in which people in different cultural and historical settings have experienced the ambiguities of law. With chapters that encompass countries such as Peru, Mozambique, Spain, Iran, the US and Britain this book has a strong global perspective.

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This book addresses the current debate on the areal specialization of the cerebral cortex, with a detailed examination of the interactions between the developing thalamus and cerebral cortex. It discusses recent in vivo and in vitro approaches and how they reveal possible guiding mechanisms involved in the deployment of the thalamocortical fibers and the earliest interactions between the new thalamic fibers and the developing cortical circuitry. It also presents new views on the possible evolutionary origin of the developmental algorithms employed during thalamocortical development.

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This is the first book on rotational effects in earthquakes, a revolutionary concept in seismology. Existing models do no yet explain the significant rotational and twisting motions that occur during an earthquake and cause the failure of structures. This breakthrough monograph thoroughly investigates rotational waves, basing considerations on modern observations of strong rotational ground motions and detection of seismic rotational waves. The rotational effects are observed first of all near the earthquake sources, but not only; they also appear near seismic stations on account of the properties of media through which the waves propagate. To describe the propagation of such waves, the authors consider structured elastic media that allow for rotational motions and rotational deformations of the ground, sometimes stronger than translational deformations. The rotation and twist effects are investigated and described and their consequences for designing tall buildings and other important structures are presented. The book will change the way the world views earthquakes.

Seismic Source Signature Estimation and Measurement (Geophysics Reprint Series, No. 18)

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Seismic Source Signature Estimation and Measurement (Geophysics Reprint Series, No. 18)

Manufacturer: Society of Exploration Geophysicists
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1560800402

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Seismic Waves and Sources
Ari Ben-Menahem , and Sarva Jit Singh
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0486404617

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This quantitative assessment of seismic observations over the entire spectral range of recorded wave phenomena covers more than 160 years of seismology. From first principles to modern developments, it presents a comprehensive account of the propagation of elastic waves in the earth. Well illustrated with figures, tables, and solved examples. 1981 edition.

Seismology: body waves and sources (Methods in computational physics)

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Seismology: body waves and sources (Methods in computational physics)
Bruce A Bolt
Manufacturer: Academic Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Source contributions at far-regional distances

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Source contributions at far-regional distances
Karl Koch
Manufacturer: Phillips Laboratory, Directorate of Geophysics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006P822W

Analysis of digital waveforms in the northeastern U.S. for source depth and strong ground motion information

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Analysis of digital waveforms in the northeastern U.S. for source depth and strong ground motion information
J. E Ebel
Manufacturer: The Observatory
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Analysis of source spectra, attenuation, and site effects from central and eastern United States earthquakes (SuDoc Y 3.N 88:25/6564)

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Analysis of source spectra, attenuation, and site effects from central and eastern United States earthquakes (SuDoc Y 3.N 88:25/6564)
G. Lindley
Manufacturer: Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B000110800

Analysis of strong motion data and the effects of earthquake source parameters on ground motion in California: Summary of semi-annual technical report, 1 July - 31 December, 1978

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Analysis of strong motion data and the effects of earthquake source parameters on ground motion in California: Summary of semi-annual technical report, 1 July - 31 December, 1978
M. N Toksöz
Manufacturer: Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Determination of source parameters and wave attenuation characteristics in Alaska

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Determination of source parameters and wave attenuation characteristics in Alaska
Daniel McNamara
Manufacturer: Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Introducing the basic theory and recent advances in QCD, this book reviews the historical development of the subject up to the present day, covering aspects of strong interactions such as the quark and parton models, the notion of colors and the S-matrix approach. The author then discusses QCD and QED as gauge theories, renormalization procedures, QCD hard processes in hadron collisions, hadron jets, and the different non-perturbative aspects of QCD.

QCD as a Theory of Hadrons: From Partons to Confinement (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology)

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QCD as a Theory of Hadrons: From Partons to Confinement (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology)
Stephan Narison
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MUVX3G

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Best known for her passionate epistolary relationship with Franz Kafka, Czech writer Milena Jesenka (1896-1944) was an important cultural figure in her own right: she was a perceptive journalist who colorfully captured the keyed-up atmosphere of Vienna and her native Prague during the 1920s and '30s; a powerful spokesperson for Czech nationalism; and a fearless antifascist who helped Jews escape from Nazi-occupied Prague. This thoughtful biography restores the strongminded, intelligent Jesenka to her proper stature as a humane voice in the ethically slippery world of Central European politics.

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The letter as integral part of the life- work

Letters to Friends, Family and Editors
Franz Kafka
Manufacturer: Schocken
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0805209492
Release Date: 1990-03-10

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The letter as integral part of the life- work .......2004-10-25

Kafka was one of the world's great letter- writers. His letters like his parables, his meditations, his fragments, his journals must be seen not as incidental and additional work but as an inherent part, a constituent center of his work. As a letter - writer Kafka has few equals. His metaphoric and poetic brilliance shine through time and time again. This collection may not have the focus of the letters written to a single person, as those to Milena and Felice Bauer but they also contain the line- by- line brilliance of mankind's greatest voice of anxiety and fear.

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another Kafka-esque CB hailed by compote-triots

Barbara Kafka's Food for Friends
Barbara Kafka
Manufacturer: Random House Value Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Vegetable Love

ASIN: 0517092786
Release Date: 1993-04-26

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another Kafka-esque CB hailed by compote-triots.......2005-03-27

The key to great entertaining is taking nothing for granted the approach demonstrated by master chef Barbara Kafka as she reveals every aspect of fine dining. This award-winning chef, hostess, and author for Vogue & TheNYTimes also divulges another important ingredient in great entertaining: improvisation. Whether you plan an event months in advance or get a sudden phone call from unexpected guests, FOOD FOR FRIENDS will help you serve delicious meals in the most appetizing arrangement and require little time and effort.

This classic book features how-to hints for elegant, yet simple, dining. Complete with charming illustrations that guide and delight, FOOD FOR FRIENDS offers invaluable insight into the preparation of foods, as well as the dining area itself. It opens with a section on planning a meal, choosing which recipes to use, and setting the table.

Each of the book's 200 recipes is introduced with a brief description of techniques and tips to make cooking easy and serving sophisticated. The recipes are arranged in sections based on the ideal times and situations for serving each dish, including:

First Courses
Pasta
Soups Fish and Seafood
Roast Meats
Various Birds
More Main Courses
Desserts

A final section offers otes on Ingredients and Equipment. The Ingredients section contains helpful advice on using basic flavorings, such as kosher salt, pepper, garlic, lemon juice, butter and cream, herbs, vinegars and oils, wine and liquor. The EquipÂment section offers insight on which type of cooking tools to use and why.

From start to finish, FOOD FOR FRIENDS will have everyone you know raving about your skills as a chef and host.

With much cooking advice & how-to available now on the Internet and various TV-and-cable stations/networks, I find printed references, esp. classics like this, even more valuable as a ready resource for a recipe or in the kitchen when the others have long faded into mezzo-tinted vague memories of "he said/she said, do something or other next ...' I dis-remember eggs-actly!

Time will tell, but this stands out now 20+years past as a timeless classic.

"What goes up must come down, what goes in must come out, you are what you eat, stop school violins!"

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Singer is Singer, but this is not his best
More from the master of the short story
spectacular view of a vanished world

A Friend of Kafka
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Singer is Singer, but this is not his best .......2004-10-20

I do not know of a greater short- story writer than I.B. Singer. He has it all, a tremendous storytelling ability, a capacity for creating memorable characters, a capacity to present interesting ideas in dialogue, great humor, colorful idiomatic language, the evocation of a world- or worlds gone, deep Jewishness ( for those who care) a capacity to vividly so vividly evoke situations of conflict and drama, an interesting way of writing about sexuality, a probing of and questioning of God, loneliness, love, hunger, sadness, death. He has it all.
Yet these stories are not among his best. They have a certain weakness with characters sometimes seeming more odd than compelling , and with the lust instead of firing the imagination tailing off into sordidness.
Short Friday, Gimpel the Fool , The Spinoza of Market Street, Passions are all superior collections.
But this is still Singer and so is worth reading. Certain enjoyment you will certainly get- if not the greatest.

More from the master of the short story.......2003-05-13

Let me begin by saying that I have never read anything by I. B. Singer that I thought was a waste of time. This man is incredible with the stories he writes and the style he writes it in. What is even more amazing is that Singer always maintained that his stories lost about 40% of their literary value in translation. As great as I think he is, I apparently will never appreciate how great he really is because I can't read Yiddish. That said, I don't recommend this book for an introduction to the author. It is very good but it is not one of his better collections of short stories. I'd actually rate it a 3.5 on this scale but, with Singer, you always round up. For a good introduction to the author I would recomend "Passions".

The stories I did enjoy the most were certainly worth the price of admission. Those stories would include the title story. The last line is terrific but not if you hadn't read the story first. I enjoyed "The Key" in which a lonely widow discovers that she is surrounded by friends that she never before realized. "The Cafeteria" is the type of love story that Singer writes when he is one of the lovers. True romance seems to only happen to others in his stories. "The Chimney Sweep" is a nice little story about what a knock on the head can do for a fellow. "Schlomele" is a story about the sort of zany characters the author seemed to find so easily in this country. "The Colony" is a sort of haunting story about a visit to Argentina. It seems like all of his short story collections have a story about a visit to Argentina. They seem to always be very good stories, too. "The Wager" is the story of the tragic outcome of a practical joke gone bad. "The Son" is a short but touching tale of a father and son reunion in a case where they were separated near birth and rejoined as grown and near-grown men.

There were many other stories but, as I looked back over them, they didn't seem as memorable as most of Singer's stories I've read in the past. I started out by writing that you can't go wrong reading Isaac B. Singer. I'll close by saying the same thing but I suggest you introduce yourself to him with a different book. I wouldn't want you to get the wrong impression.

spectacular view of a vanished world.......2002-01-10

It is a mystery to me why these books are all going out of print. Singer is one of the great 20c masters of the short story. I would characterise them as genius: they evoke lives in the deepest sense, offering a glimpse of an utterly alien existence.

I was attracted by the title, and delightfully surpirsed at the power of the writing, including stories of neglected sholars, demons and harmless goblins, and the way of life of pre-WWII Poland. Every story is superbly crafted.

Warmly recommended. This writer deserves to be read.

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Collected stories: A friend of Kafka to Passions; A friend of Kafka & other stories; A crown of feathers & other stories; Passions & other stories.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Manufacturer: [New York], The Library of America, [
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OUVKF0

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En deuil de Franz Kafka (Collection La philosophie en commun)
Helene van Camp
Manufacturer: L'Harmattan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 2738440118

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Food for Friends
Barbara Kafka
Manufacturer: Harper & Row
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OERIO8

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A Friend of Kafka
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Manufacturer: Fawcett
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0449206955
Release Date: 1984-07-12

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Friend of Kafka
Isaac B Singer
Manufacturer: FARRAR STRAUS & * GIROUX
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SMXM64

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A Friend of Kafka

Manufacturer: Penguin Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000CCFGAA

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