The Community Tourism Guide: Exciting Holidays for Responsible Travellers

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Stay with the Indian peoples of the Amazon jungle. Visit the Inuit above theArctic Circle. walk the Songlines of Central Australia with Aboriginal guides.

This book is a guide to a new type of holiday. Tribal people and rural villagers in Africa, Asia, Australia, North and South America, and the Pacific Islands are setting up their own tours: tours from which they, and not the international hotel chains, derive some income. For the traveller, they offer uniquely exciting opportunities, far from the usual tourist ghettos. And they are based on fair trade, benefitting local communities and giving them hope of a better future.

This guide brings together the pick of these holidays for the first time. It describes hundreds of quite different vacations in many of the most beautiful places around the world, with full contact details and range of further information. Chosen by Tourism Concern, Europe's leading ethical tourism organization, and not available through travel agents, they promise uniquely rewarding experiences to the adventurous and those concerned about the concerned about the impacts of their visits.

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While the importance of ethnic Chinese communities in the economies of Southeast Asia is a widely studied subject, their chosen forms of political expression are less well documented. Widely affiliated "umbrella" organizations constituted the main representative bodies for Chinese interests during colonial eras, but very few communities have continued to rely on such organizations to the present day.

Formed to mediate between the Chinese community and the local governing body, the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry has been the focus of ethnic Chinese economic and political power in the Philippines since the 1950s. Unlike other organizations, its actions have often been influenced by its relations with the government of the Philippines, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan.

In Chinese Big Business in the Philippines, the Federation is a platform for the broader issues of leadership and the adaptability of business-based political organizations in general. In the Philippine context, challenges to the survival of the Federation have arisen from the dynamism of local politics, the increasing social integration of the ethnic Chinese community and economic globalization. As the Chinese become increasingly integrated into Philippine society, younger generations are forming rival organizations with political and social agendas, claiming a broader base of support in the community outside the economic elite. The author critically assesses the viability of the leaders of Chinese big business in the Philippines to represent a constituency that is becoming increasingly politically articulate and socially diverse.

Contemporary Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector (Industrial Relations Research Association)
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Contemporary Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector (Industrial Relations Research Association)

Manufacturer: Industrial Relations Research Association
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Contemporary Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector (Industrial Relations Research Association Ser.)
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Contemporary Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector (Industrial Relations Research Association Ser.)
Paula B. (editor) Voos
Manufacturer: Champaign, IL, U.S.A. Industrial Relations Research Association .
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ASIN: B000S02ZFA

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The Big Book of Church Humor is a collection of several thousand true church foibles, faux pas, tongue twisters and typographical blunders. It also contains hundreds of hilarious Christian anecdotes from book written as long as 100 years ago.

"Laughter is the best medicine" and this book proves it!

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Examine the solo concepts of the jazz-rock masters in this comprehensive book/CD package! You'll get phrase-by-phrase performance notes, plus tips on: improvising with triads; blues fusion; lines for static chords and vamps; atmospheric jazz; double stop improvising; and much more. The book includes standard notation and tab, and the CD features both full-demonstration and rhythm-only tracks.

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Great book and CD.......2006-06-06

Having been through several jazz instruction books, this is by far the best. It runs its solo lines over complex chords- the kind you hear the better players actually playing over. It explains the concept behind the lines before giving them. This way, not only will the lines stick better, but you will have the background material to build your own lines. It is not a beginner book, but even a beginner could follow the well laid-out diagrams; it may just take him a while to get up to speed. Highly recommended if you desire to play in the styles of the artists mentioned. Great jazz guitar instruction book.

Good Licks.......2006-05-17

This book can help any intermediate level guitarist and it's very similar to the Brian Setzer learn a lick book available here. They're good values but I deduct a star for method. You are presented with the lick at full speed with a backing track and then played at a very slow speed without anything. Then you are given the backing track to play with at full speed. The way to properly learn these licks is to practice them slowly with a metronome and gradually increase the tempo until you can play them at proper tempo. Only then should you attempt to play them with the backing track. The author does not suggest this or even give the tempo. You have to figure it out for yourself. Also there is significant space used in explaining how the licks should be fingered. That could easily have been notated, freeing up space for more licks or rhythms. There are 39 pages in the book I got so that 16 page thing here is most likely a mistake. At 13 bucks, I thought it was a good value. The licks are pretty good and they'll get your fingers flying !

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“I argue for a history of Native American art that is politically informed,” Margaret Dubin writes, “and for a criticism of contemporary Native American fine arts that is historically founded.” Integrating ethnography, discourse analysis, and social theory in a careful mapping of the Native American art world, this insightful new study explores the landscape of “intercultural spaces”—the physical and philosophical arenas in which art collectors, anthropologists, artists, historians, curators, and critics struggle to control the movement and meaning of art objects created by Native Americans.

Dubin examines the ideas and interactions involved in contemporary collecting, in particular, to understand how marketplace demands have homogenized Western perceptions of `authentic' Native American art. In doing so, she reveals the power relations of an art world in which Native American artists work within and against a larger system that seeks to control people by manipulating objects.

“Dubin develops for the reader a clear sense of the difficulties posed by collectors' desires for `authenticity' and relates them to continued efforts to subjugate or contain Indians and their cultural production within the authority of the dominant state. This accessible, clearly written book will have a wide reading, both inside and outside of academia.”—Professor Fred R. Myers, New York University

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Publishers Weekly on Native America Collected.......2001-09-21

"Berkeley lecturer Dubin deserves congratulations for even attempting a clear overview of her thorny subject--the history and present state of the collecting and exhibiting of the objects created by the world's indigenous peoples of North America. That she has to a great degree succeeded is gratifying, so vast are the potential pitfalls. Dubin moves between the worlds of anthropology and modern art with equal confidence and does not mistake evenhandedness for blandness. Thus, for example, the naive collectors of "Indian Art" looking for a fix of authenticity are not isolated and condemned, but placed within a broad historical and cultural framework. . . . "Dubin's knowledgeably poised book is an invaluable contribution to cultural studies."-Publishers Weekly

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The Running May Never Stop.......2005-11-21

Certain television shows were so enormously popular during their original runs that they have been reincarnated more than once. THE FUGITIVE is one such drama. When Dr. Kimble began to run in 1963 in a three partnered minuet with Lt. Gerard and Fred Johnson, the American viewing public was so enamored of the chase that they refused to accept the judgment of THE JUDGMENT (the series finale) that the running had indeed stopped. Ed Robertson in his THE FUGITIVE RECAPTURED analyzes just what it was that made millions of Americans tune in every Tuesday night to watch Kimble run from one man only to pursue another. Robertson captures the essense of the spirit not just of the show but also of the social subtext of the show. In his Fuge Facts and plot synopses, Robertson well delineates the motivation of a doctor who, in his forced travels, became a collective Keroukian ON THE ROAD, with every watching viewer able to tap into the flip side of the American Dream, that out there in every dusty small town and bustling big city lay adventures that we could not aspire to but Kimble could. Roberston reviews every episode, judges its intrinsic worth, provides the needed Kimble trivia of both character and actor, and adds a handy list of names that Kimble used over a four year run. This list resembles a phone directory of a small town that Kimble must have passed through more than once. Reading THE FUGITIVE RECAPTURED made me think of the follow up success of the filmed version with Harrison Ford and the less succeessful small screen run of Tim Daly. It is not likely that the latter two will ever be considered worthy contenders for a pantheon of running heroes, but Robertson's literary paean to David Janssen serves as a perpetual reminder that for a spirit of a character or of an age to be recaptured, then that spirit must have been worthwhile in the first place. Robertson's book will not let Kimble ever run far enough or fast enough to escape our notice.

And where is the companion for "Peyton Place"?.......2005-02-06

Ed Robertson's book is definitely the best. I also own "The Fugitive - A complete Episode Guide" by John Cooper and "My Fugitive" by David Janssen's former wife Ellie Janssen which is worth a read!
Another amazon.com reader mentioned the Twilight Zone Companion. But where is the Peyton Place Companion? I'm missing a book on the TV series "Peyton Place" for several decades and wonder why there is still no book out there.

Entertaining Book -- Filled With Fun "Fuge" Facts.......2004-11-05

"The Fugitive Recaptured" was published in 1993, thirty years after the TV series, "The Fugitive", premiered on network television in 1963.

This volume, by Ed Robertson, is just about all a "Fuge" fan could want in order to find out everything you'd need (or want) to know about this excellent TV drama, which was on the air for 4 complete seasons (120 episodes from 1963 to 1967).

The book features an "Introduction" by horror author Stephen King, plus a "Foreword" by Fugitive co-star Barry Morse, who portrayed police Lieutenant "Philip Gerard", star David Janssen's chief rival and nemesis during the course of the series. A chapter detailing the origins and conception of the series is also, of course, included here. Interesting stuff too.

Within these 208 pages, each and every episode of "The Fugitive" is dissected and examined in detail -- including cast lists, writing and directing credits, episode numbers, original air dates, episode descriptions, and verbatim "Prologue" and "Epilogue" text (the exact words spoken by series' narrator William Conrad at the beginning and end of each episode).

Many fun "Fuge Facts" are also revealed for many of the 120 episodes. These "Facts" are bits of little-known trivia that make this volume an even more enjoyable read.

In addition -- This book includes extended chapters on the series' Pilot episode ("Fear In A Desert City") and the two-part final episode ("The Judgment"), which remains to this day one of the highest-rated TV programs in the history of the medium.

There is also an "Appendix" area of the publication, with "Appendix 2" consisting of some very interesting trivial facts and data concerning every Fugitive episode -- including every single "alias" that was used by "Dr. Richard Kimble" during the whole run of the series. This appendix is useful to mega-fans of the series, as it also contains information about the "Location" (City/State) of each episode, as well as Kimble's "Occupation" on each show. Example --- Episode 31 had Kimble pretending to be "Frank Borden"; Occupation: "Dishwasher"; Location: "Harrisburg, Pennsylvania".

Many top-notch black-and-white photos are also scattered throughout this paperback publication, mainly publicity stills.

"The Fugitive" (1963-1967) is one of the best TV dramas ever put on the boob-tube. The long-running cat-and-mouse game between Dr. Richard Kimble (David Janssen) and the police officer who let him get away, Philip Gerard (Barry Morse), provided some of the finest tension-filled moments ever aired on television.

"The Fugitive Recaptured" does, indeed, "recapture" the magic that surrounded this first-class piece of television entertainment.

Very Highly Recommended.

The Fugitive Revisited.......2000-04-13

I can certainly add my kudos to Ed Robertson for his labor of love in this book commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the famous television program. This work brings to life the entire four years that the series ran on network television, and gives the reader the feeling that he was actually "on location" with the cast and crew as they produced this first-rate series. Each episode is fully documented with full credits for the director and all principal actors in the series. The episode synopsis give the reader a feeling of being on the run with the Fugitive. The opening and closing narration for each episode certainly sets the tone for each nights program.

If you are a fan of this great television series, then this book is certainly for you. I highly recommend it.

Excellent book written by a true fan and author.......1998-12-25

Mr. Robertson has written a book that was done with an obvious love of the subject matter. Though he admits he discovered David Janssen via his post-Fugitive "Harry-O" series, his thorough research makes this a "must read" for Fugophiles. I was truly impressed by the celebrity interviews. Barry Morse and Stephen King were excellent frontline introductions that certainly legitimized this meticulous account of this classic Television series. Insights from the guest cast ranging from Richard Anderson to Carol Rosser as well as show creator Mr. Huggins were truly informative. However, it is Mr. Robertson who has set the tone of this labor of love by concentrating on what fans of "The Fugitive" want and should remember. This is not a tell all scandal written anthology, rather it is a reminder that this was and is a classic that will endure.

The Fugitive Recaptured: The 30th Anniversary Companion to the Television Classic

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The Fugitive Recaptured: The 30th Anniversary Companion to the Television Classic
Ed Robertson
Manufacturer: Pomegranate Pr
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Binding: Audio Cassette

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ASIN: 093881737X

Fugitive Recaptured, The: The 30th Anniversary Companion to a Television Classic

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Fugitive Recaptured, The: The 30th Anniversary Companion to a Television Classic
Ed Robertson
Manufacturer: Pomegranate Press, Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JR9HIK

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Most people, acquainted with cryptology either through sensational cloak and dagger stories or through newspaper cryptograms, are not aware that many aspects of this art may be treated systematically, by means of some elementary mathematical concepts and methods. In this introduction, Professor Sinkov explains some of the fundamental techniques at the basis of cryptanalytic endeavor from which much more sophisticated techniques have evolved, especially since the advent of computers. The mathematical topics relevant in these discussions include modular arithmetic, a little number theory, some linear algebra of two dimensions with matrices, some combinatorics, and a little statistics. Also included are programs in BASIC developed by Paul Irwin for use in his course based on this book.

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A classic in basic cryptanalysis.......2007-02-06

This book is truly a classic in basic cryptanalysis, still one of the best introductions to cryptography available forty years after it was first published. I am currently teaching a course in encryption and data compression and read it
to see if I could find any new ideas. In preparation for the course, I had looked over several potential textbooks for the encryption section, so thought I had all of the basics down. Therefore, I really didn't expect to find anything new in this book.
That expectation was incorrect, I found three additional ideas that I will incorporate into my course. The ideas are easy to understand, yet effective in complicating the writing of computer programs to decrypt messages. Since a great deal of the activities in the class is writing programs, this will increase the amount of fun I will have in challenging the thought processes and coding skills of the students.
If you are interested in learning the basics of encryption and decryption, this book is one of the very best places to start.

good.......2005-07-26

Interesting read, the book having being written before the computer revolution is very apparent to this younger reader. But it still seems very relevant. Was good back ground for getting into the field.

No one does it better!.......2003-06-10

Dr. Sinkov has been-there, done-that. He was in the first group of three mathematicians hired by William Friedman of the Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) back in 1930. After two name changes, the agency became the NSA, and Sinkov became the Chief of Communications Security, and later, Deputy Director for Production.

Using only high school math, the good doctor takes us on a tour of cryptanalysis that is remarkable for it's clarity and completeness. If you don't start with Sinkov's book, you're doing it the hard way.

One of the Classics.......2001-07-27

This, along with the book by Helen Gaines, is one of the best introductions to classical cryptology, but if you want to go further into contemporary cryptology, you'll need a more recent book. I like Applied Cryptology by Bruce Schneier.

For by far the best book on background but not for mathematics, try The Codebreakers by David Kahn.

All four belong on any crypto bookshelf.

Great book.......2000-04-14

Sinkov's greatly consistent language is the first thing I have admired, second but not least the clear explanations, the algorithms and the attention that the book should be enough to make the average user understand everything. Many thanks to a true teacher that is at the same time a true expert.

Elementary Cryptanalysis: a Mathematical Approach

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Elementary Cryptanalysis: a Mathematical Approach

Manufacturer: Random House/The L.W. Singer Company
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GK5GD0

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Elementary Cryptanalysis a Mathematical Approach
Abraham Sinkov
Manufacturer: Random House
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MR5QPK

ELEMENTARY CRYPTANALYSIS A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH (22)

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ELEMENTARY CRYPTANALYSIS A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH (22)
Bertrand A. W. Russell
Manufacturer: The Mathematical Association of America
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ASIN: B000L6IJCO

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ELEMENTARY CRYPTANALYSIS: A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH (22)
Abraham Sinkov
Manufacturer: The Mathematical Association of America
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ASIN: B000HZUN2S

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Stretching from the end of World War II to 1989, the Cold War between the Western powers and the Communist bloc shaped national alliances around the world. In 15 chapters, the Almanac treats the historic causes of the tension; the mutual suspicions that fueled the conflict for more than 40 years; the ideological clash between communism and democracy; and the policies that marked the long standoff -- the Marshall Plan,Truman's Point Four program, the nuclear arms race, economic aid, the Berlin Wall, detente; and much more. Also covered are the times when the Cold War burst into armed conflict in such areas as Korea, Cuba and Southeast Asia.

Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2002 (Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia)

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Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2002 (Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia)
Europa Publishe
Manufacturer: Routledge
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Binding: Hardcover

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Facts About the World's Nations

Manufacturer: H. W. Wilson
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0824209559

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USEFUL!!.......2000-10-19

I found this book to be very useful! It gave me all the information I needed and more. If you want a book reeking of information about the nations of the world then you got one.

Facts on File Yearbook 1993: The Indexed Record of World Events (Facts on File Yearbook)

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Facts on File Yearbook 1993: The Indexed Record of World Events (Facts on File Yearbook)
Thomas E. Hitchings , and Marjorie Bank
Manufacturer: Facts on File
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ASIN: 0816030529

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Beautifully illustrated, thought provoking.......2001-01-15

Stone Wall Secrets starts in the present but with each turn of the beautifully illustrated pages, the reader is drawn back in time, all the way to the origin of the North American continent.

In this way, the ubiquitious stone wall fences of New England are given special significance and readers are drawn to rethink the value of these historic relics on today's landscape.

Though it is written for children, those between 6 and 10 really will need the assistance of an older reader and this is the book's only failing.

It is enough that Stone Wall Secrets encourages in children (and adults) an appreciation of our geological and sociological history. But it goes further, prompting a second look and a deeper appreciation for the seemingly ordinary in the natural world.

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