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Tourism Market Trends 2002: Americas (Tourism Market Trends)
World Tourism Organization Manufacturer: World Tourism Organization Pubns ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9284405564 |
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Economic Convergence and Divergence in Europe: Growth and Regional Development in an Enlarged European Union
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1843762412 |
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This highly topical book addresses the challenge of economic convergence within Europe, beginning with a thorough review of the theory of growth and related empirical research. Historical and more recent economic developments within the present EU and current accession countries are discussed, along with the design for the process of further integration of accession countries into the EU and the Euro area. Moreover, the potential to achieve a sustainable catch-up process in Western Balkan countries, the Ukraine and Russia is explored, focusing on the task facing the EU in designing proper policies vis-à-vis these countries. The contributors' varied perspectives ensure that the theories and policies postulated are linked closely with the actual situation in accession countries and offer up-to-date insights.Economic Convergence and Divergence in Europe will be of interest to economists and researchers of regional and European studies, particularly those with a focus on integration. Its accessible and non-technical approach assures its appeal to experts from the banking and governmental sectors.
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Engaging the State and Business: The Labour Movement and Co-Determination in Contemporary South Africa
National Labour & Economic Development Institute Manufacturer: Transaction Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000K81KCE |
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1001 Lewdest Limericks: An Erotic Collection
Ronald Stanza Manufacturer: Citadel ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0806517743 |
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If you like limericks, give this book a chance!.......1999-02-07
Dont bother.......1998-04-02
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The Musician's Guide to Making & Selling Your Own Cds & Cassettes
Jana Stanfield Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0898798086 |
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This publication shows one how to produce their own albums and market them accordingly. Topics include financing the project, capturing your own unique sound on tape, designing the album package, selling albums at live shows, over the internet, through mail order, and in retail outlets.Customer Reviews:
Good guide.......2006-05-20
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A Definite Keeper.......2003-01-01
The Musician's Guide to Making & Selling Your Own CDs & Cass.......2002-08-07
The Musician's Guide to Making & Selling Your Own CDs & Cass.......2002-08-07
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The Musician's Guide to Making & Selling Your Own CDs & Cassettes
Stanfield Jana Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000UIG70E |
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Dick Tracy and American Culture: Morality and Mythology, Text and Context
Garyn G. Roberts Manufacturer: McFarland & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 0899508804 |
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In October 1931, Dick Tracy made his debut on the American newspaper pages. Through extensive research and interviews with Chester Gould (the creator of "Dick Tracy"), his assistants, Dick Locher (the current artist), Mark Allan Collins (who scripted the stories for 15 years), and many others associated with the strip, Dick Tracy as a cultural icon emerges. The artists are fully revealed and Dick Tracy paraphernalia and the 1990 movie Dick Tracy are discussed. Dick Tracy's appearances in other media-books, comics, radio, movie serials, "B" movies, television dramas, and animated cartoons-are fully covered.
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Voice-Overs : A Practical Guide with CD (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback))
Bernard Gr Shaw Manufacturer: Theatre Arts Book ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0878301151 |
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Voice-Overs is an insider's guide to voicing radio and television commercials. Bernard Graham Shaw draws upon his nearly 20 years of voice-work experience to teach valuable studio skills, such as how far away to stand from a microphone, and offers practical advice on how to build a voice-over career. The book includes scripts written for advertisements, documentaries, and training films, as well as helpful tips on interpreting your lines and looking after your voice. Voice-Overs also features a comprehensive list of on-line resources and contact addresses, an extensive glossary of voice-over terms, and free CD with backing tracks that can be used with the scripts in the book to make your own demo tape.
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Voice-Overs is EXCELLENT!.......2002-10-26
So You 've Got A Nice Voice.......2001-11-24
The book is very detailed and thorough with many examples of scripts for the reader to try out. There is also a free CD with the book which has examples of good and bad voice-overs together with many backing tracks and jingles to accompany the scripts in the book.
An excellent book which is rapidly becoming the definitive text on this exciting career.
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Final Cut Pro HD Hands-On Training
Larry Jordan Manufacturer: Peachpit Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0321293991 |
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As the first volume in Lynda Weinman's acclaimed HOT (Hands-On Training) series to cover Apple's video editing powerhouse, this is the guide you've been waiting for! In these pages, you'll find a series of hands-on tutorials that guide you through all stages of editing video with Final Cut Pro HD. As you follow the book's step-by-step instructions (using the lesson files included on the accompanying CD), you'll quickly progress through Final Cut Pro basics and on to more advanced topics like creating transitions and motion effects, correcting color, and choosing among filter and rendering options. In the process, you'll learn about all of the program's most important features, including those new to HD: the revolutionary ability to edit HD video over FireWire (no extra cables required!); real-time color correction; the ability to toggle between full-resolution, high-quality playback and preview mode; and more! Fun, project-based lessons; an engaging writing style; and a DVD packed with lesson files make quick work of Final Cut Pro HD.Customer Reviews:
Anthony Kemp.......2006-08-09
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THE book for FCP users!.......2005-01-25
This Book Is a superlative "Must Read" for FCP users!!!.......2005-01-16
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Final Cut Pro Hd Hands-on Training
Larry Jordan Manufacturer: Peachpit Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OUGPFK |
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RAISING STANDARDS IN HISTORY EDUCATION: INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF H (Woburn Education Series)
Alar Dickinson Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0713002247 |
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Statistical Record of the Armies of the United States (Campaigns of the Civil War (Book Sales))
Frederick Phisterer Manufacturer: Book Sales ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
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Statistical Record of the Armies of the United States: A Treasury of Information About the U.S. Civil War
Frederick Phisterer Manufacturer: John Kallmann Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0965092615 |
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The Statistical Records Of The Armies Of The United States
Frederick Phisterer Manufacturer: Digital Scanning ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1582185395 |
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Statistical Report on the Sickness and Mortality in the Army of the United States, Compiled from the Records of the Surgeon General's Office; Embracing a Period of Sixteen Years, from January, 1839...
Thomas Lawton and Richard H. Coolidge Manufacturer: A O P NICHOLSON ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000UD7YDS |
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Statistical Record of the Armies of the United State (Campaign of Silver War Series)
Phisterer Manufacturer: Broadview Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9999894062 |
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Statistical Record of the Armies of the United States *Campaigns of the Civil Wa
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Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
Douglas R. Hofstadter Manufacturer: Basic Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0465045669 |
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A bestselling collection of brilliant and quirky essays, on subjects ranging from biology to grammar to artificial intelligence, that are unified by one primary concern: the way people perceive and think.Customer Reviews:
"This sentence is false." So what?!?.......2007-08-02
Brilliant and Thought Provoking.......2004-04-20
One of the gems is his simple, but brilliant analysis of the Prisoner's Dilemma. The usual analysis notes that the Nash equilibrium is for both players to defect. Hofstadter notes (correctly) that if both players are rational, then because the game is symmetrical, both players will choose the same strategy. So, the only choices are for both to cooperate or both defect. Since both cooperating has a higher payoff than both defecting, the rational strategy is to cooperate. The Nash equilibrium isn't relevant because it considers pairs of strategies which are impossible if both players are rational, i.e., the pairs where one player defects and the other cooperates.
Hofstadter notes that many people when presented with the above argument still say that they would defect. His descriptions of his attempts to reason with his friends and the results of the lottery he conducted (he told readers of his column they could send in entries for the lottery, but the more that entered, the smaller the prize would be) are, as he says, amusing, disturbing, and disappointing.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.......2003-07-14
Some parts are really bad. In chapter 5 he wonders why one can judge the intellectual content of magazines by their cover, not seeing the obvious solution that these magazines try to attract different audiences. He spends some time discussing the prisoners dilemma and he get's it completely wrong. He argues that a rational person would know that other rational persons would think along the same lines and therefore act the same way. So a rational person can use this knowledge to influence another person. This is complete bogus of course. People are rational when they act rational, if I cooperate in the prisoners dilemma, I am not changing the definition of rationality, I'm simply irrational. Hofstadter also discusses Axelrod's famous computer tournaments. A more realistic view on the topic is provided by a review of Axelrod's book by Ken Binmore. That review can be found on the web.
The book is still valuable for the good parts, but one should read the book with a sceptical eye. Hofstadter is a layman on many things he discusses, and sometimes this shines through. Another problem is that some issues like the cold war anren't really interesting anymore. People who like Hofstadter will surely like it and find enough pearls to make the buy worth it though.
Essence of Mind and Pattern.......2003-05-20
Warning to Present-Day Readers.......2002-12-12
For example, we now know that this "Freeze" movement was influenced by the KGB, both via funding (cash, in U.S. Dollars, for full-page advertisements in the New York Times was air-lifted from Moscow in diplomatic pouches), and with personnel (lots of so-called "grass roots" local freeze groups were unknowingly populated by "agent provocateurs" who were members of the KGB. By way of analogy, imagine an "Inflation Freeze" movement heavily (and secretly) funded by corporations to influence labor unions by propagandizing such a movement as a grass-roots labor agenda. Consider the outrage among organized labor in response to a movement that used fear-mongering over inflation, economic recession, and potential job loss to pressure labor into rolling over and unilaterally accepting wage freezes and other labor concessions. Such freezes and concessions would be expected by management to be accepted without discussion or negotiation, including trying to correct present injustices, looking at the company's books, or verifying the future financial condition of the company. Look up the name "Lemuel Boulware" and the company "General Electric" for an example of how to negotiate in bad faith (and yes, I'm aware of the ironic connection to Ronald Reagan, see below).
If a nuclear freeze was adopted without question or consideration, or without even a workable verification system, it would have frozen into place a very tenuous situation with Soviet SS-20's poised over Western Europe and with nothing to counter them (or if countered, a hair-trigger nuclear standoff). What happened was that Reagan and Gorbachev negotiated a workable, verifiable, and stabilizing disarmament treaty that pulled back the SS-20's (and the U.S. missiles in Western Europe) and established a framework for realistic future treaty verification (leading to the establishment of a joint flyover program known as "Open Skies"). It was ironic that a individual recruited by Lemuel Boulware as a spokesman for GE would find GE Boulwarism and bad-faith "take it or leave it" negotiating tactics used against the United States by the Soviet Union. President Reagan's response, to approach from a position of mutual strength and dignity, and assure mutually-agreeable and verifiable terms, was almost pure anti-Boulwarism.
Very few people discuss, let alone advocate, a "Nuclear Freeze" today because the lessons of history have shown such a movement to be naive, tantamount to unilateral disarmament, driven mostly by emotion and FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt), infiltrated by foreign influences not in our best interests, intended by our adversaries as bad-faith negotiations, and substantially overcome by later events.
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Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
Douglas Hofstadter Manufacturer: Bantam ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0553342797 Release Date: 1986-05-01 |
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Metamagical Themas.......2006-08-27
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Metamagical Themas:Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
Manufacturer: Basic Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000IC2CPG |
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An interlocked collection of literary, scientific, and artistic studies.
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Metamagical Themas Questing for the Esse
Douglas Hofstadter Manufacturer: BASIC BOOKS * CIVITAS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000V625TM |
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Douglas R. Hofstadter Manufacturer: Bantam Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000NUPLDS |
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Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
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Douglas R. Hofstadter Manufacturer: Bantam Dell Pub Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N1JW7I |
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Douglas R. Hofstadter Manufacturer: Basic Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000OGDU70 |
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