New Orleans Architecture: Faubourg Treme and the Bayou Road : North Rampart Street to North Broad Street Canal Street to St. Benard Avenue (New Orleans Architecture)

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Visions of a vanishing time and place.......2000-04-20

This wonderful book is the second in the now-classic survey of historic New Orleans architecture. Distinguished by the same painstaking attention to detail as the other volumes, this book concentrates on the sections of the city now known as the Central Busisness District (or CBD) and the Warehouse/Arts District. Given the dramatic changes this section has undergone since the 19th century, this volume is both more valuable historically and perhaps a bit less interesting to the casual reader.

One section of the book is fortunately out of date. A special section highlights the row houses on Julia Street in the Warehouse District, then in sad disrepair, but now gems in that area's redevelopment.

Despite the towering skyscrapers lining Poydras Street and the gleaming hotel towers down by the river, this book calls our attention to what remains: the exuberant architectural display of a Victorian bank building or the shockingly vibrant facade of a Canal Street storefront. Through its thoughtful scholarship and careful display of maps, historic images and contemporary photograph, this book (likes its sisters in the series) is an inviting glimpse into the past for the careful reader.

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& 5 x 8 . Business and marketing strategies for wildlife woodcarvers & The most successful carvers in the country tell how they make their money A practical guide on how to turn a hobby into a profitable business, written by a marketing expert who examined the successes of top carvers, including Bob Guge, Larry Barth, Floyd Scholz, Jim Sprankle, many more. Learn how to get started, how to develop a distinctive personal style, how to identify and position yourself in specific carving markets. All the advice here is based on solid marketing theory plus the actual experience of pros who earn a living from their craft. Marie Bongiovanni has an MBA in marketing, is former managing editor of Competition, and has written for Wildfowl Carving and Collecting and many other periodicals. She teaches at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA.

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Not worth it........2001-06-13

The information in this book can be obtained from the library or on the internet if a person wants to look. This book is good if you need a general guide and starting point.

Start Your Carving Business.......2000-08-16

You want to carve and sell your carvings. But you don't have any business sense or don't even know what to do. This book is written just for you! The basic theme of the book is "Yes, you can start your own carving business and here's how to do it." Expert carvers give testimonies of how they were successful, and they even include some of their failures. The book uses business terms, such as product, promotion and business plan, in such a way that it helps you understand the basics of a carving business. The basic requirements to be successful are carving skill, a products(carvings) unique from other carvers, an understanding of what people want to buy, and the discipline to follow basic business practices. If you just want to carve, maybe you could get someone to help you with the business side. The book asks a lot of questions, and if you can answer most of them with a "yes," go for it!

How To Sell Your Carvings.......2000-08-08

This book is designed to help the hobbist decide if he/she wants to become a full-time or part-time wood carver. Encouragement and advice is given by expert carvers. Practical issues are covered, such as how to understand the market, how to set prices, and how to promote your carvings. Since the new carver must understand the competition and local interests, suggestions are given about checking local craft shops, craft shows, etc. The Interent provides sources to check out the market place, such as Woodcarving Web Ring at "Artwork.net/FineWoodcarving/ring_home.htm". While the book gives a good overview of what is needed to run a business, e-business has exploded on the Internet since the book was published, and good Internet providers will provide the resources the enterpreneur needs to set up an e-business. For a successful business, the book stresses that the carver needs artistic skill and dedication to produce the carvings when promised to the customer.

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Aperture: Black Sun : The Eyes of Four, No 102
Eikoh Hosoe
Manufacturer: Aperture
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0893811939

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This work provides an in-depth examination of the history of the U.S. thrift industry from 1950 to the present, with particular emphasis on the leading role played by Texas in transforming savings and loans (S&Ls) from financiers of home mortgages to the multipurpose financial entities they are today. The purpose of the book is not only to chronicle the response of the national S&L industry to various laws, economic conditions, and changing times, but also to demonstrate how, in Texas, state-chartered S&Ls provided a model of reform which reshaped not only the Texas S&L industry but the national industry as well.

SAVING THE SAVINGS AND LOAN: THE U.S. THRIFT INDUSTRY AND THE TEXAS EXPERIENCE, 1950-1988

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SAVING THE SAVINGS AND LOAN: THE U.S. THRIFT INDUSTRY AND THE TEXAS EXPERIENCE, 1950-1988
M. Manfred Fabritius And William Borges
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORBEVI

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Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations includes the latest case law, treasury regulations, and IRS rulings to enable nonprofits to maximize their financing without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status.

Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations 2002 (Wiley Nonprofit Series)

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Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations 2002 (Wiley Nonprofit Series)
Michael I. Sanders
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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The 2002 Cumulative Supplement includes:

Discussions of the structure of the IRS and mergers and divisions of partnerships
New regulations implementing the intermediate sanctions rules and distance learning
Valuation of new-economy companies
The new markets tax credit program and the exempt organization as sole owner of an LLC

Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations, 2001 (Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management)

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Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations, 2001 (Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management)
Michael I. Sanders
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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Binding: Paperback

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This supplement updates the core volume, Sanders/Partnerships and Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations, Second Edition (ISBN 0471-29845X).

Partnerships and Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations, 1998 Cumulative Supplement

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Partnerships and Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations, 1998 Cumulative Supplement
Michael J. Sanders , and Michael I. Sanders
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0471251437

Partnerships and Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations: 1995 Supplement (Nonprofit Law, Finance & Management)

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Partnerships and Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations: 1995 Supplement (Nonprofit Law, Finance & Management)
Michael I. Sanders
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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ASIN: 0471102601

Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations, 2004 Cumulative Supplement

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Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations, 2004 Cumulative Supplement
Michael I. Sanders
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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The 2004 Cumulative Supplement includes discussions of the new markets tax credit program, the low-income housing tax credit program, whole hospital and ancillary joint venture arrangements, along with a "checklist", possible involvement of charities in international terrorist activities, and the use of a supporting organization in a joint venture structure.

Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations, 2006 Cumulative Supplement, 2nd Edition

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Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations, 2006 Cumulative Supplement, 2nd Edition
Michael I. Sanders
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N7GCSY

Partnerships and Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations: 1997 Cumulative Supplement (Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series)

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Partnerships and Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations: 1997 Cumulative Supplement (Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series)
Michael I. Sanders
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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ASIN: 0471167665

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This digital document is an article from Renaissance Quarterly, published by Renaissance Society of America on June 22, 2001. The length of the article is 940 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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Title: Age of Iron: English Renaissance Tropologies of Love and Power.(Review)
Author: Anthony Low
Publication: Renaissance Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2001
Publisher: Renaissance Society of America
Volume: 54 Issue: 2 Page: 641

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Birding in the San Juan Islands
Mark Lewis , and Fred Sharpe
Manufacturer: Mountaineers Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0898861330

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Conservation of Historic Buildings, Third Edition (Conservation of Historic Buildings)
Bernard Feilden
Manufacturer: Architectural Press
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Binding: Paperback

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Recording Historic Structures

ASIN: 0750658630

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Since its publication in 1982 Sir Bernard Feilden's Conservation of Historic Buildings has become the standard text for architects and others involved in the conservation of historic structures. Leading practitioners around the world have praised the book as being the most significant single volume on the subject to be published. This third edition revises and updates a classic book, including completely new sections on conservation of Modern Movement buildings and non-destructive investigation.

The result of the lifetime's experience of one of the world's leading architectural conservators, the book comprehensively surveys the fundamental principles of conservation in their application to historic buildings, and provides the basic information needed by architects, engineers and surveyors for the solution of problems of architectural conservation in almost every climatic region of the world. This edition is organized into three complementary parts: in the first the structure of buildings is dealt with in detail; the second focuses attention on the causes of decay and the materials they affect; and the third considers the practical role of the architect involved in conservation and rehabilitation. As well as being essential reading for architects and others concerned with conservation, many lay people with various kinds of responsibility for historic buildings will find this clearly written, jargon-free work a fruitful source of guidance and information.

* Gain a valuable insight into the building conservation world
* Benefit from the world's leading authority
* Easy to understand, jargon-free source of guidance and information

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Gorgeous Large Format Work.......2002-04-04

Gorgeous large format photography by Ron Thomas. Contains many beautiful photographs of the Vermont countryside, mostly in autumn colors, and spring bloom. Thomas used an 8x10 camera for much of the work. This book was published by Westcliff (founded by John Fielder) and was one of the nicest "state" themed books published by them, it's a shame it's no longer in print.

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Good writing is the key to success in today s fast-paced business world. Whether making a compelling argument or apologizing for an error, following-up a job interview or declining an invitation, trying to be persuasive or playing hardball, what businesspeople say and how they say it affects how colleagues, co-workers, and clients respond. Webster's Business Writing Basics offers practical advice and easy-to-follow examples for preparing polished business and office communications that get results.

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Good reference for basic writing........2001-03-06

useful for business writings.

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Winner of the 'Casa Chata Award' for the Best Book of 1994 (Spanish edition)

In charting the paradoxical effects of power and knowledge on the everyday life of subordinate people, this book offers a major rethinking of domination and the agricultural labor process. Challenging the belief that ethnography is theoretically weak, the author provides a fresh perspective on rural workers' responses to the development of transnational production systems and the transformations of agrarian structures brought about by the complex interactions of global and local forces. In questioning ingrained assumptions about worker consciousness, the author exposes the naivete of past approaches and the role of power and hegemony in the micro-politics of human relations.

This book is obligatory reading for anyone interested in current debates about "resistance," development, and the future of rural societies.

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The "Clif Notes" of storytelling for beginning storytellers.......1999-10-21

This book is helpful to those trying to find stories to tell orally to children. It contains the skeleton of many familiar folk and fairy tales that will help to remind parents and beginning storytellers of stories they may have heard as children and want to retell in their own words. Each story contains the summary, the characters, and the plot outline of stories, together with suggestions on how they might be told.

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A fun, accurate book on piracy.......2003-02-26

Kris Lane apparently grew up with the same wide-eyed awe of pirates that most of us grew up with. His "Pillaging the Empire" does it's best to reshape our opinions of pirates as a fun-loving bunch of misfits and saucy rogues, but like many recent works on the subject of piracy, he doesn't quite do it. One can't help but retain a skewed view of pirates, despite the unpleasant tales of how dirty ships were, how rotten the food was, how murderous the population was, etc. Like David Cordingly's excellent "Under the Black Flag", the pirate myth is largely debunked, the truth is revealed to be stranger than fiction, but you can still tell that at the end Lane (like Cordingly before him) still gets a kick out of recalling the pirate lifestyle.
The book itself tells the story of American piracy in a fun manner, but everything is presented scholarly; sources are cited and there are enough annotated footnotes to keep dorks like me happy. The sidebar pieces are handy, and cover related topics like gambling in the 17th century, a typical pirate's diet, etc. Interesting stuff for the curious and a good awakening to those who think pirates are all guff-talking, one-eyed parrot owners with scurvy and gangrene.

An average history book, lacking many primary sources.......1999-06-17

This book is made mostly from second sources such as already printed books, but uses very few primary ones. In fact, it is missing key authors such as Hakluyt, he uses only the 1724 edition of Captain Johnson book (neglecting the 1726 which is the most complete), and it seems he used only a resumed version in one volume of Labat's massive work of more than 6 volumes, among other shortcomings. Then he puts in his bibliography the __Don Quixote__, but this novel has nothing to do with piracy in the Americas. I bought this book because it was advertised as being composed of many Spanish sources. But sadly, it has very, very few. In fact he only uses _one_ primary Spanish source (Alsedo), and about two or three books written by Spaniards of our time. His "select bibliography" is very short (68 books in all), and I doubt he read any more. In general terms, the information he provides is okay, and he is carefull not to make mistakes. Problem is, it is not an original book, nor it keeps up to what it promises. Readers that expect to find in it a rich quantity of Spanish references, archives, chroniclers, etceteras, do not be misleaded.

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Rare reprint of three works:

1. Correspondence between 17th century theologian, John Flavel, and his friend Clement Lake in 1687 soon after Lake became a Quaker;

2. John Flavel's jubilant sermon on the 1689 coronation of William and Mary, with critical commentary; and

3. Flavel's friend, John Galpine's, brief biography of Flavel soon after his death

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The first edition of this book was the first modern text devoted to the veterinary care of birds of prey. Still a classic reference for veterinary surgeons, avian biologists, falconers and conservationists, the book has been updated and expanded throughout but also includes contributions by leading international experts and additional material on fractures, pathology, legislation and poisons, and new sections on neonatology, health monitoring, captive breeding, and host-parasite relations.

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BIRDS OF PREY: HEALTH AND DISEASE
Cooper
Manufacturer: BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N5BKBK

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