The Great Lakes Berry Book: The Great Lakes Berry Book

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From blueberries to black raspberries, from papaws to persimmons, discover where to find 'em, when to pick 'em, and how to enjoy 'em. Every berry lover in the Great Lakes region, including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Ontario, and Wisconsin, will use and treasure this book. The Great Lakes Berry Book combines the information of a field guide and the fun of a cookbook. Learn to identify more than 22 berry and fruit species using non-technical descriptions, habitat hints, and color photos. You'll be inspired by Author Bob Krumm's delightful stories about growing up in the Great Lakes area and his family's berry-picking adventures. Your taste buds will water at the puddings, preserves, and more. A handy blooming-and-berry-ripening calendar helps you to plan your outings.

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berry picker reveiw.......2007-03-18

This is the best book ever----berry picker's bible. Great recipes, pictures, descriptions. One of my favorite books.

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HIGHLY ENJOYABLE.......2003-04-10

A well-researched collection of ghost stories, ranging from the
beginning of Texas history through the late 1880s-early 1990s. Unlike a lot of writers on this topic, Docia Shultz Williams makes the effort to conduct interviews, and do research, rather than (for the most part) rely on "this happened to a friend of a friend of a friend"-type recollections. Most of the recent stories claim to be first-hand accounts, and the rather substantive bibliography at the back shows actual research and investigation was done. Further, the author shows admirable restraint in not embellishing the stories told her with extra "spooky" details to punch them up, which makes the stories themselves more believable. Very entertaining, especially if you are familiar with this part of Texas.

Spine Chilling Reading!.......2000-11-06

Ghosts along the Texas Coast is a fun and mystical tribute to unexplained phenomenon in Texas. As a native Texan, I heard many of these stories growing up, and to read the book brought back those eerie feelings I had as a child, at the same time decreasing my skepticism and leaving me wondering."How do you explain that?!"

Excellent Reading!.......2000-08-07

Docia does a great job of recreating old Texas ghost stories as well as modern ones. Informative as well as entertaining.

Ghost Along the Texas Coast.......2000-03-09

Great book. As good as the rest of her ghost books. I love a good ghost story and this book is filled with them.

Was what I was taught.......1997-12-08

I lived along the Texas Coast line until I was 19, first in Corpus and then in Houston/Galveston area. Places and descriptions in this book were what I remembered in most cases being told when I was a child. What wonderful memories were retold. She is very good writer and to find out what were once scary stories as being true by those that believe them - well that was grand! I knew of another in Corpus about a man buried on the bluff in a park. That story wasn't in there but maybe it will be in another one. I bought this book at Padre Island in 1997 at the park there and it's a treasure to me.

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GHOSTS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST

Manufacturer: Republic of Texas Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H1SQ8A

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The exciting life of an exciting man!.......2000-01-13

If you want to get to know John Brown, his family, his life, his problems and his ways, you have to read this book, from his childhood to his death in Virginia after the raid of Harper's Ferry each station of his life is shown in detail (which makes it sometimes difficult to read with pure pleasure). Before I read this book I knew about Brown as a criminal, a fanatic, a murderer may be. Yes, he was... but you have to know what shaped him to be a fanatic and a murderer. His life was a struggle for freedom, and he was beat hard by life. He came on the wrong way or better: He went too far on the right one. This is a very exciting and helpful book! Just read it!

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Are intellectual property-leveraging and expansion strategies such as franchising and licensing good ways to grow your business? More and more companies--across an ever-expanding spectrum of products and services--are discovering that yes, they are.

Now, in a newly updated revision of a book relied upon by thousands of business executives, here is the strategic guide you've been looking for to help you create and manage an efficient, profitable, and trouble-free business growth plan and make the most of your intangible assets in the new millennium.

Highly acclaimed as the ideal practical planning guide for early-stage and rapidly-growing businesses, the first edition of Franchising and Licensing spearheaded the success of thousands of new companies. This new edition incorporates the latest developments and trends in franchising, licensing, and other growth strategies based on strategic distribution partnering relationships with local resources who use their own capital to achieve growth objectives.

With its clear, expert guidance, you'll be able to choose the best ways to: * avoid the common pitfalls of franchising, licensing, joint ventures, distributorships, and other leveraged marketing structures * understand the key management, operational, and legal issues involved in building an effective franchising program * leverage intellectual property to penetrate new markets, expand market share, and build customer and brand loyalty

Franchising and Licensing, Second Edition, is also your key to minimizing the disputes that so often plague franchising and other partnering-based business structures. It demonstrates clearly how to focus on quality and training to ensure that quantity and expansion will follow. It shows you how to build a clear commitment to quality, fairness, and effective communication in a way that pervades all your activities.

And it also provides detailed, expert guidance through such crucial elements of the business relationship as protection of intellectual property, field support, regulatory compliance, co-branding strategies, quality control systems, mergers and acquisitions, international expansion, and even litigation.

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The US's guide to franchising.......2000-08-03

This book is obviously aimed at the US domestic market. State by state it covers laws and practices. The sales girl said that UK franchising law was based on US law, maybe she was right. It is usefull to the UK francisor/franchisee, insofar as it gives excellent advice and working examples. The majority of its 400 pages are only useful between LA and New York, however, anyone planning to enter into a franchising agreement should imho have read this, and have it on his (or her) shelves.

Excellent book for business consultants in franchising.......2000-03-29

Excellent for those who are business consultants in franchising. Mr. Sherman has covered the major topics that must be taken in consideration when a business is going to be offered as franchise, in a well-developed book with very good legal advice.

Franchising and Licensing: Two Ways to Build Your Business. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of Small Business Management

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Franchising and Licensing: Two Ways to Build Your Business. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of Small Business Management
William H. Brannen
Manufacturer: International Council of Small Business
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Small Business Management, published by International Council of Small Business on July 1, 1992. The length of the article is 1214 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: Franchising and Licensing: Two Ways to Build Your Business. (book reviews)
Author: William H. Brannen
Publication: Journal of Small Business Management (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1992
Publisher: International Council of Small Business
Volume: v30 Issue: n3 Page: p84(3)

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This, the first publication in a major new tenpart series, forms part of the international Corpus Vitrearum. It catalogues almost 200 panels of stained glass from collections in the Detroit Institute of Art; the Art Institute in Chicago; the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor; the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul in Detroit; Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum; the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House; and, in Ohio, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Toledo Museum of Art. The introduction examines the nature of stained glass, its function as an art-form, and its relationship to architecture and other art-forms of the medieval and Renaissance periods. A discussion of the formation of the collections yields fascinating information on the history of changing tastes, the social status of collectors, their attitudes toward religion, and the development of public museums in the 19th and 20th centuries. The catalogue provides comprehensive contextual, iconographic and stylistic descriptions. Every panel is illustrated, with restoration charts and several details, as well as comparative examples. This volume is part of set 1-872501-00-1 (2 volumes) and can only be ordered as part of a so-called set.

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This digital document is an article from The Journal of the American Oriental Society, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1466 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: Egypt, Israel, and the Ancient Mediterranean World: Studies in Honor of Donald B. Redford.(Book review)
Author: Anthony Spalinger
Publication: The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 125 Issue: 2 Page: 273(2)

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Growing up with Audrey Hepburn is the first full-length academic study of one of the most loved stars of Hollywood cinema. A study of both Hepburn's star persona and films, it is also an audience study, using interviews to explore accounts given by British women who have admired her in the 1950s and 1960s, and, more recently, in the 1990s.

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Fascinating feminist theory applied to Hepburn's persona.......2003-04-18

Evaluating the intersection between Hepburn's roles, persona, and her audience appeal, this fairly academic treatment teases out interesting themes. Although specific to experience of British women of "a certain age," the title adds to the analysis of Hepburn's oeuvre.

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Prior Roger and the Brown Paper Envelope.......2001-06-18

The booklet could have been called Prior Roger and the Brown Paper Envelope. For anyone following the course of recent Irish political life, with its favours done to "friends", its general openness to corruption and the high life enjoyed by the great and the powerful, it provides a salutary lesson that nothing much has changed. It was all going on in the fourteenth century, much of it happening in what is now the relative backwater of Kilmainham. The writer has explored how Roger Outlaw (great name, for a start) used the network of friends he gathered in Kilmainham to more or less run the country for twenty years. Outlaw kept his contacts in luxury, held extravagant feasts and even presented them with gowns covered in furs and trimmings in order to hold their support. Despite the lack of personal records, you get a very strong sense of the man himself - an arch-politician if ever there was one - and of the society at Kilmainham, the centre of power of the military order of the Knight's Hospitallers. One of the most interesting chapters deals with the Alice Kyteler witchcraft trial, a story which involves a mad bishop, a middle-aged murderess and a host of minor characters. The Byzantine twists and turns in the story make for fascinating reading. Outlaw took the side of the "witches" because of family and local loyalties and got himself accused of heresy for his troubles.

I really enjoyed the book. Although it is short, it contained a huge amount of information - in fact, the detail is almost too densely packed in for such a short work. But it gave me an insight into how society operated in a period I knew little about, and a taste to find out more about it. The study started out as an M.A. thesis, and the signs are on it with the number of footnotes and references in a comparatively short text. My advice is - ignore the footnotes and enjoy the story. It's worth it.

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Doing Business With the Japanese: A Guide to Successful Communication, Management, and Diplomacy (S U N Y Series in Speech Communication)
Alan Goldman
Manufacturer: State University of New York Press
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Doing Business with the Japanese: A Guide to Successful Communication, Management, and Diplomacy.: An article from: Pacific Affairs
Ofer Feldman
Manufacturer: University of British Columbia
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ASIN: B00096Q89C
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Pacific Affairs, published by University of British Columbia on September 22, 1996. The length of the article is 884 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: Doing Business with the Japanese: A Guide to Successful Communication, Management, and Diplomacy.
Author: Ofer Feldman
Publication: Pacific Affairs (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1996
Publisher: University of British Columbia
Volume: v69 Issue: n3 Page: p416(3)

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A Nice Surprise

The Short Book on Options

Excellent

Clear concise primer for understanding options

I am a satisfied options novice

The Short Book on Options: A Conservative Strategy for the Buy and Hold Investor
Mark D. Wolfinger
Manufacturer: 1st Books Library
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THE SHORT BOOK ON OPTIONS is just that: a concise easy to understand primer that first teaches the basics of stock options and then offers a hands-on approach to using options in a conservative manner. Beginning with a description of what an option is and how an option works, THE SHORT BOOK ON OPTIONS takes the reader on a journey from learning the language of options to being prepared to trade. The book provides detailed answers to these important questions: What are the steps involved in trading options? Why would you want to sell a stock option?

What do you have to gain?

What do you have to lose? How do you choose which option to sell? THE SHORT BOOK ON OPTIONS is especially useful for long-term buy and hold investors, owners of a self-directed retirement plan, investment club members or anyone who wants to increase the performance and safety of his/her investment portfolio. The author teaches a conservative strategy focusing on profitability and safety. By the time you finish reading this book, you will be eager (and prepared) to make your first options trade.

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A Nice Surprise .......2007-10-08

I wasn't sure what to expect from this book but it was recommended to me by a friend so I ordered it. When I got it, my first thought was
"Wow. Short book is right." But don't let its length fool you. It is for people new to options and it's a very condensed volume of information that focuses on covered calls and touches on a few variations of them. It starts out with an overview of options and gives good easy to understand examples. It then moves into buying and selling options and finally focuses on covered call writing. It gives very good examples of various trades and the affects of yields and volatility.

You can use this book to get started on covered call writing with good confidence. I really liked this book a lot because it was very focused on teaching one very effective and conservative options strategy instead of trying to teach several confusing strategies all at once.

The Short Book on Options .......2007-05-09

The book is unquestionably the best book on writing covered calls available. The writer is efficient without bias and without the use of puffery to make a point.

Excellent.......2003-09-16

This book delivers, I did not know about options prior reading, the simple and yet comprehensive presentation allows to develop a good grasp of how to use options on a conservative and solid fashion.
What he advocates (protection and enhancement) of a portfolio is well presented and plan to use his advice.
More likely will now seek more information and knowledge with more elaborated books (not sure is really needed) but the basics are here.
thank you Wolfinger

Clear concise primer for understanding options.......2002-11-08

I found this book to be just what I was looking for. After a complete introduction to the topic, Mr. Wolfinger helps the novice options investor clearly understand one conservative strategy. The author is very dedicated and thorough in explaining the concepts. He makes no assumptions that the reader has previous knowledge of what he teaches, yet he is never condescending. I also appreciate the easy to read font size. The text is large enough that I can read it without my glasses! Many thanks to the author for having the patience and know-how to start a beginner from "square one". I look forward to other books on the subject by this author.

I am a satisfied options novice.......2002-11-08

Enjoyed this book! It delivers as promised. I picked it up hoping to get a clear understanding of options and how they work. I was more than pleased, as this book provided all I was looking for, and more. The author presents material in pleasant, easy to grasp language. I now have a very clear understanding of options. The covered call writing strategy sounds good to me. I never knew it was so easy to obtain some safety for my stocks. I have already opened my options account and my broker is offering encouragement.

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"An impressive collection. Roderick M. Kramer and Tom R. Tyler have brought together a set of forefront studies that illuminate the causes and consequences of trusting behavior. This book will help shape the agenda for many years." --Mayer N. Zald, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan "Trust is like bone in an organization--undergirding, supporting, and enabling flesh and blood growth and function. This volume does a remarkable job of illustrating how healthy (versus unhealthy) trust systems develop and of tracing the profound consequences. It represents an invaluable resource for professionals interested in the dynamics of organizational effectiveness." --Robert B. Cialdini, Regents Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University "Roderick Kramer and Tom Tyler have produced an authoritative and stimulating collection of essays that raise the critical questions about trust. In the process, they challenge rational choice and social science generally to develop better models of negotiation and decisionmaking. Trust in Organizations goes a long way towards providing the foundations for such theorizing." --Margaret Levi, Department of Political Science, University of Washington Organizational theorists have long recognized the central role that trust plays in organizational life. They have noted that trust facilitates exchanges among individuals, enhances cooperation and coordination, and contributes to more effective social and organizational relationships. Researchers agree that there is a need for a better understanding of trust in organizations. Trust in Organizations is an essential guide that will provide students and professionals in organization studies, management, and public administration with a wealth of knowledge concerning the importance of trust. Editors Roderick M. Kramer and Tom R. Tyler have assembled a cross-disciplinary group of scholars--from social psychology, behavioral economics, sociology, and organizational theory--to bring together some of the newest and most exciting conceptual perspectives in this field. These contributions also reflect a variety of new methodological approaches to the study of trust. This volume's broad coverage includes discussion of the psychological and social antecedents of trust, the effects of social and organizational structures on trust, and the broad effects of trust on organizational functioning.

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Valuable Trust Text.......2000-05-03

This volume is vitrually the only work dealing specifically with trust in the organizational context. Much research on this construct takes a) a purely psychological approach, or b) a philosophical view. This volume provides multiple perspectives useful for the organizational theorist or manager looking for a deeper insight. Not a lightweight -- a seminal text for trust researchers.

Valuable Trust Text.......2000-05-03

This volume is vitrually the only work dealing specifically with trust in the organizational context. Much research on this construct takes a) a purely psychological approach, or b) a philosophical view. This volume provides multiple perspectives useful for the organizational theorist or manager looking for a deeper insight. Noit a lightweight -- a seminal text for trust researchers.

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Banking laws and practices concerning transparency and disclosure are essential components of the "living law" of an effective modern economy. In their meetings as part of the Summit of the Americas process, Western Hemisphere finance ministers made bank transparency a priority. This study by the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade (NLCIFT) was commissioned by these ministers. It responds to their concerns and was presented as 5 reports to the ministers. It is now integrated, with updates, into a comprehensive, fully documented book, Transparency and Truth in Latin American Banking, with a foreword by Dr. Heinz P. Rudolph, Director of International Finance and Capital Markets for the Ministry of Finance of Chile.

The book was prepared under the general editorship of NLCIFT President and University of Arizona law professor, Dr. Boris Kozolchyk, who has served as U.S. delegate to the UN Commission on International Trade Law and representative of the US Council on International Banking to the International Chamber of Commerce for work on letters of credit. To produce this study, the NLCIFT put together an outstanding multinational team.

Bankers, bank regulators, policy makers, potential investors, both domestic and foreign, and students of banking, finance and banking law will find important conclusions and recommendations in every chapter and a road map that has already helped to show the way forward. Beyond the specific recommendations, this study establishes a methodology for analyzing and comparing banking systems of different countries. The approach promotes mutual exchanges on actual practices and thus leads to changes that strengthen financial integration in the region as well as each national banking system. Beyond the five countries studied, the methodology and recommendations are useful for bank regulators and policy makers in other countries in Latin America and other parts of the world.

The NLCIFT was chosen for this project because of its reputation for independent, professional and objective work. NLCIFT is a non-profit institution dedicated to developing the legal infrastructure necessary to facilitate the movement of goods, services and investment capital in the Western Hemisphere. Its projects serve to identify and eliminate structural and mechanical legal obstacles to free trade through the harmonization of commercial laws and practices.

February 9, 2000

Dr. Boris Kozolchyk

President and Director

National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade

Tucson, Arizona

Dear Dr. Kozolchyk:

Through this note, I want to express my gratitude to you and the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade, for the outstanding effort and professionalism that your institution demonstrated throughout the period the initiative on Transparency and Disclosure was developed.

I am glad to inform you that the Minister of Finance of Chile, Mr. Manuel Marfán, presented the final report of this initiative to the Western Hemisphere Ministers, along with the progress on the remaining initiatives set forth in the Santiago Ministerial of December 1997. Ministers praised this initiative and its useful and constructive findings, and agreed to continue this project for the other uncovered countries of the Hemisphere, requesting funds from international financial institutions. Consequently, we are confident that the project will continue.

Again, I would like to thank you for your hard work and dedication during this period.

Sincerely,

Heinz P. Rudolph Director or International Finance and Capital Market Ministry of Finance Chile

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In today's global economy, NAFTA continues to present unprecedented opportunities for companies in cross-border commerce. 'Uniting North American Business: NAFTA Best Practices' focuses on best business practices and lessons learned in the years since the NAFTA agreement was first signed, and their impact on both the economy and society.

'Uniting North American Business' provides you with the skills and competencies necessary to become more effective business managers and citizens in NAFTA countries by considering:

* What is the scope of the NAFTA agreement itself?
* What are some of the positive benefits of NAFTA?
* What is really causing job loss attributed to NAFTA?
* What should we know about Canada, the United States, and Mexico to better understand the culture and management philosophies of our partners?
* What will society look like if current trends continue?

Presents the opportunities, changes, and case studies of major corporations doing cross-border business in NAFTA countriesPart of bestselling Managing Cultural Differences SeriesCase studies and clear directions show you how to make NAFTA work to achieve business success

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Great for knowledge!.......2007-09-20

What a great book to learn how to sell your home, all the facts you need to know in a one stop shop! I've met Allyson personally, and I can tell you that she's a great broker with alot of knowledge about her area.

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