United Kingdom Industrial And Business Directory (World Business, Investment and Government Library)

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Strategic information and contacts for conducting successful export-import and business operation in the country. Information on export-import products, exporters and importers, regulations, opportunities. Updated annually.

United Kingdom: Export-Import & Business Directory (World Economic and Trade Unions Business Library)

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Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA
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An irresistible collection of very special houses in Britain with gardens to match. Here are gardens of every description: modest, grandiose, old English, wild, tamed, watery, bosky, topiary-filled, and rosy--all of them illustrated in full color. And the houses and hosts are equally lovely; they enjoy people as much as plants.

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ASIN: 1901970531

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An irresistible collection of very special houses in Britain (and a few in France, Italy, and Ireland too), with gardens to match. Here are gardens of every description: modest, grandiose, old English, contemporary, French, Italianate, wild, tamed, watery, bosky, topiary-filled and rosy--all illustrated in full-color. The houses and hosts are as lovely as the gardens--selected because their owners enjoy people as much as plants.

Garden Bed and Breakfast (Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay)

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Garden Bed and Breakfast (Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay)
Alastair Sawday
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ASIN: 1901970140

Special Places to Stay Garden Bed & Breakfast (Special Places to Stay)

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Special Places to Stay Garden Bed & Breakfast (Special Places to Stay)

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ASIN: 0762707720

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Are you a garden lover? Then you'll love these places. Wake up in someone else's bed, to the delights of someone else's garden - and you don't even have to do the weeding.

This guide contains ninety-nine very special houses with gardens to match in England, Scotland and Wales. We look for places that we like, for lovely houses, beautiful gardens and a genuine welcome.

Each entry has color photographs, regional maps, precise directions and much more.

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This volume spells out the antitrust laws and such related laws as the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921. It briefly summarizes the cases instituted by the United States under these laws. There are three indexes: by company, by subject, by case.

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This book provides practical guidance on how to develop new health care cost-shifting and cost-containment strategies and put them into place regardless of the final resolution of today's health care debate. Shows not only how to evaluate businesses' current health care benefits, but how to develop and implement programs that will control costs without damaging broader human resources priorities.

Delete Auditing Health Care Benefits: How to Manage Costs and Minimize Risk 1997 Supplement

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Delete Auditing Health Care Benefits: How to Manage Costs and Minimize Risk 1997 Supplement
Paolella
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Fabulous, Simply Fabulous!

Fantastic Fashions!

Photos Are Better than the Text

The Roaring '20s Fashions Deco is a Delightful Book

A Roaring (20s) Good Book!

Roaring '20s Fashions: Deco (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Sue Langley , and John Dowling
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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Fashions of the Roaring '20s

ASIN: 0764323202

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By the second half of the 1920s, old-fashioned Victorian morals had gone the way of starched collars and cruel corsets and a "no holds barred" attitude reigned in their place. "The Party of the Century" had begun in earnest and fashions responded by climbing to the knees! Using a combination of vintage images, professional photographs of existing garments, and period artists' illustrations, this comprehensive book presents a dazzling look at fashions from 1925 through 1929. Fashions for men, women, and children are featured, including evening wear, day wear, coats and jackets, lounge and resort wear, sports fashions, and lingerie. Whenever possible, styles are shown with their appropriate accessories, such as hats, shoes, purses, fans, parasols, and more. Fascinating timelines place the fashions in their proper setting, describing each year's film, music, literary, and couture trends. Among the book's many highlights are rare French pochoir fashion plates and photos of an original haute couture Chanel evening gown. This in-depth look at one of our most exciting decades will appeal to fashion enthusiasts and history buffs alike. A companion volume covers the years 1920 to 1924.

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Fabulous, Simply Fabulous!.......2006-07-11

Roaring '20's Fashions by Susan Langley is just wonderful. She has gone the extra mile by showing the advertisement or sketch and then showing an actual item that is as close to if not identical to the ad. I always looked at the magazine ads and wondered what the actual garment or accessory really looked like. Now I know. I will gleefully await her next book! The photographs are done well (good angles and lighting)and her commentary is lively. I would recommend to one and all! And I have.

Fantastic Fashions!.......2006-04-05

Another wonderful walk through fashion history. "Deco" is a very worthy sucessor to Sue Langley's "Jazz", continuing through the second half of the twenties. Pictures were wonderful, and the text bubbled with delicious historical commentary. This book was even more special as I attended a show and signing in Manhattan where I could see the clothes closeup and hear all kinds of tidbits of the fashion trade. Wonderful - I look forward to whatever Sue Langley's next book!

Photos Are Better than the Text.......2006-03-24

I agree with the comments of a reviewer of the author's companion book, "Roaring '20s Fashions: Jazz." Buy this book for the photos, which are excellent. Unfortunately, the text has been poorly edited, with an overabundance of exclamation marks and capital letters rendering the content and captions somewhat amateurish and even silly at times. The use of period photos and fashion illustrations, in addition to the great photos of the vintage clothing, make this book a worthy purchase.

The Roaring '20s Fashions Deco is a Delightful Book.......2006-01-17

The Roaring '20s Fashions Deco is a delightful book. A step into the world of Fitzgerald. Well written & researched and great photography

A Roaring (20s) Good Book!.......2006-01-14

I loved Ms. Langley's vintage hat book so well I was amost afraid to be disappointed by her new books on the Roaring 20s - I shouldn't have been. She truly surpassed herself with books that transcend the category of collecter's books. Yes, this book is organized and comprehensive. The clothes are fabulous and the photos of them due them justice. The fashion plates and advertisements are beautiful and greatly entertaining enhancements placing the clothing in context of the times. I must admit my favorite part of the book is the vintage photographs which along with the loving and witty narrative breathe a life and tenderness into this book that raises it far above a collector's guide.

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What a cool concept

A New Look At Applique and Quilting

Superior applique process for the seriously inclined quilter

Faces & Places: Images in Applique
Charlotte Warr Andersen
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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For a revolutionary approach to a traditional needlecraft, try creating a quilt adapted from a favorite photograph. The seemingly elusive art of capturing a realistic image in fabric is clearly presented in Faces & Places, utilizing a relatively easy layering technique. The approach is not for beginners, but one need not be an expert quilter to produce successful results. With excellent, detailed instructions, Charlotte Warr Andersen explains how to select an appropriate subject, enlarge the design, mark the fabric, choose the right appliqué fabrics, and master the key stitching method of needle-turn appliqué. There are good diagrams throughout, as well as a tear-out sheet offering several full-size sample patterns. The book is filled with many exquisite examples of photograph-inspired scenic and portrait quilts by Andersen as well as by a number of other skilled quilt artists.

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What a cool concept.......2002-11-02

I feel like a 5 year old with a new toy. This book is sooo cool. I am making a portrait of my grandparents using the instructions in this book. I am a very novice quilter, and I am able to understand the directions. Worth the money.

A New Look At Applique and Quilting.......1999-02-04

Although the content is a bit intimidating at first, Charlotte Andersen gives detailed instructions, easy-to-understand directions, and constant encouragement. When I first leafed through the book, looking at the photos, I was convinced I'd never be able to grasp this technique, let alone master it. After reading Andersen's text and getting caught up in her infectious enthusiasm for this type of work, I'm inspired and ready to make magic. A must-have for any quilter ready for something completely different from the old nine-patch block.

Superior applique process for the seriously inclined quilter.......1997-04-05

Want to applique with the Best! Pick up the book Faces and Places: Images in Applique by Charlotte Warr Andersen. The book is a complete guide to the process that she has developed to create her wonderful pictorial quilts. Do you want to create in fabric a portrait of your loved ones? This is the book to study. Anderson's writing is concise and simple to follow with many pictures to help you see the steps. Her book starts with the basics of needleturn applique (no freezer paper), through all the details for a great finished product. It has four learning projects, patterns included. Definitely time consuming, but the results are spectacular! A phenomenal book for the quilter seriously looking for a way to portray whatever they desire, even great for a beginner who likes a challenge. It's how I got started in quilting

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The Dallas/Ft. Worth Home Book is a comprehensive hands-on design resource to building, remodeling, decorating, furnishing and landscaping a luxury home in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Whether interested in remodeling a kitchen or building a multi-million dollar dream home, the book can give readers the information they want to get the quality services and products they need. The Home Book compiles the most comprehensive list of design professionals who rank among the top ten in their respective fields. Let the Home Book do your homework for you! You'll find in these pages:

• More than 700 listings of professionals, specializing in 40 different trades. • Instructional information for choosing and working with architects, contractors, landscapers and interior designers. • More than 1,000 color photographs inspiring innovative interior and exterior modeling ideas. • A compilation of the area's top enhancement service providers organized by trade with easy-to-read listings.

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When Adults Hurt Children: Helping Children Heal from Abuse
Marge Eaton Heegaard
Manufacturer: Fairview Press
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This book helps victims express in pictures what they are unable to say in words.

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High rating, but beware..........2007-09-06

...this book is definitely for the obsessive. These are pioneers who, for the most part, predate the concepts of stardom. Early recording companies, like early movie studios, were not interested in sharing any revenue with any "stars" that required promotion -- yes, Sarah Bernhardt made a movie or two, and Caruso sold a lot of records, but they were exceptions -- people who had reputations built outside the new mediums. For this reason, you'll find a lack of big-name stars. What you will find is a wealth of information on the practically unknown legions of men and women who were among the first to actually record the sounds and songs from the last two centuries. I found it fascinating, and of value in the obsessive cataloging that often goes hand-in-hand with the hobby of record collecting. It also helped to make a great many names a lot more human to me, and I'm thankful to the author for that. Not for the average reader, but if you have an interest in the acoustic recordings of popular music from the earliest days... well, you'll be as happy as Jones & Hare.

Nice reference work for collectors of early popular music.......2006-11-04

This is a well written biographical dictionary of the key popular (vs. classical) performers featured on early recordings. For example, you can look up "Edison Quartette" and find out that it was also known as the Hayden Quartet and exchanged performers with the American Quartet. Then you can look up the individual singers. I just consulted it this morning to find out about an early recording of John Philip Sousa's band.

While it is not a discography, it has information about selected early records, along with a song index. If you want to get a peek at the style, check out Tim Gracyk's site online.

I don't see how any collector of early popular records could live without this book.

Invaluable research tool.......2005-12-02

Anyone who collects old 78s knows how frustratingly difficult it can sometimes be to learn about the musicians responsible for making the recordings. This book spotlights dozens of acoustic-era (1890s-1920s) recording stars, in most cases providing the most complete and detailed biographies I've found anywhere. The introduction is particularly helpful, providing an overview of the recording industry in its early years, examining how recording limitations dictated what and who was recorded, offering glimpses into the studios where these records were made, and a valuable note about estimations of record sales. This introduction nicely balances the individual accounts that come after and helps us see how these musicians fit in the "overall picture." If you've got moldy stacks of old 78s by Arthur Fields, Irving Kaufman, Ada Jones, The Sannon Quartet, Joseph C. Smith, or others like that, you might just find yourself cleaning them off and playing them again after reading this book. I find these old acoustics are much easier to enjoy once I know something about the people who made them.

This isn't a sit-down-and-read-like-a-novel book, it's more like an encyclopedia, with 1-10 page articles about individual musicians and groups. At times, the articles feel a bit "choppy," but on the whole they are quite readable and there's plenty of information. Unfortunately, the binding of this paperback version is rather poor (the sheets are just glued directly to the flimsy spine, not sewn together), maybe the hardcover version is better bound? So far, my paperback is still intact, but for how much longer, I can only guess. This is a book I pull off the shelf often to answer many of the questions that come up when I listen to my 78s. Gracyk and Hoffman will give you a whole new appreciation for these old records! Highly recommended!

Detailed biographies of singers/musicians on old records!.......2002-01-02

POPULAR AMERICAN RECORDING PIONEERS: 1895-1925, by Tim Gracyk, has detailed biographies of singers/musicians on old records! 444 pages. This is the ONLY book ever published to give biographies of early recording pioneers. Learn facts about the singers who made records of "popular" music before 1925! The book's opening essay gives a summary of the history of the early recording industry, the "acoustic" era. Rare sources were used--trade journals like TALKING MACHINE WORLD, memos from the Edison, Victor, Zon-O-Phone, U-S Everlasting, and Columbia record companies, etc. Following the long intro are detailed encyclopedic articles (organized alphabetically): 100 artists with separate entries in the book include the American Quartet, Billy Murray, Ada Jones, Cal Stewart (Uncle Josh), Nat Wills, Steve Porter, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (other "jass" bands of 1917 covered, too), Paul Whiteman, George J. Gaskin, Carl Fenton, Sam Ash, Aileen Stanley, Henry Burr, the Peerless Quartet, Arthur Collins, Byron G. Harlan, the duo Collins and Harlan (separate entry--new info!), S. H. Dudley, Al Bernard, Edward M. Favor, Rudy Wiedoeft, Sousa, Walter B. Rogers, Vess L. Ossman, Sam Lanin, Bert Williams, Frisco Jazz Band, Olive Kline, J. W. Myers, Ben Selvin, the Green Brothers, Haydn Quartet (the quartet that sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" for Victor), Marion Harris, Arthur Fields, Irving Kaufman, Will F. Denny, Frank C. Stanley, Nat Shilkret, Frank Ferera (did his wife and fellow recording artist Helen Louise die of foul play? she vanished during a ship voyage in 1919!), James Reese Europe (Jim Europe), Victor Military Band, Victor Light Opera Company, Werrenrath, Shannon Four (Revelers), Richard Jose...many more! Rare info here from descendants of the artists, from old letters sent to historian Jim Walsh (some never published by Walsh), from rare primary sources like birth & death certificates, from archives! This is the ONLY book that covers artists who, from the 1890s to the mid-1920s, made records of music that was "popular" in nature, as opposed to records of operatic arias, symphonic works, or concert pieces. A pre-electric method for recording was used, with musicians performing into a horn, not a microphone. This encyclopedia covers American artists who recorded Tin Pan Alley numbers, Broadway show tunes, ragtime, "coon" songs, novelty numbers, quartet arrangements, parlor ballads, early jazz (sometimes called "jass"), blues, dance music, hymns, and early country. This book makes a distinction between stage personalities who happened to make some recordings--when they found time in their busy schedules--and artists who made their living largely by recording regularly, perhaps finding a little time on the side for theatrical performances, vaudeville, or concert recitals. Few stars of the stage made records regularly, exceptions being Bert Williams, Nora Bayes, and Al Jolson--even their output is minuscule compared with that of Henry Burr, Harry Macdonough, Lewis James, Vernon Dalhart, Irving Kaufman, and others who, for a long time, earned a living by recording. Over 100 of these kinds of artists covered in detail, with info available nowhere else! This book has a GREAT INDEX if you want to look up specific records/songs.

Detailed biographies of singers/musicians on old records!.......2002-01-02

Popular American Recording Pioneers, 1895-1925.(Review): An article from: Notes

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Popular American Recording Pioneers, 1895-1925.(Review): An article from: Notes
David Seubert
Manufacturer: Music Library Association, Inc.
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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on June 1, 2001. The length of the article is 688 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: Popular American Recording Pioneers, 1895-1925.(Review)
Author: David Seubert
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2001
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: 57 Issue: 4 Page: 891

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Companion to the Encyclopedia of popular American recording pioneers, 1895-1925: Rare items from the recording industry's early decades

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Companion to the Encyclopedia of popular American recording pioneers, 1895-1925: Rare items from the recording industry's early decades
Tim Gracyk
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Review of this book.......2005-10-06

If you want to learn about recording pioneers and the early years of the recording industry, you'll love these 340 pages (full size paper) of rare items. Collectors have not seen this material before. Some items here--private letters, legal contracts, photographs, marriage certificates, and death certificates--had never been published in any form before. Why is it called a companion to the Encyclopedia? Because the encyclopedia itself (my well-known book POPULAR AMERICAN RECORDING PIONEERS, 1895-1925--see above, item #2) is a separate book. It begins with an informative Introduction. Then items are presented in chronological order, with nearly every item having some date on it. They include four rare catalogs from the 1890s (titles and artists on hundreds of brown wax cylinders!), pages from Emile Berliner's National Gramophone (or Gram-o-phone) Company catalog dated April 1899, Zon-O-Phone promotional literature from 1900, pages from the unpublished autobiography of Leon Douglass (he was an inventor and first vice president of the Victor Talking Machine Company), death certificates of some recording artists, marriage certificates of some recording artists, pages from the 1905 book Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stores, catalog for B&R Records (early 1905), a 1904 Zonophone catalog, pages from Victor recording logs, pages from the trade journal Talking Machine World, pages from trade journal Musical Observer, pages from trade journal Melody ("A Monthly Magazine for Lovers of Popular Music"), pages from Conn's trade journal Musical Truth (photos of dance bands--Coon-Sanders, Isham Jones, Benson's Orchestra, others), pages from trade journal Phonograph Monthly Review, contracts (for example, one dated April 30, 1917, making Vernon Dalhart exclusive to the Edison Company for two years), letters to and from recording artists (a letter dated 1931 from Harry Macdonough to Jim Walsh; letters from Vernon Dalhart to a friend; letters exchanged by members of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band; a letter dated 1932 from an advertiser telling Sam Lanin that his radio show has been canceled; more), a "Request for Return of Copyright Deposits" dated Feb. 4, 1929, for the MGM short film made by Billy Murray and Henry Burr and the other Eight Popular Victor Artists, letters dated 1906 from San Francisco's main phonograph dealer (Peter Bacigalupi wrote some of these letters just before the earthquake, others just after), list of Lakeside cylinders, letter from the Artophone Corporation promoting new "blues" records issued by Paramount (Artophone was the St. Louis supplier), Paul Whiteman concert program dated March 3, 1925. Pages duplicated from Talking Machine World will fascinate anyone who also collects phonographs--rare ads for the Cameraphone (July 1924), Carryola portable, Brilliantone needles, Magnola Talking Machine Company, etc. Also duplicated is the rare "Instructions for the Operation and Care of Portable Victrolas." Much more...too much to list here!

Pages duplicate materials that range from 1894 to 1932, with pretty much equal treatment given to each decade though perhaps a bit more from the 1920s than any other period. Spiral binding, state-of-the-art xeroxing equipment used, book made at top-quality printing shop (nice covers!). I wish something like this book had been available back when I started to collect phonographs and listen to the old records because, with this book, you see the "big picture," the industry as a whole! Want to see what the old recording artists looked like? Photographs of George W. Johnson, George J. Gaskin, Edward M. Favor, Irving and Jack Kaufman, Peter Bacigalupi's Edison shop in San Francisco in 1898, Billy Murray in 1947, the Norfolk Jazz Quartette (1921), Eddie Elkins, Ben Selvin, Fiddlin' John Carson, Henry Whitter, Fred W. Hager (this prolific recording artist was Okeh's music director by the 1920s--he supervised sessions in Chicago when King Oliver made Okeh records in 1923!), Earl Burtnett, Tom Gerunovich, Victor's Oakland pressing plant, Harry Humphrey...just the tip of the iceberg. Makes available many of the primary sources I studied when writing my huge encyclopedia of recording pioneers.

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