Krasnodar Kray Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment & Business Guides)

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Krasnodar Kray Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment & Business Guides)
USA International Business Publications
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0739729861

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This investment and business guide contains basic information on economy, business & investment climate and opportunities in the region, as well as information on selected export-import, business and investment opportunities, including, export-import, industrial development, banking & finance, government and business contacts. The guide also provides listing and contact information for major industrial, trade, service and other companies in the region, as well as information on selected export-import, business and investment opportunities.

Krasnodar Kray Regional Investment and Business Guide (World Business Law Handbook Library)

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Krasnodar Kray Regional Investment and Business Guide (World Business Law Handbook Library)

Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0739790862

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The world's best-selling Pocket Travel Guide series. Packed with stunning photographs and detailed, easy-to-use maps, Berlitz Pocket Guides feature expanded, updated hotel and restaurant listings, destination-specific language tips and phrases, and unique cultural notes. And, with more than 40 million copies sold worldwide, they are the perfect choice for today's travelers.

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Exactly what I needed.......2007-04-17

So our first day in Moscow we lost our dictionary and our big travel guide and had to resort to this little thing I had picked up. It was full of everything we needed and got us through 2 weeks of trolling around Moscow and St. Pete on student budgets.

The train maps were extremely useful. I was constantly pulling this thing out of my back pocket to find out what exit we needed to take. The city maps are pretty good too.

All the suggestions were great and pretty easy to find. Thanks to this book, I was finally able to see a Russian circus with dancing bears and bears driving motorcycles with dogs on the back, which is really the only thing anybody ever wants to do over there.

The vocabulary section is kinda useful, but you may have to resort to just showing them the words. If you're ordering food, I reccommend the shotgun approach we took: just point to stuff on the menu. It'll all work out in the end.

I wouldn't say that this should be your only resource for preparing your trip, but it's definitely the only thing you'll need on you while you're actually walking around the country. That and your passport. Those Russian cops are crooks.

Berlitz Pocket Guides: Moscow and St. Petersburg (Berlitz Pocket Guides)

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Berlitz Pocket Guides: Moscow and St. Petersburg (Berlitz Pocket Guides)
Neil Wilson
Manufacturer: Berlitz
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 2831507286

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The American Civil War was at a turning point in 1863 when Lt. Col. Arthur J. L. Fremantle of the British Coldstream Guards toured the Confederacy. Mildly predisposed toward the Union side because of his dislike of slavery, he was soon awakened to the gallantry of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and his generals, ordinary Johnny Rebs, and the women left at home. From April to early July 1863--the critical period of campaigns at Vicksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg--Fremantle traveled from the Texas frontier to northern Virginia, recording in a diary his experience of the war. Three Months in the Southern States, published upon his return to England later in the year, has long been considered a classic of wartime writing, especially in its description of the Battle of Gettysburg. Filled with biographical vignettes of Lee, Davis, Stonewall Jackson, Sam Houston, and others, this book offers a kaleidoscopic view of the Confederacy at floodtide.

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History at its best.......2007-06-17

A quick but pleasant read, I struggled to lay it down. In nearly fifty years of studying the War Between the States, I had seen Fremantle quoted many times, but had never read his actual work.
Picked it up in a book store, read until closing time, did not want to quit, had to finish it later.
Never mind biased haters who detest anything positive about the South. If you want to read first hand what the leaders, people and attitudes of the Confederacy were like, this is a fine source. Remember, this was written by an English army officer, who was on leave, and had come to observe the war.
And like all of Gods children, he has his prejudices. But is in the end, I feel, as fair and honest as he can be, except to the Irish.
Interesting prose, filled with facts and humor. I recommend this to any student of American history.

Disappointing.......2007-01-08

After reading this book, I can only conclude this guy must have been in the pay of the Confederates in one way or another, or of someone else who wanted to help promote their cause in Europe or at least in the UK. Who paid for his trip anyway? Perhaps the historians out there can enlighten me. This is the only explanation, as I can see it, for how he can misread the direction the war was taking so badly (willfully?) when he had in some cases first hand experiences of the events (Gettysburg) and evidently direct access to the main decision makers. The way he accepts the southerners explanations that some slaves might have been beaten, but only by "Northern born" owners is frankly a joke, as is the repeated emphasis on how culturally connected the "gentlemen" leading the Confederate cause are to UK aristos. The disappointing introduction doesn't address these - and the many other issues his diary raises - at all adequately. Fremantle is poorly understood - there's more to this guy and his three month mission than is picked up here.

I am surprised by all the four and five star reviews that describe this as a must read and yet arrive at the same conclusions about where this book is weakest.

That said, I'm in a quandry over the number of stars to give it - it's entertaining but see it as a piece of spin rather than the account of a super source.

Very Interesting........2003-08-17

Succinct yet powerful, this volume is a treasure trove of information. The personal observations of Colonel Arthur J.L. Fremantle of His Majesty's Coldstream Guards, this volume covers his travels and experiences as a British Army observer from his landing at Matamoras, Mexico up to and including his observations at the Battle of Gettysburg. Fremantle is extremely observant. This short, quick read describes conditions, thoughts and attitudes in the South during the spring and summer of 1863. It is surprisingly well written. Colonel Fremantle had an eye for detail that is second to none.

An interesting journey:.......2003-01-25

Freemantle offers us a interesting look as if opening a time capsule of information in 1863. Freemantle enters Texas and his journey starts there. Soon he discovers how soldiers and civilians of the south live and handle the hardships of war. Freemantle meets many popular Southern leaders such as Johnston, Davis, Lee, Longstreet during his travels. He is very fortunate to give us interesting views of the people involved in hardships and conflicts in various cities of the south such as Jackson, Vicksburg, Richmond, Winchester and others. His information certainly documents the timeline. I was most interested in reading about his Gettysburg exploits as he has become more famous in modern times most likely due to the movie, "Gettysburg" in which he presented. I was curious to read about his opinion and eye witness accounts which helped support explanations regarding the Battle of Gettysburg. Freemantle doesn't involve himself in many details of battles or conflicts. He likes to write about people and share his opinion of them. After Gettysburg Freemantle travels north to board the ship China which will take him back home to England. In doing this we are offered more interesting commentary as he writes about northern views and how northerners are coping with the draft, slavery and the war. Overall this is a quick book to read although it is vital for any historian looking to understand people and places during the early summer of 1863. I recommend it!

A different perspective on the civil war........2002-12-31

Lieut. -Col. Arthur Fremantle has not given us in this work a tired and boring look at strategy and tactics. He has also not told us anything new about the leading men of the Confederacy. What the reader will get is an excellent look at day to day life in the Confederate army and in the southern nation itself.

The lack of tactical detail could result from the fact that Fremantle, although a career military man had never seen combat until Gettysburg. It could also result from his desire to avoid aiding the north by giving away secrets while the war was still in progress. There are, after all, instances in the book where Fremantle makes it clear that he is not writing about all he saw for that very reason. Whatever the reason, I'm happy he left out the tactics for it would have only slowed down a marvelous account of Fremantle's trip through the Confederacy.

It is obvious early on that Fremantle is very taken with the south and some of his stories about happy slaves might reflect a bit of propaganda. Overall however, his stories of individual behavior are more than credible and drive home the point that this war was affecting the lives of real people, not historical figures. The stories of hotel keepers in northern territory that were hesitant to let him have a room until he produced gold coin for payment, the slave of a Confederate officer leading a Yankee prisoner by a rope tied around the poor prisoner's neck, and the several stories of southern women being far more antagonistic toward the north than were the men, all help bring the human side of the civil war to life. Reading Fremantle's account of General Lee's behavior as his broken troops returned to Seminary Ridge after the disaster now called Pickett's charge almost makes the reader feel as if they were there.

Read this book with a small grain of salt, remembering that Fremantle is writing this book in England while the war is still in progress. His anti-Irish bias kept getting under my skin but as with the rest of the book, you must keep in mind who is writing the narrative and when it was written. Overall however, I think the reader will find that Fremantle's observations are both entertaining and enlightening.

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Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863
J. L. Arthur Fremantle
Manufacturer: IndyPublish
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 143531350X

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Three Months in the Southern States: The 1863 War Diary of an English Soldier: April-June 1863
Arthur J. L. Freemantle
Manufacturer: Greenhouse Publishing Company
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 096168447X

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Three Months in the Southern States April - June 1863
Lieut.-col. Fremantle
Manufacturer: Time- Life Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UVGS4G

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baby_boomer.......2007-03-22

This was a really good book about menopause. There is very little information about what menopause is like - what determines when you get there. But this book covers that.

It is not new and some of the discussion about tamoxifen is outdated, but I liked the survey of women.

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The true story of a popular singer who broke all the rules and paid the ultimate price.

A stunning, velvety-voiced crooner who drew raves from Walter Winchell and Cole Porter, Jan Welles was perched on the brink of stardom, when she faced an impossible choice: deny her lesbianism or abandon the career she had worked a lifetime to achieve. Ranging from the dazzling lights of Broadway to dusty bullfighting rings in the Dominican Republic, flings with Lana Turner and Paulette Goddard to an attempted rape by Broadway impresario Billy Rose, Jan Welles's tale is a saucy story of achievement, danger, and the ultimate triumph of being true to yourself.

Jan Welles was a singer for RKO records and was a regular on The Arthur Godfrey Show, where she was known as the Stardust Girl, as well as on The Steve Allen Show. She was also the first woman bullfighter in Mexico. She now lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

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This Book Is Terrific !!!.......2007-01-28

This book is about a girl who wins a talent contest and dreams of becoming a famous singer. She gets jobs singing in clubs and bars and appears on TV and gets some better gigs. Her story is about the ups and downs of show business (and life in general). She is nearly abducted as a child than nearly raped while auditioning for a Broadway show and there are many other hard knocks along the way for Jan.

They are also some good times for her she tells of her romantic relationships with other (female) performers. And she mentions a Hollywood party that she went to with a friend (who was nearly assaulted by a male Hollywood star), it was there she met Lana Turner and the two had a fling. She mentions other Hollywood friends as well, it's a great book for you if you're gay and into the golden age of Hollywood.

The last third of this book deals with her bullfighting days which are just as interesting as the preceding chapters. Even though Jan never got the fame she deserved her story as a happy ending. This book also deals with her parents' reaction to finding out their child is gay.

Jan Welles is a Great role model for young gay women to look up to, she has strength of character and a determined sprit, which is a shame she never got the fame she deserved.

The only thing I think is wrong with this book is it doesn't say if any of Jan's records are available or not

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" A harrowing Holocaust survival story '.......2007-04-23

This is the most harrowing, painful story of survival I have ever read. It is a document of witnessing, which tells the story of a few Jews struggle to remain alive after their worlds, their families their communities have been destroyed. As Aharon Appelfeld writes in his introduction to this work,Leyb Rochman is " one of the very few writers in whom the entire ordeal of his generation found its Jewish expression". Rochman (1918-1978) along with his wife Esther, his sister - in- law Tzipporah, his friends Ephraim and Froide are for the largest part of the book , over one and half - years hidden behind the wall in the home of an elderly former prostitute called in the book 'Auntie' ,and her brother Felek, who is a thief by profession. These two non- Jews however burdened with an anti- Semitic theology nonetheless risk their lives to hide the Jews. But they are by no means saints and do this for a variety of motives including material ones, and the hope of after the war being made rich by the surviving Jews. Yet they stand almost alone in giving help to the persecuted in a surroundings in which greed and cruelty predominate.
No summary can possibly do justice to the monstrousness of the experiences recorded here. Rochman is an unsentimental, precise writer who seems to let the events which in themselves are so powerful be presented without editorializing self- aggrandizement.
The whole experience of being continually in danger, of being hunted, and threatened by every sight and sound is made palpably present in incident after incident. It is not only the Germans who are murderers and cruel sadists but the threats also come from the Polish peasants who too enjoy and profit from acts of gratuitous cruelty.
Many of the passages of the book are simply horrifying to read. They make the soul cry out in anger and desperation at the thought of how evil humanity can be.
" The Jews were all waiting at the loading platform of the railroad station for the freight train to take them to Treblinka. They're squatting as searchlights aim down at them, and they're shot at from every direction. The guards keep dragging out the women and raping them. "Yes," He smiled, "women, - girls from age twelve, thirteen, and up. The girls cling to their mothers. They're raped right before their mothers eyes! The pavement and walls are splattered with the brains of babies. SS men compete with each other to kill the most children the fastest; they pick them up by the feet and smash their heads against the wall.
After he left Esther again pleaded with me to poison ourselves. We keep remembering her words. Perhaps she is right. We didn't have the courage. We still don't. We want to live. In any condition to live like a dog, but live!
Yes, we want to live, even under the worst conditions. We grasp for all sorts of reasons to justify our desire to live. Now we tell ourselves that it's our duty to go on living , so that our dead won't be forgotten: only we can truly remember them. Sometimes we seem to hear them commanding us "Survive and take revenge. Survive and tell the world what happened to us, how we suffered and how we died. " At such moments how we want to live!"

The five survive in the house of Auntie but as she grows impatient with them , they desperately seek another hideout. Rochman goes out and finds another peasant family( the Szubes') who he persuades to take them in. Here too they go through incident the after incident in which living in inhumane conditions , in this case a pit, they barely survive. Here they are joined by another Jew the young man Konyak the son of a tailor who has been hiding in the forest. They pray and wait for the coming of the Russian Army which does not occur before a great battle in which the German forces are stationed right on top of the place they are hiding.
The diary telling the story which was written partly after the war in Switzerland also has flashbacks in it which tell of the destruction of the whole local Jewish community . The burden of struggle for survival of these few surviving individuals goes on while they live with the terrible knowledge of family, friends, acquaintances destroyed. Rochman especially laments the loss of his mother and beloved sister Miriam.
Two memoirs of the 'Shoah ' stand out above all as having made an indelible place in the consciousness of Mankind, "The Diary of Anne Frank" and Elie Wiesel's ,"Night". The diary of Rochman should certainly too have such a place for more than any other work I know it details a day- by- day struggle for survival in which the cruelty of humanity and the quiet courage of a few isolated heroes are most starkly portrayed.
Rochman does not speak big words about himself. But the reader feels and sees through the action of the work that he is the one whose ingenuity and courage kept this small group of people , the remnant of a Jewish world alive.
This is a book which should be read by every person who wishes to know what humanity at its worse, and at its best, can be.

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