Man Business & Investment Opportunities Yearbook

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Man Business & Investment Opportunities Yearbook
USA International Business Publications
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0739710702

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This yearbook contains basic information on export-import, investment and business opportunities in the respected country. Provides information on government structure, economy, business climate, regulations, and more... Includes basic statistics, information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually.

Man Business and Investment Opportunities Yearbook (World Economic and Trade Unions Business Library)

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Man Business and Investment Opportunities Yearbook (World Economic and Trade Unions Business Library)

Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA
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ASIN: 073977686X

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One of over 400 titles in the Insight series,

Compact Guide Cotswolds. This 80-page book includes a chapter detailing the Cotswold's history and culture, 8 tours taking in sights ranging from Roman Cirencester to the market town of Stow-on-the-Wold, leisure-time suggestions, and a comprehensive information section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus around 140 fine photographs and 6 maps.

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Cotswolds Insight Compact Guide
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Cotswolds Insight Compact Guide (Insight Compact Guides)

Manufacturer: APA Publications Pte Ltd,Singapore
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ASIN: 9624213550

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Cotswolds Insight Compact Guide (Insight Compact Guides)

Manufacturer: APA Publications Pte Ltd,Singapore
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ASIN: 9812345213

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A guide and explanation of why, and how to create, cash flow projection charts for the small business. In addition to instructions, printed templates, and templates on a floppy disk are included. The business owner will be able to accurately forecast the future of the business as a result of learning this technique.

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In this comprehensive account of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, William K. Klingaman takes a fresh look at what is arguably the most controversial reform in American history. Taking the reader from Lincoln's inauguration through the Civil War to his tragic assassination, it uncovers the complex political and psychological pressures facing Lincoln in his consideration of the slavery question, including his decision to issue the proclamation without consulting any member of his cabinet, and his meticulous attention to every word of the document. The book concludes with a discussion of what the Emancipation Proclamation really meant to four million newly freed blacks and its subsequent impact on race relations in America.

"Lincoln emerges from this study . . . as an astute, troubled and effective defender of the Union." (Publishers Weekly)

"[Klingaman] draws a fascinating portrait of Lincoln's political maneuvering during his first two years in office. . . . A fine account of a brilliant piece of political strategy." (Kirkus Reviews)

"Tightly focused and engagingly written." (Library Journal)

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The Author is My Highschool English Teacher.......2006-10-23

As my title says, Dr. William K. Klingaman was my 11th grade AP American History teacher, and is currently my AP English 12 teacher. The book itself I had used as a source to write a huge paper on Lincoln in 10th grade, which took the whole year. Well, it was endlessly useful. Im fact, the paper earned me a 93- no small feat considering how difficult a class it was. Then 11th grade came, and I realised that I had quoted my future Social Studies teacher. A fabulous teacher, I might add. Witty, great sense of humor, interesting lecturer. He gives THE hardest multiple choice tests a person could ever take, though. ;-)

A decent overview, despite the use of apocryphal quotes.......2005-02-12

In one of the most readable accounts available about Lincoln's leadership during the Civil War, Klingaman focuses on the Emancipation Proclamation and how Lincoln reached the decision to issue it. The author's thesis is twofold: that the Great Emancipator's primary goal was to save the Union from division and, as a result, that his decision to issue the proclamation, when he did, was based almost entirely on strategic and political factors rather than on moral grounds: "By emancipating the Confederacy's slaves as a war measure--and not as an act of justice toward the Negro--Lincoln subordinated the ideal of freedom to the preservation of the Union."

Klingaman's conclusion, of course, is hardly novel; most historians and general-interest writers (for example, James Baldwin) have always assumed as much. (This claim should not, however, be confused with the ongoing debate over whether the Civil War itself was caused primarily by the institution of slavery.) The author's aim here, then, is to moderate the popular image of Lincoln as a humanitarian saint while recognizing his worth as a stalwart, compassionate, and even apprehensive leader. A byproduct of Lincoln's wartime measure, emancipation was only the first (albeit significant) step in the struggle for equal rights in America: "Freedom would be won by the descendants of slaves, not bestowed upon them by whites."

The quibbles I have with the book are with the author's use of evidence. While Klingaman acknowledges in a bibliographical note that "a great deal of myth has become mixed with the fact" of Lincoln's life, he does little to sort the legend from the man. He indiscriminately blends Lincoln's words as recorded by such impeccably reliable sources as John Hay with writings by less dependable--and even suspect--observers, such as the portrait painter Francis Carpenter (who embarked on a career drawing from a seemingly inexhaustible supply of allegedly firsthand Lincoln sayings and tales). In nearly every case, however, Klingaman presents secondhand sayings and speeches as if they were Lincoln's exact words, transcribed on the spot, even though many of these are embedded as paraphrased recollections in accounts recorded twenty or thirty years after Lincoln died.

An additional sixty-odd quotes are taken from Dan and Virginia Fehrenbacher's "The Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln," which, as Klingaman notes, "attempts to gauge the reliability of several hundred contemporary witnesses who claim to have recorded Lincoln's words." The Fehrenbachers rank the quotes from A (direct quotation recorded contemporaneously) to E (probably not authentic). Klingaman wisely avoids the least reliable quotes, but over half are direct and indirect paraphrases from months or years or decades later (which the Fehrenbachers have awarded a rank of C or D). These include a joke about interracial marriage attributed to Lincoln by a satirist known by the name of Petroleum V. Nasby, who was recalling the incident thirty years later; a speech allegedly delivered by Lincoln, recalled by Edward Stanly twenty years later in a report labeled by the Fehrenbachers as "self-serving, politically motivated, and chronologically erroneous"; a recollection by the minister Rudolph Schleiden ("it seems clear that Schleiden did not himself hear Lincoln speak these words," according to the Fehrenbachers); and two excerpts from a lengthy monologue attributed to Lincoln by Gideon Welles that is "a combination of Lincoln core and Welles elaboration."

One cannot entirely fault Klingaman for using these various quotations in a popular account, since many of them are quite colorful and most of them may well be accurate in their essence. The problem is the lack of proper identification. In each one of the previous examples, Klingaman does not name the mouthpiece for these "sayings," nor does he assess their reliability, nor does he even indicate, in the text or the notes, that these quotes are second- or third-hand (e.g., "Years later, Stanly claimed that Lincoln told him that..."). Surely, accurately represented quotations are essential in a biographical account concerning itself primarily with Lincoln's personal motives, intellectual growth, and political development.

Nevertheless, the book's portrayal of the events of the Civil War is largely accurate and, in spite of my serious reservations about the author's use of sources, even his characterization of Lincoln, in its broadest strokes, seems true to life. Although this volume will not satisfy those readers with a broad knowledge of Lincoln and the Civil War (and it should be approached cautiously by students), it's still a worthy introduction to the subject.

An excellent source about traveling a hard road........2004-10-03

Author William Klingman has written an excellent book about Lincoln's development and issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. Klingman brings forward the birth of the concept and how Lincoln faced so much aversion to its release. The book clearly illustrates how difficult such a task was to complete it and also how well it was received.

Besides the opposition in the South, Northern opposition towards the war and constant defeats were making many question Lincoln's ability to be the President. Faced with horrible Union defeats and lackluster leadership Lincoln understands that in order to defeat the Confederacy there has to be considered the issue of freeing the slaves for political and moral reasons. Through out the book, the opposition from both Republican, Democratic and various groups are clearly defined while Lincoln debates within himself as to what is the proper procedure is to handling the freeing of slaves.

It was very interesting to read about the many variables and choices Lincoln had to make while fighting multiple political battles and growing unrest in the northern states. Eventually Lincoln does get the proclamation passed and part of the book describes in detail just how this new era unfolds and how blacks become soldiers and deal with being free.

To understand Lincoln, the political unrest of the time and also the birth and issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, I highly recommend this book. Klingman writes and chronologically carries the book very well.

A Long, Deserving Road.......2003-02-16

William Klingaman's book, "Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Emancipation" traces the personal and social development of emancipation in the the 1860s in a refreshing and enlightening way.

By blending both historical events, with the inner turmoil of Lincoln, Klingaman sheds new light on the processes that lead to the historical proclaimation. The Lincoln in this book is torn between his desire to do what is right vs. what he perceives his Constitutional duties. Klingaman doesn't shy away from the reality that Lincoln initially didn't favor emancipation over saving the union, but embraces his struggle and his eventual turn around. This allows for a more dynamic, interesting Lincoln to shine through. Lincoln would finally do the right thing, which we come to understand the depth and complexity of his decision.

For Lincoln fans, for people with a casual interest, I highly recommend this book for a new view on an incredible man during incredible times.

Superb history.......2002-03-31

Engrossing and lucid, Mr. Klingaman has written a superb book on a subject that is given little scrutiny. Filled with anecdotes and witticisms this book should be read by those who are sick of the usual fat best sellers.

Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Emancipation, 1861-1865; Final Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment.(Book Review): ... An article from: Journal of Southern History

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Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Emancipation, 1861-1865; Final Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment.(Book Review): ... An article from: Journal of Southern History
Patience Essah
Manufacturer: Southern Historical Association
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Release Date: 2005-07-30

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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Emancipation, 1861-1865; Final Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment.(Book Review)
Author: Patience Essah
Publication: Journal of Southern History (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2003
Publisher: Southern Historical Association
Volume: 69 Issue: 1 Page: 193(3)

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Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Emancipation, 1861-1865

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Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Emancipation, 1861-1865
William K. Klingman
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American Victorian: A Style and Source Book
Lawrence Grow , and Dina Von Zweck
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Thiagi Gameletter: Seriously Fun Activities for Trainers, Facilitators, and Managers, No. 1, 2001
Sivasailam Thiagarajan
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0787957704

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Great for Instructional Designers.......2001-05-15

As an instructional designer, I found this book to be full of useful ideas as well as specific examples of games/activities to use while designing. The games/activities are both simple as well as complex, but focus on changing behaviors and learning, while having fun and retaining information. I have used it for several courses and have only had it a couple of weeks! I've ordered it for many of my peers as I've found that it had enabled me to free up some personal time due to it's ideas that can be applied to ANY training/workshops. Even managers/trainers can use these games/activities to create something of their own--you don't have to be an instructional designer to be able to pick up this book and apply it's content!

Thiagi Gameletter: Seriously Fun Activities for Trainers, Facilitators, and Managers, No. 1, 2001 With Envelope

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Sivasailam Thiagarajan
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ASIN: 0787957690

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With this generous biography, Howard Pollack restores to the public eye a prolific and gifted artist whom Walter Damrosch called "the most American of our composers."

Well respected and widely performed during his lifetime, John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951) was one of the first American composers to be influenced by Debussy and Stravinsky and one of the first composers anywhere to incorporate elements of popular song and jazz into concert music. His highly original yet refined orchestral music was championed by Bruno Walter, Fritz Reiner, Otto Klemperer, Serge Koussevitzky, and other celebrated conductors, and his sensitive songs were performed by such legendary singers as Alma Gluck and Kirsten Flagstad.

Avidly interested in vernacular culture and receptive to a wide range of musical influences, Carpenter set verses by American poets including Langston Hughes and Vachel Lindsay and created a ballet score based on George Herriman's celebrated comic strip Krazy Kat. His whimsical suite Adventures in a Perambulator was on the docket for Walt Disney's planned sequel to Fantasia, and his ballet Skyscrapers, which enjoyed successful mountings in New York and Munich, was the only American work commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes.

Pollack skillfully balances Carpenter's personal and musical lives, covering his interactions with musicians of every stripe, his high profile in the Chicago Renaissance cultural scene, and his two marriages (first to the designer and art collector Rue Winterbotham and then, following a protracted affair, to the Chicago socialite Ellen Borden).

In this expansive, fair-minded biography, Pollack explains the factors that pulled Carpenter out of the spotlight and argues persuasively for Carpenter's continuing importance.

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John Alden Carpenter: A Chicago Composer
Howard Pollack
Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
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