Oregon Investment and Business Guide (US Business and Investment Library)

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Ultimate investment and business guide for conducting business in the state. Business, investment and export-import opportunities. State economy, government structure, mineral resources, technology, government, political and business contacts and more...

Oregon Investment & Business Guide (US Regional Investment & Business Library)

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Igor Oleynik
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Release Date: 2006-01-01

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Ultimate handbooks with detailed information on the major US federal government agencies. Including their programs, structure, functioning and procedures for conducting business with

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Features over 100 unique places to stay from B&Bs and historical hotels to spa resorts. Describes 28 casual day hikes and 12 easy bike routes. Dozens of wineries are listed, including world famous wine-tasting meccas and little-known local favorites. Includes a virtual gourmet dining guide with a complete survey of the region’s many restaurants serving the best in California cuisine.

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A highly recommended "take-along" guide.......2003-03-06

From historic wineries in California's Sonoma and Napa Counties to back roads, lodging in small retreats, and dining in recommended establishments, Hidden Wine Country seeks to uncover less-traveled roads in the Wine Country - and does it successfully. Hidden Wine Country is quite an achievement for an area over-saturated with publicity: the authors specialize in finding the unusual, quality experience. Hidden Wine Country is a highly recommended "take-along" guide.

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This digital document is an article from ASEAN Economic Bulletin, published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) on December 1, 2002. The length of the article is 8190 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.

From the author: This paper estimates the effects of the bilateral trade agreement (BTA) between the United States and Vietnam, which came into effect in December 2001, on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam. The effects are simulated using the results of an econometric model of the determinants of FDI, which is estimated in reduced form using data from sixteen Asian countries from 1990 to 1999. The BTA should lead to 30 per cent more FDI into Vietnam in the first year, and an eventual doubling of the flow. This would boost economic growth by 0.6 percentage points annually. However the inflow would only be maintained if Vietnam makes the changes required to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) by about 2005.

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Title: Trade liberalization and foreign direct investment in Vietnam.
Author: Nguyen Nhu Binh
Publication: ASEAN Economic Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2002
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
Volume: 19 Issue: 3 Page: 302(17)

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Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Change in Vietnam (NIAS Reports)

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Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Change in Vietnam (NIAS Reports)
Carolyn Gates , and David H.D. Truong
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You don't have to be into politics to enjoy this book!

Politics As Service

R.I.N.O.

Written like a natural

An insiders look at getting (and staying) elected

Politicking: How to Get Elected, Take Action, and Make an Impact in Your Community
Bill Rauch
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How to get elected--and live to tell the tale

Bill Rauch has lived an unusual political life: a decade as press secretary, advance man, and confidant to New York mayor Ed Koch, followed by a decade as city councilman and now as mayor of Beaufort, South Carolina.

In this account of the ways and means of local politics, Rauch contends that a great city and an antebellum town pose the same challenge-that of blending blood sport and selfless public service day in and day out. How to get elected, run a meeting, work the room, and take credit when it is due; how to ward off threats from rivals and control the agenda; how to look good on camera, leak stories, and shape press coverage to your advantage: Rauch illustrates these crucial points of political life with vivid and often hilarious inside stories from his tenure in New York and in Beaufort.

Politicking is a winning blend of political primer and personal chronicle; more than that, it is an unusually candid account of how the political game is played-and won-in America today.

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You don't have to be into politics to enjoy this book!.......2005-02-10

Even if you're not "into" politics, there's much in POLITICKING by Bill Rauch that can be enjoyed . . . he's a former advance man for Ed Koch who is now mayor of Beaufort, South Carolina.

He provides much practical advice on what is needed to get elected at any level, but in doing so, he also gives you insight on how to run a meeting, work a room, deal with negative press
coverage, how to look good on camera, etc. . . . I know that I took lots of notes and plan to use some of them in my teaching . . . also, I've already shared many of the ideas with friends (both politicians and those in the business world).

For example, there's this useful technique for generating applause when speaking:

Here's a Lee Atwater trick that's worth trying if you've got an energized group of core supporters and election day's approaching. Nothing looks better on TV than you with 150 Kiwanians standing and cheering you. But how do you get them out of their seats?
First, write a speech that builds up to and then ends with your announcing something that's news and that the community wants, say a new football stadium for the high school or a new parking facility downtown. You don't have to say you've got the money, just that you favor the new project and you'll work to make it happen. Practice the speech until you know it's good. Then make sure the TV camera crews are in the back of the room. Tell them there'll be news in your speech that they won't want to miss, but don't tell them what it is or they may not come to find out. Get as many of your people into the room as you can, but-this is the
Atwater part-position ten or twelve of your most reliable supporters throughout the room as if you're the batter and they're the fielders in a baseball game, with a "pitcher" at front row center. Cue your team, especially the pitcher, to the applause line at the end of the speech,
telling them, "When I get to the applause line, get up and start clapping hard as soon as the pitcher gets up." It will amaze you to see all the other Kiwanians rising with them. And the footage of the crowd standing and clapping as you humbly sit down after concluding your remarks will be irresistible to the editors back at the TV stations' cutting rooms.

There were several other valuable tidbits of information; among them:
The next step--and here's one of the many places organizational ability, hard work, and people skills pay off--is to either call or preferably go see each of these people. Most people find it vastly easier to say no to a voice on the phone than to a person sitting in their living room. So whenever possible, go see your prospective committee members in their homes. When you get there, don't be shy. Pitch the wife. Pitch the kids. Pitch the mother-in-law. Tell the son that you're running and how important his father's support is to your candidacy. Watch the movie Primary Colors and learn from the Bill Clinton character. The ability to make an ordinary person feel extraordinary is a high political art. If you weren't born with this
talent, seek to acquire it. An ordinary ego can be intoxicated by flattery, and an intoxicated ego will pledge things that defy rationality. In this way you can build something from nothing.

In the six weeks before election day, candidates in local races should spend the hour or so they are allocated in public forums talking about how they will improve the lives of their constituents. They may also spend a few minutes speaking of what good they've already done, and briefly outlining any other personal qualifications that might get them some votes. Under no circumstances should a candidate in a local race disparage one of his or her opponents at a forum or in a debate. Likewise, badmouthing opponents to reporters should be avoided. No matter how delicately it can be done, bad- mouthing comes off a nasty.

In my six years as a city council-member, I was careful t be nonpartisan. I avoided party functions, which saved a lot of time too. Where I made campaign contributions or appearances, I tried to support candidates form both parties. My line was: "I know al these people. I work with them. I support people on the basis of whether they're good for Beaufort. I
don't care whether they're Democrats or Republicans, so long as they're good for Beaufort."

Politics As Service.......2005-01-26

The recent reviewer of this book, a Mr. John McCommas, either did not read it completely or missed its point entirely. Far from being a party waffler, Bill Rauch goes out of his way to explain and illustrate that party partisanship and ideology has little efficacy in solving local issues. He is quite clear in stating that, while on the State and National level, party and partisan loyalty may be the source of power, "at the local level the opposite is true, the non-partisan is able to work with everyone" (p. 37). Independence, he suggests, is a path to resolution.

Rauch takes a refreshingly practical look at how local issues arise and how one goes about solving them in the most satisfactory and effective way that serves the needs of the community in question. Drawing on a wide range of personal experiences, both as a small town mayor and as an aide to New York City's Mayor Ed Koch, Rauch illustrates how problems are solved, crises averted, and elections run. His blow by blow descriptions of the thought processes behind specific situations is revelatory and a must read for anyone who wants to understand the logic of political presentation and resolution. His anecdotal style is refreshing and he makes the tackling of daily community problems read like a detective story.

Perhaps more than anything, however, Rauch not only explains how average people can enter politics, but why. He points out that the multimillion dollar media campaigns of ideological sound bites is not where real politics takes place, but rather it is closer to home in issues that affect our daily lives. This book is in many ways a call to service and Rauch appeals to everyone's sense of democratic responsibility for the locale in which they have invested their lives.

R.I.N.O. .......2004-12-26

Bill Rauch is a Jim Jeffords clone. He is waiting to switch parties for maximum effect.

I don't know about you, but I really am really annoyed by these itchy-scratchy infections in the Republican Party that can do nothing but tell people what terrible monsters us real Republicans are.

If you want to leave dude, than just go. No one cares what you think about an election that was done and over 4 years ago. McCain lost. Get over it and "move on" as you Klinton-apologists libs like to say.

This book offers nothing that is new.

Written like a natural.......2004-07-14

This book is really a very handy resource for those interested in running for and holding a political office. Rauch gives excellent pointers, followed by personal examples or experiences, and then goes back to the pointer he was initially attempting to make.

Examples of such pointers include:

"To win a seat in your local government it is helpful to have distinguished youself by doing something that is a significant sector of the electorate wanted to see done." (p.3)

"It is never good in public life to become angry, especially when you are about to address hundreds to people. While it is sometimes beneficial to appear to be shocked or outraged, it is a big mistake to let actual anger, which is self-indulgent, overwhelm your tactical saavy." (p.14)

"You cannot win alone. And the friends you choose to help you win will be yours for a long time, so choose them carefully." (p. 37)

"There is no such thing as noncontroversial money in politics. If you use your own, you may later be criticized for "buying" the election. If you use someone else's, you may later be criticized for having been "bought" by your contributor. Yet it is also said with considerable justification that "money is the mother's milk of politics."" (p. 47)

"Local government is the government that is closest to the people. Local government officials, then, have the opportunity to make changes that are felt immediately by the people." (p. 57)

"Campaigns test this quality - grace under pressure - as well." (p. 60)

"This is not to say, however, that the little known unfortunate things there are about your opponent should be concealed from the electorate. Just the opposite. The more of her dirty laundry that can be hung out, the better it is for you. It is just that none of it should be hung by you." (p. 64)

"In the end, all you can do is be yourself, and in the end that's all your constituents want you to be. They can smell a phony a mile away. And phonies don't get elected." (p. 111)

Those are just a few of the many tips Rauch has shared in the book. It is an extremely good read and quite resourceful. I recommend it for anyone interested in getting involved in the political process of running for office.

An insiders look at getting (and staying) elected.......2004-07-13

Bill Rauch had a pretty impressive tutor before he ran for mayor of Beaufort, South Carolina...New York City mayor Ed Koch. Rauch served as advance man and press secretary to Koch and it appears he learned his lessons well. Rauch distills his knowledge into Politicking : How to Get Elected, Take Action, and Make an Impact in Your Community, sometimes folksy, other times Machiavalian.

Rather than a dry manual, Rauch employs a humorous style to illustrate his points. Admonishments and advice are seamlessly woven in with anecdotes from his days in New York and Beaufort. Some of his advice is obvious even to those with no political experience -- make sure to be available to the people you want to represent and avoid waffling -- while other tidbits would seem counterintuitive to readers. For example, aspiring politicians -- contrary to popular perception about elected representatives -- shouldn't talk too much. It's a good way avoid saying something stupid and it allows the voters to speak their minds.

Though at times Politicking occasionally comes across as a one-sided testament to Rauch's apparent ability to always occupy the moral high ground, he never seems to have been on the wrong side of an issue, overall it is a fine guide for aspiring politicians. Even those not brave -- or foolhardy -- enough to throw their hats in the ring will find Politicking an entertaining look into how and why decisions are made that effect them.

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Virgin King

Great book for entrepreneurs.

Makes a suitable doorstop...

Opportuntiy for you Richard

Changed my view of Richard Branson

Richard Branson, Virgin King: Inside Richard Branson's Business Empire
Tim Jackson
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ASIN: 0761513418
Release Date: 1998-03-25

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Richard Branson is one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs and possibly its most successful public relations man. Whether he's promoting bands such as the Sex Pistols, breaking the speed record for crossing the Atlantic by boat, traversing the Pacific in a hot-air balloon, or cracking a monopoly on condoms in the UK, Branson cultivates his public image relentlessly: hip, charming, casual, open-minded, nice, fun. But behind the dazzling smile, practical jockes, and notorious spontaneity, there is another Richard Branson — shrewd, calculating businessman, relentless negotiator, almost compulsively daring risk taker.

Based on interviews with Branson himself, his key advisors, his partners, friends, and enemies — and drawing on secret documents, letters, and court papers — this book reveals the compelling history of both a business empire and the man at its center. Richard Branson: Virgin King is the first fully independent, unauthorized account of one of the greatest success stories of our time.

About the Author
Tim Jackson is the author of Inside Intel: Andy Grove and the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Chip Company. Formerly on the staff of the Economist, he now writes a column for the London Financial Times. He lives in London.

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Virgin King.......2001-12-30

I'm with the above Arabian Night.
I'd like to make dinner with you and dance real slow.
But I would be happy with a job and honored to serve you :)
What'd yah say, big boy?

Great book for entrepreneurs........2001-01-16

A good book detailing the rise and riches of Richard Branson. A truly good book for entrepreneurs.

Makes a suitable doorstop..........1999-05-03

Though Branson's achievements are impressive and many, the book is heavy with praise and lacks the depth and detail I was interested in reading about.

Opportuntiy for you Richard.......1999-02-02

Richard..Iam the only Arabian RnB, Soul and blues singer in UK and globally too! You have one talented artist here who has gutts too and faith in himself but need help..forget financing me..just hear me sing email me please and let us talk...

Changed my view of Richard Branson.......1998-01-20

I was given this book as I'm a great fan of Richard Branson. I used to think - "Wow, what a great man". Now I think - "Hmm, what an interesting guy - I'd like to chat with him over a beer!". The book is well written and held my attention well, The author at first paints a picture of Richard as a somewhat ruthless man, but by the end of the book it is easy to see that the author has an admiration for him which goes beyond his ability to make a million. The book is also an interesting insight into the workings of the music and airline industries. If you have a strong opinion about Richard Branson, love him or hate him, I'd recommend this book.

Richard Branson Virgin King Inside Richard Branson's Business Empire

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Tim Jackson
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Tim Jackson
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Richard Hatfield was a fascinating and flamboyant politician, equally at home on the dance floor of a New York club or a Tehran market as on the floor of the New Brunswick legislature.

As a friend, family relation, and all-hours talker, Richard Hatfield was special to those who knew him. In this book, he emerges as a complex, intriguing and attractive man. He had a wonderful sense of fun and an eclectic interest in the world and its people. He was a late-night carouser, an adventurer, a monarchist and friend of Queen Elizabeth, a chef, and an unabashed fan of artists, writers, craftspeople and musicians.

Remembering Richard is an entertaining and moving portrait of an impressive character, and at the same time a vibrant inside picture of Canadian public life and political backrooms in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

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For a young bulldog named Noelle, the joy of being adopted by her very own little girl is overshadowed by the worry that she won't fit in to her wonderful new home.

What can an odd–looking brown pup possibly have to offer in a world where shimmering fish, glittering fireflies, and beautiful Dalmatians play games that Noelle's short legs can barely keep up with?

Five–time GRAMMY® Award–winning singer–songwriter Gloria Estefan's first book for children is a heartwarming story. Exuberantly illustrated by Michael Garland, it captures all the worry of an outsider trying to fit in – and all the joy of discovering that everyone has a talent that matters, and that true beauty comes from inside.

o Includes CD single of Gloria Estefan's latest release Noelle's Song

Ages 3+

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Nice Book with a Great CD!.......2006-12-04

Looks like Gloria Estefan has ANOTHER talent - besides writing and singing great songs she can also write childrens books!
The book is very nice and has great illustrations. I don't have children, so I bought it for the CD. Noelle's Song (Been Wishin') is a great song that Gloria wrote for her bulldog, Noelle. It's a great song and reminds me of my cat, Miss Kitty (she likes it too!)

Nice Book w/ CD.......2006-11-07

My kids like this book. The story is cute and the illustrations interesting. They love the song on the CD that comes inside the book.

Excellent Book!.......2006-02-03

I have a 2 year old bulldog, so when I saw Gloria Estefan on The View with her bulldog talking about her new book, I HAD to get it! I'm also a teacher, and was excited to find a book that teaches kids that it's ok to be different. The wonderful illustrations and rhyming text really makes the book fun to read. And Noelle sure does remind me of my dog! It's now at the top of my "favorite kids books" list.

Great Illustrations.......2006-01-24

I REALLY liked the illustrations in this book. I also like the story. It reminds me of my "Stinky the Bulldog" book.
(...)

Another GREAT bulldog book!!.......2006-01-18

This was good, but if you are bulldog lover, you should definitely try "Stinky the Bulldog" by Jackie Valent. It's got a wonderful message for children and adults alike and the illustrations are much better than Gloria's book!

Noelle's Treasure Tale: A New Magically Mysterious Adventure

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A favorite for mom and son
Fun for all ages!
adorable book, love the lessons and the rhymes
Gloria's Second Book is as Good or Better than the First!
Estefan's Second Book is Every Bit as Good as Her First Effort, With a Story That is Both Simple and Profound

Noelle's Treasure Tale: A New Magically Mysterious Adventure
Gloria Estefan , and Michael Garland
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ASIN: 0061126144
Release Date: 2006-10-10

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Noelle the Bulldog is back for another magically mysterious adventure! She's on a holiday visit with her family to the exotic Treasure Coast of Florida when she hears exciting news. There's a long-lost pirate ship full of treasure under the sand! Noelle can't wait to find it. On her high-spirited journey she befriends a crusty but lovable crab and other mysterious new animals. And, most importantly, she discovers the "real" treasure of the Treasure Coast!

Five-time Grammy ^® Award-winning singer-songwriter and New York Times bestselling author Gloria Estefan lets Noelle bring plenty of friends to join in on the fun! Her lyrical and spirited verses are complemented by Michael Garland's vivid illustrations. This funny and warm story brims with life as Noelle learns that true treasures are often found in the least likely places.

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A favorite for mom and son.......2007-06-13

Finally a book that i love as well as my [...] son. A GREAT STORY AND A GREAT THEME. This is the book we give to my sons friends for Birthdays. Great for boys and girls. A persistant dog, a recovered crown and a heart-warming ending. I don't give many reviews but this story is worth it. You won't be disappointed.

Fun for all ages!.......2007-04-11

I bought this book for a few children as gifts and they love it! The pictures are bright and colorful and keep the children involved. The story has a wonderful message. I recommend this for any bulldog or story lover!

adorable book, love the lessons and the rhymes.......2007-01-10

this is a great followup to Gloria's first book about lovable Noelle, a bulldog who finds her way and her value in the world. This book is one of my daughters favorites and she loves the bright colorful pictures. I think we will be reading it together for many years!

Gloria's Second Book is as Good or Better than the First!.......2006-12-09

Noelle's Treasure Tale is a wonderful little book! And the illustrations are glorious! What wonderful, bold colors - that's the best looking crab I've ever seen! There's also a CD included - See With Your Heart - a very nice song. I hope there is a third installment with another original song by Gloria. And if there is, I hope the CD will also include Gloria reading the book. That would be the icing on the cake!
Merry Christmas, Noelle!

Estefan's Second Book is Every Bit as Good as Her First Effort, With a Story That is Both Simple and Profound.......2006-10-24

Last year's first children's book by Gloria Estefan, "The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog," was both an instant bestseller and critically acclaimed. (It spent five weeks at the number two spot on the New York Times children's picture book bestseller list, and was awarded the Latino Book Award for best picture book in English.)

This year with "Noelle's Treasure Tale," Estefan has done it again. The singer-turned-author's second children's book debuted in the third position on the New York Times children's picture book bestseller list, and the requisite critical acclaim is sure to follow.

If interested in background information, please see my initial review of her first book.

This book is again aimed at beginning readers, aged 4 to 8 -- although it is a story anyone can appreciate. It has the usual exquisite illustrations of Noelle's adventures by illustrator Michael Garland.

All editions come with a bonus CD, in English and Spanish, of an original composition sung by Estefan: "See With Your Heart," which nicely compliments the book. Some versions also include two tracks (in English and Spanish) of Estefan reading her book. I would recommend the version with all four tracks, because it is such a delight to listen to the audio version while reading along with the text. One can hope that a precedent has been established and that the third installment of Noelle's adventures, promised by her publisher, Rayo, will have an original song and an English and Spanish "read aloud" by Estefan.

The nature of this story is such that to provide a synopis that does it justice is to reveal too much. It is based on historical accounts of Spanish gallons that vanished in hurricanes off what is now called the "Treasure Coast" of Florida. Estefan and family have a vacation beach house in the area, and she said in televised interviews that the stories about three to-this-day un-recovered ships that sank, full of enormous treasure, in hurricanes provided the inspiration for this book.

Bulldog Noelle and "the little girl" (no name is provided in the first two books) who owns her are the main protagonists of the story. Both head to the Treasure Coast on vacation to search for buried treasure. Suffice it to say that few adults will be surprised to discover that the true treasure in this parable is not material riches. Rather it is a celebration of life and the idea that everyone is somehow connected, and that if all creatures work together in the end everything will work out for the best: a comforting message for children and adults alike.

Estefan definitely does not write "down" to her young prospective readers. The book uses these words: gallons, doubloons, unravel, insensitive, undertow, convinced, memorize, incredible, mysterious, ravenous and intuition. Fortunately, the book is so well crafted that even a pre-schooler who is listening to his or her parents read the book will enjoy the story -- and they may well be unconsciously increasing their potential verbal SAT score as well.

This is the rare sequel that is as good as the original. Publisher Rayo promises the third (and, as far as is known, final) Noelle book in time for Christmas 2007. I can hardly wait.

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Mi Tierra
Gloria Estefan
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Gloria's Spanish album is breathtaking! Each song is in Spanish with English lyric pages. Titles are: Ayer Con Los Aos Que Me Quedan Hablas de Mi Hablemos el Mismo Idioma Mi Buen Amor Mi Tierra Montuno No Hay Mal Que Por Bien no Venga S Senor! Tradicin Tus Ojos Volvers.

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Las Magicas y Misteriosas Aventuras de un Bulldog Llamado Noelle

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Hey, Bulldog!

Las Magicas y Misteriosas Aventuras de un Bulldog Llamado Noelle
Gloria Estefan
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ASIN: 0060826266
Release Date: 2005-10-11

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Para la pequeña Noelle, la felicidad de haber sido adoptada por una niñita es más que todas las preocupaciones que le causa el no encajar del todo en su maravilloso nuevo hogar. ¿Qué tiene para ofrecer una perrita con facciones raras, en un mundo de peces lustrosos, luciérnagas relucientes y hermosos dálmatas que con sus largas piernas juegan juegos en los que la pobre Noelle no puede participar?

El primer libro de Gloria Estefan la famosa cantautora ganadora de cinco premios GRAMMY® es una encantadora historia basada en la adopción de su propia adorable y fiel bulldog llamada Noelle. Las imaginativas palabras de Estefan junto con las bellísimas ilustraciones de Michael Garland capturan con acierto la angustia de quien intenta integrarse a un nuevo mundo, y la alegría que se siente al descubrir que todo el mundo tiene un don y que la verdadera belleza, viene de adentro.

Customer Reviews:

Hey, Bulldog!.......2005-11-23

Noelle is a beautiful little bulldog who is awaiting adoption. A little girl sees her and instantly bonds with her. Delighted at having a home, the little bulldog decides to explore her new world.

The gentle bulldog is saddened when she feels she does not fit in her new environment. She thinks every other creature is more appealing that she is. Brightly colored creatures such as a sunflower, fish in a pond and a butterfly convince Noelle just how wonderful and special she is. A pack of dalmatians come to respect the little bulldog when she comes through for them as do the fish.

I love the book; the bright colors and the adorable little bulldog who found herself a place in the hearts of those who read her story. This is a nice story with a timeless message that is not presented in cliche form. I think it is gentle and not judgmental and I really loved the picture of the girl embracing Noelle. The sweet little bulldog is unconditionally loved and accepted.

The Beatle classic, "Hey, Bulldog!" underscores this lovely story. Noelle's name ties in nicely with Christmas and the spirit of love and giving is beautifully presented in this book. I love it!

Magicas y Misteriosas Aventuras de una Bulldog Llamada Noelle, Las

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Magicas y Misteriosas Aventuras de una Bulldog Llamada Noelle, Las
Gloria Estefan , and Michael Garland
Manufacturer: Rayo
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Binding: Paperback

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El Tesoro de Noelle: Una Nueva Magica y Misteriosa Aventura

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El Tesoro de Noelle: Una Nueva Magica y Misteriosa Aventura
Gloria Estefan , and Michael Garland
Manufacturer: Rayo
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0061126160
Release Date: 2006-10-10

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¡La bulldog llamada Noelle regresa con otra mágica y misteriosa aventura! Esta vez está de vacaciones con su familia en la exótica Costa del Tesoro de Florida cuando recibe una emocionante noticia: ¡Hay un antiguo barco pirata con un gran tesoro enterrado en la arena! Noelle está ansiosa por encontrarlo. En esta animada aventura, la perrita se hace amiga de un áspero pero encantador cangrejo y otros nuevos y misteriosos animales. Pero aún más importante, ella descubre el "verdadero" tesoro enterrado en la Costa del Tesoro.

Gloria Estefan, la famosa cantautora ganadora de cinco premios Grammy ^® y autora del best seller del New York Times Las Mágicas y Misteriosas Aventuras de una Bulldog Llamada Noelle, nos vuelve a traer a su perrita Noelle junto con algunos de sus amigos para compartir la diversión. Las brillantes ilustraciones de Michael Garland complementan perfectamente los divertidos y poéticos versos de la autora. En este cuento tierno, gracioso y lleno de vida, Noelle nos enseña que los tesoros verdaderos a veces se encuentran en los sitios más inesperados.

Gloria Estefan: Superstar Of Song (Latino Biography Library)

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Gloria Estefan: Superstar Of Song (Latino Biography Library)
Sally Lee
Manufacturer: Enslow Publishers
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Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 0766024903

Gloria Estefan: Never Give Up (Awesome Values in Famous Lives)

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Gloria Estefan: Never Give Up (Awesome Values in Famous Lives)
Barbara Kramer
Manufacturer: Enslow Elementary
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Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 076602380X

Gloria Estefan: The Pop Superstar from Tragedy to Triumph

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Salsa Lover
IS IT AUTHORIZED???????????????
A balanced and insightful view of this amazing rock star.
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Gloria Estefan: The Pop Superstar from Tragedy to Triumph
Anthony DeStefano
Manufacturer: Signet
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Binding: Paperback

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Salsa Lover.......2007-10-09

This book still holds up. While it takes Gloria's life up through 1997, it is a good read. Also a Spanish edition is in the same volume. It is not all flattering to Gloria and is filled with facts and good information. Could use an update.

IS IT AUTHORIZED???????????????.......2001-12-17

This was a really good book, considering it had hardly anything to do with who Gloria is as a person, but of other information that is ALL new to me. Is this book authorized, because I'm just really interested to know if that information is accurate. Good Book.

A balanced and insightful view of this amazing rock star........2001-10-25

I read half of this book, since this book is half the English version, and the other half is the Spanish version. Being a fan of hers, I found it very interesting. It isn't all flattering to Gloria, for it tells of some of her legal disputes, financial disputes, and arguements with band associates and relatives. It gives some insight as to how she got to be such a famous rock star, and some of the reasons people admire her so much.

Good Book.......1998-09-08

This book was great I had fun reading it

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