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

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Income Tax Administration in Canada
Colin Campbell
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Though he did not live long enough to write his memoirs, John F. Kennedy left behind a legacy of eloquence that still resonates in the lives and dreams of the American public. With a variety of the very best quotes, anecdotes and archival footage, The Uncommon Wisdom of John F. Kennedy reveals the core character of a visionary over the course of a remarkable and dramatic life and presidency. Included are some of JFK's innermost struggles and the many milestones that defined him: The Sinking of PT 109 The Courtship of Jackie Election to the Senate The Loss of a Child Winning the PresidencyBest remembered for his youthful charisma and inspiring words, he embodied the optimistic spirit of a generation who stood, as he said, "....on the edge of a New Frontier."

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"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer".......2005-12-30

I have read a pile of books and watched a ton of TV about JFK;and I have to put this one right up there with the best of them.It was about 1958 when I first became aware of him.By 1960,I had finished University,and had been working for about a year.What really amazed me was that I was a new engineer of 23, just starting my career and here was this fellow who had spent 4 years in WWII,a Navy Lieutenant Hero from the Pacific,already travelled the world,spent 14 years as a Congressman and Senator;and now at the ripe old age of 43, elected President of the USA,the most powerful in the world with the job of dealing with the Communist threat of world domination...and he's only 18 years older than me.
Although I had been following politics since High School days;my lifelong interest really took off around 1960;and what an interest and roller coaster ride we were in for in the next 4 years,and to a large degree,ever since.
This book captures the JFK I knew,and most of all in his own words.There,s hardly a thing in this book that I don't remember watch happen on TV.I have to agree with the other reviewers that the DVD is fantastic.There is the old idea that a book is better than a movie.Our teachers tried to drill that into us,but they had little success in winning me over."Gone With the Wind","Casablanca",Westerns,War movies;you name it,the movies won me over every time.The same holds here.It is one thing to read the words as JFK spoke them;but listening to him and watching him again brings back the memories,exactly as I remember them.Even these black and white newsreels enhance the power of his words;and it is almost a forgotten thing that there was TV without color.If you tell a kid today that you watched the first man land on the moon,I think it was 1969, on a black and white TV;he'll probably say "Why?".When you say," there was hardly any color TV then";the reply is something like,"Oh?"
JFK captured the audience every time he came in contact with a camera,crowd or audience.In the DVD,there are a couple of shots where he was debating Nixon,who doesn't say a word.That is the way I remember JFK,when he said something,there wasn't much else to say.Everyone loved his press conferences,friend and foe alike;and probably nobody enjoyed them more than himself.I can't think of anyone else in public life that can hold a candle to his improptu wit and humor...and he could do it without being hurtful.I can only imagine what the 'banter' must have been like behind closed doors or with friends on a social basis.Think about times with Sinatra for instance;we'll never know.But oh,the stories that must be told by those who 'knew' him.
I can't recommend this book highly enough to those who lived through the Kennedy years.To those who didn't,this book will give you an idea of what the JFK wisdom and wit was all about.
I think that Kennedy hit the nail on the head about what it means to be President with these words:
"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer."
Herein lies the reason that ,no matter what party the President comes from,the President has to be the President of all the people,and can expect a lot of objection from the other side.It may be too bad but it goes with the territory and the reason Presidents seldom let it bother them.

Excellent.......2005-01-21

Everything about this book is quality from the design, to the paper to the elegant font. It captures the essence of JFK because it's not someone else's memoir or perceptions. This is all JFk in his own words. One quote is particularly striking. Before taking office JFK quotes Lincoln on the subject of fate and purpose as president.

Also, the book includes a DVD filled with remakable and touching images.

THE DVD OF THIS THING IS AMAZING.......2003-10-14

You forget all the things JFK did and said until you read this thing. Wow, it really reminds you. But the best part is the DVD that comes with it which is only probably forty minutes, but it has all this film (color and black and white) of Kennedy. I had always wanted to see him saying "Ich bin ein Berliner!"

In the end, the film of him playing with his son just tears your heart out. The DVD is worth it alone.

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The escapades of R. M. Patterson—explorer, rancher and writer—come to life in David Finch's new biography, R. M. Patterson: A Life of Great Adventure. In a story that combines the lure of gold, the thrill of wilderness exploration and comic tales about life on a southern Alberta ranch, David sketches a fascinating portrait of this great Canadian.

A spirited adventure-seeker, R. M. Patterson left the comforts of British society for untold adventures in Canada. The first person to photograph the falls of the Nahanni, Patterson introduced the world to this now famous river in his book, The Dangerous River.

Authoring a total of five books about his forays into the Canadian wilderness and his life on a southern Alberta ranch, Patterson earned himself legions of fans and made Canada's wilderness famous.

A skillful historian and storyteller, David Finch combines careful research, charming wit and his passion for the outdoors in this entertaining narrative.

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Canadian Paddler Lives on in Finch Biography.......2001-01-20

In R. M. Patterson: A Life of Great Adventure, historian David Finch brings the famous river explorer back to life. Patterson died at 86 almost twenty years ago, but The Dangerous River, based on his explorations on the South Nahanni River in the Northwest Territories, remains in print and his most popular work, as fresh today as its setting in the late 1920s. The Finch biography revisits the South Nahanni as well as Patterson's roots in England and his many years in the Canadian Rockies. It traces the events of "a life of great adventure," a theme suggested by Patterson's employer at the Bank of England as he wished Patterson well on his 1924 move to Canada to settle in the Peace River country of northwestern Alberta.

Patterson was more than a river rat. He worked as a logger, a trapper, a prospector, before he began to explore the rivers of the region. He ran a sheep operation near Banff, a dude ranch in the footthills of the Rockies, an orchard on Vancouver Island. All five of Patterson's frequently-autobiographical books remain in print decades after they first appeared.

In his exhaustive studies Finch dug into several archives, interviewed dozens of family members and friends, followed the rivers that Patterson explored, and hiked or rode horseback over Patterson's favorite trails. In this biography, Finch shares with his readers the essence of Patterson that he gleaned during a decade of research and writing. In this reader's mind, he brought Patterson back to life as well as any writer could.

(I met Patterson in his latter years, corresponded with him, and interviewed him. Like Finch, I read all of his books, interviewed Patterson himself, his widow, only daughter, and older son. I had planned to write the biography myself, but Finch beat me to it. He did a fine job. --Verne Huser)

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R.M. PATTERSON: A LIFE OF GREAT ADVENTURE.(Review): An article from: Arctic
Richard C. Davis
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Though famed in his time for his playboy image, all purple scarves and modish hairdo, former South Vietnamese prime minister Ky proved over time to have been a man of substance. In this revealing autobiography Ky recounts his rise to and fall from power and the errors great and small that led to his nation's defeat. "Corruption," Ky writes, "permeated every corner of the Vietnamese social order." Ky used his office to root out corruption and carve an independent path, often clashing with the likes of William Westmoreland and Nguyen Van Thieu in the bargain. Proudly relating those struggles, Ky also defends figures whom history has treated harshly, including Lyndon Johnson and General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, "the rarest of Vietnamese birds, the honest cop," who will forever be remembered for executing a Vietcong suspect before Eddie Adams's camera. "My biggest mistake was allowing the wrong man the opportunity to lead a guaranty of defeat. For this I beg forgiveness of those who fled into exile, of those who remained, and from those then unborn." So Ky closes this memoir, a work of considerable interest to students of and participants in Vietnam's long war. --Gregory McNamee

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The history of the Vietnam War has rarely been told from the Vietnamese perspective-and never by a leader of that country.In Buddha's Child, Nguyen Cao Ky reveals the remarkable story of his tumultuous tenure as Premier of South Vietnam, and offers unprecedented insight into the war's beginning, escalation, and heartbreaking end.A thirty-four year old pilot and Air Force commander, known for his fighter-pilot's moustache, flowing lavender scarf and his reputation as a ladies' man, Ky in 1965 agreed to lead South Vietnam after a series of coups had dangerously destabilized the nation.Ky's task was to unite a country riven by political, ethnic, and religious factions and undermined by corruption.With little experience in governing and none in international affairs, and while continuing to fly combat missions over Vietnam, Ky plunged into a war to save his homeland.He served as premier until 1967, continued to be active in the war after his resignation, and finally left Vietnam in 1975 during the fall of Saigon.Buddha's Child offers Ky's perspective on the crucial events and memorable images of the Vietnam War: the coup against and execution of President Diem; the self-immolation by the Buddhist monk, and the radical Buddhists' attempt to topple Ky's government; the bloody and pivotal Tet Offensive; the shooting of a Vietcong prisoner, captured in one of the war's most notorious photographs; the Paris Peace talks that sold out South Vietnam; and the last, desperate days of Saigon.In frank language, Ky discusses his own successes and failures as a leader and dramatically relates the progress of the war as it unfolded on the ground and behind the scenes-including anecdotes about Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, William Westmoreland, Henry Cabot Lodge, William Colby, Henry Kissinger, and many others.Buddha's Child is a revelatory, fascinating account of a nation at war by a most unusual man.AUTHORBIO: Nguyen Cao Ky lives in southern California. Marvin J. Wolf is the author or coauthor of nine nonfiction books, including Where White Men Fear to Tread, the national bestselling memoir in collaboration with Native American activist Russell Means. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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faulty memory = faulty biography.......2006-05-09

After reading his book, it occurred to me that perhaps Nguyen Cao Ky has faulty memory of many events that happen during his tenure as the Prime Minister of South Vietnam such as the Buddhist Rebellion in Central Vietnam in 1965. In this book, Ky claimed that he formulated the plan to put down the Buddhist rebellion in Central Vietnam in 1965, this is incorrect. In 1965, there were two different Buddhist group vying for power in South Vietnam. One was the An Quang branch headed by the militant Thich Tri Quang, the other is the non-violent Vietnam Quoc Tu branch headed by Thich Tam Chau. The An Quang branch was the violent, "militant" branch who wanted to create a government headed by monks, many of the monks in the An Quang group armed themselves with sub machineguns, they block the roads using Buddha statues and they were able to entice thousands of soldiers from the 1st ARVN Division to desert and joined their cause. Libraries were sack by the militant Buddhists, books were burned and people of different religious faith were beaten. It was at this time that Cao Van Vien the Chairman of the ARVN Joint Chief of Staff formulated a plan of using the Vietnamese Marines to quell the unrest, Vien pretended to withdraw the Marines from their area of operation in Binh Dinh to Saigon then on the day of the withdraw, other Marines battalions were airlifted to the Quang Ngai airfield under the command of General Ngo Quang Truong and Truong was able to use the Vietnamese Marines to subdued the rebellion. Aalthough Ky did not play an important role in this event, Ky claimed that it was he who formulated the plan to put down the rebellion.

There were a few important events that some how was missing in Ky's book. On the last few days of April 1975, with the NVA closing in on Saigon, Ky made an appearance at Ho Nai, standing in front of thousands of people Ky encouraged people to "fight on to the last men" and that Ky will stand by them to the end. Hours after his speech, Ky flew out to the American carrier abandoning the very people he has asked to fight to the death. Recently Ky went back to Vietnam to work for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam government. In one of the recent interview to Viet Weekly, Ky was asked about the current rampant corruption in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, especially the PMU18 scandal where government officials who made only $200 U.S dollars a month bet on horses to the tune of $2 million U.S dollars each month for the last 10 years. Ky said that such corrupt government officials should not be prosecuted and should be allow to keep all the money they have stolen from the people as long as these officials would not take bribes again. Ky comment tells you all you need to know about him as a former Prime Minister of South Vietnam and as a person.

A Strange Conclusion.......2005-03-04

This book is supposedly the autobiography of the author's experience in the Vietnam War. But it has a rather bizzare conclusion: the author alleged that China is now a threat to world peace and may well bring the world to another World War!!
The author then proposed that surrounding asian countries ally themselves to the West( ie. USA ) to encircle and contain China.

This anti-China rheotric is totally irrational and paranoid. I hope that the author will further explain his weird theory in future editions of this book.

Nguyen Cao Ky - a pawn or a man of destiny?.......2004-11-09

In all honesty, I have learned some historical facts that I had not known before reading the book. Before I delve into the content the book, let me say that the book is well written. I enjoyed the audiobook, however, the producer of the audiotape should have consulted with a Vietnamese before attempting the Vietnamese proper names. The reader butchered the names horribly! It is ashamed that such an undertaking of almost 12 hours of taping did not go through this quality check. The publisher must have known that there are more than non-Americans who seek to learn about Mr. Ky and the Vietnam war. I could barely make out the names of the generals and the politicians involved. The names of geographical areas of Vietnam were horrendously mispronounced. It is unfair for me, in spite of the political 'dryness', has some humors and at times quite entertaining.

My. Ky is as boastful as he's ever been. There are endless mea culpas and monday-morning-quarterbackings throughout the book. But one cannot come to any other conclusion that with the leadership of Mr. Ky and his cohorts helped to lose the war in Vietnam.
He painted a picture of mass corruptions, shameless abuses of power, government properties, US aids, etc.. From president Ngo Dinh Diem to Nguyen Van Thieu, with questionable goals and intent, together brought south Vietnam to its deserved fall.

Mr. Ky failed to recognize that what he did during his youthful days was reckless and in a different setting such as the U.S, he would have been indicted on many charges. He was accused of derelict of duties by allowing his pilots to smuggle contrabands into VN not to mention allegations of drug smuggling. He used and abused government properties recklessly to woo girls by hovering aircraft on top of civilian neighborhood. He treated government asset as his own. He claimed that he did not take money from the people but he enjoyed his good life in many other ways. All of this would have been intolerable in western countries.

He conveniently left out the comment on how Hitler is his only hero (while he was in London , 1965). I believe that Mr. Ky did not corrupt the way many other generals did such as Gen. Dang Van Quang and Pres. Nguyen Van Thieu etc.. All in all, he was so wishful to think that he could have done any thing different better to 'save' Vietnam, it's almost laughable!

To his credit, I think Mr. Ky is a man of character, flawed as it is, few would have accomplished what he did during the war. He is an honest man!

Footnote: as critical as I am about this book, I did enjoy reading and did learn something from it. I have also obtained an autograph of the author.

Important historical book.......2003-01-05

How could it be anything else being written by one of the players. I think Cao Ky Nguyen confirmed many truths and it was important for that to come from a South Vietnamese leader. All that you need to do is keep in mind that he is trying to portray himself in a more favorable light than he deserves as he was just as politically immature as the rest of the inept leaders he comments on.

The American lessons from Vietnam in essence are the old sayings that you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink, and that if you want something done right do it yourself. When you put Nguyen's rationalizations in a more accurate perspective, he makes this clear.

Opportunity LostýSeizing Defeat From the Jaws of Victory.......2002-10-20

This was, in many ways, a painful book to read. I was in elementary school at a school for missionary children in northern Japan when I read in my Weekly Reader that Nguyen Cao Ky had become the new prime minister of South Vietnam. I remember the news gave me a sense of hopefulness about the war, which we were kept informed of by the Far East Network (armed forces radio) and the Voice of America. I can also remember my feeling of confusion when I read that Theiu had replaced Ky as Vietnam's leader.

Without belaboring the point, I have long been frustrated by the American handling of the war, which, I believe developed out of our abdication in Korea. I don't want to spend time talking about that, because it is a tired and painful subject. Suffice it to say that this book confirmed my feelings, but added some new insight.

For example, this book adds some insight into the resentment that many Vietnamese nationals felt toward the French, whose colonialism was largely exploitive, and financed by the Americans in amounts that Everett Dirksen would call "Real Money." In addition to that, I did not know, until I read this book, that Westmoreland was fully informed of the North Vietnamese intention to stage a major invasion during Tet, but decided to keep this from the South Vietnamese army! This appalling mismanagement of the crisis produced a disastrous and completely unnecessary problem for the Cao Ky, but it was a challenge that the South Vietnamese met and overcame. While Tet had a demoralizing effect on the American public, it was actually a victory for South Vietnam, and a major defeat for the North Vietnamese.

The book also addresses some more familiar themes, such as the legendary ineptitude of McNamara, but the most poignant event in this book is Nguyen Cao Ky's impulsive decision to abdicate leadership in favor of Thieu. Nobody (including Nguyen Cao Ky himself) knows why he did this. Perhaps it really was a selfless act of a patriot who had no interest in promoting himself, and was just trying to do what was best for his country. Or, perhaps, he had become bored with the monotony of leadership, and decided to abandon his responsibility, just as he discarded his wives, one after another, when he got tired of them.

To his credit, Nguyen Cao Ky takes full responsibility for his fateful decision. And it would not be fair to say that he abandoned his country completely, because he was always ready to serve, and to lead when the chips were down. In that sense, we must give credit where credit is due, and call him a patriot. But this is small comfort for the painful realization that the war effort was doomed by his decision, although I am still not sure if I believe that it was more significant than the moral exhaustion of the American culture, which rendered the Americans all but impotent to save Vietnam.

Read this book. Nguyen Cao Ky is a very good storyteller, and a man of adventure who liked to live on the edge. You will almost certainly come away better informed about the first war the Americans lost. It is a sad story, but one which can have a certain measure of redeeming value if we are able to learn from our mistakes, and adapt to the very different place that east Asia has become.

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Buddha's Child: My Fight to Save Vietnam

Manufacturer: St Martins Press, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
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BUDDHA'S CHILD. My Fight to Save Vietnam.
Nguyen Cao Ky with Marvin J. Wolf:
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Buddha's Child: My Fight to Save Vietnam
Nguyen; Wolf, Marvin J. Cao Ky
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Buddha's Child: My Fight to Save Vietnam
Nguyen Cao; Wolf, Marvin Ky
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Anne Revisted.......2001-01-30

When the thousands of Lucy Maud Montgomery fans make their pilgrimage to Prince Edward Island every year they expect to find everything in its place. Nancy Rootland, a writer from sunny California, has some insights to share about this in her illustrated book entitled Anne's World, Maud's World: The Sacred Sites of L.M. Montgomery (Nimbus). Her text slides easily from Montgomery's childhood, memorable moments and quotes from Anne of Green Gables to Rootland's own feelings as she enters these 'sacred sites' and experiences the places she has only ever read about but of which she feels so much a part. Add to this a collection of high quality photographs and you have a book that is a delight to the eye and a joy to read. Rootland delights in placing herself in scenes from both Maud and Anne's lives. Looking at herself in the china cabinet she sees the reflection of Katie Maurice. She visits the beach and watches Nate, Maud, and Amanda talking about their teenage hopes and dreams as the sun sets. She stands on the platform of Kensington Station with Maud and her grandfather waiting for the train that will take them to Prince Albert. Rootland surmises that in 1880 they did not know the future anymore than she does for herself a century later, except that she knows she will return to the sacred sites someday. Rootland experiences deja vu. Everything is where it should be, right down to Marilla's amethyst brooch on her night stand, "where it belongs", where she, and thousands like her, expect it to be, every day, every year, now and forever.

Homage to home,a tribute to the 'sacred sites' of Lucy Maud.......2001-01-27

"The Sacred Sites of L.M. Montgomery" seems a pretty silly subtitle for a book unless you're a total fan of Lucy Maud. I am not one. However, to my surprise, I found this small book, titled Anne's World, Maud's World, to be readable, enjoyable - even at times - thought-provoking. How Nancy Rootland came to write it is a remarkable story in itself. "In January of 1981," she relates, "I was browing in a bookstore in Southern California when the title Anne of Green Gables caught my eye...I slid the book off the shelf and started leafing through the pages - and that was it. I could barely put it down long enough to get over to the sales desk, and while I was driving home my eyes kept wandering over to the package on the seat next to me." She finished the story in one sitting, amazed at how Anne's experiences paralleled her own. She found she shared the author's and Anne's perception of nature. That summer she read all 20 of L.M. Montgomery's novels. For 11 years, Nancy Rootland learned more about her favourite author while waiting for the time when she'd be free to make the long journey to Prince Edward Island. This book is the record of what she found there and how she reacted to the "sacred sites." She was not disappointed . A fine writer herself, Rootland knows how to convey atmosphere, feelings, the sense of past and present meeting - all that's so difficult to articulate without sounding silly. She doesn't sound silly. Here's an example. "Such is the beauty and spiritual grandeur of this enchanted isle and the remarkable sons and daughters of its history, that access to the sacred, which thrives in sites both natural and constructed, is always possible. So convinced am I of this power of place that I invite you, reading these words, to come here and find out for yourself. All you need to take with you on your journey is an open heart and a bit of imagination." No need to spell out how Anne's World, Maud's World, conveys the spirit of home. Rather I'll mention what a beautiful little (110 page) book this is. Fine, coloured photographs of the " sacred sites" alternate with Rootland's commentary, which, in turn, is studded with quotations from Montgomery. First we see Anne's World, then Maud's. Two simplified maps at the end show the relevant places of PEI and in the Cavendish area. For an Anne-lover or Montgomery-lover, this book would make a perfect present. But anyone who's wondered about the mystery of how a character can some alive enough to fill an area with his or her presence will also appreciate Anne's World, Maud's World.

Author brings us closer to 'Anne'.......2001-01-23

Nancy Rootland's book explores environment of Montgomery and Anne. Through the writing of LM Montgomery, the world has an opportunity to look in on a beautiful rural community. A sense of home and of belonging are strong themes in the Anne books and Nancy Rootland uses this message to show us some of the places that were so dear to the author of Anne of Green Gables and places that have become sacred to readers. In Anne's World, Maud's World: The Sacred Sites of L.M Montgomery, Nancy Rootland has transported us to that place where Anne and her people live. Rootland expects to see Anne and Marilla or Matthew emerge from the fields or orchard at any time, and so do we. The photographs of the places that are so pivotal to the world of Anne and of Maud herself, will captivate the reader and invigorate the imagination of those who have read and re-read the books. The author invites the reader to experience this incredible place and uses her prose to evoke the writing style of Maud Montgomery, the pictures lead us on a journery of discovery for Anne and for our own sense of peace and tranquility. Rootland's background in teaching and as a teacher of child psychology provides some of the insights for her portrayal of the emotional story of the orphaned Anne and the lonely Maud. There is real feeling and caring for the child that Anne charaterizes and that Maud really was. Beautiful photos, and evocative text permit the reader to join Anne and Maud on the journey home.

This was the worst of all books concerning Montgomery...........1999-11-06

This book was horrible. As a long time Anne of Green Gables fan, I must say I was very disappointed.

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Se le conoció como "El Rey del Timbal" y llegó a encapsular todo lo que es la experiencia musical latina no solo para los latinos de los Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica sino para el mundo entero. Recordando a Tito Puente es el primer análisis profundo, histórico, musical y cultural que se le da a la carrera y la influencia de éste gigante de la música latina.

En éste trabajo seminal, Steven Loza examina el hombre y su música a través de entrevistas exclusivas con Puente poco antes de fallecer y un número de sus asociados cercanos como: Hilton Ruiz, Ray Santos, Jerry González, Poncho Sánchez y Joe Conzo, lo mismo que con el periodista de música Max Salazar y con el DJ y productor Chico Sesma. Loza nos muestra como la música de Puente evolucionó, cristalizando la música Latina en su llamativa mezcla actual de música afrocubana, salsa y jazz latino. Siguiendo las innovaciones de Puente como timbalero y director, Loza define su influencia sobre la música latina por medio siglo lo mismo que sobre otros músicos y géneros musicales. Recordando a Tito Puente es un galardón a un gran genio y a su género de música que está profundamente arraigado en la rica diversidad étnica de Estados Unidos.
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He was known as "El Rey del Timbal" and came to epitomize the Latin experience in music, not just to Latinos throughout the United States and Latin America but to a worldwide audience. Recordando a Tito Puente is the first and only in-depth look at the career and lasting influence of this giant of Latin music.

Through exclusive interviews with Puente and his close associates--including Hilton Ruiz, Ray Santos, Jerry Gonzalez, Poncho Sanchez, and Joe Conzo, as well as music journalist Max Salazar and former DJ/producer Chico--the author, reveals all the vibrancy and color of this consummate artist's life, work, and world. Loza shows how Puente's music evolved into its current compelling mix of Afro-Cuban music, salsa, and Latin jazz. Tracing Puente's innovations as a drummer and bandleader Loza defines his influence over the course of half a century on Latin music as well as other musicians and musical genres. Recordando a Tito Puente is a celebration of this dynamic performer and the genre that is deeply rooted in America's rich ethnic diversity.

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Exciting book for any travel or jewish history reader........1999-04-26

This unique book in its english translation is amazing in its freshness. The writer, living in the middle ages, writes with a keen eye and a perspective that is not that different from that of a 20th (or earlyl 21st) century writer.

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