Barron's ESL Guide to American Business English

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Focused especially to fit the needs of ESL students, this handbook for communicating in business situations describes a wide variety of business writings, and recommends appropriate styles and formats for each. Samples and instruction cover sales and public relations letters, reports and proposals, resumes, job applications, and much more. A section on usage reviews basics of English grammar, emphasizing sentence construction and verb forms. Students of English as a second language who plan to do business in North America can become confused by jargon and formalisms that sometimes invade business correspondence. Author Andrea Geffner's advice to them is to relax and stop worrying about sounding "business-like" or "official." Correct but relaxed English is always preferable. This book will meet the needs of all ESL students--especially those in business schools--but can also serve as a general quick reference guide in any business office.

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Chp 19. Culture and Customs, Work.......2004-05-12

As an American citizen, I take strong exception to Ms. Geffner's statement which follows and apparently is meant to be interpreted as representative of the opinions of all Americans. Also, what is her authority for making the enclosed statement:
P.279 "Therefore, whether the idle rich or the welfare poor, the ill or the retired, those who do not work are considered of no use to society."

Literacy for the Workplace.......2003-11-17

Great book to use for English language learners that have been in the country for many years but lack the literacy skills needed for a business environment. The letter samples give great ideas for phrases and tone. The section on usage is an excellent overview to clear up any questions on grammar. I have recommended this book for my students at BusinesSpeak to keep on their desks as a reference guide.

An Excellent ESL Source But..........2000-05-06

As a teacher of ESL at the private college, I found Barron's ESL Guide to American Business English an excellent source for newcomers to American business practices. Unfortunately while the book targets the ESL population, it still requires significant English literacy skills to read and understand. Given the complexity of the subject matter, it's probably as simplified as possible. Includes eighty different documents covering a wide range of correspondence with concise instructions; "Words to Watch For", a vocabulary word listing provides definitions for key words at the beginning of many chapters; extensive table of contents and index, makes it relatively easy to locate particular areas of interest.

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Your guide to 2,500 worldwide business prospects. New revised 2007 edition now available on CD-ROM, including one full year free online updates! The International Directory of Importers has been especially designed and compiled for manufacturers, exporters and trading firms who wish to expand overseas sales of household & kitchen appliances. Features 2,500 importers in 136 different countries importing such products as dishwashers, cooking ranges and ovens, garbage disposals and compactors, kitchen appliances, microwave ovens, household appliances, vacuum cleaners, water heaters, freezers, humidifiers and dehumidifiers, refrigerators, electric fans, floor cleaning equipment, household washers, etc. The detailed information has been carefully researched and compiled through extensive use of questionnaires sent to each of the firms listed in the directory. The data gathered includes: company name/address; e-mail address; contact person; year established; number of employees; telephone/fax numbers; bankers; and a listing of household & kitchen appliances currently being imported. This directory is the only publication of its kind and it can help your company obtaining an increasing share of the international market. It provides you with qualified sales leads among major importers around the world. NOTE: With your purchase you will also receive absolutely free a one-year subscription access to the largest Internet site exclusively devoted to worldwide export sales leads. You will be provided with an ID number and a password valid for one full year. ALSO NOTE our FREE Int'l Courier Delivery: We ship internationally within 24 hours, by Global Priority or via DHL courier. You will receive the ordered CD-ROM anywhere in the world within 2-6 days! You are NOT charged extra for this free worldwide courier service - we pay for it!

Laundry equipment/supplies.(Directory): An article from: Nursing Homes

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Laundry equipment/supplies.(Directory): An article from: Nursing Homes
Gale Reference Team
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000UVBSO6
Release Date: 2007-08-07

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This digital document is an article from Nursing Homes, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1668 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Laundry equipment/supplies.(Directory)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Nursing Homes (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 56 Issue: 7 Page: 125(2)

Article Type: Directory

Distributed by Thomson Gale

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Co-authors Diane Abbott and Kristoffer Gair present the fresh and daring journey of Sarah Emma Edmonds, the first woman in American history to receive a Civil War pension. Posing as a man, she enlisted in the Civil War and served as soldier, nurse and spy for the Union army. Researched thoroughly in two countries, this book reveals the true, kindred spirit of a woman who lived and fought for what she believed in throughout her passionate and often shrouded life.

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A woman's Civil War.......2005-06-10

Diane Abbott and Kristoffer Gair have taken a dry autobiography written in 1861, added years of intensive research and given us a fascinating story about Sarah Emma Edmonds. Emma, a Canadian born woman, emigrated to Michigan, disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the Union Army, where she became a spy.
The story carries us from Emma's childhood with an abusive father to her death in 1889. In the intervening years, we learn about her escape from her father, becoming a Bible salesperson, arriving in the States, and enlisting in the Army. Her escapades are thrilling, as she dons disguises to penetrate enemy lines. At one point, her alter ego Franklin Thompson, trades 'his' army uniform for women's clothes for camouflage! After the war, she becomes Emma again, marries, and has children and grandchildren.
The deftly handled dialog moves this narrative biography smoothly along for the pleasure of the casual reader, while the comprehensive research (There are several pages of bibliography.)make Honor Unbound a must read for Civil War buffs.

Engraving: 'Better Rags With Honor Than Patches With Dishonor: ...from Leslie's Weekly, April 21, 1898

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Engraving: 'Better Rags With Honor Than Patches With Dishonor: ...from Leslie's Weekly, April 21, 1898
Leslie's Weekly
Manufacturer: Leslie's Weekly
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Binding: Unbound
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ENGRAVING: 'They Do Each Other Honor'.... engraving from Harper's Weekly, February 24, 1877

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ENGRAVING: 'They Do Each Other Honor'.... engraving from Harper's Weekly, February 24, 1877
Thomas) Harper's Weekly Nast
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Engraving:'The Famous Battle that Dewey Fought and the Costly Gold Sword of Honor'... from Leslie's Weekly, July, 1898

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Engraving:'The Famous Battle that Dewey Fought and the Costly Gold Sword of Honor'... from Leslie's Weekly, July, 1898
Leslie's Weekly
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ASIN: B000OSNW9O

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Honor Unbound
Anna Parrish
Manufacturer: PublishAmerica
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Binding: Paperback

Contemporary | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1413733522

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This story takes place in London, late 1990s. It is the struggle of a young man to rise from his poverty. Death and injury await him, but he clings to the hope that he can rise above his childhood. Warning: This book contains profanity and a homosexual man as one of the main characters, in case this will bother you.

Yes Speak Out Yes : United Nations Concert in Honor of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights : The Human Rights Day Concert, 1968

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Yes Speak Out Yes : United Nations Concert in Honor of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights : The Human Rights Day Concert, 1968
Norman & Cristobal Halffter Corwin
Manufacturer: NY : United Nations (1968)
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Binding: Unbound
ASIN: B000KFZDWK

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Harris assesses the development of the Asian Gang of Four (Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore) and the two largest Latin American countries (Taiwan, and Singapore) and the two largest Latin American countries (Mexico and Brazil), and describes a newly emerging global economy that is now superseding the old national state and politics based on it.

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Reconstructing Global Representations.......2001-05-22

The final lines of Nigel Harris' The End of the Third World bear striking resemblance to another, older work about pending global change. He speaks of the "great unfinished question of world history: the freedom not of minorities, nor of states, but of the majority." A little more than 100 years before Harris, a man who could be perceived as his predecessor wrote: "The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of the world unite!" But Harris' vision differs from Marx. Marx believed that capitalism would inevitably change the world and wanted to have an effect on that change. Harris believes capitalism or the movement of capital is creating a global market that powerful governments can no longer control. The end result is that the world order itself is changing and with it, the Third World, as well as the First and of course the Second are being dissolved. Harris devotes a tremendous amount of time discussing the historical, economical and governmental settings of the old world order which required less dependence on other countries and allowed for more exaggerated exploitation of other countries. This background is essential to his argument, so that the common reader can understand the interpenetrating, organic solidarity of the new global structure. It is organic solidarity in Weber's terms. Harris never uses Weber's term. Instead, he simply describes this interdependent economic solidarity as follows: "They have to export in order to import the goods they cannot afford to make at home, because the domestic market is too small." Harris presents impressive evidence that the Third World not longer exists because a New World order is being born. The New World order is being shaped by the diversity of cultures, empowered by a global economic forces that have escaped the grasp of powerful governments trying to distort it and shaped more by a myriad of competing smaller forces. The New World order is shaped by these smaller, more diverse and interpenetrating forces rather than by the powerful governments that ruled the dinosaur days of imperialistic giants. In this respect, I think Harris is absolutely correct that the Third World no longer exists. The only question that remains is whether Harris' depiction of the future bears an accurate resemblance to tomorrow. Only time will tell.

Review of The End Of The Third World.......2000-05-17

Nigel Harris is trying to get across that there are no longer any third world countries, and that term is no longer useful. The third world term refers to the underdeveloped countries. The third world is endnig because they are going from agriculture to limiting the amont of imports they had, to export-led development. They are turning to the manufacturing business, and they are follownig certian models. The Asian market follow the Japanese model of savnig their money, no consumption of imports, and expoting, as well as not taking any loans from outside investors. The Amerecias follow the U.S. model, and are consumption driven, with the manufacturing on the down slide, and service jobs on the upride. The Amerecias were the developers, and the third world countries were the consumers, but that has changed to a complete turn around, and now it is the opposite, and we are dependent on each other. That is how there is the end of the term third world.

The End of the Third World : Newly Industrializing Countries and the Decline of an Ideology

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The End of the Third World : Newly Industrializing Countries and the Decline of an Ideology
Nigel Harris
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIXCKI

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The End of the Third World: Newly Industrializing Countries and the Decline of an Ideology
Nigel Harris
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIW37G

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An in–depth guide to the work of innovative young director David Fincher, whose films include Seven, Alien 3, Fight Club, and Panic Room. Featuring 60 photos.

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at last a recognition for Mr Fincher.......2003-08-31

For any Fincher admirer, this book is a must have. Not because you'll learn anything you should already know about the man and his movies, but because it will give you an interesting point of view of Mr Fincher's creative process.

James Swallow should be thanked for arguing about the greatest "malentendu" regarding Mr Fincher : no, he's not just another MTV director.

Just reading about his uncompromising choices should convince you (could you ever imagine a hollywood movie with no happy ending? do you ever dream about what "the avengers" could have been in black & white cinemascope? could you, as a relatively unknown director, sell a movie about nihilists?...)

Finally, as a bonus, the book is as sharply edited as Mr Fincher movies.

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

"Thanks for a wonderful childhood!" Stephen Digges tells his mother as he hugs her goodbye in front of his New York City college dorm, and it's a measure of just how persuasive and potent her account of his difficult adolescence is that we know exactly what he means. At 13, Stephen was running away, stealing his mother's car, carrying guns, doing drugs, and getting into trouble with the law and in school. Already divorced from Stephen's father, Digges saw her son's problems break up her second marriage and heard society, her family, and her neighbors tell her she was too easy on her son, that fatherless boys needed "tough love" and discipline. But Digges had the courage to listen to a highly unconventional therapist who urged her, "Join him in his anger at life.... Don't educate him about what he should have done. Let him figure it out." Together with Digges's foster son (an African American teen thrown out of his home after a stint in juvenile detention), they create a bohemian household. Three dogs (one of them epileptic) "sleep on the beds no questions asked"; Stephen does his homework with a pet mouse named Frederick in his pocket; there are swarms of kittens "leaping in and out of the windows"; and the pizza delivery for dinner may be interrupted by "phone calls from teachers, more often the cops." Go figure: creative, anti-authoritarian Stephen acquires a sense of responsibility and ambition in this offbeat atmosphere. His mother's surprisingly funny, unsentimentally tender memoir reminds us that there are no rules about raising children, just countless perils and boundless possibilities. --Wendy Smith

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Stephen Digges is the kind of angry adolescent a lot of parents would have given up on. He is out of control by the time he is 13 -- running with gangs, stealing cars, fooling around with drugs and guns, and in general making his family’s life hell. Confronted with his growing recklessness and defiance, his mother, the poet Deborah Digges, decides to try to accept Stephen on his own terms--a course that stuns her family and leads to the breakup of her second marriage. Digges “shadows” him on his late-night forays so that she can understand his world, welcomes his gang into their apartment, and tries to see life through his eyes. When she discovers that children who are devoted to animals have an easier time forming attachments to other people, she fills their home with a menagerie of ailing or abandoned pets. She also turns to an unconventional therapist who offers unusual — but helpful — treatment.

The Stardust Lounge isn’t your usual story of rebellious adolescence. The power of Digges’s memoir comes from her stubborn unwillingness to give up on Stephen. Even when things are roughest, Digges manages to see the intelligent, sensitive child behind the hostile behavior. However difficult the path she chooses, her story is ultimately a heartening one, and it’s impossible not to root for this family as it rebuilds itself.

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A good read BUT.......2006-12-21

This book was difficult to put down. I enjoyed the story. For that reason I gave it 5 stars.
Ms. Digges is a good writer and a good mother but I disagreed with many points made in this book. For one thing, should it really have taken all those therapists to figure out that this kid, whose only steady older male figure in life, went crazy after that male figure, his older brother, left for college? The kid obviously had abandonment issues. Why? Because his mother kept marrying unavailable men in jobs and/or lives that kept them away a lot. She seemed to like it because it allowed her to freely (a bit too freely) raise her boys. I raise this issue because the most helpful therapist said the past is irrelevant. Frankly, I think it was quite relevant. Ms. Digges, a rebel herself, a true child of the 60's, married a military guy. Why, because she wanted to escape her oppressive parents. Then, surprise, she has babies with that husband yet does not agree with him on parenting issues. They divorce and the boys, particularly the youngest child, are left holding the baggage she created for them. She then picks another unavailable guy and he ultimately leaves. All of this is relevant since, despite the fact that she raised two boys who ultimately made it, both appear to be nomads. Let's hope they learned through their own examination of the past to be prepared to be available and part of a team when they have kids, if they choose to have them.
The big solution for this kid is to teach him the value of fairness. Great, but honestly, that discussion at a younger age might have prevented a lot. For instance, could she not have introduced this concept when the whole family was busy destroying rented houses? Honestly, I pity their many landlords.
On the subject of fairness, she talks a lot about how society doesn't "get" her kid. I believe the traditional school path is not the best one for every kid, particularly this kid. With that said, she was a writer and professor with plenty of time on her hands to homeschool him. Was it fair to dump him on a school system in his condition?
She also seems to talk about how "poor" they were at times. Seriously, legitimately poor people do not eat take out as much as was referenced in this book. Poor people do not have her education. Poor people do not send their kids to (multiple) private schools. I realize citing limited funds paints a more pitiful story but self-imposed neediness is not pitiful.
She talks about people's views toward her as a single parent. Specifically, she says that people seem to revere single dads but dump on single moms. She's right. With that said, the dad in the story was interested and wanted to help. She admitted that she wanted to be the single mom with her boys. She did not want to be apart from them. Then, as unfair as people may be, when you choose the path, suck it up.
My view of this mom is that she did step up...later than I would have liked...but kudos to her for sticking by her son, especially when it seemed like it was the end of the road. She also gets kudos for taking in a foster son, who, by the way, gave her own troubled son the opportunity to be the big brother/dad he missed so much.
This is a good book. I think parents and people who work with children should read it. I don't believe it should be used as a guidebook by any means but there are important lessons in it, not the least of which, happy endings are possible.
As a mother of young children I want to believe prevention was critical here. As a mother who has encountered those times when I am shocked to learn that my kids have already decided my authority is limited, I pray I am right and that I can find the tools to prevent complete mutiny and worse. I am wise enough to never say never but I am well-planted enough in reality to say that troubled adolescent boys don't show up in your house without a history that explains at least some of it.

this book blew me away.......2006-02-19

i'm a psychiatrist and a mother of an adolescent boy and can tell you that this book is one of the most beautifully honest books i've ever read on ANY subject. i'm going to recommend it to all my patients who are parents. it's a wonderfully inspiring story that helps one move beyond fear into a state of grace. i just loved it.

Highly recommended story about raising an unconventional son.......2002-05-26

This book offers so much wisdom from a mother who learned the hard way how to raise an artistic son through a difficult adolescence. It's a very personal story that the author was brave enough to share. I suffered with her as I read her struggles, but in the end cheered both her and her son for their courage and intelligence. I loved that she included essays her son wrote for school and his photography as well. This is an important book for parents to read. Animal lovers may appreciate the book also because animals are central to the healing of this family. I wish all the best to the author, her son, and her foster son.

Stunning, moving book.......2002-05-19

I first heard about this book on the Dianne Reemes show. Lots of controversy-- so I HAD to buy it. I'm glad I did. This book is so intelligently written. I loved the lists, letters, even the police reports Digges uses to further the narrative. The story itself is stunning.The ending is a knock-out! I just had to say how beautifully crafted this book is, as well as moving, and memorable.

What a great read!.......2002-05-19

I want to say that I began this book just after supper one night and couldn't stop until I finished it about 3 in the morning. I KNEW I had to get up for work, I KNEW that in a few hours I would be dead on my feet cooking my kids' breakfast. But I just couldn't stop, and though I was, for sure, exhausted the next day, I was also haunted by Digges' break-through story. I have talked about it with other parents, co-workers, and friends. They say, Can I borrow it?" I answer no. Go buy it yourself. I'm keeping mine.

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