The Directory of Executive Recruiters 2003 (Directory of Executive Recruiters)

Book Description

Whether an executive is seeking a position at a microbrewery or SAP software consulting firm, The Directory of Executive Recruiters has the contacts who can make or break a job search. Known to insiders since 1971 as the "Red Book," the 2003 edition contains detailed information on over 14,700 recruiters at more than 7,800 offices in North America. Executives can easily identify recruiters who can best match their skills and interests to open positions using the extensive indexes: a cross-referenced industry and function index, geographic locations and individual recruiter specialties (565 areas). Includes free CD-ROM with advice on working with recruiters.

Customer Reviews:

An excellent recruiter directory.......2003-06-16

I found this directory extremely useful in my job search. The content is thorough and up to date, down to the contact's name and email address. One can sort by geography or area of expertise. If you need to find an executive recruiter that meets your needs, this is your source.

The Best in its Field, But..........2003-01-11

This phone book size directory has a wealth of information and is the best book of its kind that I am aware of. It lists and categorizes executive recruiters in a variety of ways including: retained firms vs. contingency firms; geographic location; industry specialization and functional specialization. As I said, the book offers a wealth of information.

Now for the bad news: if you intend to use this book to contact a large number of firms, prepare yourself for some hard work. Here is an example of what I mean: let's say you are searching for firms specializing in business development positions in the software industry. To do that, you have to look through the list of headhunters that specialize in the business development function, and once you find a recruiter you need to search for the firm listing in a different part of the book to discover whether the firm serves the software industry... if you are trying to locate more than a few recruiters, this becomes quite a chore.

One more small but annoying fault of this book is that quite often the index refers you to the wrong page. For some reason, the last entry on each page is listed on the index as if it appears on the next page. This is a small but bothersome error that should have been eliminated in the editing process.

Customer Reviews:

a lot of information,but not enough.......1999-05-14

There is a lot of info in this book,but there is not enough to do a full report with just this.You could improve it by putting more info on her family and education.

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From Arthur and Guinevere, Dickens and Austen to Pochahontas, Florence Nightingale, and Robin Hood, this is an engrossing guide to the final resting places of the most illustrious figures in English history. With 90 b/w photos. England's history has a romantic appeal that is matched by few other nations. For those who are drawn to see the final resting places of those men and women who shaped England's past, Who's Buried Where in England is a fascinating companion. Arranged in eight sections, there are hundreds of entries on: Sovereigns; Royal Consorts and Nobles; Statesmen, Politicians, and Warriors; Churchmen, Philosophers, Lawyers, and Scholars; Scientists, Doctors, and Businessmen; Authors, Playwrights, and Poets; Actors, Artists, and Musicians; and Explorers, Sportsmen, Heroines, and Criminals. Who's Buried Where in England also includes a generous selection of photos as well as a geographical county-by-county checklist for the traveler. 352 pp 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 90 b/w photos

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When in jolly old England.......2001-07-15

This book is a bit dry, but it provides a lot of information (and flavor) for those deceased famous people that the brits revere. Once I started reading it, I went with the flow and realized that several hours had passed. Even if you don't plan to travel to any of the places listed in the book, it provides you with some interesting facts and historical information.

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Who's Buried Where in England
Douglas Greenwood
Manufacturer: Trafalgar Square Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OH5NKQ

Side Show: My Life With Geeks, Freaks & Vagabonds in the Carny Trade
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The life and times of an old-world, real-life carny

Step right up ladies and gentlemen...

Worth reading but slight

Pleasant, But Ultimately Disappointing

Very informative and great sideshow facts!

Side Show: My Life With Geeks, Freaks & Vagabonds in the Carny Trade
Howard Bone , and Daniel Waldron
Manufacturer: Sun Dog Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0941543285

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Howard Bone lived an extraordinary and outrageous life--sideshow magician, carnival roughie,and fakir. Bones chronicles of his unique, wildly hysterical, and poignant life have earned him a place among sideshow people that few can equal. The book features a foreword by world-famous magician Teller.

Customer Reviews:

The life and times of an old-world, real-life carny.......2006-12-23

'Side Show' is a compilation by editor Daniel Waldron of one the last manuscripts left by accomplished career carny Howard Bone. Waldron's Introduction and Teller's (of Penn And Teller) Forward tell give a much needed background to the book's contents focusing on Bone's musings over his life in carnivals and circuses.

Bone's musings are short, and the book does contain the feel of something that could have been so much more, but the stories are still fun and entertaining enough to hold up to four stars. It's the personal "telling" rather than any detailed content that grabs a hold of your attention and keeps you reading straight through to the end. It leaves you wishing Mr. Bone were still alive, and that you could sit an chat with him awhile to fill in the blanks.

Bone was a veteran of World War II and a black belt, ninth degree Master, of Itto Ryu Jutsu, a form of martial arts. Unfortunately, the stories compiled in this book don't include any detail of either part of Bone's life, except how he used his martial arts to perform feats in the carnival. Magic Shows, Athletic Shows, Torture Acts, backup on Animal Acts, Mr. Bone covered a lot of ground in his lifelong career with "traveling entertainment".

'Side Show' is a short but entertaining read, not detailed on any particular aspect of carnival life but rather like having a short chat with a newly found friend of his tumultuous life. Easy to read in one sitting, I would recommend this book if you like memoirs of a lost lifestyle. Enjoy!

Step right up ladies and gentlemen..........2006-07-26

The memoirs of a professional sideshow entertainer, SIDE SHOW is all at once shocking, tragic, funny and interesting. It's a whole different world in the carnival/circus side show trade. Find out what a Geek does for money. Are those really deformed fetuses in those bottles? How far does a "girly show" go? All this and more is inside this compelling book by a man who was there.

Worth reading but slight.......2005-02-23

The author is a fascinating man with a life worth reporting. However this book barely scratches the surface. A lot is made of his martial arts prowess in the introduction and is referenced throughout the text. But no details are given. Not where he trained or even how he became a master at a time when oriental fighting arts were obscure in the extreme. Also no war service is recorded and that would have fleshed out the story and the man considerably. Having said that, I enjoyed the insights and characters that were discussed. So I recommend the book and suggest that it be accompanied by the Daniel Mannix book, Memoirs of a Sword Swallower. Between the two books the reader will gain a good understanding of a peculiarly American and sadly lost world.

Pleasant, But Ultimately Disappointing.......2002-09-11

I'd love to give this book a higher rating, but it's disappointingly slim in both size and content. It feels like the unfinished outline for a book which the author was never able to write. The author's entire marriage (of many years, and several children) is dismissed in two paragraphs. He frequently refers to the great and unbelievable stories he could tell about life on the road...then neglects to tell them. There aren't even any photos to spice up the narrative (though it sounds like the author never made enough money on the road to afford a camera). In all fairness, this is a pleasant little book, and not a bad addition to an existing collection for sideshow/carny fans. But there are other, better books out there which you should go to first.

Very informative and great sideshow facts!.......2001-07-31

Personally, I loved this Book! This is a very well written recounting of the sideshows of yesteryear, obvious of the authors past. He has added every detail of how the sideshow used to be and this makes terrific reading for those interested in the history of such a wonderful (yet almost forgotten) pastime. This is most certainly a text of material for any serious sideshow lover!

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Snow White's stepmother looks like a pussycat compared to the monster under which Adeline Yen Mah suffered. The author's memoir of life in mainland China and--after the 1949 revolution--Hong Kong is a gruesome chronicle of nonstop emotional abuse from her wealthy father and his beautiful, cruel second wife. Chinese proverbs scattered throughout the text pithily covey the traditional world view that prompted Adeline's subservience. Had she not escaped to America, where she experienced a fulfilling medical career and a happy marriage, her story would be unbearable; instead, it's grimly fascinating: Falling Leaves is an Asian Mommie Dearest.

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"Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure." —Amy Tan.

"Brilliant, compelling, and unforgettable. A heart-rending modern day Cinderella story set against the turbulence of 20th century China. Autobiography at its best." —Nien Chang, author of Life and Death in Shanghai.

"Charged with emotion...A vivid portrait of the human capacity for meanness, malice—and love." —Jung Chang, author of Wild Swans.

"Fascinating and heart-rending stuff...a harrowing story of emotional cruelty." —The Times of London

International bestseller.

The emotionally wrenching yet ultimately uplifting memoir of a Chinese woman struggling to win the love and acceptance of her family.

In this compelling memoir that scaled bestseller lists in England, Australia, and Hong Kong, Adeline Yen Mah chronicles her painful childhood growing up in a wealthy yet abusive Chinese family. The unwanted daughter scorned by her family, young Adeline dreamed of freedom and independence, ultimately escaping to the West to launch a successful career in medicine.

When Adeline's mother died giving birth to her, she was deemed bad luck and ostracized by her family. Then her father took a beautiful Eurasian bride and Adeline soon fell victim to the wrath of her stepmother. Treated as a pariah, she was shuttled off to boarding schools, bullied by her siblings, and deprived of the beautiful clothes and things given to the rest of the family.

Moving from Shanghai and Hong Kong to London and the United States, Falling Leaves is an enthralling saga of a prosperous Chinese family set against a background of changing political times and the collision of East and West. Written in haunting prose, it evokes all the suspense and emotional force of a satisfying novel.

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The Plight Of An Unloved Child.......2007-10-11

Although this book was difficult at times to read, the author did keep me fascinated with her story. She has an ease of writing that very much feels as if she is having a conversation with the reader, and the book just flows.

The story is one that is ageless: a man marries a woman and they have several children (in this case 5). When the youngest is born, the woman dies from complications, and the man in his loneliness quickly finds another woman to marry. He concerns himself more with outward appearances than with character, and ends up with wife #2 who is controlling, domineering, and wishes she had been wife #1 instead of wife #2. She really doesn't care for the fact that her husband has 5 children from wife #1, but no matter. Since her husband is weak and does as she wishes, she can treat them as she likes. Which isn't pleasant.

Adeline is the youngest of the 5 siblings and therefore the recipient of not only her stepmother's wrath, but most often her 4 siblings as well. Unlike some children, Adeline never seems to truly stand up for herself, and that might be her personality or it might be cultural. Whatever it is, it defines her.

Some reviewers here think Adeline is "whiny", especially after she reaches adulthood. Perhaps. However, if anyone knows somebody who was treated as though they were unwanted and/or unloved as a child - and my mother was such a one - then they might very well see the same behavior Adeline portrays as an adult.

I thought this book was fascinating and a terrific tale of the healing power of the human spirit. At times I just wished I could have reached through the pages of this book and snatched Adeline away to a safe place where she could be nutured and feel safe.

Read it entirely in one night.......2007-09-05

I found this book while browsing the library and borrowed it. I thought it would be good reading material for my daily subway rides since the book wasn't too long at all.

I had a quiet evening, so I started reading. Page by page I turned and when I finished the book it was 1am in the morning. It was definitely a page turner. The reader is kept on their toes to find out what comes next.

I was truly touch by Adeline's story and there were a couple of tear-jerking scenes. This book reminds me a lot of the 1st Harry Potter book somehow. Both tell the story of a rejected child living with sinister relatives.

Adeline's story is different from many other books in that she was a rejected child from a rich family that could have given her everything. Many memoiors tell of a very poor childhood, so I really liked that this was different. She was pretty much poor in a rich family.

I was full of rage when I found out Lydia was backstabbing her & how her brothers are still jerks as adults. Inheritance issues always bring out the nastiest in people. Ultra-rich families do not usually fare well & are usually the subject of drama serial TV in Hong Kong.

Lydia can just shove it...she is just about as dragonlady as Niang for what she did.

Edgar...gosh I wonder if he made a good doctor at all.

James...he's such a timid turtle & it got annoying to see him still like that as a grown adult.

Susan...she married into an ultra-rich family and didn't even care for the inheritance. I was happy for her as she was able to let go of her family.

Adeline...I wish she would stop being the nice person all the time. It was so unfair to her to be taken advantage of even as an adult (Lydia two-timing her while Adeline was willing to help Lydia's song, putting up with 1st abusive husband, still scared of Niang as an adult).

I really wish she had the courage to cut her family off and carve her own happiness with her own family (husband and 2 sons and future grandchildren). I really hope that Adeline is able to/or has already done so. I hope she is having a much happier life right now :)

A PERFECT STUDY OF SCAPEGOATING! ADELINE, YOU GO, GIRL!!!!.......2007-08-10

i have to respectfully disagree with Jazmanian here. No, not 'any family therapist would tell you being cut off from your family of origin would not do any good to your own family.' Even apes have families, and 'family of origin' is not always a safe place.

This book was ALL about moving on and finding blessings in the hand one is dealt. The author had one family member who truly loved her unconditionally and without deviation. Her discovery that her father truly did love her, in spite of his cowardice and weakness of character, gave her some satisfaction; but to realize that throughout her years of emotional torture, there was always one member of her immediate family who had never hurt her and loved her unconditionally, incontrovertibly - namely,her Aunt Baba - was enough for her to move on in her life, taking comfort in the love and support of her husband and child.

The abuse this woman endured was mind-boggling. The incidents with her pet duckling, the orange juice, and being sent to a boarding school that ALSO served as an orphanage was deplorable. But the most painful part of the book to me was when she and her husband accidently walked into that hotel room to find all her siblings having a celebration party to which she was not made aware. That broke my heart, because it hit so close to home; I experienced a similar incident with my own family.

This book was a great comfort to me because I learned that I'm not the only child this has happened to; my similarly dysfunctional family did the same sort of things to me (add in sexual abuse and daily beatings, and there you have it).

Sometimes one must accept that the family is sick and will never be healthy, and realize that one must remove one's self in order to, as you worded it, "do any good to your own family". Had she kept in contact with her sicklings, er, I mean, siblings, 'her own family' would surely have been exposed to their pathological toxicity. Her moving on was the best gift she had to give her family. Past behavior is a pretty good indication of future behavior; why would she want to expose her husband and children to these people?

As one who finally 'pulled the plug' from her bio toxic family, I applaud her for letting these people go.

Tragic beginning, whiny ending........2007-08-03

I enjoyed the beginning of this book. It presented a slice of history about which I was uninformed, wrapped in the personal true story of a little girl persecuted by her family. By the end of the book, though, I felt the author was more determined to make her case against her stepmother than to write a compelling story. The book did not hold my interest to the end, although I did finish it. I wanted to celebrate the triumph of the author over her painful start in life. Instead, I read an endless list of family misdeeds. Victimization of a helpless child is tragic. Wallowing in it as an adult is annoying.

Captivating memoir.......2007-07-10

This book had me very engrossed and actually crying. It doesn't overtly try to teach a lesson or philosophize, but it still makes you think about how it is that people can be so heartless, because we all know, they can.

Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

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The BEST Book I Have Ever Read
heart retching, I could not put it down.

Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
Adeline Yen Mah
Manufacturer: Thorndike Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0786219149

Customer Reviews:

The BEST Book I Have Ever Read.......2002-06-21

Falling Leaves was an AMAZING book. It was touching and heart-wrenching, and I could not put it down. Adeline Yen Mah's story is so sad, and one realizes all the obstacles she had to overcome. I highly recommend this book for all mature readers, as it is an excellent and eye-opening work of art.

heart retching, I could not put it down........1999-08-15

all of us cling to the belief that our parents would love us and protect us no matter what. This book brought home the cruel fact that family members are related by chance only. It,s lottery!! I heart ached as Adeline recalled her story. I felt I was living her life while I was reading the book.I was that little girl that no one wanted to remember .At the same time, I wanted to reach across time and hug her and confort her. Perhaps it's impossible to imagine all this if one had grown up in a warm and loving family. I salute Adeline for her courage to get her story out.Most of us whom have survived similar experience could not bear to even admit to ourselves that our family did not care. After all, It might mean we were not lovable. "falling Leaves" is a wonderful study of family dynamics . Each charcter teachs me something about human nature.Most of all, I appalud the human spirit. Adeline has shown that out of the mud, a lovely lily emerges.

Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

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Triumph Over Evil

Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
Adeline Yen Mah
Manufacturer: Penguin Putnam~trade
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

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Customer Reviews:

Triumph Over Evil.......2007-01-24

This was a story of triumph of a young chinese girl, Adeline Yen Mah, swallowed whole by the fate that left her with the cruelest face of humankind...her stepmother, Niang Yen. As a rose cannot grow without sun, light, and earth, nor could this girl have survived life w/out the endearing love from her Aunt Baba who encouraged and nurtured her despite inflictions from the Adeline's stepmother and father in doing so.

After reading this book I feel compelled to hug Adeline Yan Mah and tell her what a wonderful person she is.

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Falling Leaves (The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter)
Adeline Yen Mah
Manufacturer: Broadway Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000I1OKSO

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Falling Leaves - The True Story Of An Unwanted Chinese Daughter
Adeline Yen Mah
Manufacturer: Broadway Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K07BJ8

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Falling Leaves - The True Story Of An Unwanted Chinese Daughter
Adeline Yen Mah
Manufacturer: Broadway Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000X0ODTG

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FALLING LEAVES RETURN TO THEIR ROOTS. The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter.
Adeline: Yen Mah
Manufacturer: Prentice-Hall,
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NWU5TG

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Falling Leaves. The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
Adeline Yen Mah
Manufacturer: Michael Joseph
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OED9LE

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Falling Leaves : The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
Adeline Yen Mah
Manufacturer: Penguin Books Canada, Limited
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KWPST6

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Falling Leaves : The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
Adeline Yen Mah
Manufacturer: Broadway Books
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ASIN: B000O010MI

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