Knowledge, Learning and Routines (Critical Studies in Economic Institutions, 4)

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This comprehensive two-volume collection draws together the key contributions, both theoretical and empirical, from economics and management literature on human and organizational knowledge, learning and routine behaviors.

Volume I discusses conceptions of knowledge and the problems of organizational and technological learning. Volume II contains both theoretical and applied research on organizational routines.

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The complete do-it-yourself Partnership Kit with easily prepared Partnership agreements which provide the legal formation of a General, Limited or Family Limited Partnership, which includes an Irrevocable Minor Child Trust and an Assignment and Acceptance of Gift. Includes completed examples of each form.

The Alpha Arizona Limited Liability Company Kit: Special Book Edition with Removable Forms

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The Alpha Arizona Limited Liability Company Kit: Special Book Edition with Removable Forms
Kermit Burton
Manufacturer: Alpha Publications of America
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ASIN: 0937434639

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The complete do-it-yourself Arizona Limited Liability Company Kit provides all the forms required to legally organize and maintain either a General or Professional Limited Liability Company under the Laws of the State of Arizona. Includes completed examples of each form.

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Questions on the business value of information technology (IT), which have been raised by managers and researchers for the last decade, are not settled yet. Firms invest in IT to improve their business performance. However, some firms fail to improve their business performance while others succeed. The overall value of IT varies enormously from firm to firm. Computerization does not automatically create business value, but it is one essential component that should be coupled with organizational changes such as new strategies, new business processes, and new organizational structure. Creating Business Value with Information Technology: Challenges and Solutions aims to solicit the studies that yield significant new insights into the business value of IT.

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Over the past fifteen years, Maurizio Terzini has transformed contemporary dining in Melbourne and Sydney with his multi-award-winning cafés, bars and restaurants that which have set a benchmark for impeccable and relaxed dining around the country. In his long-awaited first book, Something Italian, Maurizio shares his much-loved Italian restaurant recipes, as well as traditional family dishes. Combining mouth-watering Italian fare with fascinating history and insights into the food industry, this book is a celebration of Maurizio's history, life and achievements, and will be treasured by all who have marveled at his authentic Italian cuisine and innovative dining style.

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Wonderful.......2006-11-07

As an Australian living in the US it's great to have a Melbourne boy make the Amazon book lists - lovely recipes and commentary.

A Refreshing New Look at Italian.......2006-05-18

The nice thing about looking over a new cookbook is the new ideas you get.

Today it is quite hot here. I'm looking at sandwiches made of soft boiled eggs, asparagus, mayonaise, lemon, chives and a few more good sounding ingredients. A cold sandwich and some iced tea sound wonderful.

Perhaps for dinner some thin escalope of veal grilled with basil.

And tomorrow morning there's a splendid picture of some barbecued pork sausage served with toast made with the butter put on before tosting.

These recipies come from the author's series of award winning and very popular restaurants in Melbourne, Australia. While Italian in concept, it seems to me that many of these dishes have been modified to suit Australian, and my own American tastes. Then again, there are several traditional classic Italian recipies such as Tiramisu. Many of these dishes are designed to be quick to fix, as you need in a restaurant. The very thought of main dishes that take only 5-6 minutes to cook has a great deal of appeal on these hot days.

Finally, don't overlook the polenta dishes. For those of you that are also southerners, polenta = grits. But here are grits to serve as a snack with a glass of wine and a desert recipie.

Italian Cooking (The Something Different Recipe Collection)

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Italian Cooking (The Something Different Recipe Collection)

Manufacturer: Golden Press
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ASIN: 0307099601

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Every Recipe is Pictured!

Don Fabrizio's walk in the garden: why do I smell something dead?(Tomasi Di Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo)(Critical Essay): An article from: American Journal of Italian Studies

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Don Fabrizio's walk in the garden: why do I smell something dead?(Tomasi Di Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo)(Critical Essay): An article from: American Journal of Italian Studies
Kevin Bongiorni
Manufacturer: American Journal of Italian Studies
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from American Journal of Italian Studies, published by American Journal of Italian Studies on September 22, 2000. The length of the article is 3707 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: Don Fabrizio's walk in the garden: why do I smell something dead?(Tomasi Di Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo)(Critical Essay)
Author: Kevin Bongiorni
Publication: American Journal of Italian Studies (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2000
Publisher: American Journal of Italian Studies
Volume: 23 Issue: 62 Page: 112(11)

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THE BURGER BOOK: "...From the classic hamburger to a lamb and feta burger, and from a sweet potato and provolone burger to an Italian steak melt burger, this imaginative collection of recipes has something for everyone! "

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THE BURGER BOOK: "...From the classic hamburger to a lamb and feta burger, and from a sweet potato and provolone burger to an Italian steak melt burger, this imaginative collection of recipes has something for everyone! "

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Italian Cooking (The Something Different Recipe Collection)
Supervisor) Joanna Morris Mary Reynolds
Manufacturer: Golden Press
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Something about the Italians in Jamestown

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Something about the Italians in Jamestown
Rosella M Agostine
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Something Italian
Maurizio Terzini
Manufacturer: Penguin
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K4L9A6

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The Civil War as you haven't experienced.......2006-07-04

A refreshing look at a war that has been written about ad nauseum. I AM a Civil War Historian and this book is the book that changed the way the war was studied. Before this book, it was all battles and politics and military. This book opened up studies of the homefront and women's roles in the war.

The book is well written and incredibly researched. It's objective and draws definite conclusions about its subject matter. This was also a new method for historians of Massey's era (1940's).

If you have an interest in the war or women's history-- this book is a must have, must read.

Very Interesting Book.......2006-05-05

The author does a very good job of bringing out the causes and effects of shortages in the southern states. I would recommend to reenactors or anyone who enjoyes history.

Easy reading for a dry subject........1999-07-10

I love reading about Southerners during the Civil War and their lifestyles and this book filled a void. I was afraid it would be really hard to read and very clinical but Ms. Massey made the subject entertaining as well as enlightening. She has a great style for a history and social studies writer.

Ersatz in the Confederacy: Shortages and Substitutes on the Southern Homefront. (book reviews): An article from: The Mississippi Quarterly

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Ersatz in the Confederacy: Shortages and Substitutes on the Southern Homefront. (book reviews): An article from: The Mississippi Quarterly
Mark Wahlgren Summers
Manufacturer: Mississippi State University
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Mississippi Quarterly, published by Mississippi State University on March 22, 1994. The length of the article is 709 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: Ersatz in the Confederacy: Shortages and Substitutes on the Southern Homefront. (book reviews)
Author: Mark Wahlgren Summers
Publication: The Mississippi Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1994
Publisher: Mississippi State University
Volume: v47 Issue: n2 Page: p344(3)

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Whether you have a fantasy portfolio or are comfortable with selling short, this guide is your ultimate resource for finding the best Investing and Finance sites available on the Web. Let SurfLess, help you find: stock market news and rumors; market quotes and charts; company information; interest rates; currency conversions; financial magazines; investment groups; games and virtual portfolios; after-hour exchanges; IPO information; online broker ratings; and, much, much more.....

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Concerns over privacy in America and the role of a free and responsible press have intensified in recent years. The Journal of Mass Media Ethics has worked with Poynter Institute for Media Studies in an effort to focus and broaden the discussion. This issue -- the second devoted to privacy matters -- features articles that the editors hope will add useful perspectives to the current discussions of privacy issues, particularly those raised by new technology.

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The author depicts a Lincoln who came to believe that God would not allow the Civil War to end until slavery was abolished. It contains extensive quotes from Lincoln's diaries, letters and speeches. Itis written in a dramatic "first person."

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Teddi Mervis lost her fight with cancer when she was 12 years old. Beginning with the diagnosis of her brain tumor, the story tells of her three-year battle for life--a struggle she eventually lost. Although Teddi passed away, her memory inspired those who had helped her to deal with her suffering to band together to aid other children who are facing cancer. These people and thousands of others inspired by Teddi's story--from construction workers to college students to bank presidents--helped form an organization whose primary purpose is to make the lives of children as happy and rewarding as possible. The organization, Camp Good Days and Special Times, Inc., has become one of the largest and most successful organizations of its kind in the world. It is credited with breaking down the barriers for children with cancer and creating pioneering new programs. The 2001 Edition carries the story forward from 1990 with new photographs and an afterword. This book serves to teach and guide those who must cope with the devastating ordeal of childhood cancer.

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Horror and Hope.......2000-02-10

Do not pick up this book if you are not prepared to weap...and be inspired as well. One cannot help but be moved by the story of a young girl (Teddi) who faces cancer with the strength and dignity rarely seen in adults--much less children. This book is wonderfully written and I was left wondering how I could feel so sad for the plight of this girl and so inspired at the same time. A must read.

for the Love of Teddi the Story Behind Camp Good Days and Special Times SIGNED

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for the Love of Teddi the Story Behind Camp Good Days and Special Times SIGNED
Buttino. Lou
Manufacturer: Praeger Pub
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OR8U88

For the Love of Teddi: the Story Behind Camp Good Days and Special Times the 2001 Edition

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For the Love of Teddi: the Story Behind Camp Good Days and Special Times the 2001 Edition
Lou Buttino
Manufacturer: Praeger Trade
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORAWU2

At Ease Professionally: An Etiquette Guide for the Business Arena - At Home and Abroad
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At Ease Professionally: An Etiquette Guide for the Business Arena - At Home and Abroad
Hilka Klinkenberg
Manufacturer: Bonus Books Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: B000U0EP6U

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Designed to help professionals feel self-assured and confident. Gives advice on topics important to everyone in business today, including: 1) Tipping-who should tip and who shouldn't, how much to tip, when it's appropriate to tip, and when it's insulting, tips for tipping in foreign countries. 2) Entertaining-advice for successful business lunches and dinners, an easy-to-use guide to table manners, when it's all right to entertain your boss-and when it isn't. 3) Meeting People and Making Conversation-how to make the right introductions, forms of address: when to use first names or Mr., Mrs., Dr., etc., when to exchange business cards and when not to. 4) International Matters-entertaining international clients-in the U.S. and in their own countries, do's and don'ts of doing business in other countries, international business travel-being aware of the customs and conventions of each country. 5) Communicating Effectively-writing the right letters-from business letters to personal notes, how to speak well anywhere at any time, avoiding telephone turnoffs. 6) Corporate Gifts-giving to clients, colleagues, and office staff, gift-giving customs in other countries. And much, much more.

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History of Espionage during America's Civil War.......2006-12-27

If you want an excellent look at the cloak and dagger world of spying, during the American Civil War,then this is a great start.If you're a history buff on warfare,then this book will not disappoint you.I enjoy reading about military history and the social actions leading to the declarations of war.Battle areas are interestingly called 'theatres'.And i'm always fascinated by the inter-play of the opposing armies and the power-brokers behind the scenes.If you have a keen sense of European social history,you will be intrigued by this look at the American internecine war of the 19th century.For those who want a complete understanding of current American political diplomatic strategies,domestic and foreign,you have to understand the American Civil War.

Lincoln's Spymaster: Thomas Haines Dudley and the Liverpool Network

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Liverpool in the USA/CSA Civil War

Lincoln's Spymaster: Thomas Haines Dudley and the Liverpool Network
David Hepburn Milton
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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The American Civil War conjures images of bloody battlefields in the eastern United States. Few are aware of the equally important diplomatic and intelligence contest between the North and South in Europe. While the Confederacy eagerly sought the approval of Great Britain as a strategic ally, the Union utilized diplomacy and espionage to avert both the construction of a Confederate navy and the threat of war with England. This volume documents the historically neglected Thomas Haines Dudley and his European network of agents and explores the actions that forced neutrality between England and the Union

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Liverpool in the USA/CSA Civil War.......2003-02-14

Just curious if the author would investigate any role Liverpool Mormons might have had in the war between the US Army, Stephen Douglas, and the Democratic Party, vs the Mormons and Indians of Utah, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, and New York. I stumbled into this as I investigated the USM Lady Elgin Shipwreck
at http://groups.msn.com/LadyElginShipwreck

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Spies & Spymasters of the Civil War
Donald E Markle
Manufacturer: HIPPOCRENE BOOKS+INC
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SMZQ0O

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Spies and Spymasters of Civil War
E. Donald Markle
Manufacturer: Barnes & Noble Inc
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 156619976X

Luckier Than Most
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Luckier Than Most
John P. Koza
Manufacturer: Vantage Pr
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ASIN: 0533146518

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Good one.......2005-09-26

This is the first book written after my injury. It gives a first hand point of view of a tramautic brain injury. I'm lucky to have the capacities to be able to put my thoughts into words.

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Luckier Than Most: An Autobiography
David Tomlinson
Manufacturer: Hodder & Stoughton
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0340534842

The Current State of Economic Science: Public Economics; Health, Education & Welfare; Labour Economics & Industrial Organisation; Business Administration; Economic History
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The Current State of Economic Science: Public Economics; Health, Education & Welfare; Labour Economics & Industrial Organisation; Business Administration; Economic History

Manufacturer: Spellbound Pubns Pvt Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 8176000469

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This was Richard Halliburton's first book, and there is not a dull page in it. It recounts how Halliburton not only visited a vast array of countries from England to Japan, but additionally undertook every sort of madcap adventure that he could find, including swimming the famed Hellespont, exploring the jungles of India, and becoming the first foreigner to climb snow-covered Fujiyama.

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A Manhattan landmark for fifty years, the Taft in its heyday in the 1930s and '40s was the largest hotel in midtown, famed for the big band in its basement restaurant and the view of Times Square from its towers. As the son of the general manager, Stephen Lewis grew up in this legendary hotel, living with his parents and younger brother in a suite overlooking the Roxy Theater. His engaging memoir of his childhood captures the colorful, bustling atmosphere of the Taft, where his father, the best hotelman in New York, ruled a staff of Damon Runyonesque house dicks, chambermaids, bellmen, and waiters, who made sure that Stephen knew what to do with a swizzle stick by the time he was in the third grade.

The star of this memoir is Lewis's fast-talking, opinionated, imperious mother, who adapted so completely to hotel life that she rarely left the Taft. Evelyn Lewis rang the front desk when she wanted to make a telephone call, ordered all the family's meals from room service, and had her dresses sent over from Saks. During the Depression, the tough kids from Hell's Kitchen who went to grade school with Stephen marveled at the lavish spreads his mother offered her friends at lunch every day, and later even his wealthy classmates at Horace Mann-Lincoln were impressed by the limitless hot fudge sundaes available to the Lewis boys.

Lewis contrasts the fairy-tale luxury of his life inside the hotel with the gritty carnival spirit of his Times Square neighborhood, filled with the noise of trolleys, the smell of saloons, the dazzle of billboards and neon signs. In Hotel Kid, lovers of New York can visit the nightclubs and movie palaces of a vanished era and thread their way among the sightseers and hucksters, shoeshine boys and chorus girls who crowded the streets when Times Square really was the crossroads of the world.

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engaging account of a bygone era.......2007-02-01

If you've ever enjoyed old movies set in the glamourous world of New York in the 1940's, you'll love this book. The author's father was general manager of the legendary Taft Hotel in New York in the Big Band era of the 1930's & 1940's. The family lived in a suite in the hotel, were waited on by hotel staff & dined in its restaurants. The cover photo (of my hard-cover edition) shows them all dressed up in the hotel dining room - even the children are in suits - & his mother wearing a frilly collar & one of those Big Hats tilted rakishly over one eye.

By the age of 12 Stephen had an encyclopaedic knowledge of food and wines but no idea of what normal home life or play was like for the rest of us.

One example of the gaps of ignorance that would plague him through life occurs at age 40 when he marries and buys a house. The basement is full of extra windows, which his wife explains are "storm windows". "Are you crazy," he says, "there's no way I can get all this up in time before a storm". Ironically, with the ubiquitous thermal windows of today, the concept of "storm windows" will soon pass away from the ken of another generation. As he recalls some of the worldly advice given to him by his father, "take the swizzle stick out of your drink so that you don't poke yourself in the eye with it" was of little relevance to his own children -a problem that occurs, I suspect, with a great deal of inter-generational communication.

"Hotel Kid" is an engaging account of a fascinating era that is gone forever.

Stephen Lewis Makes Old New York Come Alive Again..........2005-03-05

I must say, "Hotel Kid" by Stephen Lewis, is the best book I have ever read, and his writing style is exquisite. I absolutely loved it and it has touched me deeply, in fact, moved me to tears. I miss the old Hotel Taft very much, as well as New York as it once was. So much has changed over the years and the things I held dear are now gone. Stephen Lewis makes old New York come vividly alive again.
I first stayed at the Hotel Taft 33 years ago when I was 12 years old and it has held a special place in my heart ever since. I've stayed there many times since then, including a three week stay starting the day after I graduated from high school in 1978, after which I moved to New York. I loved the Taft back then, but I had no idea till now, after reading "Hotel Kid", how much more the Taft had to offer in it's hey day. I wish I could have experienced that time frame also, as it sounds even more spectacular than the era I was in. Thanks to Stephen Lewis, I can vividly picture and feel a sense of what it was like to be there.
It breaks my heart to see the Taft butchered up into condos and the diminutive Michelangelo. Less than a year ago I was walking with a friend through Times Square and we stopped to rest. I was telling him about the Taft and I looked up at the street sign to see where we were in relation to where the Taft was and realized I had been leaning up against it the whole time. I hadn't even recognized it.
Thank you Stephen Lewis for sharing so much and giving such an enlightening and fitting tribute to the much loved Taft.

Delicious fun.......2003-06-27

Stephen Lewis, a teacher of memoir-writing, was raised during the 30s in a NY hotel where his father worked as general manager. In this gently amusing memoir, he recreates the experience for us, his readers, ushering us into a world in which everything was provided to the family by the hotel and its purveyors. Bathroom supplies were mysteriously restocked; meals arrived by room service; beds were made and floors swept; clothing was ordered by phone and appeared in drawers and closets.
Hotel Kid is a gentle and affectionate portrayal of New York's Time Square area as it once was, and of a very unusual childhood lived amid the then-splendor of the theater district. Very nice; an easy read.

How Suite it is........2002-11-18

Hotel Kid is the story of the Lewis Family and the hotel Mr. Lewis managed back in the golden days of Times Square.

Living in a two room apartment might not have been that uncommon for many New York children but few of them also ate only room service or signed for snacks in the resturaunt in the lobby. It is an interesting tale about life in a gilded age now gone.

More than just the logistics of Steven Lewis' life were uniqe. He was more than just a kid hanging around the hotel. He was the Crown Prince of place as well. The most telling parts of the book reveal how he came to understand the borrowed athority he possesed or how even a child he could make the adults nervous. When a strike at the hotel pits managment and staff against each other you see the conflicting loyalites of the author. Scion of the boss he was still a friend to many on the picket line.

This book was an enjoyable read about a time so far away and yet not really that long ago. It was a quick read and well worth the time it took.

Better than a cold drink at the hotel bar on a steamyhot day.......2002-08-04

Lewis is the founder of a memoir writing workshop in New Mexico, and he follows his teachings and creates a sweet memoir that recreates a vanished Manhattan in the 1930s and 1940s, when he grew up in the now extinct Hotel Taft in midtown Manhattan. (I was cleaning out my closet while reading this book, and found a coat hanger from the Hotel Taft.) Reading his prose, you can feel the summer heat of Manhattan, the hot asphalt, the bright sunlight, and the cool large drinks offered at the hotel bar. His father was the general manager of the Taft Hotel for decades, at Seventh Avenue of West 50th Street (now a TGIF, Roy Rogers, and Michaelangelo hotel); and Stephen and his younger brother, Peter, played in the halls, ate at the grills, had their birthdays with the hotel's band leaders, and grew up in an environment where the porters and nannies were Irish and the elevators operators were Black. Outside was the depression, but inside the hotel, he, his brother and mother were royalty. Best parts... the real Barney Greengrass has a cameo; and while Stephen never became a Bar Mitzvah, his brother had one for the presents. The rabbi inveighed against the evils of Times Square, and the temptations a boy being raised in the neighborhood would face. The author's mother never returned to a synagogue, but his father did go to the Actor's Temple every Yom Kippur (where Toots Shor would always contribute a cool $2000). A great read for anyone who wants to be transported back to a different age (yet only 50 years ago)

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