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The Citizen-Soldier: The Memoirs of a Civil War Volunteer
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Beatty, John / Woodworth, Steven E., PUBLISHER: Bison Books, When Southerners fired on Fort Sumter in April , John Beatty left his bank job in Ohio to answer President Lincoln's call for soldiers. Within a short while he was commanding the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, as green to combat as his men. The diary he kept from June to January shows how well they did their fearful job without losing their humanity. In October the Ohio regiment lost nearly forty percent of its five hundred men on the field at Perryville. After heavy fighting at Stone's River the following year, Beatty was promoted to brigadier general. In these pages the cost of union is carefully weighed by an intelligent and modest man who never glorifies war. Advancing through the South with the Army of the Cumberland, he lives to tell about the horrific battles at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. Whether describing large events in Kentucky, Tennessee, and elsewhere or the quiet times of camp life, Beatty never loses personal perspective Steven E. Woodworth, in his introduction, writes about the life of this extraordinary "ordinary man," whose diary, originally published in , "stands out as one of the dozen or so best memoirs of the Civil War for its clarity, honesty, humor, and plain good sense."
House of Cards: The True Story of How a 26-Year-Old
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dickerson, David Ellis, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, An original and hilarious memoir by an ex greeting card writer, virgin fundamentalist, and "This American Life" contributor that chronicles how, in the belly of the social expression industry, he learned to love, thrive, and finally feel comfortable in his own skin. David Dickerson's dream is to write greeting cards Valentine's Day, sympathy, and holiday cards. Greeting cards offer him the chance to indulge his gifted obsession with words, puns, and humor. But when he manages to win a coveted slot at Hallmark, he soon discovers his own limited life experience has left him unprepared for sentiments he writes about in his cards: As a fundamentalist-raised, twenty-seven-year-old virgin social misfit, he knows that his world is decidedly circumscribed. In "House of Cards," Dickerson tells of his time at Hallmark and how the experience and the cast of characters he meets there open his eyes to a much larger and emotionally rich world. In comic and sometimes cringe-inducing detail, he chronicles his bumpy journey to maturity, from straitlaced evangelical Christian to (relatively) modern single guy. As Dickerson navigates supervisors and colleagues who don't understand him, he learns what it takes to connect with this new lot of personalities and how to write funny lines that resonate with the heart of America. Along the way he confronts his past, his beliefs, his relationships, even his virginity, as he ponders whether his struggle to stay true to the life he knows is worth it. Endearing and idiosyncratic, "House of Cards "is the very human story of one man who, step by step, stumble by stumble, embarrassment by embarrassment, finds his place in the world.
But They Spit, Scratch and Swear: A School-Age Care Survival
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Whelan, Mary Steiner, PUBLISHER: Redleaf Press, They spit. They scratch. They swear. They talk back. They kick. They roll their eyes. They challenge. They throw things. Discipline, or behavior guidance, is often the most difficult part of what teachers do, especially for school-age programs, where there is often no curriculum and kids aren't getting graded. But discipline is also the most important part of a program, writes author, trainer, and former educator Mary Steiner Whelan. It can open the world of possibilities that live inside children -- the possibility of self-control, competency, self-respect, creativity, integrity, resiliency, and self-worth. Or, it can shut down a child's hope, her empathy for others, and her positive sense of self. A survival guide to school-age care, But They Spit Scratch and Swear lists the "do's and don'ts of discipline". The book will help teachers with little experience in the field establish behavior guidance techniques and philosophies in their programs, where there is less structure than school time and often more challenges with behavior. Beginning with a brief examination of the history of school-age care and the developmental issues facing the field, the book also includes an array of exercises designed to foster a teacher's self-knowledge as an integral part of learning how to discipline children. Covering a variety of disciplinary issues, from setting limits to giving children "cools" (the author's replacement for the punitive use of "time-outs"), But They Spit Scratch and Swear is written to inspire teachers to face the struggles of discipline and the challenges of each and every child again and again. The book urges that teachers do more than just memorize the rules fordiscipline, and instead look inside to ask how each do or don't works in a particular situation.
Power Play
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Robinson, Patrick, PUBLISHER: Vanguard Press, It is the year --a highly volatile nuclear world. Israel has obliterated the deep underground nuclear weapons facility built by Iran. The United States has destroyed the nuclear facility of a defiant North Korea. Against this background, the Russians have upped the stakes in the latest world power-play--cyber warfare--to reduce the United States to helplessness: a three-strike missile attack on the National Security Agency at Fort Mead, Maryland, while simultaneously jamming the top-secret electronic access key to America's nuclear launch system--the nuclear football. If successful, Russia would blow the United States off the nuclear map. Meanwhile the British Royal Navy, formerly the most powerful in the world, is rapidly crumbling, leaving the United States without its main deep sea ally at a time when they're needed most. As this geo-political battle comes to light behind close doors dealings and dark secrets, it is up to Mossad spymaster, codenamed the 'Golan, ' to avert the Russian scheme, and there is only one man he in turn can trust to get the job done: US Navy Seal Mack Bedford. It is now up to Mack Bedford, the hero previously encountered in"The Delta Solution", "Intercept", and"Diamondhead", to devise a plan to stop the Russians before they and their cyber weaponry reach the Chinese border--the launch site of their master plan. And with the entire country's fate in his hands, Mack and his hard-trained, one of a kind SEAL Team 10 must not, cannot fail.
Betting Hearts
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tenorio, Dee, PUBLISHER: Samhain Publishing, He's never lost a bet in his life but she's playing for keeps Cassandra Bishop's boyfriend is back. Only problem is.she doesn't want anything to do with him. Or his new fiancie. What the confirmed tomboy would like is to wring his neck. She might have done it, too, if he hadn't filled her in on the embarrassing truth that he'd left her at the altar because she wasn't woman enough to satisfy him. Her pride nearly settled for punching him in the nose.until she thought of something better-proving him wrong. High on Burke Hallifax's list of cataclysmic nightmares is having to look at his best friend as a real female. But when her ex-fianci makes his wedding a personal vendetta against Cass, Burke has no choice but to bet everything on her ability to out hot-girl the competition. Unfortunately, the entire town is betting as well-on whether Burke and Cass can pull off the makeover of the century.without losing their hearts in the process. Blue Ribbon Rating: 4.5..."Let's hear it for the tomboys Cassandra is such a fun character. She's bold and brash yet still girly, but not in a makeup and high-heels sort of way. She wants to be loved and get married, even have kids but Luke's cruel comments push her into a deep-seated need to prove to everyone including herself that she is a woman. Burke loves Cassandra just the way she is, her changing forces him to realize that she is desirable and he's always been attracted to her, that's why he hates Luke so much. Matters of the heart are always a gamble, but it's so worth it when you bluff and win." Chrissy Dionne, Romance Junkies
Kiddie Lit: The Cultural Construction of Children's
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clark, Beverly Lyon, PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press, The popularity of the Harry Potter books among adults and the critical acclaim these young adult fantasies have received may seem like a novel literary phenomenon. In the nineteenth century, however, readers considered both Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as works of literature equally for children and adults; only later was the former relegated to the category of "boys' books" while the latter, even as it was canonized, came frequently to be regarded as unsuitable for young readers. Adults -- women and men -- wept over Little Women. And America's most prestigious literary journals regularly reviewed books written for both children and their parents. This egalitarian approach to children's literature changed with the emergence of literary studies as a scholarly discipline at the turn of the twentieth century. Academics considered children's books an inferior literature and beneath serious consideration. In Kiddie Lit, Beverly Lyon Clark explores the marginalization of children's literature in America -- and its recent possible reintegration -- both within the academy and by the mainstream critical establishment. Tracing the reception of works by Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Lewis Carroll, Frances Hodgson Burnett, L. Frank Baum, Walt Disney, and J. K. Rowling, Clark reveals fundamental shifts in the assessment of the literary worth of books beloved by both children and adults, whether written for boys or girls. While uncovering the institutional underpinnings of this transition, Clark also attributes it to changing American attitudes toward childhood itself, a cultural resistance to the intrinsic value of childhood expressed through sentimentality, condescension, andmoralizing. Clark's engaging and enlightening study of the critical disregard for children's books since the end of the nineteenth century -- which draws on recent scholarship in gender, cultural, and literary studies -- offers provocative new insights into the history of both children's literature and American literature in general, and forcefully argues that the books our children read and love demand greater respect.
The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hughes, Bettany / Hughes, PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape, A riveting, lively and brilliantly researched biography of Socrates by the author of the acclaimed bestseller Helen of Troy. We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did. His aphorism 'The unexamined life is not worth living' may have originated twenty-five centuries ago, but it is a founding principle of modern life. Socrates lived and contributed to a city that nurtured key ingredients of contemporary civilisation -- democracy, liberty, science, drama, rational thought -- yet, as he wrote nothing in his lifetime, he himself is an enigmatic figure. The Hemlock Cup gives Socrates the biography he deserves, setting him in the context of the Eastern Mediterranean that was his home, and dealing with him as he himself dealt with the world. Socrates was a soldier, a lover, a man of the people. He philosophised neither in grand educational establishments nor the courts of kings but in the squares and public arenas of Golden Age Athens. He lived through an age of extraordinary materialism, in which a democratic culture turned to the glorification of its own city; when war was declared under the banner of democracy; and when tolerance turned into intimidation on streets once populated by the likes of Euripides, Sophocles and Pericles. For seventy years he was a vigorous citizen of one of the greatest capitals on earth, but then his beloved Athens turned on him, condemning him to death by poison. Socrates' pursuit of personal liberty is a vibrant story that Athens did not want us to hear, but which must be told. Bettany Hughes has painstakingly pieced together Socrates' life, following in his footsteps across Greece and Asia Minor, and examining the new archaeological discoveries that shed light on his world. In The Hemlock Cup she reveals the human heart of the man, and relates a story that is as relevant now as it has ever been. "From the Trade Paperback edition."
Reality: Poetry from the Heart
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gordon, Jeanette, PUBLISHER: Xulon Press, In this insightful and thought-provoking collection of poems, author Jeanette Gordon combines poignant, heart-felt reflections on the burdens and blessings of real life to paint a modern day portrait of reality. Her faith in God is the strong foundation for exploring relationships, understanding life and experiencing love. -Elder Anne Powell, Executive Director, Great Grace Consultants This invaluable great book of poems certainly express the heartbeat of everyday life challenges; yet, the author provides insightful points to ponder, with a poetic pause that compels the reader to thrust forward embracing obstacles as opportunities that can lead to great personal growth. After reading this book you will not remain the same -Elder Addie Gordon-Monroe Jeanette Gordon's writing is filled with power, passion and purpose. Her words illuminate universal truths of the human condition. Her voice is at once recognizable and candidly refreshing. Jeanette inspires all of us to be closer to our authentic selves by always seeking the truth from within. -Eva Q. Tennant A native of Washington, DC, Jeanette Gordon is the daughter of Douglas and the late Ida Gordon and is the youngest of five siblings. Jeanette is currently a member of Good Success Christian Church located in Northeast, Washington, DC. At Good Success, she serves as part the Ministerial team and Director of Missions. Jeanette has earned a B.S. from St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville, VA, B.A. from National Bible College and Seminary in Fort Washington, MD and a M.B.A. from Bowie State University in Bowie, MD. She resides in Suitland, Maryland.
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sedaris, David, PUBLISHER: Back Bay Books, "David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art," ("The Christian Science Monitor") is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book. Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a hilariously uncomfortable memory of buying drugs in a mobile home in rural North Carolina. In essay after essay, Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life-having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger on a plane or armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds-to the most deeply resonant human truths. Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing from "a writer worth treasuring" ("Seattle Times"). Praise for When You Are Engulfed in Flames: "Older, wiser, smarter and meaner, Sedaris...defies the odds once again by delivering an intelligent take on the banalities of an absurd life." --"Kirkus Reviews" This latest collection proves that not only does Sedaris still have it, but he's also getting better....Sedaris's best stuff will still--after all this time--move, surprise, and entertain." --"Booklist" Table of Contents: It's Catching Keeping Up The Understudy This Old House Buddy, Can You Spare a Tie? Road Trips What I Learned That's Amore The Monster Mash In the Waiting Room Solutions to Saturday's Puzzle Adult Figures Charging Toward a Concrete Toadstool Memento Mori All the Beauty You Will Ever Need Town and Country Aerial The Man in the Hut Of Mice and Men April in Paris Crybaby Old Faithful The Smoking Section
Remaining and Becoming
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Roberts, Shelley, PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Remaining and Becoming: Cultural Crosscurrents in an Hispano School" deals with the politics of identity and the concept of boundaries during a time of rapid change. It investigates how the role of schooling for Hispanos in the Norteno School District (a pseudonym) in Northern New Mexico--a public school district, not fully consolidated until --has changed significantly over the past three generations. Today, the Hispanos, a minority in the outside world but a majority in their own, are debating how the functions of the school should respond to the changes resulting from the coming of public education to their region. But the contemporary story of education in Norteno has much deeper roots in the political, religious, and cultural history of Northern New Mexico--a region where, over a period of several centuries, Spain, Mexico, and the United States each have claimed sovereignty, with differing goals for and attitudes about the welfare of the people. This study is an analysis of the ambiguity of education, the losses and gains that are its consequences, the lingering doubts about the past, and the questions about what future education can and should serve. It is about asking: Is what the students are learning worth as much as what they are forgetting? How does schooling affect the evolving process of asserting, renegotiating, and defending an Hispano identity? By exploring historical factors and ideologies of a particular school within a particular community, Roberts seeks to understand community expectations for the school as a fitting place for its children. The goal is not to generalize from the particular to the universal, but to join others in suggesting that we move away from discussing students in a generic sense and focus instead on looking at them in relation to the community in which they live. The fascinating and largely unknown story this book tells will be of interest to educators, researchers, and students across a range of fields, including sociology of education, educational anthropology, multicultural education, ethnic studies, Chicano studies, and qualitative research in education.
Progress: Fact or Illusion?
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marx, Leo / Mazlish, Bruce, PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press, Progress, perhaps the fundamental secular belief of modern Western society, has come under heavy fire recently because, after three centuries, advances in science and technology seem increasingly to bring problems in their wake: alienation, environmental degradation, the threat of nuclear destruction. The idea of progress is brought into question by postmodern critique, attacking the notion of science as truth. Yet no other meaningful organization of humankind's sense of time looms on the horizon. This volume seeks to reassess the meaning and prospects of the idea of progress. Looking toward the millennium, the volume seeks to evaluate the idea's worth both in theory--is it intellectually viable and defensible today?--and practice--even if theoretically defensible, is the idea undermined in actual life? Approaching these questions from the perspectives of science, anthropology, economics, religion, political philosophy, feminism, medicine, environmental studies, and the Third World, the contributors, all distinguished scholars, provide a unique and critical balance. Ultimately, the contributors find that progress is both a fact and an illusion: it does occur in certain areas, but it does not sweep all before it as its Enlightenment votaries thought it would. This foundational idea permeates discourse in the natural and social sciences as well as the humanities and will engage historians, students of the history of science and technology, sociologists, political scientists, philosophers, literary scholars, and art critics, as well as those interested in civilization in general. Contributors include: Jill Ker Conway, Zhiyuan Cui, Leon Eisenberg, Robert Heilbroner, Gerald Holton, Leo Marx, Bruce Mazlish, Ali A. Mazrui, Alan Ryan, John M. Staudenmaier, George W. Stocking, Jr., and Richard White. "A discerning reconsideration of the idea of 'progress' in a variety of carefully defined theoretical and empirical-historical contexts." --David Hollinger, University of California, Berkeley Leo Marx is Professor of American Cultural History, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Bruce Mazlish is Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Muhammad Ali Libro G.O.A.T Champ's Edition
GREATEST OF ALL TIME: A TRIBUTE TO MUHAMMAD ALI is a book with the power, courage, depth, creativity, and dazzling energy of its extraordinary subject. With thousands of images, including photography, art, and memorabilia and two gatefold sequences, this epic publication pays vivid tribute to The Greatest both in and outside of the ring. Original essays and five decades' worth of interviews and writing explore the courage, convictions, and extraordinary image-building that made Ali one of the most recognizable and inspirational individuals on the planet, an icon not only as an extraordinary athlete, but also as an impassioned advocate of social justice, interfaith understanding, and peace. This exceptional Champ's Edition, limited to copies, is signed by Muhammad Ali and Jeff Koons and features: Four gelatin silver prints signed by photographer Howard L. Bingham and Muhammad Ali. The sculpture Radial Champs by Jeff Koons, measuring 175 x 170 cm (69 x 67 in.) and comprised of two inflatables and a stool (little marks on the stool). Over images--photographs, art, and memorabilia, much of it published for the first time--from over 150 photographers and artists. Original essays and the best interviews and writing on the Champ over five decades, totaling words. A silk-covered box illustrated with Neil Leifer's iconic photo Ali vs Williams. XXL-format: 792 pages, including two gatefold sequences measuring 200 x 50 cm (80 x 20 in.); nine gold-metallic double-page spreads printed in silkscreen open each chapter. Measuring 50 x 50 cm (20 x 20 in.), GOAT tips the scales at 34 kg (75 lb.). Highest-quality binding in pink leather, the color of Ali's first Cadillac. Optimum photographic reproduction, creating unparalleled intensity and range in the colors and exquisite tone and density within the duotone images. Eight-color printing on Galaxi Keramik 200 gsm semi-matte paper with gloss varnish on all images.
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What in the World Is Going On?: 10 Prophetic Clues You
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jeremiah, David, PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson Publishers, ""A clear, compelling primer on God's heart for Israel and the dramatic Bible prophecies that will unfold in these last days. What I loved most is that David Jeremiah unashamedly examines and explains the biggest global trends of our day through the Third Lens of Scripture. And his description of Jesus' unconditional love and compassion for Jews and Muslims is alone worth the read "" -Joel C. Rosenberg, ""New York Times"" ""best-selling author, """T""""he Last Jihad and Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your World""" """""This well researched and brilliantly written book is so fascinating you can hardly put it down. It has much to offer any reader interested in what is going on in our world and ties current events to important biblical prophecies. You will be convinced by reading this book that we are on the verge of the greatest event in human history. Everyone, both inside and outside the church, should read it " """" -Tim LaHaye, Popular author, recognized prophecy scholar, and creator of the """""New York Times""""" best-selling """"""Left Behind""""""(R) series. The Bible has plenty to say about end times. But until now, there has been no other book that-in straightforward prose that's easy to understand -gathers ten scriptural prophecies, lays out a chronological checklist, and offers a guideline for sorting it all out. In """""""What in the World Is Going""""""" """"""""On?"""""""" Dr. David Jeremiah answers the hard questions, including these: "How is prophecy playing out in modern Europe?" "Why does Israel matter?" "How are oil reserves and Islamic terrorism related?" "Does the United States play a role in prophecy?" "How should we live in the end times?" Events unfolding in today's world are certainly unsettling, but they need not be confusing or frightening. Now you can know the meaning behind what you see in the daily news-and understand what in the world is going on
The Ancestors and Descendants of John Lewis Benson and His
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Benson, Ned Harold, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, John Lewis Benson, born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, was an 8th generation descendant of John Benson, who arrived in America at Plymouth Colony on 11 April on the ship "Confidence." After being reared in Chautauqua County, New York, John Lewis Benson's father, William, took him to Rock Island County, Illinois, following his daughters who had already made the migration. Shortly after reaching his majority, John Lewis Benson went to "Bleeding Kansas" as part of the wave of Abolitionists who sought to "keep Kansas free," which action reflected the devout Puritan Calvinism of his Benson forebears. He enlisted in the 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry two months after the first canon was fired on Fort Sumter, and served until the end of the War of Rebellion, being mustered out on 22 June . He then returned to Kansas where he prospered, married, and fathered 5 children. He lost all his worldly possessions due to drought and the economic collapse following The Panic of , and then moved about Kansas seeking a new start. During this difficult period, his wife died, leaving him a widower with 4 children ages 6 to 11. He soon married a divorcee who brought her 3 children, ages 1 to 3, to the marriage. In his second marriage, John Lewis fathered three more children. After the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma Territory were opened for settlement in , John Lewis and his blended family moved there and share-cropped 40 acres southeast of Guthrie, Oklahoma, which he eventually bought. He died on this farm on 23 March . This book by one of his great-grandsons tells the story of his life, the lives of his five sisters and one brother, and their ancestry back to 16th century Oxfordshire, England.
PROFONDO NERO, THOMAS COOK, Ed. FABBRI
THOMAS COOK PROFONDO NERO (Sacrificial ground) FABBRI EDITORI Giugno Traduzione di Paola Pavesi Collana La biblioteca del brivido Copertina rigida illustrata a colori, rilegatura editoriale, pagine 297, formato cm. 14X20,5. Stato di conservazione: OTTIMO PARI AL NUOVO COME MOSTRANO LE FOTOGRAFIE Thomas H. Cook (nato il 19 settembre ) è un autore americano, il cui romanzo The Chatham School Affair (Bantam, ) ha ricevuto un premio Edgar dai Mystery Writers of America. Thomas H. Cook è nato a Fort Payne, Alabama, e ha conseguito una laurea presso la Georgia State College, un Master in American History da Hunter College e un Master of Philosophy laurea alla Columbia University. Dal al , ha insegnato inglese Cook e Storia a Dekalb Community College in Georgia, e ha lavorato come recensione del libro redattore per la rivista Atlanta , quando ha preso a scrivere a tempo pieno. Cook ha iniziato il suo primo romanzo, Sangue Innocenti, mentre era ancora nella scuola di specializzazione. E 'stato pubblicato nel , e ha pubblicato costantemente da allora. Una versione cinematografica di uno dei suoi libri, prove di sangue, è stato rilasciato nel . Sei dei suoi romanzi sono stati nominati per i premi, tra cui foglie rosse nel , che è stato anche selezionato per il Crime Writers 'Association Duncan Lawrie Dagger e Anthony Award, ed ha continuato a vincere il Barry Award e il Martin Beck Award. Cook vive con la famiglia a Cape Cod e New York City. Spese di spedizione euro 2 con posta prioritaria "piego di libri" o euro 4 con posta raccomandata "piego di libri", opportunamente protetto in custodia di cellofan e inviato dentro apposita busta postale imbottita a bolle d'aria. Non è prevista la consegna brevi manu Pagamento: c/c Postale Bonifico bancario Vaglia postale
Maxi-volume in lingua francese sul Medio Evo
STUPEFACENTE maxi-volume in lingua francese "Le Moyen Age" di James Harpur edito da France Loisirs -Paris nel : è un fantastico viaggio nel cuore del Medio-Evo europeo - suddiviso in 5 immensi capitoli: Chateaux-fort, Nobles et Chevaliers - La ville e la Campagne - Les Maisons de Dieu - La Vie Monastique - La guerre. 120 maxi-pagine con centinaia di superbe foto a colori (castelli, armature, testi antichissimi, foto di città medioevali viste dall'alto, mappe, documenti inediti etc.etc.), alcune di esse immense e piegate a libro - Copertina cartonata rigidissima rivestita in elegantissima pelle blu con titoli incisi dorati. sovra-coperta lucida superbamente illustrata - il tutto in SUPEROTTIME condizioni generali, come NUOVO! Se amate la storia del Medioevo....senza dubbi apprezzerete il libro! Vendo a prezzo davvero ridicolo rispetto all'entità reale del volume: euro. Dimensioni: cm. 30 x cm. 23. Eventualmente visionabile in Genova zona Albaro/Foce, senza alcun obbligo di acquisto. Per eventuale spedizione, con 2,50 euro supplementari al costo del volume, spedisco tramite "piego di Libro" in speciale busta protettiva a "bolle" oppure con 5,00 euro, tramite Raccomandata sempre in speciale busta protettiva a "bolle" con tracciabilità Raccomandata oppure con 6,79 euro, tramite corriere di mia fiducia con accurata e sicura consegna a domicilio in sole ore e tracciabilità della spedizione. Cellulare: GARANTISCO MASSIMA SERIETA', ONESTA' E TRASPARENZA Potete agevolmente consultare tutti i miei annunci cliccando su: ALTRI ANNUNCI DELL'UTENTE. Grazie:) IMPORTANTE per più acquisti in un'unica soluzione (quantità illimitata), per le spese d'inoltro ove si rendesse necessaria la spedizione tramite corriere, paghi come per una sola spedizione: 6,79 euro in tutto, indipendentemente dal numero degli oggetti acquistati, peso e dimensioni del pacco finale.
Powell L'uomo di Filadelfia Garzanti
Richard Powell L'uomo di Filadelfia Garzanti per tutti romanzi e realtà n. 9 Anno: luglio I edizione Pagine: 350 Codice ISBN: - Stato: Buono stato. Copertina: morbida colorata. Peso del libro: gr. 225 La fotografia riproduce il libro. L'Autore: Richard Pitt Powell (Philadelphia, 28 novembre – Fort Myers, 8 dicembre ) è stato uno scrittore statunitense. Dopo essersi diplomato all'università di Princeton, Powell lavora come giornalista al Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger. Dieci anni dopo entra nell'agenzia pubblicitaria N. W. Ayer & Son, dove ritorna dopo aver partecipato alla seconda guerra mondiale sotto il comando del generale Douglas MacArthur. Negli anni quaranta inizia a dedicarsi alla narrativa. Inizialmente compone libri per il programma radio popolare Inner Sanctum Mysteries. Con la pubblicazione del bestseller L'uomo di Filadelfia nel diventa noto al grande pubblico e dopo il si dedica completamente alla scrittura. Nel scrive Vacanze matte da cui viene tratto il film del Lo sceriffo scalzo con Elvis Presley. Paul Newman invece sarà il protagonista del film I segreti di Filadelfia tratto dal romanzo L'uomo di Filadelfia. L'uomo di Filadelfia era stato pubblicato in edizione rilegata da Scribner e in brossura da Bantam. Non venne ristampato per oltre 30 anni e gli appassionati del romanzo si dovevano accontentare di acquistare esemplari usati. Nella primavera del , la figlia di Richard Powell, Dorothy Powell Quigley, contattò la Plexus Publishing Inc., editore locale di Medford (New Jersey), sulla possibilità di ristampare il libro. La Plexus decise di produrre una edizione speciale commemorativa per celebrare il 50° anniversario della prima stampa del libro. Prezzo: euro 3,00 + spese di spedizione (euro 2,00 piego di libri ordinario, euro 4,00 raccomandata piego di libri). Si fanno spedizioni multiple e, si ricorda, che la merce viaggia a carico del destinatario. Richiedendo il catalogo nel formato excel hai le promozioni 4 x 3, 20 x 13. I più economici sono in omaggio. Per consultare il catalogo indicate il vostro indirizzo e-mail personale.
Obiettivo Samyang 500mm MC IF f/6.3 Mirror con adattatore T2
Samyang500mm MC IF f/6,3 Mirror is an incredible reflex obejct lensconstructed especially to extreme zoomings. Its perfect forphotographing nature, astrophotography, spy photography and everywhere,where a large zooming is really necessary. It provides also a relativelybright light as for a reflex type object lens with the focal length of500mm.The construction of the object lens is really scrupulous, made of highclass materials. Each lens was made of optic glass on whichanti-reflection coutings ensuring hight light transmission were put on.The enclosure was made of durable metal and coloured with black andwhite, which provides attractive looks. Important here is the T2universal mount which allows mounting it to all reflex type camerasafter using an appriopriate T2 adapter. In the set together with theobject lens we can find a practical case to transport and maintain ourcamera and T2 adapter to the chosen system.What is more, one can buy dedicated coverter x2 thanks to which ourcamera will acquire the focal length of mm. Worth mentioning is thefact that while using object lenses with APS-C cameras the focal lengthshould be additionaly multiplicated by 1,5x so it will be 750mm andafter the use of the converter 750mm using tings werit will be mm.Manufacturer...Samyang OpticsModelSamyang 500 mm MC IF f/6,3 MirrorLens styleTeleFocal length500 mmMaximum aperturef/6,3Angle of view5 Minimum focusing distanceod2 mMinimum aperturef/6,3Number of diaphragm bladesN/AAuto focus typeMFLens Construction7 elements / 6 groupsFilter diameter34 mm (rear)Macro1:2,7Available mountsT2Dimensions mmWeight~705 g Adapter T2Thisadapter allows to mount lenses and other equipment with T2 type threadon cameras. Such a solution allows using the same lens in cameras ofvarious systems. All you need to do is to use the T2 adapter with anappropriate bayonet mount. Some lenses made by Samyang are fitted withthis kind of a mount. T2 type adapters made by Samyangare made of high-class aluminum. The thread has is manufactured in aprecise process and with attention to details, which facilitates lensadjustment to the desired optical axis. The bayonet mount is matchedprecisely to the cameras bayonet socket. Owing to this solution, thereis no risk of blocking the adapter. The rings thickness has beenprecisely determined to allow for easy focus in a full range lensoperation. The T2 Samyang adapters are compatible with the following systems: CanonNikon / FujiPentax / Samsung Olympus 4/3Sony / KMSony ESamsung NX
America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brenner, Joel, PUBLISHER: Penguin Press, A former top-level National Security Agency insider goes behind the headlines to explore America's next great battleground: digital security. An urgent wake-up call that identifies our foes; unveils their methods; and charts the dire consequences for government, business, and individuals. Shortly after 9/11, Joel Brenner entered the inner sanctum of American espionage, first as the inspector general of the National Security Agency, then as the head of counterintelligence for the director of national intelligence. He saw at close range the battleground on which our adversaries are now attacking us-cyberspace. We are at the mercy of a new generation of spies who operate remotely from China, the Middle East, Russia, even France, among many other places. These operatives have already shown their ability to penetrate our power plants, steal our latest submarine technology, rob our banks, and invade the Pentagon's secret communications systems. Incidents like the WikiLeaks posting of secret U.S. State Department cables hint at the urgency of this problem, but they hardly reveal its extent or its danger. Our government and corporations are a "glass house," all but transparent to our adversaries. Counterfeit computer chips have found their way into our fighter aircraft; the Chinese stole a new radar system that the navy spent billions to develop; our own soldiers used intentionally corrupted thumb drives to download classified intel from laptops in Iraq. And much more. Dispatches from the corporate world are just as dire. In , hackers lifted customer files from the Royal Bank of Scotland and used them to withdraw $9 million in half an hour from ATMs in the United States, Britain, and Canada. If that was a traditional heist, it would be counted as one of the largest in history. Worldwide, corporations lose on average $5 million worth of intellectual property apiece annually, and big companies lose many times that. The structure and culture of the Internet favor spies over governments and corporations, and hackers over privacy, and we've done little to alter that balance. Brenner draws on his extraordinary background to show how to right this imbalance and bring to cyberspace the freedom, accountability, and security we expect elsewhere in our lives. In "America the Vulnerable," Brenner offers a chilling and revelatory appraisal of the new faces of war and espionage-virtual battles with dangerous implications for government, business, and all of us.
Service Quality: Research Perspectives
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: White, Susan S. / Schneider, Benjamin, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), "This book is not a 'one-minute' guide for managers in search of alleged quick-fixes of service quality. Instead, it is thirty years of accumulated theory and research that can help serious students understand and analyze this complex phenomenon. The book succeeds in embedding the often overlooked customer within organization studies, using the interdisciplinary approach that scholars preach but seldom practice, and closing with an agenda for future research that others might even find worth pursuing." --Dr. David E. Bowen, Professor of Management and Dean of Faculty and Programs, Thunderbird"Schneider and White promise to deliver insight into the intriguing intricacies of providing excellent services. They deliver sagacity, the intelligent application of knowledge. They do this by being eclectic, disciplined, and thoughtful... Facts about service - what it is, how it happens, what is required to make it better - thankfully dominate this book, supported by good thinking and good methods. No one interested in service quality should miss this book. There is no other book like it." --Rick Guzzo, Ph.D., Mercer Human Resource Consulting"The coverage is excellent. Among other things, it does a nice job of providing a rationale for why researchers and managers need to understand the perspectives of their customers." --Susan E. Jackson, Ph.D., Rutgers UniversityThe last three decades have seen a dramatic increase in the attention businesses devote to their quality of service. Scholars and researchers in a number of disciplines, including marketing, human resources I/O psychology, sociology, and consumer behavior, have all made substantial contributions to understanding what service is, howservice and service delivery quality are experienced by customers, and the role of employees and their organizations in service delivery. Service Quality: Research Perspectives presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of the field and its research, including its growth, emerging trends, and debates. Authors Benjamin Schneider and Susan S. White cover the diverse conceptual and empirical approaches that characterize thinking and research on service quality, especially service delivery. It introduces the concept of service and the important ways service production can differ from goods production. It also presents a history of the concept of product quality and the emergence of concern for service quality. Key Features Summarizes conceptual and empirical research from the marketing perspective on the measurement of service quality and customer satisfaction Deals with concepts and approaches to service characteristic of operations management, especially the role of customer variability in service production Introduces research promoting the linkage of service climate experienced by employees to the service quality experienced by customers Presents several HR/OB approaches to organizational design and useful frameworks for integrating ide
Tex Gigante, vari numeri
In vendita i seguenti numeri di Tex gigante mensile: 7 (Il patto di sangue), 12 (Il figlio di Tex), 18 (Dodge City), 23 (Piutes!), 24 (L'enigma del feticcio), 25 (L'agguato), 30 (Old Pawnee Bill), 31 (La mesa verde), 32 (La morte aspetta nel buio), 34 (Sinistri incontri), 35 (Una carta rischiosa), 36 (Il villaggio fantasma), 38 (Sabbie mobili), 39 (La gola della morte), 44 (Una audace rapina), 53 (Il grande Re), 59 (Duello all'alba), 65 (Ai ferri corti), 66 (Dramma al circo), 68 (Duello Apache), 76 (Deserto bianco), 77 (Il tesoro del tempio), 78 (Incubo!), 79 (Il drago rosso), 80 (Spettri!), 81 (La banda dei lupi), 82 (La sfida), 91 (Vendetta indiana), 95 (La carovana dell'oro), 97 (Lo straniero), 102 (Sierra Encantada), 107 (Gilas!), 111 (L'asso nella manica), 116 (La dama di picche, 2 copie), 119 (Senza tregua), 134 (Condor pass), 137 (Il ritorno di Montales), 138 (Tragico assedio), 139 (Adios, amigo!), 140 (Arizona), 141 (La trappola), 142 (In nome della legge), 143 (La cella della morte), 144 (Mohaves!), 146 (Terra promessa), 147 (Cheyennes), 148 (Kento non perdona), 150 ("Sunset" ranch), 151 (Ultimo poker), 152 (Odio senza fine), 153 (I predoni della Sierra), 156 (Lotta sul mare, 2 copie), 157 (Il tiranno dell'isola), 164 (La danza del fuoco), 166 (La fine dei Comancheros), 168 (L'idolo di smeraldo), 169 (La carica dei Navajos), 173 (L'ora della violenza), 174 (L'artiglio ha colpito!), 177 (Fantasmi nel deserto), 179 (Assalto al treno), 181 (Una stella per Tex), 182 (Canyon Diablo, 2 copie), 184 (Mingo il ribelle), 188 (Il sentiero dei Broncos), 201 (L'oro del Colorado), 208 (Un nido di serpenti), 210 (Linciaggio!), 213 (Attacco notturno), 218 (Guerra sui pascoli), 222 (L'uomo e la belva), 225 (Uccidere o morire), 239 (A carte scoperte), 266 (La strega), 295 (Il passaggio segreto), 297 (Gli avvoltoi), 419 (Sul sentiero della vendetta), 458 (Sulla pista di Fort Apache), 459 (Mescaleros!), 460 (All'ultimo sangue), 666 (L'onore di un guerriero). Alcuni di questi numeri hanno dei piccoli problemi, principalmente alla costola, per cui vanno via a 1 euro invece che a 2. Non rispondo a sms.
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lewis, Michael, PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company, Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general manger, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts, Michael Lewis has written not only "the single most influential baseball book ever" (Rob Neyer, Slate) but also what "may be the best book ever written on business" (Weekly Standard). I wrote this book because I fell in love with a story. The story concerned a small group of undervalued professional baseball players and executives, many of whom had been rejected as unfit for the big leagues, who had turned themselves into one of the most successful franchises in Major League Baseball. But the idea for the book came well before I had good reason to write it-before I had a story to fall in love with. It began, really, with an innocent question: how did one of the poorest teams in baseball, the Oakland Athletics, win so many games? With these words Michael Lewis launches us into the funniest, smartest, and most contrarian book since, well, since Liar's Poker. Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the front offices of major league teams, and the dugouts, perhaps even in the minds of the players themselves. Lewis mines all these possibilities-his intimate and original portraits of big league ballplayers are alone worth the price of admission-but the real jackpot is a cache of numbers-numbers -collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street analysts, lawyers and physics professors. What these geek numbers show-no, prove-is that the traditional yardsticks of success for players and teams are fatally flawed. Even the box score misleads us by ignoring the crucial importance of the humble base-on-balls. This information has been around for years, and nobody inside Major League Baseball paid it any mind. And then came Billy Beane, General Manager of the Oakland Athletics. Billy paid attention to those numbers -with the second lowest payroll in baseball at his disposal he had to-and this book records his astonishing experiment in finding and fielding a team that nobody else wanted. Moneyball is a roller coaster ride: before the season opens, Oakland must relinquish its three most prominent (and expensive) players, is written off by just about everyone, and then comes roaring back to challenge the American League record for consecutive wins. In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis shows us how and why the new baseball knowledge works. He also sets up a sly and hilarious morality tale: Big Money, like Goliath, is always supposed to win...how can we not cheer for David?