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Havana: The Photography of Hans Engels (Photography)
Hans Engels
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ASIN: 3791321579 |
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Few cities in the world evoke for Americans the kind of mystery and exotic appeal of Havana. Always enigmatic, and hidden for forty years behind a veil of political intrigue, it is hard to believe that few Americans have visited this city just a day's boat ride away from our own shores. In Havana (Prestel), award-winning photographer Hans Engels applies a keen eye and ahnost two decades of experience to capture a city that mixes ebullience with decay, modemity with colonialism. It is a city of sad and breathtaking beauty, and one whose brilliantly diverse architecture says much about its social and political history.
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Cuba as she really is!.......2002-01-16
This is a superb book! The photos are excellent, showing Cuba as it truly is today, with whatever still stands after four decades of inattention. Anyone who has not seen Cuba in 40 years should pereuse this book. The photographer does not make a political statement of any sort -- he merely records the beauty that is there. One of the few books about Cuba that I would recommend to anyone, regardless of political sympathies.
Stunning photography of ghostly beauty.......2001-04-17
My boss gave me this book for Christmas. Boy, did he pick the right gift. Engels' architectural photography is breathtaking. Even thought the splendid colonial buildings depicted in this book appear to be falling apart, one can't help but be mesmerized by the ghostly beauty of it all. Through these photos it appears as if Havana has been become frozen in another, more prosperous era, but has never been maintained since. What you take away from the book is a city that is eerily beautiful precisely because it seems as if it is only a skeleton of what once was. If you are, like me, a lover of architecture, these photographs will make you feel terribly sad because so much grandeur is rapidly vanishing. At the same time, there are more than enough traces of splendid architectural details seen in this book, albeit in crumbling pieces, to make any fan of architecture want to see more of Havana. I gained much from this book, especially seeing, with my sometimes too-American eyes, how a very close and small Caribbean neighbor has architecture that at times seems to rival that of European capitals. I highly recommend this book.
Architectural richness in photography.......2000-10-24
This books presents the beautiful and rich architecture found throughout Havana. Through his pictures Engels lets the architecture speak for itself. Beth Dunlop's 5 page introduction is concise and to the point; a great compliment. Great pictures, a treasure collection.
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Airy Plumeflights: A Beginner's Guide to Celtic Script and Design
Tim O'Neill
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The Illusion of Progress: Unsustainable Development in International Law and Policy
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A penetrating, holistic and persuasive critique of what "sustainable development" actually amounts to. The author argues that despite the rhetoric of socially and environmentally sustainable development, the real issues are being sidestepped or manipulated in international policy and law. The crucial questions are not even asked. Analyzing the main areas of concern - economic growth, market structure, trade, aid, debt, security and sovereignty - he shows that the entire development structure and the underpinnings of the debate are taking the world down a quite different path - the very path that commitment to sustainability was meant to reverse. The (green) wool is being pulled over the eyes of the public.
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Title: 13 personajes opinan sobre lo que podría pasar en las elecciones de julio. (líderes en los especialidades de periodismo, política, religión, negocio, académico, y los artes hablan sobre el futuro de México)(TT: 13 individual opinions on what may occur in the July elections) (TA: prominent leaders in the fields of journalism, politics, religion, business, academia and the arts discuss Mexico's future)(Cover Story)
Author: Pedro Baca
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Title: Al servicio de la riqueza.(desprotección social en el municipio de Cancún)
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Alfonso XIII, hombre de negocios: Persistencia del Antiguo Regimen, modernizacion economica y crisis politica, 1902-1931
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Title: Asalto socialista a las grandes empresas: maniobras en los medios, azuzar a los fiscales, engañar a los mercados, perjudicar a los accionistas ... la vida económica está en peligro: se contamina de política.
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Audacia, negocios y politica en los viajes espanoles de descubrimiento y rescate (Coleccion Tierra nueva e cielo nuevo)
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Title: Beneficios fiscales aplicables a las empresas familiares: la normativa tributaria abre las puertas a que las empresas familiares puedan obtener ahorros en su factura fiscal si conocen esta normativa. Algunas figuras tributarias están reguladas por las autonomías y ofrecen posibilidades distintas según de qué Comunidad se trate.
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Banking is now, and always has been, a risky business. The key to success both in operating a bank and in supervising a banking system is appropriate risk management. Yet risk management has become increasingly difficult because of higher and more volatile interest rates, faster and cheaper transfer of funds and information, a movement toward deregulation, and subsidies for many institutions embedded in the flat-rate premium structure of the federal deposit insurance system.
In this book five leading bank scholars explore the safety and soundness of the U.S. banking system in an economic environment where the likelihood of failures of individual banks has significantly increased.
The book's ten chapters cover: the risks of the failure of individual banks and of the banking system; consequences of bank failure on other banks, financial markets, and economic activity; the role of government deposit insurance; alternative ways of resolving insolvencies; the role of lender of last resort; risk and organizational issues in the expansion of banking activities; market discipline as a means of limiting banking problems and failures; feasibility and desirability of permitting or requiring market-value reporting for financial institutions; risk rated premiums; the effectiveness of supervision and field and remote examinations; the effectiveness of centralization or decentralization of regulation, supervision, and examination in multiple federal and state agencies.
George J. Benston is at the University of Rochester, Robert A. Eisenbeis at the University of North Carolina, Paul M. Horvitz at the University of Houston, Edward J. Kane at Ohio State University, and George G. Kaufman at Loyola University.
Perspectives on Safe and Sound Banking is copublished with the American Bankers Association and is included in the Regulation of Economic Activity Series, edited by Richard Schmalensee.
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Sex and Money is a guided journal that provides exercises to lead readers to look at their attitudes, beliefs, and struggles with sex and money, subjects often thought to be outside the realm of spiritual practice. Essays on topics such as money, control, and how art portrays sexuality are interspersed throughout the book, encouraging readers to look more deeply, not judge themselves, accept what they see, and go beyond their limitations.
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Helpful and intriquing.......2000-05-11
Once again, Cheri Huber asks questions and suggests exercises that I find to be useful and somehow enobling.
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Innovation and entrepreneurship are crucial for surviving and prospering in today's turbulent business climate. A potentially significant way to revitalize established firms is through internal corporate venturing: high-risk activities that generate new businesses and sharpen a company's competitive edge. But once new opportunities are found, how can they be managed to ensure success? Block and MacMillan recognize that an innovative culture cannot be transplanted, but must evolve within each company. Recognizing that traditional management principles are often at odds with innovation, they address the problems of corporations whose policies and procedures discourage entrepreneurial effort. They show managers at all levels how to develop the skills and practices essential to internal venturing success. Only by integrating these skills and practices can a company make the changes necessary to produce ongoing product and market innovations with resulting new businesses. When managed right, corporate venturing can be the key to new growth and revitalization for established companies regardless of size.
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Academic, but real world implications.......2004-05-06
While the book is written by academics, it is dead on when addressing the primary reasons corporate venturing units succeed or fail. It may not tell you the detailed mechanics of starting such a unit, but the information inside is far more valuable than a paint-by-numbers. Balancing the needs of a venturing unit vs. the gravitational pull of the core business is key - and this book will tell you what works and what doesn't. If you're looking for info on how to write a business plan, how to evaluate an opportunity, etc., this isn't the book for you.
An academic overview in the best sense of the word.......1999-08-12
I found the book useful when I set up a new profit center and business within a small construction management company. Most important for me is that it helped me understand some of the political dynamics I would be encountering in dealing with the parent: at startup and, in my situation, as a consumer of parent company services.
The book is academic in the best sense of the word: it presents the big issues and context. It's basically a model of the factors and forces involved. It is not a cookbook or a how to and is short on anecdotal experience. Nevertheless, the contents cover all the key dimensions: Getting Started, Framing and Managing the Venture Process, Identifying, Evaluating, and Selecting Opportunity; Selecting, Evaluating, and Compensating Venture Management; Locating the Venture in the Organization; Developing the Business Plan; Organizing the Venture; Controlling the Venture; A Survival Guide for Venture Managers; The Internal Politics of Venturing; Learning from Experience.
Great guide if you want to do corporate venturing........1999-04-13
Very practical book on elements of corporate venturing - that is, generating ventures and nurturing them within a firm. Not one of those silly business-popular psych books. These guys don't care if giants can dance or not.
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