Dream Palaces: The Last Royal Courts of Europe

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Throughout the 19th century, European royalty built extraordinary palaces to which they retreated from their "official" lives in St. Petersburg, Paris, Vienna, and elsewhere. This book offers a panorama of these fantastic estates, where leading architects, craftsmen, muralists, garden designers, and naturalists were employed at enormous expense to create a life of unsurpassed luxury. Many of the palaces are now legendary: Ludwig II's famous Neuschwanstein, which dominates the Bavarian Alps; the "Alexandra Cottage" of Peterhof, the gift of Nicholas I to his wife; the lovely Castle of Miramare built for the ill-fated Archduke Maximilian, the short-lived emperor of Mexico. The palaces are "romantic" in every sense, as creations of their time, and as places suffused with nostalgic memory.

Author Jérôme Coignard provides a brief overview of each royal family and their palace's architecture and decoration, drawing on contemporary memoirs and letters. Marc Walter's color photographs are accompanied by period interior views, watercolors, and family photographs. With information on visiting hours and directions to each of the palaces, this book offers a private tour through the last courts of Europe. AUTHOR BIO: Jérôme Coignard is a novelist, essayist, and contributor to numerous French magazines. Marc Walter is a photographer and graphic designer whose most recent books include Voyages around the World and Toile de Jouy. Markus of Habsburg-Lorraine, an Austrian archduke, is the current resident of Kaiser-villa in Bad-Ischl, built for his ancestor, the emperor Franz-Joseph I, in 1834.

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Mediocre, but has a some redeeming qualitites.......2005-12-16

This book does have SOME nice pictures, but the bottom line: there is an unacceptable amount of room for improvement. The authors of this book had great potential to create something extraordianry, but wasted space by including too much text for a coffee table book and devoting entire pages to average photographs. Despite its many flaws, I do have to admit that their selections were truly fresh and original. The authors use several palaces that I had never heard of and avoid using cliches like Versailles, Schonbrun, or the Catherine Palace. If you are looking for a different lineup of palaces you might want to give this book a second thought. If you do decide to but it, DO NOT, under any circumstances, pay retail for this book. I found a used one at $28.00, and I experienced some buyer's remorse.

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The Last Country Houses
Clive Aslet
Manufacturer: Yale Univ Pr
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Binding: Hardcover

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The American house: Being a collection of illustrations & plans of the best country & suburban houses built in the United States during the last few years

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The American house: Being a collection of illustrations & plans of the best country & suburban houses built in the United States during the last few years
Charles S Keefe
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Mr. Jager perfectly captures the rhythm of this small town.

LAST HOUSE ON THE ROAD
Ronald Jager
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
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Mr. Jager perfectly captures the rhythm of this small town........1996-06-10

Ron Jager has used his considerable store of dry wit and keen sense of observation to create a book that wonderfully portrays life in a small New Hampshire town. His book is consistently entertaining, whether meditating on nature as observed near his pond or contemplating the ups and downs of life in a town that still practices the most basic form of participatory democracy - the annual town meeting. Mr. Jagers rural life does not begin in New Hampshire however. He also gives us glimpses of his own boyhood in the midwest; a background that makes him uniquely qualified to write about rural life in a very different part of the United States. Clearly the people that appear in this book are not just subjects but neighbors and friends and his affection for them and for his "last house on the road" come shining through.

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Longest short book of my life

The Last of the Country House Murders
Emma Tennant
Manufacturer: Jonathan Cape
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0224010395

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Longest short book of my life.......2001-08-05

When you're taking on Science Fiction, when you've decided to delve into the surreal, you must remember two things. First, SciFi must be entertaining. Second, Surrealism must have ultimately have a point. The main failing of this book is that it was completed without a point or any entertainment value. It is a book without a spine. Give it a pass and let it die a silent death.

The American House : Being a Collection of Illustrations & Plans of the Best Country and Suburban Houses Built in the United States During the Last Few Years

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The American House : Being a Collection of Illustrations & Plans of the Best Country and Suburban Houses Built in the United States During the Last Few Years
Charles S. Keefe (editor architect)
Manufacturer: U.P.C. Book Company Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover
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THE LAST COUNTRY HOUSES
Clive Aslet
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Binding: Paperback
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The Last of the Country House Murders.
Emma. Tennant
Manufacturer: Jonathan Cape
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This digital document is an article from All Hands, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1057 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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Inmate claims beating at hands of four deputies.(Crime)(Sheriff's officials say they must investigate before responding to the claims of the man, who says ... from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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Inmate claims beating at hands of four deputies.(Crime)(Sheriff's officials say they must investigate before responding to the claims of the man, who says ... from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Manufacturer: The Register Guard
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ASIN: B000829W36
Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on May 11, 2004. The length of the article is 641 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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In the hands of one man: A talk by Charles R. Hook, Chairman of the Board, Armco Steel Corporation, before the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Washington, D.C., April 29, 1952

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In the hands of one man: A talk by Charles R. Hook, Chairman of the Board, Armco Steel Corporation, before the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Washington, D.C., April 29, 1952
Charles R Hook
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Marvel Team-up: Featuring Spiderman and the Ghost Rider: Good Lord! I'll Never Stop This Train in Time! Spider-man! Reach Out, Grab My Hand, or You've Had It! No! Get Off the Tracks, Before You're Killed Too! It's Too Late for Me! Too Late! (2015N02147, Vol. 1, No. 15, November 1973)

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Marvel Team-up: Featuring Spiderman and the Ghost Rider: Good Lord! I'll Never Stop This Train in Time! Spider-man! Reach Out, Grab My Hand, or You've Had It! No! Get Off the Tracks, Before You're Killed Too! It's Too Late for Me! Too Late! (2015N02147, Vol. 1, No. 15, November 1973)
Stan Lee , and Len Wein
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics Group
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The first of a three part series on the global custody industry, The Fact Book is an in-depth view - quantitative in nature - of worldwide assets-in-custody, securities lending balances and basis points spreads, subcustodian network expansions plans and more. Packed with tables and charts which highlight current trends.

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A Powerful Business Empire

A coffee company at its finest

Rambling tale with lessons if you have the patience to find them

Building a Restaurant Empire One Donut at a Time

From the Kitchens of Boston to your Left Ventricle

Time to Make the Donuts: The Founder of Dunkin Donuts Shares an American Journey
William Rosenberg
Manufacturer: Lebhar-Friedman Books
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ASIN: 0867308613

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It all started when Bill Rosenberg took a leap of faith and bet his future on a donut.

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A Powerful Business Empire.......2007-10-08

A great and interesting read for Managers, VP's and CEO's. A very interesting man, and business!! Founded in 1950, today Dunkin' Donuts is the number one retailer of hot regular coffee-by-the-cup in America, selling 2.7 million cups a day, nearly one billion cups a year. Dunkin' Donuts is also the largest coffee and baked goods chain in the world and sells more hot regular coffee, iced coffee, donuts, and bagels than any other quick service restaurant in America. Dunkin' Donuts has more than 7,200 restaurants in 30 countries worldwide.

A coffee company at its finest.......2006-12-22

While this biography is very self serving it is a good look at an interesting company. With the rise of Krispy Kreme and starbucks it is easy to forget about the largest donut chain in the country. Rosenberg talks about his days and his focus as a coffee shop. To Dunkin donuts the donuts are simply a side business. This mentality is fascinating and for small business trying to decide on a mission this would be well worth reading. The book is fairly well written and it is hard to find books on this subject so if you are interested it is worth reading.

Rambling tale with lessons if you have the patience to find them.......2006-09-06

Yes, it's the rags-to-riches story of a hard working, resourceful man. But a storyteller he is not. It is a painfully drawn out and wandering story, much like listening to your grandfather telling you about the "good old days." Giving a distracting level of detail, and naming what must be everyone that Mr. Rosenberg worked with or knew over his long career gives the reader the feeling that the writer simply transcribed this repetitive and wandering tale. Though Mr. Rosenberg proved to be a successful entrepreneur, I doubt he was as all-knowing as he suggests. He claims credit for virtually every good decision and denies responsibility for bad ones. I feel sorry for the son who Mr. Rosenberg claims to love so much. The son was given little credit for the success of the enterprise despite the fact that it was his son who ran the day-to-day business since becoming President in 1963. Yes, there is much that can be learned from this book - work hard, care about your product, and treat people fairly - but it seems to me that Mr. Rosenberg must have forgotten some of his own advice.

Building a Restaurant Empire One Donut at a Time.......2006-07-10

Bill Rosenberg's rise to the top is one filled with passion and drive and this aggressiveness is captured in "Time to Make the Donuts". Like many entrepreneurs, Rosenberg wasn't blessed with an bottomless bank account or a wealthy family to back him up. He was born into a lower- middle class family and he worked hard to achieve his dreams.

Rosenberg's business encounters are many and some of them are interesting to read about. In 1962, for example, he received a call from a guy named Jim McLamore, a young entrepreneur in his own right, who was looking for someone to become business partners with him while he tried to grow his hamburger business. He came to Rosenberg because he had heard about Bill's reputation for successful franchising. He asked Rosenberg to invest $150,000, which would make the two men 50/50 owners in the business. Rosenberg went over the business plan with his associates, but they decided to decline the offer because McLamore's business was in Florida, which was far away, and they wanted to concentrate on making donuts. McLamore's new business was called Burger King. Had Rosenberg accepted the offer, his $150,000 investment would have been worth more than $8 million just three years later! Rosenberg's Dunkin Donuts still grew into a highly successful business but it's fascinating when you think about how differently the course of business history would have played out if this and other decisions had gone the other way.

Besides business, Rosenberg's personal life and his problems with his health are discussed at length in this book. He talks about his marriage to his first wife, Bookie, along with his divorce and remarriage to wife #2, Ann. He also discusses his children and his relationship with his parents and three siblings.

On the issue of health, Rosenberg successfully fought off cancer on two occasions and this greatly affected his outlook on life. On one of the occasions, he was told that he had only a few months to live. While lying in a hospital bed, one of his best friends showed up at his bedside. He gave Bill his crucifix to wear, claiming that it had always brought him good luck. Bill accepted, and in return he gave his Catholic friend his Jewish Chi to wear. Within days, Rosenberg was told by the doctor that the cancer had completely cleared up. Rosenberg jumped out of bed so excited, he claims that he "almost hit the ceiling". He had narrowly escaped death again. This, and other stories like them, are found throughout this book and while they have nothing to do directly with the Dunkin' Donuts chain, they add a more human, personal dimension to the writing.

Rosenberg writes this book as both a personal biography and a lesson plan on how to successfully run a business. He provides tips and insights into what worked and what didn't in his quest to be the best that he could be. Jessica Keener is the editor of the book. She writes for the Boston Globe and has written several articles over the years about Dunkin' Donuts and its founder. She does a nice job with her editing work, making the book read like it was written by a professional writer.

Rosenberg's storytelling could bother some people because he does come off as a little arrogant at times. Throughout the book, one will find quotes like "I was proven right", "my methods worked", "I built a successful operation", etc. But however conceited Rosenberg may seem, he deserves credit for pointing out the fact that many other people were responsible for his success, from his business associates all the way down to the individual store managers and cashiers. Also, it's hard to deny that Rosenberg is a success story. Can we really blame the guy for pointing out that his methods, more often that not, were successful?

"Time to Make the Donuts" is a worthwhile book to read. It's full of good advice, good business tips, and inspirational wisdom. Rosenberg's rise from a working class neighborhood to the king of donut making is an enjoyable discovery, both in the business sense and in the personal sense. He proves over and over again that great results can be achieved in the restaurant business with hard work and an insistence on quality and customer service.

From the Kitchens of Boston to your Left Ventricle.......2002-12-01

Amateur chefs making an impulse purchase on the basis of the book's title will want to reconsider, as this is NOT a how-to guide to the making of this distinctly American confection. I myself was bitterly disappointed to make this discovery. However since I was trapped in the purgatory of traffic school when I furtively cracked its cover, I decided to forge ahead with this ghost-written autobiography of the founder of Dunkin' Donuts anyway.

I was soon swept up by the exhilarating story of a relentless entrepreneur's rise to the top of the glamorous but cut-throat world of donut manufacture & distribution. I was also smitten with no small amount of civic pride, as Dunkin' Donuts sprang from the loins of my own native Boston. The narrative is interspersed with intriguing facts about the donut industry and its history. For instance, did you know that the modern word "donut" is a simplification of the word "doughnut," which itself evolved from the archaic term "dough knot"? Nor did I, sir.

Your inner Homer will be thrilled with this book and its lessons. And at just over 200 pages, it's the ideal length for a day-long sentence to traffic school at which attention must be periodically feigned. However this will limit your absorption of any important lessons being imparted. I myself learned this the hard way, when I caused a minor accident immediately upon leaving the school's parking lot by failing to signal. The delicious irony of this was not lost on my instructor, who had sullenly resented my divided attention throughout the day.

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"Time to Make the Donuts" Chronicles an American Dream. (Book Review).(Bill Rosenberg)(Brief Article): An article from: Franchising World
Laura Fenwick
Manufacturer: International Franchise Association
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Release Date: 2005-07-28

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Volume: 33 Issue: 8 Page: 65(1)

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According to author Glenn Solomon, the "at-will" employment rule has undermined economic security and basic civil rights for decades. In this book he exposes it for what it is and tells workers how to maximize their job protection. The rule essentially is that anyone can be fired at any time, with or without warning, for any reason not specifically prohibited by law (such as race). Moreover, it is extremely difficult to prove wrongful termination in court. Solomon discusses exceptions to the rule (government and union workers) and dispels popular myths about employee rights (many people believe they can only be fired for just cause). Although it deals with sometimes complex legal concepts, the book is written in a style accessible to the average reader. Real-life cases illustrate the author's points throughout. Important topics include contracts, discrimination, deciding whether or not to sue, and setting a damage amount. Solomon concludes with a proposal for a "workplace without fear" and replaces the at-will rule with a for-cause standard for terminating employment.

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Lawyer coaches workers on real life work problems.......2006-03-09

There are several aspects to this review that I would like to cover.

First, the author seems very credible, with decades of valuable
experience, with real-life situations that he's gone through,
and this is what people need more and more, versus ivory tower,
university textbooks from PhD professors who are out of touch.

Second, perhaps this book will be helpful with the author's
consulting profession, as I would guess that a large amount of
his unbillable, hours wasted was spent explaining the a-b-c's
to the average American worker, who would ring him up, or visit
his office about a labor conflict. This book, I would imagine,
will help greatly the average person in sizing up what can and
cannot be done in legal terms about that work conflict.

Third, the author clearly is more Democrat leaning ideologically
speaking, so it's no surprise that this book is for workers,
and NOT for bosses, or HR Managers or even to kiss up to those
people looking to overpower and maintain tight control over
laborers.

Fourth, it's written in a layman's manner, understandable, and
not disnecessarily or overly complicated, which is the right
way to present the facts - which themselves, are introductory
but essential.

Overall, this is an interesting book for people who don't have
any ideas how the workplace and workers' rights relate to
laws as they apply to workers and employees.

e.g. I hired an employment specialized attorney 2 years ago,
and when I finished reading this book, I began thinking that
the lawyer I had hired was absolutely clueless in matters of
law, and was merely trained in procedural events.

Don't Go Home Without It.......2004-06-14

If you are one of the many that have to work for a living, the information contained in this book is important and a little scary. Easy to understand and written with a laid back humor this book informs you of your rights and obligations as an employee. It contains practical information, suggestions and various resources.

A must read.......2004-05-06

Wow! Check the color of your socks. (Read this book to learn why.) I thought we Americans had job security. Count me among the misinformed. This book will open your eyes. It's full of spunk and spiced with subversion. Read it now!

Read This Book.......2004-04-08

You Could Be Fired for Reading This Book is an important book for anyone with a job. The fact that most workers are employed "at-will" (at the will of the employer) and, therefore, disturbingly vulnerable to losing their jobs is crucial information and not very well known. Author Glenn Solomon explains this basic employment reality -- and how we got there -- and presents ways to combat it, both on the job and if one is fired. With engaging style and wit, Solomon brings his legal expertise to an important subject whose time has come.
As Solomon guides the reader through the reality of being an "at-will" employee, he dispels often-held myths of employment protection and gives guidelines for genuine empowerment. There are things that can be done to make one's job more secure, as well as pitfalls to avoid. And should one lose one's job unfairly (all too common in the "at-will" universe), Solomon gives a step-by-step description of the processes involved in filing a claim. You Could Be Fired for Reading this Book is both an interesting eye-opener and an important resource to have on hand.

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