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The Artistry Of Peggy Karr Glass
Peggy Karr
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This provocative book demonstrates that the veil, the garment known in Islamic cultures as the hijab, holds within its folds a semantic versatility that goes far beyond current clichés and homogenous representations. Whether seen as erotic or as romantic, a symbol of oppression or a sign of piety, modesty, or purity, the veil carries thousands of years of religious, sexual, social, and political significance.
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symbolism of hijab.......2006-10-18
pretty interesting read even when I disagreed with the conclusions like e-communication equals conquering of veiled women in the advertising section.
Covers advertising, american erotica, cinema, iranian politics...
worth reading
Review of "The Veil Unveiled".......2004-12-03
Faegheh Shirazi's "The Veil Unveiled" is a poor example of anthropological and sociological scholarship. The text is poorly written and the argument is disjointed, littered with an excess of facts and figures and broad generalizations. Shirazi, who is Muslim herself, is a textile historian as opposed to a scholar trained in the sociology of gender, which undoubtedly impairs her capacity to formulate a clear and critical analysis of the 'veil' and it's implications in contemporary society.
One of the major flaws of the book is in its title: "The hijab in modern culture." The title presumes that the book will discuss the various manifestations of the 'hijab' in terms of Islam and as an aspect of modern Islamic aesthetic and spiritual identity, and how it is manipulated within the Islamic World. Instead, one finds Shirazi jumping from erotic cartoons in which she asserts that Western men learn about Muslim women through erotica (she completely overlooks her own ethnic community's profuse number of cartoons criticizing chador in Iran from an expatriate viewpoint and political cartoons in mainstream American media). She also jumps to Hindi movies? While neglecting other veiling traditions such as bridal veils, nun's habits, and the 'veiling' with wigs of Orthodox Jewish women. Her argument is repetitive: when she loses sight of her analysis, she falls quickly back on "modesty" as the rationale and fulfilling state modesty mandates on women's dresscodes. This is especially the case in her chapter on women in the military.
She focuses almost exclusively on Iran and Western erotica, which leaves a huge void in the broader discussion and manifestations of the veil in other parts of the Muslim world. Instead, she fills these voids with unnecessary history, disjointed and biased opinions that make her work as an "academic" in the field of Middle Eastern Studies questionable in terms of validity.
The book is good for its images which promote further discussion, but its argument is maddening and unfounded. It is a book that excites people because of its titular premise: how the veil functions and is perceived and manipulated in modern culture. Unfortunately, the contents of the book both contradict the title as well as fall significantly short of fulfilling the thesis.
If You're Curious About Why Women Wear Veils.......2001-08-24
If you're curious about why women wear veils, while so many women of the world are, so to speak, unveiling to the point of nudity, then you might find this book interesting. The author examines the veil from a wide perspective that encompasses the historical, political, cultural, as well as religious domains, and in a variety of contexts that includes film, advertising, literary, and erotica. It is noted in the introduction that the veil's history dates back thousands of years to an Assyrian legal text, when veiling was restricted to respectable women and prohibited for prostitutes. In Assyrian, Greco-Roman, and Byzantine empires veiling was a mark of prestige and status. The author, Faegheh Shirazi, who is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, specializes in textiles and material cultures studies. She shows, through a series of a half dozen chapters, the immense versatility of meaning that the veil can have, depending on the context of its use. In Iranian cinema, for example, its use means adhering to the strictures of Islam, which forbids the erotic, whereas in Indian cinema it's meant to be titillating and erotic. In a chapter entitled "Veiled Images in American Erotica," cartoons from the pages of "Playboy," "Penthouse," and "Hustler" are examined. A chapter on advertising shows how the veil is used to sell automobiles, perfume, cigarettes, computers, and sanitary napkins, among dozens of other products. There are chapters covering military, political, and literary aspects as well as film. In Muslim cultures the veil is used to prevent "fitna," defined as the chaos caused by women's sexuality. If this is true, then the case might be made that a good part of the world is in total chaos. Regardless of your viewpoint, the book is thought provoking for anyone interested in human beings and culture.
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The auction method of marketing real estate is an increasingly popular and effective way to sell a wide variety of properties. Auction marketing provides many advantages such as fast turnover, carrying-cost savings and the opportunity for action-oriented target marketing. Often, an auction can be the best way to expose a property to the marketplace and obtain the highest net profit. SOLD! is a comprehensive overview of selling real estate using the auction method. It will help real estate professionals understand how real estate auctions work-both in general and for land and residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial properties. The book offers practical guidelines to: . determine if an auction is appropriate for a particular property, . choose an auctioneer, . plan for and promote the auction event, and . track the success of the auction event to closing. The authors examine important elements in the auction process such as real estate valuation, environmental concerns and legal issues involved in the transfer of real estate. Sample contracts, survey tracts, financial tables and checklists are also included. SOLD! will help make the auction process more accessible for all real estate professionals, bankers, lawyers and others who want to become involved in this growing real estate trend.
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Why would you review your own book?.......2007-03-27
Why would you review your own book? It is a total turn off for me.
Sold! The Professional's Guide to Real Estate Auctions.......2005-04-13
This is the second edition of a well thought out and presented book to help real estate agents, auctioneers, buyers and sellers with the concept of auction marketing for real estate. It is the culmination of 100's of years total experience of the chapter contributors and the authors.
We hope you will enjoy it and find it helpul in understanding the process of auction marketing.
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Fdr's Moviemaker: Memoirs & Scripts
Pare Lorentz
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Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians (Music in American Life)
Virginia Waring
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Famous American, chorus leader, showman, glee club pioneer, golf tournament host, and entrepreneur. Fred Waring was all of these and more, an enigma who held together a major musical organization for sixty-seven years, a man at ease on stage but loathe to sit through meetings, a man so earnest in his patriotism that by the 1980s he was considered almost an endangered species.
Virginia Waring, his wife of thirty years, chronicles both his many achievements and his shortcomings with candor and affection in
Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. Her gracefully written biography traces Waring's childhood in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, his rise to fame as a bandleader, development and promotion of the Waring Blendor®, leadership of Shawnee Press, concert tours, radio and television programs, and his legacy of the highest possible standards in music as in life.
This intimate portrait of an American legend is accompanied by a compact disc with twenty-eight selections recorded by the Pennsylvanians over a forty-year period. They range from Adam Geibel and Tom Waring's "Sleep," recorded in 1928, through Cole Porter's "Love for Sale," Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach's "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," the traditional "Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child" and "Dry Bones," to Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's "September Song" and Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's "Some Enchanted Evening."
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Fascinating inside look.......2006-11-10
This account can't help but be a little one-sided, but on the other hand who more than Virginia Waring could give us the glimpses of Fred Waring "unplugged"? I studied under a former Pennsylvanian, and was fascinated to see his stories come alive, especially in reference to the Chesterfield Hour. If you buy a used version, be sure and ask if the CD comes with it--you'll enjoy hearing for yourself this group's unique sound and how they did their radio broadcasts. Also included, fascinating accounts of the "non-musical" Fred Waring--the Waring Blender, his involvement in the Boy Scouts, his interest in new inventions, his own tinkering with products and ideas.
Interesting, but Dorothy Lee needed to be mentioned more!.......1999-07-20
This book was very interesting however, it hardly covered Fred Waring's long relationship with 1930s actress Dorothy Lee. Dorothy was a very talented and vivacious actress.
Dorothy Lee was engaged to Mr. Waring on and off over the years and they were a pretty hot item back then. She also toured all over America and Canada with him and the Pennsylvanians, and did many stage shows with them. She and Fred also remained very good friends for the remainder of his life.
They were very much in love in the 1930s and I feel it's a travesty that their relationship was not mentioned in more detail and she was definately a significant part of his wife to be mentioned more!
Interesting, but one sided view of the man.......1998-09-19
This book is a facinating read about the famous choral conductor and his Pennsylvanians, during the early days of radio, television and film. Many amusing and interesting anectdotes punctuate the book throughout. Written by his wife, so it is a rather one-sided (positive) view of the man who many saw as a cold task master....but in whom no one could argue with the fine product he produced. This man truly "taught America how to sing".
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The color you play matters in the opening game of chess. If you play White you go first. If you play Black you respond to White's moves. Either side can be advantageous, depending upon how you play. One half of The Chess Advantage features all the moves the grandmasters recommend for White. The other half does the same for Black.
·The White half of the book emphasizes the best offensive opening moves and the Black half emphasizes the best traps and defenses
·Focuses on how to obtain an advantage without having to memorize vast amounts of theory
·Draws on the lessons of the world’s leading grandmasters
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Forget it.......2006-11-24
This book is really very bogus. I am not sure where this analysis comes from but it does not hold up.
Let's take one example page 297, has a variation of the Italian game. It is game 7. The note for move 12 says that white can not stand to play a3 because of ... Ba6. Well, the delorie computer webpage basically disproves that quite simply. The basic point is that black has a bishop that is hanging. He has no time to play either ...c5 or ...Ba6. After ...Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Ba6 black does not seem to have a way to get at the "stuck" king. Since white simply plays Qc2 and Ng5 is aways a threat. This whole line seems to be predicated on some wild dream. The book is full of this kind of blathering and not worth the money.
The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters.......2006-11-06
The Chess Advantage in Black and White by IM Larry Kaufman is something new. There have been many opening repertoire books have appeared before but either they aim merely to get the student out of the opening at all costs or demand large chunks of time to memorize lines for an opening advantage at the 2500 level. A good example of the second type of repertoire book is the excellent series on 1.Nf3 by GM Alexander Khalifman.
Kaufman's proposed repertoire, 1.e4 as White with the Exchange Ruy and Bb5 versus the Sicilian and the Semi-Slav and Berlin Ruy Lopez as Black, won't blow opponents off the board, but has sufficient venom to fight for an opening advantage. The advantage of this kind of repertoire is that theoretical study becomes much more manageable when you escape the highway of trendy theory.
Most of the book is IM Kaufman and some of his silicon friends. Computer analysis can often be useful but definitely benefits from tweaking by a knowledgeable user. Kaufman is certainly a knowledgeable user that has been at the cutting edge of computer chess development for many years.
The repertoire itself is quite reasonable. It seems like the Rossolimo Sicilian (3.Bb5) appears more often as 3.d4 these days. Certainly the Semi-Slav (Meran and Moscow variation) is no stranger to GM chess. I also like the idea of advocating the subtle Berlin defense.
Few openings strike terror into the heart of a chess fan like the Berlin Defense. Using it like a virtuoso, Vladimir Kramnik not only won the (a?) world chess championship from Garry Kasparov, but also, simultaneously, succeeded in putting thousands of chess lovers into a coma-like state. Okay, let's grant that the Berlin isn't the Botvinnik Variation of the Semi-Slav or the English Attack in the Najdorf. What it is, however, is mysterious and annoying to many players - and that's a fact that we as chess players, as opposed to chess fans, can certainly use! If we play and understand the Berlin and our opponents play natural, normal moves, we will have excellent winning chances! Best of all, while the games will be long, some themes are pretty straightforward. The power of the two bishops, a little patience, and ...the Berlin Defense - it will be worth your while.
The Chess Advantage in Black and White provides a solid repertoire but begs the question exactly who is it aimed for. Players below 1500 FIDE will see 500 pages of analysis and throw their hands up. Super GMs will want more than the clear pluses for White that the repertoire leads to. My guess is that this book best serves players in the FIDE 2200-2500 range who are ambitious about their chess and who want save precious time on study.
Deeply Recommended
The Pacifist Repertoire: Snooze Fest from The Mathematics Professor.......2006-03-27
Larry Kaufmann is an older IM who happens to be a mathematics professor, and in this book it really shows. As you might expect from a mathematician, his primary criterion for selecting a repertoire is numerically-calculated past performance by rating. This trust-the-numbers approach produces a repertoire that could put anyone to sleep. It is all early endgames and quiet variations. Hey, I like to play endgames, but this repertoire goes way overboard in that direction. You might call it the Stillwater Repertoire. It is for people who despise tactics, hate sharp positions, and cannot stand attacking the opponent's king. It is the Quaker Repertoire. It is the Pacifist's Last Stand. It is the Repertoire for Nodding Off In Math Class.
Kaufman maintains that his soporific suggestions are perfect for battling higher-rated opponents. When things are very quiet, you might hang on for a draw, and maybe even occasionally win. That is an old ploy: against better players, steer the game into quiet waters. Like most old ploys, it fails miserably. Strong players always jump at the chance to grind you down in a long endgame. That is what they do best. Against lower-rated opposition, they are much more concerned about sharp positions, where one blunder might lose the game for them. Well, they will never face a sharp position against any sucker who plays the Pacifist Repertoire.
With White, Kaufman suggests 1. e4. Against 1. ... e5 Kaufmann recommends the ultra-quiet Exchange Variation of the Ruy Lopez. It could be called the Endgame Variation. Against 1. ... c5 you can play the silent Rossolimo and Moscow variations with Bb5, except after the move-order 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6, when Kaufman varies with the Super-Ultra-Quiet 3. b3. Yes, your main weapons as White will be sustained efforts to bore your opponents to sleep. You can probably guess what will happen against the French: that's right, the Tarrasch, the Quietest One. Ditto for the Pirc (h3 variations), the Caro-Kann (the Advance variation), and Alekhine's Defense (early Be2 and O-O). You could play these lines for a year without attempting one kingside attack.
As you may have guessed, with the Black pieces Kaufmann recommends the quietest first moves for Black: 1. e4 e5, and 1. d4 d5. Your main weapon against 1. e4 will be--you guessed it--the Berlin variation of the Ruy Lopez. Yes, the favorite of Kramnik, a GM noted for continuously drawing, especially with black. Catch Kramnik's new book, "My 60,000 Memorable Draws," where half the games are Berlins. I tried the Berlin Ruy for quite awhile online. It is excruciatingly uncomfortable. Your king can barely move. Your bishops can barely move. Your rooks cannot get out. Oh, and your bishop pair might be worth something by move 144, but probably not, as one of your holy men gets traded long before then. Against the King's Gambit, the Scotch, the Vienna, etc., Kaufmann found lines that rush the queens off the board (perhaps he dislikes queens) and steer directly into Quietville Junction. Keep the rules of chess handy if you take up this repertoire, because periodically you will forget how the queen moves and what she looks like.
Against 1. d4 Kaufman recommends the quietest possible variation of the Semi-Slav, with ... Bd6 against almost everything, which GM Arthur Bisguier has used for decades as a drawing weapon. Most of the Meran variations reviewed by Kaufmann lead to rapid exchanges and early endgames. Kaufmann gives reassurances that you will grind out victories against lower-rated opponents. Not that you will enjoy fighting for the full six hours against an opponent rated 300 points below you, struggling to prove that your bishop is slightly better than his knight, when you know that he would have folded by move 28 had you played a normal opening. If you play this repertoire, you may motivate the tournament organizers to make a special endurance prize, just for you, for being the very last to finish his game in every single round of the tournament.
Unlike everyone else, Kaufmann takes seriously the weird mathematical conclusions that he published in an infamous Chess Life article. He analyzed a big database and came up with some pretty strange theories. He maintained, for example, that the bishop pair is worth half a pawn. That remark provoked sardonic cracks in innumerable chess books and articles. Kaufman's trust-the-numbers dogmatism is the opposite of what you learn from Silman or Soltis, who teach you how to fight for an advantage on either side of the bishop pair. Another eccentric conclusion was that a rook pawn is worth more when it gets doubled on the knight file after capturing toward the center. So Kaufmann hilariously keeps commenting on how, in this or that opening variation, your position is improved after your opponent "promotes" your rook pawn to a doubled knight-pawn. All these bizarre numbers-are-gods comments cannot be read with a straight face.
Instead of taking Kaufman's suggestions, fire up your database and start scanning through games, quickly and easily, until you notice openings that lead into the kinds of positions that you find appealing, positions that you enjoy playing, and can therefore play well. That is how tournament players select an opening repertoire. It is a personal matter. The opening repertoire suitable for one player is unlikely to be suitable for another. People are different, and prefer different kinds of positions. This is the major argument against any opening repertoire book. Kaufmann's repertoire may be suitable for Kaufmann himself, but people are different, so it is unlikely to be the preference of anyone else. Save your money and buy some other book that is more likely to be useful.
The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the GMs.......2006-03-15
This is a great repertoire book. Lots of work went into the book and it was also computer-checked for accuracy. The lines, after reading some reviews, are probably a bit for the 'positional player' (Note: I have actually read the book). I particularly like how the author, IM Larry Kaufman, sometimes chooses the '2nd' best option to cut out theory (i.e. we don't have to memorize as much).
Superbly written, but it's not for everybody..........2005-08-09
This book is the model of how a repertoire book should be written. There is an overall philosophy guiding the choice of openings and variations; complete games are given to illustrate main lines; commentary includes typical middlegame plans (and in some cases, endgames as well); the author's IM-level analysis is checked against three computer engines; the breadth of the repertoire covers the full range of sensible responses for both Black and White; database statistics help the reader to gauge the attractiveness of the recommended lines. At the same time, the author never descends into gratuitous overselling of his ideas, and he does not try to back to his recommendations with dubious analysis. The illustrative games are from recent high-level practice. The target audience is roughly 1600-2200.
Kaufman's repertoire is designed around the following themes: to cut down on theory by choosing what is often the "second best" option at certain junctures; to avoid the forced draw whenever possible; to choose lines that are strategically similar to other repertoire recommendations; to seek a lasting advantage for White, and dynamic chances as Black. The core of the repertoire is as follows: As White, play 1. e4, heading for the Exchange Spanish or Sicilian with Bb5(+). As Black, answer 1. e4 with the Spanish Berlin Wall, and 1. d4 with the Semi-Slav. In all there are 32 chapters, organized by opening. Each chapter includes a "Chapter Guide", which works in place of a centralized index of variations.
I was extremely impressed with the thought and labor that went into the selection and development of each line. There is a certain overall coherence to the repertoire that makes it easier to put into use successfully. The analysis and position evaluations can be used with confidence, as Kaufman gives both the positive and negative aspects, and candidly points out whenever the computers disagree. Clearly he has poured his heart and soul into this work.
Having said all this, I do not think that this repertoire would have much appeal to most players (all the better for the few who decide to adopt it!). I, for one, cannot imagine going through life without playing the Main Line Closed Spanish, or facing the slings and arrows of the Open Sicilian (with both colors). So relatively few players will want to use this as their repertoire book - perhaps it is best suited to positional players who don't mind grinding out a lot of tight endgames. On the other hand, I found it highly instructive just to see how an intelligent repertoire is put together. And I do use Kaufman's recommended lines for sideline responses to 1. e4.
Other reviewers have criticized the lack of an index of variations, but I think that the Chapter Guides fulfill that purpose adequately. Some professional reviewers have questioned a few of the recommended lines; in my amateur opinion, however, that sort of thing is inevitable, and the reader will have to do a little on-going maintenance to keep up with theory anyway.
Nice binding and paper quality, plenty of crystal clear diagrams. Text is single column, but that is okay in a thick pocket-sized book. The game moves are in boldface, with analysis in regular face. There is a sensible system for labeling and numbering the illustrative games.
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Proven strategies and the latest selling tips from eBay's most elite merchants
With an estimated 200,000 people making a full-time living selling goods on eBay, and millions more earning a part-time income, it's clear that eBay can create some impressive profits for those who know what they're doing. The eBay Millionaire profiles 25 of eBay's elite Titanium Power Sellers-those who move more than $150,000 in goods every month-and reveals the secrets to their success. Author Amy Joyner reveals the fifty top lessons for profitably selling almost anything on eBay, from how to select the best mix of merchandise, ship goods, and keep customers happy to working with wholesalers, making the leap from part-time to full-time selling, and looking like a million-dollar business even if you're working from your kitchen table.
Amy Joyner (Greensboro, NC) is an award-winning reporter for the News & Record in Greensboro, North Carolina, who has been covering e-commerce and entrepreneurship for many years. She is the coauthor of Making Dough (0-471-43209-1) and has won awards for her writing from the Associated Press, North Carolina Press Association, and other organizations, as well as three Knight Center Fellowships for business, aviation security, and military reporting.
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Proven strategies and the latest selling tips from eBay's most elite merchants With an estimated 200,000 people making a full-time living selling goods on eBay, and millions more earning a part-time income, it's clear that eBay can create some impressive profits for those who know what they're doing. The eBay Millionaire profiles 25 of eBay's elite Titanium Power Sellers-those who move more than $150,000 in goods every month-and reveals the secrets to their success. Author Amy Joyner reveals the fifty top lessons for profitably selling almost anything on eBay, from how to select the best mix of merchandise, ship goods, and keep customers happy to working with wholesalers, making the leap from part-time to full-time selling, and looking like a million-dollar business even if you're working from your kitchen table. Amy Joyner (Greensboro, NC) is an award-winning reporter for the News & Record in Greensboro, North Carolina, who has been covering e-commerce and entrepreneurship for many years. She is the coauthor of Making Dough (0-471-43209-1) and has won awards for her writing from the Associated Press, North Carolina Press Association, and other organizations, as well as three Knight Center Fellowships for business, aviation security, and military reporting.
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Great addition, but take it with a grain of salt........2007-07-05
This is a great resource if you already sell on eBay, and are looking for a quick read. This book will NOT be helpful if you are just starting out on eBay, looking for product sources, or need a how-to manual of any sort. The author spoke with several Titanium Powersellers (the highest grossing sellers on eBay) about how they got started and what their business is like currently.
Personally, I thought the book was helpful for my own use. There were quite a few good ideas that helped us streamline our own business. We took an extra-hard look at sellers whose product line matched ours (small, light-weight commodity items) and tried to see if any of their ideas would benefit our business. There weren't any huge changes to our business, but the book helps us tweak our practice with small changes either taken directly from the stories, or inspired by the stores.
Here's the catch:
eBay is stagnating. Since the book was released, many of the Titanium Powersellers in the book have either closed down, moved off of eBay, or cut back drastically on their eBay listings. The successful sellers don't stay on just eBay, but diversify as much as possible, and the book doesn't mention cross-selling at all.
There isn't a whole lot of information in the book, but I do think it's worth the $15. But the true secret to becoming a top online seller? Start preparing to move away from eBay.
Another great book to add to collection.......2007-06-14
Another great book to add to collection of reference material.
Everything but the Sources..........2006-07-16
I purchased this book in hopes of understanding what I need to do in order to move from casual ebay seller to powerseller. I did find ways to increase efficiency and the names and websites for the companies that provide the software but I did not find how to join buying groups, which ones are best or anything else that gives me a "Turn Key" ebay business. I work on computers, build custom systems, and occasionally take a trade in. I found that there is a company that uses this as a business model and was able to get some limited ideas from this book. This is not the book that answers "Where do I get product at a price that will make a profit on ebay".
I am looking for the mother of all ebay books, something that gives me the sources to create a truly turn-key ebay store. I am buying all the ebay books I can find because I am dead set on becomming a power seller by September, 2006. This book has been a big help but it is not the holy grail.
Not a How to Manual but interesting.......2006-06-09
Not sure what I expected. Ive never read much about doing business on eBay but thought it was time. Interesting stories. The format is to give you pointers by telling the stories of successful folks using eBay and the Author does that. I didnt find it terribly helpful for someone starting out and that maybe wasnt the intent but it was informative. I found that you had to dig a little for the secrets, maybe as it should be who knows? But an okay read, worth the price.
Learn from some of eBay's Top Sellers.......2006-04-28
This is a fascinating "behind the scenes" look in to what makes some of eBay's top sellers who they are. And...they've each taken a different path to get there. I read this cover to cover, and have referred back to it several times. A great read.
Jack Waddick
eBay University Instructor, [...]
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