History of Art: The Western Tradition, Volume II, Reprint (6th Edition)

History of Art: The Western Tradition, Volume II, Reprint (6th Edition)
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History of Art: The Western Tradition, Volume II, Reprint (6th Edition)
H.W. Janson , and Anthony F. Janson
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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ASIN: 0131830643

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6th edition; Volume II

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Rick Sammon's Digital Imaging Workshops: Step-by-Step Lessons on Editing with Adobe Photoshop Elements

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Rick Sammon's Digital Imaging Workshops: Step-by-Step Lessons on Editing with Adobe Photoshop Elements
Rick Sammon
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0393326683

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Rick Sammon leads us through twenty step-by-step workshops on how to edit our photographs using the most popular imaging software available.

Rick Sammon's Digital Imaging Workshops picks up where his popular Complete Guide to Digital Photography leaves off. The earlier book gave us brief glimpses of the power of digital imaging. In his new book Sammon has selected twenty of the most common and effective imaging techniques that workshop participants request. Each richly illustrated workshop in the book is accompanied by Sammon's base images on the CD-ROM so that readers can follow step by step along with Sammon using the same image as portrayed in the book. This technique leads readers to develop their own ideas very rapidly. The book opens with a tour of Adobe Photoshop Elements tools and menus. For photographers who are visual learners, the book's CD-ROM also contains short movies that readers can view on their computer showing how to manipulate the most useful tools and menu actions in Elements. 600 color illustrations; CD-ROM.

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Rick Sammon's Digital Imaging Workshops: Step-by-Step Lessons on Editing with Adobe Photoshop Elements.......2007-02-24

Excellent step by step manual for beginners! Rick Sammon writes so that even the novice can understand.

Watch the CD.......2005-11-24

The accompanying CD that came with this book imparted more knowledge in a straight-to-the-point fashion than anything else I've tried. The price was right too. Some tutorial vdeo materials cost about twice as much. If you're a person who absorbs more by being shown something, this is for you. The pace is fast but I plan to play the CD over more than a few times for the sake of repitition. Sammon's colorful illustrations drive home certain lessons but I found myself not always agreeing with his improvements on photos...I liked the "before" pictures better. I felt my money was very well spent on this book. Most similar books are quite pricey so it does count when they disappoint. This one didn't.

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Savage political commentary in cartoon form. For more than two decades, Steve Brodner has been the most savage editorial cartoonist/illustrator to work in the United States. (Internationally, his only rival for acid-tipped outrage is England's Ralph Steadman.) And, unlike the handful of his American colleagues who share his go-for-the-jugular approach, Brodner is also a virtuoso draftsman, whose every line and splash of color is an exquisite treat for the eyes.

Brodner's pitiless illustrations, cartoons, comic strips, and illustrated reportages have appeared in Esquire, The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, Time, Newsweek as well as most other major magazines and newspapers in North America.

Freedom Fries is Brodner's absurdly nightmarish journey through the last 30 years of American politics. And what a cast of characters: Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II. And those are just the presidents! Add in such pretenders to the throne as Newt Gingrich, both Doles, Gore, and Nader, craven cabinet officers and legislators and you have the most horrifyingly hilarious rogues' gallery of striking resemblances anywhere.

Extensively annotated with Brodner's own pungent commentary and reminiscences, and including some images that were simply too provocative to print the first time around, Freedom Fries is a stunningly reproduced, exquisitely barbed walk through the last 30 years' political landscape—part coffee table art book, part madcap manifesto. And while Brodner is a committed hunter of Bush meat he can hate Democrats with the best of them (and we do mean Clinton).

In addition to the many single illustrations, Freedom Fries also features several superb pieces of illustrated reportage by Brodner, including coverage of eight national nominating conventions, the Colt Firearms strike, and the Bob Dole, Patrick Buchanan, Oliver North and George W. Bush campaigns.

Released just as the 2004 election season gears up, Freedom Fries fits squarely into the tradition of provocative commentary by such firebrands as Michael Moore and Al Franken—except this time, it's visual!

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WONDERFUL!.......2004-10-10

I have followed the career of Steve Brodner for years (very closley) and find him more brilliant with each passing election. I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone who appreciates wit, humor, and brilliance. He is an American treasure!

Canada's Unity Crisis: Implications for U.S.-Canadian Economic Relations

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Canada's Unity Crisis: Implications for U.S.-Canadian Economic Relations
Earl H. Fry
Manufacturer: Twentieth Century Foundation
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Irish Blood, English Heart, Ulster Fry
Annie Caulfield
Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
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ASIN: 014101461X

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The Modern Ku Klux Klan
Henry Peck Fry
Manufacturer: University Press of the Pacific
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ASIN: 1410204812

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The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was originally founded in 1865 in Pulaski, Georgia. Following a wane in membership and interest the Klan experienced a 20th century rebirth in 1915. Kleagle Henry Fry (the author) introduced the KKK to Tennessee while recruiting new members there. Believe it or not, Fry reports that he became disenchanted with the brotherhood once he learned of their racist ideology. This book is a memoir of his involvement with the "Invisible Empire" and begins with a history the origins of secret societies in medieval Germany and the early origins of the KKK. There follow 18 detailed chapters describing the Klan and its workings and includes chapters on the Klan oath, Klan rituals, anti-Negro propaganda, comparisons of the old and new Klans and much more. This book presents a rare insider's view and will be of great interest to any student of the blight of racism in United States history.

The Modern Ku Klux Klan was originally published in 1922.

Still a freedom fry? Attitudes against French fading: most businesses see an economic rebound, but some feelings remain.(Retail): An article from: San Diego Business Journal
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Still a freedom fry? Attitudes against French fading: most businesses see an economic rebound, but some feelings remain.(Retail): An article from: San Diego Business Journal
Rene'e Beasley Jones
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B0008E13BS
Release Date: 2006-05-16

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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2003. The length of the article is 596 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Still a freedom fry? Attitudes against French fading: most businesses see an economic rebound, but some feelings remain.(Retail)
Author: Rene'e Beasley Jones
Publication: San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2003
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 24 Issue: 35 Page: 12(1)

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FREEDOM FRIES
Steve Brodner
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ASIN: B000N6QOKQ

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Freedom Fries
Lewis Lapham; Steve Brodner
Manufacturer: Fantagraphics Books
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ASIN: B000MBXH66

On the necessity of freedom from sin in this life: And the sufficiency of divine grace for enabling man to attain to this happy state

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On the necessity of freedom from sin in this life: And the sufficiency of divine grace for enabling man to attain to this happy state
Joseph Storrs Fry
Manufacturer: Edmund Fry and Son
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Planned economy: "Freedom and planning"
L Fry
Manufacturer: Militant Christian Patriots
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007H7CUC

Use of a six-degrees-of-freedom motion simulator for VTOL hovering tasks (NASA technical note)

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Use of a six-degrees-of-freedom motion simulator for VTOL hovering tasks (NASA technical note)
Emmett B Fry
Manufacturer: For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information
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ASIN: B0007I338G

It's hard to be hip over thirty, and other tragedies of married life
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It's hard to be hip over thirty, and other tragedies of married life
Judith Viorst
Manufacturer: Signet /New American Library
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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It's Hard To Be Hip Over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Married Life
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You ain't Hip if you don't laugh reading this book!

It's STILL hard to be hip over thirty

It's Hard To Be Hip Over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Married Life
Judith Viorst
Manufacturer: World Pub. Co
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006BWPDI

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You ain't Hip if you don't laugh reading this book!.......2006-05-23

My daughter recently gave me a graying original copy of "It's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty and other tragedies of married life" by Judith Viorst, published first in 1968. Viorst is better known as the author of Alexander and Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

The Hard to be Hip book was a surprise. I wondered what my daughter had in mind when she chose this book for me, a choice made I imagine at the library's old book give away. I still don't know what she was thinking, maybe of people in general or maybe the content of the book spoke to her about me. Viorst describes in a series of poems the progression of unHipness after marriage in the 60's. I understand these poems in ways I wish I did not understand.

The youthful idealism not only present in the 60's generation is an idealism shared by Henry David Thoreau groupies, modern art lovers, and minimalists past and present. If you majored in business, hard science, ENGINEERING, or anything really "useful" in life, and hated your English, philosophy, and music/art appreciation courses --if you took any at all, Viorst may sound to you like some pot smoking, bleeding heart liberal, socialist from the 60's who recovered just in time to join the suburban crush of SUV driver's who live in your neighborhood. And mine.

One of my favorites begins:

Once I aspired to
Humble black turtleneck sweaters
And spare unheated rooms
With the Kama Sutra, a few madrigals, and
Great literature and philosophy.

Viorst is known best for the "horrible ... day" book for children, and I think the popularity of the Alexander story is due to Viorst's ability to connect to humanity through literature and philosophy. There should be a Tao of Alexander!

I am younger than Viorst bya generation but her voice resonates with me through out the HIP book. I will buy new copies of this book for friends, but only for the really HIP ones!

And yes, I majored in English.

It's STILL hard to be hip over thirty.......2001-09-15

This book of poetry/short stories made me laugh. Hearing about other people's married life, in laws, etc. is just as funny as telling about my own. I was sad to realize that women have the same problems now as they did in 1970. Not knowing what this book was about when I bought it I was hoping for answers, but fortunately I got a laugh at least. Quite amusing for people interested in women's studies as well.

IT'S HARD TO BE HIP OVER THIRTY AND OTHER TRAGEDIES OF MARRIED LIFE

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IT'S HARD TO BE HIP OVER THIRTY AND OTHER TRAGEDIES OF MARRIED LIFE
Judith Viorst
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: B000FUL3QK

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Terrific humor and poignancy about married life and life over thirty.

I's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty And Other Tragedies of Married Life by Judith Viorst

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I's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty And Other Tragedies of Married Life by Judith Viorst
Judith Viorst
Manufacturer: Signet
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K050F0

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It's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Married Life
Judith Viorst
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Binding: Hardcover
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It's Hard to be Hip Over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Married Life
Judith Viorst
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It's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Married Life
Judith Viorst
Manufacturer: Word Publishing, Ny
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It's Hard to be Hip Over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Married Life

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It's hard to be hip over thirty, and other tragedies of married life
Judith Viorst
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ASIN: B000UDOYUE

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"Gender is an absolute ground zero for most human societies," writes David William Foster, "an absolute horizon of social subjectivity." In this book, he examines gender issues in thirteen Brazilian films made (with one exception) after the 1985 return to constitutional democracy and elimination of censorship to show how these issues arise from and comment on the sociohistorical reality of contemporary Brazilian society. Foster organizes his study around three broad themes: construction of masculinity, constructions of feminine and feminist identities, and same-sex positionings and social power. Within his discussions of individual films ranging from Jorge um brasileiro to A hora da estrela to Beijo no asfalto, he offers new ways of understanding national ideals and stereotypes, sexual dissidence (homoeroticism and transgenderism), heroic models, U.S./Brazilian relations, revolutionary struggle, and human rights violations. As the first study of Brazilian cinematic representations of gender ideology in English or Portuguese, this book will be important reading in film and cultural studies.

Gender and Society in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema

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Gender and Society in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema
David William Foster
Manufacturer: University of Texas Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OROXF2

Gender and Society in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema !!!HARDBOUND!!!

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Gender and Society in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema !!!HARDBOUND!!!
David William Foster
Manufacturer: University of Texas Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OROWXA

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A collection of hits recorded by the hottest Latin crossover artist in the world! This book features English and Spanglish versions of several hits. Titles are: Be Careful (Cuidado Con Mi Corazon)(Duet with Madonna) * Bella (She's All I Ever Had) * The Cup of Life * I Am Made of You * I Count the Minutes * Livin' La Vida Loca (English and Spanish versions) * Love You for a Day * Private Emotion * Shake You Bon-Bon * She's All I Ever Had * Spanish Eyes * You Stay with Me.

How to Win Lotteries, Sweepstakes, and Contests in the 21st Century
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Waste of Money for Me.

As a winner of many contests I recommend that you stay away!

I read and won!

Make Sure You Buy the New 2nd Edition!

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How to Win Lotteries, Sweepstakes, and Contests in the 21st Century
Steve Ledoux
Manufacturer: Santa Monica Press
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Binding: Paperback

Lotteries | Gambling | Puzzles & Games | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1891661426

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Successful player and contestant Steve Ledoux shares his skills in choosing lottery numbers, winning sweepstakes and contests, and spotting illegal scams in this savvy collection of prize-winning strategies. Lottery and sweepstakes hopefuls learn how to find the right contests to enter, how to protect themselves from cheaters, and what to expect after winning, including how to deal with the IRS and give interviews to the media. Internet sweepstakes, contests, and resources complete this guide to winning the jackpot.

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Waste of Money for Me........2006-03-16

I bought this book main for insights of winning lotteries. There was not much info with regrades to lotteries but, I did get a couple of good websites. This book is not that helpful otherwise. Alot of this book you could figure out yourself with very little thought. The only reason for the 2 ranking was for the website that did have some good info.

As a winner of many contests I recommend that you stay away!.......2005-11-11

I am a lucky person. I have won dozens of trips around the world, gift cards, movie tickets, concert tickets, books, movies, cds etc etc etc...and was looking to get a few new tips. I am SHOCKED at the lack of information. IE to win a lottery he suggests buying a ticket. (ok the joke is old eh?) and then goes on and on about odds...using up pages..just to find that he lets the machine pick the numbers. The local lottery website gives the same stats....

The information is old. Several contest newsletters have been out of print for over five years. Save your money from this book and get a subscription to one of the excellent contest newsletters such as Bestweekly or Sweepstakes News.

I read and won!.......2004-09-21

I was lucky to meet Steve at a book signing last month. He's a sincere, upbeat guy, and shared some good tips. I bought his book and followed his tips for playing Lotto and won some money a couple days later!( I NEVER win!) Thanks Steve!!

Make Sure You Buy the New 2nd Edition!.......2004-09-19

Santa Monica Press would like you to know that a brand new, thoroughly updated, 2nd edition of "How to Win Lotteries, Sweepstakes, and Contests" was published in 2004. If you're interested in buying the book, find the "Product Details" section located up above. Look for "In-Print Editions" within that section. Right next to this it says, "Paperback (2nd)." Click on this link and you'll find plenty of copies of the 2004 edition available. Thanks for your interest!

Common sense material.......2004-08-18

I mistakenly purchased this book hoping to get a better insight on entering contests and "tips" on playing the lottery. Steve might have won several contests, and that's great, but he's sure making a lot more money selling his common sense book.

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How to Win Lotteries, Sweepstakes, and Contests in the 21st Century: America's Sweepstakes King
Steve Ledoux
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Cracking the Corporate Code: The Revealing Success Stories of 32 African-American Executives
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Insightful Advice for Rising [Black] Executives

Indispensable Guide for African Americans

A Must Read For All Attorneys of Color!

Thought provoking

Inspirational

Cracking the Corporate Code: The Revealing Success Stories of 32 African-American Executives
Price M. Cobbs , and Judith L. Turnock
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Leading in Black and White: Working Across the Racial Divide in Corporate America (J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership))

ASIN: 0814407714

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Foreword by Steve Reinemund, CEO, PepsiCo

Despite decades of social progress and legal reform, minorities still face obstacles on the path to success, both internal and external, from cultural insensitivity to outright prejudice, from isolation to over-scrutiny.

Cracking the Corporate Code looks at the factors that have framed the careers of 32 African-American executives, whose accomplishments have made valuable contributions to the success of organizations ranging from Pepsi, Kraft, GE, Merrill Lynch, and Miller Brewing to Prudential, Sears, Verizon, American Express, Chrysler, and BP.

These men and women, in wide-ranging interviews, discuss what motivated them, recount sources of support and conflict, and reveal the strategies they developed to acquire and use power and to achieve undisputed corporate results.

The authors have analyzed the experiences selectively, resulting in a book that is both an inspiration and a call to action. Cracking the Corporate Code is an eye-opening and practical guide for anyone who seeks to blend professional, personal, and cultural identities into an individual formula for success.

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Insightful Advice for Rising [Black] Executives.......2005-11-09

Over 250 Black men and women have risen to senior positions in major corporations. Along their climb, these leaders have learned, grown, achieved, and influenced as highly effective executives. They have overcome the challenges of being Black, complicating the normally difficult path of moving up the corporate hierarchy. That's the primary story of this book. At least, that's the premise of a book subtitled "The Revealing Success Stories of 32 African-American Executives."

All that aside, I gained a lot from this book. I'm not Black. I'm not a high level executive of a major corporation. I'm a Certified Management Consultant. I help executives do a better job as leaders. To give developing executives the answers they need to succeed, I'd recommend careful reading of this book. Page after page delivers valuable lessons in a captivating way.

The design of this book is quite effective. Chapters headed Ambiguity, Managing Your Demons, Fitting In, Reading Unwritten Rules, Making Your Mark, Managing Relationships, and several aspects of power weave meaningful lessons together into a amazing package of advice. Cobbs and Turnock teach through their own words, illuminated beautifully by mentoring lessons from the 32 selected executives. The role models are liberally quoted, giving them a powerful platform to share their experiences and advice with readers. Their testimonials give so much to those who follow them.

The primary target of this book might be considered rising executives from diverse backgrounds. The demographic description goes far beyond Black men and women. Everyone can gain from this growth tool. I particularly commend it to young people in college and even in high school. You will learn, be inspired, and be freed to achieve far beyond where you ever thought you might go.

My copy of this book will be donated to the library at Hiram College, the Ohio liberal arts college that gave me the boost to achieve what I have in life. I trust it will inspire others to reach for their highest potential.

Indispensable Guide for African Americans.......2005-09-08

A Black business book classic that I recommend reading is Cracking the Corporate Code : The Revealing Success Stories of 32 African American Executives by Price M. Cobbs and Judith L. Turnock. This book delivers truth in a disarmingly no-holds
barred fashion.

The truth about advancement in the corporate world is that the unwritten, unspoken rules and values are often more important then those that are written and spoken. The challenge for African Americans is that the rules were created for and by white men.

This book receives my recommendation for both what the book does and for what it doesn't do.

The first half of the book is tough to swallow as an African American because you hear the stories of young, idealist Black men and women entering the corporate world on the heels of years of Civil Rights unrest and newly minted gains. They are pioneers in business and the business world proves to be as dangerous as the American frontier was to the pioneers that left home to settle here.

These new entrants into corporate America face abuse, back stabbing, hurt, rejection and subtle as well as outright racism. Through it all, they manage to keep a proper perspective, excel in their respective careers and prove to many in the business world that Blacks have a place at the corporate table, that we can turn a profit in the white man's world of business.

Now, these executives are stalwarts of business giving sage advice to all who will listen. The stories they tell and the advice they dispense is as invaluable as having 32 mentors unified in guiding you successfully through your career. They openly share their experiences and feelings about them at the time. Have you ever had doubts about your ability, felt persecuted and put down because of your race or have you felt the sting of subtle racism and not known what to do? They have and
they share that with you. This gives the book a sense of sincerity in its efforts to benefit the reader.

The authors teach the skills to overcome the blows to one's ego that happen to everyone but are often complicated by the color of our skin. Have you ever wondered if someone's intention to help was sincere(an honest gesture to assist) or slightly racist(you need help due to your skin color). The authors tell you the skills they developed to perceive these subtle differences.

What Cracking the Corporate Code does not do is try to provide a step by step formula to success. The book decribes the loneliness of success experienced by these Black executives, the ambiguous nature of corporate power and the reality of "unwritten rules" in every business.

The authors recognize that a cookie cutter approach will fail the reader. The real keys to success are embedded in the stories of the executives as we read about their rise to power.

As I expound on to a great extent at www.blackwealthnow.com, core sets of skills are what separate the winners from the losers in business and finance. This book recognizes that African Americans require all the skills whites need to succeed as well an additional set of skills to thrive as Black men and women in a hostile (though there has been improvement) business world.

A few of the skills learned in Cracking the Corporate Code include reading unwritten rules, playing the corporate game, building a base of supporters, cultivating a network and wielding corporate power.

32 African American executives each with decades of experience giving advice and sharing wisdom on these critical issues and more makes Cracking the Corporate Code an indispensable success guide on the bookshelves of all African Americans at any level and in any business.

I'll end here with a quote from one of the African American
executives from the book.

"None of us has gotten here on our own. We may have busted our butts, worked extremely hard, made lots of personal sacrifices, and brought some talent and ability to the table. I believe all that is true, but we didn't do it alone. We've all had people who have been there either directly or indirectly and made a difference."
Bruce Gordon, Group President, Verizon
From the book Cracking the Corporate Code
by Price M. Cobbs & Judith L. Turnock

A Must Read For All Attorneys of Color!.......2004-03-02

Reading Cracking the Corporate Code (CTCC) is like having conversations with the best mentors in the world.. When I first read it, I was in the middle of my fourth year as an associate at a major law firm in Silicon Valley. I was one of very few blacks, and I was struggling through work assignments and feeling so alienated. It was CTCC that gave me the confidence to look honestly at my law firm environment. I think every African-American lawyer should read this book!

Thought provoking.......2004-02-19

As an American lawyer in London, I often feel isolated in an alien culture, even though everyone is speaking English. CTCC was given to me by a colleague who knows Judy Turnock. I was surprised to find how much I identified with the experiences of the corporate executives interviewed there. What they shared has given me even more respect for what so many people have sacrificed to make the promise of America a reality. It also made me proud of my small part in the cultural change underway in every workplace. I find myself turning to CTCC again and again. Wherever you work, read this book.

Inspirational.......2004-01-29

As the director of a not-for-profit art center, I've spent years struggling to raise enough funds to improve our center, build our programs and pay our staff. I read Cracking the Corporate Code because I know Judy Turnock, but I had no idea it was going to help me in my work. It made me start thinking strategically about the struggle of every art center, and now I've put together a consortium of over 40 art centers. I would never have thought this way if I had not read CTCC. It makes you think about how to accomplish more. I think CTCC has a message for everybody.

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