Customer Reviews:
The Best Book on Diana.......2005-08-01
I found this book to be the best Diana book I have read. I do belive this story. I think Diana and Dodi did care for each other and I think Rene is telling it like he saw it. the book lets you see the personal side of Diana as well as Dodi.the book also tells you what happened the night of the crash. this book is the only book on Diana that I did not get bored with.a great love story.
One of the sweetest Diana books - a delightful read........2002-05-31
I've probably read all or nearly all the books on Diana. Somehow I'd missed this one until a friend gave it to me as a gift. While I didn't give it 5 stars for its great literary qualities, I thought that for Diana fans, it delightfully delivered the goods - it is a pleasing intimate portrait with plenty of detail (food, clothes, toiletries, habits) yet with a real sense of affection, humor and respect.
Setting this apart from most Diana books is the uniquely likeable voice of the narrator. Delorm is a class act, a man who respected and liked his boss, Dodi Fayed, and who seems to view everyone from his wealthy employer to his fellow cooks, butlers and masseuses with generosity of spirit and an open mind. This is a refreshing contrast with the self serving busybody tone of Patrick Jephson's Diana book, or any of the royal "experts" who simultaneously envy, fawn and snipe.
The author's joie de vivre and eye for detail turn this book into a lovely little vacation on a yacht, along with two people we might have enjoyed knowing very much. And unlike many books published after their deaths, it does not lay on the pathos, but instead is more of a celebration.
All in all, this is an intimate book you can enjoy without feeling like a voyeur, and a very welcome read for anyone who misses Diana. She sounds like a lot of fun.
A great escape read in these glamour-free times. Highly recommended.
A simple, but affectionate, recollection.......2001-07-06
Rene Delorm, Dodi Fayed's former Butler, was clearly devoted to his former employer and this affection shines through these memoirs.
The scene is well set with a brief thumbnail sketch relating how his and Dodi's paths originally crossed, before the more eagerly-awaited period is focussed upon. Never overstating his case, Delorm recounts the beginnings of Dodi's affair with the Princess of Wales with disarming candour and seems to me conscious of the temptation to embroider upon his recollections or, worse still, hypothesise on what the future for the couple may have held. This temptation he scrupulously avoids and it is to his credit that he refers only to what he saw and heard and shies away from hearsay and speculation.
While necessarily anecdotal in content, the book gives a charming, if simplistic, insight into their last days together and makes an interesting addition to the huge library of titles dealing with the demise of Diana and Dodi, by one who was well-placed to observe their intimacies. Paul Burrell, Diana's Butler, (whom she referred to as her "rock") is arguably in a better position to reveal her state of mind in these last weeks but has, to date, sensitively deferred from comment. Delorm's book, though, is an affectionate and poignant recollection and his grief on hearing the devastating news is tangible.
Diana and Dodi A Love Story.......2000-11-19
This book was very warm, discreet and also revealing of a mgical romance. Anyone that loves Diana will be extremely happy with this book.
In this book you can feel that Diana is being a real person- happy, smiling, laughing, eating, and falling in love, relaxing- an image she never got by hundreds of people- it is sad that her life was cut so short. She was a lovely, gracious woman who left way to early in life. Her time with Dodi- was to start a lifetime of romance that was ever so sweet. that was cut very short too.Now we will never know if they were to ever marry or not.
I am a greatful of Rene for sharing his memories with the world of Diana- allowing people to see and to hear about her romance.
Doomed Duo.......2000-11-07
A starry-eyed account of the doomed pair's romance by Dodi's butler. So protective is Delorm of his late boss that he never mentions model Kelly Fisher, whom he must have known Dodi was two-timing after Diana came along.
But Delorm's devotion can be touching. "You left me," he wrote in the condolence book at Dodi's funeral, and then dissolved into tears.
A very one-sided look into a doomed duo's romance.
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Diana and Dodi: A Love Story
Rene Delorm ,
Barry Fox , and
Nadine Taylor
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Curse or Coincidence?
April 1960:
Cleveland trades Rocky Colavito for Harvey Kuenn.
September 1961:
Fireballer Sam McDowell, in his first major league start, breaks two ribs throwing a fastball.
June 1964:
Third baseman Max Alvis has an attack of spinal meningitis on a team flight.
January 1965:
The Indians reacquire Rocky Colavito, giving up Tommie Agee, who will win the Rookie of the Year Award, and Tommy John, who will win 286 games after leaving Cleveland.
July 1970:
Catcher Ray Fosse is steamrollered by Pete Rose in the All-Star Game; his promising career is derailed.
June 1974:
Drunken fans pour themselves onto the field during Ten-Cent Beer Night game, forcing a forfeit.
March 1977:
In his first spring-training game after signing a ten-year contract with Cleveland, Wayne Garland injures his arm and never recovers his twenty-win form.
March 1978:
Personal complications force the Indians to trade twenty-three-year-old fireballer Dennis Eckersley to Boston.
July 1981:
Cleveland Stadium is to host the All-Star Game. The game is delayed until August by a two-month players' strike.
August 1981:
Indians send 1980 Rookie of the Year Joe Charboneau to the minors; he hits just .217 for Class AAA Charleston.
April 1987:
Sports Illustrated predicts the Indians will win the pennant; the team finished last, losing 101 games.
March 1993:
Two pitchers die and a third is seriously injured in a boating accident; another Indians pitcher dies in an auto accident in November.
July 1994:
With the Indians poised to reach the postseason for the first time since 1954, the players go out on strike, an action that will lead to the cancellation of the World Series for the first time since 1904.
Customer Reviews:
Let's Add The Red Sox and Cubs Curses .......2007-08-02
I agree 100% with everything Roger Launius said - curses are not curses, unless you have inept managers and even more inept front offices - the Indians had players just as good as anyone else, and their pitching in the late Sixties was among the best in the game - what killed the Indians' chances were inept front office people like Frank Lane and Gabe Paul, people who were far more interested in promoting themselves and bettering themselves than their teams - people like Gabe Paul were just happy to have a team to run.
The corresponding curses of the Red Sox and the Cubs were/are also due to inept management and inept front offices - people who jockey for position to appear in the news or for control of the team, like what happened with the Red Sox with the LeRoux-Sullivan(?) rift - people who were more concerned with their own egos than the good of the team - maybe the Cubs need to quit promoting venerable Wrigley Field, etc. and get more serious about fielding a winning team.
I read this book many years ago - I'm hoping that Pluto wrote this book as an exercise in folly.
Witty, Funny, and Painful for Cleveland Indians Fans.......2004-05-31
The Cleveland Indians are as much a hard luck team as the storied Boston Red Sox or the Chicago Cubs; they just don't get as much media attention. They were one of the best teams in the American League during the latter 1940s and 1950s, winning a World Series in 1948 and a pennant in 1954, but the last pennant race that they really participated in was in 1959. That is, until the 1990s when the team took several division titles and two pennants, 1995 and 1997, but lost in the World Series.
Author Terry Pluto contends that the demise of the Indians on the field can be traced to the April 1960 trade of slugger Rocky Colavito to the Detroit Tigers for Harvey Kuenn. It wasn't a particularly good trade; Colavito was a ball-crushing slugger and a fan favorite but Kuenn was a batting champion who specialized in flares to the gap. For more than thirty years thereafter the Indians were pretty awful. The team did poorly on the field, which prompted fans to stay away from the games, which put the team into the red, which prompted the team's ownership to sell or trade its best players and to forego investment in its farm system, which led to even poorer performance on the field, and the continuation of a downward spiral.
There are an enormous number of bumbling incidents in the history of this baseball team, all detailed in excruciating detail by Pluto. Take the example of Rick Manning's contract. Before the beginning of the 1978 season the team sent him a contract offer 25 percent less than he was paid in 1977, despite the restriction in the MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement against cutting a player's salary more than 20 percent. It was a mistake, pure and simple, but emblematic of the team's slipshod management. Rather than allow him to become a free agent, the Indians resigned Manning to a five year, $2.5 million contract instead of $75,000 for a one year contract. It was stupid. So was letting Jim Bibby get away in 1978 by failing to pay him a $10,000 merit bonus he had earned during the 1977 season for making 30 starts. This incident became legendary and some of the players even wrote a little ditty about it:
"Pack up all my gear and dough
Here I go
Ho, ho, ho
Bye, bye, Bibby.
No one here understands me,
Look at the late check they tried to hand me...
Bye, bye, Bibby" (p. 196).
Then there was the June 1974 ten-cent beer night in which drunken fans rioted, went after members of both teams playing that night, and forced a forfeit. That was a disaster, but at least no one was seriously injured. What a screwy attempt at a promotion! What did the team's leadership think would happen? It ranks as one of the all time worst episodes in the history of Major League Baseball. Then there was the team's one foray into the free agent market. The Indians signed Wayne Garland to a ten year, $2.3 million contract in 1977 and Garland injured his arm in his first spring raining game. He never recovered. Then there were ridiculous trades: notably a 1965 trade to reacquire Rocky Colavito, but they had to give up both Tommie Agee (who went on to star with the New York Mets during their championship season in 1969) and Tommy John (who won 286 games after departing Cleveland).
The real curse of the Indians has nothing to do with Rocky Colavito. It has everything to do with incompetent management. Terry Pluto indicts Gabe Paul for most of the mismanagement. He served as general manager and/or owner of the Indians for more than 20 of the 30+ years that the Indians were horrendous. His supporting casts of buffoons includes general managers Frank Lane-known to all by his nickname of Trader because he loved to make deals to move players and almost all of them were Indian losses-and Phil Seghi. Perhaps the epitome of ineptitude was when the dignitary scheduled to throw out the first pitch at an Indians game couldn't make it and was replaced by Bozo the clown. The irony is striking.
Terry Pluto ends his book with a review of movement of the Indians from doormats to dominators of the American League. That really began when Dave and Dick Jacobs bought the team and infused it both with new leadership, who knew what they were doing, and the cash necessary to succeed.
"The Curse of Rocky Colavito" is an interesting and informative book. It does not seek any universal truths, but it does entertain and offer some insight. For Indians fans it will be painful, but perhaps cathartic.
A must for N.E. Ohio sports fans.......2004-03-06
Terry sums up perfectly what it's like to be a sports fan in Northeast Ohio since 1955. The talent we've had is incredible, the results even more incredible in that not much good has ever come of it. It will bring back tons of bittersweet memories.
Through Thick And Thin (Mostly Thin) With The Indians.......2003-10-11
Failure on the baseball field may not be enjoyable for a team's fans. But it can often produce some funny, poignant literature. Terry Pluto's "The Curse of Rocky Colavito" is a great example of the genre. Pluto is well-qualified to offer this tale of the Tribe from the mid-50s to the mid-90s. He grew up as a fan, then covered the team as a professional sportswriter. (Cliff Johnson once told him, "I've been ripped by better writers than you.") Anyone who watched as Herb Score was injured, Rocky Colavito was traded, and the team settle into a long era of mediocrity, will no doubt find a special resonance in these pages. Who can forget the immortal Jack Kralick, Joe Azcue or Chico Salmon? Or in more recent times, Super Joe Charboneau? Pluto has a wonderful gift for finding the humor or pathos in the story of the Tribe in this era. It's a worthwhile read for anyone who enjoys good baseball yarns.--William C. Hall
Another superb book by Terry Pluto.......2003-06-27
Terry Pluto wrote two of my favorite sports books, "Loose Balls" and "Our Tribe", this one makes three. Reading this will be great entertainment for the casual or die-hard Indians fan. Those who don't fit those two classifications will probably enjoy it also.
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Identifying Hollywood's Audiences: Cultural Identity and the Movies
Melvyn Stokes
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Compiled from significant new research into audience studies, this book examines the methods the American motion picture industry has used to identify and understand its audiences, and the ways in which that understanding has shaped the movies it produced, from the 1920s to the 1990s.
The contributors reassess what is known about the social composition of classical Hollywood audiences, the role of opinion leaders in forming viewer choices, and the development of statistical audience research methods, challenging the conventional wisdom that the classical motion picture industry knew little about its audiences.
Looking at explanations for the decline in movie attendance in the postwar years and Hollywood's adaptation to the demographics of the baby boom and the postmodern family, these essays detail how Hollywood has repeatedly reinvented and reconstructed the identities of its audiences. The book also examines how such groups as adolescent males and female horror movie fans use film-viewing to display and establish their cultural competence and subcultural identities.
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Despite her strong associations with Massachusetts--her upbringing in Roxbury, her lifelong connection with Martha's Vineyard, and two novels documenting the Great Migration and the rise and decline of Boston's African American community--Dorothy West (1907-1998) is perhaps best known as a member of the Harlem Renaissance. Between 1927 and 1947, West and her cousin, the poet Helene Johnson, lived in New York City where West attended Columbia University, worked as a welfare investigator, wrote for the WPA, traveled to Russia, and established a literary magazine for young black writers.
During these years, West and Johnson knew virtually everyone in New York's artistic, intellectual, and political circles. Their friends included Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Carl Van Vechten, Richard Wright, Arna Bontemps, Claude McKay, and many others. West moved easily between the bohemian milieu of her artistic soul mates and the bourgeois, respectable soirees of prominent social and political figures.
In this book, Professors Mitchell and Davis provide a carefully researched profile of West and her circle that serves as an introduction to a well-edited, representative collection of her out-of-print, little-known, or unpublished writings, supplemented by many family photographs. The editors document West's "womanist" upbringing and her relationships with her mother, Rachel Benson West, and other strong-minded women, including her longtime companion Marian Minus.
The volume includes examples of West's probing social criticism in the form of WPA essays and stories, as well as her interviews with Southern migrants. A centerpiece of the book is her unpublished novella, "Where the Wild Grape Grows," which explores with grace and gentle irony the complex relationship of three retired women living on Martha's Vineyard. Several of West's exquisitely observed nature pieces, published over a span of twenty years in the "Vineyard Gazette," are also reprinted.
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In this volume: The Artist by Jan De Hartog; The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris L. West; The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton; Florence Nightingale by Cecil Woodham-Smith and The Wild Grapes by Barbara Jefferis
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Leaves of wild grape,: Poems
Helen Hoyt
Manufacturer: Harcourt, Brace and Company
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THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN--Kiril I, the first non-Italian Pope for four and a half centuries, was a Russian. THE MOONFLOWER VINE--When one of their daughters fell in love with the hires man, and another met with a tragic accident, it seemed to Matthew and Callie Soames like a miscarriage of divine justice. THE ARTIST--An affair of hearts the reporter called it. For the runaway dog from the Pasteur Institute had had a second heart experimentally implanted. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE--Wellborn, talented and vividly goodlooking, Florence Nightingale seemed assured of brilliant success in London society. She chose instead the filthy, plague-infested hospitals of the Crimea, where hundreds of brave British soldiers lay dying for want of elementary care. THE WILD GRAPES--The five elder Russels were like bricks in a wall separating Mary Page from the man she loved.
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A compilation of grape recipes including salads, punches, preserves, desserts, pies, and many more.
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- Sweet Peppers-Sour Grapes & Wild Flowers
- Book Club Assignment Review
- Sweet Peppers- Sour Grapes & Wild Flowers by Mary Carter
- recommended for church people
- Example of a Search for Accountability
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Sweet Peppers-Sour Grapes & Wild Flowers
Mary Flowers Carter
Manufacturer: 1st Books Library
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Customer Reviews:
Sweet Peppers-Sour Grapes & Wild Flowers.......2005-03-23
Sweet Peppers, Sour Grapes & Wild Flowers is an excellent, outstanding, and superbly written book. I enjoyed reading it very much. I can relate to the dynamics that were superbly described in the book. The descriptive analysis described in the book exhibits many of the conditions that exist in many churches today. The writer painted such a vivid picture of the storm that people can become involved in due to the unacceptable conditions created by a pastor. Even in the mist of a storm, the writer was careful by indicating that we should not get caught up in such a storm because it might cost us our natural lives. Many climatic, colorful, church activities, and leaders in the church at Kingston, Virginia were outstandingly portrayed. The creative analysis of the Board of Directors, the Circuit Counsel, and President of the region involved in church affairs, tend to believe the pastor of the church. The description of the survey conducted by the circuit was a good idea, but it was used for the benefit of the pastor. The writer pointed out that the pastor used the Constitution and By-Laws to cover up his lack of performing the duties required of him in Kingston, Virginia. The book is excellent because it is written with such an important skill that the reader was eager to find out what was going on next at the church in Kingston, Virginia. I would like to commend the writer for writing such an intriguing, dynamic, superb, excellent, and outstanding book. It would be good if the leadership of the synod, district, circuit counselors, and pastors could read this book. It would be worth their time and effort. The writer has an excellent talent for writing.
Book Club Assignment Review.......2004-11-22
To me the book was okay. It was very interesting pertaining to the different relationships in the book, but it was confusing. Mrs. Carter did come to our book club meeting, and I greatly appreciated her enthusiasm about her book and willingness to critique her work. Majority of the people in our book club did enjoy the book, but I was the lone ranger in having problems with the flow of the book. Maybe it was because I was the youngest book club member present, and it really wasn't my type of book that would keep my interest. I am a churchgoer, and it really amazed me how some church congregations are separated and divided because of money, jealousy, or hate. Good luck on the book and your future endeavors.
Sweet Peppers- Sour Grapes & Wild Flowers by Mary Carter.......2004-02-04
This author is creative, beginning with the title. I love the way she took situations that many church congregations experience and made them come alive! It forced me to think about how I interact with other humans. I admire writers who can
take a situation very dear to many, make it interesting, but also thought provacative. A must for all church goers!
Great job! Clinton, Mississippi Reader
recommended for church people.......2003-11-11
I can releate to sweet peppers sour grapes and wild flowers since I am a church goer. I really enjoyed reading this book, I can relate to the different personalities in the congregation. It gives me determation to continue going to church no matter what happens.( Church goers, please, read this book.)
Example of a Search for Accountability.......2003-11-10
This book was very enjoyable. Its examples for a search for accountability were substantive enough to draw true parallels to real life situtions. It could be used in real leadership workshops to mentor leaders on the importance of accountability in their positions. While serious, the book remained light and entertaining. I would highly recommend this book for workshops or reading for pleasure.
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Wild grape
John Hewlett
Manufacturer: Whittlesey House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007E8BGO |
Book Description
Readers can learn the detailed information about the inhabitants of the WorldTree and play their own games in its domain. (Games/Gamebooks)
Customer Reviews:
Amazing isn't strong enough.......2005-12-12
As a long time RPG'er, I was a little skeptical of World Tree and the whole anthro thing in general. Thank goodness I had a couple hours I needed to kill at a con. I was sucked into the setting, a very vivid, alive one. The people, the places! This isn't some quasi-medival clone game. The World Tree setting is refreshingly unique and original. If you enjoy role-playing - or are just looking for a really good read involving history, politics and an alien world - buy this book!
I like it so much, I have 4 copies.......2005-11-06
As a person who switches between the player and Game Master roles, I know the value of having multiple copies of the basic rules. While my first copy of this book is in a binder with the pages in sheet protectors, two of the other three are in very good condition, and I don't know the current condition of the 4th copy which is currently on loan to a friend. I took advantage of Padwolf Publishing's 3 for the price of 2 deal because I wanted to garned local interest.
Took me a while to decide I actually wanted to purchase this game, I'd glanced through the only copy at a local hobby shop a few times, and after a couple of months decided to buy it. Like other reviewers, I was pulled into the world. Sure, I wanted to know the rules, but I also wanted to read the whole book.
One thing I get tired off RPGs doing is kissing human butt. I do play humans in RPGs, but I prefer not to, the whole reason I'm playing an RPG is to be something I'm not. So, that was a good selling point: NO HUMANS.
Aside from a few editting flaws, there's nothing really wrong with this book.
I also like that it doesn't suffer from "cookie-cutter character types" i.e. Classes, or other arbitrary RPG standbys like Alignment and power levels. Using experience points as skill points? Brilliant! I HATE "sitting" numbers in RPGs. Granted, sometimes, even in a system like this you'll have sitting numbers, but not ones that get arbitarily large forever.
Please Note.......2004-06-22
While there is entirely enough originality and detail in the book to satisfy any world-building enthusiast, and an excellent game system as well, it's worth pointhing out that the authors are (deliberately) very light on small-area specifics, and have only a brief bestiary. It's clear they've come up with a lot more than is documented here, and I'd be interested in seeing their other notes; particularly the Kazorm, who are mentioned in passing several times but never described in any detail, besides being sentient and vaguely peaceful.
Another World.......2002-11-25
"World Tree" is a thoroughly developed fantasy world. There are cities on branches miles wide and thousands of miles long, with people looking down into space and trading with flying ships. Magic is so common that even children use it, and you learn how it's used in ordinary life and not just adventuring. The races aren't just dog-men, otter-men, etc. -- they have unique customs, personalities, clothing, and architecture. Metal is rare, so wood and bone tools have become extremely advanced. Meddling gods look down from the sky.
The book's first hundred pages suck you in and make you want to play in this world, even before you see the rules and huge magic list. There are explanatory notes and one-page stories throughout the book written from the characters' perspective; these are useful and often funny. Even if you're not a gamer, it's worth reading. Writers can learn from this great example of world-building.
The rules are fairly simple, since most rolls are (Stat + Skill + d20) versus some number, though filling out a character sheet can take a long time due to the variety of spells and skills and the odd experience point system. The spells explore all combinations of the 7 magic Verbs and 12 Nouns (e.g. "Change" + "Flesh" = shapeshifting) and let you do many things in multiple ways. There are eight fully playable races with different specialties from the fast, shape-changing Orren with "species-wide ADD" to the physically puny but immortal and magically-gifted Zi Ri, to the armored insect Herethroy who use huge three-handed swords.
This is no generic medieval game with elves and dungeons; it's a complete world. Beware when reading, as I've seen people forget what time it is and where they are!
A game which is far more.......2002-02-05
To be blunt, this is a game which is more then a game, for it is a deep, involved, and very, very beautiful world. This was not something that was slung together in a weekend for the sole purpose of making money. This is something that has taken the talents of many people from gamers to beautiful artists who have all left their touch in this game. Although at first the instructions seem simple, you realize how deep and well rounded they are. The old term 'A minute to learn, a lifetime to master' somes to mind.
On a side note, I have spoken to the creators of this, and they constantly ask for input and advice how to make it better. This shows how much they truly love this game. If you are a gamer, looking for a world to love, look no forther.
Book Description
Author Herbert C. Monnich, Jr. has taken readers into a seldom discussed but needed area of the ISO 9000 Standards - applying them to small and medium sized businesses. Monnich gears his book toward those with little or no ISO 9000 experience. Learn how the newly revised standards can be effectively implemented and maintained without spending large sums of money or increasing staff. This book gives the reader a review and explanation of the ISO 9000 series and explains how the quality tools and techniques can be used to implement the requirements of the standards. As Monnich guides readers through each clause, he includes techniques for small businesses to simplify compliance for small and medium sized organizations.
Customer Reviews:
Not for the novice or the expert .......2006-03-23
I was disappointed. If you don't know ISO 9001 this book will not help you much. If you know ISO 9001 you probably don't need this book. This expensive, slim volume was not very usefull for me. I got some information but not a clear overview of ISO 9001. I was looking for something like "ISO for Dummies". Limited scope, not very complete.
Great Book for the Small Company.......2005-03-20
I have successfully used this book at 2 companies as a guide to implement quality systems compliant with and registered to ISO 9001-2000. I just started with company #3. If you have less than 100 employees, this book is for you.
Jodi M.
Consultant and Trainer
Easy to read and gives you a head start.......2002-07-16
"Herb Monnich has given the small to medium business manager a one-stop shop for implementing ISO 9001-2000, whether they are just beginning the ISO certification process or evolving to the new standard. This book will help business owners/managers save thousands of dollars in unnecessary time-consuming analysis and procedures."
Susan Kohrman
ASQ CQM, Manager of Quality and Safety
Precision Flamecutting and Steel, L.P.
I am Homayon.......2002-03-06
I am Homayon from Iran , and I have Ms in industrial engineering from Middel east Technical university of Turkey-Ankara, I'm working in a forging company as a system analizer , and I extermly dealed with the Quality Management systems in my company
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