Edward The Elder, 899-924

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By drawing upon sources as diverse as literature and archaeology, this book brings together a rich variety of scholarship to offer a new insight into the world of Edward the Elder, son and successor of King Alfred.

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Sandwiched between Alfred the Great and Æthelstan.......2003-05-19

Edward the Elder is perhaps the most neglected of the Anglo-Saxon kings. Overshadowed by both his father Alfred and his successor Æthelstan, he did much on his own to expand the domination of Wessex across all of England.

This book is a series of papers presented in 1999 at a conference on Edward the Elder held at the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. Twenty-two papers by some of the most noted experts in their fields explore the archaeology, charter evidence, textiles, dynastic marriages, coinage, foreign relations, scriptorium production, and more of Edward the Elder's reign.

Of particular interest is the consideration of Edward's activities as king. Was he merely continuing his father Alfred the Great's program of recovering the Danelaw, fortifying the burhs, and incorporating Mercia into a comprehensive "Kingdom of the English"? Or did Edward follow his own policies in light of the opportunities he faced?

An outstanding multi-disciplinary insight into this much overlooked Anglo-Saxon king's rule.

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Great read for former players/Hoop junkies

an ex-player must

An engaging personal memoir of interest to all ex-jocks.

Glory Days: A Basketball Memoir
Bill Reynolds
Manufacturer: Tandem Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: School & Library Binding

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Now a sports columnist for the Providence Journal-Bulletin, Bill Reynolds suffered from a common affliction. He was a star athlete in high school and college, but he couldn't quite give up the ghost when his playing days were done. As a young man, he put everything he had into the dreams of his basketball glory days, and suddenly, too suddenly, they were over. Now what? It's the question that haunts this affecting memoir of a man who found it impossible to let go. A decade after the cheering stopped, "I knew," he admits, "my life no longer worked the day the sheriff knocked on my door with a summons to appear in court for an overextended credit card loan." Once he figured out that he could make his obsession work for him--mentally, as a sportswriter; physically, in pick-up hoops--his life began to work, too. What makes Glory Days ultimately work is Reynolds's ability to take his confessional beyond the personal; he skillfully uses his experience as a laboratory for exploring the nation's fixation on its games and the unwillingness of so many American men to grow up and move on.

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Bill Reynolds built his youth around sports. As a boy in a blue-collar Rhode Island town, he spend his hours shooting hoops and dreaming of stardom. From his adolescence to high school fame to a scholarship at Brown University, Reynolds enjoyed the perks of athletic glory. But those days soon ended and the onetime star drifted between his past and an uncertain future. Glory Days is a warm, touching, and funny book about what happens when jocks grow older --about getting a life without losing touch with your dreams.

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Great read for former players/Hoop junkies.......2007-02-14

This is a book I have loaned to friends of mine and I highly recommend it. If you have played hoop, spent hours in pick-up games or shooting hoops to get better, you'll relate to this book. Reynolds does a great job at painting the picture for you. If you've been there, shared the experiences, you'll fly through this book. I particulary liked the parts where he talked in detail about biding his time on the bench as a young player, getting better, flying under the radar and then becoming an elite player.

an ex-player must.......2000-01-13

This is the second Bill Reynolds book that I have read. Loved them both. I found his descriptions taking me back to high school and the playground. It brought back a lot of memories and also made me think about how I prioritized basketball for so many years.

Non basketball junkies may call Bill's live experiences crazy. I dream of some of his experiences. Great book!

An engaging personal memoir of interest to all ex-jocks........1998-08-25

Bill Reynolds is certainly one of America's finest sports journalists. "Glory Days" addsto that luster.While some may dismiss it as a purely personal account of one's growing up, it is a lot more. It is a book to be read and enjoyed by all former star athletes, high school or college, who realized at some subsequent point in their life that they had to move on but did not want to let go of the one thing that they had worked at while growing up A disclaimer: Bill was a fraternity brother of mine at Brown.

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In Vol. 2 of this new series, CMS SOURCEBOOKS IN AMERICAN MUSIC, Neil Minturn acknowledges the phenomenon of rock and roll with a serious investigation of Martin Scorsese's documentary film The Last Waltz. This celebrated rockumentary artfully captures for posterity the final public performance of The Band, a partnership of one American and four Canadians that produced an impressive body of popular song in the rock idiom between 1961 and 1976 . Joining its members for their farewell was a variety of guests who-like the music of The Band itself-reflected the rich array of vernacular traditions that have nourished rock and roll since its emergence. Minturn approaches the substance of the performances and the film itself in terms of intimacy and tradition. He presents the San Francisco concert as a summation of an extraordinary musical journey and prefaces his scene-by-scene analysis with a cogent introduction to documentary film-making. Selected performances are discussed in detail.

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An in-depth study of Martin Scorsese's documentary film "The Last Waltz".......2006-04-08

The Last Waltz of the Band is an in-depth study of Martin Scorsese's documentary film "The Last Waltz" (1978), which captured the final public performance of The Band, which had been a successful rock group for 15 years. In its careful and thorough analysis, including a scene-by- scene examination of the documentary, an introduction to the basic process of documentary filmmaking, and a host of reflective views upon everything from band break-ups to the interplay of American culture and rock-'n'-roll, The Last Waltz of the Band is particularly recommended for anyone studying "The Last Waltz", and through it, the history of rock in North America.

25 años de "El último rock".(TT: 25 years of "the last Waltz".)(Artículo Breve)(Reseña): An article from: Proceso

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25 años de "El último rock".(TT: 25 years of "the last Waltz".)(Artículo Breve)(Reseña): An article from: Proceso
Roberto Ponce
Manufacturer: CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0009FRATK
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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This digital document is an article from Proceso, published by CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V. on July 21, 2002. The length of the article is 1137 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: 25 años de "El último rock".(TT: 25 years of "the last Waltz".)(Artículo Breve)(Reseña)
Author: Roberto Ponce
Publication: Proceso (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 21, 2002
Publisher: CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V.
Page: 67(2)

Article Type: Artículo Breve, Reseña

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Best-Loved Organ Music for Manuals

Manufacturer: Kevin Mayhew Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0862098106

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Best-loved Organ Music for Manuals

Manufacturer: Kevin Mayhew
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0862098114

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A Travel Guide for The After-Life, Tour of The Inner Plane.......2001-12-19

Learn to Control Travel in The After-Life, with Journeys to The Other Side. If you visit often-enough, you will be able to find your way around, when you Pass-Over to The Next Life.

Laws of Occultism: Inner Plane Theory and the Fundamentals of Psychic Phenomena (The Brotherhood of Light ; Course 1)

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We Fear That Which We Do Not Understand
Laws of Occultism explains the views of C.C. Zain.....

Laws of Occultism: Inner Plane Theory and the Fundamentals of Psychic Phenomena (The Brotherhood of Light ; Course 1)
C. C. Zain
Manufacturer: Church of Light
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0878873716

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We Fear That Which We Do Not Understand.......2003-04-22

In the imagination of many persons the word 'occultism' conjures images of black cats and strange rituals taking place at crossroads at midnight. In this the first book of the Brotherhood of Light Lessons the author C. C. Zain explains that occult means 'hidden' and that occultism is the science which studies hidden forces and how to subject them to human control. The emphasis of this volume is on understanding the interconnectedness of the inner and outer planes. Einstein's theory of relativity is one of the examples used to explain the relationship of astral substance to physical substance. Although originally released in 1919 as a private manuscript exclusively for members of the order it contains insights that are still viable in contemporary life. Of particular interest are the author's descriptions and analysis of Intellectual ESP, Feeling ESP and Mediumship. By understanding how occult forces operate the student of metaphysics no longer has to fear their influence.

Laws of Occultism explains the views of C.C. Zain............2001-12-19

Laws of Occultism explains the views of C.C. Zain, concerning Occult Forces (he explains even more of his theories in "Imponderable Forces"). He uses Einstein's Theory of Relativity to explain "Astral Travel," etc.

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Handy, but not in-depth enough
The Inner Planes Manual falls short of its predecessors
At last!
Material lacks planar mood, but intriguing phys conditions
Not much of anything new....

The Inner Planes (AD&D/Planescape)
Monte Cook
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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A Player's Primer to the Outlands (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons/AD&D/Planescape Audio CD Accessory)

ASIN: 0786907363
Release Date: 1998-12-07

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Handy, but not in-depth enough.......1999-12-08

The Inner Planes is a good general guide for DMs looking for information on the Inner Planes, but it isn't very thorough. They should have made it more of a rule-book for DMs (such as the books in the box sets for the outer planes), but instead tried to write a 'creative' guide similar to the book 'The Fiends: Faces of Evil.' This technique doesn't work as well here. The so-called guest writers are not able to keep in character well because they have to keep mentioning game rules, and the game rules suffer because you have to read too much text to fish them out. On the other hand, if you don't have the old (and out-of-print) Manual of the Planes, this book is a valuable reference because it is the only to find specifics on the inner planes. It mentions a couple of sites for each plane, but doesn't go into much detail. Overall, the book could be better but is still a good Planescape reference.

The Inner Planes Manual falls short of its predecessors.......1999-06-22

I was greatly disappointed in this installment of PLANESCAPE's setting expansions. While having more "personality" than the original Manual of the Planes, The Inner Planes fell back on the formulaic style of presentation found in MoT. The book struggled to express the uniqueness of each inner plane, but presented each in the same format. The "guest presenters" were a good idea, but lacked any depth. In some chapters, these "speakers" began in character, but ended sounding like the editor.The consistency of language was disturbing. PLANESCAPE is (in)famous for its Cant. I accept the fact, as explained in the book, that the Cant is not spoken everywhere. The problem was too many characters, characters from different planes and backgrounds, sounded exactly alike. That's not likely. The illustrations were weak compared to other products. They, as a whole, did not lend to the overall "feel" of the Inner Planes.I love PLANESCAPE because it has been able to convey the uniqueness of each location. I felt cheated with the Inner Planes. I have no greater concept nor appreciation of these planes having read the book. It is merely another Manual of the Planes without as much of the "technical feel".

At last!.......1999-03-19

Five years after the original boxed set was released, at last the Inner Planes are now given the Planescape treatment. Of course, with 18 planes to cover, and only 128 pages (you do the maths!) some planes (usually the deadliest ones you'd be barmy to visit anyway :-) get short shrift, but the standard of locations is, as usual, excellent, and the chant first rate. If you're considering a jaunt to the Inner Planes, this book should be your first stop.

Material lacks planar mood, but intriguing phys conditions.......1999-01-18

Monte Cook's "The Inner Planes" is all that it claims to be, that is, it contains detailed survival tips and descriptions of the planar environments, rules for getting about, and info. on interesting beings and sites. However, it seems that at least half the material is recycled from "Manual of the Planes," with the faction sites (i.e. Doomguard citadels) being a notable exception. All in all, I didn't care for many of the artists' (King and Rex) works within, found the book lacking the planar edge found in earlier books, but very complete in describing the environs of the Inner Planes. If you are imaginative enough to come up with some quick rules on your own, I do not reccommend this book. If you want a complete planar library or are a strict by-the-booker, then I highly reccommend "The Inner Planes."

Not much of anything new...........1999-01-16

I was disapointed by this book. I was looking for new info on sociology and politics but found only a few general ideas and not much anything else... The planes' description introduce more detail as to the physical aspects but the writing style is mostly narative and "unpersonal-like". They try to make use of the same writing format as in Faces of Evil but fail.... The art is good but scarce. All in all, I find this book seems empty :( Probably the worst PS product to date. Unless you can't figure out anything about the Inner Planes, I suggest you let this one pass by.

The Esoteric Orders and Their Work with an Introductory Essay on "The work of The Inner Plane Adepti"

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The Esoteric Orders and Their Work with an Introductory Essay on "The work of The Inner Plane Adepti"
Dion Fortune
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The Inner Plane
James Collins
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Mastering The Inner Game To Selling Plane Tickets Online

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Mastering The Inner Game To Selling Plane Tickets Online
Jassen Bowman
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The Online Business Setup, Cheap Marketing, Inner Game for Model Planes Businesses

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The Online Business Setup, Cheap Marketing, Inner Game for Model Planes Businesses
J Bowman J Orr
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The Online Business Setup, Cheap Marketing, Inner Game for Plane Tickets Businesses

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The Online Business Setup, Cheap Marketing, Inner Game for Plane Tickets Businesses
J Bowman J Orr
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The Online Business Setup, Cheap Marketing, Inner Game for Radio Controlled Planes Businesses

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J Bowman J Orr
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The Online Business Setup, Direct Marketing, Inner Game for Plane Tickets Businesses

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The Online Business Setup, Direct Marketing, Inner Game for Plane Tickets Businesses
J Bowman J Orr
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Not worth the money

smooth transaction, exact product, nice&easy supplier

Not what I expected

All you need for Brand Management

The One Source

Strategic Brand Management, Second Edition
Kevin Lane Keller
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Brand Portfolio Strategy: Creating Relevance, Differentiation, Energy, Leverage, and Clarity

ASIN: 0130411507

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Not worth the money.......2007-05-21

This was not at all helpful. It is nothing more than a notebook full of lines with some vocabulary words on the side of the page. It doesn't even have an index, table of contents etc. I was very disappointed with this and would not recommend it to anyone.

smooth transaction, exact product, nice&easy supplier.......2007-05-14

exact product at an affordable price w a smooth transaction

Not what I expected.......2007-02-22

I expected this book to be more than a workbook to supplement another textbook. I was looking for something which actually provided content on Building, Measuring and Managing Brand Equity.

Maybe I misread the description of this book. I was actually looking for the text of the main book in paperback format.

All you need for Brand Management.......2007-02-07

This covers every aspect of Brand Management. There are other books that specialize on some aspects of branding, but this one is a complete reference.

The One Source.......2003-11-24

If you only buy one Branding book this is the bible. Wow, the price on the second edition has gone way up.

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A Valuable Contribution!
From Brand Vision to Brand Evaluation

From Brand Vision to Brand Evaluation, Second Edition: The strategic process of growing and strengthening brands
Leslie de Chernatony
Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann
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The second edition of From Brand Vision to Brand Evaluation presents the reader with practical applications for brand enhancement that build upon the theoretical background outlined in Creating Powerful Brands, a hugely successful text co-written by the author.
The first edition has been used by marketing and brand practitioners, as well as students of marketing, around the world to help them understand and implement strategies to strengthen brands. The powerful model at the core of the book is based on wide consultancy and research with companies and provides a unique framework for brand management.

It provides a flowchart for progressing the brand building process from strategy through tactics to implementation. Each stage in the flow process is examined to demonstrate how it can be applied in a real business context. The book provides an authoritative template for understanding the steps to maintaining, building and maximizing brand value.

The best practice will therefore be allied to templates that allow people to undertake appropriate activity within their company. It will

* Presents a highly developed and practical model for brand building and growth
* Uses a step by step approach and flow chart to demonstrate how each stage can be applied in business
* Based on successful and acclaimed first edition, and a related title- Creating Powerful Brands by the same author team.

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A Valuable Contribution!.......2007-04-13

I am the President of Cohesion Inc, and also a part-time course director in the marketing faculty of the Schulich School of Business, York University in Toronto, Canada. Our mission is to build strong brands and businesses through transforming them into high performance marketing systems.

Leslie de Chernatony makes a valuable contribution to marketing and business literature in this excellent book. He articulates thoughtful and compelling arguments for considering brands from both internal and external perspectives, and he drives home the importance of organizational alignment as a critical means for building strong brands and businesses. Although some areas of the book may delve too deeply into "the theory" for some readers tastes, it is also full of practical ideas and tools that will prove useful for both new and more experienced practitioners alike.

From Brand Vision to Brand Evaluation.......2006-05-10

In this second edition, Professor de Chernatony provides an authoritative and up to date analysis about the core ideas and processes involved in building and strengthening brands. The unique and robust model at the heart of the book is based on an important compilation of both consultancy and research work. A series of exercises and examples facilitate an understanding of the process involved in planning and implementing brand strategies. Both visionary and practical, this book makes the compelling case for balancing what happens inside the organisation with the tools for developing and delivering a coherent and integrated brand. This book is thus an invaluable reference for both marketing managers and academics alike.

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