Las Hijas de Sultana (Biblioteca)

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Ambientada en la Arabia Saudi actual, este libro es un crudo testimonio de la brutalidad y represión de que son objeto las mujeres en el mundo árabe.

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Great.......2007-06-14

Just love the Sultana trilogy, compelling,shocking,funny..its a must. I cant wait to read more of Jean Sassons books.

Raw emotion is new to me.......2006-11-10

This book blew me away its the last of 3 books and I can tell you that I personally cried very much but I also learned the value of freedom and choice. Sultana should write more about her life.

Que Libro!!!!.......2000-12-13

Sultana, una mujer decidida, nos enseña con este relato la cruda realidad de lo que vive este pueblo Saudi. Aqui no hay nada escondido, la narradora de este relato quiso que conocieramos detalle a detalle lo que viven estas mujeres, y que a veces el dinero no compra la felicidad ya que si de dinero se trata esta familia lo tiene casi todo. Es un libro facil de entender, no tiene palabras complejas y aquellas tipicamente arabes , el libro nos trae un pequeño traductos para no quitarle la esencia, despue que lo terminen, yo lo hice en dos dias tiene que leer LAS HIJAS DE SULTANA. Que lo disfruten!!!

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Las Hijas De Sultana

Manufacturer: editorial atlantida s.a
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 950081496X

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Las Hijas De Sultana

ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Biblioteca #275: Las Hijas De Sultana
Jean Sasson
Manufacturer: Debolsillo
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OT28XO

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Lee Marvin did not receive his first starring film role until he was 40, but in three short yearsfollowing the successes of Cat Ballou (for which he won the Academy Award as Best Actor), The Professionals and especially The Dirty Dozenhe was the most popular film actor in America. Marvin was a fascinating man, a loving husband and father, and one of the most natural, effective actors of his time. This is a comprehensive reference of the Oscar-winning actors work. It includes biographical information on Marvin, an analysis of each of his 64 movies, chapters on his two television shows (M Squad and Lawbreaker), a listing of his television appearances, and a complete filmography (which includes video availability). The work is supplemented with dozens of photographs and film stills.

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Marvin the Works.......2002-02-20

An interesting book to read,but very negative in parts. The best thing to do is see Marvin's films then read about it in the book, so you've already made your own mind up. The book brings across the authors own likes and dislikes about Marvin's films and career,i felt that it was a bit to influenced by his own likes and dislikes. At the end of the day you either like Lee Marvin and his film's or you don't. Personally i love the bloke and enjoy his film's and the many characters that he played. Marvin maybe dead but he'll never be forgotten with the work he left behind for us all to enjoy.

Reader Review of Lee Marin: His Films and Career.......2000-04-19

Robert Lentz has done an outstanding job in profiling the film and television career of one of America's most beloved tough guys. This insightful look into Marvin's tenure as an actor is a must read for anyone interested in films from the 1950s through the 1980s.

The detail used to describe each of Marvin's movies and television programs is excellent and the author deserves to be commended for his thorough research and love of the subject. In the fickle world of Hollywood stardom, it is refreshing to seem a tribute paid to some of the movie world's older names.

Lee Marvin -- learn more about this great actor.......2000-03-28

This book is a must for any fan of Lee Marvin. It contains dozens of great photos from Lee's career. Lee's growth from a young handsome actor to a legendary star is traced by the photos and the reviews in this book. The book tells the story of each film by Lee Marvin and also contains much information about Lee Marvin's television and documentary work as well.

The film reviews have detailed information about the films' plot and theme; and information about the producers, directors and other actors in the film. The reviews are set in chronological order so the progress of Lee Marvin's career may be easily followed.

This book only minimally describe Lee Marvin's personal life outside the movies. It takes the view of a student and fan of Lee Marvin - a fan who has all the best photos and has compiled all the details about Lee Marvin's films and his acting career. This book will be a reference for movie buffs and film students and teachers.

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This clear, comprehensive reference guide in four major sections details Ernst Krenek's prolific work as both composer and author. The insightful biography provides the reader with guide posts to his life and points out his significant musical and literary achievements. The comprehensive catalog of musical compositions, organized in chronological order according to Krenek's own 237 opus number, includes 105 previously undocumented compositions without opus numbers. Publication, manuscript, recording, and performance data are included under each entry in this list. The bibliography of Krenek's writings is arranged in chronological order and covers both his manuscript and published writings. Appendices, including title, genera, and first line indexes, complement the lists of his works. The fourth section, a selective bibliography of writings about the composer arranged by author, traces his career. The book's thorough index provides access to all people, organizations, and general subjects mentioned. This book is invaluable for everyone interested in Krenek's life and work.

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Ernst Krenek: The Man and His Music
John L. Stewart
Manufacturer: University of California Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0520070143

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When Ernst Krenek's opera Jonny spielt auf (Jonny plays on) opened in Leipzig in 1927, it became an instant and spectacular success. Performed in over a hundred cities and translated into a dozen languages, it became the most popular opera of this century. And Austrian-born Krenek, easily one of this century's most prolific major composers, became a wealthy man.
Ten years later, however, he found himself a destitute refugee, fleeing to the United States as Hitler's troops invaded Austria. His work, always avant-garde, had become increasingly political; Hitler banned it and labeled Krenek a "cultural Bolshevist." The composer endured long periods of hardship and neglect before his music, which was much admired by such colleagues as Stravinsky and Alban Berg but strange to American ears, was rediscovered by Europeans after the war. Eventually it brought him financial security and many honors, including the Gold Medal of Vienna and the Cross of Austria, and it has been celebrated by festivals in Vienna, Salzburg, Berlin, and other cities.
Krenek, who in 1945 became an American citizen, has been as experimental and broad-ranging in his compositions as he has been prolific. His 240 musical works illustrate brilliantly the principal musical trends of the century: Neoromantic tonality, Neoclassicism, free atonality, the twelve-tone technique, integral serialism, and electronic music. In addition, Krenek has also been an accomplished teacher and writer. He has taught some of America's leading composers and has several collections of essays in both German and English to his credit.
In this first major biography of Krenek, Stewart chronicles both the personal and the professional events of this brilliant, resilient composer's life. He not only explains Krenek's music in terms that enable us to comprehend and appreciate its character but vividly illustrates how Krenek's imagination has been affected by his experiences, his associates, and the massive social and artistic changes of the twentieth century. Many of the most important music figures cross the landscape of this life--Franz Schreker, Artur Schnabel, T. W. Adorno, Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, Dimitri Mitropoulos, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau--confirming Krenek's position as one of the world's foremost composers.

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Exploring Music
Ernst Krenek
Manufacturer: October House, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000L3I7D8

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The Great Big Book of Bible Fun is a Bible activity book featuring over 200 different activities based on 50 best-loved Bible stories. Games, puzzles, dot-to-dots, mazes, and great comic-book-style art for coloring are perfect for kids of every age. This is a great way for kids to become familiar with the key stories and passages of the Bible.

A Great Big Box of Bible Fun: 12 Bible Activity Books

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A Great Big Box of Bible Fun: 12 Bible Activity Books
Incorporated Barbour Publishing
Manufacturer: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1586605496

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What could be better than a Super Bible Activity book from Barbour? How about twelve Super Bible Activity books? This fantastic boxed set will keep kids busy for hours--with wholesome, fun, and educational crosswords, word searches, picture puzzles, trivia, and more--all based on God's Word. Each book features plenty of illustrations and age-appropriate text in a convenient, kid-sized packaqe. It's truly A Great Big Box of Bible Fun

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brand strategy

Not for the faint of heart

this is the brand bible

A must read

Something totally new!

Brand Leadership: The Next Level of the Brand Revolution
David A. Aaker , and Erich Joachimsthaler
Manufacturer: Free Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Build it ... and they'll come. Nope, not necessarily, not anymore. It's a crowded, crazy market out there, and no matter how fabulous your product or service, there's bound to be someone else delivering something pretty close. The solution? Take your product or service and ... brand it! Though the idea has been around in management circles since the late 1980s, brand equity has never been more important than it is now. In Brand Leadership, David Aaker and Erich Joachimsthaler set out to guide managers to the next level of the brand revolution.

Building and managing brands, though obviously vital and necessary steps in the process, do not make up the whole picture of the successful development of a brand. What is needed is strategic brand leadership. Implementing this kind of leadership, Aaker and Joachimsthaler insist, requires a radical shift in an organization's culture, its structure, and its systems. In their densely packed but accessible book, they outline what this shift is all about, and discuss the important components of brand leadership: defining and elaborating a brand identity; designing the brand's architecture to achieve clarity, synergy, and leverage; building a brand beyond the obvious route of advertising by incorporating such aspects as sponsorship and the role of the Internet; and organizing the entire company around global brand leadership as opposed to merely the creation of a global brand. To support and demonstrate their ideas, the authors conducted hundreds of corporate case studies throughout Europe and the U.S. Inspiring and useful tales of such brand-focused and brand-recognized companies as Virgin, L.L. Bean, Nike, Adidas, and MasterCard are told in detail, and they touch on a host of other companies and brands to add texture to the lessons. As is obvious from these examples, achieving an effective brand leadership strategy requires awareness, understanding, passion, and a heck of a lot of work. But in today's enormously competitive brand environment, the rewards can be--and are--well worth the effort. Brand Leadership provides invaluable advice for anyone looking to focus and direct that effort toward a profitable and lasting result. --S. Ketchum

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A dozen management fads have come and gone in the past decade, but brand equity, first explored by David Aaker in the late 1980s, has exploded in importance. Recognized by Brandweek as "the dean of the brand-equity movement," Aaker now prepares managers for the next level of the brand revolution -- brand leadership.

For the first time, Aaker and coauthor Erich Joachimsthaler describe how the emerging paradigm of strategic brand leadership is replacing the classic, tactically oriented brand management system pioneered by Procter & Gamble. This fundamental shift involves nothing less than a revolution in organizational structure, systems, and culture -- as the authors demonstrate with hundreds of case studies from companies such as Polo Ralph Lauren, Virgin Airlines, Adidas, GE, Marriott, IBM, McDonald's, Maggi, and Swatch. This immensely readable book provides the brand management team with the capability to:

Create and elaborate brand identities (what should the brand stand for)
Use the brand relationship spectrum, a powerful tool to harness subbrands and endorsed brands to form brand architectures that create clarity, synergy and leveraged assets
Identify the customer "sweet spot" and the driving idea that will move brand-building efforts beyond advertising to break out of the clutter
Use the Internet and sponsorship to make brands resources work more effectively
Address the four imperatives of global brand management

Like David Aaker's two previous bestselling books, Brand Leadership will be essential reading for line executives and brand managers in market-driven firms worldwide.

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brand strategy.......2007-02-23

I do brand strategy and this has provided some truly valuable industry insights; in fact it was respected as the marketing bible at one of the advertising agencies I worked.

Not for the faint of heart.......2006-05-10

At the core of this book is the notion that we must move from tactical to strategic brand management. Meaning, that in future brand strategies will be more aligned with the company's core strategy and culture instead of reactionary towards competition and the market. You shouldn't promise what you can't deliver, say the authors. Therefore, it only makes sense to tie in your branding to your strategic vision: the value your company as a whole delivers. This book seeks to move brand management from a local to a global focus, to get brand management aligned and integrated with the strategy of the company as a whole.

The scope of this work is broad and its style can be intimidating and academic. There's real value here, but you'll have to work for it.

this is the brand bible.......2005-02-25

I found this book very useful with a methodology that every company can follow. I especially appreciated the brand leadership model compared to the classic band management model, the good explanation of the concept of brand equity, the brand leadership tasks and the crm model where it is perfectly explained the relationship between the brand and the customer's self concept. It is more then a book it is a paradigm but if you don't have time don't buy the book you will not be able to read it during the week end

A must read.......2002-08-02

This book is a must read for anyone who wants to be anyone in marketing. As a student, I have found Brand Leadership to be a valuable tool. It has really built on a totally new dimension to marketing that I haven't encountered in any strategy or marketing class. Aaker and Joachimsthaler break new ground with their Brand Leadership Model by moving away from the static, short-term traditional marketing and communication models that focus on TV and advertising and don't take into account the vital role the brand plays in an organization's strength, let alone the value that it brings to a company's balance sheet. This book introduces an entirely new perspective on marketing as it encompasses brand-building with strategy, leadership and change. Make sure you read "Part IV: Building Brands Beyond Advertising" to get a new stance on brand-building methods. Read it, you'll never look back!

Something totally new!.......2002-08-01

"I am absolutely amazed at what I have learned from David Aaker and Erich Joachimsthaler! I wanted to thank them for the clarity of the book and the user friendliness. This book is a new perspective on understanding what a brand should stand for, how brands and sub-brands should co-exist and how to communicate the brand to consumers. This is something totally new!"

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