The Blue Book of Canadian Business 2000 (Blue Book of Canadian Business)

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As the modern business world continues to expand, today's business researchers are in search of a more global perspective. Unlike many other directories, this four-volume set contains in-depth biographical narratives on more than 600 figures, nearly half profiling individuals outside the U.S. In addition to examining the career paths, business achievements, leadership styles, business strategies and industry impact of Fortune 500 and Global 500 corporate leaders, the International Directory of Business Biographies also covers entrepreneurs and other notable businesspeople. Also includes 350 photos, four indexes and helpful in-depth bibliographies designed to facilitate further research.

An International Directory of Business Historians

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An International Directory of Business Historians

Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1852789204

Who's Who in Canadian Business 2004 (Who's Who in Canadian Business (Book & CD Rom))

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Who's Who in Canadian Business 2004 (Who's Who in Canadian Business (Book & CD Rom))

Manufacturer: University of Toronto Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 0802088864

Who's Who in Canadian Business 2002 (Who's Who in Canadian Business)

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Who's Who in Canadian Business 2002 (Who's Who in Canadian Business)

Manufacturer: University of Toronto Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0802088635

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Game of life

Coaching advise from athletic coaches

Overcome Adversity

How to Succeed in the Game of Life: 34 Interviews with the World's Greatest Coaches
Christian Klemash
Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden's Teaching Principles and Practices

ASIN: 0740760653

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What would legendary Boston Celtics coach and 16-time NBA champion Red Auerbach say is the most critical quality for a person to be successful? Would his advice differ from 10-time NCAA championship coach John Wooden's? What would each say to a young person just starting out in pursuit of their dreams? What is the best advice they were ever given?

It took author Christian Klemash more than two years of research, persistence, and original interviews, but now he's ready to pass on the best advice you'll ever get. Only the rare individual has had the opportunity to pick the brain of just one legendary sports coach—let alone thirty-four of the best sports coaches of all time. Klemash gives sports fans a once-in-a-lifetime chance to learn valuable life lessons from the most famous, intelligent, and victorious coaches ever. The legends span the sports world, from gold medal-winning gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi and three-time college football championship coach Tom Osborne to four-time World Series-winning baseball manager Joe Torre and hall-of-fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee.

These coaches know how to teach top athletes about character and winning, how to manage pressure at crunch time, and how to bring out the best in their players when it matters most. How to Succeed in the Game of Life shares their insights into sports, life, and the most vital keys to sustain success.Featuring Exclusive Interviews with:

Red Auerbach, 16-time NBA World Champion

Bobby Bowden, College Football's All-Time Winningest Coach, 2-time National Champion

Scotty Bowman, 9-time Stanley Cup Champion

Bill Cowher, Super Bowl Champion

Tony Dungy, Super Bowl Champion

Dan Gable, 15-time NCCA Champion

April Heinrichs, Gold Medal Winning Coach of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team

Bela Karolyi, The World’s Greatest Gymnastics Coach

Bill Parcells, 2-time Super Bowl Champion

Emanuel Steward, Boxing Trainer of 30 World Champions

Joe Torre, 4-time World Series Champion

Bill Walsh, 3-time Super Bowl Champion

Lenny Wilkens, NBA’s All-Time Winningest Coach, NBA Champion

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A Great Read.......2007-08-26

Wow!Could not put it down.An extraordinay self help book.Gave it to my kids they loved it.Don't miss this one

What a great read!.......2007-07-25

I took it on vacation with me and I couldn't put it down. A great book for aspiring athletes and coaches as well as your average Joe who works 9-5. The coaches discuss a variety of topics from their childhood to how they motivate their players. Any easy read for all ages.

Game of life.......2007-07-24

I've read through Game of Life and I enjoyed it very much. There are so many things to take from this book, not just into sports, but also some reflections on life. I would recommend this book to everybody.

Coaching advise from athletic coaches.......2007-06-27

A fun read, especially if yoiu're a sports fan. I read it in search of things that would help my own ability as a coach in my company. Much of it is light stuff but the easy read makes it fun nonetheless and there are few golden nuggets laced throughout the book.

Overcome Adversity.......2007-04-12

Anyone looking for inspiration, either for their own life or to share with others, will find a gold mine of quotes here. This book isn't just for sports fans.

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My life story, by Joe Louis
Joe Louis
Manufacturer: Duell, Sloan and Pearce
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007DZ5KK

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Great social history
THAT LEGEND WE CALL 'BROWN BOMBER'
Joe's Best

Joe Louis, My Life
Joe Louis , Edna Rust , and Art Rust
Manufacturer: Harcourt
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0151463751

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Great social history.......2004-03-31

Besides the entertaining account of Louis' life, this book includes some great anecdotes about American life in the middle of the 20th century, especially African American society.

Among the celebrities who merit a few pages are Lena Horne (who had an affair with Louis) and Jackie Robinson (Louis claims he helped integrate the Armed Service baseball teams). The descriptions of Harlem at its peak are terrific.

Despite all the revelations of infidelity and his terrible money sense, Louis comes across as warm and likeable. The descriptions of boxing matches are readable even to a non-sports fan, although at some points they tend to blur together. Lots of great pictures, too.

THAT LEGEND WE CALL 'BROWN BOMBER'.......2002-12-07

Oh, the "Brown Bomber"; that champ ranks among the greatest of all time.
The time I spent reading Joe Louis' autobiography was fascinating. Everything about the book depicted that gentleness that was his off-ring trademark. Yes, Color-Bar affected him like any other Black person of his generation, but he took it along in his strides. It is only the grace of God that transformed this poor sharecropper's son into one of the most famous persons of the 20th Century.
His record of 12-year reign as a champion, backed-up by an equally outstanding 25 title defences is still a burning candle that no heavyweight has been able to extinguish. I am only saddened by the fact that (American) racism (in those days, and to some extent today) did its best to hinder those credentials; as well as the joy that the post-ring gentleman deserved. May his soul Rest In Peace!

Joe's Best.......2002-10-02

This book came out two years before the Bomber died,and it was real good.I always remember hearing my parents talking about how they would hear Joe Louis fights on the radio,and how proud they felt.To this day they speak highly of him.Here, He is candid on his life,including his father's mental illness,women,boxing,financial challenges,marriages,etc.He don't leave nothing out. And I have enjoyed it then and now. I had some misconceptions about him, and was glad he cleared them up. Great for the generations that knew nothing about Joe, and those that did and wish to remember.

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JOE LOUIS MY LIFE
JR. RUST ART AND EDNA WITH LOUIS JOE
Manufacturer: HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH COPYRIGHT IST EDITION
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MN2GL6

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Joe Louis: My Life
Joe, with Edna and Art Rust, Jr. Louis
Manufacturer: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I3HAFM

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My Life Story
Joe Louis
Manufacturer: Amereon Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0848817451

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My Life Story
Joe Louis
Manufacturer: DUELL, SLOAN & PEARCE
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OK7MUW

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My Life Story - Limited Edition
Joe Louis
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VPTML2

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This is a collector's edition, limited to only 80 copies. Published by Amereon House.

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Joe Louis: My Life
Louis Joe
Manufacturer: Berkley Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LCSKMM

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Joe Louis: My Life
Joe Louis
Manufacturer: Berkley Pub Group
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000L1SC0S

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Delicious Dishes Of The Male Variety.......2000-11-07

Long before Antonio Banderas donned The Mask of Zorro, the Latin Lover was a Hollywood staple: the ludicrously sensual seducer characterized by Rudolph Valentino, Ramon Novarro and Cesar Romero. Fernando Lamas once voiced his frustration with being cast as a cliché. "They seem to think all Latins make love all day long," he said in 1961. "I assure you that isn't true. Once in a while I read a book!"

You wouldn't know it by reading this book. A swooning tribute to Hollywood's leading lotharios, its profiles are light on insight, serving merely as an excuse to print some appealing archival pictures. In modern times, Thomas laments, the Latin Lover has been slowly emasculated by the "gorgonlike gaze" of feminists, leaving just one amigo to fill his well-stitched boots: Banderas. "He is at once leather and lace," she writes, "merging uninhibited animal beauty with a teasing finesse." That's enough to make any guy want to hide behind a mask.

Great pictures, sexy reading, buy one and invite the gals over to dish & drool. Guys, just close your eyes.

This is a Great book.......1999-07-08

When I went to the Virgin Bookstore in Orlando, I was browsing through and this book caught my eye. I've seen the others before but Desi Arnaz is one of my favorites. For a man who never gets credited for some of the greatest innovations of television, the book captures the positive image of Desi Arnaz.

Talk about sexy! These guys are still hot!.......1999-05-04

I couldn't resist picking up this book because the cover was so fabulous. I thought it was just going to be about vaqueros, but no-- Thomas hunted down the best picutres of latin stars (including French and Italian men)-- they're incredible and so are the stories she tells. I saw the review in People magazine, so I knew it would be good, but this book is a keeper. How can I give it 6 stars? Thanks Victoria Thomas!

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Everyone knows that the media surround us, but no one quite understands what this means for our lives. In Media Unlimited, a remarkable and original look at our media-glutted, speed-addicted world, Todd Gitlin makes us stare, as if for the first time, at the biggest picture of all. From video games to elevator music, action movies to reality shows, Gitlin evokes a world of relentless sensation, instant transition, and nonstop stimulus. He shows how all media, all the time fuels celebrity worship, paranoia, and irony; and how attempts to ward off the onrush become occasions for yet more media. Far from signaling a 'new information age,' the media torrent, as Gitlin argues, encourages disposable emotions and casual commitments, and threatens to make democracy a sideshow. Both a startling analysis and a charged polemic, Media Unlimited reveals the unending stream of manufactured images and sounds as a defining feature of our civilization and a perverse culmination of Western hopes for freedom.

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Is original media criticism an oxymoron?.......2004-03-30

While reading this book, I had the feeling that the author was making his observations from the perspective of an overgrown teenager, home from school around 3 pm and making puerile rants at the (...) tube, while downing a coke and potato chips. The author, who has said elsewhere that TV has become "our ground of being," borrowing Paul Tillich's phrase, doesn't seem to acknowledge or understand that most American adults work hard for a living and really don't invest a lot of mental effort in watching TV. They're actually busy with making dinner, dealing with their kids, paying the bills, downing a couple of cool ones, and getting up in the morning to do it over again. This is not to disparage the hard working American, but rather to suggest that most people really don't take TV all that seriously, or even pay it much attention. Just because the TV is on, doesn't mean people are watching it, or at least watching it critically. They have more basic needs to attend to. From 1980 to 2002, the time on the job (any job) has increased by about ten hours a week. I don't think information or pseudo information gets through to a culture that is so sleep-deprived. (...) Additionally, Gitlin takes his subject matter entirely too seriously. I mean understanding media was pretty much covered by McLuhan, and, just as A. Whitehead said that all philosophy was a footnote to Plato, one could say the same for McLuhan in relationship to his progenitors. Additionally, Gitlin's perspective's really couldn't be that profound since he seems to be called upon by the media as the academic in residence for news shows. I think it may be time for some producers to cull their rolodexes (or is that palm pilots?) I started this book, believing I would be at least somewhat intellectually challenged, but in the end, the sentences sort of just rolled over me like a syndicated drama series rerun.

Moves at Speed of Light, Goes Nowhere.......2004-03-05

As a fan of Gitlin, I was hoping that he'd give me the bottom line - his bottom line - on the air we breathe today, the same way that brave souls such as Lasch, Marcuse, and Bell have done. But Gitlin isn't brave. He admits, honestly, up front, that he will reach few conclusions, and merely wants to lay out what we face each day on the streets, on TV, and on the net. What follows is a stream-of-consciousness depiction of life today. I want more than that from Gitlin. I want his conclusions, not some lame statement that he hasn't reached any yet. He's not getting any younger. Lots of other fabulous thinkers have failed at this stage of their lives. It's time for his masterpiece - the next book, perhaps.

Gitlin, media studies syllabus standard.......2004-02-09

FYI - before you take in the reveiws below, know that Gitlin is considered advanced reading, and a standard among graduate level coursework in mass media, culture and politics. Consider 2003 version of "The Whole World Is Watching: Mass Media in the Making and Unmaking of the New Left".

Needs some spark.......2003-11-30

This book tries to be to academic in its nature and is void of a head-on critique of how the media negatively affects us with constant agitation, violence and sales scams. To name some points. It does explain well some general structural issues in the media.
I heard a great interview with Mr. Gitlin on NPR a couple of years ago which prompted me to buy the book soon after. I was disappointed to read a more or less uncritical analysis of the media structure or how media constantly censors out this type of information "that's [not] fit to print" while distracting everyone with dumb advertisements. Sort of reading an advertisers gung-ho explanation of how interesting advertising is. If you are into the media and how great it is, this is "a great book"...

A Different Twist on Media.......2003-10-21

You read a lot about sex and violence in media and how our society is threatened by our casual acceptance of skin and death. But you don't read too much about the shear volume and pervasiveness of media. You also don't read too much about how media delivers feelings. These feelings we get from media in a way can substitute the feelings we get from action in real life. I love the topic, but did not give five stars because the point of the book never seems to really take off.

Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives. (Book Reviews).(Book Review): An article from: Cineaste

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Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives. (Book Reviews).(Book Review): An article from: Cineaste
James Monaco
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Release Date: 2005-07-31

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Title: Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
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Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives.(Books)(Book Review): An article from: ETC.: A Review of General Semantics

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Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives.(Books)(Book Review): An article from: ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
Martin H. Levinson
Manufacturer: International Society for General Semantics
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This digital document is an article from ETC.: A Review of General Semantics, published by International Society for General Semantics on December 22, 2003. The length of the article is 342 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: Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives.(Books)(Book Review)
Author: Martin H. Levinson
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Date: December 22, 2003
Publisher: International Society for General Semantics
Volume: 60 Issue: 4 Page: 438(2)

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If you think that hard work and good decision-making are the only keys to running a successful business, think again. Although these issues are critical in any business endeavor, in reality it is the paperwork that is key to creating and maintaining your business. That’s right, paperwork! From employee contracts to real estate leases, these and other legal documents are incredibly important, but can be difficult to decipher.

If you’re a business owner who is not a legal expert, Business Contracts Kit For Dummies will provide you with advice, forms, and contracts that will allow you to clearly spell out your business intentions to employees, vendors, and customers. Even if you’ve been in business for a while or are a legal expert, you can still benefit from this book by using the nearly 200 sample contracts and documents contained on the companion CD-ROM.

Using jargon-free language, this easy-to-use guide will introduce you to the basics of contracts and show you how to draft a variety of other legal documents. Business Contracts Kit For Dummies also covers the following topics and much more:

Forms for businesses big and small
Understanding the essentials of contracts
Incorporating your business
Drafting employment contracts
Conquering leases, licenses, and loans
Tackling Web agreements
Avoiding common contract mistakes

This unique kit is just what you need to make business agreements more agreeable. And, best of all, it gives you dozens of sample contracts on the companion CD-ROM that you can use right away! Nearly 200 examples, checklists, and fill-in-the-blank contracts are all a mouse click away, including articles of incorporation, independent contractor agreements, checklists for office leases, software license agreements, confidentiality agreements, and much more. Business Contracts Kit For Dummies will show you how to cover your assets without making it a full-time job.

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Great Book for Novices.......2006-03-13

I needed a book that would explain the basics and give me the confidence I needed to draft contracts. This book hit the spot. The author, deftly explains the basics of contracts, boilerplate terms and what not to do. It was simple, funny and very informative. I was specifically looking for information on business sales contracts but found a lot of information about stock purchases, employee contracts etc., things I will need to know more about in the future. The CD was also very helpful with a wealth of document examples. I would heartily recommend this book for others like me, newcomers to the business world. Once you have the basics or wish to delve deeper into the legal jungle then you will need a more indepth text. However for those without a legal background and in need of a concise, easy to understand and informative book on business contracts, this is the book for us.

Small Business for Dummies / Business Contracts Kit for Dummies

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Small Business for Dummies / Business Contracts Kit for Dummies

Manufacturer: For Dummies
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