Careers for Foreign Language Aficionados & Other Multilingual Types, Second Edition

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Careers for Foreign Language Aficionados and Other Multilingual Types takes an enticing look at the possibilities and training requirements for dozens of jobs involving a wide variety of popular hobbies and interests. The book provides expert advice on how readers can put their language savoir faire to work in the career of their dreams.

Careers for Foreign Language Aficionados and Other Multilingual Types (VGM Careers for You (Hardcover))

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Careers for Foreign Language Aficionados and Other Multilingual Types (VGM Careers for You (Hardcover))
H. Ned Seelye
Manufacturer: VGM Career Books
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UYA0SS

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License to Drive offers you a totally integrated solution to driver education. Using a realistic approach, it covers all major driver education issues, with an emphasis on safety and defensive driving that will appeal to all new drivers. The focus is on practical solutions to everyday situations, with thoughtful coverage of such subjects as driving under the influence, sharing the road, challenging driving conditions and "road rage". The Annotated Teacher's Edition includes an Activity Disk that instructors can use for additional assignments or give to students to use themselves. There are also five videotapes that tie directly to the text content.

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In this social and economic history of the Indian working class of Durban, Bill Freund has woven strands of gender related, political, ethnic, and cultural issues into a complex and intriguing pattern. As "insiders and outsiders," the Indian working class presented an analytical challenge in studying economic history "from below." The result is a skillful representation of the nuances in the interplay of social forces, and the initiatives of particular classes and particular cultural formations, which simultaneously bring the larger picture into focus. The essential underlying concern of this book is to relate the history of this group to the changing nature of South African capitalism in the twentieth century. It unites an interest in people and agency with a conviction that structures are important in limiting the circumstances in which men and women pursue their destiny.

A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation (A John Hope Franklin Center Book)

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Think about Tea

A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation (A John Hope Franklin Center Book)
Piya Chatterjee , and Piya Chatterjee
Manufacturer: Duke University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0822326795

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In this creative, ethnographic, and historical critique of labor practices on an Indian plantation, Piya Chatterjee provides a sophisticated examination of the production, consumption, and circulation of tea. A Time for Tea reveals how the female tea-pluckers seen in advertisements—picturesque women in mist-shrouded fields—came to symbolize the heart of colonialism in India. Chatterjee exposes how this image has distracted from terrible working conditions, low wages, and coercive labor practices enforced by the patronage system.
Allowing personal, scholarly, and artistic voices to speak in turn and in tandem, Chatterjee discusses the fetishization of women who labor under colonial, postcolonial, and now neofeudal conditions. In telling the overarching story of commodity and empire, A Time for Tea demonstrates that at the heart of these narratives of travel, conquest, and settlement are compelling stories of women workers. While exploring the global and political dimensions of local practices of gendered labor, Chatterjee also reflects on the privileges and paradoxes of her own “decolonization” as a Third World feminist anthropologist. The book concludes with an extended reflection on the cultures of hierarchy, power, and difference in the plantation’s villages. It explores the overlapping processes by which gender, caste, and ethnicity constitute the interlocked patronage system of villages and their fields of labor. The tropes of coercion, consent, and resistance are threaded through the discussion.
A Time for Tea will appeal to anthropologists and historians, South Asianists, and those interested in colonialism, postcolonialism, labor studies, and comparative or international feminism.

Designated a John Hope Franklin Center book by the John Hope Franklin Seminar Group on Race, Religion, and Globalization.

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Think about Tea.......2007-01-19

I read this book immediately after its publication and eventually assigned a few sections to one of my classes. The students loved the material and the writing.

Piya Chatterjee artfully tells the story behind the tea that we drink. Portions of the book will make you gasp, as you read that some believed that only virgins could pick the tea leaves, since non-virgins would destroy the leaves by merely touching the leaves!

Chatterjee's writing evokes the images of what it is like for these women who worked and continue to work on the tea plantations. Her research was extensive in the field. The book is historical, political, and analytical. It isn't written for a lay audience, but I'm sure that most would enjoy reading this book.

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The Worlds of Indian Industrial Labour
Jonathan P. Parry
Manufacturer: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 8170368723

The Worlds of Indian Industrial Labour (Contributions to Indian Sociology series)

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The Worlds of Indian Industrial Labour (Contributions to Indian Sociology series)

Manufacturer: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover

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This volume addresses the relative absence of recent sociological research on the social processes and consequences of industrialization in India, as well as the growing disjunction between the traditional concerns of Indian sociology with caste, kinship and ritual representations and values, and the study of industrial labour. It articulates a need for encouraging a rapprochement between the two.

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What's Michael Book Two (What's Michael)
Makoto Kobayashi
Manufacturer: Eclipse Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1560600780

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ALTERNATE HEROES - What Might Have Been Book (2) Two: Instability; No Spot of Ground; The Old Man and C; Loose Cannon; Roncesvalles; His Powder'd Wig His Crown of Thornes; A Sleep and a Forgetting; Mules in Horses' Harness; Lenin in Odessa; Abe Lincoln
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Manufacturer: Bantam Spectra
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GVTS6A

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The streamlined, reorganized, and updated Second Edition of This Business of Music Marketing and Promotion is informed by the transformation of the music industry in recent years. Online music has provided much of the fuel, with downloadable songs and file-sharing programs opening up new avenues of distribution and promotion to some 60 million consumers.

The new edition of this book accounts for this transformation. Its focus is the full integration of online sales and promotion into the standard marketing mix. To emphasize the Internet's integration into the marketing process, Internet chapters are now spread out to relevant locations throughout the narrative. In addition, the first edition's chapter on promotion, "Promoting the Product," has been broken into several chapters to differentiate activities that come under this heading, including publicity; radio, video, and television promotion; sales promotion and miscellaneous activities; and online promotion.

In addition, a new chapter entitled "Twenty Profile-Building Ideas to Use Right Now" has been added to the new edition, as have new interviews representing the spectrum of music marketing activity: a successful self-marketing musician, a record label marketer, and an Internet specialist. Also included is expanded coverage of new marketing tactics, from innovative uses of e-mail to more intelligent approaches to generating sales on a Web site.

Finally, the revised and updated edition of This Business of Music Marketing and Promotion includes a new preface, discussing the rationale for its revision, and a new Appendix listing information sources.

As before, author Tad Lathrop provides a practical guide to planning and producing a complete marketing campaign for selling music to consumers. A comprehensive array of techniques, tools, and strategies - both standard and alternative - are presented to get artists' music to the marketplace, to promote it effectively, and to ensure the highest possible record sales.

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Great Book.......2006-07-02

The thing is that this book is full of real life situacions. i found it very real.

This Business of Management.......2005-05-04

I found that book really interesting. Books about artist management are difficult to find and this one is a good one. For those who read French, I also suggest Tout le Monde Vous Dira Non, an excellent book on the business of artist management with a real new point of vue. Read also All you need to know about the music business, more legal oriented.

Excellent Book.......2005-01-04

I have been in music industry business for a while now and I would recommand this piece of art to anyone who's new and seriously wants to become familiar with this industry. Whether you're an artist or manager, this book will help you to understand the basics. I also like the fact that the authors are so honest and give you a real piece of advice if you want to be a successful artist manager, and that is to get education (especially in business). As a recent business graduate it has helped me to be a lot more successful in this industry.

The obvious in 250 pages.......2004-08-29

This book is about as pointless as majoring in Sociology. Its the most obviously basic stuff that anyone with even half a working brain can figure out. Each line in this book is like a greeting card of lame industry superficial insights like "there's always a possibility that hard earned success will disappear as quickly as it materializes." (pg107) and "Every artist is only as sucessful as the most recent accomplishment." (the very next line on pg 107)
All of this would be OK, in fact I expect it in a book about the music industry. But this book is really just 250 pages of THOSE TWO LINES written in different verse and/or syntax. I think the writers of this book said to themselves "instead of writing a book about management, lets see if we can figure out how to write the same thing in more than two thousand ways." Honestly, these guys should be in the Guiness Book Of World Records, but NOT writers of a useful, helpful, artist management book.

Not that great........2003-02-26

A decent primer for a completely inexperienced beginner, but it hardly goes past what anyone with basic perception & common sense would already know. And the new edition is deceptive, too - the guy still talks about sending "demo cassettes" - it's pretty sad that they can't even update that basic of a detail. I'd STRONGLY recommend opting for 'All you need to know about the music business' by Donald Passman - it's infinitely more detailed & helpful, and is a very easy, yet informative read - you can get as much or as little out of it as you need.

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This Game of Hip Hop Artist Management

This Game of Hip Hop Artist Management
Walt F. J. Goodridge
Manufacturer: a company called W
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0974531332

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Why managing Rap artists is a unique undertaking and what you need to succeed. Learn the right attitude to have when dealing with labels, the media, and the industry as a whole. Includes a bonsu chapter by Chuck D, entitled "25 Ways To Get A Record Deal"

Here's how Chuck D describes it:
"Walt F.J. Goodridge, in his books Change The Game, and This Game of Artist Management names all the areas that need to be covered in the music business. He not only names all 25 areas, but he also tells you what keeps you in business if you're in one of those areas. If you don't build anything, then you have nothing. If you don't build anything, you always have to be a part of somebody else's s-t. To be a part of white people's structures is whack especially when it comes to Rap, because they're not fully down with it!" -Chuck D. Public Enemy, RapStation.com [excerpt from Fight The Power ]

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This Game of Hip Hop Artist Management.......2007-08-08

This book is an excellent source on the subject matter. Goodridge maps out everything for you. All you have to do is follow. This book speaks primarily about the hip hop industry but the concepts he gives are true for all genres. The beginning get's a little personal on topics of health and total wellness almost seeming to lead to religious discussion, however, the book is a MUST for the upcoming artist manager, especially those entering the hip hop arena.

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This Business of Artist Management
Xavier M. Frasscogna
Manufacturer: Billboard Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UU3YGW

This Business Of Artist Management (Revised and Enlarged Third Edition)

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This Business Of Artist Management (Revised and Enlarged Third Edition)
Xavier M.; Hetherington, H. Lee Frascogna
Manufacturer: Billboard Books / Watson-Guptill Pubns
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBU21E

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As an avid biker for over nine years, photographer Martin Dixon gained unprecedented access to the predominantly African-American motorcycle clubs in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Manhattan. Comprising a huge subculture of urban road warriors totally unknown to most New Yorkers and bike club enthusiasts, these black "biker gangs"--with names like the Jaguars, the Black Falcons, the Pythons, the Transit Wheelers, the Imperials, the Corpians, the Harlem Riders, the United Roadrunners, and the Uptown Riders--are really high-octane social clubs, whose members ride flashy ninja sport bikes. Through Dixon's spectacular insider perspective, we enter a world straddling the customs and trappings of traditional biker culture (the heavily embroidered leather jackets, the thick male camaraderie, the bike as manifestation of the ego), and the rituals and pastimes of the urban biker (the springtime bike blessings, the trophy parties, and the clubhouse socials). More importantly, thanks to Dixon, we witness, even participate in, a set of rituals the likes of which no outsider has ever documented: the block parades (complete with monster trucks!), the barbeque parties (replete with a southern club specialty, the "Mississippi Mud Slide"), the bikini bike wash, the Myrtle and Virginia Beach bike runs, the drag races, the raunchy fundraising parties, and, of course, the "biker chicks," urban flavor.

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American Bikers
Prosper Keating
Manufacturer: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 388814356X

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A wonderful depiction of Bikers and their Tattoos
Hauntingly evocative black and white photography

American Bikers: Photographs
Prosper Keating
Manufacturer: Te Neues Pub Group
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Binding: Hardcover

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A wonderful depiction of Bikers and their Tattoos.......1999-09-30

This book has some of the nicest photos of Bikers and their Tattos that I have ever saw in one place. The pictures are Black and white. The Author chose some really great photos for this one.

Hauntingly evocative black and white photography.......1999-01-07

In this book, Sandro Miller reminds us of the power of black and white photography. His subjects are at once frightening and vulnerable. His ability to look through these bikers' eyes into their souls is astonishing. Lovers of the photographic art will find themselves enthralled by the skin textures, tatoos, and depth found in these photographs. Beyond a sort of tribal celebration, this work truly conveys the interpretative, emotive capabilities of an outstanding artist. Sandro Miller has joined the elite of America's finest photographers. Bravo!

Straightening Out the Corners: Portraits of American Bikers and Their Bikes

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Straightening Out the Corners: Portraits of American Bikers and Their Bikes
Philippe Vermes
Manufacturer: Iris Pubns
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ASIN: 0925965022

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This instructive manual, written by two experienced chess teachers, concentrates on one- and two-move checkmates that encourage players to keep alert to new possibilities. Instructive maneuvers feature queen sacrifices, "smothered" mates, "quiet moves," castling, en passant pawn capture, and other techniques. 202 exercises. Solutions included.

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Good Puzzle Book........2006-08-12

Overall this is a good puzzle book. The diagrams are clear and are in modern format. The answers are in algerbraic notatation for those afraid of descripitive. Also the responses are in the back so you wont accidently cheat. The mates in one are little harder than in some other books because they dont come from real game situations. So they acttualy make you work for the answers. The reason I gave this compalation of puzzles only four stars was there is a few typos in the anwers. Considering the price this book is worth it to sharpen your agresiveness.

Makes you look carefully.......2006-01-09

As another reviewer wrote, these are not real game type positions. If you want that, try 303 Tricky Checkmates by these same authors. However, these positions are very helpful for making the student look carefully. The first 100 problems are checkmates in 1, but these are not your typical mate in 1 problems. They are hard, because when you move a piece, you end up blocking or unblocking another. Sometimes you cannot make the move that seems to mate because of a pin. These are things that beginner level players often overlook and that makes this book good training material.

Nice Puzzles -- But Are They Practical?.......2000-07-02

Fred Reinfeld's "1001 Checkmates" gives hundreds of positions which are apparently drawn from actual game situations, and the student who applies himself to the book can take away practical knowledge that will help in actual play. The positions in "202 Surprising Checkmates" could never be mistaken for actual game situations, and the mating patterns are not normally seen in actual play. Although the book appears to have little practical value, the problems were both challenging and entertaining.

If you like this volume, you might want to "check" out "303 Tricky Checkmates" by the same authors.

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The beauty of a home network is that it can make life so easy--what could be better than sharing an Internet connection so that everyone can be online at the same time? With home networking you can move files from one computer to another, share resources, print to a single printer or multiple printers from any computer in the house, and IM the kids when they're holed up in their rooms. And the downside? Anyone who's ever had to troubleshoot a network glitch doesn't need to ask that question. The simple words, "Why can't I print? Why can't I get to the Internet? Why does my computer say 'Access Denied' today, when it worked fine yesterday?" are enough to send the home network administrator running for cover. And the concept of "network security" can keep the soundest sleeper tossing and turning all night. Currently, more than 8 million homes in the US have installed a network of some kind, and within five years, that number is expected to jump to 37 million. This speaks to the availability of easy-to-install home networking products. Unfortunately, there's also a glut of potential headaches that can occur after installation (and during, sometimes) with no warning label on the box saying, "This product sure to cause annoyances." But help is here. Home Networking Annoyances will ease the headaches and annoyances of anyone who runs a home network. This book tackles all the common annoyances associated with running your network--whether it's wired or wireless, or a combination thereof. Its friendly, off-the-cuff approach will put you in a position of power over those home networking glitches, including file sharing, printing, cabling, security, and much more. You'll find dozens of on-target tips, workarounds, and fixes that will help you improve your home networking experience in every way possible. Whether you're a mainstream business user or a home user with newly installed network hardware, you've probably had your patience tested by frustrating network maintenance issues. Take a stand against annoyances now: just as the bestselling PC Annoyances brought peace and happiness to PC users everywhere, Home Networking Annoyances is your ticket to serenity.

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The Book Quickly Solved a Problem I had.......2005-03-23

I have a home network. Well, really it's a small network in a home that I use for business. I don't know if that's a home or business network. But anyway, I have one.

It's working at the moment.

The reason it's working is because I bought this book. The data comes in on a DSL line into a D-Link router. I usually write things like IP address, login name, password, etc. on a slip of paper and tape it to the bottom of the device. I have a good memory, but short, and this helps.

No login name oe password on the router. I picked up this book, and on page 28 there the annoyance -- Getting to the router. Here she gives the IP address of the router (and those of Belkin, Linksys, and Netgear) as well as the default user names and passwords.

Fixing just one problem like this makes this book well worth while. And reading the rest of the book (fast to read because you only look at the annoyance and skip the answer if it doesn't apply to your problem of the moment) gave me several better understandings of some of the problems that I've faced before.

This is a beginning to intermediate level book on home networking. It's a lot more than just annoyances.

A Missed Opportunity.......2005-03-06

To quote a friend of mine "This book has the wrong name. Instead of being called "Home Networking Annoyances," the name of the book should be "Why Windows Is Hard To Network." Yes, this book does talk all about home networking, but it only mentions Windows operating systems." Any one using any other operating system should not waste their time or money. It is unfortunate that the author is so narrow in her view as the topic is of considerable interest to many users of computers other than those operating under Windows.

clear explanations.......2005-02-28

A grab-bag of hardware and software fixes. Logically, the book starts with discussing hardware problems. Simply because if you can't overcome some of these, you won't have any software problems. Frankly, this hardware section is the most important part of the book. Grubby, but often occurring issues like how to run ethernet between rooms or floors in a building. It's things like this that make some people opt for wireless connections. Much cleaner and easier, right? Well, Ivens explains that you get other problems. Like a greater risk of evesdropping. Or your wireless transmissions might be blocked by metal objects in your environment.

Don't take the "Home" in the book's title too literally. Much of the book can be germane to you having to set up a network in a workplace.

A lot of the book's value is in how Ivens plainly and simply explains the problems and their fixes. In very nontechnical terms that make it clear what you can do to resolve the problems.

Deep into networking.......2005-02-08

It would be easy to think of a whole variety of things as networking, web clients, email, ftp. This book works at a lower level than that, debugging routers, internet connectivity, file sharing, and the basics. Though the basics can be difficult. If I could fault the book it would be that the exposition for some of the recipes are a little too short. Simply introducing a solution as opposed to walking through it at a reasonable depth. That being said, sometimes sign posts are as valuable as step-by-step maps.

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