Core Concepts of Consulting for Accountants

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This consulting guide with a strong AIS influence draws material from several areas, including organizational behavior, interpersonal skills, and management to provide a single source for the information accountants need to provide consulting services.

Website to Accompany Core Concepts of Consulting for Accountants

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Website to Accompany Core Concepts of Consulting for Accountants
Bagranoff
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Governments spend huge amounts of money buying goods and services from the private sector. How far should their spending power be affected by social policy? Arguments against the practice are often made by economists - on the grounds of inefficiency - and lawyers - on the grounds of free competition and international economic law. Buying Social Justice analyses how governments in developed and developing countries use their contracting power in order to advance social equality and reduce discrimination, and argues that this approach is an entirely legitimate, and efficient means of achieving social justice. The book looks at the different experiences of a range of countries, including the UK, the USA and South Africa. It also examines the impact of international and regional regulation of the international economy, and questions the extent to which the issue of procurement policy should be regulated at the national, European or international levels. The role of EC and WTO law in mediating the tensions between the economic function of procurement and the social uses of procurement is discussed, and the outcomes of controversies concerning the legitimacy of the integration of social values into procurement are analysed. Buying Social Justice argues that European and international legal regulation of procurement has become an important means of accentuating the positive and eliminating the negative in both the social and economic uses of procurement.

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Legal Aspects Of Purchasing And Supply
Ian Longdin
Manufacturer: Liverpool Academic Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1903499186

Legal Aspects of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: Second Edition

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Legal Aspects of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: Second Edition
Ian Longdin
Manufacturer: Liverpool Academic Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1903499364

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All purchasing activities take place within a context of legal regulation, a context that has been taking on increasing importance in recent years. This book is an attempt to provide a clear and concise account of the underlying legal principles which affect the purchasing function. It is also a useful revision book for candidates studying for the 'Legal Aspects for Purchasing & Supply' paper at Level Six of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Graduate Diploma. It covers the essential legal themes in a way that focuses on common examination topics. This edition has been modified and extended to take into account the changes to the unit specification in 2007. These include the widening of dispute resolution procedures to include mediation, conciliation and adjudication and the addition of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Reforms in the law relating to the transfer of undertakings (TUPE) and the European public procurement rules have also been included. It also develops Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights in more detail than is usually found in general works on commercial and business law. The book provides practical guidance on examination technique, especially relating to answering legal case studies. Advice on the approach to the study and revision of case law is also featured.

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Study Guide: Legal Aspects

Manufacturer: Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
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ASIN: 1861240724

Study Guide: Legal Aspects for Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

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Study Guide: Legal Aspects for Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
D. Tolcher
Manufacturer: Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1861241135

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Based on fieldwork and involving farmers, extension workers and researchers, this is an edited volume of studies of how farmers successfully experiment and innovate to increase productivity, often in adverse and resource-poor conditions. It covers a wide range of countries and varieties of farming and shows how successful and motivating an approach that builds on farmer innovation can be. It confirms the resourcefulness of the farmers themselves and provides an alternative to the conventional "transfer of technology" development paradigm - one that recognizes the farmers themselves as the major resource.

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Unknown treasures.......2002-11-19

A collection of case studies from field research, this book is an excellent illustration of sustainable small-scale agriculture throughout Africa. It also establishes a methodology for reporting farmer and community initiatives to a wider international audience. Agriculture has been around in Africa for a very long time. Early domestication of such staples as wheat and barley took place in Africa, coffee originated there and many food crops and plants still maintain their highest levels of biodiversity anywhere. Above all else then, FARMER INNOVATION is a testimony to creativity, originality and resilience of small-scale men and women farmers in different parts of Africa. As the editors state, what they found and are reporting on represents 'just the tip of the iceberg'; even then they identified over 1,000 innovators during the two-year study.

Reij and Waters-Bayer have gathered evidence of farmer innovation from more than a dozen countries in East, West and Southern Africa. Their research was a collaborative effort with two major, Dutch-funded, regional development programs. The individual field reports followed a clear set of selection criteria and reporting standards. The editors provided the framework, introduction and conclusion and invited a number of research and extension teams, mainly African, to present the individual case studies. The result is the portrayal of 'best farming practices' introduced and/or refined by African men and women farmers, which have proven successful against environmental and economic adversity.

The book is grouped by themes and relevant case studies from each region are summarized. For example, we find a report on how farmers "increase and diversify plant biomass" through the development of planting pits in Burkina Faso, or the use of such pits for improved maize production in southern Tanzania. "Farmer-to-farmer communication" among communities in Tigray (Ethiopia) facilitates the spreading of effective land management techniques, proving that building partnerships and sharing knowledge is an important practical trait of farmer innovators. Farmer Innovators do not work in isolation and their ideas and experiments can have a major impact on the neighbouring community and beyond. It will be important to study lessons from these experiences to influence policy and political and economic leaders: small-scale farmers have an important role to play if agriculture in Africa is to be successful and sustainable. In their concluding chapter, the editors also raise questions regarding the prevailing north-south technology transfer that has been the mainstay of African agricultural development intervention.

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This book contributes to debates on how to improve development alternatives in West Africa, from the distinctive approach of anthropology--the analysis of local systems. Until now, theoretical frameworks for approaching African development have tended to overemphasize the structural factors that constrain development possibilities (including the colonial past and contemporary political-economic dependency). In Innovation and Individuality in African Development, the authors present a contemporary case study of migrant Malian farmers to illustrate how Africans have tried to improve their lives--and are often successful at doing so.

Using concepts related to human agency (negotiation, innovation, and individual choice), the authors present Africans as active people who have attempted to remake the world in which they live. Introductory chapters situate the study in Malian history and demonstrate that the determination and desire to try new things was present as well in their ancestors' nineteenth-century precolonial states.

Finally, the authors offer practical suggestions about how to improve rural development programs so that more Africans will be able to benefit from positive possibilities for social change.

This volume will speak to anthropologists, international development specialists, and those interested in contemporary Africa, offering a counterweight to much of the contemporary literature that stresses problems rather than solutions.

Dolores Koenig is Associate Professor of Anthropology, American University. Tiéman Diarra is Researcher and Head, Department of Ethno-sociologie, Institut des Sciences Humaines, Mali. Moussa Sow is Secretary General, Ministry of Culture and Communication, Mali.

Innovation in African Agriculture (Westview Special Studies in Agriculture, Science, and Policy)

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Innovation in African Agriculture (Westview Special Studies in Agriculture, Science, and Policy)
Arthur J. Dommen
Manufacturer: Westview Pr (Short Disc)
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Binding: Paperback

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Alley farming in West Africa in comparative perspective (Discussion paper / African-American Issues Center)

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Alley farming in West Africa in comparative perspective (Discussion paper / African-American Issues Center)
C Okali
Manufacturer: African-American Issues Center
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B00070N07I

Discussion paper / African-American Issues Center

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Discussion paper / African-American Issues Center
C Okali
Manufacturer: African-American Issues Center
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B00070N8KM

Institutional reform and African smallholder: Market liberalization, road rehabilitation, and technological change in Tanzania (Working paper)

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Institutional reform and African smallholder: Market liberalization, road rehabilitation, and technological change in Tanzania (Working paper)
Louis G Putterman
Manufacturer: Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector, University of Maryland at College Park
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006QBJKI

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Reprint
Joachim Von Braun
Manufacturer: International Food Policy Research Institute
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B00073D52U

Testing the induced innovation hypothesis in South African agriculture: An error correction approach (Policy research working paper)

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Testing the induced innovation hypothesis in South African agriculture: An error correction approach (Policy research working paper)
Colin G Thirtle
Manufacturer: World Bank, Agriculture and Natural Resources Dept., Office of the Director
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Couldn't Put It Down..........2000-08-07

Anne Cameron accomplishes the impossible - capturing all the blood and tears of a heart-breakingly disfunctional family with the complexity of Indian shaman legend and good old fashioned urban myth. This author can spin a tale that by turns stands your hair on end and forces out a tear or two of helpless remorse. Regardless of the wild ride, the ending is one of hope and unconditional love with a little help from the gods...I'm waiting for the sequel!

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Cowgirl Wannabe
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Queen of the Rodeo
Michael Little
Manufacturer: TripleTree Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 096662727X

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When Miss Reno Rodeo meets a lonesome Texas steer wrestler with big muscles and a weakness for blondes, watch out. It may be a match made in cowgirl heaven, but there's no way in hell that Donna's ex-fiance in Reno, and Tyler's ex-girlfriend in small town Texas are going to wish them eternal happiness.

A heartwarming, light romantic comedy, complete with horned toad, cowboy coffee, and chicken fried steak.

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Cowgirl Wannabe.......2001-09-09

Oh, what a life. Following the rodeo circuit and getting to meet all those burly cowboys; what more could a girl ask for? This book was a real hoot - Donna, the main character, is a strong lady and knows what she wants. And, as in all good romances, she gets it! Michael Little has a real way with words, and the folksy-style writing is not only easy to read, but matches the feeling of the story and setting exactly. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a "real good time."

Great Read.......2001-08-22

If you like cowboy stories -- or love stories -- this one's a winner. Little has an "Aw, shucks!", comfortable-as-an-old-shoe tale-telling style that will leave you chuckling at what happens when we all try to make sense of love, even when we make a mess of it. If this is Little's first novel, I plan to get in line early for the next. Five stars for this one!

Get this book!.......2001-08-19

Every once in a while, an author comes along with a unique style. Michael Little is one of those authors.

If you like the rodeo, Reno, Texas, light comedies, horned toads, big hair, chain saws, chicken fried steak, love stories, or just want to read a story by an author who writes with both a macro and a micro lens built into his scenes, this is the book for you.

I don't want to give away the story, but in a nutshell, this is a quirky little tale about big things and little things and about which things should be the big things and the little things as opposed to what we sometimes think are the big things and the little things. Has a nice little ending paragraph that sums up in a big way how big the little things really are.

Rodeo Queens: On the Circuit With America's Cowgirls
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I was disappointed, but it wasn't the author's fault.

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Here's the reality of the "myth" of the cowboy West

Women's stories tell of their successes and failures

Rodeo Queens: On the Circuit With America's Cowgirls
Joan Burbick
Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account
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Binding: Paperback

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Cowgirls of the Rodeo: PIONEER PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES (Sport and Society)

Rodeo in America: Wranglers, Roughstock, & Paydirt

Riding Pretty: Rodeo Royalty in the American West (Women in the West)

Chasing the Rodeo: On Wild Rides and Big Dreams, Broken Hearts and Broken Bones, and One Man's Search for the West

Rodeo: Behind The Scenes at America's Most Exciting Sport

ASIN: B000B90QRM

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Rodeo Queens is a bittersweet journey into the lives of women who have worked the rodeo circuit in the rural West from the 1930s to the present. For over eight years, Joan Burbick traveled the backroads of the West, searching for "rodeo queens," the women who promote and perform in the elaborate pageantry of the rodeo. She interviewed dozens of queens in their living rooms, kitchens, barns, and ranches. She followed current queens down the rodeo road from tiny Western towns to the show- biz glitter of Las Vegas. Through their stories we witness dramatic changes in the rodeo, including the decline of skilled horse handling, the fierce conflicts over gender and race, and the intense commercialization of the rodeo. Combined with Burbick's wonderful collection of rodeo queen photographs, this rich tapestry of women's voices echoes and challenges our clichés of the rural West. Their stories of fulfilled dreams and lost hopes reveal the tenacity of the myth of the American West, a place of muscled men, golden-haired women, relentless beauty and tragic limits.

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I was disappointed, but it wasn't the author's fault........2005-06-10

The mistake I made here was judging the book by the cover. I picked it up because I thought the topic was interesting, and I thought it would detail the lives and personalities of the kind of sassy, salty, almost defiant cowgirls like the ones depicted on the cover. I knew next to nothing about the rodeo and never heard of a rodeo queen before, so I thought she was a sort of cowgirl, not a beauty queen. I expected to be taken on a wild ride through the rodeo circuit. But instead I found myself reading a pseudo-feminist treatise on the shallowness of rodeo and the empty mythos of a West that never existed. I found myself disappointed in the subject matter, much as I imagine the author became disappointed when she delved into it. The only thing I wish the author could've done differently was to view the rodeo more as a community of characters and personalities, rather than as an abstract construct.

the real deal.......2005-05-05

As the great-granddaughter of one of Pendleton OR.'s first rodeo queens, and the daughter of a former Wa-Hi Farmerette, I believe Burbick hits the bull's eye with her exploration of western women. Only those so entrenched in the false mythology of the west would take offense at these incredibly sensitive essays. Burbick uncovers yet another way in which women participated in the real west - a place of hardship and hard work.
Anyone who thinks that this region is the result of anything but violence, hardship and heartbreak is delusional - and the sense of entitlement whites have with regard to what the west really is is a load of horse manure.
My mother learned from her mother, and her grandmother, how to be a strong woman, and this message was passed along to me. We are cancer victims, alcoholics, intellectuals and damn hard workers. Burbick knows this about these women, and portrays them with respect. Her critique is not that these women, or women who are now involved in the rodeo queen circuit are the problem - rather the commercialized, capitalistic society that has perpetuated the wrong and bad idea that women are for show is at fault.

Book is Falls into Stereotype Trap.......2004-12-09

Burbick may have done considerable research, but for the most part relies on sterotypes. Any sport or pasttime can fall victim to stereotyping (think cheerleader, football player, chess player, etc.), but an author should search beyond the stereotypes. Burbick may have her historical facts in order, but fails to recognize that today's rodeo queens are intelligent marketing representatives for their organization, their western heritage, and the sport of rodeo. Most rodeo queens are professional, talented, poised, gracious, and competitve young women who take their job as rodeo's face to the public very seriously. In addition to riding well, they must be knowledgeable in current events, horsemanship, and rodeo. If you look at the bios of many queens, especially state queens, you will find college students or graduates with aspirations in the fields of law, medicine, and business.

I also found some of Burbick's descriptive phrases very offensive. I don't understand why she thought that "shocking" us would make for a better book.

Here's the reality of the "myth" of the cowboy West.......2004-12-06

By all standards, this is a superb book about a seemingly innocuous weekend sport that inspires young girls throughout the western states; by the same token, it's also very unfair and elitist in its approach.

It could be the basis of a superb film about life west of the Mississippi. Think of rodeo queen version of 'Friday Night Lights' and similar football films over the years. Becoming a rodeo queen is about beauty and and those who are merely pretty, which in a world of images and make believe of the modern West rates far higher than just a bikini and a smile.

"Borrrrrring" is the first term that comes to mind to describe the West, in fiction and reality. It's "boring" in terms of the daily drudgery; for many girls, being a rodeo queen will be the only real excitement in their dull lives. Football has a few stars, as do cheer and pom and basketball and homecoming queen and even the chess team. For most westerners, devoid of any of the culture or intellect of eastern states, even little excitements are welcome.

Burbick nicely describes this intensity and commitment; rodeo queens are the daughters of successful entrepreneurs who can afford the considerable expense. They know success came from working 16-hour and longer days when necessary; the girls do the same to become a queen; just as Burbick consulted more than 150 sources, plus dozens of interviews of rodeo queens from as far back as the 1930s to write her short but astute book.

Burbick is a "queen" in terms of her commitment to this topic and the quality of her book. Although she's superb in linking the rodeo sport to conservative attitudes in the west, her weakness is not linking it to the intense competitive spirit that produces excellence in academics, in sports, or on the dark side in the form of juvenile crimes and mindless rebellion -- all of which characterizes the West.

She deftly outlines the Western myth of rugged individualism and self-sufficiency; but fails to understand that such myths create the limited acumen expressed in Western social and political attitudes -- even if they are more fiction than practical. Anyone who reads this book will understand why the West is solid Republican in politics, as well as the "Texas" attitude now in the White House.

Granted, rodeo queens won't regard this book as the best thing since chili and beans, or cold beer in longneck bottles. But, anyone interested in the relentless competition of life which shaped the daddies of these precocious queens (the academic experience is very similar and is based on just as rich a background of myths and dreams), it's a superb look at one of the crown jewels of the western experience.

Women's stories tell of their successes and failures.......2004-03-04

Joan Burbick's Rodeo Queens And The American Dream examines the women of the rodeo: those who traveled the rural West for years and who became 'rodeo royalty' from the 1930s onward. Women's stories tell of their successes and failures riding the rodeo circuit in this involving guide.

The American gun mystery (Previously published as Death at the rodeo)

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The American gun mystery (Previously published as Death at the rodeo)
Ellery. Queen
Manufacturer: Triangle Books
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LDTUDO

The American Gun Mystery (Death at the Rodeo)

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The American Gun Mystery (Death at the Rodeo)
Ellery Queen
Manufacturer: Dell Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KBBC0Q

The American gun mystery (Death at the rodeo): A problem in deduction

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The American gun mystery (Death at the rodeo): A problem in deduction
Ellery Queen
Manufacturer: Victor Gollancz Ltd
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ASIN: B0008B0SJ4

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The American Gun Mystery, Death at the Rodeo
Ellery Queen
Manufacturer: Triangle Books
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Ellery Queen Mystery

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Ellery Queen 1968--September
Michael Harrison, John Lutz, Henry Slesar, Rex Stout, Rex Stout (The Rodeo Murder). Contributors include Joe Gores
Manufacturer: Davis Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VTTB3W

ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY - Volume 52, number 3 - September Sept 1968: The Rodeo Murder; Eyes That Miss Nothing; The Ptarmigan Knife; The Bargain Hunter; What We're All Hooked On; The Insomniacs Club; Assassination of Sir Ponsonby Browne; Odds Bodkins

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ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY - Volume 52, number 3 - September Sept 1968: The Rodeo Murder; Eyes That Miss Nothing; The Ptarmigan Knife; The Bargain Hunter; What We're All Hooked On; The Insomniacs Club; Assassination of Sir Ponsonby Browne; Odds Bodkins
Ellery (editor) (Rex Stout; Michael Gilbert; Miriam Allen deFord; April Aarons; Rhona Petrie; John Lutz; Michael Harrison; Richard Curtis; Celia Fremlin; Henry Slesar; Joe Gores; Louis Gregory Low; Elsin Ann Gardner) Queen
Manufacturer: Davis Publications
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Binding: Paperback

Female Difficulties: Sorority Sisters, Rodeo Queens, Frigid Women, Smut Stars and Other Modern Girls

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Female Difficulties: Sorority Sisters, Rodeo Queens, Frigid Women, Smut Stars and Other Modern Girls
E. Jean Carroll
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Excerpts from published and authors' eviews.......1997-09-27

"E. Jean Carroll has the shock and snazz value that Tom Wolfe had years ago. She is one of a kind."
---Jim Harrison, Author of "Legends of the Fall"

"Jean Carroll has a wonderful ear for how people actually talk and a wonderful eye for the subtle, telling detail, she is documenting a portion of society which has hardly been touched. The book is a pleasure to read and offers many illuminations. I couldn't put it down."
---David Black, Author of "Murder at the Met"

"Female Difficulties is extremely funny and slightly frightening. Savage and wise, Jean Carroll reminds me of Terry Southern at his best."
--- Richard Price, Author of "Clockers"

"Jean Carroll is a wild writer, and a racy and experienced woman."
--- Hunter Thompson, Author of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

"Rowdy but vulnerable, sharp-eyed and very very funny."
---Anthony Haden-Guest, Author of "Bad Dreams"

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