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The Sales Managers Guide to Training and Developing Your Team
National Society of Sales Training Executives
Manufacturer: Irwin Professional Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 078630300X

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This essential resource includes checklists to help the reader manage a staff; forms for training, planning, and evaluating performance; and a list of additional sources of information for further assistance. It shows how to: set goals that are realistic and fair but aspire to top results; resolve problems before they escalate to astronomical proportions; recruit, interview, and select the best candidates to represent your company; train the sales staff for superior results; conduct efficent-and highly productive meetings; fairly evaluate performance and lead the sales team to success.

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The Harvest of Sorrow is the first full history of one of the most horrendous human tragedies of the 20th century. Between 1929 and 1932 the Soviet Communist Party struck a double blow at the Russian peasantry: dekulakization, the dispossession and deportation of millions of peasant families,
and collectivization, the abolition of private ownership of land and the concentration of the remaining peasants in party-controlled "collective" farms. This was followed in 1932-33 by a "terror-famine," inflicted by the State on the collectivized peasants of the Ukraine and certain other areas by
setting impossibly high grain quotas, removing every other source of food, and preventing help from outside--even from other areas of the Soviet Union--from reaching the starving populace. The death toll resulting from the actions described in this book was an estimated 14.5 million--more than the
total number of deaths for all countries in World War I.
Ambitious, meticulously researched, and lucidly written, The Harvest of Sorrow is a deeply moving testament to those who died, and will register in the Western consciousness a sense of the dark side of this century's history.

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The Horrors of the Soviet State........2007-07-01

The black earth
Was sown with bones
And watered with blood
For a harvest of sorrow
On the land of Rus.
- _The Armament of Igor_.

_The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivizaton and the Terror-Famine_, first published in 1986, by historian Robert Conquest is an excellent accounting of the horrors of the Soviet state unleashed upon the Russian peasantry by the Soviet Communist Party between 1929 and 1933. Robert Conquest is a British historian who early on joined the Communist Party and fought in World War II; however, after seeing firsthand the horrors of Soviet communism he became an anti-communist. In this book a detailed accounting of the more than 14.5 million deaths (more than the total number of deaths from all countries involved in World War I) that resulted directly from policies sanctioned by the Soviet Communist Party is detailed. Such policies as dekulakization, collectivization, and the "terror-famine" in the Ukraine had drastic consequences for those living under this oppressive and horrendous regime. Further, many Western intellectuals turned a blind eye to these atrocities because of their support for this horrendous and ungodly ideology. Even today many continue to deny such crimes occurred among the communists, while at the same time a repeated accounting is made of Nazi and fascist crimes. For those who believe that Soviet communism was a just and noble endeavor, a book like this is certainly sobering. Through painstaking research, Robert Conquest unveils the horrors behind Soviet communism.

Conquest begins by noting the importance of Ukrainian nationalism, feared by the Soviets, and comparing the atrocities of communism to those of the other totalitarian ideologies of the twentieth century, Nazism and fascism. To begin with, the Soviets long regarded the peasants as backwards and reactionary, clinging to their traditions and religion, and thus "counter-revolutionary" and a threat to human progress. Such hatred for the peasant goes all the way back to Karl Marx, the founding father of Soviet communism. Lenin also denigrated the peasant as a threat to the creation of the Soviet state. Conquest traces the development of Ukrainian nationalism as it contrasted with Leninism and Soviet communism. For example, as Engels commented, "Now you ask me whether I have no sympathy whatever for the small Slav peoples, and remnants of peoples . . . In fact, I have damned little sympathy for them." During the years 1917 - 21, the revolution broke out sponsored by the Bolsheviks. At the same time the peasant war and famine broke out. Repeated famines were common in the history of the Soviet regime, showing the utter failure of the Soviet economic system to provide food for its people. Such famine was so bad at times that many Russians even had to resort to cannibalism in their efforts to stay alive. Further, during this time and following, the Soviet state began a series of purges against "counter-revolutionaries", those who stood in the way, the religious, and those who did not sufficiently truckle to the powers that be. The NKVD and secret police were formed to rid the state of dissenters. The League of Militant Godless, a band of militant atheists, formed which sought to purge the state of religious and ransacked the Orthodox churches. At the same time, purges were made of kulaks (and suspected kulaks), largely middle-class peasants who could afford to hire labor or lenders. Frequently the individuals accused of being kulaks were very poor, and hardly the rich exploiters they were portrayed to be. Indeed, the accusations and railings of individuals such as Josef Stalin against the kulak bear an eerie resemblance to those of Hitler. At the same time, the free peasantry was abolished and the land was laid to waste. So inefficient were the Soviet agricultural methods that millions starved. In particular, children faced a horrific fate under the Soviet regime and frequently starved or were left to die as orphans. All the while massive purges continued and the state officially denied any problems existed (afterall the Soviet state was supposed to be a utopia). Conquest sums up the death toll as follows:

Peasant dead: 1930 - 37 11 million
Arrested in this period dying in camps later 3.5 million
TOTAL 14.5 million.

The record of the West in responding to these atrocities was equally horrendous, particularly among intellectuals who frequently harbored communist sympathies. In particular, individuals such as Sidney and Beatrice Webb and Walter Duranty denied such occurrences. Further, the reports of such individuals (which could be likely classified as nothing more than official propaganda for the Soviet state) were accorded places of prominence among leading Western sources. However, others did catch on to the evils of the Soviet regime and began speaking out against it as well as providing aid. Following this, Conquest attempts to assign responsibilities for such atrocities. Certainly, we cannot forget these horrors and a full accounting must be made, even and especially if such an accounting happens to undermine one of our most favored ideologies. Conquest ends by discussing the aftermath of such terror and the Soviet Union up to the present time. This book was written before the fall of the USSR.

This book is to be highly recommended for those who want to know the truth about Soviet Communism. The official Soviet line denied such atrocities occurred under their regime. The twentieth century is likely to be remembered as an era of totalitarian regimes, and the Soviet Union remains one of the worst such regimes ever known to man. Nevertheless, there exist those who continue to deny that such things ever occurred because of their support for such an ideology. Indeed, Conquest himself has been much vilified by a largely pro-Communist Left that refuses to face up to its own atrocities while at the same time preaching constantly about the horrors of "right wing fascism". That is why a proper accounting such as that made in this book is all the more important.

One of the more important conservative books of our time.......2007-04-30

This was the first thorough Western documentation of what happened in the Communists' collectivization famines in the Ukraine and just how many people died - 10 to 15 million, more than died in the Holocaust. This is one of the more important conservative books of our time, because it documents in copious detail one of the worst crimes in history, one which the Left has continually sought to cover up or downplay.

Ukrainian peasants were murdered, starved or deported to slave labor and death in order to turn their rich farmland into collectives. As Ukrainians they ran up against the supposedly internationalist but really Russian nationalist Communist regime, and as peasants they were officially regarded as a uselessly reactionary class unreceptive to revolution, by the proletariat-favoring Party.

Nearly every aspect of the Holocaust 10 years later, is on display here - starving people to weaken them, looting their wealth before killing them, waves of deportation over several years, and shipping them in boxcars to concentration camps with no hope of return. It gives rise to this stunning question: did Hitler model the tactics of the Final Solution on this?

That this work wasn't done in the West for nearly half a century is itself criminal, allowing the left to argue for coexistence with a "peaceful" and "progressive" Soviet Union. And the academic silence tells you all you need to know about the state of today's academy. Conquest documents the willing burial of the facts by Western liberals, most importantly New York Times writer Walter Duranty who knew about it but didn't publish it, meanwhile continuing to glorify the Socialist Revolution in print.

When you read about this, you'll wonder, "Why haven't I heard about this before?" Good question.

What Conquest's power is over the unknowing........2007-01-13

Years ago I attended a 2 yr. technical school, which required taking a speech class in addition to electronics classes. The text of my 15 minute speech was extracts from 'Harvest of Sorrow.' I knew the speech was having an effect of sorts, for a class full of fidgety post teen guys slowly moved their attention from hand held games and car magazines to me, with their mouths hanging open. I finished my speech and left, thinking nothing more of it.
The next day, a teacher from another class approached me, saying, "Do you know that you are now famous? The speech teacher raved on and on at our lunch after the class, saying that you had the entire class riveted to the floor with that subject! He said that after 14 years of teaching speech, your effort forced him to give his first 100% grade for a speech!"
It strikes one to think that there is so much WW II stuff on the History Channel that it is now called the Hitler Channel, but they will barely give one hour a month for a far greater demon (Stalin) and a far worse system (Communism.) Why?

long live the memory of comrade Stalin!!!.......2006-08-13

The whole plenary hall arises. There are applause, prolonged applause. Shouts are heard. Long live comrade Stalin! Long live the great Stalin! Long live the esteemed and beloved Stalin! Long live Generalissimus Stalin!

Vivat, vivat, vivat!

Long live the great leader of the world proletariat, comrade Iossif Vissarionovich Stalin!!!

Oh, Stalin, how many are the songs we wish to sing to you, the poems we wish to read to you. Oh, Stalin, you are the sun in the heavens and the brightest star in the firmament!

Vivat, vivat, vivat!

When comrade Stalin was born, the nightingales were singing, and the roses were blossoming, and the fishermen caught a very large fish, with a red jewel inside. When comrade Stalin died, the birds stopped singing out of sorrow, the roses withered and died, and the fishermen didnt caught any fish. Then, the bourgeois revisionists removed comrade Stalins body from its glass casket.

Vivat Generalissimus, Vivat Generalissimus, Vivat Generalissimus!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Incentives matter.......2005-10-15

This book shows just how bad things can get when the realities of economics are ignored. When people have no incentive to produce, they will not produce. This is a message that I wish were better understood by those who persist in thinking that we can solve poverty by giving out handouts.

The Harvest of Sorrow Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine

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The Harvest of Sorrow Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine
Robert Conquest
Manufacturer: Oxford U.P.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IAFL5G

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THE HARVEST OF SORROW. Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine.
Robert: Conquest
Manufacturer: Pan
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W336J2

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The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine
Robert Conquest
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OK6Q0Y

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Provides an overview of state-of-the-art recycling techniques together with current and potential applications.

Presents material that is normally only available in the form of conference proceedings
Includes flow charts detailing the recycling process
Helps identify the problems encountered in the recycling of polymers
Presents pie graphs and photographs of commercial outlets

A comprehensive volume which will prove to be invaluable for polymer manufacturers, recyclers and marketers as well as environmental authorities and materials engineers.

Polymer Recycling: Science, Technology and Applications

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Polymer Recycling: Science, Technology and Applications
John Scheirs John Scheirs
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MU7GFA

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This is the first book to present a model, based on rational mechanics of electrorheological fluids, that takes into account the complex interactions between the electromagnetic fields and the moving liquid. Several constitutive relations for the Cauchy stress tensor are discussed. The main part of the book is devoted to a mathematical investigation of a model possessing shear-dependent viscosities, proving the existence and uniqueness of weak and strong solutions for the steady and the unsteady case. The PDS systems investigated possess so-called non-standard growth conditions. Existence results for elliptic systems with non-standard growth conditions and with a nontrivial nonlinear r.h.s. and the first ever results for parabolic systems with a non-standard growth conditions are given for the first time. Written for advanced graduate students, as well as for researchers in the field, the discussion of both the modeling and the mathematics is self-contained.

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Read This Book Carefully.......2007-01-04

Booklets like this are often overlooked as being too sensational or on the other hand too bland. This book portrays the experience of a young boy who was thrust into a position of key responsibility as a tank driver during World WarII in the European Theatre. Yes at the beginning of this harrowing experience the author was a young inexperienced kid, and by the end of the story the reader can know that the author survived the experience and became a man. The author's experiences are if anything understated.. from the initial thrust through the Battle of the Bulge to his observation of the devastation of human life at Auswitz. It is a read again to remind us of the human agony associated with war.

Good but somewhat general account.......2004-01-12

Hartman was a PFC with the 41st Battalion, B Company of the 11th Armored Div and saw action from the end of the Bulge battle to the very end of the war. The book is significant by its mere existence. I know of very few books by American tankers. The book is well written and covers from his indoctrination through home coming and even his revisiting Belgium in later years.

Hartman was a M4 Sherman driver and tank commander (although he was initially given the choice of being a driver or a gunner). Unfortunately his details on his many combat actions are light. But he does give a few interesting glimpses into the life of a U.S. tanker.

-He was on the Sherman the whole time but he never details what variants along the way. One picture in the books shows him on a M4A3E8 at the end of the war. He does mention going from the 75mm Sherman to the 76mm during his Bulge actions. He also notes that his battalion got four Pershings (one per company) in April 1945, just before the end of the war. Because no one was familiar with them they were stuck in the back of the column. He said folks felt better knowing the limitations of the Sherman. Although, he does note they wish they had the Pershing during the Bulge fighting. Hartman comments on the great reliability of the Sherman throughout the book and notes the German tanks "lumbered along at a snail's pace compared to ours."

-Tanker losses were really appalling. In nine months of combat the 11th Armored Div suffered 48.1% casualties during the war with 614 killed (out of about 12,000 men in the Div). His 41st Battalion suffered 68 killed (about 11%) and his Company B suffered 23 killed (about 20%). What is amazing is the high loss of officers and tank commanders. His company commander was killed within minutes of their first action and in the nine months I think they went through three or four COs (one at least was wounded and returned later). He only seems to comment on a couple of bad platoon leaders. He lost numerous tank commanders either directly or as they left to fill other vacancies. In the Forward of the book, Spencer Tucker states that the 3rd Armored Div suffered 580% casualties of its tanks (either destroyed or 'knocked-out') and that the U.S. lost 6,000 tanks in Europe during the war.

-Hartman comments on the poor performance of the 75mm gun and that they had to get rear shots on the German tanks. "The German gun had fired an armor-piercing projectile that entered the turret, killed all three men, and then exited the other side. We knew the German 88 was extremely powerful, but this was devastating to see. We were later able to measure the distance from which it had been fired-1,700 yards, almost a mile!" What is most notable though is the low number of actual tank vs tank actions (at least that he describes). What seemed to cause the most tank loses were panzershreck attacks (the author always says panzershreck or even bazooka but who knows if this was strictly true or if he did not differentiate among panzerfaust, etc.). Snipers also killed a number of his comrades.

-The author describes working very frequently with armored infantry troops and how often a couple troops would ride on the back deck of the tank to spot enemy infantry and AT units. He also talks about how `Art' (a call sign), the Piper Cub spotter plane, would fly overhead and call down artillery on enemy positions and even help give them driving directions through towns. Art also called in tactical air cover and Hartman comments on P-47s firing rockets at the enemy. He mentions at least a couple of occasions when the tankers would act as or support infantry clearing houses.

Boring........2003-12-05

I really did not enjoy this book. It started out pretty interesting, but after the writer got to Europe it devolved into, "we drove and drove some more." There is very little details about any of the battles this unit was involved in, it pretty much deals with the author and his unit driving until the end of the war. I understand he was a "tank driver" although he did command a few tanks during a few times during the war, but it would have been a better book if he had provided more details of the battles his company had.

After a Return Visit to Belgium.......2003-11-17

Following a return visit to Belgium last summer and a fresh vision of the area around Bastogne, I was especially keen to read "Tank Driver". I was most decidedly not disappointed. Dr. Hartman's account can be followed without difficulty, aided by military explanations and maps, which the reader can easily fathom. What is unfathomable,however, is how he, at age 19, along with colleagues, many of whom were as young, could survive such a horribly emotional,physically excruciating ordeal, which included the losses of comrades. The intricacies of learning the mechanics of tank driving and maintenance, made learning to drive a manual shift car and changing a flat tire laughable. The author was able to keep this reader's attention with the, surprisingly for tanks, fast paced, scenarios, which are sophisticated enough for adult audiences without entirely losing the voice of a nineteen year old. "Tank Driver" is a book which can be read easily, in a day or so, particularly, by those who have an interest in these violent events near the close of the European war, but also for students who are studying this time period, most especially if they are close in age to what Ted Hartman was as that young soldier, who fought so bravely.

I learned more !.......2003-10-28

Before reading "Tank driver", I believed I knew all about 41st Tk Bn. It was a mistake ! Ted Hartman tought more to me. And it is written in very pleasant way, not too hard to understand for a Frenchspeaking Belgian like me.
What I appreciated the most is being "plunged" in the atmosphere of the time of the war. And of course, I was able to recognize some friends of mine in the story told by the writer.
A very good job made by Ted Hartman. I would commend this book to all the foreigners who speaks just a little bit English.

Tank Driver: With the 11th Armored from the Battle of the Bulge to Ve Day

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Tank Driver: With the 11th Armored from the Battle of the Bulge to Ve Day
J.Ted Hartman
Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
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Surviving the Fall: The Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor

Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Worth Reading.......2007-01-25

Surviving the Fall is eminently readable, quite fascinating and very moving. It makes the reader care about the troubled people who become Dr. Selwyn's AIDS patients. Dr. Selwyn also shares very personal insights into his own emotions and the journey he took in coming to terms with personal losses.

Heart warming description of the life of an AIDS physician.......1999-04-19

The author describes in gret detail his struggles and satisfactions working with AIDS patients in New York. As he continues his work he finds need to look into his own background and discovers the details of his father's death when he was a child. A heartwarming portrayal of how life experiences often unrecognized motivate us in our choice of profession and the way we carry out our responsibilities. A heart warming book. Morris Wessel, M.D.

Surviving the Fall - The Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor

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Surviving the Fall - The Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor
Peter A., Selwyn
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Surviving the Fall : The Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor
Peter A. Selwyn
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