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Bob Greene
Late Edition: A Love Story

2009 y.
Publisher: —
Description: A loving and laughter-filled trip back to a lost American time when the newspaper business was the happiest game in town In a warm, affectionate true-life tale, New York Times bestselling author and CNN contributor, Bob Greene travels back to a place where—when little more than a boy—he had the grand good luck to find himself surrounded by a brotherhood and sisterhood of wayward misfits who, on the mezzanine of a Midwestern building, put out a daily newspaper that didn’t even know it had already started to die. “In some American cities,” Greene writes, “famous journalists at mighty and world-renowned papers changed the course of history with their reporting.” But at the Columbus Citizen-Journal, there was a willful rejection of grandeur: these were overworked reporters and snazzy sportswriters, nerve-frazzled editors and insult-spewing photographers, who found pure joy in the fact that, each morning, they awakened to realize, “I get to go down to the paper again.” At least that is… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0312375301
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Khaled A. Alhamzah
Late Mamluk Patronage: Qansuh al-Ghuri`s Waqfs and His Foundations in Cairo

2009 y.
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Description: This book attempts to look at the structure and functions of the constituent elements of the Ghuriyya complex through the medium of contemporary sources --in particular its waqfiyya--and in doing so, the motives and attitudes of the patron, his goals and his ambitions are defined. In addition, the study seeks to place the monuments in broader context and examine them within the more extended social, economic, political, and cultural environment of al- Ghuri`s reign. This book will be of considerable interest to academics and students working on the history of art and architecture, history, culture and urbanism of the Middle East. Its subject is the expressive intent of Mamluk architecture, using new cultural and iconographical approaches. The book offers the first complete English translation of the main parts of Islamic Arabic waqf. The Ghuriyya complex is of interest and significance because of its relatively good conservation, moreover, it constitutes one of the largest and… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1599429225
Book size: —; Page extent: 152.

 

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Shakespeare
Late Romances

1988 y.
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ISBN: 9780553212884
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Edited by Juliane Furst
Late Stalinist Russia

2006 y.
Publisher: Routledge
Description: The late Stalinist period, long neglected by researchers more interested in the high-profile events of the 1930s, has recently become the focus of new and innovative research. This book examines late Stalinist society`s interaction with ideology, state policy and national and international politics. It dispels the notion of late Stalinism as the apogee of Stalin`s rule. Rather than being cowed by terror and control, Soviet post-war society emerges as highly diverse and often contradictory. The analysis of issues such as the impact of demographic changes, shifts in popular opinion, the rise of new generations and the construction of post-war spaces demonstrates that alongside the needs of reconstruction, a strong desire for reinvention existed. The late Stalinist years are thus shown to be a crucial turning point between the Soviet Union`s revolutionary origins and its later appearance as a mature and consolidated empire beset by problems of stagnation and corruption. It was in this… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0-415-37476-6
Book size: —; Page extent: 302.

 

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B. J. Leggett
Late Stevens: The Final Fiction

2005 y.
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Description: Book Description`If one no longer believes in God (as truth),` Wallace Stevens once wrote, `it is not possible merely to disbelieve, it becomes necessary to believe in something else. . . . I say that one?s final belief must be in a fiction.` Stevens addressed the concept of a `supreme fiction` throughout much of his career, but many critics feel that his poems never realized that concept beyond a theoretical possibility. B. J. Leggett argues that Stevens did indeed achieve the supreme fiction in his often overlooked late poems. To share in the poet?s vision, though, Leggett finds that readers must understand the ingenious intertext that runs through this culminating body of work. After three volumes of difficult and abstract poetry, Stevens in the last five years of his life reverted to a style that is refreshingly personal and accessible. Leggett gives close examination to The Rock, which is the closing section of Stevens?s Collected Poems, and to the uncollected… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0807130575
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Philip D. Beidler
Late Thoughts on an Old War: The Legacy of Vietnam

2007 y.
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ISBN: 0820330019
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Late Victorian Gothic Tales (Oxford World`s Classics)

2005 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book DescriptionThe Victorian fin de siecle has many associations: the era of Decadence, The Yellow Book, the New Woman, the scandalous Oscar Wilde, the Empire on which the sun never set. This heady brew was caught nowhere better than in the revival of the Gothic tale in the late Victorian age, where the undead walked and evil curses, foul murder, doomed inheritance and sexual menace played on the stretched nerves of the new mass readerships. This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s, with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James and Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era. The introduction explores the many reasons for the Gothic revival, and how it spoke to the anxieties of the moment. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0192804804
Book size: —; Page extent: 282.

 

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D. S. Hopkins
Late Victorian House Designs : 56 American Homes and Cottages with Floor Plans

2004 y.
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Description: Book Description Complete reprint of charming, turn-of-the-style collection includes stylish private homes ranging from a two-story cottage with a servant’s room costing $1,000, to a two-story house with five bedrooms and four fireplaces, priced at $3,300. Invaluable to house restorers, preservationists, and architectural historians. 165 black-and-white illustrations. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0486435938
Book size: —; Page extent: 64.

 

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Robert J. Hughes
Late and Soon: A Novel

2005 y.
Publisher: Carroll &, Graf Publishers
Description: In Late and Soon, a host of characters confront their confusions in love. Claire, an art specialist at Sotheby`s, lives in a world of glamour and achievement?but after attending an art opening, where she runs into the young man her husband had left her for five years earlier, she realizes that her broken heart has never truly healed. Claire begins to question herself, her past and her future, as does the younger man, Toby. For it turns out that Peter, her ex-husband, has left him, too. So begins a story set in the rarified but fast-paced world of art auctions and the cultural and social whirl of New York City. Late and Soon chronicles Claire?s emotional course, as she puts together a sale of paintings that could make her career. She is captivated by one painting in particular that speaks to her, a James Tissot work titled `The Widow,` and is taken under wing by the painting`s owner, an elderly, well-to-do society matron of the old school, who loves the… [detailed...]

ISBN: 078671588X
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Mike Reiss
Late for School

2003 y.
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ISBN: 1561452866
Book size: —; Page extent: 32.

 

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Diana Mandache
Later Chapters of My Life: The Lost Memoir of Queen Marie of Romania

2004 y.
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
Description: Queen Marie of Romania was one of the most brilliant monarchs of the twentieth century. This recently discovered last volume of her memoirs--long believed to have been destroyed--covers the period following the War. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0750936916
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Jane Austen
Later Manuscripts (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen)

2009 y.
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Description: This volume collects together, for the first time, all the literary manuscripts from Austen`s adult years, together with letters discussing the art of fiction, and her record of responses to her novels. The texts are accompanied by an introduction, chronology, explanatory notes and detailed textual information about the manuscripts. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0521843480
Book size: —; Page extent: 872.

 

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Philip Kotler, Fernando Trias de Bes
Lateral Marketing: New Techniques for Finding Breakthrough Ideas

2003 y.
Publisher: Wiley
Description: A revolutionary new system for generating the next big marketing ideas and opportunities. According to Philip Kotler, the widely acknowledged `father` of modern marketing, and Fernando Trias de Bes the marketing techniques pioneered in the 1960s and `70s have worked too well. Fierce competition among products with little or nothing to distinguish one from another, along with modern product positioning and targeted marketing techniques, have led to increasing market segmentation. If the trend continues, individual market segments soon will be too small to be profitable. In Lateral Marketing , Kotler and Trias de Bes unveil a revolutionary new model to help readers expand beyond vertical segmentation and generate fresh marketing ideas and opportunities. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0471455164
Book size: —; Page extent: 206.

 

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Edward de Bono
Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step (Perennial Library)

1973 y.
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Description: `The underlying argument of the book is that there are two kinds of thinking-vertical and lateral. Most of us are educated to think vertically, to go from one logical step to the next, moving all the time towards the one correct solution of our problem. We are not usually educated to be creative, to generate idea after idea…. `Dr. de Bono argues that the function of vertical, logical thinking is to exclude what is wrong. It is a very useful way of thinking but it is not the only useful way. To claim it is, is the sort of intellectual arrogance that makes creative thinking unlikely…. `This could be a very useful book, for teachers and non-teachers alike. Dr. de Bono does not claim to be able to turn us all into Miltons, Da Vincis, and Einsteins … but his techniques provide an alternative to just sitting around waiting for the Muse to appear. The Muse never appears to most of us-hence the value of this book.`- David Cohen, Times Educational Supplement. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0060903252
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Latex Allergy - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet Referen

— y.
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Description: In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: `The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading.` Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0597844798
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Merl Storr
Latex and Lingerie : Shopping for Pleasure at Ann Summers Parties (Materializing Culture)

2003 y.
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Description: Book Description Sexy, hedonistic, hilarious - Ann Summers parties are the ultimate girls` night in. Promising the perfect antidote to the toils of everyday life - sexual pleasure - they are the `naughty but nice` version of the classic Tupperware® party. Ann Summers parties are incredibly popular, with around 4000 parties held in Britain every week. The basis is simple: to provide an all-female environment where women can buy sexy lingerie, erotic fashion, sex toys and other sex-related products. In many respects these parties enable women to transgress social taboos in the comfort of their own homes. But they are also a subtle means of constructing and enforcing heterosexual femininity. This book investigates what really goes on at these `special` homosocial gatherings, where heterosexual women drink, laugh, shop, play party games and talk about sex. Storr develops a new analysis of the ways heterosexual women identify with and against each other - and of what… [detailed...]

ISBN: 185973698X
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Latex for Fun (+ 5 надувных шаров)

2007 y.
Publisher: Dgv
Description: Recently, in Barcelona, the designer Maximo Tuja aka Max-o-matic found a balloon by chance and drew a funny face on it, mocking a nasty guy he`d met that morning. Because he and his colleagues all got such a kick out of it when he showed it to them, he started drawing new balloon characters in the following weeks. As he realized how contagious the idea was, and that other designers could have as much fun designing the balloons as he did, Max-o-matic founded the project `Latex for Fun`. He invited designers from all over the world to follow his example and make characters using balloons or other latex objects such as gloves or condoms. The book `Latex for Fun` presents highlights from this wonderfully wacky project in which 135 designers from over 20 countries participated, 88 of these designers are represented in the publication. Their work reflects various styles, personalities and cultures, but all of it shows how vibrantly creative the collaboration of a spontaneously… [detailed...]

ISBN: 978-3-89955-190-7
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Louise I. Gerdes
Latin America (Opposing Viewpoints)

2009 y.
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ISBN: 0737743735
Book size: —; Page extent: 176.

 

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Edited by Peter Coffey
Latin America - Mercosur

1998 y.
Publisher: Springer
Description: Latin America`s experience with regional economic integration has been only slightly shorter than that of Europe. In fact, the first attempt at integration started as early as 1960, with the creation of LAFTA - the Latin American Free Trade Area (subsequently replaced by LAIA - the Latin American Integration Association). LAFTA, composed of 11 countries, sought, unsuccessfully, to create a free trade area in 12 years. In 1969, the Andean pact, which sought, also unsuccessfully, to create a sub-regional free trade area, was set up. Recently the Presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay signed the Treaty of Asuncion aimed at creating a common market as from 1st January, 1995. This common market, MERCOSUR, will be completed by 2006. In comparison with the earlier and unsuccessful attempts at integration, and despite challenges and problems, both internal and external, MERCOSUR is working, and trade between the member States is increasing. Furthermore, as with the case… [detailed...]

ISBN: 079238153X
Book size: —; Page extent: 372.

 

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Eric Hershberg, Fred Rosen
Latin America After Neoliberalism: Turning the Tide in the 21st Century?

2006 y.
Publisher: —
Description: A primer on the social and economic changes sweeping across contemporary Latin America. `Where have the economic policies succeeded? This is not a matter of ideology, it is political, technical, a matter of practical judgment.` ?Manuel LA?pez Obrador, Mexican presidential election front-runner Beginning in the 1980s, Latin America became a laboratory for the ideas and policies of neoliberalism. Now the region is an epicenter of dissent from neoliberal ideas and resistance to U.S. economic and political dominance, Latin America`s political map is being redrawn. Already half a dozen progressive governments have swept into power?in Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela?and more may follow. Latin America After Neoliberalism is a fascinating look at what is perhaps the most politically dynamic region in the world?and an authoritative guide to the political movements and leaders that are part of this historic change…. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1595581065
Book size: —; Page extent: 432.

 

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Latin America Online: Cases, Successes and Pitfalls

2007 y.
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ISBN: 1591409748
Book size: —; Page extent: 386.

 

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Latin America Transformed: Globalization and Modernity (Arnold Publication)

2004 y.
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Description: Now in a second edition, this book explains Latin America`s economic, political, social and cultural transformations, its association with globalization and search for modernity, and how these transformations are affecting the people of the region. Using a political economy approach to unravel these concepts, the emphasis is placed on interpreting the macro-level structures that frame the transformations taking place. Updated and revised to include more student friendly features, the authors have substantially rewritten the material, including three new chapters, to examine the challenges facing Latin American in the twenty-first century. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0340809302
Book size: —; Page extent: 336.

 

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United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2006: 2007 Trends

2008 y.
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ISBN: 9211216494
Book size: —; Page extent: 194.

 

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Brian W. Blouet, Olwyn M. Blouet
Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey

2005 y.
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Description: This well-established text combines a thematic and regional look at Latin America and the Caribbean. The thematic approach surveys the physical environment, historical geography, demography, agriculture, communications, industry, urban and political aspects of Latin America. The regional approach covers chapters on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Andean America, Brazil, Brazilian Amazonia, and the Southern Cone.A This fifth edition includes updated maps and photos, and new Interlude on Cancun and the Yucatan, and an new Interlude on “Self Help Housing”. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0471630950
Book size: —; Page extent: 544.

 

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John H. Coatsworth, Alan M. Taylor, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Latin America and the World Economy Since 1800

— y.
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ISBN: 0674512812
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Frederick Stirton Weaver
Latin America in the World Economy: Mercantile Colonialism to Global Capitalism

— y.
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Description: Latin America in the World Economy considers the dual aspect of Latin American development: how external factors (phases of world capitalism since Columbus) interweave with internal factors (Latin American culture, politics, and social groups). Within his skillful approach, Weaver demonstrates how domestic social conflicts and power relations have consistently capitalized on changes in the international economy, while, conversely, engagement with the international economy has consistently constrained local struggles and patterns of change. With over half of the book dedicated to the `short` twentieth century (after 1930), Latin America in the World Economy is appropriate for courses in Latin American economic history, political economy, and development. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0813338093
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Fowler
Latin America since 1780

2008 y.
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Description: Written in an accessible style and assuming no prior knowledge, the books in this series address the specific needs of students on language courses, as well as anyone with an interest in modern history. Approaching the study of history via contemporary politics and society, each book offers a clear historical narrative and sets its country into the context of the wider world. Although largely sharing a common past and language, the countries in Latin America remain distinct entities with their own identities. Latin America since 1780 provides a continental-based historical narrative which stresses the common themes between countries like Mexico in North America to Argentina in the Southern Cone, while at the same time highlighting their specific national contexts. This book focuses on key events such as the Mexican-American War, the Cuban Revolution, and the overthrow of Salvador Allende`s government, as well as providing short inserts on the main political protagonists such as Simon… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0340958731
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Leslie Bethell
Latin America: Economy and Society Since 1930

— y.
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ISBN: 0521595711
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Latin America: Its Problems and Its Promise

2005 y.
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ISBN: 0813341647
Book size: —; Page extent: 624.

 

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Eliana Cardoso, Ann Helwege
Latin America`s Economy: Diversity, Trends, and Conflicts

— y.
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Description: `This is precisely the book that I have been waiting for. It is completely up to date, it deals with the most important questions, and the authors explain complex economic issues in simple and helpful ways, without loss of rigour or generality.` -- DavidHojman, Journal of Latin American Studies `An important book. . . . Few other single-volume surveys of the region have so skillfully brought to our attention the complex tapestry of modern Latin American political economy.` -- Antonia Jorge and Paul Moncarz, Journal of Developing Areas Latin America`s Economy provides a clear, comprehensive, and accessible overview of major economic issues facing Latin America today, including balance of payments problems, inflation, stabilization, poverty, inequality, and land reform. Each chapter centers on an economic problem, presenting major economic theories about the causes and possible solutions to the problem. The authors provide numerous cross-country examples to… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0262531259
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Ruud Buitelaar, Pitou Van Dijck
Latin America`s New Insertion in the World Economy: Towards Systemic Competitiveness in Small Economies (International Political Economy Series)

— y.
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Description: This book analyzes the contributions governments in small and medium-sized countries in the Latin American region can make to the strengthening of the international competitiveness and export-orientation of the manufacturing sectors. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0312128231
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