Business Welsh: A User's Manual
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    Business Welsh: A User's Manual
    Robert Déry
    Manufacturer: Routledge
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    ASIN: B000V2O1JI
    Business Welsh: A User's Manual
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      Business Welsh: A User's Manual
      Robert Dery
      Manufacturer: Routledge
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      ASIN: 0415129982

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      Business Welsh is a reference manual for native speakers and second language learners who wish to use Welsh in a business or professional environment. This book comprises a wide range of sample situations in English and Welsh which can be adapted to meet the specific requirements of the user.

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      Business Welsh is a refernce volume for native speakers and second language learners who wish to use Welsh in a business or professional environment.

      The Complete Idiot's Guide to Careers in the U.S. Military
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Good, But dated
      The Complete Idiot's Guide to Careers in the U.S. Military
      Bill Harris
      Manufacturer: Alpha
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      ASIN: 002864381X

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      5 out of 5 stars Good, But dated.......2007-02-16

      Okay, this is a decent guide to military careers, as far as the Idiot Guides go. If you are new to the military, or unfamiliar with the variety of opportunities available, then I would recommend you buy and read this book before seeing a recruiter. As a retired military officer I know that the military has shanged significantly in the past few years, with job classifications being revamped and many entrance requirements being adjusted to reflect the current demand for special forces and combat related career fields. This book needs to be updated and reprinted, but remains a good resource.

      If you are interested in becoming an officer, you may want to read "How to Become a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Military," by Ron Taylor.
      Military Advantage
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • In the military? You NEED this book!
      • Recruit Must Have
      Military Advantage
      Lynn Vincent
      Manufacturer: LearningExpress, LLC
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      ASIN: 1576853632

      Book Description

      Each year more than 350,000 people leave the military, and many of them plan to enter the civilian job market.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars In the military? You NEED this book!.......2005-10-05

      This is an EXCELLENT book for anyone connected to the miltary. I just enlisted in the Air Force, and I am SO GLAD that I read this book first. There are so many things in there that, especially young recruits, need to know to make sure they dont get taken advantage of. Being in the military, there are certain benefits you are entitled to, and if you dont use them, you lose them. Sad but true. Young recruits are often taken advantage of for nothing more than innocence and ignorance through no fault of their own. THIS IS A MUST HAVE.

      I checked this book out at my local library, and once I realized how helpful it was, I bought a copy of it because its an excellent source of reference. I feel a little more secure knowing its in the house, and I can refer to it any time I need to look something up about my benefits.

      I know I said its excellent for young recruits, but it even talks about retirement and VA loans and stuff like that, so if you are already in the military, you'll still find a world of resource in this book.

      5 out of 5 stars Recruit Must Have.......2001-10-30

      I wish this book had been around when I first came into the military. It offers a lot of insight to a civilian who is joining and only has a recruiter to rely on for factual information about career paths in the service. That is just the start. It offers many useful "need to know" facts about getting the most from your time in. Facts most of us just stumble on along the way.

      Must, must, must buy for those looking to use the military as a foundation for a civilian career or a route to a college degree.
      Barron's Guide to Military Careers
      Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
      • Dated
      • Don't buy this book
      • Horrible book. Time better spent on the net
      • elementary information
      • Direct!
      Barron's Guide to Military Careers
      Donald B. Hutton
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      ASIN: 0764104896

      Book Description

      There's a lot more than hype behind those recruitment spots that announce: "Be all that you can be!"..."Aim High!" and "It's More Than a Job--It's an Adventure!" In fact, America's modern military service branches offer young men and women training that prepares them for hundreds of different, highly rewarding manual, technical, and professional occupations. Barron's Guide to Military Careers is a must-read volume for everybody considering a career in the army, air force, navy, marines, or coast guard. The book features an inventory of each branch's major military equipment, resource listings that include available publications and videos, and a glossary of military terms. It also describes military training and available academic and special training programs, as well as ROTC programs. Among the military career opportunities described in this book are those in administration, aviation, combat, construction, engineering, health, human services, law enforcement, machine work, public affairs, ship operations, and many more.

      Customer Reviews:

      3 out of 5 stars Dated.......2007-02-16

      Barron's normally puts out a decent guide to about anything they approach; however, this book is currently over 7 years old, and is not organized as well as one should expect from Barron's. I woul d recommend you skip on this book and go online to research opportunbities at each branch's website. Don't forget that the Coast Guard, Merchant Marines, and National Oceanographic and Atmospeheric Agency are also uniformed services.

      If you are interested in becoming a military officer, you may want to check out "How to Become a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Military," by Ron Taylor.

      1 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book.......2006-03-12

      It is out of date. Non informative and a waste of money. If you have done a little research you already know more than the author on what the military offers and the things covered in this book.

      1 out of 5 stars Horrible book. Time better spent on the net.......2002-12-22

      My biggest problem with this book is that it lacks an index so its mediocre format is especially painful. Having been qualified as a calvary scout (19D)and lately interested in Psych Ops (37F) I found information on both MOSs lacking.

      A good portion of the book is dated including the many useless forms. Any forms you'll need your recruiter will have online.

      A good example of the complacent editing this book has undergone:
      Under U.S. Army - Popular movies listed include Private Benjamin and G.I. Jane (Navy Seal Drama).

      I recommend instead researching on the internet and finding service specific literature: For instance the books by Robert S. Rush for those interesting in the US Army. Also the downloaded game from the U.S. Army website is also a great resource.

      1 out of 5 stars elementary information.......2002-12-04

      i found this book to be extremely elementary as far as it's content. there was nothing in this book that you couldn't find on the various military web sites. i thought that the material was to general and i found most of was not helpful. i recommend that you find another source for information on this topic.

      5 out of 5 stars Direct!.......2002-04-24

      I Ratmouse hereby endorse this book to anyone considering joining the military. Donald B. Hutton does an excellent job in outlining the various paths available to the prospective conscript (including the US Coast Guard- which otherwise is difficult to find detailed information about). He explains the options available for those considering the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines (and Coast Guard), the ROTC program, and outlines specific careers and skills to be attained in the United States Armed Services. The nuggets of information found in this easy-to-read, well-diagramed book can make all the difference in one's specialized future as a proud member of the world's most powerful security branch and peacekeeping body- the Unites States Armed Forces.

      While some Americans may scoff at the notion of joining the military, and will even criticize the efforts of young men and women who daily risk their lives to serve their country- do not let the sheltered and small-minded ignoramuses deter your will. When joining the Armed Services, you are first and foremost protecting the United States Constitution and our democratic way of life. Sadly, there will always be people who take our liberties for granted, and take for granted the courage and sacrifices our soldiers have made, and continue to make, for the greater good of our country. You are not fighting solely for ivory tower liberals who do not care about you. You are fighting for the higher principles of democracy, civility, national security, and freedom. This book will get you started on that just and noble path.
      Opportunities in Military Careers, revised edition (Opportunities in)
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        Opportunities in Military Careers, revised edition (Opportunities in)
        Adrian A. Paradis
        Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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        ASIN: 0071448527

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        Are you looking for the latest information to open the door to the career of your dreams? Opportunities in Military Careers covers a range of jobs in this sector, from those that require high school and trade school to associate, four-year, and graduate degrees. You'll find up-to-date salary statistics, training requirements, as well as the lowdown on life on the job. This comprehensive, no-nonsense guide takes the stress out of launching a career that's both satisfying and financially rewarding.

        Choosing a Career in the Military (World of Work (New York, N.Y.).)
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          Choosing a Career in the Military (World of Work (New York, N.Y.).)
          Greg Roza
          Manufacturer: Rosen Publishing Group
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          America's Top Military Careers: The Official Guide to Occupations in the Armed Forces (America's Top Military Careers)
          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
          • Good Career Planning For Military!!
          America's Top Military Careers: The Official Guide to Occupations in the Armed Forces (America's Top Military Careers)

          Manufacturer: Jist Publishing
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          ASIN: 1563707063

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          5 out of 5 stars Good Career Planning For Military!!.......2001-05-01

          This book is great for anyone wanting, or considering to join the military. It provides descriptions on basically all the career paths and occupations you can choose from with the picture to go along with it. This book will help me narrow down on what I want to do in the military when I join the USMC. If you are not sure on exactly what you want to do for the military, but want to join, then this is the book for you. I love this book! (This can be especially good for young people like myself)
          Arco Guide to Joining the Military
          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
          • Very useful book
          • This is not a review
          • The real story about his book
          • Arco Guide to Joining the Military
          Arco Guide to Joining the Military
          Arco
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          ASIN: 0764561898

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars Very useful book.......2004-05-18

          I bought this book because I was curious, not because I was interested in joining the military. Nevertheless, I am married to a Soldier and a daughter of an Air Force officer, so I'm familiar with the lifestyle. I found Ostrow's guide to Joining the Military to be very informative and interesting. He's explained the process for joining the military, and he's covered all of the branches, from the very first conversation with the recruiter to showing up for basic training, to taking the oath of enlistment. I found this book easy to read and perfect for someone of high school age. It's slim and easy to carry, making it portable for someone who is busily preparing for a fledgling career in the military. Contrary to the previous reviewer who stated an opinion that read in essence that this book is a recruiting tool, I believe that Ostrow was quite fair and even handed in his analysis of the military as a career. I got the impression that he understands that it's not a choice that is ideal for everyone. I don't believe that this book is propaganda for the military. Instead, I honestly believe that Ostrow meant to write a book that would help people make the right decision-- because when people make the wrong one, everybody loses... the servicemember, the military, and the American people who pay their salaries with their tax dollars. Honestly, if you are looking for a book about enlisting in the armed forces, this one is a sure bet. However, I will caution that there is very little information for those who aspire to be officers because that information is beyond the scope of the book.

          5 out of 5 stars This is not a review.......2004-03-09

          This is not a review but I wanted to address whomever puts the reviews online. I am the author of this book and I suspect that the last reviewer may be another publisher or author trying to discredit my book and, therefore, help their own sales. To give a "1 star" when the other review gave a "5" and even on other web sites It's rated as 5 stars (for example BN.com both reviewers gave 5 stars!) I am not trying to question anyone's opinion but when there are only 2 reviews and one of them gives a one it hurts book sales. I question this review, especially since the reviewer does not give a name!

          I wrote this book to help people through the enlistment process, it was the first book of its kind. This kind of review not only hurts sales but also may keep someone who needs this book from buying it.

          Thanks!

          1 out of 5 stars The real story about his book.......2004-02-24

          I bought this book based on the titles of the TOC but when I read it I was very dissapointed with its content. I thought this would be a book that was to prepare YOU for the enlistment process but instead found that it was written by a former recruiter and clearly does not give any advise that isn't already common sense. For example there is a paragraph entitled "What the recruiter can and cannot promise you." This section didn't cover ANYTHING even remotely close to what its title says. This book is on the side of the military and is a good tool FOR RECRUITERS! Don't waste your money on this book if you want help on the enlistment process.

          5 out of 5 stars Arco Guide to Joining the Military.......2001-12-17

          I found this book to be both very imformative, and very humorous. It was a really good book, and I learned a lot from it. It covers the first interview with a recruiter all the way through basic training and into your career.
          Career Opportunities in the Armed Forces (Career Opportunities)
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            Career Opportunities in the Armed Forces (Career Opportunities)
            C. J. Henderson , and Jack Dolphin
            Manufacturer: Ferguson Publishing Company
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            Career Progression Guide for Soldiers: A Practical, Complete Guide for Getting Ahead in Today's Competitive Army (Career Progression Guide for Soldiers)
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              Career Progression Guide for Soldiers: A Practical, Complete Guide for Getting Ahead in Today's Competitive Army (Career Progression Guide for Soldiers)
              Audie Lewis , and Audie G. Lewis
              Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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              Citizen Soldier: Opportunities in the Reserves (Military Opportunity Series)
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                Carl White
                Manufacturer: Rosen Publishing Group
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                Everywoman's Money: Financial Freedom
                Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                • An Excellent Guide for Women and Money
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                Everywoman's Money: Financial Freedom
                CFP, Dee Lee
                Manufacturer: Alpha
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                ASIN: 0028640098

                Book Description

                "The Everywoman's Guide to Financial Freedom" covers all aspects of personal finance that are important to women. A guide to financial independence and a profile summary on financially prepared women, the book provides enough information for you to design your own financial plan and broaden your understanding and mastery of money.

                Customer Reviews:

                5 out of 5 stars An Excellent Guide for Women and Money.......2001-11-29

                When Dee Lee first told me whe was writing a book about money for women, I admit I was skeptical. I know that Dee is among the best at financial education. I also know, from reading her other books, that she is an excellent writer. My skepticism was not her ability, but the topic. I was not sure, given the large number of books on money and financial planning, that there was anything new to be said. I was wrong.

                I picked up a copy of this book planning only to skim through it. I found myself reading it. Of course, I had to ask myself why? The answer is in the title "women". This book talks to us as women. It's not just about money: it's about our fears. As women, we have many emotions about money that often keep us from looking hard and carefully at our finances. This book deals with the obstacles we place in the way of our financial freedom and then proceeds to tell us how to overcome these obstacles. Dee Lee deals with why we often do not address such a fundamental topic as our money. She then offers solutions. This is a woman's perspective on money -and having worked with clients for many years as a financial planner, we do have a different perspective then men. This difference is recognized and dealt with in the book. I highly recommend this book for all women. You may think you do not have to be concerned ever with handling your finances. This is a common response of women. Yet, as page five says "Ninety percent of women become wholly responsible for their finances at some point in their lifetime". This is you. This book is for you.

                5 out of 5 stars Advice You Can Use.......2001-09-01

                Believe it or not, my bank advisor suggested this book - after my umpteenth phone call asking her advice about various financial problems I was having. And now this book has become my new bible of advice ! I could not believe how much I learned in such a short time - and how easy the book made it seem. There was something in just about every chapter that applied to me, my life, my finances,my future - you name it. Highly, highly recommended. If, like me, you thought Dow Jones was the designer who made those great wool slacks ( that's Jones NY !) it's time to buy this book - it's the best money you're going to spend all year.

                In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900-1995 (American Encounters/Global Interactions)
                Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
                • Marxist Drivel!
                • Best Book on Ecuador
                • Great Book
                • Incomplete Analysis of Ecuador's Banana Industry
                In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900-1995 (American Encounters/Global Interactions)
                Steve Striffler , and Steve Striffler
                Manufacturer: Duke University Press
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                ASIN: 0822328631

                Book Description

                Winner of the 2001 President’s Award of the Social Science History Association

                In the Shadows of State and Capital tells the story of how Ecuadorian peasants gained, and then lost, control of the banana industry. Providing an ethnographic history of the emergence of subcontracting within Latin American agriculture and of the central role played by class conflict in this process, Steve Striffler looks at the quintessential form of twentieth-century U.S. imperialism in the region—the banana industry and, in particular, the United Fruit Company (Chiquita). He argues that, even within this highly stratified industry, popular struggle has contributed greatly to processes of capitalist transformation and historical change.
                Striffler traces the entrance of United Fruit into Ecuador during the 1930s, its worker-induced departure in the 1960s, the troubled process through which contract farming emerged during the last half of the twentieth century, and the continuing struggles of those involved. To explore the influence of both peasant activism and state power on the withdrawal of multinational corporations from banana production, Striffler draws on state and popular archives, United Fruit documents, and extensive oral testimony from workers, peasants, political activists, plantation owners, United Fruit administrators, and state bureaucrats. Through an innovative melding of history and anthropology, he demonstrates that, although peasant-workers helped dismantle the foreign-owned plantation, they were unable to determine the broad contours through which the subsequent system of production—contract farming—emerged and transformed agrarian landscapes throughout Latin America.
                By revealing the banana industry’s impact on processes of state formation in Latin America, In the Shadows of State and Capital will interest historians, anthropologists, and political scientists, as well as scholars of globalization and agrarian studies.

                Customer Reviews:

                1 out of 5 stars Marxist Drivel!.......2004-04-25

                This book provides a distorted view of Ecuador and its banana industry. It is typical of the work produced by so many Marxists and leftists who dominate U.S. universities and Latin American Studies.

                5 out of 5 stars Best Book on Ecuador.......2004-01-30

                This is social history at its best. It takes Ecuadorian history to a new level.

                5 out of 5 stars Great Book.......2004-01-22

                This is a wonderful book. Not sure what first (amazon) reviewer was thinking. He is an international aid worker so it's no surprise he misses the point.

                2 out of 5 stars Incomplete Analysis of Ecuador's Banana Industry.......2003-12-03

                Steve Striffler has analyzed an important chapter in the history of Ecuador's banana industry and the country's relations with foreign investors. He documents quite well how peasant workers defeated the United Fruit Company at Tenguel Hacienda on Ecuador's southern coast and forced a large multinational to abandon direct production in that country. Such action, however, condemned workers to deeper poverty and limited access to new investment and improved living standards.

                Hopefully research like Striffler's will encourage scholars and Latin American intellectuals to reexamine how they have demonized the United Fruit Company. They have misinformed an entire generation about the positive impacts U.S. multinationals have had on Latin America as described in the best seller "Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot".

                For fifty years the United Fruit Company has been portrayed by leftist ideologues and most academics as the symbol of U.S. imperialism and hegemony in the Americas. Yet we see in the 1940s and 1950s at Tenguel what a positive force this company was in introducing new technologies, increasing banana production and exports, paying taxes, contributing to Ecuadorian development, and dramatically improving worker salaries and living conditions. Indeed, it was United Fruit's pioneering investments that saved Ecuador from collapse of the cocao boom and produced one of its most important exports. If a small band of peasant workers defeated the United Fruit Company in Ecuador, scholars must now explain how this "demonic force" came to play such a significant role in Central America.

                Striffler's book unfortunately provides little analysis of United Fruit and its executives, except by pejoratively characterizing them as "the banana boys". The company is shown as a faceless actor with little or no examination of its views of Ecuador and local workers. A more complete analysis would have shown that United Fruit was led by a missionary capitalist, Samuel Zemurray, who saw his company as helping countries overcome poverty and improve living conditions. Many of his executives had the same commitment to local development as did their contemporary Point Four technicians and later Peace Corps volunteers. As described in Lawrence Harrison's "The Pan American Dream"(chapter four), Zemurray was a strong supporter of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. Tenguel Hacienda was an example of how he saw his company and modern capitalism bringing New Deal progress to countries like Ecuador.

                In addition, Striffler fails to examine the role of domestic businesses in encouraging peasant unions and the Ecuadorian state to harass United Fruit because they were threatened by its large size and progressive labor standards. They wipped-up Ecuador's deep xenophobia and nationalistic suspicions against United Fruit to pursue their own business interests. This follows a similar pattern in Central America where local mercantilists used weak States and labor/peasant unions to run out competitors and take over their investments and markets either directly, or as at Tenguel, through government expropriation.

                An important part of the Tenguel story that Striffler does not address is the rise of the Ecuadorian Noboa Group, and other domestic banana producers, who replaced United Fruit and paid workers lower wages and provided few social services. Indeed, the development of the Noboa Group as one of Latin America's first multinationals filled the vacuum left by the withdrawal of United Fruit. Its Guayaquil founder, Luis Noboa, prided himself on how his company came to dominate the Ecaudorian banana industry in the 1960s and 1970s and regularly beat out United Fruit and Standard Fruit in business ventures. In effect, the Noboa Group used its mercantilist penetration of the Ecuadorian State, government subsidies, alliances with populist movements, and threats of labor problems (like those at Tenguel) to limit foreign competition and become the dominate force in producing and exporting Ecuadorian bananas.

                Because of the myopic view of many scholars, and their irrelevant Marxist paradigms, they have focused mainly on foreign multinationals while ignoring how domestic companies exploited the weak and fragmented Ecuadorian State and labor/peasant unions to maintain a corrupt mercantilist system.
                As described by Hernando DeSoto in "The Other Path", countries like Ecuador are locked into mercantilist economies that allow domestic businessmen to pursue protectionist measures through public-private alliances and payoffs to government officials. Defeat of United Fruit at Tenguel was not just the defeat of a multinational, but the destruction of an important initiative to bring to Ecuador the benefits of progressive democratic capitalism and greater development.

                Throughout the 20th century, Ecuadorian mercantilism kept the country largely closed to foreign investment (except limited areas in the petroleum sector) and condemned it to greater poverty and increasing dominance and corruption from local business groups. This has been re-enforced by right wing mercantilists in Guayaquil, allied with left wing mercantilists in Sierra-based military, labor unions and populist movements. It explains why Ecuador, with its rich natural resources, remains one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the region.

                Reviewer is an international consultant who has lived and worked many years in Ecuador and other Latin American countries.
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                  Title: Farm labourers and small-scale producers in Latin America.(In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900-1995)(Cutting the Wire: The Story of the Landless Movement in Brazil)(Feeding the Market: South American Farmers, Trade and Globalization)(Book Review)
                  Author: Jim Handy
                  Publication: Labour/Le Travail (Refereed)
                  Date: March 22, 2005
                  Publisher: Canadian Committee on Labour History
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