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K Foundation Burn a Million Quid
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In the early hours of the 23 August 1994, in a boathouse on Jura, off the west coast of Scotland, the trustees of the K Foundation, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty burned the assets of the foundation - 1 million pounds in 50 pound notes. The money was the result of Drummond and Cauty's enormously successful ventures in pop music, first as the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (the JAMs), then as the Timelords, and latterly as one of the most successful bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s, the KLF. After disbanding the KLF in 1992 Drummond and Cauty set up the K Foundation. Their best-known foray into the art world was the presentation of 40,000 to Rachel Whiteread for the worst body of art of 1993. Whiteread had been awarded the 20,000 Turner prize a few days earlier. The burning of the 1 million was filmed and a year later Drummond and Cauty returned to Jura to show the people of the island the film and to inaugurate a series of screenings and discussions - all in an attempt to understand just what the K Foundation had done. Was it art? What was the morality of the burning? Was it a publicity stunt? ? This book is a further exploration of the act, with film stills and a selection of the statements, letters and verbal responses of those attending the screenings and associated activities.
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Kurt Weill: An Illustrated Life
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This engaging and lavishly illustrated book draws on a wealth of previously unexplored written and pictorial material to present an up-to-date and balanced biography of Kurt Weill, whose life was as rich and complex as the music for which he is acclaimed.
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yes, but . . . .......2005-06-20
Illustrated, yes. A life, well, seems like there's more to be told. Give this book's publisher 1 star, its author 2, and its translator 5. A smooth and seamless read, if not an altogether satisfying one.
Schebera does convey a sympathetic impression of Weill, and the illustrations offer a welcome insight into the historical context of Weill's music and how he was marketed. The difficulty is, none of the illustrated material is in color, a cost-saving move by the publisher that undercuts the value of the illustrations. Another shortcoming is that none of the discusion of Weill's music is accompanied by the music on the page.
Basically, this biography comes down to an itinerary of Weill's life with little said about what motivated and inspired the composer or how his creativity was stimulated and expressed. Remember, this was a man who was exiled from his native Germany in 1936, following the rise of Hitler's National Socialist Workers' Party, both because he was a Jew and also because he was regarded as a debaucher of German culture through his efforts to modernized classical music and opera.
Schebera is much better at placing Weill in a history-of-music context than at showing us what made the man tick. He unfortunately portrays a man whose life must have brimmed with emotional reactions to events occurring around him, from the creative explosion of the Weimar Republic to WWII to the Holocaust with a matter-of-fact detachment and, sorry to say, shallowness. Where this lack of emotional insight shows most notably is in Weill's personal relations. For example, he was married to Lotte Lenya twice, yet Schebera offers only a perfunctory and temporal explanation for their divorce and later casually glides over the motivations for their remarriage. His one telling quotation, Weill's remark from their first marriage, "Lenya, you know you come right after my music!" never gets the interpersonal embellishments one assumes is available in the voluminous correspondence between Weill and Lenya.
Weill also had an on-and-off creative relationship with Bertold Brecht whose ruptures Schebera summarizes under "creative differences" without elaborating. These artists, collectively with "Threepenny Opera" and individually or through other collaborations, are two of the most prominent and influential innovators in contemporary musical theater, yet Schebera treats their relationship and break-ups like a change of address or a scheduled vacation.
Behind this lack of detail, there seems to be an unstated assumption that the reader knows as much about the period and about the history of music as the author.
Not a book without merits, but certainly a book that leaves one hungry for more.
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Few pastimes are more satisfying than working through a good crossword puzzle. And now you can multiply that satisfaction with 101 Crossword Puzzles For Dummies, Volume I, the companion puzzlebook to Crossword Puzzles For Dummies.
Featuring puzzles of varying skill levels, including the shorter daily-size puzzles and the tough-to-crack Sunday-size puzzles, 101 Crossword Puzzles For Dummies, Volume I, provides hours of enjoyment for puzzle-solving novices and masters alike. A selection of non-crossword puzzles, such as acrostics and cryptograms, are also included and are sure to challenge and entertain any puzzle lover. Author and crossword expert Michelle Arnot offers so many winning puzzle-solving tips and strategies that you'll be a pro yourself before you know it!
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Definately for Dummies.......2000-06-13
I am a new fan of crossword puzzles, having finally massed the knowledge to complete them. The puzzles are fun and they make for great group activities. The puzzles seem to focus on a broad range of knowledge covering just about everything you can imagine.
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WEST'S LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS is the #1 text for this course--setting the standard by delivering comprehensive, authoritative, and cutting-edge coverage in an interesting and accessible format. Its recipe for success includes the same "black letter law" flavor as its #1 Business Law counterpart, West's Business Law, but with a more specific focus on current topics like ethics, government regulation, and administrative law. Updated and expanded teaching materials, including the new West's Legal Environment NOW online assignment administration tool, keep this text unmatched in its ability to support the key objectives of the course.
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love it.......2007-01-04
fast service. Recieved it in one day. The book in great condition, can't ask for more
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The Newest version of West's Legal Environment of Business provides a foundation for understanding ethical, regulatory, international, and e-commerce issues. The text incorporates the New Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005, provides reviewing features for each chapter, longer case excerpts, corporate governance, decision making tools, and much more. Through the text the student is directed to addition resources associated with the text.
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Well-known for its comprehensive and authoritative coverage, this text offers readers great flexibility in choosing which areas of the law to emphasize. Cases are summarized by the authors to facilitate reader comprehension.
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Business Law 10 Edition .......2007-09-28
I like it a lot but it needs to put into simple word for a person like me who don't known any thing about law could understand it better. over all its a very good book. A lot of good information.
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West's Business Law, tenth edition.......2007-09-06
The book came in a sealed cover. Although it looks brand new, it does say it is "used". You would never know it. It came in a timely manner and when I followed up w/the seller to see when it shipped, they sent me back an e-mail within a few hours. I would highly recommend using Off Campus Athens again.
Great Book To Keep.......2007-07-17
I have been through a few bad and good text books throughout my college career, but this had to be one of the best I ever picked up. It is easy to search through and actually makes the topics interesting to read.
Great reference book too.......2007-05-09
The book had great case studies but the best part were the on line review tests. I got 100 on the final!!
Excellent service and quality.......2007-03-19
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The study guide is prepared by text author Roger LeRoy Miller and William Eric Hollowell. It contains a chapter by chapter review of West's Legal Environment of Business that includes: brief chapter introduction, chapter outline, true-false questions, fill-in questions, multiple-choice questions, short essay problems, and Issue Spotters. The answers to the questions and Issue Spotters are found in a separate appendix at the end of the study guide.
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Based on the best-selling West's Business Law, this text maintains its most popular features and continues to offer flexibility for different teaching philosophies. While focusing on public law issues such as ethics, government regulation, and administrative law, it also provides a good balance of private law topics such as contracts and sales. Selected cases begin with either a "Historical and Social Setting" or a "Company Profile" and address the AACSB's curriculum requirements by focusing on global, political, ethical, social, environmental, technological, and cultural diversity issues.
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Somewhat dry reading.......2006-02-25
This book has some interesting case studies, but it somewhat dry reading. I bought it for an MBA class, and it seems more suited to undergraduate study because there is not a lot of direct application for professionals.
Wests Legal Enviornment Of Business.......2004-08-20
I bought the RIGHT edition and then sent me the WRONG ONE!!
Overpriced garbage!.......2002-01-31
This review is pertaining to the 7th edition, hardcover book. This book is printed in very small print, all in one color (blue), on very thin (cheap) paper. How the publisher justifies the ridiculous price is beyond me!
If you need to buy this book for academic purposes, then at least try to find a cheaper used copy--It's not worth the money!
West's Legal Environment of Business : Text Cases Ethical, R.......2000-05-28
Good Intersting and useful.
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Based on the best-selling West's Business Law, this text maintains its most popular features and continues to offer flexibility for different teaching philosophies. While focusing on public law issues such as ethics, government regulation, and administrative law, it also provides a good balance of private law topics such as contracts and sales. Selected cases begin with either a "Historical and Social Setting" or a "Company Profile" and address the AACSB's curriculum requirements by focusing on global, political, ethical, social, environmental, technological, and cultural diversity issues.
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