Defa: East German Cinema, 1946-1992

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The Goons first went to air at the BBC in May 1951. There then began a terrible rasping, squealing, giggling, snorting period of lunacy which continued unabated until 1960. Fifty years after the show there is still huge interest in the Goons, with each new generation discovering afresh the anarchic humour that has had such a huge influence on so many of today's top comedy performers. This fascinating collection of reminiscences, photographs and sketches is the definitive story of Eccles, Bluebottle, Neddy, Bloodnok, Grytpype-Thyne, Moriarity, Minnie Bannister, Henry Crun et al from those who knew them best. Under the patient guidnace of Spikes manager Norma Farnes, Spike Milligan and the late Sir Harry Secombe, along with a select handful of friends including Eric Sykes, delve into their dusty old memories to help piece together the history of the Goons. This is the definitive celebration of one of Britain's best-loved comedy shows, a fascinating collection of photographs, scripts, reminiscences and sketches.

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Another set of stories.......2001-11-10

For the Goon Show fan, this book is a useful addition. it contains a collection of anecdotes from those involved at the time.
For someone new to the old show - it might be a bit too dry.
The book contains full scripts for a couple of shows - and an ordered list of the shows.
The Goon Show Companion by Roger Wilmut is cited as a cource for some of the material and I found that book a better read for someone who wants to know all about the shows.

Arise Sir Terry Woogan: The Biography of Britain's Best-Loved Broadcaster

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Arise Sir Terry Woogan: The Biography of Britain's Best-Loved Broadcaster
Emily Herbert
Manufacturer: John Blake
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Arlott
David Rayvern Allen
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The BBC and Ultra-Modern Music, 19221936: Shaping a Nation's Tastes (Music in the Twentieth Century)

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The BBC and Ultra-Modern Music, 19221936: Shaping a Nation's Tastes (Music in the Twentieth Century)
Jennifer Doctor
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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This book examines the BBC's campaign to raise the cultural awareness of British mass audiences in the early days of radio. As a specific case, it focuses on policies and plans behind transmissions of contemporary music between 1922, when the BBC was founded, and spring 1936. This reception study traces and analyzes the BBC's attempts to manipulate critical and public responses to this repertory.

Broadcasting a Life: The Autobiography of Olive Shapley

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Olive Shapley
Manufacturer: Scarlet Pr
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A Chronicle of First Broadcast Performances of Musical Works in the United Kingdom, 1923-1996

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Alastair Mitchell
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Citizen Greg
Chris Horrie , and Steve Clarke
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A Delicious Slice of Johnners
Brian Johnston
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ASIN: 0753505096

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On one level A Fistful of Kings is about the casino industry in Louisiana and Russia. It's full of action and intrigue set on an international stage. Ultimately, A Fist Full of Kings is about one man's redemption and a woman's uncompromising love that saves then both from dire consequences at the hands of the Russian mob.

Along the way Brotherton encounters almost unbelievably corrupt Louisiana politicians who will do anything to line their pockets. As one of the star witnesses at the Edwin Edwards gambling corruption trial, Brotherton sets the record straight helping to bring down an ex-governor and his cronies.

Brotherton and his wife's harrowing ordeal as hostages and their escape from Russia is all heart-stopping action, climaxing as a mysterious intelligence operative comes to their aid just in time to help them get out alive.

For the past two years, Brotherton has written A Fistful of Kings in near seclusion after being threatened with promises of dire consequences if he decided to tell this story.

A Fistful of Kings is all action, full of spine tingling excitement and all true.

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Still rings true.......2006-06-09

I bought this book at the Baton Rouge "Books A Million" with two other casino-type books before attending dealer school. I started the book and read it all of the way through without stopping. A very good read for casino people as well as just a good thriller. Highly recommend.

A Fistful of Kings.......2003-03-01

Wow. When I started to read this book I thought it was a work of fiction. I live in Lake Charles and knew just about every major player John Brotherton named. When the riverboats came into Lake Charles I was only in elementary school so I did not know what really happened (happenes still) in Louisiana politics. This book opened my eyes to how crooked our state really is. This book is excellent for anyone who would like to read a book that you will not put down. It is a combination of scandals, spies, fiction only imagined, crime and above all else the truth. I can highly recogmmend A Fistful of Kings to anyone. Enjoy.

The mystery is really ???.......2001-09-16

So far I've identified 18 clues and I'm stumped to find the rest. Brotherton's got a good weaving style. I will keep trying. This is a good book for the main story and the hidden one.

OUTSTANDING GAME!.......2001-09-07

I didn't realize, until I was on to the clues, what this book was really saying. I'm now up to 21 confirmed clues. Brotherton weaves well - quite well. Once you know what the AGENDA really is, you're hooked. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, but not for the squeemish. If you've solved clues, please e-mail me directly.

Casino employees must read.......2001-09-03

Saw this guy on TV in Biloxi. He was wild. I bought a copy of the book there. It's a really good read. It keeps escalating all the way through. Surprise "cliff hanger" style ending was a bonus. Recommended - I really liked it. The Chuck Norris Enterprise stuff was pretty alarming. Brotherton is lucky to be alive!

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Proven strategy for reducing production and operating costs while increasing profits

As the growth of the Internet shifts power to consumers, the pressure on companies to keep prices low will continue to mount. Increasingly corporations are relying on "margin management" and supply chain management as a means of keeping prices low while raising profits. Activity-based costing and management (ABC/M) data is key to succeeding in both these critical management strategies. This book explains how executives can effectively use the information furnished by cutting-edge ABC/M systems. The author, an acknowledged expert in the field, clearly defines the ABC/M system and explains how to use the information it provides for best results. He provides a rational framework for understanding the fifteen key defining characteristics of ABC/M and arms readers with an ABC/M Readiness Assessment test along with extremely user-friendly exhibits.

Gary Cokins (Far Bingham Farms, MI) is Director of Industry Relations at ABC Technologies, the world's leading supplier of activity-based information software. He is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author.

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Using ABC to manage your business.......2007-01-24

The author did a good job of coming up with a user friendly book on Activity-Based Costing (ABC). ABC is critical in alerting managers of the major and subsidiary drivers of costs. Many companies, large and small, have benefited from employing ABC techniques.

The author methodically and succinctly discusses and explains activity based-costing, a management planning tool aimed at discovering what your true costs are by essentially assigning overhead costs to products and customers. The idea is that the more you know about your costs, the better able to compete.

The author rarely speaks down to his audience. In fact, Gary Cokins is able to continually build on what is presented previously in the book without endless looping. This makes the book readable by both the expert and novice in accounting. The novice will benefit from the detailed introduction into the concept of ABC. The author then methodically explains how costs can be allocated to products and services.

This is a recommended book that helps the reader to learn and comprehend the important technique of ABC that should enable companies to eliminate hidden costs and be more efficient and competitive.

A great place to start.......2006-04-11

First, the author Gary Cokins has practical experience in ABC/M that spans a significant amount of the evolution of this practice. His book, Activity-Based Cost Management strikes a solid balance between theory and application helping the reader make progress and understand why. The author also connects the topic to many important contemporary issues including the internet, software, lean and six sigma. This is a great starting point for anyone.

Great starting point and continuing reference.......2002-12-21

This book is an excellent resource for learning and understanding ABC accounting. Unlike many web articles and white papers, Gary's book is a practical not academic approach from someone who has been there, done that, and has the t-shirt. It's filled with lots of explanatory diagrams which help to visualize the concepts presented and are useful when presenting on a high-level to executives under time constraints for reading. Chapter 1 clearly presents ABC basic concepts while Chapter 2 is a direct follow-on expanding the depth and breath of those basic concepts. Chapter 3 addresses the question that all senior management wants to know: Are all your trading partners worth it to you? Subsequent chapters focus on typical ABC modeling applications most relevant to organizations. Chapter 6 gives a very good cross-comparison of project/work order costing vs. ABC that is very helpful to project-centric organizations in understanding how ABC differentiates itself. Chapter 7 succinctly places ABC software in the reengineering software spectrum without getting lost in a technological morass. Chapter 9 addresses rapid prototyping for getting initial results from the methodology that can be tweaked iteratively to grow a more sophisticated ABC model. In conclusion, I highly recommend this book and look forward to Gary's "ABC Management - Making it Work" which is next on my ABC must-read list.

Outstanding Executive's Guide to Understanding ABC/M.......2002-11-13

Gary does a wonderful job in explaining not only what is ABC/M but also why it is needed is today's competitive environment. I enjoyed the discussions on defining and measuring capacity as well as the cost of quality. If you're looking for a book that describes ABC/M and it's uses, this is it!

Activity-Based Cost Management.......2002-09-05

it is an amazing book on the subject. it provides valuable practical insights to issues faced by any practitioner of ABC/M.
Anyone who is closely related or has been involved with the implementation of ABC or wants a good understanding of ABC should definitely read this book.

Activity-Based Management: A Comprehensive Implementation Guide

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activity base management

Activity-Based Management: A Comprehensive Implementation Guide
Edward Forrest
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Easy Activity-Based Management Implementation. Everyone's touting activity-based management (ABM) as the best costing method for reengineering and TQM inititatives. But where do you begin? Edward Forrest's groundbreaking Activity-Based Management: A Comprehensive Implementation Guide. This exhaustive guide takes you step-by-step through each stage of planning, organizing, implementing, and managing your own ABM program to support continuous improvement, boost profits, and eliminate non-value added activities. You get expert guidance on everything from streamlining data collection and analysis to using the results to boost ROI. You even get all the ready-to-use forms, reports, and procedures you need to facilitate and measure your program's progress.

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Excellent!.......2005-03-12

Seller was very professional and honest. I received the book in perfect conditions and before the estimated time.

activity base management.......2000-02-25

very good and comprehensive book with up to date informatio

Taking a better look at cost allocation. (Books).(Activity-Based Cost Management: An Executive's Guide) (book review): An article from: Strategic Finance

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Taking a better look at cost allocation. (Books).(Activity-Based Cost Management: An Executive's Guide) (book review): An article from: Strategic Finance
Khalid Khowaiter
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This digital document is an article from Strategic Finance, published by Institute of Management Accountants on September 1, 2002. The length of the article is 429 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Taking a better look at cost allocation. (Books).(Activity-Based Cost Management: An Executive's Guide) (book review)
Author: Khalid Khowaiter
Publication: Strategic Finance (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2002
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Volume: 84 Issue: 3 Page: 29(2)

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Activity-Based Information Systems: An Executive's Guide to Implementation (Wiley Cost Management Series)

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A must read for Implementing ABC/M: Do it yourself

Activity-Based Information Systems: An Executive's Guide to Implementation (Wiley Cost Management Series)
Mohan Nair
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ASIN: 0471324310

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"Much has been written on ABC/M, but it is rare to find implementation secrets put together in such an approachable format."-Ashok Vadgama Manager, Configuration Management and ABM Motorola

Whether you are looking to improve your business's bottom line or streamlining your company's financial decisions, Activity-Based Information Systems provides you with the know-how and expert information you need to get started on the road to success. This is the first book of its kind that examines the complex choices and opportunities available to corporations and individuals embarking on the ABC/M journey. Rather than focusing on the pitfalls of establishing this information system, Mohan Nair outlines-in plain English-the seven keys to establishing the proper conditions for a successful ABC/M implementation. In this unique and groundbreaking book, you'll also learn about:
* The history and framework behind activity-based information systems
* The three factors of technology, people, and processes used in implementation
* How to make the critical move from implementation start-up to education, and on through the production phases
* Four cases of actual implementation and the unique contribution which ABC/M makes in the pursuit of financially endorsed and IT-maintained operational information
* The proper checklist to have for basic evaluations of specific information systems

Even the latest high-speed technology and desktop applications now routinely used by corporations around the world, the most essential business information that operating managers and CFOs can use today, is still unreachable. It doesn't have to be. The field of activity-based cost/management (ABC/M) is not simply a cost exercise for technically savvy cost managers; it is a process which can be utilized by nearly any type of business. Implementing an ABC/M project involves focusing on the management of activities as a means to improve the value received by customers, and the subsequent profit achieved by providing this value to customers on a continual basis.

The information obtained from ABC and activity-based management (ABM) is quickly becoming vital for operating managers who rely on a high-quality ABC information system to meet their demands. Now, the president of Oregon's ABC Technologies, author Mohan Nair, meets those demands with Activity-Based Information Systems. Providing a framework for implementing activity-based information systems (ABIS), Mr. Nair, using nontechnical language, examines the strategies for technology evaluation and design, their organizational and financial implications, and technology's limitations. Executives will appreciate the success-ful implementation strategies contained in this book-strategies that are not focused on avoiding pitfalls, but utilized to create the conditions for success.

With proven insights backed by experience, not doctrines, Mr. Nair explains how most implementations have generally focused on the process and people views of an ABC/M endeavor-yet all three views, including a technological view, must be understood and coexist routinely in order to have a truly successful and continuous implementation of ABC/M. However, the book does not simply demonstrate ABC/M and ABIS concepts. Business managers and consultants alike will value Mohan Nair's perspectives on time-based management, business process reengineering, thruput maximization, budget justification, strategic cost management, and profitability management, as well as how these initiatives relate to ABM.

In today's computer-enabled business world, it pays to have an in-depth knowledge of costing, along with an appreciation for capitalizing on the use of systems and software. There is no simple "recipe" for overnight implementation; however, by following Mohan Nair's sevenfold steps to successful ABC/M implementation, your company can create the best conditions for success and meet the future head-on with an activity-based information system that is operationally used, financially endorsed, and IT-maintained.

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A must read for Implementing ABC/M: Do it yourself.......1999-10-07

An amazingly simple ,yet comprehensive and well articulated book, which holds your hand in a seven step approach in building and designing a fairly substantial model for a fully integrated business enterprice. Not only this will provide you a fairly robust cost system but will lead you to implementable schmes that will control contain and manage costs esposing the hidden treasures.

With suitable adaptations one can find windows of opportunities in finding revnues for growth with profitabiltiy. More you reread, you will have enrichment not only for your mind but to the business as a whoole.

A comprehensive and complete compendium for cost management.

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