Dennis Potter: A Life on Screen

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This book represents the first full-length examination of the work of the late, celebrated television playwright, Dennis Potter. Drawing upon a wealth of original research, including a rare interview with the writer himself, John Cook reveals for the first time the often astonishing array of themes which link together all of Potter’s writing: from his early television plays in the 1960s right through to his final works in 1994. In this new, fully revised and updated edition, Cook also examines recent events surrounding "the Potter legacy," offering powerful evidence from the writer’s final works which raise important questions about its future direction.

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Every song from all nine studio albums arranged in professional lead-sheet style, including all critical instrumental riffs and figures. Plus, a bonus Guitar Tab Section featuring many of Jimmy Page's classic riffs and solos is also included. A complete history of the band and a detailed analysis of Jimmy Page's guitar style (by Andy Aledort). Classic and rare photos of the band in concert and on the road. Every song from all 9 studio albums: Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV, Houses of the Holy, Presence, Physical Graffiti, In Through the Out Door, and Coda. Contents: BABE, I M GONNA LEAVE YOU, BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE, COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN, DAZED AND CONFUSED, GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES, HOW MANY MORE TIMES, I CAN T QUIT YOU BABY, YOU SHOOK ME, YOU RE TIME IS GONNA COME, BRING IT ON HOME, HEARTBREAKER, LEMON SONG, THE, LIVING LOVING MAID (SHE S JUST A WOMAN), MOBY DICK, RAMBLE ON, THANK YOU, WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE, WHOLE LOTTA LOVE, BRON-Y-AUR STOMP, CELEBRATION DAY, FRIENDS, GALLOWS POLE, HATS OFF TO (ROY) HARPER, IMMIGRANT SONG, OUT ON THE TILES, SINCE I VE BEEN LOVING YOU, TANGERINE, THAT S THE WAY, BATTLE OF EVERMORE, T BLACK DOG, FOUR STICKS, GOING TO CALIFORNIA, MISTY MOUNTAIN HOP, ROCK AND ROLL, STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN, WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS, THE CRUNGE, D YER MAKER, DANCING DAYS, NO QUARTER, THE OOCEAN, OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY, THE RAIN SONG, THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME, ARCHILLES LAST STAND, CANDY STORE ROCK, FOR YOUR LIFE, HOTS ON FOR NOWHERE, NOBODY S FAULT BUT MINE, ROYAL ORLEANS, TEA FOR ONE, BLACK COUNTRY WOMAN, BOOGIE WITH STU, BRON-YR-AUR, CUSTARD PIE, DOWN BY THE SEASIDE, HOUSES OF THE HOLY, IN MY TIME OF DYING, IN THE LIGHT, KASHMIR, NIGHT FLIGHT, THE ROVER, SICK AGAIN, TEN YEARS GONE, TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT, THE WANTAN SONG, ALL MY LOVE, CAROUSELAMBRA, FOOL IN THE RAIN, HOT DOG, I M GONNA CRAWL, IN THE EVENING, SOUTH BOUND SAUREZ, DARLENE, OZONE BABY, POOR TOM, WALTER S WALK, WE RE GONN

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COMPLETE Song Book from All 9 Studio Albums.......2007-05-08

I'm excited that this COMPLETE song book was just released giving the best of Jimmy Page's solos, guitar analysis, and all inclusive song book that has every song from all 9 studio recordings.

[...]I can't imagine for the life of me that JIMMY PAGE - one of the greatest legendary guitarits in the history of Rock and Roll, who also released and remastered the COMPLETE studio recordings, the LED ZEPPELIN DVD - which is unbelievably outstanding - he would NEVER leave out his greatest work that he cares so much about.

I would recommend this to ANYONE who wantes to play Page's songs and solos.

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Not the best...
Your money is better spent burned!!
Led Zeppelin 95% Incomplete
Piano/Vocal edition (white cover) is good...for what it is
Dumbed Down.

Led Zeppelin Complete

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Forty powerful songs from the heavy metal masters. Includes: Stairway to Heaven * Black Dog * Dazed and Confused * Immigrant Song * Rock and Roll * Whole Lotta Love * Heartbreaker * and many, many more. 228 pages.

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Not the best..........2006-07-25

I have been playing guitar for a couple of years, but would not consider myself an expert. What I would consider myself highly advanced on, though, is Led Zeppelin. I am beyond a fan and listen to them everyday, and if anything, I do know their music. This book does not know very much.

There are a small, select number of songs I find helpful and accurate, and there are only two or three ("Celebration Day" and maybe "The Rain Song") that I consider COMPLETE. It does indeed contain every song from Led Zeppelin I-V, transcribed with chords and vocals, but is often incorrect. The tuning for "That's the Way" is wrong. The tablature for "Over the Hills and Far Away" is entirely wrong, and does not provide rhythm chords or a solo for that particular song. "When the Levee breaks" is the MOST ATROCIOUS of them all, giving you only 4 or so chords, that, supposedly, the song contains. "Gallows Pole" is poor in the same way... and "Since I've been Loving You" has only 3 or so chords...VERY BAD...and NO SOLO...isn't that the quintessence of the song anyway?? EACH and every song is INCOMPLETE.

In addition, it seems that songs that are not so "complex" such as "Tangerine" and "Celebration Day" are the only songs with a complete solo. "Stairway to Heaven" does not have a solo transcribed, nor does any other song for that matter (except those two).

Over all, the book is fair, but if you really want to learn the song inside and out, you will be disappointed. If you have been playing guitar for a while, you can figure out anything that is already in this book. For beginners, it's all right for the basics of each song, but it quickly becomes obsolete when you become a better player. I would not recommend this product.

Remember, the three major things missing are:

1)rhythm chords (that should be there)
2)bridges and such
3)AND SOLOS!

This book is perhaps reliable for lyrics to the songs, but the spoken lyrics in "How Many More Times" are missing. I give it three stars because it is good for beginners.

Your money is better spent burned!!.......2005-01-21

Is this author serious!? I think someone accidently printed the rough draft. Either that or the transcriber needs to sober up and try again. Buy this book only if you've never heard a single Led Zeppelin song.

Led Zeppelin 95% Incomplete.......2003-10-08

Don't buy this book. It's a ripoff and shouldn't be in print. The guitar tablature consists of the very basic rythm of the songs with nothing else. In most songs, the rythm is even incomplete. There's no lead at all. Pay the extra 38 bucks and get the I-V box set. You'll be glad you did. The saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover" definitely applies to this one.

Piano/Vocal edition (white cover) is good...for what it is.......2003-08-22

There are several different editions of "Led Zeppelin Complete". I own the one with the white cover and blue clouds, which is basically a "piano/vocal" edition, so that's the version that I'm reviewing here. I bought it back in '89 when there seemed to be no other Led Zeppelin music books in the stores. The book covers all the songs from the first 5 albums, minus the cover tunes (Lemon Song, You Shook Me, Bring It On Home, I Can't Quit You Baby). Hardly "complete", but a lot.

All piano/vocal books of rock bands are essentially what are known as "fake books": they show the vocal melody, the chord progressions, and most of the music transcribed for piano, with the bass staff usually following what the bass guitar is doing, and the treble staff usually following what the guitar is doing. Little fills and solos are invariably left out. So for what it is -- a general transcription book -- the book does its job.

I would NOT recommend this book if you're a guitarist or bass player looking for transcribed parts. Again, this is essentally a fake book for piano. I'm sure there are other Led Zeppelin books better suited to your needs. Not to say that the book is _useless_ to guitarists. Under the chord names of each song are those handy guitar chord diagrams (the ones that look like a little grid, with dots for the figer positions). And on songs where Jimmy Page used alternate tunings, these exact tunings are described, with the chord diagrams redrawn appropriately.

The book has other information, but it's laid out for only certain tracks and in strange ways. There are some notes from band members on how they play certain parts. But this is only for a song or two. The entire lead guitar part to "Since I've Been Loving You" is transcribed, but in a strange version of tablature (written as a series of fractions, where the top number is the fret and the bottom number indicates which string -- very weird!) The Houses of the Holy album is mistitled "Led Zeppelin V". The songs are grouped by album, but the order within each group doesn't match the order as heard on the album nor even alphabetical order. Fortunately there's the table of contents.

I'm a bass player, and the book has been somewhat helpful to me for reference over the years. I also first learned how to play barre chords on a 6-string guitar by looking at the diagrams in this book. Besides currently playing bass in a band that does some Zep covers, I also sing back-up vocals and additionally picked up the mandolin. So I dug up this book from my shelves, and just seeing layout of the chord changes and their transcriptions, along with the lyrics, was exactly what I needed.

Dumbed Down........2003-07-15

Yeah, don't buy this book unless you can't play the guitar. If you have any sort of skill with the instrument you will be bored with the holes they leave in trascribing the songs. There's not a single solo (who wants Led Zeppelin without the guitar solos). In fact, instead of 3 stars I'm giving it 1, because you could find better tabs online for free.

Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin (Complete Guide to the Music of...) (Complete Guide to the Music of...)

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Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin (Complete Guide to the Music of...) (Complete Guide to the Music of...)
Dave Lewis
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Release Date: 2004-03-06

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The indispensable soft-back edition consumers' guide to the music of Led Zeppelin. An album by album, track by track run down of everything recorded by Led Zeppelin during their 12 year career, and everything released subsequent to their disbanding in 1980. Features include Details of when and where their music was written and recorded Details of how each track was put together and in what studio A consumers' guide for those new to Zeppelin's Music A section of Led Zeppelin Remastered and the much acclaimed 2003 DVD A track index for easy reference

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Fill in the Gaps.......2007-01-13

This book is written as a series of concert reviews but it is much more. The author describes events leading up to the concerts and, in some cases, explains why certain concerts were more important to the band's development than others.
I find the ability to follow a particular song's progress from introduction to regular part of the band's set one of the most interesting aspects of this book. If you are interested in the evolution of Led Zeppelin's live set, you will likely enjoy this book. If you're looking for a band biography, you'll probably be happier with "Hammer of the Gods" by Stephen Davis or "Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin - Uncensored" by Richard Cole with Richard Trubo more than this book.

A must for every Zeppelin fan.......2006-11-09

I find this book to be very interesting and so full of information, I think of it as an encyclopedia for all that is Zeppelin. It's a great addition to my collection..

Good new information.......2006-02-20

I own several Led Zep books so it was nice to get my hands on this one by Dave Lewis - one of the band's keepers. The good news for Zep-philes is that there is new information. This book makes a good complement to Luis Rey's Zep concert book (now out-of-print I believe). It doesn't try to be academic but rather anecdotal - so that we get a much better picture of the actual live environment that Zep lived in at the time.

It includes reviews from various news sources and on-the-ground accounts of what happened here and there. Would have been nice if the book was a little longer, but it aims to be concise rather than overwritten.

Lewis also tries to be as balanced as he can be. Sure, there's room to disagree on this and that, but this is a good if not essential companion for Zep collectors keen on learning more on the band's live legacy.

Various Information.......2005-10-13

If you want to know Led Zeppelin, listen their music and see the performance, there is nothing better way.
However the book like this may be helpful to see closely thier works. Led Zeppelin, as you know, they are not present anymore. Books can be a help to get information.
You get the some back story of making each album and each numbers. Most interaseting section is Live Performance reference. You know which number is performed in live. I was surprised there are many numbers, which were mostly my favorites, they are not performed in thier present time.
If you want to know some references in addtion thier albums, take it.

very well written.......2000-06-19

this book was a close up view of how the lifes of led zeppelin was lived during the time from discovery to stardom. it gives a good account of how each member affected the sound of heavy metal. it shows their trials and troubles and the good times to. i talks about how they dealt with groupies and how they meshed well with the bbc so i give this book a good review.

Led Zeppelin/ Complete for Intermediate Guitar

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Led Zeppelin/ Complete for Intermediate Guitar

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Led Zeppelin-Complete for Intermediate Guitar songbook. Some of the included songs are: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Bring It on Home, Dancing Days, Dazed and Confused, Immigrant Song, The Lemon Song, Ramble On, Rock and Roll, Tangerine, Thank You, You Shook Me, Your Time Is Gonna Come and more. This is a must for every Led Zeppelin fan!

Classic LED ZEPPELIN I (1): Guitar/Vocal, Authentic Guitar-Tab Edition, includes Complete Solos

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Classic LED ZEPPELIN I (1): Guitar/Vocal, Authentic Guitar-Tab Edition, includes Complete Solos
transcription Led Zeppelin; Jimmy Page & Robert Plant; Jesse Gress
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Led Zeppelin
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Contains full words & musical scores for 40 Led Zeppelin songs; the scarce original 1973 First Printing.

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Definitive guide to the impact of global competition on American business

The good part must be in the second half

"All business is global" and the U. S. is quickly losing the lead

The definitive guide

Great read in understanding realities associated with global competition

Extreme Competition: Innovation And the Great 21st Century Business Reformation
Peter Fingar
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There are some fierce new competitors on the block, ready to engage your company, and you personally, in extreme competition. In this riveting new book, Peter Fingar and his colleagues from around the globe sound a penetrating wake-up call to governments, companies, and individuals alike. Bringing great urgency to the book's pages, Fingar makes it crystal clear that we are not on the brink of a great transition -- we've already crossed the threshold to a new economic world order. With precision, insight and clarity, he reveals the 5 key drivers and 16 new realities of extreme competition that are hidden in plain sight. This book begins where Thomas Friedman's popular book, The World is Flat, leaves off, but spares readers from Friedman's grandiloquent prose, and offers 13 concrete suggestions for action. This thought-provoking book, along with its companion video, "Extreme Competition: The Keynote" is the definitive guide to winning in the new age of global competition.

Peter Fingar and his colleagues from around the globe take us on a fascinating journey of discovery of tomorrow's flat world. For entrepreneurs and incumbent business leaders alike, the implications run deep and wide. --Rajesh Jain, Managing Director of Netcore, and Founder of IndiaWorld, Mumbai, India

Peter Fingar has fused a gem of a book under the pressure of the need for change. I started to read Extreme Competition and I could not put it down until I finished it, except what was necessary to sustain life. I rarely take time to 'drink in' a book about business revolution, but this book has the potential to guide a significant change in the way we look at business. --Jim Sinur, VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner Research

Extreme Competition shows in concrete detail how old assumptions and business models are being rapidly obliterated by the rise of India and China and the negation of time and distance by the Internet and global supply chain management. This is the definitive guide to business success in the new age of total global competition. --Clyde Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute,and author of Three Billion New Capitalists

In an interconnected world, the services sector has seen varied levels innovation, often inspired by historical breakthroughs in manufacturing. At Wipro we are pioneering the use of Lean manufacturing techniques in the digitization of business processes. This innovation is our key to surviving and thriving in the world of Extreme Competition. --Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Ltd., Chennai, India

Peter Fingar is exactly right that a new world of extreme competition is emerging, and that business process innovation will be its primary battleground. If you don't think that the ideas in this book are important, you simply won't be in business for very long. If you do, get busy reading about how to be successful in this brave new world. --Thomas H. Davenport, Professor and Director, Process Management Research Center, Babson College. Author of Thinking for a Living (Harvard Business Press)

Extreme Competition is an exciting book about the realities and opportunities of the 21st Century. Its recommendations are right on, especially Fingar's call for setting the pace of sustained innovation. Of great value are the hundreds of engaging, real-life examples. --Mark. S. Lewis, EVP and Chief Development Officer, EMC Corporation

Fingar takes the normally fuzzy topic of innovation and gives it structure. His suggestions for action are both practical and visionary. --Patrick Whitney, Professor, and Director, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology

Peter Fingar points the direction to tomorrow's business success, clearly and persuasively. Extreme Competition examines how the Internet and global sourcing are changing the rules for all businesses and how yesterday's proven strategies aren't likely to make for tomorrow's winners. Fingar charts a roadmap to the future that no business person today should be without. --Stan Gibson, Executive Editor, eWeek

In order to beat the competition, we must first compete against ourselves. At Cincinnati Bell we are committed to a 'defend and grow' strategy, and use bundling to engage in both defensive and offensive plays. In short, we have no choice but to be the extreme competitor described in Peter's intriguing book, nor do you. --John F. Cassidy, CEO, Cincinnati Bell

Extreme Competition eloquently describes how companies must rethink their business strategies, from the ground up, to respond to the realities of 21st century competition. --Bryan Maizlish, CTO, Program Team, Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Solutions

Today, companies must ask how an ever more connected world will change the rules in their industries. Extreme Competition offers the in-depth analysis needed to formulate those questions, and chart a path ahead. --Edward C. Grady, CEO, Brooks Automation

Companies that have embraced Fingar's message are moving ahead, and creating innovative new business models so remarkable that in some instances they appear to give away their core products and services. How? Extreme Competition captures the moment and provides the answer. --Steve Towers, CEO, Business Process Management Group, Warwick, England

Reading Fingar's book on the plane made up for the hockey game I missed watching. The book's pace was faster and the impact made me feel like I was on the ice getting hit. And unlike a game that is forgotten when it is over, the ideas and challenges presented in this book simply cannot be forgotten. --Dave Hollander, Co-inventor of XML, the Lingua Franca of the Internet

Peter Fingar makes it clear that to survive in a world of extreme competition, it's essential to develop an obsessive, even paranoid, attention to business processes, and to manage them to support continuous and unrelenting innovation. Readers and companies that have low adversity quotients on this issue will become history, extremely fast. --Kiran Garimella, Chief Architect, GE Healthcare Financial Services

Peter Fingar draws an exciting portrait of what lies ahead as globalization and technological innovation magnifies both the opportunity and competition at hand. A must read for all businesses looking to navigate this new world paradigm. --Joseph Halpern, Partner, Halpern Capital

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Definitive guide to the impact of global competition on American business.......2006-09-11

Before writing a review of this book, I skimmed the reviews already posted. I especially made note of the fellow from Turkey who disses this book in favor of muich larger books, esp. Origin of Wealth, a book about complex adaptive systems and panaceas (e.g., Publishers Weekly writes: Though he asserts that complexity economics can reduce political partisanship and increase social capital, Beinhocker stops short of saying that it cures sexual dysfunction. By the end, the concept emerges as a great idea that the author tries to make a panacea." It's a very interesting book, especially for those who like to ponder Complexity Economics, entropy and 'fit order' and the theories of complex adaptive systems.

Let's see, if you have time on your hands, start with Friedman's World is Flat (story after story, metaphor after mixed metaphor) + Beinhocker's Origin: 1,120 pages in all.
If you don't have a lot of spare time on your hands and are looking for concise practical information, Fingar's 222 page book is as Clyde Prestowitz says: "the definitive guide to business success in the new age of total global competition." Prestowitz is the author of Three Billion New Capitalists, recommended by the fellow from Turkey. As a guide, Extreme Competition explains the 5 drivers, 16 new business realities, and 13 practical strategy paterns you'll want to consider as you come to grips with globalization. It incorporates the work of 14 expert contributors from around the globe, and was carefully edited to make the book a quick read for busy people.

The book closes with a call for readers to begin the journy to becomming extreme competitors, and has 4 pages of suggested follow-on readings to let the journey continue. So, if you want a zillion page book that covers all in this vast arena called globalization, look elsewhere. If you want a concise and comprehensive overview, and are as busy as most Americans are today, start your journey here, for globalization affects all of us, not just economists or researchers.

The good part must be in the second half.......2006-08-13

I read only the first 100 pages of this 200 page book and decided to stop there as it became obvious that it would not improve any further. However, looking at all the five star reviews of this book, I suspect the good part must indeed be the second part. I quickly went through the second aprt as well but frankly, could not find a single thing which was novel and worth reading. If you are a person who has read books like The World is Flat, Three Billion New Capitalists, China Inc., The Wal-Mart Effect, and especially the recent book "The Origin of Wealth" by Eric Beinhocker, then you will immediatelty realise how simplistic this book is. All the ineffectively-worded arguments that you find in Extreme Competition were already singled out with great depth in the other works I mention. This book does not have the depth of intellect and empirical evidence of those other much superior books. Hence I would not reccommend it to people who are looking for a good account of globalisation, and the implications of it on companies and countries. Instead, I highly reccommend the ones I have already mentioned.

"All business is global" and the U. S. is quickly losing the lead.......2006-07-15

If you are a citizen of India or China, this book will warm your heart and swell you with pride. If you are an American, it will scare you to the end of your toenails. Fingar describes the modern economic world and how it continues to change. I cannot describe him as a pessimist, although his projections describe a great deal of future economic difficulty for the United States. It is hard to tag someone as a pessimist when they are almost certainly correct.
I have seen this before, in the 1980's the mantra of fear in the United States was about the Japanese taking over the U. S. and the rest of the economic world. That turned out to be overblown but there is no doubt that the current situation with India and China is more genuine. Japan is a small country with few resources and a small population relative to the rest of the world. Furthermore, their population is growing very slowly, so this combination means that it is difficult for them to sustain significant economic growth.
That is not the case for most of the other nations of Asia. With populations measured using nine zeros to the left of the decimal point, China and India have an enormous capacity to produce goods extremely cheaply. Even a relatively insignificant $1 increase in their per capita earnings will grow their economies by over a billion dollars. However, the source of their economic power is not just in their ability to provide cheap labor for manufacturing. Both countries have embarked on significant programs to improve the technical skills of their population.
The numbers of highly skilled technical people that the university systems of India and China are producing compared to the United States is enough to make you question the future stability of the U. S. economic and social structure. Combining this with the fact that the U. S. is running enormous budget deficits that are being financed by foreign countries makes you realize that there is a crisis in the making.
Fingar uses examples and data to emphatically make his points. This is one of the few business books, and I have read a lot of them, that I couldn't put down. As I read through it, I repeated to myself, "That's right", and started thinking about ways in which I could modify my business strategies. As a decades-long news and political junkie and occasional activist, I was able to relate his case studies to the past and projections for the future. The business and political leadership of this country needs to get a symbolic swift kick in the sit-down in order to get motivated to face the fierce realities of business in the 21st century. Fingar provides a great deal of excellent advice on how to survive and thrive in the modern world. In politics, the phrase is "All politics is local." The modern slogan for business is now, "All business is global."

The definitive guide.......2006-06-04

Rarely does a book break from the pack and proclaim its message so clearly and pragmatically. We recommend this book as the most practical guidance as to why the rules of business have changed. Forever.
The Dawning of the Age of the Customer is outlined with succinct examples - Zara's profound 'outside in' approach compared with their retailing competitiors for example.
This is my personal favorite for 2006, and I have no hestitation in recommending it to friends, colleagues and the global business community!
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Great read in understanding realities associated with global competition.......2006-05-11

This book provides a pulse of what is going on in the world in terms of competition. The lines between geographical boundaries are blurred and Peter provides some good examples that all global businesses must be aware of. If you produce products domestically in the USA, you better be aware of competition at a global level. Extreme Competition drives home the point that the world is a smaller place and businesses need to adapt to the new business environment. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending how you look at it, the USA is going through some interesting economic transitions in order to adjust to the increase competition from overseas. Take oil for example, there is a direct correlation to the increased price due to competing buyers (i.e. India and China). This is only one of many examples you can gain from reading this book. The book is a must read for anyone who does not have the opportunity to travel overseas and experience the examples Peter has seen first hand. In many ways this book is a portal view into the global environment around us. I highly recommend it.

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