Korean Film: History, Resistance, and Democratic Imagination

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Despite its rise in the global market, recent political progress, and a surging interest worldwide, Korean films are relatively unknown and rarely studied. This new work begins by investigating the history, industry structure, and trends of filmmaking in Korea, going on to examine how Hollywood films have affected both Korean mainstream and nonmainstream film industries in terms of both means of production and narrative. Moreover, the authors analyze the ways in which Korean films of recent years have represented the modernization process in Korea itself, as well as the ideological implications that arise from the cinematic constructions of Korean imagination. More than a mere chronological account of Korean cinematic history, Korean Film attempts to consider the films as a popular cultural form that have a life beyond their theatrical runs: stars, genres, and key movies become part of any culture's identity, and in their narratives and meanings can be located evidence of the ways in which a culture makes sense of itself. Korea has never before been given such an extensive treatment of this central idea, and here for the first time, the nation's culture and cinema are merged into one discussion that both reflects and shapes our understanding of it.

Korean Film: History, Resistance, and Democratic Imagination

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Korean Film: History, Resistance, and Democratic Imagination
Eungjun; Joo, Jinsook; Kwak, Han Ju Min
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORIPW4

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With expertise and wit, the authors create a primer for the home cook and host, be they novice or accomplished chef. From the basic All-American Hanburger to Scampi Alla Griglia, McCullough and Witt provide easy-to-follow, lively directions for preparing and serving the ideal "comfort food" easily and with a mimimum of fuss. BOMC Homestyle Club Selection. 272 pp. 25,000 print.

Customer Reviews:

An Excellent Cookbook For Non-Cooks.......2002-05-02

Speaking as some one who has very few kitchen skills, I find McCullough and Witt's CLASSIC AMERICAN FOOD WITHOUT FUSS an indispensable work, for it offers more than one hundred receipes of foods I always liked but never actually knew how to make--and it offers them in concise, easy to follow, and surprisingly witty prose.

The sections include starters, soups, salads, main dishes, side dishes, breads, and desserts. In addition to such homey items as deviled eggs, chicken soup, pot roast, and macaroni and cheese, McCullough and Witt also include a surprising number of complex ethnic dishes such as moussaka and duck a l'orange, taking care to reduce their more complicated dishes to an essential level that even non-cooks will find unintimidating. The text is also sprinkled with side-bars on everything from roasting garlic to macaroons, and the various receipes invite experimentation.

Truly advanced cooks will no doubt find this particular cookbook basic, but for some one less interested in spending all day in the kitchen than in simply turning out an enjoyable upper-middle-class dinner for four it is a remarkably useful collection, easy to read and easy to use. It is also quite a bit of fun. Recommended.

Favorites Made Easy and Simply.......2002-02-22

Very minimalist describes the approach to this collection of favorites. From Boston Baked Beans to Coq Au Vin, this has the recipes we all enjoy.

Receiving this one free is likely the only way I would have this in my collection. I have others that I turn to for more inspiration on American cooking, such as Sheila Lukens "USA Cooking" which is exceptional, or James Beard's "American Cooking."

This is not worthless or poorly done, it is just too bland for my tastes, such as a simple Meat Loaf with the ketschup smeared on the top. Many will gravitate to this food, so to each his own meatloaf.

No American cook should be without this book.......1999-02-08

If you're pondering again about what to fix for dinner look no further than this cookbook. It is complete unto itself. You no longer have to sift through the pages of over-built cookbooks that are so heavy one could use them for a doorstop. This is a mere 277 pages but it laden with delicious recipes. From carbonara to rice pudding. Everything I have fixed from this book is both pleasing to the eye as well as to the palate. You can quiet even the most finicky eater with this tome. Nicely laid out and easy to read and understand. The classic, that is to say, original recipe for coq a vin is included. Delicious!!! This book easily lays open on your counter or workspace. Don't be afraid to break the binding. It won't matter becase you will be using this book over and over again anyway. It covers the world. Pasta, fish, lamb, desserts, breads. If it is a comfort food brought over by many of the immigrants, it will most likely be here. Greek; mousaka. Italian; lasagne. French; steak au poivre. Jewish; potato pancakes. English; corn pudding. Too many crowd pleasers to name but absolutely one to have in your home.

Salsas That Cook : Using Classic Salsas To Enliven Our Favorite Dishes

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Salsas that Cook
Wow!
More salsa recipes please
An important essay on salsas. Very useful for entertaining
Kitchen That Cooks

Salsas That Cook : Using Classic Salsas To Enliven Our Favorite Dishes
Rick Bayless
Manufacturer: Scribner
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0684856948

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There's a lot more going on with salsa than its traditional role as a dip or dunk for corn chips. Rick Bayless, author of the bestselling Mexican Kitchen, is on a mission to prove to home cooks everywhere that this spicy sauce adds oomph to pasta, zest to meats, passion to potatoes, and invigoration to vegetables. Bayless takes six salsas (which can be made in the comfort of your own home or bought via mail order) and then uses them in more than 50 recipes, including a fiery tequila chaser! His Layered Tortilla Lasagna with Greens and Cheese captures a piece of both Italy and Mexico for one tasty little number. Chipolte-Cascabel Salsa is the key ingredient, which is combined with tortillas, three cheeses, heavy cream, corn, spinach, and mushrooms. Following the simple step-by-step instructions, you can concoct this as a main course for 8 or as appetizers for 16 in less than an hour. Even salad benefits from a brush with salsa. Particularly captivating is Bayless's Poblano Roasted Vegetable Salad with Peppery Watercress. Here a colorful combination of beets, fennel, watercress, potatoes, salted farmer cheese, and the Roasted Poblano Tomato salsa make for a wild and wonderful salad. Even desserts put in an appearance, although they are salsa-free!

Full-color photographs and many innovative ideas for spicing up mealtimes make Salsas That Cook a flavorsome addition to the home kitchen. --Naomi Gesinger

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FROM AMERICA'S LEADING AUTHORITY ON DEFINITIVE MEXICAN COOKING COMES

A BRAND-NEW COLLECTION OF RECIPES BASED ON SIX CLASSIC, VERSATILE SALSAS,

EACH FEATURING THE FLAVOR OF A DIFFERENT CHILE.

Salsas That Cook is a breakthrough in contemporary American cooking. Here, Mexico's classic salsas get put to work in our kitchens in the same way we use a variety of international condiments, from teriyaki sauce to balsamic vinegar, to enliven and redefine the flavor of many American favorites. While most of us have enjoyed salsas as chip dips, salsas show great versatility when weaving complex flavor into simple dishes, from pasta to potatoes to meats, fish and vegetables.

Salsas embody the essence of Mexican flavor: the lusciousness of slow-roasted tomatoes, the full-flavored spice of chiles, the fragrance of cilantro and the mellow sweetness of garlic. Rick Bayless, the country's leading progenitor of real Mexican cooking, writes the six salsa recipes with such detail and personality that even beginning cooks will turn out masterful creations.

The uniqueness of this book, though, is in the way these six salsas are used. Here they give their pizzazz to chile-glazed roast chicken, grilled pork tenderloin and seared sea scallops with jalapeño cream. Familiar Mexican favorites have always used salsas for vitality, and many are here, from tangy guacamole to tortilla soup and grilled chicken tacos. In Salsas That Cook, the magic of Mexico transcends all borders.

Customer Reviews:

Salsas that Cook.......2007-01-11

this was listed as "good" used product. It came almost overnite and was in superb condition

Wow!.......2006-02-23

Valuable, useful, and interesting information for us chile-heads. I couldn't put the book down, and my family members were fascinated, too.

More salsa recipes please.......2005-12-07

I am a fan of Bayless earlier cookbooks and I love his TV show, but I was a little disappointed with this book. I bought it hoping to learn some new salsa recipes, but the book is more about dishes that are made with the 4 or so salsas that he teaches us at the beginning. Authentic Mexican is a much better book.

An important essay on salsas. Very useful for entertaining.......2005-06-26

`Salsas that Cook' by renowned Chicagoan and Mexican cuisine expert, Rick Bayless is not your mama's ordinary salsa cookbook. If that is all you want, go to Mark Miller's very good `The Great Salsa Book' in the noisome Ten Speed Press tall and skinny format. Bayless' book is much more than that, and, in a sense, much less.

Bayless' agenda is very much like Ming Tsai's programme in Tsai's book, `Simply Ming' in that Bayless gives us recipes for six (6) classic Mexican salsas and then shows us how to use each of these salsas as an ingredient in several other classic Mexican dishes. While Tsai's objective was to simplify cooking by making it modular by doing intermediate preparations in advance. Each intermediate can then be used in several different dishes. While Bayless' technique is very similar, his object is rather to make authentic Mexican dishes more accessible to the average American cook.

Since this book was published in 1998, I suspect many of the Mexican ingredients Bayless says may be difficult to find have become much more common throughout the United States. In these brief seven years, I have seen a great growth of Latin American ingredients in even the most provincial of supermarkets. And, Bayless himself has contributed to this change with his own line of salsas under the `Frontera' trademark. In fact, this book may in some small way be considered a promotion for that product line, except that the book is so good in its own right that this does not concern me. Bayless, in a very gentlemanly voice, says his brand of salsas may serve in these recipes, but encourages us all to make them ourselves.

The recipes in this book are presented with a very novel and genuinely useful feature in that the quantities of ingredients are given for three different amounts of final product. I simply have never seen this outside professional baking recipes. At the very least, this is a useful feature when you just want to try out a recipe and may wish to make no more than a cup or two. If it pleases your palate, you can make the eight-cup amount for your next party.

A second major `surprise' is that none of these recipes follow the familiar chunky `pico de gallo' style. This is the first of three salsa archetypes Bayless identifies. The second is the vinegary, hot, and spicy cousin to our Louisiana hot sauces. The third is based on cooked tomatoes and tomatillos and fresh or dried chiles. All six recipes in this book belong to the third class, which Bayless considers the most versatile and is based on the widest range of flavors.

Bayless also gives some thumbnail advice on preserving and canning the salsas, but I suggest you get some expert advice on the subject before plopping this goodness into your hardware store Ball jars. Even the `Good Eats' episode on preserving and canning is scary enough about bacterial diseases to make you want to be especially careful. I would be especially careful as Bayless specifically states that he uses less than the usual amount of vinegar, which makes the recipes a bit less bug resistant. While Bayless speaks often of the now famous molcajeta, the heavy mortar of Mexican cooking, he is quite happy to see you use a blender or food processor to make these recipes.

The six salsa recipes are:

Roasted Jalapeno-Tomato Salsa with Fresh Cilantro used in seven recipes.
Roasted Poblano-Tomato Salsa with Fresh Thyme used in six recipes.
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa with serranos, roasted onions and cilantro used in eight recipes.
Mellow Red Chile Salsa with sweet garlic and roasted tomatoes used in ten recipes.
Roasty Red Guajillo Salsa with tangy tomatillos and sweet garlic used in six recipes.
Chipotle-Cascabel Salsa with roasted tomatoes and tomatillos used in nine recipes.

Each recipe is enhanced with alternatives for the main chile ingredients (although I suggest you be very careful in subbing an habanero for any other chile species.) In addition to the three different columns of ingredient amounts, the procedures for all these recipes are fairly long as Bayless writes them, as his descriptions are very detailed with lots of little hints for scraping down, spreading out, and checking the taste. Even so, the procedures are pretty long even without Bayless' frequent hints. One thing I do notice is that I am certain it is Bayless who is writing these recipes, as I recognize his `chunky', slightly ungrammatical use of adjectives and adverbs I have seen in his other books.

The forty-six `used in' recipes cover Starters; Soups, Salads and Side Dishes; Egg, Vegetable and Tortilla Main Courses; and Poultry, Meat and Fish Main Courses. I certainly can't judge how authentic these recipes are, as Bayless himself is, hands down, the best expert we have for what is authentic and what is not. I also believe that if you follow Senor Bayless' instructions closely, you will be happy with the results, assuming you don't have the anti-cilantro gene or an aversion to mild to high levels of capsicum.

Almost as if there is a cookbook writer's union regulation that every cookbook must have dessert recipes; Bayless includes four desserts and two drink recipes in the last chapter. This is not quite as gratuitous as it may seem, as the recipes are specifically oriented and sized for entertaining a crowd large enough to fill your house. This fits the central point of the book that includes both small and large numbers of servings.

When I opened this book, I had the suspicion that it may have been extracted from one of Mr. Bayless' other books, but I was wrong. It does compliment his `Mexico One Plate at a Time' book in that salsas play only a very small part of that book.

This may be Bayless' most useful volume. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys cooking. Only warning is that if you want easy recipes, see Miller's book cited above.

Kitchen That Cooks.......2005-06-23

I haven't had any problems with the binding of my copy, it sits open flat and often on my cookbook stand as I make the recipes as directed and use the many varieties for those recipes that Rick includes. I understand that this book will see recipes repeated in later books, but I believe that it stands very well on it's own with Rick's other titles. I've used it at least as often as the others and many times in combination with later recipes. It's an excellent foundation book for many salsa- based creations.

The KODAK Book of Scrapbooking Your Favorite Photos: Easy & Fun Techniques for Beautiful Scrapbook Pages

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The KODAK Book of Scrapbooking Your Favorite Photos: Easy & Fun Techniques for Beautiful Scrapbook Pages
Kerry Arquette , and Andrea Zocchi
Manufacturer: Lark Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1579908063

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No one knows better than Kodak how precious photographs are: They capture the people we love, the places we’ve visited, and the memorable moments we’ve experienced. So the company has gathered today’s top scrapbook artists to create more than 100 layouts putting together outstanding pages. Perfect for the beginner, this stunningly designed guide offers an introduction to basic techniques, including cropping, matting, and mounting. There are fun ways to produce one-of-a-kind backgrounds, stamped designs, and embellishments, and creative suggestions for commemorating everything from life milestones to holiday fun. Of course, since this is from the experts at KODAK Books, there’s also a special emphasis on taking superior pictures right from the start—and that invaluable information is something no other scrapbooking manual can match.

My Favorite Classics (Level One - Easy Keyboaqrd Masterworks)

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My Favorite Classics (Level One - Easy Keyboaqrd Masterworks)

Manufacturer: Chas. H. Hansen Music
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000F1W3WW

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This volume is an all-new collection of the world's favorite easy piano classics, covering the important keyboard composers from 1650 to the present time. Each of the 72 selected compositions has been carefully edited, phrased, fingered and freshly engraved in easy to read modern music typography.

Favorite Classics Made Easy (David Carr Glover Adult Library)

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Favorite Classics Made Easy (David Carr Glover Adult Library)
David Carr Glover
Manufacturer: Alfred Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Being able to play favorite classical melodies is a goal of many beginning adult piano students. David Glover's simplifications satisfy those goals. The character of the original piece is always retained, with rhythmic and harmonic support. The arrangements are easy to play and are pleasing to the ear as well as the hand. The 52 pieces include representations of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Strauss, Chopin, Mendelssohn, and many more. This is a wonderful leisure-time, take-it-easy, enjoy yourself-at-the-piano collection.

Cookies, Brownies, Muffins and More: Favorite Recipes Made Easy for Today's Lifestyle (Rodale's New Classics)

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A good book for the beginner
Full-color photographs add dazzling appeal
Excellent reasource for baking
FABUOLOUS
FABUOLOUS

Cookies, Brownies, Muffins and More: Favorite Recipes Made Easy for Today's Lifestyle (Rodale's New Classics)
Anne Egan
Manufacturer: Rodale Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1579542859

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Nothing beats the aroma of fresh baked goods, but who has the time to bake from scratch these days? In Cookies, Brownies, Muffins, and More, Anne Egan introduces tricks to make baking without a mix easy and effortless, with sublimely satisfying results.Crip and delicate or soft and chewy, traditional cookie recipes receive innovative new flavor twists that are the trademark of Rodale's New Classics. A hint of cardamom adds a subtly spicy flair to Cherry Oatmeal Cookies. Cranberry Macaroons get the royal treatment with almonds, coconut, and chocolate-covered raisins.Brownie aficionados will delight in 14 different variations, each a hallmark of sheer decadence. Java junkies will get an extra kick out of Double Espresso Brownies. In Marbled Brownies, cheesecake filling is swirled with melted chocolate for a unique, rich flavor.Always a favorite, muffins can round out almost any meal. Ease the early-morning breakfast rush with llght and wholesome Bran Muffins. Add zing to a lunch spread with Date and Almost Laced Muffins.For a more sophisticated end to a dinner, turn to the chapter on quick breads and cakes. Delectable Coconut Chocolate Cake is perfect paired with a steaming cup of cappuccino. Classic Gingerbread is lovely with a dollop of whipped cream on top.In keeping with Rodale's New Classics approach to cooking, Cookies, Brownies, Mufins, and More emphasizes ease and simplicity, tantalizing flavors, and adventuresome fun for the whole family. Now there's no need to search dozens of cookbooks for a suitable baking recipe. Just keep this single volume handy-- it's the only quick baking book you'll ever need.

Customer Reviews:

A good book for the beginner.......2004-02-09

I started off with this book. The recipes are easy to follow and the products taste great. I've never used to go near a kitchen before, but after having successfully made quite a few products from this book, I gained lots of confidence in wielding my tools around the kitchen and am now so addicted to cooking and baking.

Full-color photographs add dazzling appeal.......2003-10-14

Anne Egan's Cookies, Brownies, Muffins, And More is a 128-page cookbook of sweet treats and offers new and modern kitchen adaptations of classic recipes. Emphasizing means to create delicious offerings quickly and efficiently, Cookies, Brownies, Muffins, And More has step-by-step instructions for baking Maple Cookies, Mint Chocolate Chip Muffins, Orange-Blueberry Loaf, and a culinary wealth of other mouth-watering treats. Full-color photographs add dazzling appeal to this inventive, delicious, "kitchen cook friendly" recipe collection.

Excellent reasource for baking.......2000-12-21

I really enjoyed this book and its recipes on baking. This book is well organized, and has many recipes that we know as standards. You will find this helpful in baking cookies, brownies, and much more. The book has wonderful pictures that are helpful when baking. Sometimes it is nice to know how something is going to turn out before hand. This would make an excellent gift to a new cook!

FABUOLOUS.......2000-11-25

This cookbooks is one of my favorites beacuse i'm not much of a cook and this cookbook explains each step very simply. My family is very inmpresed with my cooking now and they like it when i cook dessert.

FABUOLOUS.......2000-11-25

Classic Rock: 50 Favorites for Easy Guitar

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Classic Rock: 50 Favorites for Easy Guitar

Manufacturer: Warner Bros. Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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Arranged for Easy Guitar. Fifty of the greatest classic rock songs of all time in easy-to-use arrangements. Includes: All I Wanna Do * Bad Moon Rising * Black Dog * Born in the U.S.A. * Born on the Bayou * Born to Run * Can't Cry Anymore * Casey Jones * China Grove * Copperline * Desperado * Down on the Corner * Early Mornin' Rain * Everyday Is a Winding Road * Fortunate Son * Friend of the Devil * Go Your Own Way * Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad * Harvest Moon * Heart of Gold * A Horse With No Name * Hotel California * I Need You * I'm on Fire * If It Makes You Happy and many more.

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Easy Classic Favorites

Manufacturer: Stephens Development
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 063400915X

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Simplified arrangements printed in easy-to-read large type of eight classical favorites: Largo from Xerxes (Handel) * Adagio Cantabile from Pathetique Sonata (Beethoven) * Piano Concerto No. 1 Theme (Tchaikovsky) * Nocturne Op. 9, No. 3 (Chopin) * Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 (Chopin) * The Swan (Saint-Saens) * Liebestraum No. 3 (Liszt) * Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni).

Easy Classics for All Organs (World's Favorite Series No. 59)

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Easy Classics for All Organs (World's Favorite Series No. 59)

Manufacturer: Ashley Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: B000F2NVUE

Favorite Classic Tales and Poems: Including Cinderella, the Emperor's New Clothes, Rumpelstiltskin (Golden Easy Readers, Golden Collections)

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Favorite Classic Tales and Poems: Including Cinderella, the Emperor's New Clothes, Rumpelstiltskin (Golden Easy Readers, Golden Collections)
Karen Milone , and Darcy May
Manufacturer: Goldencraft
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 030767830X

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In 1924, Simon & Schuster published its first title, The Cross Word Puzzle Book. Not only was it this new publisher's first release, it was the first collection of crossword puzzles ever printed.

Today, more than seventy-five years later, the legendary Simon & Schuster Crossword Puzzle Book series maintains its status as the standard-bearer for cruciverbal excellence. Published every two months, the series continues to provide the freshest and most original puzzles on the market. Created by the best contemporary constructors -- and edited by top puzzle master John M. Samson -- these Sunday-sized brain-breakers offer hours of stimulation for solvers of every level.

Can you take the challenge? Sharpen your pencils, grit your teeth, and find out!

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Great book

Management

Teaching the Elephant to Dance: The Manager's Guide to Empowering Change
James A. Belasco
Manufacturer: Plume
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

ASIN: 0452266297

Book Description

According to James Belasco, too many organizations are like elephants: the only way to move them is to light a fire in the tent. Teaching the Elephant to Dance lights that fire, showing step by step how to create organizational change by selling a vision, hiring the right people, creating heroes, dealing with doubters, setting examples, and rewarding the faithful. The book makes its case by citing examples of strategies successfully used in companies such as Levi Strauss, Sony, Apple, Wal-Mart, and IBM.

Customer Reviews:

Great book.......2007-05-12

My boss shared her copy with me last year and I wanted to have my own for my library. This fit the bill and I've already loaned it out to a friend!

Management .......2007-01-20

For a business/management book, it was an enjoyable read... Creative and offered solution ideas, as well as thinking/planning points. It used the typical examples that I found in most managment books, but it was balanced with focused ideas.

Definately recommend it!

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