Separated twins, practical jokers, pining lovers, and a comic villain populate the city of Illyria, where the drama of TWELFTH NIGHT unfolds. When the fraternal twins Viola and Sebastian independently wash ashore in the city from a shipwreck , unbeknownst to one another, each assumes the other is dead. With Viola disguised as a man, the Duke ...
Authored by a well-respected team in labor relations, "An Introduction to Collective Bargaining & Industrial Relations, 4/E" covers key topics in industrial relations and collective bargaining using a unique conceptual framework based on the three levels of industrial relations activity (strategic, functional, and workplace). Two extensive, class ...
Alexander and Sadiku's third edition of "Fundamentals of Electric Circuits" continues in the spirit of its successful previous editions, with the objective of presenting circuit analysis in a manner that is clearer, more interesting, and easier to understand than other, more traditional texts. Students are introduced to the sound, six-step problem ...
A new edition of the best-selling guide to the art of closing sales. The new edition provides tactics, strategies and methods, and coverage now includes insight into critical path selling, group selling, strategic selling, and key account selling. Other topics covered included how to analyze the customer psyche, how to cash in on callbacks, how to ...
A contemporary introduction to financial management, this edition incorporates recent changes in the financial operation of firms: the increased focus on shareholder wealth maximization and cash flow management, an emphasis on international aspects of financial management, a concern for the ethical behaviour of managers, and a reflection of the ...
'He ate gunpowder every morning,' complained one umpire, 'and washed it down with warm blood.' That described John McGraw, who in the 1890s was the rowdiest member of the ferocious Baltimore Orioles, the club that pioneered the hit-and-run, the cutoff, the squeeze play, and the 'Baltimore chop.' In 1902, he began his thirty-season reign as manager ...
In the sequel to "Indian" "Boyhood," Eastman tells of his departure from the reservation at age 15 to receive his education among whites, his experiences as a reservation physician at the Wounded Knee massacre, and of his time in Washington, D.C., where he held a succession of government positions.
A comprehensive music theory text. This edition has an increased number of examples from women and minority composers, and new coverage of macro analysis. It explores the fundamentals such as scales, tonality and key modes and also looks at the structural elements of music.
Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) was a mixed-blood Sioux. His maternal grandmother, daughter of Chief Cloudman of the Mdewankton Sioux, was married to a well-known western artist, Captain Seth Eastman, and in 1847 their daughter Mary Nancy Eastman became the wife of Chief Many Lightnings, a Wahpeton Sioux. Their fifth child, Charles Alexander ...
Probably the most volatile, fear-inspiring presence in baseball history, Ty Cobb was one of the most brilliant players in the game during his twenty-four-year career in the major leagues. Drawing on primary sources and personal interviews, Alexander brings Ty Cobb and his era vividly to life, showing the profound changes that took place in the ...
Baseball's adaptation to the Great Depression is analyzed in this socioeconomic look at America's favorite game, which uses team financial statements as narratives, to reveal a game and its players in deep trouble. Every team but the New York Yankees operated mostly in the red during those years, with players taking deep salary cuts. Measures ...
"Has a many-sided appeal...This stimulating book is one of the few that really deserve the over-worked term, a human document." - "Publishers Weekly." In an earlier book, "Indian Boyhood", Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) recounted the story of his traditional Sioux Childhood and youth. "From the Deep Woods to Civilization", first published in ...
Charles A. Eastman, a Santee Sioux, was four years old at the time of the 1862 Sioux Uprising in Minnesota. Separated from his father in the aftermath of the rebellion, he spent eleven years with relatives in Canada before being reunited with him and taken to Dakota Territory. Deeply influenced by his father who had been converted to Christianity, ...
"One of the first Indian autobiographies written. Revealing and provocative, Indian Boyhood remains a pivotal text to be understood by new generations, both Indian and non Indian."-David Reed Miller Indian Boyhood (1902) was the literary debut of Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), a Santee Sioux whose eleven books aimed at bringing whites and Indians ...
Ever notice that the upper 20 percent of salespeople tend to close more than 80 percent of the sales? Since 1940, "Secrets of Closing Sales" has helped thousands of salespeople rise to the top. Now in its seventh revised edition, this classic bestseller has been updated to meet the challenges of todayas competitive and changing sales environment. ...
In this powerful work by one of our most revered statesmen, Alexander Haig offers a frank and revealing account of his remarkable military and political career serving in the administrations of five U.S. presidents. Sure to be one of the most important political works of this decade, it is an eye-opening, definitive account of what really goes on ...
Hornsby could never be bothered with fielding very strenuously; he used to let the right fielder handle balls to short right field. He was, however, one of the greatest hitters in the history of baseball and spent his entire adult life in the sport as a player, manager, and instructor. This is the life story of one the greatest American baseball ...
This authoritative compilation traces the achievements of guitar pioneers--such as Leo Fender, Lloyd Loar, and Les Paul--and examines developments in electric guitar technology, amplification, and electronic effects. 200+ color photos.
Discover the history of the acoustic guitar with more than 200 full-color photographs and authoritative text. Learn about the makers, players, and manufacturers of this classic instrument with information on its European heritage, twentieth-century developments, and the acoustic guitar in the "unplugged" arena.
Long before I ever heard of Christ, or saw a white man, I had learned from an untutored woman the essence of morality. With the help of dear Nature herself, she taught me things simple but of mighty import. I knew God. I perceived what goodness is. I saw and loved what is really beautiful. Civilization has not taught me anything better!
In this Vietnam War memoir, a chopper pilot tells of his experiences flying missions in the heat of battle where his life and the lives of many soldiers counted on his skill and bravery.
The stories in "Old Indian Days" focus mainly on Sioux bands of the Upper Midwest in prereservation times, when contact with whites was minimal. Charles A. Eastman, a mixed-blood Sioux who earned renown as the author of nearly a dozen books, was on home ground in writing about the traditional life of his people, their customs, warm family ...
During the 1920s the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc., rose to power in every part of the United States. Several million members nationwide subscribed to its creed: an animosity toward African Americans, Roman Catholics, foreign immigrants, and ideological radicals combined with a militant, frequently violent, determination to ...
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