Margaret Crawford
is Professor of Urban Design and Planning Theory at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She is the author of Building the Workingman's Paradise: The Architecture of American Company Towns and editor of The Car and the City: The Automobile and ... [... more]
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E-Supply Chain: Using the Internet to Revoltionize Your ...
 Sound Advice and Expert Guidance: I begin with a brief excerpt from the Introduction in which the authors offer some critically important definitions. "In simple terms, supply chain refers to those core business processes that create and deliver a [... more]
CDN$43.95
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More Than They Promised: The Studebaker Story
An interesting look....: "More Than They Promised" was an excellent read. It detailed the entire history of Studebaker from its beginnings as wagon makers to its entry into the manufacture of automobiles. Particularly interesting was the [... more]
CDN$55.17
Amazon CA |
German Made Simple
outdated and appalling grammar mistakes: My British girl-friend is presently taking a German course, as I am German. We are currently living in North America, where her German teacher uses the above book. Being German and a German teacher and linguist [... more]
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Backfire: Carly Fiorina's High-Stakes Battle for the ...
Insightful!: Peter Burrows offers insights into high level business, where personality matters more than economics, as he explores the mammoth HP-Compaq merger. Most mergers fail to make money or to produce the promised "synergies" so, he asks, [... more]
CDN$43.50
Amazon CA |
Death of Distance, The
From Amazon.com: From the advent of electronic communications, there's been talk about how the world has been shrinking. Frances Cairncross, senior editor for the Economist, makes her case from an economical standpoint: The growing ease and speed of [... more]
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Amazon CA |
Why Do People Hate America New Edition
Worth reading: In general this is a well written text and it only wavers slightly in one or two places. In many ways it reads as though it is written for a european, or at least not an american audience. The reason I say this is related to Ed Oswalts [... more]
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Why Do People Hate America?
Worth reading: In general this is a well written text and it only wavers slightly in one or two places. In many ways it reads as though it is written for a european, or at least not an american audience. The reason I say this is related to Ed Oswalts [... more]
CDN$16.50
Amazon CA |
Culture Shock! France: A Survival Guide to Customs and ...
France, yes, but....: I read this book before going on a yearlong exchange to France, and I certainly took it with me. It was extremely useful. For someone unaware of the culture, something like this is a necessity! It doesn't say too much, however, [... more]
CDN$29.97
Amazon CA |
The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo: The Golden Age of ...
A MUST FOR FOLLOWERS OF DANCE: One does not have to be a dance aficionado to enjoy and appreciate the spectacular art work in this tribute to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1938-1962). Some 42 color plates and 21 duotone illustrations fill a gallery of [... more]
CDN$50.00
Amazon CA |
Congo
From Amazon.com: If you saw the 1995 film adaptation of this Crichton thriller, somebody owes you an apology. While you're waiting for that to happen, try reading the vastly more intelligent novel on which the movie was based. The broad lines of the plot [... more]
CDN$10.99
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IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between ...
From Amazon.com: Was IBM, "The Solutions Company," partly responsible for the Final Solution? That's the question raised by Edwin Black's IBM and the Holocaust, the most controversial book on the subject since Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's Hitler's [... more]
CDN$21.95
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