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If for any reason at all he fails, virtually the entire public sector will have to be written off for the next twenty years, noted the panel that chose V. Krishnamurthy as the Business India Businessman of the Year in 1987. Management of a business enterprise in India is a lot more difficult than...

Want to give your children a lifetime experience that they will never forget? Send them to summer day camp! Yes, that's right! Summer day camp provides very good learning experiences for the children, shaping them up for the future. Skills involved are leadership, team building, decision making...

In the immediate post Emancipation period, and continuing into the early twentieth century, there was little tolerance and outright opposition to any enfranchisement of the black and coloured working class population in Barbados. David Browne, in examining the struggles of the black working class...

Book Four SAVIORS OF THE JUST The Holocaust in Romania during World War II Throughout the war, Roosevelt backs the transfer of "Joint and US funds to Joint and WEJ contacts in Europe to assist Jews anywhere even if the funds fall into enemy hands or pad their bank accounts....

In the voice of an unforgettable heroine, V.A. Shannon explores one of the most harrowing episodes in pioneer history—the ill-fated journey of the Donner Party—in a mesmerizing novel of resilience and survival. ** ** Mrs. Jacob Klein has a husband, children, and a warm and comfortable home in...

The grand narratives of European music history are informed by the dichotomy of placements and displacements. Yet musicology has thus far largely ignored the phenomenon of displacement and underestimated its significance for musical landscapes and music history. Music and Displacement: Diasporas,...

In An Encyclopedia of South Carolina Jazz and Blues Musicians, Benjamin Franklin V documents the careers of South Carolina jazz and blues musicians from the nineteenth century to the present. The musicians range from the renowned (James Brown, Dizzy Gillespie), to the notable (Freddie Green, Josh...

This book is an extensive compilation of over 2900+ inspirational quotations and written with an objective to help an individual grow spiritually and mentally and help the overall well being in the long term

Samedi 26 juillet 2003. Alors que Marie Trintignant séjourne en Lituanie pour le tournage du téléfilm Colette, une femme libre, une dispute éclate avec l'homme qui partage sa vie depuis 18 mois, le chanteur Bertrand Cantat. Le ton monte, les coups pleuvent. À la quatrième gifle, Marie s'effondre....

Two decades after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and one decade into the twenty-first century, European music remains one of the most powerful forces for shaping nationalism. Using intensive fieldwork throughout Europe -- from participation in alpine foot pilgrimages to studies of the grandest...

Life is not always easy, I know that. Everybody hates me at school, students and teachers. But I don't care as long as Alex, my boyfriend, is with me. But having a boyfriend who's mysteriously disappearing is not always easy. Especially when everybody seems to know the truth except you. But sometimes it's for the best, truth is not always easy to hear.

With his outlandish, machine-gun rapid-fire humor, Cork Proctor has been knockin' 'em dead for sixty years. . . literally. From his first attempt at stand-up comedy as a gravedigger entertaining his co-worker to lounges and showrooms around the world--on land and sea--this left-handed, dyslexic, two-time high school dropout has not only seen it all, he tells it all.

A fascinating account of one of the most successful spying operations of World War II Long recognized as one of the most successful (and ruthless) spy networks in history, the Red Orchestra was a group of Soviet cells that operated throughout Germany and occupied Europe until late 1943. The...

V. S. Naipaul’s legendary command of broad comedy and acute social observation is on abundant display in these classic works of fiction–two novels and a collection of stories–that capture the rhythms of life in the Caribbean and England with impressive subtlety and humor. The Suffrage of Elvira...