Based on a lifelong professional and personal interest, Traditional Buildings presents a unique survey of vernacular architecture across the globe. The reader is taken on a fascinating tour of traditional building around the world, which includes the loess cave homes of central China, the stilt houses on the shores of Dahomey, the housebarns of Europe and North America, the wind towers of Iran, the Bohio houses of the Arawak indians of the Caribbean, and much more.
It takes decades of in-the-trenches experience to know the challenges and triumphs of negotiating—and to inspire others to be great negotiators. For more than 20 years, Michael Schatzki, has designed and delivered hundreds of negotiation seminars for businesses and organizations in the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. Plus, as a practicing negotiator, he consults with clients, helping them navigate and succeed with their most challenging negotiations.
The Beginner`s American History, by D. H. Montgomery
Added by: Kaldagan | Karma: 115.48 | Non-Fiction, Other | 4 June 2009
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This little book is intended by the writer as an introduction to his larger work entitled The Leading Facts of American History. It is in no sense an abridgment of the larger history, but is practically an entirely new and distinct work. Its object is to present clearly and accurately those facts and principles in the lives of some of the chief founders and builders of America which would be of interest and value to pupils beginning the study of our history...
For years many folklorists have denied the possibility of a truly American folk or fairy tale. They have argued that the tales found in the United States are watered-down derivatives of European fare. With this gathering, William Bernard McCarthy compiles evidence strongly to the contrary. Cinderella in America: A Book of Folk and Fairy Tales represents these tales as they have been told in the United States from Revolutionary days until the present.
Each year thousands of people toy with the idea of working in the United States of America, but many are uncertain how to set about it. This book aims to provide some of the answers as well as some useful contacts for people who have never worked in the country before, whether they are applying for jobs from a foreign base or from inside America. I hope it will also be of benefit to employees who are being posted to the United States for the first time.
