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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan’s contribution to popular music is immeasurable. Venerated as rock’s one true genius, Dylan is considered responsible for introducing a new range of topics and new lyrical complexity into popular music. Without Bob Dylan, rock critic Dave Marsh once claimed, there would be no popular music as we understand it today. As such an exalted figure, Dylan has been the subject of countless books and intricate scholarship considering various dimensions of both the man and his music. This book places new emphasis on Dylan as a rock star. Whatever else Dylan is, he is a star – iconic, charismatic, legendary, enigmatic. No one else in popular music has maintained such star status for so ...
Sayre Family
Thomas Sayre came with his family from England to Lynn, Massachusetts in the early 1630's. Among descendants of Thomas were clergymen, surgeons, attorneys, ambassadors, and representatives of almost every profession. Francis B., cowboy, professor of law, and ambassador, was son-in-law of former President Woodrow Wilson, Zelda was the wife of American novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and subject of one of his books. David A. was a silversmith, banker, and founder of Lexington's Sayre School. Many Sayre descendants were taken by wars in service to America and never had the chance to win recognition for their inherent abilities. SAYRE FAMILY...another 100-years, in a large part, focuses on the ea...
Amateurs and Professionals in Post-War British Sport
The pressures and demands of professionalism and commercialization have transformed Britain's sports. At the end of the 20th century sports have been packaged and marketed as mass entertainment for a national or even international audience. This volume explores different facets of this phenomenon.
Beyond Political Correctness
The reason that the right dominates debates on crime, family values, and economic freedom while the left defends diversionary policies such as affirmative actions and equivocates on ecology and the political empowerment of the young, argues Cummings (political science, U. of Colorado) is that too many progressives have avoided politically sensitive issues, thus condemning themselves to intellectual atrophy and political ineffectiveness. c. Book News Inc.
Oceano
Oceano is a California beach town between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Originally part of the Rancho El Pismo Mexican land grant of 1840, Oceano first appeared as a place name on a map in 1893 and was promoted as a beach resort soon after the Southern Pacific Railroad arrived in 1895. While most of these promotions failed during the Great Depression, the railroad depot continued as a shipping point for the areas agriculture. During this time, Oceano became a point of entry for the Dunites, a group of artists, writers, and poets who once lived in the sand dunes south of town. Today Oceano is still the primary access and gateway to its state park beach and large sand dune complex. Many people come to enjoy the experience of driving on the beach, camping there, and venturing into the dunes on foot or by vehicle.
Bubba Whartz Stories
"Whether it's putting the props on backwards for a stinkpot adversary or crashing the Christmas boat parade, Bubba has always found new and clever ways to entertain our readers." --Doran Cushing, editor of Southwinds "Bubba. Every harbor has one. No matter how humble our hulls, Bubba is the boater who allows the rest of us to feel like yachtsmen. . . . As Bubba would look at it, his boat is not a blight upon the harbor; it just makes all of the rest of the boats look better. Bubba. For him the tide is never half out; it�s still half in." --Bob Hite, anchor, News Channel Eight, Tampa, FL Readers of Southwinds magazine have chuckled for years at the unlikely antics of Bubba Whartz, a sailor ...
RISK MANAGEMENT IN BANKS
Banking is the life line of the economy. Prosperity and adversity of an economy hinges upon the performance of its banking sector. Banks are primarily engaged in mobilisation of funds and its subsequent channelization towards productive activities which are must for economic development. In trying to do so banks are exposed to wide variety of risks, an effective and efficient bank risk management is essential but not so easy. In fact risk management in banks is over sold conceptually yet under utilised in practice. In this backdrop, we felt the need for a book which through flood light on different dimensions of risk management in banks. This has resulted in to the emergence of this book. It is our immense pleasure to place this book with humbleness in to the hands of readers so as to add to pool of their knowledge.
