Sunday, November 28, 2010

Breaking the Banks in Motor City: The Auto Industry, the 1933 Detroit Banking Crisis and the Start of the New Deal

Breaking the Banks in Motor City: The Auto Industry, the 1933 Detroit Banking Crisis and the Start of the New Deal

Breaking the Banks in Motor City: The Auto Industry, the 1933 Detroit Banking Crisis and the Start of the New Deal by Darwyn H. Lumley
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This history tells the relatively unknown story of how the Detroit automobile industry played a major role in the 1933 banking crisis and the subsequent New Deal reforms that drastically changed the financial industry. Spurred by failed decision making by automobile industry leaders, Detroit banks experienced a critical emergency, precipitating the federal closure of banks on March 4, 1933, the first in a series of actions by which the federal government acquired power over economics previously held by states and private industrial and financial interests.

Breaking the Banks in Motor City: The Auto Industry, the 1933 Detroit Banking Crisis and the Start of the New Deal
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Publishing Confidential: The Insider's Guide to What It Really Takes to Land a Nonfiction Book Deal

Publishing Confidential: The Insider's Guide to What It Really Takes to Land a Nonfiction Book Deal

Publishing Confidential: The Insider's Guide to What It Really Takes to Land a Nonfiction Book Deal by Paul B. Brown
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Any number of books explain "how to write a book," but getting a book published is the hard part. Aside from talent, writers need a strategy for distinguishing their efforts from countless others. (No, don't use pink paper.) Paul B. Brown has been an author on a dozen books with sales totaling more than 2 million copies. So you could say he knows what it takes. In Getting Published, Brown offers a straightforward approach to test-marketing book ideas, creating strong proposals, reaching the right editors and agent, and more.

Publishing Confidential: The Insider's Guide to What It Really Takes to Land a Nonfiction Book Deal
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Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal Challenges: Stories about Disses, Losses, Messes, Stresses & More

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal Challenges: Stories about Disses, Losses, Messes, Stresses & More

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal Challenges: Stories about Disses, Losses, Messes, Stresses & More by Jack Canfield
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CHALLENGES. Failing a class, getting dumped and figuring out where you fit in, are all difficult high school challenges. Finding the answer is not always easy. And let's face it, your parents may give you advice, but rarely do they really know where you’re coming from. So, if you’re looking for the real deal on issues like anorexia, dating, or helping a friend in trouble, you've come to the right place.

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal Challenges: Stories about Disses, Losses, Messes, Stresses & More
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What to Do When Good Enough Isn't Good Enough: The Real Deal on Perfectionism: A Guide for Kids

What to Do When Good Enough Isn't Good Enough: The Real Deal on Perfectionism: A Guide for Kids

What to Do When Good Enough Isn't Good Enough: The Real Deal on Perfectionism: A Guide for Kids by Thomas S. Greenspon Ph.D.
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Perfectionism may seem like a worthy goal, but it’s actually a burden. When you believe you must be perfect, you live in constant fear of making mistakes. Most children don’t know what perfectionism is, yet many suffer from it. Nothing they do is ever good enough. School assignments are hard to start or hand in. Relationships are challenging, and self-esteem is low. Written to and for ages 9–13, this book helps kids understand how perfectionism hurts them and how to free themselves. Includes true-to-life vignettes, exercises, and a note to grown-ups.

What to Do When Good Enough Isn't Good Enough: The Real Deal on Perfectionism: A Guide for Kids
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The Global Encyclopedia of Wine, Updated Edition (includes CD-ROM)

The Global Encyclopedia of Wine, Updated Edition (includes CD-ROM)

The Global Encyclopedia of Wine, Updated Edition (includes CD-ROM) by Peter Forrestal
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The monumental wine book of the decade: never before has a collection of the world's leading wine experts and writers gathered together to produce the one thorough and definitive book on wine. Comes with a free CD Rom.

The Global Encyclopedia of Wine, Updated Edition (includes CD-ROM)
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