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  • The Lost Door

    In this collection of twenty-two short stories by twenty emerging writers, Zimbell House has brought together a unique experience all relating to a lost door.From whimsical to tragic, from science-fiction to tales of fairies, these writers have stretched their imaginations to deliver stories set to intrigue you. ... Read more

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  • The Confederate Culture and Its Weakenesses

    How Culture Contributed to the Confederate Defeat

    by Jon P. Alston ...
    SOUTHERN CULTURE CONTAINED ELEMENTS THAT PROVED DYSFUNCTIONAL TO WINNING A PRE-MODERN WAR FOR SECESSION. SOUTHERN CAVALIERS WERE OFTEN MORE CONCERNED WITH THEIR OWN AMBITIONS AND SEARCH FOR HONOR AND POPULARITY. ROBERT E. LEE LOST THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG BECAUSE JEB STUART WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH HIS HONOR THAN WITH FOLLOWING ORDERS. OTHER GENERALS REFUSED TO COOPERATE AND REFUSED TO PREVENT THE ... Read more

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  • Intelligent Businessman's Guide to Japan

    by Jon P. Alston ...
    This Japanese business guide contains insider's tips that will make dealings with the Japanese both manageable and successful.For Westerners dealing with Japanese, simple differences in business practices can be troublesome obstacles to successful negotiation. They need not be according to sociologist Jon P. Alston. In this informed and straightforward presentation, Alston describes common ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Japanese Business Culture and Practices

    A Guide to Twenty-First Century Japanese Business Protocols

    Japanese Business Culture and Practices presents detailed insights and descriptions on the proper ways to conduct business with contemporary Japanese. It focuses on the traditional and nontraditional business-related practices, including the internal mechanisms of promotion and decision-making in Japanese corporations. From advice on how to avoid cultural misunderstandings and how to develop trust ... Read more

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  • Japan's Cultural Code Words

    Key Terms That Explain the Attitudes and Behavior of the Japanese

    Japan's Cultural Code Words offers a study of Japanese society through analysis of key terms and concepts that define Japanese attitudes and behaviors.Japan's traditional culture is so powerful that it continues to be the prevailing force in molding and tuning the national character of the Japanese, resulting in a society that simultaneously emphasizes both the modern and the traditional.The best ... Read more

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  • Business Guide to Japan

    A Quick Guide to Opening Doors and Closing Deals

    Conducting business in Japan: a delicate and valuable skill is explained by a true master of Japanese culture.Not only is Japan the world's third largest economy, it is a global center for design for non-Japanese businesses looking to expand into international markets.But business people from outside Japan quickly discover that doing business in Japan is unlike anything they've experienced before. ... Read more

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  • Japan: A Guide to Traditions, Customs and Etiquette

    Kata as the Key to Understanding the Japanese

    "A unique look at a unique culture. If you're trying to figure the Japanese out, this book provides another important piece of the puzzle."—Terrie Lloyd, Founder & Publisher, Jap@n Inc.; CEO LINC Media, TokyoIn Japan: A Guide to Traditions, Customs and Etiquette veteran Japanologist Boye Lafayette De Mente unlocks the mysteries of "Kata"—the cultural forms that shape and define Japanese etiquette, ... Read more

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  • Hounded (with two bonus short stories)

    Book One of The Iron Druid Chronicles

    by Kevin Hearne ...
    Series Book 1 - The Iron Druid Chronicles
    The first novel in the New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles—the hilarious, action-packed tales of a two-thousand-year-old Druid pursued by ancient gods in the modern world“A page-turning and often laugh-out-loud-funny caper through a mix of the modern and the mythic.”—Ari Marmell, author of The Warlord’s LegacyAtticus O’Sullivan is the last of the ancient druids. He has been on the run ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

    The Civil War Era

    Series series Oxford History of the United States
    Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • The Fall of the House of Dixie

    The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South

    by Bruce Levine ...
    In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended. Told through the words of the people who lived it, The Fall of the House of Dixie illuminates the way a war undertaken to preserve the status quo ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Emotional Branding

    The New Paradigm for Connecting Brands to People

    by Marc Gobe ...
    Emotional Branding is the best selling revolutionary business book that has created a movement in branding circles by shifting the focus from products to people. The 10 Commandments of Emotional Branding” have become a new benchmark for marketing and creative professionals, emotional branding has become a coined term by many top industry experts to express the new dynamic that exists now between ... Read more

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  • Scoundrels, Monsters, and Special Circumstances

    Orbit October-December 2010

    Orbit is pleased to present a selection from each of our upcoming titles for Fall 2010. Inside you'll find everything from king-stealing thieves, to zombie-hunting couples. We have the newest Iain M. Banks novel Surface Detail, Greg Bear's triumphant return to deep space SF with Hull Zero Three, new novels from urban fantasy greats like Lilith Saintcrow and Jennifer Rardin. We're especially ... Read more

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