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Ian Williams

Ian Williams describes in captivating detail how Rum and the molasses that it was made from was to the 18th century what oil is today. Rum was used by the colonists to clear Native American tribes and to buy slaves. To make it, they regularly traded with the enemy French during the Seven Years' War, angering their British masters and setting themselves on the road to Revolution. The regular flow of rum was essential to keeping both armies in the field since soldiers relied on rum to keep up their fighting spirits. Even though the Puritans themselves were fond of rum in quantities that would appall modern day doctors, temperance and Prohibition have obscured the historical role of the "Global Spirit with its warm heart in the Caribbean." Ian Williams' book triumphantly restores rum's rightful place in history, taking us across space and time, from its origins in the plantations of Barbados through Puritan and Revolutionary New England, to voodoo rites in modern...

Ivan H. Scheier

An extraordinary book that caps Ivan Scheier’s long career as philosopher, provocateur, and conscience of the volunteer field. He urges us all to nurture dreams--our own and those of others. But this is also a practical, you-can-do-it guidebook for activist volunteers and their mentors, showing what dreamers and “Dream-Catchers” must do to bring dreams to life; how to look beyond money as a need, obstacle or trap; ways to get past barriers, bigots, and anchors; how to create a dream-friendly environment; and what makes dreams die...and what makes them live. Ideal for leaders of volunteers who play the role of "dream-catcher" every day. This special book will inspire and motivate you, volunteers, and anyone who wants to make a difference.

Clifford Beal

In the middle of May in the year 1704, an 80-ton brigantine, the Charles, quietly slipped into the cove at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Her sudden and unexpected reappearance, some ten months after she had left Marblehead under mysterious circumstances, started tongues wagging down at the docks and in the dim, cramped, seafront taverns of the town. Over the following three weeks, a drama played out involving the crew of the Charles, her commander, John Quelch, and the colonial governments of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. For in the hold of the Charles lay a large quantity of Brazilian sugar, hides, cloth, guns, and gold dust and coins worth over 10,000 sterling--a huge fortune for the time. It was this booty, and the circumstances of the voyage of the Charles, that led to Quelch's arrest on charges of piracy and murder against the subjects of Queen Anne's newest ally, the King of Portugal. Occurring only three years after Captain Kidd met his end on the gallows in...

Douglas Cazaux Sackman

This innovative history of California opens up new vistas on the interrelationship among culture, nature, and society by focusing on the state's signature export--the orange. From the 1870s onward, California oranges were packaged in crates bearing colorful images of an Edenic landscape. This book demystifies those lush images, revealing the orange as a manufactured product of the state's orange industry. Orange Empire brings together for the first time the full story of the orange industry--how growers, scientists, and workers transformed the natural and social landscape of California, turning it into a factory for the production of millions of oranges. That industry put up billboards in cities across the nation and placed enticing pictures of sun-kissed fruits into nearly every American's home. It convinced Americans that oranges could be consumed as embodiments of pure nature and talismans of good health. But, as this book shows, the tables were turned during the Great...

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David A. Tanzer

How To Legally Protect Your Assets is a layman's guide to asset protection and wealth preservation. For the first time, a complete guide to all of the different legal asset protection tools is contained under one cover. Professionals acting in the disciplines of law, accounting and asset management have also found it a useful aid in providing stateside and offshore planning advice to their clients. This book is for you if you are serious in learning about the many different legal techniques availableto protect and preserve your hard-earned money and property. It is about knowing and understanding the many legal tools available to you and how to successfully use these tools every day. You will discover from the 384-page book and 90-minute video that solid asset protection planning techniques utilize stateside and offshore worlds. You will have choices to select the tool that is best for you. You will learn how asset protection and wealth preservation is designed to level...

Steffen Bohm

Repositioning Organization Theory studies the political positioning of organization theory, arguing that there are two main projects in organization theory: the positioning and depositioning projects, or the hegemonic project of management and the postmodern project respectively. Bhm employs a range of philosophies to critique the limits of these two projects. The book calls for a repositioning and repoliticising of organization theory, with Bhm illustrating this project of repositioning by engaging with the challenges faced by anti-capitalist and social forum movements.

Samuel B. Bacharach

Learn how to mobilize support, improve efficiency, and get things done! Politics is an inevitable, legitimate, and even beneficial aspect of corporate and organizational life. Hard work and good ideas are not enough to ensure success-your ability to win allies and head off resistance is what really matters in today's corporate environment. If you don't garner support for your ideas, you could become an organizational casualty. Get Them on Your Side outlines how to: Assess allies and resistors Build coalitions Negotiate support Understand the agendas of others Get Them on Your Side , written by Samuel B. Bacharach-the McKelvey-Grant chair in the Department of Organizational Behavior at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations-builds your political competence with fascinating illustrations from the worlds of business, government, academia, and nonprofit organizations. With Get Them on Your Side , you'll develop the...

D. J. Williams

This simple,easy to read book shares mortgage banker D.J. Williams formulas for securing or restoring good credit, getting out of debt and gives all the reasons why good credit and low debt is a must in today's society. With this remarkable consumer self-help guide, you'll learn: The basics of understanding the system including how to read your credit report, scoring, and knowing your rights. How to establish a good credit rating and restore a poor one. Your rights when dealing with collection agencies and credit repair organizations. Methods of getting out of debt and strategies for debt reduction. How to survive the home loan process-stress free. How to control your financial destiny in 15 easy-to-read chapters. Good credit is a necessity rather than an option. Here you'll discover proven ways to achieve financial security and freedom. You can attain, maintain, and retain good credit. Buy an extra copy for someone you know who is just starting out,...

Darren Rovell

Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Gatorade's invention, First in Thirst chronicles the rise of the sports drink industry and the near-monopoly that Gatorade has built and maintained through savvy marketing and branding strategies. Gatorade's history spans the nutrition and fitness fads as well as the rise of celebrity endorsers and designer advertising. Rovell has gained access to virtually all of the key figures in this colorful and instructive story, from the original inventors to top executives to well-known athletes and coaches. The book includes exclusive accounts of the drink's invention, and takes an inside look at the evolution of a global phenomenon. In many ways, Gatorade has found the Holy Grail of product success: it not only created and perfected a great product, it also singlehandedly built the need and the market that would ensure that product's dominance year after year. "Given its prominence and brand equity, it's amazing we've had to wait...