Class Act: William Haines Legendary Hollywood Decorator

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First monograph on this legendary decorator's most important interior design projects. A glimpse into the glamorous private world of Hollywood movie stars' homes. Images of interiors by world- famous photographers.

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A class act indeed.......2007-08-06

This is a very visual account of the life of one of the greatest decorators of our time. Billy Haines started out as a silent movie actor and when he refused to keep his sexuality in the closet he was fired, forcing him to change careers - and thank goodness. Schifando & Mathison take us on a journey, via photos, sketches, and other images, through the life of Haines and the evolution of his personal style. His classic interiors, which often included a touch of chinoiserie, a unique custom lamp, low chairs, quilted fabric upholstery, and other unique pieces will never go out of style.

FAB!!!!!!.......2007-04-20

Having purchased most of the major design books in the past 4yrs...this one is right up there with the best...5lbs of old hollywood chic mixed with todays blue-blood..must have for any coffee table

EXQUISITE BOOK.......2007-02-24

I am so thrilled to have found this book. I have tried for years to find pictures of William Haines work. This is such a magnificent book. I just wished there were more of what there was. This book is an amazine find and a delightful addition to my collection.

Class Read.......2007-01-05

Being an admirer of nearly all things vintage Hollywood, I was most eager to read a book on this almost forgotten silent screen legend. I was most impressed by the great detail on the man, his loves and hates and his metamorphosis into a highly successful interior designer in later years. The thoroughly entertaining anecdotes throughout also kept me interested until the very end. It gives the reader an insight into a period in Hollywood that has long since been buried by time and our bizarre fascinations with the likes of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton et all.

A must read for any reader of the good old days of Hollywood.

BIG TOME. BIG TIME MOVIE STAR. BIG TIME DECORATOR.......2006-10-16

Part-time P'town resident William Mann's Wisecracker was the first (and definitive) bio of Haines, on of the silent era's greatest stars and one of its first certified heartthrobs. But Haines was gay---something eh refused to hide---and when MGM honcho fired him. Haines began a new (and much more lucrative career) as a self-taught decorator. His work graced the homes of Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Constance Bennett, and mega-watt socialites Alfred and Betsy Bloomingdale an d Walter and Lee Annenberg; even in his death in 1973, Haines` legacy followed, with his associate Ted Graber in charge of the décor of Ronald and Nancy Reagan`s private riddance at the white House. This coffee table book is the price of a good steak dinner (with wine), but the hungry of film fans and stylists and interior designers will long be satisfied by the intellectual text and more than 300 vintage and rare drawing, illustrations and photos.

Make Yourself Unforgettable: The Dale Carnegie Class-Act System

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This really is a real FIND!
WOW - really impressed!

Make Yourself Unforgettable: The Dale Carnegie Class-Act System
The Dale Carnegie Organization
Manufacturer: Nightingale-Conant
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: 0743563905

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BECOME THE KIND OF PERSON EVERYONE REMEMBERS AND NO ONE CAN RESIST!

There's nothing more critical to your success than your ability to stand out as a uniquely qualified, valuable, appealing individual -- someone whom other people really want to work with, work for, know, and help. Make Yourself Unforgettable takes an in-depth look at the 10 essential elements of being unforgettable, and gives you a clear-cut step-by-step guide for developing and embodying them.

In this dynamic audiobook, you'll learn the secrets of the Dale Carnegie Class-Act System:

The six steps to managing communication problems honestly, effectively,
and unforgettably.

Four unsuspecting stumbling blocks to completely ethical behavior, and how to avoid them.

A new way to understand and exude confidence.

The five key social skills that identify someone as a class act.

How to neutralize and even prevent fear and anxiety -- in yourself and in the people around you.

Resiliency builders that will hone and strengthen your ability to bounce back from adversity.

Once you discover exactly how you can naturally and effortlessly distinguish yourself, you'll find that people in every area of your life -- from work to home and everywhere in between -- respond to you more positively and generously than they ever have before!

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This really is a real FIND!.......2007-08-10

I work where lots of new and old books and material come through every day. I MUST be very selective because I have free access to all kinds of goodies. This cd is a real gem. Real actionable information. I will be listening to these six discs for the next few weeks. They 're fun and they help to focus your mind on whats important and what can be powerful in your life.

WOW - really impressed!.......2007-01-16

What a great collection of CDs! Truly a great find!

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Graphic SF Reader
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Asterix Short Stories
Tracing four decades of Asterix
No problem occured

Asterix and the Class Act (Asterix)
Albert Uderzo
Manufacturer: Orion
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0752866400

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A superb collection of 14 short stories. Go back to the beginning when Asterix and Obelix were born--in the middle of a village fish fight. Find out how Dogmatix helps the village cockerel win a duel, and becomes a Roman mascot. Follow the bidding for the first Gaulish Olympics. Asterix's legion of fans will see him as they never have before.

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Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03

There are a bunch of Asterix short stories here, including the story of the birth of Asterix and Obelix, as well as Dogmatix starring in an episode about the chickens of the village.

The authors also send up their discovery of the idea of Asterix and Obelix, and do the same thing to some letters they received from readers.

not even close.......2007-01-22

Not funny. Not even close to the other Asterix books.

That's what my 9-year-old boy said, when I brought this book from the library. He loves Asterix books, and rereads them many times. But he didn't even finish this one the first time through.

Luckily it cost us nothing :)

Asterix Short Stories.......2007-01-05

This book is a collection of Asterix and Obelix strips that first appeared in newspapers and magazines. Most are about 3-4 pages long. Whilst not as satisfying as the full length books, the stories still contain gems. Some are by both Goscinny and Uderzo, and some are by Uderzo only (written after Goscinny's death). As usual, the collaborative efforts of Goscinny and Uderzo are generally better than those written only by Uderzo.
My 10 year-old son initially rejected the book (he is a huge Asterix fan), but came back to it a little later and enjoyed the stories. The short stories were ideal for my 8 year-old, who doesn't yet have the attention span to appreciate a whole book, but still wants to read "Dogmatix" stories.

Tracing four decades of Asterix.......2006-06-15

A delightful collection of Asterix short srories from 1962 to 2003 , many having been printed in the French magazine Pilote , "the thinking person's comic strip magazine"
Each strip is preceeded by a short essay explaining how it was created.
None of these stories have appeared in English before.
It is interesting to trace the development of Asterix through these panels.
I particularly like the older panels from the 1960's and 70's , from Pilote magazine.

No problem occured.......2005-09-30

I purchased this product and it's just as it was described. It took about a week-10 days to receive it, though.

A Class Act: Changing Teachers Work, the State, and Globalisation (Garland Reference Library of Social Science, V. 1465.)

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A Class Act: Changing Teachers Work, the State, and Globalisation (Garland Reference Library of Social Science, V. 1465.)
Susan Robertson
Manufacturer: RoutledgeFalmer
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0815335784

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This volume discusses changes in views and attitudes about the work of teachers and how these sociological views and attitudes have asserted themselves in the last decade. The book is organized in three sections. The first lays a theoretical framework by addressing the notion of class and how it affects views of teachers' work. The second section puts the first section's theory into practice through an illustrative analysis of teachers' lives in America and in England. The final section focuses on the changes that have affected teachers' work in the 1990's and world over.

Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels

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A Classy Act
A great book on how we "perform" our social class...
A Dragnet book...

Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels
Rachel Sherman
Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0520247825

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In this lively study, Rachel Sherman goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a nuanced picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests by providing seemingly unlimited personal attention. Drawing on in-depth interviews and extended ethnographic research in a range of hotel jobs, including concierge, bellperson, and housekeeper, Sherman gives an insightful analysis of what exactly luxury service consists of, how managers organize its production, and how workers and guests negotiate the inequality between them. She finds that workers employ a variety of practices to assert a powerful sense of self, including playing games, comparing themselves to other workers and guests, and forming meaningful and reciprocal relations with guests. Through their contact with hotel staff, guests learn how to behave in the luxury environment and come to see themselves as deserving of luxury consumption. These practices, Sherman argues, help make class inequality seem normal, something to be taken for granted. Throughout, Class Acts sheds new light on the complex relationship between class and service work, an increasingly relevant topic in light of the growing economic inequality in the United States that underlies luxury consumption.

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A Classy Act.......2007-05-11

I just finished reading Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels, and I mean reading it: Acknowlegments, Introduction, Chapters 1-6, Conclusion, Appendices A, B & C, and Notes. Okay, I did not read References and Index, but close enough.
What a great ethnography! What a great voice! The writer, Rachel Sherman, manages to be impressively objective and fair as she observes and participates in the service economy of the luxury hotel. Since I am an arm chair-bleeding heart liberal, I wanted there to be a clear demarcation between "good guys" and "bad guys," but Sherman paints a far more complicated and nuanced picture of the social dynamics at work in the luxury service sector. As a result, the Conclusion provides a satisfying critique, since it is in this section that Sherman lets her views be known. I find this admirable because it indicates this researcher's ability to distinguish between observation, analysis, and critique.
Class Acts is a scholarly work, yet the writing style is extremely lucid. Yes, the author uses jargon -- intersubjectivity, habitus, interpellated -- but what is really cool is how Sherman uses language to mirror some of the class distinctions she is writing about, at times conveying theory and abstraction and at others conveying terms like "ripped off" and "pissed." The contrast is refreshing.
Sherman also does an excellent job of sign postng. In a straightforward way, she reminds the reader of who is who, foreshadows ideas to come, and acknowledges ideas previously introduced. I found all these textual reminders to be helpful. Not only that, but Sherman offers advice on how to tip in the Notes.
Finally, the author does a great job weaving the motif of movies and image making throughout the text -- from Pretty Woman to My Dinner with Andre -- to underscore both the transformative power of the luxury hotel setting and the nature of work and class distinctions.

A great book on how we "perform" our social class... .......2007-04-24

"Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels" is a captivating look at how class gets played out in a particular setting -- and yet it has a lot to say about how we all relate to our social and economic class (whether or not we work or stay at luxury hotels). It's a sociological study, and though I'm not a sociologist, I found it accessible, not too academic, and packed with interesting anecdotes.

The author, Rachel Sherman, talks about the luxury hotel as a kind of "theater" where guests and workers act out class relations and fill their own needs. For their part, workers strive to protect their dignity, even as they are subservient on the job to very wealthy guests. To accomplish this, workers may take pride in their skills, criticize guests behind their backs, or--as discussed in an especially fascinating section of the book--turn their jobs into a kind of strategic game. Meanwhile, guests rationalize the lavish service they enjoy by, for example, treating workers as equals or even friends--in the process "erasing" class differences or acting as if they don't exist. The book could have stopped there and been really interesting; but it goes further, and shows how workers and guests come to depend on each other to perform (or even become) their roles.

I once stayed in a luxury hotel for a few nights on work. The book grabbed me because of the backstage look it provides at this dramatic setting, and held onto me for another reason. We all play strategic "games" on the job and elsewhere, we all play roles in relation to people of various classes, we all rationalize our choices and tell ourselves stories to make sense of things. That's why "Class Acts" is pertinent to everyday life and politics in America.

A Dragnet book..........2007-04-14

"Just the facts, Ma'am" encapsulates this book for me. Reading it took me back to my school days and gave me that "book report is due" feeling. The author's approach is very scientific, detailed, emotionless as though the writer may have a touch of Asperger's Syndrome. It appears to be only half a book because so much of the emotional aspects of her experiences are missing. I can hardly imagine a more emotionally charged atmosphere than a 5-star hotel crammed with wealthy, pampered, driven, ambitious people juxtaposed intimately with those whose very livelihoods depend on satisfying their every inane desire. Yet the author makes it sound as exciting as filling orders at Starbucks. The myriad people this author encountered had fascinating stories to tell that could have shed light on what life is like in the hospitality industry. Yet we hear nothing. Susie did this. Bob did that. I worked here. I worked there. Boring. Boring. Boring. What was the purpose of this book, anyway? There are a few humorous stories here and there. The guests seem oblivious, the staff comes across as basically money-hungry, ever looking for that next tip - only doing nice things for the guests to get more money. If this is what staying at a swanky hotel is like - I'll take the Holiday Inn. At least I know where I stand. And I don't have to stock up on one dollar bills before checking in.

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The best series ever
Awesome!
Great Series/poor ending
Wonderful horse book with good Christianity woven in
AWESOME!!!!!!

Class Act (High Hurdles #10)
Lauraine Snelling
Manufacturer: Bethany House Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0764220381

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The best series ever.......2006-08-12

I love horses but cannot take riding lessons so these books really made me feel like i was there the whole series is amazing and has a christian based moral that is great.

Awesome!.......2003-06-07

I'm 13 years old and absolutly fell in love with this entire series. I am a horse lover and loved that this book didn't have any swearing. I totally fell in love with this entire series. I 100% recomend it to any horse lover. I would give it a million stars!

Great Series/poor ending.......2002-07-16

The High Hurdles series has been captivating. This last book, however, really did not conclude well. After spending 9 1/2 books to get DJ from 14 to 16, we find out very little about what happens prior to the final page. Ms. Snelling needed to either leave the ending hanging more, or add another book to fill in the missing years.

Wonderful horse book with good Christianity woven in.......2001-09-12

I was rarely so moved as when I read this book. I got it from the library after a long time of waiting for it since everyone else was always checking it out, and with good cause! DJ's struggle to recover from the injuries she'd suffered while rescuing horses from a burning stable are heart-wrenching at times, but always hopeful. Her trouble catching up at school is realistic and personal, and her faith in God truly touching. This is definitely a fine book, though I imagine it would be too sentimental for some people. The other books in this series aren't so emotional, so if those who read this review discard the idea of reading the book for fear it would be like a sappy made-for-TV movie, I urge them to try some of the earlier books first. On the whole, it's one of the best books I've ever read, and I highly recommend it!

AWESOME!!!!!!.......2001-07-31

I really liked this book. DJ's courage of being able to go through all the therapy, and then ride again was really amazing. This is my favorite series, and although this book is kind of sad, the lesson from it is really good. I hope Lauraine Snelling writes more like this!!

Class Acts: An Anthropology of Urban Workers and Their Union

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Class Acts: An Anthropology of Urban Workers and Their Union
E. Paul Durrenberger , and Suzan Erem
Manufacturer: Paradigm Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1594510830

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U.S. labor leaders are constantly developing new programs to revive the union movement. What happens when these plans collide with the daily lives of front-line union staff and members? This book examines the often conflicting interests of key players in the trenches of a national effort to bring back the U.S. labor movement.

Brutally honest, funny, and never dull, this anthropological ethnography shows the daily struggles of union members today to bring about positive change and hold together their urban labor union in an era of globalization, outsourcing, and deindustrialization.

The authors, a union activist and an anthropologist respectively, pair up to offer insider views of labor unions and of how anthropological fieldwork is done. Explaining, coaching, and warning Paul of hazards, Suzan, the communications director for the local union, provides inside views and details of day-to-day interactions. Paul, the anthropologist, provides outside analytical views that relate Suzan's experiences and his own observations to the wider view anthropology offers through the lenses of ethnography, holism, and comparativism.

The result is a story of one dynamic union local, one anthropological study, and the lit fuse that connects them until the end.

From Clueless to Class Act: Manners for the Modern Man

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From Clueless to Class Act: Manners for the Modern Man
Jodi R. R. Smith
Manufacturer: Sterling
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1402739753

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To make a favorable impression in his social and professional circles, a man has to have panache, style, and excellent etiquette. He should know how to dress for a night on the town, how to transform himself into a gracious host and a welcome guest, and how to write an impressive e-mail. With an eye toward contemporary issues, this witty and informative reference shows him the best way to handle every situation, from dining and dating to attending parties and the theater to proper cell phone conduct to putting his best foot forward in the workplace. What’s more, it teaches those skills and gestures that separate ordinary men from the gentlemen—including how to tie a bow tie and help a woman with her coat.

Women, Class, and Society in Early Christianity: Models from Luke-Acts

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Women, Class, and Society in Early Christianity: Models from Luke-Acts
James Malcolm Arlandson
Manufacturer: Hendrickson Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1565631811

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Especially given the burgeoning interest in the social world of the New Testament, it is remarkable that far too often scholars and students of the New Testament continue to view women homogeneously, as if all women in antiquity existed at the same social, political, and economic level.

Rather, women in antiquity, just as women of today, can be found anywhere along the spectrum of society, from voiceless slave to wealthy landowner. Failing to look at women's lives in light of their place in ancient class structures results in tunnelvision, and women are mistakenly depicted as being uniformly cut from the same social, economic, and political cloth.

Such misperception results in misunderstanding. First it perpetuates the notion that all women in antiquity were oppressed. Second it tends to neglect the under-classes.

Anyone interested in women's studies will find this work indispensable for understanding the variegated nature of women in the ancient world and the gospel's impact upon them.

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A Class Act: A Musical About Tony-Award Winning Songwriter Edward Kleban

Manufacturer: Hal Leonard Corporation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0634038311

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Edward Kleban is best known for writing the lyrics for A Chorus Line. A collection of his most-loved songs was posthumously framed in a story of his life in this Broadway musical, which was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score. The music and lyrics are charming, touching, traditional musical theatre. This songbook features 13 songs in all: Better * Broadway Boogie Woogie * Charm Song * Don't Do It Again * Follow Your Star * Light on My Feet * Mona * The Next Best Thing to Love * One More Beautiful Song * Paris Through the Window * Say Something Funny * Self Portrait * Under Separate Cover. Also includes great photos and a listing of songs by Kleban.

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