2006, ISBN: 9781400132232

Hardcover

U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 2006. pp. 507, "The cave paintings and other preserved remnants of Paleolithic peoples shed light on a world little known to us, one so deeply em… More...

U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 2006. pp. 507, "The cave paintings and other preserved remnants of Paleolithic peoples shed light on a world little known to us, one so deeply embedded in time that information about it seems unrecoverable. While art historians have wrestled with these images and objects, very few scientists have weighed in on Paleolithic art as artifacts of a complex, living society. R. Dale Guthrie is one of the first to do so, and his monumental volume The Nature of Paleolithic Art is a landmark study that will change the shape of our understanding of these marvelous images. With a natural historian's keen eye for observation, and as one who has spent a lifetime using bones and other excavated materials to piece together past human behavior and environments, Guthrie demonstrates that Paleolithic art is a mode of expression we can comprehend to a remarkable degree and that the perspective of natural history is integral to that comprehension. He employs a mix of ethology, evolutionary biology, and human universals to access these distant cultures and their art and artifacts. Guthrie uses innovative forensic techniques to reveal new information; estimating, for example, the ages and sexes of some of the artists, he establishes that Paleolithic art was not just the creation of male shamans. With more than 3,000 images, The Nature of Paleolithic Art offers the most comprehensive representation of Paleolithic art ever published and a radical (and controversial) new way of interpreting it. The variety and content of these images—most of which have never been available or easily accessible to nonspecialists or even researchers—will astonish you. This wonderfully written work of natural history, of observation and evidence, tells the great story of our deepest past.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to., University of Chicago Press, 2006, Faber Finds. Paperback. New. Paperback. 752 pages. Dimensions: 9.0in. x 5.3in. x 1.6in.It was as a small girl in Lincolnshire that Emily Sellwood first saw the boy Alfred Tennyson. Nearly thirty years later, in the year he became Poet Laureate, they married. What kept them apart and what eventually brought them together has never before been fully explored. This major biography radically alters the picture of the poets relationship with his wife, establishing in detail the person Emily Tennyson was. It is the story of a remarkable family as well as a remarkable woman, bringing into the foreground a neglected and often misunderstood character a century after her death. Meeting Emily Tennyson in the pages of Thwaites enthralling book is pure delight. Sunday Express A finely and deeply researched work, and clearly a labour of love . . . She tells an ever absorbing story, and throws much light on that fascinating social area in which high art and worldly power meet. The Times This fat and well-documented book will quickly establish its place in bibliographies of essential Tennyson background. Literary Review A magnificent, surprising biography. Lynne Truss, Mail on Sunday This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN., Faber Finds, Tantor Media Inc. No binding. New. Audio CD. Dimensions: 6.6in. x 6.6in. x 1.1in.The Wal-Mart Effect: The overwhelming impact of the worlds largest companydue to its relentless pursuit of low priceson retailers and manufacturers, wages and jobs, the culture of shopping, the shape of our communities, and the environment; a global force of unprecedented nature. Wal-Mart is not only the worlds largest company; it is also the largest company in the history of the world. Americans spend 26 million every hour at Wal-Mart, twenty-four hours of every day, every day of the year. Is the company a good thing or a bad thing On the one hand, market guru Warren Buffett estimates that the companys low prices save American consumers 10 billion a year. On the other, the behemoth is the number-one employer in thirty-seven of the fifty states yet has never let a union in the door. Though 70 percent of Americans now live within a fifteen-minute drive of a Wal-Mart store, we have not even begun to understand the true power of the company and the many ways it is shaping American life. We know about the lawsuits and the labor protests, but what we dont know is how profoundly the Wal-Mart effect is shaping our lives. Fast Company senior editor Charles Fishman takes us on an unprecedented behind-the-scenes investigative expedition deep inside the many worlds of Wal-Mart. He reveals the radical ways in which the company is transforming Americas economy, our workforce, our communities, and our environment. Fishman penetrated the secrecy of Wal-Mart headquarters, interviewing twenty-five high-level former executives; he entered into the world of a host of Wal-Marts suppliers to uncover how the company strong-arms even the most established brands; and journeyed to the ports and factories, the fields and forests where Wal-Marts power is warping the very structure of the worlds market for goods. Wal-Mart is not just a retailer anymore, Fishman argues. It has become a kind of economic ecosystem, and anyone who wants to understand the forces shaping our world today must understand the companys hidden reach. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN., Tantor Media Inc<

2009, ISBN: 9781400132232

Award-winning journalist Charles Fishman reveals that what we know about Wal-Mart isn't even half of the real story-the company is now so powerful that it has become a kind of economic ec… More...

Award-winning journalist Charles Fishman reveals that what we know about Wal-Mart isn't even half of the real story-the company is now so powerful that it has become a kind of economic ecosystem that affects our everyday lives, even if we don't shop at Wal-Mart. In contrast to recent polemics, The Wal-Mart Effect offers the first truly fair, thought-provoking look at the hidden reach and transformative power that is "the Wal-Mart effect."Charles Fishman is the author of the New York Award-winning journalist Charles Fishman reveals that what we know about Wal-Mart isn't even half of the real story-the company is now so powerful that it has become a kind of economic ecosystem that affects our everyday lives, even if we don't shop at Wal-Mart. In contrast to recent polemics, The Wal-Mart Effect offers the first truly fair, thought-provoking look at the hidden reach and transformative power that is "the Wal-Mart effect."Charles Fishman is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Wal-Mart Effect, a finalist for the Goldman Sachs-Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award. A former metro and national reporter for the Washington Post, he has worked for the innovative business magazine Fast Company since 1996. Charles has won numerous awards, including UCLA's Gerald Loeb Award for outstanding business writing, the most prestigious award in business journalism. He has appeared regularly on NPR, CNN, and Fox News. Winner of several AudioFile Earphones Awards and a multiple finalist for the APA's prestigious Audie Award, Alan Sklar has narrated nearly two hundred audiobooks, including Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden, The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings by Thomas Maier, and The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright. Named a Best Voice of 2009 by AudioFile magazine, his work has earned him a Booklist Editors' Choice Award (twice), a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and Audiobook of the Year by ForeWord magazine. The Dartmouth graduate's theatre credits include Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Seagull, and many modern roles. Alan has also narrated thousands of corporate videos for clients such as NASA, Sikorsky Aircraft, IBM, Dannon, Pfizer, AT & T, and SONY. For several years, he has been the spokesman for TracFone Wireless Co. and can often be seen and heard on TracFone radio and TV spots and infomercials."I am so pleased, as is my husband, to have found a narrator that holds our attention so well that we Books, Business & Economics~~Management, Wal-Mart-Effect~~Charles-Fishman, 999999999, The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and How It's Transforming the American Economy, Charles Fishman, Narrated by Alan Sklar, 1400132231, Tantor Media, Inc., , , , , Tantor Media, Inc.<

2009, ISBN: 9781400132232

Award-winning journalist Charles Fishman reveals that what we know about Wal-Mart isn't even half of the real story-the company is now so powerful that it has become a kind of economic ec… More...

Award-winning journalist Charles Fishman reveals that what we know about Wal-Mart isn't even half of the real story-the company is now so powerful that it has become a kind of economic ecosystem that affects our everyday lives, even if we don't shop at Wal-Mart. In contrast to recent polemics, The Wal-Mart Effect offers the first truly fair, thought-provoking look at the hidden reach and transformative power that is "the Wal-Mart effect."Charles Fishman is the author of the New York Award-winning journalist Charles Fishman reveals that what we know about Wal-Mart isn't even half of the real story-the company is now so powerful that it has become a kind of economic ecosystem that affects our everyday lives, even if we don't shop at Wal-Mart. In contrast to recent polemics, The Wal-Mart Effect offers the first truly fair, thought-provoking look at the hidden reach and transformative power that is "the Wal-Mart effect."Charles Fishman is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Wal-Mart Effect, a finalist for the Goldman Sachs-Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award. A former metro and national reporter for the Washington Post, he has worked for the innovative business magazine Fast Company since 1996. Charles has won numerous awards, including UCLA's Gerald Loeb Award for outstanding business writing, the most prestigious award in business journalism. He has appeared regularly on NPR, CNN, and Fox News. Winner of several AudioFile Earphones Awards and a multiple finalist for the APA's prestigious Audie Award, Alan Sklar has narrated nearly two hundred audiobooks, including Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden, The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings by Thomas Maier, and The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright. Named a Best Voice of 2009 by AudioFile magazine, his work has earned him a Booklist Editors' Choice Award (twice), a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and Audiobook of the Year by ForeWord magazine. The Dartmouth graduate's theatre credits include Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Seagull, and many modern roles. Alan has also narrated thousands of corporate videos for clients such as NASA, Sikorsky Aircraft, IBM, Dannon, Pfizer, AT & T, and SONY. For several years, he has been the spokesman for TracFone Wireless Co. and can often be seen and heard on TracFone radio and TV spots and infomercials."I am so pleased, as is my husband, to have found a narrator that holds our attention so well that we Books, Business & Economics~~Management, Wal-Mart-Effect~~Charles-Fishman, , , , , , , , , , Tantor Media, Inc.<