Описание: Nearly 14 percent of working age Americans are either starting or running a business. 50 percent of those businesses will fail in five years or decline over 70 percent after ten years. Starting a company is no walk in the park-- it takes confidence and heart, but most of all, it takes planning and understanding what exactly your business needs to succeed in its niche. The worst thing you can do when taking that leap to start a business is leaping "without a parachute." Dr. Sterling L. Carter and Stephen Levi Carter, MBA, know this all too well, and in Double Your Success, they share their decades of experience and knowledge so that you can plan how to build your business every step of the way.
Автор: Carter Nicholas, Houston Stephen, Rossi Franco Название: The Adorned Body: Mapping Ancient Maya Dress ISBN: 1477320709 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781477320709 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 7524.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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How we dress our bodies—through clothing, footwear, headgear, jewelry, haircuts, and more—is key to the expression of status and identity. This idea was as true for ancient Maya civilization as it is today, yet few studies have centered on what ancient Maya peoples wore and why. In The Adorned Body, Nicholas Carter, Stephen Houston, and Franco Rossi bring together contributions from a wide range of scholars, leading to the first in-depth study of Maya dress in pre-Columbian times.
Incorporating artistic, hieroglyphic, and archaeological sources, this book explores the clothing and ornaments of ancient Maya peoples, systematically examining who wore what, deducing the varied purposes and meanings of dress items and larger ensembles, and determining the methods and materials with which such items were created. Each essay investigates a category of dress—including headgear, pendants and necklaces, body painting, footwear, and facial ornaments—and considers the variations within each of these categories, as well as popular styles and trends through time. The final chapters reveal broader views and comparisons about costume ensembles and their social roles. Shedding new light on the art and archaeology of the ancient Americas, The Adorned Body offers a thorough map of Maya dress that will be of interest to scholars and fashion enthusiasts alike.
The bestselling author delves into his past and discovers the inspiring story of his grandmother's extraordinary life
She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could imagine in New York of the 1930s--and without the strategy she devised, Lucky Luciano, the most powerful Mafia boss in history, would never have been convicted. When special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey selected twenty lawyers to help him clean up the city's underworld, she was the only member of his team who was not a white male. Eunice Hunton Carter, Stephen Carter's grandmother, was raised in a world of stultifying expectations about race and gender, yet by the 1940s, her professional and political successes had made her one of the most famous black women in America. But her triumphs were shadowed by prejudice and tragedy. Greatly complicating her rise was her difficult relationship with her younger brother, Alphaeus, an avowed Communist who--together with his friend Dashiell Hammett--would go to prison during the McCarthy era. Yet she remained unbowed. Moving, haunting, and as fast-paced as a novel, Invisible tells the true story of a woman who often found her path blocked by the social and political expectations of her time. But Eunice Carter never accepted defeat, and thanks to her grandson's remarkable book, her long forgotten story is once again visible.
Автор: Carter Stephen Название: What of the Night? ISBN: 098436031X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780984360314 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2062.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: , Wilson Carter, Jones Stephen Graham Название: Terror at 5280` ISBN: 1734191708 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781734191707 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3300.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A neighborhood won't let its residents forget the past. One taste draws two lovers into a nightmarish addiction. A harsh winter forces strange creatures down from the mountains.
At sea level, where it's safe, things like this can't happen. But when you're sky high in Denver, Colorado, anything goes...including your sanity.
Beware of Terror at 5280', a horror fiction anthology featuring dark tales set in and around Denver and the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, penned exclusively by local authors.
Edited by: Josh Schlossberg, Gary Robbe, Melinda Bezdek, Bobby Crew, Desi D, Lisa Mavroudis, Thomas C. Mavroudis, and Jeamus Wilkes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface - Denver Horror Collective
Foreword - John Palisano
The Depths - Matthew Lyons
Laffing Sal - Lindsay King-Miller
This Was Always Going to Happen - Stephen Graham Jones
Electric Stalker - Rebecca S.W. Bates
Gaze with Undimmed Eyes and the World Drops Dead - Carina Bissett
Grave Mistake - Joshua Viola & Carter Wilson
There is Something Up There - Joy Yehle
Scrape - Gary Robbe
The Copper Door Karma Jar - Cindra Spencer
Block 12 - Thomas C. Mavroudis
A Place for Cady - Melinda Bezdek
Taste - Henry Snider
Chronic Cold - Josh Schlossberg
The Dead Spot - Angela Sylvaine
The Ghosts of Cheesman Park - Grace Horton
Old Golden Road - Jay Seate
If I Shall Wake - Desi D
The Blue Lady - Sean Murphy
Mountain Lovers - Bobby Crew
Left Behind - P.L. McMillan
Deep Veins - Travis Heermann
That Time Maggie Ghosted Me - Jeamus Wilkes
Last Words: Cannibal Kings and Queens - Larry Berry
Описание: In this extended essay, Nortin M. Hadler and Stephen P. Carter introduce a new approach to reforming the American health-care system-a plan they call the Universal Workers' Compensation Model (UWCM). Drawing on Hadler's expertise as a physician and Carter's as an attorney, the two have conceived the UWCM as a state-level alternative that would supersede current solutions debated at the national level. They begin by summarizing the history and present complexity and irrationality of America's health-insurance system. They then lay out the key concepts underlying the UWCM regime and the practical policy steps necessary to enact it. At the heart of the UWCM is a broader understanding of what constitutes worker's health, one grounded in scientific research and cognizant of the wide range of physical and mental illnesses that can afflict workers. The UWCM stipulates a single policy providing rational and reasoned recourse for universal risks: illness, injury, disability, and death.
Presenting their ideas with precision in this 34-page pamphlet, Hadler and Carter intend to spark discussion among health-care providers, insurers, legislators, and everyday citizens about how we might move beyond the limits of the current debate toward new, truly effective solutions.
Автор: Carter Stephen a. Название: The Treyton Injections ISBN: 0615803083 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615803081 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2067.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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