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4 million people watch the Dragons on TV, now they can read their
book. Britain's best loved business brains - Duncan Bannatyne,
Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones, Theo Paphitis and Richard Farleigh
along with economics expert and presenter Evan Davies - divulge the
secrets of their success in this essential read. Joining them is
James Caan, a new addition to the team in Series 5 which aired in
September 2007. James is a multi-millionaire businessman and
entrepreneur specialising in human resources consultancy and
outsourcing. Here, for the first time, you can read his story and
learn from his experiences. Plus you will find out exactly what
James was looking forward to seeing in the Den. Success, From Pitch
to Profit is packed with advice for you, whether you want to
perfect your pitching skills, develop an idea or make more money.
By looking back at the previous series of Dragons' Den, the Dragons
will teach you how to develop an idea to its maximum potential,
making you and your business reach new heights of success. They
will look at what's become of the contestants who entered the
Dragons' Den. Some went away empty handed but have since become
very successful. Others won the backing of the Dragons but failed
to make their dream come through. The Dragons will use these case
studies to show you what should have been done, what should have
happened next and how you too could win their backing and become a
business success. This paperback edition includes all new case
studies from Series Five. This is much more than a TV series
companion. It is a solid business read with never-before-heard
advice and personal experiences from the Dragons own business
ventures. Between them, they have a wealth of knowledge and
business acumen which they will exclusively divulge for the first
time. At last, we'll find out how they became millionaires, their
secret business tactics, what drives them and what they would do if
they entered the Dragons' Den. This is a unique, accessible and
fascinating business read straight from the Dragons' Den.
"English and Ethnicity" offers a scholarly but accessible
exploration of the complex interaction between the English language
and the (de) construction of ethnicity. Centered in applied (socio)
linguistics, the volume's diverse essays demonstrate that the
constructs of both "English" and "ethnicity" are contested sites of
identity formation in the English- speaking world. They illustrate
that while for some English use indexes ethnicity, for others its
usage involves equally significant processes of de-ethnicization.
English and Ethnicity enriches our understanding of the
contemporary dialogue on heritage languages, language policy, and
language maintenance.
This volume examines the complex interaction between the English
language and the construction of ethnicity in the global
English-speaking world. The essays demonstrate that the constructs
of both English and ethnicity are contested sites of identity
formation.
English and Ethnicity offers a scholarly but accessible exploration
of the complex interaction between the English language and the
(de) construction of ethnicity. Centered in applied (socio)
linguistics, the volume's diverse essays demonstrate that the
constructs of both English and ethnicity are contested sites of
identity formation in the English- speaking world. They illustrate
that while for some English use indexes ethnicity, for others its
usage involves equally significant processes of de-ethnicization.
English and Ethnicity enriches our understanding of the
contemporary dialogue on heritage languages, language policy, and
language maintenance.
These essays explore problems with digital approaches to analog
objects and offer digital methods to study networks of production,
dissemination, and collection. Further, they reflect on the
limitations of those methods and speak to a central truth of
digital projects: unlike traditional scholarship, digital
scholarship is often the result of collective networks of not only
disciplinary scholars but also of library professionals and other
technical and professional staff as well as students.
What are countries famous for making? For Japan, the answer might
be electronic goods. For Germany, automobiles. For France, perhaps
a Louis Vuitton bag. But what about Britain? Here, Evan Davis sets
himself the task of finding out. Offering a fascinating look at our
manufacturing industries and revealing the various companies that
might not be household names, but are very much world leaders in
their fields, he shows how we have learnt to specialise in high end
and niche areas that are the envy of the world. Taking in our
disappointments and successes, Made in Britain is a brilliantly
readable tour of our economic history, exploring the curious blend
of resilience, innovation and economic free-thinking that makes us
who we are.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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++++ The Life Of Robert Owen, Philanthropist And Social Reformer:
An Appreciation; Henry Ford Estate Collection Robert Evan Davies R.
Sutton, 1907 Socialists
Since 1783, patriotic societies have become an integral part of
American history. The great number of Sons, Daughters, and Dames,
and the alphabetical jungle of G.A.R., D.A.R., V.F.W., U.C.V.,
U.D.C., W.R.D., etc. are well known--and are often subjects of
controversy. Wallace Evan Davies here recounts, in fascinating
detail, the activities and attitudes of both veterans' and
hereditary patriotic societies in America up to 1900. In a lively
manner, he explores their significance as social organizations,
their concept of patriotism, and their influence upon public
opinion and legislation.
At the close of the American Revolution a group of officers
formed the first patriotic veterans' society, The Society of the
Cincinnati--open to all officers who had served for three years or
were in the army at the end of the Revolution. Thus it began. Then,
after the Civil War, came the numerous organizations of veterans of
both sides and of their relatives. And as some Americans became
more nationalistic, others, becoming absorbed in family trees,
started the many hereditary societies. After discussing the
founding of men's, women's, and children's patriotic societies, the
author describes their organizational aspects: their size,
qualifications for membership, officers, dues, ritual, badges,
costumes, and the like. In hereditary groups, membership was
deliberately limited, for exclusiveness was often their strongest
appeal. The veterans' groups, however, were usually anxious to be
as large as possible so as to enhance their influence upon
legislators.
The appearance, beginning in the 1860's, of nearly seventy
patriotic newspapers and magazines testifies to the rising
popularity of these groups: prominent publications of the patriotic
press included "The Great Republic," "The Soldiers' Friend," "The
Grand Army Record," "The Vedette," "National Tribune," and
"American Tribune." Many people turned to patriotism as to a sort
of secular religion in which their increasing differences--in
national origin and in religious and cultural inheritance--could be
submerged; many others joined these societies primarily for social
reasons. Once members, however, all became devoted campaigners for
such projects as pensions for veterans, care of war orphans, and
popular observance of national patriotic holidays; they also took
to the field over desecrations of the flag, sectional animosity,
the teaching of history, immigration policy, labor disturbances,
military instruction in schools, and expansionism.
In "Patriotism on Parade" we have a cross-section of American
social and intellectual history for the period 1783-1900. In
writing it, Davies quotes liberally from contemporary letters and
newspapers which make lively reading, and he has had access to the
many scrapbooks and voluminous papers of William
McDowell--prominent in the founding of several hereditary
groups--which shed new light on the early years of the D.A.R. and
the S.A.R. in particular. His book will be read with interest by
the general public, by historians, and especially by persons who
have belonged to any of the organizations he describes.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to
protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e
'A Malcolm Gladwell-style social psychology/behavioural economics
primer' Evening Standard Low-level dishonesty is rife everywhere,
in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts, economy with
the truth, careful drafting - from Trump and the Brexit debate to
companies that tell us 'your call is important to us'. How did we
get to a place where bullshit is not just rife but apparently so
effective that it's become the communications strategy of our
times? This brilliantly insightful book steps inside the panoply of
deception employed in all walks of life and assesses how it has
come to this. It sets out the surprising logic which explains why
bullshit is both pervasive and persistent. Why are company annual
reports often nonsense? Why should you not trust estate agents? And
above all, why has political campaigning become the art of
stretching the truth? Drawing on behavioural science, economics,
psychology and of course his knowledge of the media, Evan ends by
providing readers with a tool-kit to handle the kinds of deceptions
we encounter every day, and charts a route through the muddy waters
of the post-truth age.
A wide-eyed South African conscript relates his small share of the
war in Angola and Namibia in the 1980s. This is not the usual
military history, written by a commander armed with facts, nor a
researched story of a war or campaign. It is a personal experience.
Being brutally honest it will resonate not only with readers of all
things military but also with a wider literary audience, for its
poetic prose and subtle sentiments, and for its entertaining
narrative. It may thus be of interest not only to the South African
men who were there, but to their women who were left behind, and to
all men and women anywhere. It is a book by a non-warrior dumped
into a war, which nevertheless provides vivid alternative
first-hand accounts whose validity cannot simply be brushed aside
by professional historians. Descriptive writing takes readers right
into the colourful past, into action and into personal
interactions. Notes made at the time preserve intimate details of
what it was like to be a White South African during Apartheid, and
the surprisingly humane culture within its small but effective
White-led Army. Dialogue is remembered verbatim as is the unique
jargon and profanity of the time, with English translations where
Afrikaans is spoken. After a brief life background the narrative
moves chronologically through two years of military training,
deployment, combat and demobilisation, with comments on the human
effect of these experiences. The result is a compelling time
capsule: the South African Defence Force ceased to exist in 1994
when South Africa began its non-racial democracy. Surprisingly,
because it was a humane army it was a good one. This is not just a
liberal attitude. It meant that when a thing needed doing, it was
done conscientiously and thoroughly, with thought for secondary
effects. It was a dangerous opponent to have, inflicting maximum
casualties where this was necessary, but when the need passed, it
switched easily to a humanitarian purpose. There was much lost that
being unique (and laudable) in the Old South African culture and in
its Army's approach and attitude, is fascinating today.
'A Malcolm Gladwell-style social psychology/behavioural economics
primer' Evening Standard Low-level dishonesty is rife everywhere,
in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts, economy with
the truth, careful drafting - from Trump and the Brexit debate to
companies that tell us 'your call is important to us'. How did we
get to a place where bullshit is not just rife but apparently so
effective that it's become the communications strategy of our
times? This brilliantly insightful book steps inside the panoply of
deception employed in all walks of life and assesses how it has
come to this. It sets out the surprising logic which explains why
bullshit is both pervasive and persistent. Why are company annual
reports often nonsense? Why should you not trust estate agents? And
above all, why has political campaigning become the art of
stretching the truth? Drawing on behavioural science, economics,
psychology and of course his knowledge of the media, Evan ends by
providing readers with a tool-kit to handle the kinds of deceptions
we encounter every day, and charts a route through the muddy waters
of the post-truth age.
This volume addresses the teaching of satire written in English
over the past three hundred years. For instructors covering current
satire, it will help in finding ways to enrich students'
understanding of voice, irony, and rhetoric and to explore the
questions of how to define satire and how to determine what its
ultimate aims are. For instructors teaching older satire, the
essays in the volume will demonstrate ways to help students gain
knowledge of historical context, medium, and audience, while
addressing more specific literary questions of technique and form.
Readers of this volume will find ways to introduce students to
authors such as Swift and Twain, to techniques such as parody and
verbal irony, and to the difficult subject of satire's
offensiveness and elitism. This volume also helps teachers of a
wide variety of courses, from composition to gateway courses and
surveys, think about how to use modern satire in conceiving and
structuring them.
This volume addresses the teaching of satire written in English
over the past three hundred years. For instructors covering current
satire, it will help in finding ways to enrich students'
understanding of voice, irony, and rhetoric and to explore the
questions of how to define satire and how to determine what its
ultimate aims are. For instructors teaching older satire, the
essays in the volume will demonstrate ways to help students gain
knowledge of historical context, medium, and audience, while
addressing more specific literary questions of technique and form.
Readers of this volume will find ways to introduce students to
authors such as Swift and Twain, to techniques such as parody and
verbal irony, and to the difficult subject of satire's
offensiveness and elitism. This volume also helps teachers of a
wide variety of courses, from composition to gateway courses and
surveys, think about how to use modern satire in conceiving and
structuring them.
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