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Chapters: Wendy Carlos, Chaz Bono, Rupaul, Billy Tipton, Harisu, Transgender Musicians, Genesis P-Orridge, Alexander James Adams, Antony Hegarty, Dana International, Terre Thaemlitz, Verka Serduchka, Estelle Asmodelle, Dana Baitz, Jayne County, M. C. Brennan, Bülent Ersoy, Ataru Nakamura, Kim Petras, Christine Beatty, Dee Palmer, Angela Morley, Marie France, Vaginal Davis, Romy Haag, Adèle Anderson, Lynn Breedlove, Sara Davis Buechner, Nadia Almada, Meryn Cadell, Kelly Van Der Veer, Chen Lili, Barbra Amesbury, Justin Bond, Lady, Venus Flytrap, Dorce Gamalama, Marcie Free, Francis Leon, Willmer "Little Ax" Broadnax, Jeanette Schmid, Rae Spoon, Annah Moore, Baby Dee, Namoli Brennet, Aderet, Ramon Te Wake, Lucas Silveira, Dq, Michelle Josef, Delisa Newton, Cindy Thai Tai. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 239. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Harisu (Hangul: ; Chinese: ) is the stage name of Lee Kyung-eun (born February 17, 1975), a transsexual pop singer, model and actress from South Korea. Born biologically male, Harisu identified as female from early childhood, and underwent sex reassignment surgery in the 1990s. She is noted for being South Korea's first transgender entertainer, and in 2002 became only the second person in Korea to legally change their gender. Her stage name is an adaptation of the English phrase "hot issue". Harisu first gained public attention in 2001, after appearing in a television commercial for DoDo cosmetics. The commercial was a big success and ended up launching her career, allowing her to branch out into other fields such as music and acting. So far she has recorded five Korean musical albums, switching genres between techno and R ... Read more

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Chapters: Wendy Carlos, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, John Cage, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Ani Difranco, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Cole Porter, Samuel Barber, Francis Poulenc, Ivor Novello, Henry Cowell, Harry Partch, Michael Tippett, Virgil Thomson, Jean Barraqué, Lionel Bart, Noël Coward, Elton John, Paul Bowles, Ned Rorem, Peter Maxwell Davies, Michael John Lachiusa, Hans Werner Henze, Reynaldo Hahn, Lou Harrison, Desmond Child, Danielle Egnew, Charles Wuorinen, Billy Strayhorn, Jonny Mcgovern, Thomas Adès, Marc Shaiman, Meredith Monk, Michael Tilson Thomas, Gian Carlo Menotti, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Pauline Oliveros, Nico Muhly, Ethel Smyth, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Charles Griffes, Julius Eastman, John Corigliano, Annea Lockwood, Thomas Pasatieri, Lee Hoiby, Claude Vivier, Zeki Müren, Karol Szymanowski, Jennifer Higdon, Daniel Pinkham, Roger Edens, Tobias Picker, David Diamond, Chester Biscardi, Mark Adamo, Colin Mcphee, Norman Iceberg, Patrick Nunn, Gareth Farr, Dominique Phinot, Sylvano Bussotti, Marla Glen, Andy Martin, Lisa Coleman, David Del Tredici, Roger Quilter, Ruth Anderson, Henri Sauguet, Robert Helps, Lowell Liebermann, Eve Beglarian, Wendy Melvoin, Jerry Hunt, Peer Raben, Conrad Cummings, Conrad Susa, Ben Weber. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 588. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: , tr. Pëtr Il'ich Chaikovskiy IPA: ); often Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky in English; May 7, 1840 November 6, 1893 ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. His wide ranging output includes symphonies, operas, ballets, instrumental and chamber music and songs. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Fi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24503 ... Read more

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Tuning In: Microtonality, Alternate Scales And Temperaments For Electronic Musical Instruments. This is the first book available describing the use of microtonality with today's electronic musical instruments. It explores the notes 'in the cracks,' discusses uses of alternate tunings, and reveals the history of scales throughout the world. Tuning In presents tuning data for various Western, ethnic, and other alternate scales and also explains how to use microtonality on synthesizers such as the DX7II, TX81Z, Prophet 5, and any computer with an internal sound generator. This book also shows how to use alternate tunings in performance and studio applications such as sequencing and multitrack recording. ... Read more

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Nice, but beware the tables
This book is a great introduction to scales and temperaments for the synthesist. But beware the tables of intervals in cents - there are quite a few entries which are very inaccurate. This applies particularly to the tables for Werckmeister III and the Vallotti-Young temperament. My recommendation to the author is to bring out a second corrected edition, also updating the information on microtonal capabilities of synthesizers.

Best introduction to microtonal music and consonance theory.
A wealth of microtonal music theory is presented in a friendly and easy to understand format.There are sections on acoustics, psycoacoustics, scale theory, scale history, and a list of synthesyzers and their microtonal capabilities.Over 20 different scales are spelled out in cents, ratios, and key mappings for synthesyzers.You don't have to be an electronic musician to benefit from this book.It's also a perfect introduction to Helmholtz's "On the Sensations of Tone".120 pages. ... Read more

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Chapters: Wendy Carlos, Elagabalus, Sophie Wilson, Brandon Teena, List of Transgender People, James Barry, Susan Stanton, Lynn Conway, Sandy Stone, Theresa Sparks, Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet, Antony Hegarty, Stephen Whittle, Mary Ann Horton, Nizah Morris, Sylvia Rivera, Marci Bowers, Amanda Lepore, Christine Jorgensen, Grayson Perry, Lydia Foy, Dawn Langley Simmons, Lauren Harries, Lili Elbe, Jan Hamilton, Chevalier D'eon, M. C. Brennan, List of Unlawfully Killed Transgender People, Bethany Black, Bülent Ersoy, Katastrophe, Michael Dillon, Karoly Hajdu, Midge Potts, Danielle Bunten Berry, Flo Mcgarrell, Albert Cashier, Lady Catiria, Jan Morris, Charley Parkhurst, Christine Burns, Peter Wherrett, Parinya Charoenphol, Reed Erickson, Rebecca Allison, Angie Zapata, Ina Fried, Vicky de Lambray, Jahna Steele, Audrey Tang, April Ashley, Elvis Herselvis, Coccinelle, Dana Simpson, Kaúxuma Núpika, Gloria Hemingway, Isobel Gunn, Jin Xing, Ben Barres, Lily Mcbeth, Judiel Nieva, Ali Forney, Catherina Margaretha Linck, Ian Harvie, Kate Craig-Wood, Tista Das, Carlotta, Roberta Close, Virginia Prince, Enrique Favez, Carla Antonelli, Shannon Minter, Wal Torres, Dorce Gamalama, Robert Eads, Victoria Arellano, Rebecca Heineman, Siobhan Meow, Terri Rogers, Mary Elizabeth Clark, Lorrainne Sade Baskerville, Jenny Hiloudaki, Caitriona Reed, Pauline Park, Alina Maria Hernandez, Joanne Rushton, Tyra Hunter, Lechane Bezuidenhout, We'wha, Liz Carmichael, Antonia San Juan, Michelle Duff, Christie Lee Littleton, Anji Xtravaganza, Mara Keisling, Margaret Stumpp, Angela Clayton, Rupert Raj, Bibiana Fernández, International Chrysis, Maria Teresinha Gomes, James Robinson, John Rykener, Maryam Khatoon Molkara, Athens Boys Choir, Dorian Corey, Lorielle London, Marie-Pier Ysser, Fay Presto, Karen Ulane, Pepper Labeija, Octavia St. Laurent, Roberta Cowell, Betty Crow, Megan Wallent, Abubakar Hamza, Caroline Paige, Alexia Massalin, Cam Lyman, Jamie Fenton, Ma...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=157268 ... Read more

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Commentary (music and lyrics not included).Chapters: Switched-On Bach, Walter Carlos' Clockwork Orange, Peter and the Wolf, Switched-On Brandenburgs, the Well-Tempered Synthesizer, Sonic Seasonings. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Switched-On Bach is a musical album by Walter Carlos (later Wendy Carlos) and Benjamin Folkman, produced by Carlos and Rachel Elkind and released in 1968 by Columbia Masterworks Records. It played a key role in popularising classical music performed on electronic synthesizers, which had until then been relegated to experimental and "pop" music. This fostered a significant increase in interest in electronically-rendered music in general, and the Moog synthesizer in particular. Switched-On Bach was one of the first classical albums to sell 500,000 copies, and go platinum (Van Cliburn's recording of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 went triple-platinum in 1958). Entering Billboard's pop Top 40 charts on March 1, 1969, it climbed quickly to the Top 10; it stayed in the Top 40 for 17 weeks, and in the Top 200 for more than a year. In the 1970 Grammy awards, the album took three prizes: Best Classical Album, Best Classical Music Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With or Without Orchestra) and Best Engineered Classical Recording. The album consists of a selection of pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed on a Moog Modular synthesizer system, one of which can be seen at the back of the room on the album cover. "Switched-On Bach," or "S-OB" as Carlos referred to it, was recorded on a custom-built 8 track recorder (constructed by Carlos from superseded Ampex components), using numerous takes and overdubs. This was long before the days of MIDI sequencers or polyphonic keyboards. Recording the album was a tedious and time-co...http://booksllc.net/?id=515246 ... Read more

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Chapters: Wendy Carlos, Raymond Hood, Jon B., David Soares, Peter Manfredo, Jim Connors, Sam Patch, Percy Northcroft, David Hartman, John W. Davis, Al Rockoff, Willard L. Beaulac, Paul Kazarian, Michael Corrente, Daniel Stewart, Warren David, Gerry Philbin, Aram Chobanian, Samuel Starkweather, Thomas Gardiner Corcoran, Bob Venturini, Ken Ryan, Ruth Clifford, Joel Garreau, Joseph L. Fisher, Alice Drummond, Henry Young, John F. Mcburney Iii, Irving R. Levine, Gary Whitehead, John Larose, J. Patrick O'neill, Minton Warren, Jeff Xavier, Joseph B. Keenan, Jack Duffy, Ernie Calverley, Don Bousquet, Rosario Mazzeo, Les Pawson, Charles Reilly. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 128. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jon B. (born Jonathan David Buck November 11, 1974 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA) is a Grammy nominated American R ... Read more

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Chapters: Wendy Carlos, James Brown, Paul Shaffer, Ray Charles, John Linnell, Phil Madeira, Rob Watson, Mike Shinoda, David Gates, Lionel Richie, Warren Zevon, Mike Patton, Bruce Hornsby, Bradley Joseph, Vanilla Ice, Sanjaya Malakar, Charlie Peacock, Derek Sherinian, Zooey Deschanel, Happy Rhodes, Billy Preston, Klayton, Eartha, John Wimber, Jordan Rudess, Dennis Deyoung, Merl Saunders, Rick James, Jim Ricks, Daryl Simmons, Dean Fertita, Angela Winbush, Chris Richardson, Richard Horowitz, Rami Jaffee, Danny Lohner, Joseph Byrd, Stan Ridgway, Jah Paul Jo, David Sancious, Terry Burrus, Chip Douglas, Neal Morse, Bill Champlin, Dan Pinto, Vince Welnick, Al Kooper, Thom Donovan, Roy Harter, Tom Howard, Jimmie "Bones" Trombley, Craig Jones, Booker T. Jones, Joe Romersa, Ray Buttigieg, Marco Benevento, Jim Mcgorman, David Paich, Teddy Andreadis, Gary Brolsma, Bernie Anderson, Jr., Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, Jack Conte, Jon Carin, Gerald Albright, Doug Grean, James Poyser, Chris Marion, Brent Mydland, Rick Thomas, Kenny Kirkland, David Bryan, David Hodges, Nancy Faust, Jyro Xhan, Robert Walter, Mark Klein, N.o. Joe, Dennis James, Bill Rieflin, Gavin Christopher, Bob Ralston, Chas Smith, George Wright, Idris Phillips, Mark Balderas, Korla Pandit, Deron Johnson, Ike Stubblefield, Dexter Wansel, Suzanne Ciani, Dale Ockerman, Russ Castella, Lucky Peterson, Shawn Smith, Jeff Bova, Peabo Bryson, Gregg Rolie, Bob Mayo, Muhsinah, Roger Joseph Manning, Jr., Russ Desalvo, Guy Allison, Michael Omartian, Graham Wiggins, Rob Barraco, Steve Walsh, Matt Green, Dawaun Parker, Linda Strawberry, Jermaine Paul, Trance Fury, Scott Kinsey, Laurie Z, Scott Ross, Barry Goldberg, Roland Gutierrez, Ann Boleyn, Timothy Jordan Ii, Chris Jasper, Larry Muhoberac, John Lawry, Dustin Lanker, Gary Tanin, Stan Kann, Felix Cavaliere, Corn Mo, David J. Young, Greg Phillinganes, Patrick Leonard, Roger Powell, Mark Alexander, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr., D...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15766 ... Read more

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Chapters: Wendy Carlos, Blu Cantrell, Kristin Hersh, Tanya Donelly, Jesse Leach, Jeffrey Osborne, Gavin Castleton, Billy Gilman, Dicky Barrett, Susan Cowsill, Bill Cowsill, Scott Hamilton, the Juan Maclean, Sugar Ray Norcia, Sage Francis, Johnny Nicholas, Atwater-Donnelly, Feliciano Vierra Tavares, David Narcizo, Barry Cowsill, Gail Greenwood, Mudboy, Ken Serio, David Olney, John Cowsill, Bob Cowsill, Paul Geremia, Jimmy Gaudreau. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 122. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kristin Hersh (born August 7, 1966) is an American singer/songwriter who performs solo acoustic concerts; she also has performed as lead singer and guitarist for alternative rock group Throwing Muses and currently leads the hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave. Born in Atlanta as Martha Kristin Hersh, she was raised in Newport, Rhode Island. She learned guitar at age nine from her father, and started writing songs soon after. As a teenager, she formed Throwing Muses in the early 1980s with stepsister Tanya Donelly and other high school friends. Hersh began singing and writing most of Throwing Muses' songs in changing tempos, with Donelly also singing and writing some of the songs. The group was signed by the British 4AD Records label in 1986 and, after one album, signed a U.S. deal with Sire/Reprise Records in 1987. They began touring around the U.S. and Europe while recording critically-acclaimed rock albums, with Hersh writing most of the songs. Hersh has listed among her early musical influences The Raincoats, Talking Heads, Violent Femmes, Meat Puppets, Dead Kennedys, Hüsker Dü, Velvet Underground, R.E.M., and X. She has said her parents' albums by Patti Smith, the Carter Family, Stevie Wonder, Robert Johnson, Talking Heads, The Clash, Steve Miller, The Beatles, Philip ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=845609 ... Read more

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Chapters: Wendy Carlos, Charles Ives, Krzysztof Penderecki, Terry Riley, No Wave, La Monte Young, Harry Partch, Iannis Xenakis, Glenn Branca, John Foulds, Julián Carrillo, Lou Harrison, Ben Johnston, Rhys Chatham, Giacinto Scelsi, Henry Ward Poole, Robert Rich, Brian Ferneyhough, Pauline Oliveros, Marc Sabat, Eivind Groven, Andi Spicer, Ivan Wyschnegradsky, James Tenney, Kyle Gann, Georg Hajdu, Bruce Mather, Mordecai Sandberg, Nicola Vicentino, Dimitri Voudouris, Pascal Dusapin, Antoine de Bertrand, Kaija Saariaho, Joe Maneri, Jaroslav Ježek, Douglas Leedy, List of Experimental Musicians, Neptune, Karel Reiner, Frank Denyer, Gérard Grisey, Eric Knechtges, Newband, Jean-Etienne Marie, Adriaan Fokker, Manfred Stahnke, Hans Luedtke, Pascale Criton, Maurice Ohana, Anne La Berge, Ezra Sims, Adam Silverman, Martin Smolka, Easley Blackwood, Jr., Max Méreaux, Tui St. George Tucker, Michael Harrison, Daniel James Wolf, Joel Mandelbaum, Jacob Isaacson, Alois Hába, Henk Badings, Catherine Christer Hennix, François Paris, Mildred Couper, Alain Bancquart, James Wood, Johnny Reinhard, Harold Fortuin. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 341. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer. He is widely regarded as one of the first American composers of international significance. Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives came to be regarded as an "American Original". Ives combined the American popular and church-music traditions of his youth with European art music, and was among the first composers to engage in a systematic program of experimental music, with musical techniques including polytonality, polyrhythm, tone clusters, aleatoric elements, and ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=66283 ... Read more

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PLAYMATE: Michelle DrakeCOVER: Cheryle LarsenPICTORIALS: Photography by: Ken Marcusfeatures the work of one of Playboy's most accomplished photogs including photos of Playmates Daina House, Janis Schmitt, Janet Quist, Lillian Muller, Sondra Theodore and more; Foreign Sex Starsfeatures Sonia Braga, Laura Gesmer, Dona Flor, Elanora Vallone, Sirpa Lane and others.INTERVIEW: Wendy/Walter Carlos (sexual changeover)20 QUESTIONS: Dan RatherFEATURES: Fiction by Paul Theroux, White Lies and Philip Cioffari, Lady Chastity's Last Stand; memoir by Lena Pepitone and William Stadiem (Marilyn's personal confidante, The Private Life of Marilyn Monroe; Jules Siegel hangs out with with the LAPD vice squad in Working The Street; Roger Kahn looks at aging athletes such as Muhammad Ali, Johnny Bench, Willie McCovey, Tom Seaver and others; Meat Loaf, Bruce Springsteen, Ted Nugent, Olivia Newton John and Sylvester Stallone in "Grapevine" segment; Playboy Funnies.PAGES: 294 ... Read more

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great
I recieved my order in a well timed fashion and I am very happy with the product.

Marilyn....She was human after all!
I'd been looking for this issue for some time and managed to finally get it. The story in it from her former maid Lena Pepitone was interesting to read but i found that after trusting someone with your day to day life, as much as Marilyn had to deal with was a bit off putting, simply due to the fact that her trust was betraed by this woman (as well as so many others that look to make a fast buck of her name!).
The purpose of getting this was to add it to my growing Monroe collection but reading it did upset me none thee less. I can imagine how much more intrusive and critical the book must be and im glad that i resisted getting it especially after reading the except in Playboy. However for any Monroe collector it is a nice peice to have and what a time capsle as well. ... Read more

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Piano/Vocal Sketch Score/Mini-Score from Stanley Kubrick's landmark film "A Clockwork Orange." Also has photos from the film, a plot description, and "About Walter Carlos." ... Read more

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Chapters: Shawn Fanning, Aisha Kahlil, Scott Brown, Wendy Williams, Carlos Peña, Dave Leitao, Peter Agre, Larry O'brien, Nat Hentoff, Richard I. Neal, Terry Carter, Samuel Krafsur, Lizzie Grubman, Dave Horne, Beverly Johnson, Patrice Oneal, Richard P. Gabriel, Fred Cusick, Chris Nilan, Richard Egan, Mark P. Fitzgerald, Dan Ross, Robert J. Shillman, Dan Mcgillis, C. F. Nelson Pratt, Gregory Jarvis, Ernie Anastos, Edward F. Mclaughlin, Jr., Hillary Witt, Hadassah Lieberman, William M. Fowler, Don Orsillo, Fernie Flaman, Urvashi Vaid, Eddie Barry, Lizhen Ji, Peter T. Zarella, Edward F. Hennessey, Sean Jones, Demetrius J. Atsalis, Roger Marino, Cheryl Coakley-Rivera, John R. Broderick, Barbara Kopple, Charles Kerins, James Franklin Jeffrey, Shelley Looney, Charles A. Findley, Will Mcdonough, Kate Larson, Olubanke King Akerele, Nancy Lagomarsino, Mike Holmes, Albert Sacco, Robert J. Dolan, Theodore C. Speliotis, Johnny Tobin, Thomas Calter, Michelle Bonner, Kelly Dyer, Barry Lowenkron, Timothy Mark Burgess, George Kariotis, Meredith Garniss, Carol E. St John, Rod Isbister, Erik Nedeau, Bruce Bickford, Uri Berenguer, John A. Curry, John C. Mongan, Kurt Baumgarten, Katasha Artis, Jim Miceli, Alex Garcia, Stephen Mcgowan, Dave Coleman, Robert Connors, Horace T. Cahill, J.w. Buckley, Demetrius Atsalis, George Chamillard, Wayne Turner, Tina Cardinale, Dave Caligaris, Lynn Chiavaro, Ernest Arlett, Seymour G. Sternberg, Ray Picard, Art Chisholm, Ann Lee Delano, Robert Cappadona, Mike Glavine, Edward Jackamonis, Sid Watson, John Clark, Pete Harris, Rick Weitzman, William Backman, Walter V. Robinson, Delmo Alberghini. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 312. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Scott Philip Brown (born September 12, 1959) is an American politician who is currently the junior United St...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4161878 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Dollars & Sense, published by Economic Affairs Bureau on March 1, 1999. The length of the article is 2547 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) is an agreement that would integrated the economies of all the counties of the continent, except Cuba, by the year 2005. However, economic activists warned that the formation of FTAA is just a ploy by the US to reassert its dominant position in the region which it considers as its own market. An interview with Carlo Beas Torres, director of the Union of Indigenous Communities of the Northern Zone of the Isthmus, is presented.

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Title: NAFTA takes over the hemisphere? An interview with Carlos Beas Torres on the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas.
Author: Wendy Call
Publication: Dollars & Sense (Newsletter)
Date: March 1, 1999
Publisher: Economic Affairs Bureau
Issue: 222Page: 26(4)

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Mini-biographies of fourteen outstanding Hispanic Americans include profiles and descriptions of the achievements of such figures as singer Gloria Estefan, actor Andy Garcia, tennis star Gigi Fernandez, educator Jaime Escalante, and Federico Pen+a1a, the Secretary of Transportation. ... Read more

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Chapters: Greg Louganis, Wendy Wyland, Bruce Kimball, Carlos Girón, Sylvie Bernier, Tan Liangde, Bob Morgan, Debbie Fuller, Li Kongzheng, Kelly Mccormick, Albin Killat, David Bédard, Zhou Jihong, Michele Mitchell, Daphne Jongejans, Verónica Ribot, Chen Xiaoxia, Jorge Mondragón, Guadalupe Canseco, Mark Graham. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Gregory "Greg" Efthimios Louganis (born January 29, 1960) is an American Olympic diver and author. He is best known for winning back-to-back Olympic titles in both the 3m and 10m diving events. He received the James E. Sullivan Award from the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in 1984 as the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. Louganis is of Samoan/Swedish descent. He was raised in California by his adoptive parents, a Greek-American couple. He attended Valhalla High School in El Cajon, California. At sixteen Louganis took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he placed second in the tower event, behind Italian sport legend Klaus Dibiasi. Two years later, with Dibiasi retired, Louganis won his first world title in the same event. In 1978, he accepted a diving scholarship to the University of Miami where he studied theater, but in 1981 transferred to the University of California, Irvine, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. Louganis was a favorite for two golds in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but an American boycott of the games prevented him from participating. Louganis won two world diving titles in 1982. In the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, with record scores and leads over his opponents, Louganis won gold medals in both the springboard and tower diving events. After winning two more world championship titles in 1986, he repeated his 1984 feat in the 1988 Seoul Olympics...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=66270 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Latino Leaders, published by Ferraez Publications of America Corp. on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 817 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: From Cuba with love: for stellar attorney Carlos Loumiet giving back to the community is not just an option; it is a responsibility.(NAA)(New America Alliance)(Biography)
Author: Wendy Pedrero
Publication: Latino Leaders (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2005
Publisher: Ferraez Publications of America Corp.
Volume: 6Issue: 2Page: 58(2)

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This digital document is an article from Proceso, published by CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V. on October 19, 2003. The length of the article is 452 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: "Grave crisis" educativa en Guerrero.(Carta al editor)
Author: Aline Pacheco Diáz
Publication: Proceso (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 19, 2003
Publisher: CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V.
Issue: 1407Page: 96(2)

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