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This is an unsatisfactory edition of this classic book
This edition appears to have been created using optical character recognition software. However it was produced all of the essential symbols in mathematical equations are unreadable. This makes the book
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During his long teaching career at Syracuse University and Boston University, H. Neil Richardson touched the lives of many students and colleagues. The nineteen essays included in this volume were written in his memory following his death in 1988. ... Read more

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For both soaring Silicon Valley and slumping Central New York, and for firms both large and small, global integration usually has a very positive impact. In this study, Howard Lewis and J. David Richardson explore new gains from deep international integration, some of which were featured in two earlier Institute studies of the under-appreciated benefits of deep export dependence (*). Why Global Integration Matters Most! updates the export studies and explores the evidence for a more radical idea.

A growing body of research literature demonstrates that globally engaged firms and their workers enjoy numerous performance benefits over local counterparts that are identical with respect to size, industry, and location. Conscious decisions to export, import, invest abroad, or partner with foreign investors or technology seem to be a catalyst for added benefits, especially rapid and stable job growth. Over time, globally engaged firms rejuvenate whole industries as their market share rises and that of more insular firms shrinks. Any, many, or all types of global commitments reward firms, workers, and local communities.

The study supplements its research survey with real-life profiles of representative American exporters, importers (often businesses importing machines and components), investors abroad, foreign affiliates, and technology partners. It also weighs criticisms and alternative interpretations of the research, and discusses the problems of those left on the margins of global engagement. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1904Original Publisher: Ginn ... Read more

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Fortunes of Richard Mahoney
Undoubtedly one of the world's great novels (trilogies). Notoriously underrated, even unknown. By the third novel, comparisons with Tolstoy seem not out of place as the analysis of character inexorably deepens. No punches are pulled as fate pursues its remorseless course with the personality of hero Richard Mahoney as he disintegrates into insanity. There is no 'happy ending' - however much we yearn for one. As with Tolstoy, life is simply what it is. And as his wife accepts her fate too and sacrifices all to look after him the novel reaches a final magnificence.

Brilliant -- but almost unknown
"The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney" is actually a single-volume compilation of three separate novels by the Australian writer H.H. Richardson (a nom de plume of its female author.) The individual novels were published between the two wars and the last of the three, "Ultima Thule," achieved a mild, and certainly brief, popularity in the United States.

H.H. Richardson is known in America, if at all, for her short novel, "The Getting of Wisdom" which, some years ago, was made into a well-reviewed motion picture. Australian literature is little known in America, except perhaps for Patrick White ("The Tree Where Man Was Born") and Richardson's novels -- except for "The Getting of Wisdom" -- are unavailable in this country. Perhaps, for all I know, they are no longer in print in Australia.

"The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney" is a long work -- in excess of one-thousand pages -- and it proceeds slowly. It is set in the Australian goldfields of the mid-Victorian period, a time that resembled America's Wild West in many ways: raw, manly, dangerous and with money to be made for the right sort.

The plot weaves in and out of Mahoney's adventures as a frontier doctor and prospector for gold. The character of his wife is just as important as Mahoney's and certainly a lot more sympathetic. The details of these adventures are mildly interesting; but not enough so as to make it worth the reader's while to stay with them for a thousand pages.

The real brilliance of these novels -- and it is brilliance -- lies in its portrayal of the psychological disintegration of a human personality. And, here, the reader must admire most the author's self-discipline: nothing is rushed, nothing is anticipated, and everything is utterly believable when seen in retrospect. The author is almost sadistic as she patiently adds an incident here or a detail there that, taken altogether, document the decomposition of a human being. The reader, almost without knowing it, follows Mahoney's descent into the Pit, page by page. One is a bit bored, at first, by the slow pace of the writing; then one's interest is piqued as the main character increasingly begins to wobble off-center; and, finally, one watches Mahoney's ghastly end with horror.

I doubt that in America a dozen people a year -- if that -- read this novel. It deserves a wider audience, although it will never find one. Its account of the rotting away of one man's character and personality moves too slowly to ever make it popular. But, it is, all the same, beautifully controlled and convincing literature.

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The Chronicles of Narnia Audio Collection brings all seven of C.S. Lewis's beloved Narnia tales to life as they are read by some of the world's most celebrated and renowned performers.Read by a professional reader.Amazon.com Review
The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, is one of the very few sets of books that should be read three times: in childhood, early adulthood, and late in life. In brief, four children travel repeatedly to a world in which they are far more than mere children and everything is far more than it seems. Richly told, populated with fascinating characters, perfectly realized in detail of world and pacing of plot, and profoundly allegorical, the story is infused throughout with the timeless issues of good and evil, faith and hope. This boxed set edition includes all seven volumes. ... Read more

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Beautiful book, but heavy
A beautiful book!But it was cross-listed with the paperback boxed set books, so I thought I was ordering smaller hardback books in a set.This large one-book volume has nice illustrations and the same great C.S. Lewis tales, but weighs heavily in the lap.A more precise distinction should be listed when this book and the boxed set are shown together.

Narnia Book Set
This is a very good set.My teenagers read it over and over.Great price, makes a nice gift.

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I love these books, they are purely amazing. Their tale incorporates a wondrous adventure, that takes the reader away. They strike a deep feeling within, they become part of your life after you read them, if you fully understand them

My Family Loved These!
We took a family vacation with our two young boys and listened to three entire stories during the hours and hours we spent on the road. My boys LOVED these stories! The actors do such an amazing job at making each character come to life. Kenneth Brannaugh was a favorite of ours. I would encourage anyone with small children to buy this set, especially for long drives.

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I thought by being in used good condition they would be what I considered "good" for used.I keep my books very well kept.These look very very very used. ... Read more

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