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Success Runs in Our Race

By: George C. Fraser

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Each one must reach one and teach one," says George Fraser. "We've got to connect and work together - because we have no choice! We can't expect others to do for us that which we will not do for ourselves. A moment in the twenty-first century to more effectively network and leverage our collective resources and intellectual capital will parallel the importance of the civil rights movement of the twentieth century. African Americans must start now. We must get together to get ahead." With scores of anecdotes taken from interviews with successful African Americans, Fraser shows how to network for information, for influence, and for resources - not just for individual attainment, but also for the befit of the entire African-American community. A call for the revival of Afrocentric communal spirit among the millions of African Americans seeking personal and professional success, Success Runs in Our Race is an inspirational, information-packed bible of networking. It features new sights into how Kwanzaa, tribalism, the new Urban Village, and Rites of Passage will help increase your effectiveness in the community. More than a guide for personal achievement, Success Runs in Our Race seeks also to inspire a social movement and a re-birth of the Underground Railroad in which successful African Americans share the lessons of self-determination ad empowerment with those still struggling to scale the ladder of success.

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William Morrow

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0688129153

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Success Runs in Our Race

The Complete Guide to Effective Networking in the Black Community

By: George C. Fraser

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Success Runs in Our Race

The Complete Guide to Effective Networking in the Black Community

By: George C. Fraser

A completely updated and revised edition of a bestselling book that has helped tens of thousands of people learn how to network effectively, Success Runs in Our Race is more important than ever in this fluctuating economy. With scores of anecdotes taken from interviews with successful African Americans -- from Keith Clinkscales, founder and former CEO of Vanguarde Media, to Oprah Winfrey -- Fraser shows how to network for information, for influence, and for resources. Readers will learn, among other things, how to cultivate valuable listening skills, which conferences blacks are most likely to attend when looking to build their business network, and how to effectively circulate a résumé. More than a guide for personal achievement, this is an information-packed bible of networking that also seeks to inspire a social movement and a rebirth of the "Underground Railroad," in which successful African Americans share the lessons of self-determination and empowerment with those still struggling to scale the ladder of success.

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Harper Collins

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0061927023

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9780061927027

Lenny, Lefty, and the Chancellor: the Len Bias Tragedy and the Search for Reform in Big-time College Basketball

By: C. Fraser Smith

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Lenny, Lefty, and the Chancellor: the Len Bias Tragedy and the Search for Reform in Big-time College Basketball

By: C. Fraser Smith

Where were you on June 19, 1986? That's the day when Len Bias, one of the greats of the college basketball game, a player seemingly destined for NBA stardom, died of a cocaine overdose. For the next several months, millions followed the continuing, unfolding tragedy at the University of Maryland at College Park. Six years later, where is big-time basketballthe big-money game whose vulnerabilities began to come to life with Bias's death? How far has it come in reforming itself against the abuses that contributed to the Bias tragedy? In Lenny, Lefty, and the Chancellor, Baltimore Sun reporter C. Fraser Smith answers those questions through the microcosm of the University of Maryland. He demonstrates how, despite numerous obstacles, the University of Maryland has been reforming its program during the five years since Bias's deathactually transforming it from sinkhole to national model. In so doing, Smith provides the first book to look at the problems of intercollegiate sports from the college president's perspectivea point of view crucial to getting balance instilled in such programs.From 1929, the year the Carnegie Commission issued its report on the subject, through 1991, when the Knight Commission released its report, every analyst has said that university presidents are the ones who must solve the problems of intercollegiate athletics, says Smith. My book, more than any available, carefully analyzes what presidents [such as former UM Chancellor John Slaughter] have to work with, and what they are up against. Reliance on the presidents, Smith concludes, is illusory and unrealistic. In Lenny, Lefty, and the Chancellor, Smith gets at the central issues through three main characterseach of them extraordinary and compelling. Clearly, Len Bias captured the imagination of the sporting world, says Smith. People still remember where they were when they heard the seemingly impossible news that Bias, just drafted the day before by the Boston Celtics, had died. Lefty Driesell, though now at James Madison University and thus somewhat out of the national spotlight, is vividly remembered by college basketball followers nationwide as a uniquely charismatic and successful coach.Chancellor John Slaughter, a black college president, is less well-known but just as interesting. His core experience as UM chancellor was built around a dead basketball superstar and a problem-plagued college basketball program, but his story is important well beyond that, because it delves into such important areas as race relations in America today. Fully-textured and crisply written, sober yet gripping, Lenny, Lefty, and the Chancellor is a people and issue book that brings the problems of big-time college basketball down to the understandable level of the individual. That, says Smith, is something you can't get from a year's worth of reading dry texts and graduation statistics. Though the book offers an insider's look at the University of Maryland, and at Maryland politics, it fits snugly into a larger and timely framework. With the Knight Commission refocusing attention on big-time basketball, the NCAA enacting new reforms pioneered at UM, and NCAA teams headed into another season, the lessons of the Len Bias tragedy at Maryland are important at the national level as well. University basketball, says Smith, permeates the American culture.

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Bancroft Press

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1610880013

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9781610880015

Journeys in the Canyon Lands of Utah and Arizona, 1914-1916

By: George C. Fraser

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Journeys in the Canyon Lands of Utah and Arizona, 1914-1916

By: George C. Fraser

George Corning Fraser, who lived in the days before automobile travel became a way of life, was an easterner who loved to vacation on horseback in the American Southwest. No mere tourist, he sought out the most remote and forbidding landscapes he could find: the seldom-visited country north of the Grand Canyon, the vast slickrock expanses of the Navajo Reservation, and sites such as Zion Canyon and Capitol Reef before they became national parks. An amateur geologist, Fraser penned his own memorable observations of the region’s landforms and jotted down engaging accounts of local ranchers, sheepherders, and villagers. Frederick H. Swanson has edited Fraser’s voluminous journals into a single volume covering three trips taken from 1914 to 1916. As Fraser wades the bone-chilling waters of the Zion Narrows, crosses the Grand Canyon in midsummer heat, and rides through the trackless forest of the Aquarius Plateau, he conveys impressions of the land that will fascinate any reader who wonders what the canyon country was like before it became a popular tourist destination—and one that will inform historians interested in early accounts of the region. Accompanied by a selection of photographs taken by Fraser and his fellow travelers, Journeys in the Canyon Lands brings to life the Southwest’s breathtaking backcountry on the brink of discovery.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816538484

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9780816538485

Click: Ten Truths for Building Extraordinary Relationships

By: George C. Fraser

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Click: Ten Truths for Building Extraordinary Relationships

By: George C. Fraser

Does the thought of networking make you cringe? In this book you will find ten simple principles that will dispel your dread of networking forever and reveal a proven path to success and happiness. Imagine mastering the skills to create an extraordinary marriage, lifelong friendships, or powerful and enriching business relationships. That is what awaits you in Click: the tools to tap into the richest resource on the planet--other people--no matter how hard it's been for you to do so in the past. In Click you will discover the Ten Truths for connecting with people: Tailor your relationships--to consciously create the perfect fit Be authentic--attract what you love and what loves you Trust first--release your real power Communicate with your heart--a new source of intelligence Love, give, serve, add value--then watch what comes back Bless them and release them--learn the lessons and move on Be open to everything--you can remake your life Make peace, not war, with words--create belief and confidence It takes teamwork to make the dream work--seek caring, creative allies Nurture your relationships--they are the core of your success A new world opens with networking. But George Fraser doesn't stop there. He shows you how to go from networking to connecting--when you experience that heartfelt feeling of trust and exciting burst of energy with someone. And then when you each willingly add special value to each other and achieve more together than either of you could achieve alone, that's when you're clicking.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071594809

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9780071594806

Tapestry

By: Peter C. Fraser

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Tapestry

By: Peter C. Fraser

Tapestry A lifetime is represented in this collection of poetry. From early in 1965 we are taken through a lifetime of experiences. Pete Fraser's poetry speaks to you about birth and death, about finding and losing love, and finally the coping with the tragedies of war. A veteran of combat in Vietnam, which was the subject of his first book, Vietnam and Other Heartaches, the author explores the broader emotions of life in this collection. These many diverse experiences he has found along life's journey are shared with you. It is a collection you will read over and over as it evokes emotions and responses that we all share. Hopefully it will expand your understanding of experiences by giving you a different perspective and broadening your understanding of those experiences, for these are the threads he speaks of that form the tapestry of our lives.

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AuthorHouse

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1468563629

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9781468563627

Pop Culture Germany!

Media, Arts, and Lifestyle

By: Catherine C. Fraser,Dierk O. Hoffman

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Pop Culture Germany!

Media, Arts, and Lifestyle

By: Catherine C. Fraser,Dierk O. Hoffman

From the reality TV show Superstar to Formula One ace Michael Schumacher, Pop Culture Germany! explores the exciting world of contemporary German popular culture. Like no other volume of its kind, Pop Culture Germany! captures the breadth and vitality of popular culture in modern Germany, exploring both familiar and lesser-known aspects of German art, entertainment, television, music, and film. Written by expert contributors who are rooted in German language and culture, the book focuses on German popular culture since 1945, providing an indispensable guide for anyone planning a trip to Germany for business or pleasure or for those who wish to have a deeper understanding of the German nation. This book offers a concise, in-depth overview of the evolution and impact of German media, arts, lifestyles, and recreation, written with a historical perspective.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1851097384

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9781851097388

Triassic Life on Land

The Great Transition

By: Hans-Dieter Sues,Nicholas C. Fraser

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Triassic Life on Land

The Great Transition

By: Hans-Dieter Sues,Nicholas C. Fraser

The Triassic period is generally viewed as the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs. For paleontologists, however, it also marks the rise of the world's first modern land ecosystems. Over the past three decades, extensive, worldwide fieldwork has led to the discovery of many new species of Triassic animals and plants, suggesting that faunal and floral changes already began in the Middle Triassic and were more protracted than previously thought. The Late Triassic is a pivotal time in the evolution of life on land, with many of the major groups of present-day vertebrates and insects first appearing in the fossil record. This book provides the first detailed overview of life on land during the Triassic period for advanced students and researchers. Noted vertebrate paleontologists Hans-Dieter Sues and Nicholas C. Fraser also review the biotic changes of this period and their possible causes.

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Columbia University Press

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0231509413

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9780231509411

Here Lies Jim Crow

Civil Rights in Maryland

By: C. Fraser Smith

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Here Lies Jim Crow

Civil Rights in Maryland

By: C. Fraser Smith

A lively account includes the grand themes and the state's major players in the civil rights movement and tells the story of the struggle for racial equality through the lives and contributions of such notables as Harriett Tubman, Thurgood Marshall, and Frederick Douglass, as well as some of Maryland's important but relatively unknown men and women.

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JHU Press

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0801888077

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9780801888076

William Donald Schaefer

A Political Biography

By: C. Fraser Smith

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William Donald Schaefer

A Political Biography

By: C. Fraser Smith

William Donald Schaefer: A Political Biography will fascinate Maryland voters, appeal to students of twentieth-century America, and engage anyone who loves a good story well told."--BOOK JACKET.

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JHU Press

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0801862523

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9780801862526

The Saved - Paperback

By: C Fraser

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The Saved - Paperback

By: C Fraser

The Saved follows the story of a young man, named Jevin, who takes it upon himself to challenge corruption and, overnight, finds himself banished from his home and in a struggle to survive as he searches for his destiny. Both he and his friend, Myrell, will soon find themselves locked in battle with an evil that threatens not only their own lives but that of the home they have sworn to protect. With the discovery of long forgotten relics Jevin secures a plan to save humankind from extinction. Will he have the courage to face the demons that threaten everything he holds dear? Or will evil overshadow it all and, ultimately, win out?

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Lulu.com

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132925676X

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9781329256767

Cookshire's Pine Hill Farm

The Land, the People.

By: Winston C Fraser

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Cookshire's Pine Hill Farm

The Land, the People.

By: Winston C Fraser

This is the story of a farm like no other. Pine Hill Farm is unique in so many ways - its geographic features, the great variety of crops grown and the Noah's ark collection of animals raised. It is also the story of 6 generations of the Bailey-Fraser family who tilled this land since 1795 and of the First Nations peoples who preceded them.

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0995084297

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9780995084292

Coronaquake Chronicle - how COVID-19 Changed Everything

By: Winston C Fraser

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Coronaquake Chronicle - how COVID-19 Changed Everything

By: Winston C Fraser

This book documents in real-time the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic and describes its enormous impacts on every aspect of our society. Through an engaging combination of facts, figures and personal experiences, it offers a Canadian perspective on the "coronaquake" that has shaken the entire world.

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1777130816

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9781777130817

Race for Success

The Ten Best Business Opportunities For Blacks In America

By: George C. Fraser

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Race for Success

The Ten Best Business Opportunities For Blacks In America

By: George C. Fraser

Aims to help African Americans live well, earn more, and be successful in business by offering advice and information about careers and business trends

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Harper Perennial

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038072989X

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9780380729890

History of the War in Bosnia During the Years 1737-8 and 9

By: C. Fraser

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History of the War in Bosnia During the Years 1737-8 and 9

By: C. Fraser

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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0530588854

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9780530588858

The Story of John Paul Jones

By: Chelsea C Fraser

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The Story of John Paul Jones

By: Chelsea C Fraser

The Story of John Paul Jones is a book that should be read by every patriotic American. They don't teach this stuff in schools anymore, but they should! If we aren't aware of what our forefather's did for us, how can we possibly shape the future? John Paul Jones was a Scottish-born mariner who didn't come to America until he was almost 14 years old, but upon his first visit he fell in love with the country and the concept! A set of unusual circumstances turned this sea-faring man into a Virginia planter, but when British demands on the colonists became too excessive, he turned his back on his extensive land holdings, and offered his services to his new country without reservation. You'll read about the raising of the first American flag by John Paul Jones, and thrill to his many sea battles and frequent naval successes, the most successful being his attack on the British Man-of-war, the Serapis. As stated above, The Story of John Paul Jones is a book for every member of your family. Be sure to pass it along to your older children, because it describes in vivid detail exactly what the words "American Heritage" mean to all Americans!

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