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Kondratiev

Pioneer of the Business Cycle

By: Fred Weekes

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Kondratiev

Pioneer of the Business Cycle

By: Fred Weekes

Dmitri Kondratiev has given his name to business cycles. We call the ups and downs "Kondratiev Waves." Other economists have studied the field but Kondratiev made it his career and paid for his dedication with his life, landing on one of Stalin's many lists as individuals to be executed, in his case in the year 1938. The existence of the business cycle is interwoven with the lives of the Doran family. Robinson Doran has retired from a professorship in economics and in a precipitous fashion moves to the country to take up farming. He believes that life as we have known it is coming to an end. Economic life, that is. Robinson's wife, Rose, refuses to move to the country. She takes up with a widower out of loneliness. Their son, Stanton, loses his job on the newspaper but slowly rebuilds his life. Their daughter, Harriet, a medical doctor, saves lives through it all. There is a romantic interest, who happens on Robinson at his farm, providing him company and gardening skills. A new tax code to replace the current one is provided by Robinson and Stanton. The national debt is analyzed. Life in the United States returns to normal after a long decade. The business cycle is never repealed, its place made secure by the vagaries of human beings. Kondratiev lives on.

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147595199X

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9781475951998

Communism

A Love Story

By: Fred Weekes

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Communism

A Love Story

By: Fred Weekes

A young naval officer takes on the task of understanding the spread of Communism. He starts with the seminal work of Marx, the Communist Manifesto, and continues reading and analyzing world history in the twentieth century. The lives of Lenin and Stalin are gone into, followed by the struggle on the part of the Communists and the Fascists over Spain during its civil war, 1936-1939. In China, the conflict between Mao and Chiang Kai-shek is explained. It ends with Mao victorious and Chiang moving to Taiwan with his army. On the death of Mao, Deng Xiaoping returns to the scene and steers China away from Communism toward a form of market economy. In our hemisphere, four movements are analyzed, that of Castro in Cuba, Ortega in Nicaragua, Chavez in Venezuela and Allende in Chile. With the exception of Castro's stated intention of forming a Communistic government, Ortega, Chavez and Allende can be thought of mixing Communism with Socialism in creating their governments. The young naval officer does not escape romantic entanglements. He experiences the attractions of several women before finding a woman who is interested in him for marriage and starting a family.

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1440195897

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9781440195891

Expatriate Adventures

By: Fred Richardson

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Expatriate Adventures

By: Fred Richardson

The book is a memoir about my life; thus, I am qualified. I lived in Shanghais International Settlement and French Concession, protected by foreign troops and warships, from 1926 to 1940, then in Cuba195355; Venezuela, 195559; finally Guatemala, 196570, the years of my memoir. Today, at age eighty-seven, I live with my wife in a retirement community, Rockwood Forest Estates, in Spokane, Washington State. Its a nonfiction memoir, Expatriate Adventure. It tells of my life in Shanghai from age two to fifteen, 192640, in the French Concession and International Settlement, eventually surrounded by Japanese armies who had driven out Chinese troops from the area surrounding these foreign jurisdictions in the Sino-Japanese war beginning in 1937, ending with the defeat of Japan in World War II. Later, married and with a growing family, we lived as expatriates in Latin America, beginning as a trainee in Havana, 1953; then assistant manager in Caracas, Venezuela; then regional manager in Guatemala City, for eight countries. These assignments were not consecutive, being interrupted by assignments in New York, not described because its not expatriate living and therefore outside the theme of this memoir.

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Trafford Publishing

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1466941669

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9781466941663

Bethumpt the Best and Worst of the Wördos

By: Jerry Reedy,Fred Webber

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Bethumpt the Best and Worst of the Wördos

By: Jerry Reedy,Fred Webber

“Bethumpt The Best and Worst of the Wördos” is a collaborative effort of Jerry Reedy, Ph.D. and Professor Emeritus of Classical Languages and Fred Webber, B.A., Journalism. The authors hope this book will give readers an understanding of the origin of words and their past and present meanings and usage. They also hope readers will enjoy the book. It’s not intended to be pedantic or instructional... just interesting and sometimes fun. Both authors belong to Wördos, a group of people who meet monthly to talk about the often careless use of English in the media. We believe that the failure to write clearly jeopardizes understanding and believability, and that writing well is important in establishing credibility and competence. There’s more about the Wördos in the book. And speaking of the book, if you’re wondering about the origin of “Bethumpt,” you’ll have to buy the book to find out!

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183

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Xlibris Corporation

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1796057797

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9781796057799

Contemporary British Industrial Relations

By: Sidney Kessler,Fred Bayliss

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Contemporary British Industrial Relations

By: Sidney Kessler,Fred Bayliss

An examination of contemporary British industrial relations from the early post-war decades (1945-70) to the present. The book looks at the relationship between the law and industrial relations and employer and management strategies in the private sector.

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Springer

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1349220272

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9781349220274

Contemporary British Industrial Relations

By: Fred Bayliss,Sid Kessler

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Contemporary British Industrial Relations

By: Fred Bayliss,Sid Kessler

In this third edition the authors have revised and updated their popular textbook to take into account the new government as well as to examine recent changes in government policy, the law, union and management together with their effects upon pay and productivity, the nature and scope of collective bargaining and Britain's strike record. An analysis of developments in the European Union is also included.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1349148059

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9781349148059

Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia

Perspectives of Early Colonists

By: Fred Cahir,Ian Clark,Philip Clarke

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Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia

Perspectives of Early Colonists

By: Fred Cahir,Ian Clark,Philip Clarke

Indigenous Australians have long understood sustainable hunting and harvesting, seasonal changes in flora and fauna, predator–prey relationships and imbalances, and seasonal fire management. Yet the extent of their knowledge and expertise has been largely unknown and underappreciated by non-Aboriginal colonists, especially in the south-east of Australia where Aboriginal culture was severely fractured. Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia is the first book to examine historical records from early colonists who interacted with south-eastern Australian Aboriginal communities and documented their understanding of the environment, natural resources such as water and plant and animal foods, medicine and other aspects of their material world. This book provides a compelling case for the importance of understanding Indigenous knowledge, to inform discussions around climate change, biodiversity, resource management, health and education. It will be a valuable reference for natural resource management agencies, academics in Indigenous studies and anyone interested in Aboriginal culture and knowledge.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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1486306128

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9781486306121

Border Crossings

Toward a Comparative Political Theory

By: Fred Dallmayr

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Border Crossings

Toward a Comparative Political Theory

By: Fred Dallmayr

Comparative political theory is at best an embryonic and marginalized endeavor. As practiced in most Western universities, the study of political theory generally involves a rehearsal of the canon of Western political thought from Plato to Marx. Only rarely are practitioners of political thought willing (and professionally encouraged) to transgress the canon and thereby the cultural boundaries of North America and Europe in the direction of genuine comparative investigation. Border Crossings presents an effort to remedy this situation, fully launching a new era in political theory. Thirteen scholars from around the world examine the various political traditions of West, South, and East Asia and engage in a reflective cross-cultural discussion that belies the assumptions of an Asian 'essence' and of an unbridgeable gulf between West and non-West. The denial of essential differences does not, however, amount to an endorsement of essential sameness. As viewed and as practiced by contributors to this ground-breaking volume, comparative political theorizing must steer a course between uniformity and radical separation—this is the path of 'border crossings.

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Lexington Books

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0739152548

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9780739152546

Border Crossings

Toward a Comparative Political Theory

By: Fred Reinhard Dallmayr

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Border Crossings

Toward a Comparative Political Theory

By: Fred Reinhard Dallmayr

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342

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Lexington Books

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0739100432

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Coping with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Nine Things You Can Do

By: Fred Friedberg

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Coping with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Nine Things You Can Do

By: Fred Friedberg

A handbook for sufferers of CFS designed by a CFS patient, researcher, and psychologist. Offers a comprehensive set of effective, scientifically based coping skills.

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1572240199

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Book's by Fred Weekes

Kondratiev

Kondratiev

Communism

Communism

Expatriate Adventures

Expatriate Adventures

Bethumpt the Best and Worst of the Wördos

Bethumpt the Best and Worst of the Wördos

Contemporary British Industrial Relations

Contemporary British Industrial Relations

Contemporary British Industrial Relations

Contemporary British Industrial Relations

Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia

Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia

Border Crossings

Border Crossings

Border Crossings

Border Crossings

Coping with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Coping with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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