beginning of a legacy
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this album was originaly released as "offering" in 1969.  After the minor hit "Ticket to Ride" the title was changed in 1970.  Everyone knows what a great singer Karen was, but she was also a fantastic drummer who was very jazz-oriented.  That for me is enough credability for this group to rise above the reputation they had for sugar-coated pop.  Richard and Karen worked well instrumentally as well as vocally together, and this is evidenced on this album.  One of my personal favorites.  I had this on cassette when I was a child and knew it was special even then.  I just got the cd and it is in heavy rotation in my stereo and in my car.  Wonderful stuff.
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This book combines three aspects, and succeeds in all three.  First it is the biography of Frances Willis, and her career with the U.S. Foreign Service.  Second, it is a textbook example of how even large organizations change, adapt and evolve over time.  It shows that change is often beneficial - in this case a change in attitudes over a life-long career.  Third, it is a personal lesson that individuals can succeed based on their hard work, dedication and intellect, in the face of obstacles large and small.  An inspirational piece, relating many personal experiences and insights into the foreign service and its operations during difficult times.
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With the influential boomer generation increasingly on the far side of 65, theres a corresponding increase in conversations about legacy.  For some, legacy means financial contributions.  But legacy is more than thatits the impact that each of us has on those that remain when were gone. And most of that impact lives in the stories we tell about ourselves, including the times we lived in.

This book helps each of us shape our legacy intentionally and consciously.  The variety of situations and prompts the author provides serve up endless inspiration about telling those stories, and telling them well.  The end result for anyone smart enough to engage with this book is a rich and colorful taleand a legacy well told.
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I wish to use this medium to congratulate Bishop Welton Crooks on the outstanding job he has done in this publication of FROM CREATION TO THE NEW HEAVENS AND NEW EARTH. As you rightly divide the word of truth, please know, that the wealth of knowledge  that you have imparted,will serve as a legacy long after you are gone. Be blessed . Shalom, Elder P. Powell
103157
Amazing read about legacy and personal responsibility. Book was nicely packaged with no damages.
4648183
Short but good story. Following were the Legacy series ended, and opening a new path for future tales.

although SA1 are in the back and not the main character, they are behaving as expected, you can clearly see them in front of you. Having a new wraith introduced, made it extra interesting.

Looking forward to following tales.
308507
This book makes you realize that you are either leaving a memory or a legacy! It was an honor to read what is usually kept within families as stories of their ancestors. Once you've read the book it makes you realize that you are in complete control of your life and that you don't have to be dead to leave your legacy! Start living for today! Thank you Ben for sharing this book with the world!
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Legacy is wonderful!!! It was nice to hear the old songs with the new voices. It was bittersweet not to hear George's voice but we knew it had to happen. I look forward to getting Legacy, Vol. 2. And hopefully, a brand new show next year.
771487
Originally, I felt I would write this book as simply the history of an amazing comeback of a company following the disastrous "catastrophe" of the Three Mile Island accident.
The company recovered from the very brink of bankruptcy and possibly the worst financial, legal, technical, and public relations problems ever faced by an electric utility.
Then,later I realized that this first person account by several people involved in the struggle offered some real lessons applicable to the future of Nuclear Power in this country.
Today,with the nation again considering building new nuclear plants almost 25 years after the TMI accident,both the pro and anti-nuclear camps will find value in again considering the lessons learned from the accident and the recovery.
Hence,the publication of "NUCLEAR TURNAROUND".
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A Leary left a serious legacy that unfortunately continues to be overshadowed by his folly.  I got the book at this late date to see if it explained his change of mind about Alcor (cryogenics) at the end.  Although his era and time passed and the world moved on, he is still relevant as a dynamic and exceptional human that I will always treasure and admire.
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Col. Pak was a long time translator for Rev. Moon. and arguably the best qualified to do so. After years of attending Sunday services at the Belvedere estate in Tarrytown NY and hearing first hand translations of Rev. Moon's sermons, I had never got a chance to know the man that not only translated for him but also headed many international projects.

It was rewarding and enlightening to read first hand testimony of his biography and his background and history to be at Rev. Moon's side.

The best impression left on me by his testimony is the reminder that Rev. Moon's church and earliest members established themselves during the occupation by Japan and later a country torn between communism and a free society.

Many thanks to Col. Pak for taking the time to write down this valuable contribution to our founders legacy.
1051020
Developing my successor is critical for me in this life stage. It's one of the most important things I can do if I want to make a lasting difference in my company. I wasn't sure how to get started and I found other books on this subject too technical in nature. After reading this book I feel well prepared to get going.
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This is the legacy of a man who discovered, applied, refined and demonstrated a natural way of healing through nutrition. You can learn some "life-saving" concepts and ideas just by reading this manual.

It is a proof of the committment that Gerson Institute have with Health. Read carefully the content of this book and join the mission for natural health with the Gerson Diet.
2124291
This book, the tenth that I've read about Eisenhower, is an excellent introduction to his life and legacy. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a brief introduction to Ike.
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This book is certainly a kind of milestone in the auto literature history. Yet, for today's readers it is probably not the first choice to read. The huge impact the book had and its benefit is that it rightly lifts the Toyota production system (TSP) to the status of the Ford assembly line and other revolutionary inventions in production organisation. It declares TSP as the successor of Fordian mass production.

There were books about the TPS before, notably the book of Taiichi Ohno in the mid-1980s, one of the principal creators of TSP, but the audience was not sure about its real significance. TSP came a long way from the 1950s and its development was evolutionary rather than instantaneous. Its deployment was painstaking and required a lot of Japanese perseverance. The Japanese deserve all the credit for pulling that through. With this book the MIT plays a kind of authority in the history of production technology and bestows TSP official recognition. For today, the book is still interesting to read from a historical perspective but if you want to get into the details of the history of TSP Fujiomoto's "Evolution of a Manufacturing System' is probably the best choice today.

The problem with "the machine that changed the world" (besides its title) is that is to one-side and totally uncritical of the Japanese manufacturers. This was probably necessary to ring the alarm bells at the time but it was not justified. The decade following the publicaton of the book would show that the Toyota system involved certain risks and idiosyncracies of the Japanese market context. (It is interesting to note that only Cusamano, who worked on the product development part of the MIT project without being an author of the book, acknowledges the high risk of escalating design costs that would later push Nissan to the verge of bankruptcy). For Madzda and Mitsubishi TPS was very problematic as well. While the authors are totally concentrating on production systems, which is ok, it is not the single success factor in auto industry as the authors implicitly suggest. They almost treat cars as a commodity, exchangeable, only attributed by quality and certain design criteria. The ranking the book presents is based on production efficiency (first, Japanese, second come US firms, and the Europeans are the worst of the worst). Yet, it makes it very difficult to understand the sustained success of the French and German car industry. Admittingly, the UK industry went downhill, but at the same time Spain became one of the biggest auto production location in the world. What the authors (professors of production technology) neglect is that the European market and the Japanese market are very different from the US market.

First, local markets have very different preferences. Auto companies in Europe, Japan and the US have a strong home market advantages by perceiving and responding to these home preferences much earlier. Second, local requirements are very different as Porter notices in his book about the competitive advantage of nations. For instance, German autobahns require top performance, high fuel prices in Europe make European cars more fuel efficent and so on. The real success of the Japanese in the US came when they started to develop cars solely for the US market needs which were then manufactured with the quality the TSP system achieves.

As a result of the Japanese focus on the US market, they were never really successful in Europe, where performance, innovative technology and design ranks somehow relatively higher than in Japan and the US.

Yet, Toyota's sustained global success indicates that they have created a marvellous production system that is worth studying. But it is not very easy to understand in all its parts, that is has not been until today fully adopted by companies outside Japan demonstrate its complexity or dependence on the Japanese market context
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Alex Brown's Greatness and Goodness: Barbaro and His Legacy is a tour de force. This exquisite coffee table book offers horsemen and novices alike a chronological and historical look at the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner's bloodlines, the key players in Barbaro's development from Barbaro's early schooling with John and Jill Stephens in Florida to Barbaro's arrival at Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland where Barbaro is turned over to former Olympic Champion Michael Matz's methodical, meticulous tutelage and care. Here we meet Team Barbaro: Peter Brette, Barbaro's exercise rider; Dr. Kathy Anderson, Barbaro's veterinarian; Eduardo Hernandez, Barbaro's devoted groom. We witness Barbaro's metamorphosis from gangly teenager to finely-tuned athlete. We revel in Barbaro's development. We root for him and witness his ascension to greatness.

Conversely, we watch in horror Barbaro as breaks down in the first few furlongs of The Preakness. The end of a bid for the jewel in the crown: The Triple Crown. The end of Barbaro's promising racing career. This is where Barbaro's story takes on a human dimension. Alex Brown's timeline guides the reader through Barbaro's eight-month roller coaster stay at UPenn's New Bolton Center. Some of us rise to life events that test our strength and character; some do not. Barbaro not only rose to the occasion, he models how one might meet life's challenges and adversity. His eight-month fight for life is where Barbaro truly shines.

Around him his legacy gathers: the Fans of Barbaro (FOBs). The Fans of Barbaro raise funds for laminitis research. The Fans of Barbaro become politically active as they lobby Congress and push for laws banning horse slaughter. Their donations save scores of horses from horse slaughter. Four+ years after Barbaro's death, FOBs are in the trenches diligently working for equines; working to ensure better working conditions for racetrack personnel; working to preserve America's wild horses. The FOBs' fundraising efforts make it possible for race horses to retire comfortably and lovingly.

Barbaro's Greatness. Barbaro's Goodness. Barbaro's Legacy. I invite you to turn the reigns over to Alex Brown and embark on the ride of a lifetime in Greatness and Goodness: Barbaro and His Legacy, the definitive book on BARBARO, the 2006 Kentucky Derby Champion.
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This book is excellent. The perfect book to provide a framework for people looking to create their own legacy as well as provide an authentic truth about the journey getting there. Well done!!!!