Böcker av James Collins

This is a book about visionary companies.' Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Collins and Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies and studied each company in direct comparison to one of its top competitors.

This practical guide considers everything you need to know, from the instrument's initial set up through to maintenance and repairs. An invaluable resource for beginners who want to learn to set up and look after their guitars, to aspiring and professional touring techs who want to work on other people's guitars.

Test Pilot, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable volume falls within the genres of Technology Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics

Infusing us to 'remind the world about love', James Collins writes poetry bordering on the mythic within every day life. He illuminates the sacred qualities of life, the light and the dark, as he shows us the honest heart and soul of contemporary poetry. Full Moon Man, like a moonscape, rises above his other collections. An indispensable reading.~Earl LeClaire, poet and novelist, Epiphanies and Benedictions, The Crew, Winnowing the Darkness and many more

The White Wolf is a real animal that also represents mystery and spiritual power, much like the poems in Jamie Collins' book. His imagery, rich word choice and embrace of peace and simplicity add a deep power in this collection. Gratitude and compassion touch you throughout this journey. Many of these poems cherish and admonish Native American beliefs about people whose spirits "lowered into human form." The book starts and ends with his mini-poems. "Let peace sail across the land like a deep breath." "Surrounded by walls of skin I touch both this world and the Heaven within." Filled with powerful form and language, Collins has written a book that is a must read. Bill Brown, author of a textbook and 12 poetry collections

A state-of-the art analysis of conservation as practiced by zoos and aquariums worldwide today.

Literacy and Literacies is an engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a synthesis of literacy studies, moving beyond received categories, and exploring the domain of power through questions of colonialism, modern state formation, educational systems and official versus popular literacies. Collins and Blot offer in-depth critical discussion of particular cases and discuss the role of literacies in the formation of class, gender, and ethnic identity. Through their analysis of two domains - those of literacies and power, and of literacies and subjectivity - they challenge received assumptions about literacy, intellectual development and social progress and argue that neither 'universalist' nor 'particularist' accounts offer satisfactory approaches to the phenomenon. This is a sustained exploration of the domain of power in relation to literacy. It will be welcomed by students and researchers in anthropology, linguistics, literacy studies and history.

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

If you are wondering where the lions are, they are here in James Collins' latest collection of poems; fierce, yet merciful lions. This selection of Collins' poetry is a masterful work of outstanding artistry and skill. The poems, richly creative, honest, and filled with profound self-knowledge, deal with the body, mind, and spirit of man. In James Collins' words: "This body is only a rumor, / not a possession you can keep.... live at that address in forever / you currently rent..." and "we wait for a / sign to see / who will paint the entire / canvas blue and / start over". Wonderful imagery. Wonderful energy. Wonderful language. ~Earl LeClaire, poet

For James Collins nature, spirituality and everyday experiences intersect to illuminate the soul of the reader as much as that of the poet. From the ruins of an old church to casualties of urban landscapes, Collins writes through the darkness to a terrestrial, cosmic refuge of light and hope. This collection examines one's ever-changing station in life and is as much a spirit map for the reader as a compilation. ~Chance Chambers, Nashville poet

There is something of shimmering moonlight in these poems as well as something tremulous lingering in the shadows that renders the writing both mystic and intimate and makes it difficult to know where the poem ends and our own thoughts begin. ~Earl LeClaire, poet

This text develops a multi-level historical inquiry of the Native Tolowa of Northeastern California. The Tolowa were displaced and nearly destroyed in the 19th century. The author explores the linguistic and political dynamics of place-claiming and expropriation.