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Everything You Need to Know About Service Sales
William R. Weeks Sr
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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Lewis and Clark, by William R. Lighton, tells the story of the legendary Lewis and Clark expedition to the western regions of America by the American explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, in the early years of the 19th century. In the years 1804, 1805, and 1806, two men commanded an expedition which explored the wilderness that stretched from the mouth of the Missouri River to where the Columbia enters the Pacific, and dedicated to civilization a new empire. Their names were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. They went down in history as Lewis and Clark. The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. It began near St. Louis, made its way westward, and passed through the continental divide to reach the Pacific coast. The Corps of Discovery comprised a selected group of U.S. Army volunteers under the command of Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close friend, Second Lieutenant William Clark. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the expedition shortly after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to explore and to map the newly acquired territory, to find a practical route across the western half of the continent, and to establish an American presence in this territory before Britain and other European powers tried to claim it. The campaign's secondary objectives were scientific and economic: to study the area's plants, animal life, and geography, and to establish trade with local Native American tribes. With maps, sketches, and journals in hand, the expedition returned to St. Louis to report its findings to Jefferson. According to Thomas Jefferson himself, one goal was to find "the most direct and practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce." Jefferson also placed special importance on declaring U.S. sovereignty over the land occupied by the many different tribes of Native Americans along the Missouri River, and getting an accurate sense of the resources in the recently completed Louisiana Purchase. The expedition made notable contributions to science, but scientific research was not the main goal of the mission. During the 19th century, references to Lewis and Clark "scarcely appeared" in history books even during the United States Centennial in 1876 and the expedition was largely forgotten. Lewis and Clark began to gain new attention around the start of the 20th century. Both the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, in St. Louis, and the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, in Portland, Oregon, showcased Lewis and Clark as American pioneers. However, the story remained relatively shallow, a celebration of U.S. conquest and personal adventures, until the mid-century, since which time it has been more thoroughly researched and retold in many forms to a growing audience. In 2004, a complete and reliable set of the expedition's journals was compiled by Gary E. Moulton. In the 2000s, the bicentennial of the expedition further elevated popular interest in Lewis and Clark. As of 1984, no U.S. exploration party was more famous, and no American expedition leaders are more instantly recognizable by name.
Border State: A novel of Missourians in the American Civil War.
William R. Dameron
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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After Lincoln's election to the presidency in 1860, the Cotton states of the South, led by South Carolina, began to seize Federal facilities within their borders and declare their independence from the United States. In the months leading up to Fort Sumter's surrender, they captured federal forts, arsenals, and other facilities including revenue offices and revenue cutters (ships) at gunpoint, taking millions of dollars in property, military equipment, and money. In Texas, they forced the surrender of several thousand U.S. soldiers and their outposts.The rebelling states formed the Confederacy, the better to resist any possible retaliation by the Federal Government. The Rebels built armies and prepared for war.There were slave states that didn't decide to secede right away. The so-called Border States: Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland, had large populations of slaves but were bordered by states to their north which did not allow slavery. Each of these three states remained in the Union, but each had a struggle to decide which side to join.Governor Claiborne Jackson of Missouri favored secession, and General Nathaniel Lyon of the United States Army was determined to keep Missouri in the Union.Missouri may have been the only state in American history which for a time waged a significant war, on her own, against the United States, although she eventually gained some Confederate assistance. In the minds of Missourians, the United States attacked them first, at Camp Jackson in St. Louis, and by occupying Missouri's state capitol, Jefferson City. This Missouri war cost thousands of casualties on both sides, and eventually culminated in the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. After that, Missourians in large numbers continued to fight in the greater war, either on the Confederate or the Union side.The Carpenters, a fictional Missouri family, were headed by two brothers who were farmers. One brother owned slaves; the other did not. The brothers and their sons fought on different sides. Amos and his son Lew fought in the Missouri State Guard, while Orville's sons Simon and Thomas, fought with the United States Army.They are not unlike real Missouri families in the early months of the American Civil War. Those left behind suffered in other ways. Border State tells the story from the perspectives of both fictional and historical characters
Peter Renke's Reluctant Journey: A First-Person Account as Told By Peter Renke
William R. Brown
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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38 years of hurricane and tropical storm experience: Hurricane I've been through
William R. Wade Jr
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry equips future hospitality and tourism managers with the skills and knowledge they need to create systems and cultures within their organizations that address the growing demand for sustainability. The text helps students recognize and embrace the opportunity to become leaders in sustainability and help set the standards for other industry professionals to adopt.Opening chapters provide readers with an overview of the breadth of sustainability in the hospitality industry, as well as current sustainable trends and practices. Additional chapters cover sustainability in the foodservice and lodging industries, tourism, and supply chains. Students learn strategies for sustainable beverage production, personnel management, marketing, and finance. The text expands its coverage to also address casino, cruise ship, and sport and entertainment venue management. The closing chapter summarizes the various strategies and concerns addressed throughout the book.To enrich the student learning experience, each chapter includes learning objectives, an introduction, a chapter summary, key terms, discussion questions, and an industry spotlight, which demonstrates how various companies around the world have implemented a variety of sustainable practices.Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry is well suited for undergraduate and graduate-level courses in hospitality and tourism management.
Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry
William R. Knapp
Cognella Academic Publishing
2021
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Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry equips future hospitality and tourism managers with the skills and knowledge they need to create systems and cultures within their organizations that address the growing demand for sustainability. The text helps students recognize and embrace the opportunity to become leaders in sustainability and help set the standards for other industry professionals to adopt.Opening chapters provide readers with an overview of the breadth of sustainability in the hospitality industry, as well as current sustainable trends and practices. Additional chapters cover sustainability in the foodservice and lodging industries, tourism, and supply chains. Students learn strategies for sustainable beverage production, personnel management, marketing, and finance. The text expands its coverage to also address casino, cruise ship, and sport and entertainment venue management. The closing chapter summarizes the various strategies and concerns addressed throughout the book.To enrich the student learning experience, each chapter includes learning objectives, an introduction, a chapter summary, key terms, discussion questions, and an industry spotlight, which demonstrates how various companies around the world have implemented a variety of sustainable practices.Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry is well suited for undergraduate and graduate-level courses in hospitality and tourism management.
The Dress: a photographic exploration
William R. Zuback
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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Sabotaging the Planet: Denial and International Negotiations
William R. McPherson Ph. D.
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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Denial of climate change has consequences. As we have seen during the past four years, denial ideology has created a culture of political malfeasance, as politicians use denial to try to delay needed action. While some such as President Barack Obama have pressed ahead with regulations to control carbon emissions, others have sought to stop the international community from taking action by reducing the role of the United States to a foot-dragger in negotiations. Paris heralded a turning point in international negotiations on climate change. With the adoption of the Paris Agreement, 194 nations committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This book records the negotiations and events that led to the Paris agreement, and reveals the forces aligned against it. In the U.S., there is a notable denial movement that uses pseudoscience to deny the evidence of climate science. Politicians who do not favor climate action for whatever reason enlist this denial ideology. The "war on coal," the assertion that the globe is cooling, that climate science is a "hoax," and similar themes are interwoven in the denial ideology. The ideology feeds into opposition to the Paris Agreement, which could sabotage the planet.