The Barter

Author : Siobhan Adcock
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698161375

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The Barter by Siobhan Adcock Pdf

A heart-stopping tale as provocative as is suspenseful, about two conflicted women, separated by one hundred years, and bound by an unthinkable sacrifice. The Barter is a ghost story and a love story, a riveting emotional tale that also explores motherhood and work and feminism. Set in Texas, in present day, and at the turn of the twentieth century, the novel follows two young mothers at the turning point of their lives. Bridget has given up her career as an attorney to raise her daughter, joining a cadre of stay-at-home mothers seeking fulfillment in a quiet suburb. But for Bridget, some crucial part of the exchange is absent: Something she loves and needs. And now a terrifying presence has entered her home; only nobody but Bridget can feel it. On a farm in 1902, a young city bride takes a farmer husband. The marriage bed will become both crucible and anvil as Rebecca first allows, then negates, the powerful erotic connection between them. She turns her back on John to give all her love to their child. Much will occur in this cold house, none of it good. As Siobhan Adcock crosscuts these stories with mounting tension, each woman arrives at a terrible ordeal of her own making, tinged with love and fear and dread. What will they sacrifice to save their families—and themselves? Readers will slow down to enjoy the gorgeous language, then speed up to see what happens next in a plot that thrums with the weight of decision—and its explosive consequences.

Author : Karen Hoffman,Shera Dalin
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781602399532

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The Art of Barter by Karen Hoffman,Shera Dalin Pdf

Learn how to barter today s best currency in this comprehensive, up-to-date...

Author : Jerry Howell,Tom Chmielewski
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101152010

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Barter and Trade Exchanges by Jerry Howell,Tom Chmielewski Pdf

How many haircuts is that tune-up worth? With money tight, bartering is growing in popularity. Over 70,000 businesses make cashless transactions throughout America. Here is the only complete, step-by-step guide to how this potentially lucrative process works, including: • The advantages of direct versus national barter networks • How to save and increase profitability • How to increase sales and revenue • How to start a trade exchange. • From a national expert and bareter entrepreneur • Detailed resource section exchanges and business associations

Author : Alexander Barter
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3791380117

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The Watch by Alexander Barter Pdf

Now repackaged in an attractive and great value-for-money format, this overview of twentieth-century horology combines stunning pictures of the most covetable time-pieces with the unparalleled expertise of a world-renowned vintage watch dealer. This impeccably researched and lavishly illustrated book traces the evolution of the watch across the twentieth century. It charts the early rise of the wristwatch, shows how the cataclysmic events of the 1929 Wall Street Crash unexpectedly led to a golden age of watch production, and demonstrates how the electronic watch, which almost destroyed the traditional industry, led to a mechanical watch renaissance in the last part of the century. Each chapter focuses on a specific decade, opening with an introduction to the era's stylistic and design highlights and then examines the development of specific genres of watches. Hundreds of color photographs include full-page close ups that reveal intricate details of form, texture, and design. Alexander Barter's vast knowledge informs his gripping texts, which discuss the major achievements in watch technology and design. This book also includes vintage advertisements and other promotional materials, helping to give a sense of the eras in which they were created. The perfect gift for watch aficionados, this beautiful and informative volume presents the world's finest watches with an elegance and depth befitting its subject.

Author : Caroline Humphrey,Stephen Hugh-Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1992-06-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 052140682X

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Barter, Exchange and Value by Caroline Humphrey,Stephen Hugh-Jones Pdf

This novel treatment of barter represents a topical addition to the literature on economic anthropology.

Author : United States. Foreign Agricultural Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Barter
ISBN : IND:30000091991905

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The Barter Export Program by United States. Foreign Agricultural Service Pdf

Author : Scott Pribble
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000915075

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The Barter Economy of the Khmer Rouge Labor Camps by Scott Pribble Pdf

Pribble investigates the barter economies that developed in many of the labor camps established under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. When the Khmer Rouge abolished currency and markets in 1975, starving Cambodians created underground exchanges in labor camps throughout the country, bartering luxury items for food and other necessities, while simultaneously undermining the regime’s ideological goals of eliminating any traces of capitalism in Democratic Kampuchea. Pribble asserts three key points about the barter economy in the Khmer Rouge labor camps. First, the underground exchanges in Democratic Kampuchea provided food and medicine for desperate people subsisting under a totalitarian regime, saving the lives of countless Cambodians. Second, bartering was the riskiest way to obtain food because it was dependent upon the discretion of two or more individuals from different social classes under the threat of violent punishment, thereby altering the social dynamics of the camps. Finally, despite the regime’s extreme efforts to eliminate foreign influence from the country and impose communist ideology on millions of citizens, basic forms of market capitalism and a demand for superfluous luxury goods persisted in labor camps throughout the country. A fascinating study of the human consequences of imposing rigid ideology, that will be of particular interest to scholars and students of political history and Southeast Asian history. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : G. Wells Taylor
Publisher : G. Wells Taylor
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Raid on the Barter Diamond by G. Wells Taylor Pdf

THE DOUBLE-HYBRID CRAZY caused total madness on a global scale. Its toxic effects drove the population to extreme acts of violence and destruction that destroyed everything—except the Double-Hybrid. The infection still haunts the ravaged landscape despite a decade passing since survivors first felt their sanity return. The walled settlements sprang up as people moved into the wild and abandoned zone between the city ruins in the north and the desolation to the south where they built four crude new forts connected by a perilous road that soon inspired the territory's name. Pop Dawson travels the Barter Diamond in search of canned food and other treasures to trade while dodging the bandits and beasts that menace the trail. Like most survivors, he has started a new life to keep the old one secret, but he is forced out of hiding and into danger when a girl is kidnapped by northern raiders. RAID ON THE BARTER DIAMOND takes you to the ZONE BETWEEN where the terrifying offspring of the VARIANT EFFECT still own the night.

Author : Olivia Angé
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785336836

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Barter and Social Regeneration in the Argentinean Andes by Olivia Angé Pdf

Despite the pervasiveness of barter across societies, this mode of transaction has largely escaped the anthropologist’s gaze. Drawing on data from fairs in the Argentinean Andes, this book addresses a local modality of barter known as cambio. Bringing out its embeddedness within religious celebrations, it argues that cambio is practiced as a sacrifice to catholic figures and local ancestors, thereby challenging a widespread view of barter as a non-monetary form of commodity exchange. This ethnography of Andean barter considers processes of value creation, both economic and subjective, to further our understanding of how social groups create themselves through economic exchanges.

Author : Brian C. Gunia
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781487500962

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The Bartering Mindset by Brian C. Gunia Pdf

We use money to solve our everyday problems, and it generally works well. Despite its economic benefits, however, money has a psychological downside: it trains us to think about negotiations narrow-mindedly, leading us to negotiate badly. Suggesting that we need a non-monetary mindset to negotiate better, The Bartering Mindset shows us how to look outside the monetary economy - to the bartering economies of the past, where people traded what they had for what they needed. The book argues that, because of the economic difficulties associated with bartering, barterers had to use a more sophisticated form of negotiation - a strategic approach that can make us master negotiators today. This book immerses readers in the assumptions made by barterers, collectively referred to as the "bartering mindset," and then demonstrates how to apply this mindset to modern, monetary negotiations. The Bartering Mindset concludes that our individual, organizational, and social problems fester for a predictable reason: we apply a monetary mindset to our negotiations, leading to suboptimal thinking, counterproductive behaviors, and disappointing outcomes. By offering the bartering mindset as an alternative, this book will help people negotiate better and thrive.

Author : Shayne McClendon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0989675580

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The Barter System by Shayne McClendon Pdf

Brand new erotic print edition with 50K additional words and exclusive extras! Research might be work...but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy it. Riya O'Connell goes straight to the source for her dissertation on male sexuality. She sets out on a journey that will take her all over the country...and deep into her own desires. Thirteen thousand applications. Eight chosen men. One woman's heart. They provide information and ensure she reaches her next destination safely. In return, Riya gives them what they want - and helps them discover what they didn't realize they need. Meet the subjects. Push your inhibitions. Experience the passion. Sean (37) Internet Entrepreneur - Florida Victor (31) Fisherman - Georgia Joshua (22) College Student - Texas Lucas (42) Rancher - Montana Ricardo (32) Police Officer - California Bobby (27) Musician - Massachusetts Micah & Max (34) Financiers - New York If you loved the original edition of "The Barter System" - the update is going to absolutely blow you away. Step inside Riya's world right now. Another hot, emotional read by Always the Good Girl, Shayne McClendon NOTE: This story contains explicit sexual scenes and language and is intended for mature audiences only. Do not read this novel if intense sexual situations offend you.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045072928

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Barter and Stockpiling Policy, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Foreign Agricultural Operations of ..., 85-1 on H. Con. Res. 224, July 1 ... August 14, 1957 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Foreign Agricultural Operations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Barter
ISBN : MINN:31951D03548474V

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Barter and Stockpiling Policy by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Foreign Agricultural Operations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045081259

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Suspension of Public Law 480 Barter Program for Tobacco by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Tobacco
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Foreign trade regulation
ISBN : LOC:00173311084

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Suspension of Public Law 480 Barter Program for Tobacco by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Tobacco Pdf