Bøger af Steven Foster

One Golden Nugget Founder, Steven Foster takes a whirlwind ride across the glistening landscape of one of the wealthiest cities in the Middle East, searching for ambitious, innovative and visionary leaders all calling Dubai their home.Success in this city is not measured purely by wealth, but by the positive transformation of lives and communities. Dubai Business Leaders encompasses a wide and varied group of successful entrepreneurs, and business leaders from all walks of life who have come together to share their insights, wisdom and modus operandi.Learn from the very best on how to start your business, scale up, overcome obstacles, keep your finances in check, and ultimately, reach for the stars. With practical tips on how to keep moving forward, without losing your purpose, Dubai Business Leaders is a must-have reference book for anyone with an appetite to succeed and climb the lofty ladder of success.Co-Authors: Dariush Soudi, Eleni Kitra, Mahmoud Bartawi, Chris Wright, Alex Meurer, Pegah Gol, Lucy Chow, Omar M. Almahmoud, Nina Seredai-Udalova, Shamaila Nawaz, Vyara Tosheva, Lameen Abdul-Malik, Dr John Francis, Dr. Mariam Shaikh, Katleen Penel, Marius Bogdan, Bijay Rajnikantt Shah, CFE, Silvia Mogas, Talha Shaikh and Dr Mohammad Nami.

Stephen Foster is the trunk of the tree of American song. His blackface minstrel songs, including "Oh! Susanna," "Old Folks at Home" ("Way down upon the Swanee River…"), and "My Old Kentucky Home," and his parlor ballads, such as "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair," and "Beautiful Dreamer," have inspired composers, songwriters, and performers from Charles Ives and George Gershwin to Ray Charles and James Taylor. Foster devoted as much care and craft to his lyrics as he did to his timeless melodies.In this comprehensive new selection, acclaimed music historian Ken Emerson introduces and annotates the lyrics to more than thirty of Foster's best and best-known songs. These masterpieces by America's first full-time professional songwriter, forebear of Irving Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, Carole King, and Bob Dylan, have been so deeply absorbed into our culture that they are often assumed to be folk music. Alongside are fifty other 19th-century American popular songs that influenced Foster or that he in turn influenced, from "Home! Sweet Home!" in the 1820s to "Western Home" (the original "Home on the Range") in the 1870s.About the American Poets ProjectElegantly designed in compact editions, printed on acid-free paper, and textually authoritative, the American Poets Project makes available the full range of the American poetic accomplishment, selected and introduced by today's most discerning poets and critics.

This guide is the most complete work ever written on the medicinal plants of western North America. It offers the best information in the world on the current popular and traditional uses of the nearly 500 species covered, much of it available for the first time. More than 530 color photographs illustrate the plants and their flowers, leaves, and fruits. The descriptive text combines scientific, ethnobotanical, and cross-cultural information, making this field guide unique. An index to medical topics is helpful for quickly locating information on specific ailments. Symbols next to the plant descriptions provide quick visual warnings for poisonous and allergenic plants. Organized by flower color for fast identification, this guide is an essential aid to appreciating native plants and the wild areas they inhabit.

Blending numerous heritages, wisdoms, and teachings, this powerfully wrought book encourages people to take charge of their lives, heal themselves, and grow. Movingly rendered, The Book of the Vision Quest is for all who long for renewal and personal transformation. In this revised edition—with two new chapters and added tales from vision questers—Steven Foster recounts his experiences guiding contemporary seekers. He recreates an ancient rite of passage—that of “dying,” “passing through,” and “being reborn”—known as a vision quest. A sacred ceremony that culminates in a three-day, three-night fast, alone, in a place of natural power, the vision quest is a mystical, practical, and intensely personal journey of self-knowledge.

This introduction to the study of political communication covers the following subjects:*The history of the media in the UK and the USA including the concentration of ownership and the emergence of new media technologies*The relationship between the media and political parties, especially the effect the media has had on the policies and internal power structures of parties and other organisations such as pressure groups*Media influence on the electorate and the conduct of democratic politics*The constitutional significance of the politics of the mediaThe first part of the book focuses on the social context and includes detailed analysis of the processes of political communication today, as well as the impact of these on parties, pressure groups and government. Developments in the US are considered alongside those in the UK. The second part places media politics in their constitutional context, covering issues such as open government and freedom of expression, freedom of information, privacy and human rights. Attempts by the governments of the UK and the US to manipulate and control the media are also explored.

This book considers the constitutional position of the judiciary and its role in shaping the individual's relations with the state. This textbook provides an important, accessible introduction to an area of current widespread concern.