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By far, this is the best video directory in the marketplace. It is the only one that includes both feature films and how-to videos with full pricing information

If you are planning a wedding in Seattle this book is a great resource.

I have used Bravo's event resource guide for the past 4 years and find it to be the best resource for finding venues and vendors to work with. I always begin with this book.

I am going to Europe in June and I am not sure what I will be doing yet. The BTG Europe guide is really good, its got lots of info for planning my trip and its really light and compact for when I start traveling (its got the hostels listed in there as well as how to get around). I highly recommend it!

Covers all the schools of Buddhism as well as most sub-schools currently practiced in the U.S. and Canada. Also contains information on a variety of European centers. Its multiple index makes it very easy to locate just the information you are looking for.

This book provides a superb business introduction to the development of marketing product databases. If you plan to dynamically generate pages for your web site, read this book first.

Can you buy American? Which of these products, for each choice, is American and which is foreign?: Pond's Cold Cream or Vaseline? Bic Pens or Parker Pens? One-A-Day Vitamins or Flintstones Vitamins? Burger King or Roy Rogers Restaurants? Firestone Tires or Uniroyal Tires? Alka Seltzer or Tums? Aqua-Fresh Toothpaste of Pepsodent? Motel 6 or TraveLodge? 7-Eleven or Tiffany's? Lifebouy or Lux? Country Crock or I Can't Believe It's Not Butter? Coleman's Mustard or French's Mustard? Lean Cuisine or Stouffer's? (The answers are on the back cover of the book. I won't give it away here.)

This book is a great resource and insightful time capsule, even though it was first put together in the 1991-1992 timeframe. For the business (or political) minded, this material will cause you to consider a lot of things in American economic history of recent decades.

Hundreds of products and companies are listed, in all categories, as either AMERICAN OWNED or FOREIGN OWNED. Quite a few will surprise or shock the average reader, who never made that link before for the common products on the store shelves.

It is acknowledged in the book that company ownerships can change every day, but this snapshot in time is still fascinating. This was just prior to the great flood of China-made imports, so it is interesting to see all the product names where Japan had those markets at that time. There are many, many more listed common products from England, France, and Netherlands (ownership) than most Americans would guess.

The very brief comments between sections is extremely educational on this subject: "Nine major studios control most of America's movie and TV production, but only four are American-owned. Of the top ten companies that dominate America's music business, only three are American." "The VCR was invented by an American, yet none are manuafactured in America." "Since the trade assault on the domestic television industry began more than two decades ago, all but one U.S.-owned TV maker was either driven out of business or acquired by foreigners." "In 1955, America manufactured 96% of all radios sold, but by the late 80s, almost none." "Nearly half of the high-tech weaponry used in Desert Storm in Iraq was not made in the United States."

The short section on former U.S. government officers going to work as lobbyists for foreign corporations and governments is a real eye-opener! The mention and reference to the book _Agents of Influence_ is one of the most valuable nuggets I found in this book.

Thought-provoking and highly recommended!

Unless you like spending more for the EXACT same, you should check out this book as a household resource.

I saved over $400 on two airline tickets to Europe this summer by contacting a source cited in this book.

An excellent resource for genealogical research. Also, a fascinating and intriguing history of one of America's greatest cities, DETROIT.