Morgan Books

A MUST BUY if you are studying for the national Home Health Certification exam.

Students of Civil War history well know Sarah Morgan who wrote a diary that remains an unparalleled portrait of her time. The daughter of privilege, Sarah was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and began her diary in her late teens. By the time Union soldiers had taken over Baton Rouge she had lost both her father and brother. Sarah, along with her sister, Miriam, and her mother eventually fled to the outskirts and later to New Orleans where they remained until the war's closing days.

At one time she wrote, "Oh, how I hate to be like other women." She most certainly was not. She wrote in clear precise prose with an unflinching eye for the reasons behind battle and the horrors of war. Sarah would become the first woman to have a byline when she wrote for the Charleston News and Courier, covering such subjects as race relations, funerals, Spanish and French politics. These editorials by, of all people, a woman caused considerable comment in Charleston.

Her original diary was first published in 1913, almost immediately becoming a source for historians and students alike.

Now, with this volume from The University of Georgia Press we are fortunate to find not only the letters exchanged between Sarah and her husband, Francis Warrington Dawson but these missives are accompanied by articles Sarah wrote. Thus, we now have a complete picture of Sarah the woman as found in her original diary tracing the years of the War and then tin his volume encompassing her years following the war.

When the couple first met Dawson was a widower and owner of the Charleston News and Courier. Sarah was reluctant to marry, and the notes exchanged reveal much about each of them as their courtship continued. Of special interest are Sarah's views on the state of women at that time.

This well conceived and executed volume sheds much light on an important part of our country's history.

- Gail Cooke

1. All other agreements and partnerships should be considered as stepping stones to a direct operations strategy.
2. The operation should be designed to begin and support a close relationship between your company and your Japanese customers.
3. The Japanese operation should permit long-term control of company product, services, and technologies.
4. The closer you get to the marketplace, the clearer your understanding of opportunities.
5. Build opportunity and reduce risk.
6. Select and entrust a Japanese Leader too provide credibility, influence talent to join the organization, and deal with customer relationships.
7. Plan and invest long-term
8. Build local research, engineering, and manufacturing capabilities.
9. Establish sales offices and new distribution channels in Japan
10. Integrate computer and communitcation linkages between your US and Japan business entities
11. Globalize and strive for worldwide quality and service programs; create globalized benefit structures and a Global oriented Human Resource management team; develop a global corporate culture.
12. The Japanese people view the job as an extension of family environment and a determinant of social status and their sphere of relationship through out ones life.
13. Highest on the incentive priority list for job selection is the company's stability and long-term commitment to the employee. In "Japanese Society", the author quotes, "Employment with a foreign firm is regarded as outside of the the system...This reluctance comes first from the feeling of insecurity about the future,[American firms do not guarantee lifetime employment]. Critical Employment strategies include: developing a relationship with professors, as key mentors, gaining press converage, submitting articles in technical journals and career magazines. Selecting the right corporation is important for Japanese men; Japanese men are ranked by group or the corporation they belong or their connection too well known and strong individuals. Applied Material hired manager Tetsuo Iwasaki and he used his influence to recruit and attract talented young Japanese willing to take the risk and join following his leadership. Iwasaki gave credibility and attracted others to follow.
14. "Focus on hiring a good core management team and let them build staff." "The opportunity for more responsiblity and quicker rise through the ranks is a guenuine attraction for Japanese". Hire retiring executives from Japanese companies and government ministeries. Seek Japanese members for your board or advisory groups. Synergy borne of diversity is one of the principal benefits to be derived from doing business in Japan. Japanese manager looks at personality and character and potential skill, instead of actual skill in hiring.
15. "Foreign companies fail to get the best from their Japanese subsidiaries simply because they don't accord them the respect they deserve." The parent company must internally promote the Japanese subsidary, its products, market team, and manufacturing. Relationships are the true source of power in Japan. Japanese management should always lead customer relationships and empower them with capacity.
16. Japanese banks are becoming more willing to loan to foreign business seeking local financing. Establish an early relationship with a Japanese Bank and find someone to make the introduction. The Japanese Bank will make the critical business partner introductions and they will voucher for crediblity and trust worthiness and arrange ample financing.
17. Keep a management team that is close to Japanese decisionmakers: banks, industrial groups, MITI, and other management groups. Keep decision making authority local and close to the market; recruit from top Universities; operate in the local currency.
18. Cycle time reduction is critical to the success of today's global competitor; it is key to being responsive to the customer, which in turn is a prerequisite to the development of strategic partnership with customers, ablility to manage variety, respond to a niche strategy of the competiton. Improvements will have have a tremendous impact on the size of the opportunity a company can effectively manage.
19. Workers should have a sense of loyality, a feeling of ownership and responsiblity, for every company function and activity, as a major company asset.
20 Technology must focus on customer needs and be committed to the success of the customer's business
21. The Japanese have succeeded in penetrating far-reaching markets beccause they have built world-class information networks.

An in your face book that promotes a look at self to improve leadership. Also a hardhitting thought provoker that not all people in leadership possitions are Leaders and without the proper drive and attitude to be a leader that person is just hurting the organization that they are functioning for. I knew Sam Morgan for a short time and in that time learned he was a "Practice as he preaches" kind of person.

I received this book within just a few days, in new condition. I'm a great fan of Carole Nelson Douglas, and am always happy to add a new "cat" story by this author. I enjoyed this very much, as well as the other pet-oriented stories.

This true story really touched my heart. Written in the form of a dislexic without editing, it shows the result of childhood abuse by peers that is so common today yet usually kept hidden from parents and other adults due to embarrassment or feeling of fault. This book helped me see what my own daughter has been going through by recognizing similar behavior patterns shown by the author and my child. I was able to see her plight at school and take action to correct the situation.
This is a quick read and able to capture your heart and attention. Most of us can relate Mr. Morgans story to some extent or other with our own past. I recommend this to anyone interested in knowing what goes on in schools and how to protect your children. A must read for all parents, teachers, or anyone involved with children. Hats off to Mr. Morgan for coming forward with the truth!

This delightful and enlightening book is well-suited as either a textbook or as part of your personal collection. The author's winning way and in-depth knowledge unite to bring you not only a solid introduction to the field, but also an appreciation for the diversity of the foods of the world. In fact, a dominant theme that permeates the book is that "The world is a collection of foods to enjoy", to borrow a quote from the book.

The author coins a term very early on. That term, "foodism", is defined as "prejudice against the food of other cultures", and the author makes a persuasive attempt to convince readers to free themselves of biases or preconceived notions they may harbor, either knowingly or unknowingly, against the food of cultures other than their own.

The book is well-structured for learning, with each chapter starting with a list of "Learning Objectives" and a "Chapter Outline". Each chapter ends with a list of "Selected Terms for Review", a list of "Review Questions", and a list of "Suggested Readings/Web Sites to Visit". The book also contains a glossary and an extensive bibliography.

The book comprises the following 14 chapters:

1. Overview of World Food and Foodservice
2. Keeping Your Customers and Employees Safe
3. Your Tools
4. Introduction to Culinary Techniques and Principles
5. Planning and Documenting Your Culinary Creations
6. The World of Stocks, Sauces, and Soups
7. Finger Foods: Appetizers and Sandwiches
8. Creating Salads
9. Creating with Meats
10. Creating with Poultry
11. Creating with Seafood
12. Creating with Vegetables
13. Creating with Dairy Products and Eggs
14. Basic Baking Principles

Finally, the book includes a recipe CD that spans 192 pages. But the content of this CD is more than just a recipe collection; at numerous points, it provides additional instruction above and beyond that provided in the text of the book. The CD is a very substantial complement to the book!

All-in-all, this book is highly-recommended as a worthy addition to your library!

This story is nothing short of excellent, and a wonderful candidate for reading to childen(another is Franky Furbo). My version had artwirk by Maurice Sendak, and her style lended very well to the book. A worthy buy, and usually inexpensive.

This is a delightful book for a young child. It celebrates curiosity by showing a lovable mouse named Rosie being curious about all sorts of things...what snowflakes taste like, who lives in the little hill (ants), and what's in that jar (cookies!). A loving book for a preschooler and parent to enjoy together.

I found this book by accident, although I had read other Mason novels. It was a delight, painting a compelling portrait of both the man and the times in which he lived. The detail was well-researched and thorough. In my opinion this is a much superior portrayal than Michener's in "Caribbean," in which Morgan is just passed off as the bad pirate that sacked Panama. I have learned that John Steinbeck's first novel, "Cup of Gold," was also about Morgan and hope to read that as well.