No one changed the sound of guitar music more than Leo Fender. He so improved the clarity of the amplified vibrating string that he gave almost every style of music played on the guitar a means to sound better. For five decades, finicky musicians made pilgrimages to Leo's RandD labs to discuss their musical frustrations and seek better ways for guitars to function. In the pages of Fender: The Sound Heard 'Round the World, you will watch this complex, dedicated man gain success as a true innovator of the new. You will also follow the team of energetic, creative people who steered Fender to fame, men like Don Randall of Fender Sales, Forrest White and George Fullerton of Fender Electric Instruments, and Dale Hyatt and Tommy Walker, two of Randall's growing cadre of savvy, high-powered salesmen spreading Leo's ideas worldwide. This book is the largest collection of Fender historical photos, product shots, patent drawings and advertising materials ever published. Whether you are a musician, a lover of Fender lore, an instrument collector or curious history buff, your search ends here for the ultimate and definitive book presenting the complete, unedited Fender story. "This is by far the best book about Leo Fender yet published." - Vintage Guitar magazine "Sets new standards for books on guitar history." - Country Music magazine "An astounding job of research, reportage, distillation and writing on a subject whose impact on music and society in general is inestimable." - Los Angeles Times "Fender freaks will revel in the model-by-model, year-by-year detail in which Smith unfolds the company history." - Guitar Player magazine

Fender: The Sound Heard 'Round the World

Arts & Photography

Smith, Richard R.

Music

Hal Leonard

No one changed the sound of guitar music more than Leo Fender. He so improved the clarity of the amplified vibrating string that he gave almost every style of music played on the guitar a means to sound better. For five decades, finicky musicians made pilgrimages to Leo's RandD labs to discuss their musical frustrations and seek better ways for guitars to function. In the pages of Fender: The Sound Heard 'Round the W orld, you will watch this complex, dedicated man gain success as a true innovator of the new. You will also follow the team of energetic, creative people who steered Fender to fame, men like Don Randall of Fender Sales, Forrest White and George Fullerton of Fender Electric Instruments, and Dale Hyatt and Tommy Walker, two of Randall's growing cadre of savvy, high-powered salesmen spreading Leo's ideas worldwide. This book is the largest collection of Fender historical photos, product shots, patent drawings and advertising materials ever published. Whether you are a musician, a lover of Fender lore, an instrument collector or curious history buff, your search ends here for the ultimate and definitive book presenting the complete, unedited Fender story. "This is by far the best book about Leo Fender yet published." - Vintage Guitar magazine "Sets new standards for books on guitar history." - Country Music magazine "An astounding job of research, reportage, distillation and writing on a subject whose impact on music and society in general is inestimable." - Los Angeles Times "Fender freaks will revel in the model-by-model, year-by-year detail in which Smith unfolds the company history." - Guitar Player magazine

Wheeler, Tom

Music Sales Corp

没有藏身之处: No Hiding Place, Chinese edition

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Bamboo Press

Human Capital and Global Business Strategy

Human capital- the performance and the potential of people in an organisation - has become an increasingly urgent issue for business leaders. Dramatic demographic shifts, the globalisation of organisations, increasing business complexity, and generational differences are causing many organisations to place a more deliberate focus on human capital as a key element in strategic planning and execution. This book helps business leaders determine how to address human capital as part of their business strategy, to drive value and realise the potential of the organisation. Topics are presented clearly, allowing readers to quickly grasp and apply key concepts and ideas. The authors share both their academic research and practical experience from around the world, providing first-hand case studies and examples to help bring theoretical topics to life. With a strong practitioner focus, this book will provide business leaders and HR professionals with new insights into how to improve business performance through a unique, strategic approach to human capital.

Business & Money

Diez, Fermin

Thomas, Howard

Human Resources

Cambridge University Press

Human capital- the performance and the potential of people in an organisation - has become an increasingly urgent issue for business leaders. Dramatic demographic shifts, the globalisation of organisations, increasing business complexity, and generational differences are causing many organisations to place a more deliberate focus on human capital as a key element in strategic planning and execution. This book helps business leaders determine how to address human capital as part of their business strategy, to drive value and realise the potential of the organisation. Topics are presented clearly, allowing readers to quickly grasp and apply key concepts and ideas. The authors share both their academic research and practical experience from around the world, providing first-hand case studies and examples to help bring theoretical topics to life. With a strong practitioner focus, this book will provide business leaders and HR professionals with new insights into how to improve business performance through a unique, strategic approach to human capital.

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic science fiction short stories. Here it is…our eighth collection of Science Fiction Gems This exciting collection of science fiction gems offers an eclectic blend of ideas from great authors like Poul Anderson, Chester Geier, Fritz Leiber, Clifford Simak, Mack Reynolds and others. “Snowball” (Anderson) and “The Ship Sails At Midnight” (Leiber) offer intriguing drama and allegories of the human condition. Explore a forbidden part of the jungles of Venus in “No Dark Gallows For Me” (John Jakes) or steal fine works of art with “The Star-Sent Knaves” (Laumer). Both are amazing tales packed with stimulating interplanetary adventure. We also bring you provocative romance between human and artificial intelligence in “Weep No More, My Robot” (Geier) and there is subtle hair-raising horror in “The Beast of Boredom” (Richard R. Smith). Engage your mind with this incredible assembly of stories about fantastic futures.

Science Fiction Gems, Volume Eight, Keith Laumer and Others

JAKES, JOHN

Smith, George H.

Leiber,Fritz

Geier, Chester S.

ANDERSON, POUL.

Sheldon, Walt

SIMAK, CLIFFORD. D.

LAUMER, KEITH

Reynold, Mack

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