Author: Matt Shiells-Jones
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291744983
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The first book in the world to compile definitive basic standards for hotels. Designed as an easy-reference guide with handy tips and instructions to help every hotelier improve and maintain high standards. This title draws on guest experience, industry knowledge and standards laid down by tourist boards and hotels across the world making it probably one of the most definitive and researched titles on hospitality standards. Covering everything from toilets to teapots, driveways to dining rooms, this book is a must have companion for any hotelier.
The Guest Book
Author: Sarah Blake
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250110254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Instant New York Times Bestseller Longlisted for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence 2020 New England Society Book Award Winner for Fiction “The Guest Book is monumental in a way that few novels dare attempt.” —The Washington Post The thought-provoking new novel by New York Times bestselling author Sarah Blake An exquisitely written, poignant family saga that illuminates the great divide, the gulf that separates the rich and poor, black and white, Protestant and Jew. Spanning three generations, The Guest Book deftly examines the life and legacy of one unforgettable family as they navigate the evolving social and political landscape from Crockett’s Island, their family retreat off the coast of Maine. Blake masterfully lays bare the memories and mistakes each generation makes while coming to terms with what it means to inherit the past.
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250110254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Instant New York Times Bestseller Longlisted for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence 2020 New England Society Book Award Winner for Fiction “The Guest Book is monumental in a way that few novels dare attempt.” —The Washington Post The thought-provoking new novel by New York Times bestselling author Sarah Blake An exquisitely written, poignant family saga that illuminates the great divide, the gulf that separates the rich and poor, black and white, Protestant and Jew. Spanning three generations, The Guest Book deftly examines the life and legacy of one unforgettable family as they navigate the evolving social and political landscape from Crockett’s Island, their family retreat off the coast of Maine. Blake masterfully lays bare the memories and mistakes each generation makes while coming to terms with what it means to inherit the past.
The Hotel Standards Compendium
Author: Matt Shiells-Jones
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291766537
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The first book in the world to compile definitive basic standards for hotels. Designed as an easy-reference guide with handy tips and instructions to help every hotelier improve and maintain high standards. This title draws on guest experience, industry knowledge and standards laid down by tourist boards and hotels across the world making it probably one of the most definitive and researched titles on hospitality standards. Covering everything from toilets to teapots, driveways to dining rooms, this book is a must have companion for any hotelier.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291766537
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The first book in the world to compile definitive basic standards for hotels. Designed as an easy-reference guide with handy tips and instructions to help every hotelier improve and maintain high standards. This title draws on guest experience, industry knowledge and standards laid down by tourist boards and hotels across the world making it probably one of the most definitive and researched titles on hospitality standards. Covering everything from toilets to teapots, driveways to dining rooms, this book is a must have companion for any hotelier.
By Faith and Hospitality
Author: Pierre-Francois De Bethune
Publisher: Gracewing Publishing
ISBN: 9780852445488
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Today more than ever it is important that our faith be linked to hospitality -- to welcome the stranger in our midst. This book testifies to the fruitfulness of the process when applied to interfaith dialogue, and shares the spiritual insights of experience, gained in the Zen Buddhist monasteries in Japan. The author is Secretary General of the Commission for Monastic Interfaith Dialogue.
Publisher: Gracewing Publishing
ISBN: 9780852445488
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Today more than ever it is important that our faith be linked to hospitality -- to welcome the stranger in our midst. This book testifies to the fruitfulness of the process when applied to interfaith dialogue, and shares the spiritual insights of experience, gained in the Zen Buddhist monasteries in Japan. The author is Secretary General of the Commission for Monastic Interfaith Dialogue.
Arabs in Tent & Town
Author: Ada Goodrich-Freer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabs
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabs
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Kural
Author: Tiruvalluvar
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9351180158
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
A celebrated work by the greatest poet of classical Tamil literature Tiruvalluvar probably lived and wrote between the second century BC and the eighth century AD though his dates have not been conclusively established. The work by which he is known, the Kural, comprises 1,330 couplets and is divided into three sections—Virtue, Wealth and Love—and is based on the first three of the four supreme aims prescribed by Hindu tradition: dharma (virtue), artha (wealth), kama (love) and moksha (salvation). Taken together, the three books of the Kural inform, criticize and teach the reader, in brilliantly styled and pithy verse, about life, love and the ways of the world. Translated and edited with an introduction by P.S. Sundaram
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9351180158
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
A celebrated work by the greatest poet of classical Tamil literature Tiruvalluvar probably lived and wrote between the second century BC and the eighth century AD though his dates have not been conclusively established. The work by which he is known, the Kural, comprises 1,330 couplets and is divided into three sections—Virtue, Wealth and Love—and is based on the first three of the four supreme aims prescribed by Hindu tradition: dharma (virtue), artha (wealth), kama (love) and moksha (salvation). Taken together, the three books of the Kural inform, criticize and teach the reader, in brilliantly styled and pithy verse, about life, love and the ways of the world. Translated and edited with an introduction by P.S. Sundaram
Plain Talk
Embedded Linux
Author: Craig Hollabaugh
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN: 9780672322266
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
A guide to using Linux on embedded platforms for interfacing to the real world. "Embedded Linux" is one of the first books available that teaches readers development and implementation of interfacing applications on an Embedded Linux platform.
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN: 9780672322266
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
A guide to using Linux on embedded platforms for interfacing to the real world. "Embedded Linux" is one of the first books available that teaches readers development and implementation of interfacing applications on an Embedded Linux platform.
Passing
Author: Nella Larsen
Publisher: Alien Ebooks
ISBN: 166762265X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Harlem Renaissance author Nella Larsen (1891 –1964) published just two novels and three short stories in her lifetime, but achieved lasting literary acclaim. Her classic novel Passing first appeared in 1926.
Publisher: Alien Ebooks
ISBN: 166762265X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Harlem Renaissance author Nella Larsen (1891 –1964) published just two novels and three short stories in her lifetime, but achieved lasting literary acclaim. Her classic novel Passing first appeared in 1926.
The death of Ivan Ilyitch, and other stories
Empire of Dirt
Author: Wendy Fonarow
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 9780819568113
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Inside the culture of an artistically influential music community
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 9780819568113
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Inside the culture of an artistically influential music community