Sowing Wild Oats

Author : Jean Tennant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615726380
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sowing Wild Oats written by Jean Tennant and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sowing Wild Oats brings, once again, an assortment of nostalgic, funny and touching stories with this, the fifth installment of the Midwest anthologies. Within these pages you'll find some familiar names, authors who have shared their memories before, as well as many new contributors. "Social Dancing Class" by David Peterson offers a humorous glimpse into the trials of a first year college student in Minnesota when he learns the class he'd signed up for isn't going to be quite as cushy as he'd thought; and in "When Memories Become a Treasure," Joyce Jenkins recalls, with love, the life of Rhonda, her special-needs daughter. Whether you're in the mood to laugh or shed a tear, there will be something here to feed the soul.

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 1557090963
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transcendental Wild Oats written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS 38 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Bronson Alcott's Fruitlands With Transcendental Wild Oats, by Louisa May Alcott. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766180042.

Author : Lloyd E. Shefsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781473959965
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild Oats written by Lloyd E. Shefsky and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The case highlights Mike Gilliland, who built a single organic foods store in 1987 in Boulder, Colorado, into Wild Oats Markets, a chain of natural foods stores that by 2001 had annual sales of $1 billion and stores in 38 states. The case includes a history of the natural foods business and explores why Gilliland's timing was so favorable. By the 1980s, when Gilliland got started, the natural foods business had grown and matured, consisting mostly of small specialty stores selling locally grown natural foods. Although the industry was created by the California counter-culturists, it was built into a national phenomenon by the second generation of leaders, including Gilliland and Whole Foods founder John Mackey. The natural foods industry was clubby and congenial until Gilliland sought to grow his business beyond Boulder, Colorado, expanding into four states, including California. Mackey responded by moving into Boulder. Whole Foods became the nation's number one natural foods seller by the early 1990s. Whole Foods went public in 1992, and Wild Oats, in 1996. Whole Foods's success had begun to erode Wild Oats's market share, hurt sales growth, and depress the stock price. Gilliland favored taking Wild Oats in a new direction, modeled after Henry's Marketplace, a San Diego chain that Wild Oats had purchased in 2000. Henry's approach was to offer a product mix that appealed to a broader range of people than did the natural foods stores. Henry's competed effectively with Whole Foods because it had a different customer base; the stores were cheap to build if the company wanted to expand; and the company had showed sustained growth since its founding in 1943. But the Wild Oats board of directors disagreed, opting instead for continuing on the same path. The board also expressed an interest in replacing Gilliland. He now had to weigh his options and contemplate leaving the company he had nurtured for the past twenty (years). This case can be used to examine the importance of long-range planning. Entrepreneurs tend to be reactive; they often succeed because they seize opportunities when they become available. The ability to recognize an opportunity and to seize it is an important entrepreneurial strength, but it can prove fatal if not balanced with proactive strategic planning.

Author : Thomas Smith Parsons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oats in Wyoming written by Thomas Smith Parsons and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : D. Price Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild Oats in World Agriculture written by D. Price Jones and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anatoly Liberman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199889015
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Word Origins And How We Know Them written by Anatoly Liberman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this little-known field accessible to everyone interested in the history of words. Anatoly Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words. Every chapter is packed with dozens of examples of proven word histories, used to illustrate the correct ways to trace the origins of words as well as some of the egregiously bad ways to trace them. He not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined. And along the way, the reader is treated to a wealth of fascinating word facts. Did they once have bells in a belfry? No, the original meaning of belfry was siege tower. Are the words isle and island, raven and ravenous, or pan and pantry related etymologically? No, though they look strikingly similar, these words came to English via different routes. Partly a history, partly a how-to, and completely entertaining, Word Origins invites readers behind the scenes to watch an etymologist at work.

Author : Maurice Hageman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sowing Wild Oats, Or, Uncle John's Private Secretary written by Maurice Hageman and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robin Rinaldi
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374710813
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wild Oats Project written by Robin Rinaldi and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if for just one year you let desire call the shots? The project was simple: Robin Rinaldi, a successful magazine journalist, would move into a San Francisco apartment, join a dating site, and get laid. Never mind that she already owned a beautiful flat a few blocks away, that she was forty-four, or that she was married to a man she'd been in love with for eighteen years. What followed—a year of abandon, heartbreak, and unexpected revelation—is the topic of this riveting memoir, The Wild Oats Project. Monogamous and sexually cautious her entire adult life, Rinaldi never planned on an open marriage—her priority as she approached midlife was to start a family. But when her husband insisted on a vasectomy, something snapped. If I'm not going to have children, she told herself, then I'm going to have lovers. During the week, she would live alone, seduce men (and women), attend erotic workshops, and have wall-banging sex. On the weekends, she would go home and be a wife. Her marriage provided safety and love, but she also needed passion, and she was willing to go outside her marriage to find it.At a time when the bestseller lists are topped by books about eroticism and the shifting roles of women, this brave, brutally honest memoir explores how our sexuality defines us, how it relates to maternal longing, and how we must walk the line between loving others and staying true to ourselves. Like the most searing memoirs, The Wild Oats Project challenges our sensibilities, yielding truths that we all can recognize but that few would dare write down.

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 9781551111919
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2001-06-11 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Women, Louisa May Alcott’s masterpiece of Children’s literature, is the story of the March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Living in a small Massachusetts town, the girls and Mrs. March must make do while Mr. March is away serving as an Army Chaplain during the Civil War. At the story’s center lies Jo who, as she approaches adulthood, must reconcile her duties to her family with her desire to become a successful writer. The many appendices in this Broadview edition include materials on the early women’s movement, the novel’s composition, and Alcott’s literary influences.

Author : Dr. Joseph B. Christopherson
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1490897836
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild Oats written by Dr. Joseph B. Christopherson and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild Oats takes an honest look at Gods redemptive character. When the fruit of past behaviors revisit a person, it is in Gods character to turn the situation around, from something negative to something positive. Likewise, when a persons conduct is pure and productive, the visitation in future years can be rewarding. Wild Oats was birthed out of the well-known life principle that we reap what we sow. The message is that it is never too late to stop destructive conduct and begin to purposefully focus on healthy behaviors. Becoming alert and adopting solutions that prevent problems can not only change individuals and families; it can also change generations. It is the authors hope to equip the reader with the skills needed to discover answers that lead to peace with God, family, loved ones, and him- or herself.