Inform, Advise and Support: Fifty Years of the Citizens Advice Bureau (Stories of Faith & Fame)

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Although the author opens with a visit to her mother's native Ireland at 12 and ends with lighting candles in her new home in County Cork four decades later, this is no nostalgic memoir about getting back to your roots. Alice Carey has crafted a tough-minded examination of her complicated relationship with her heritage, a warm tribute to the theatrical free spirits who helped liberate her from an unhappy childhood. She grew up in Queens; her father often hit her and flew into a rage when his wife dared to augment the family's meager finances by working as a maid for Broadway producer Jed Harris. Helping Mammie in the afternoons, Alice glimpsed a glamorous, sophisticated world beyond the constraints of Catholic school and Celtic fatalism. She moved to Greenwich Village in her teens and made her life as a Manhattanite with a weekend home in Fire Island. When AIDS decimated that community in the 1990s, she and her husband moved to Ireland. Making an 18th-century farmhouse habitable is a black comedy Carey describes with a sardonic wit that echoes her Irish forebears and gay friends but is uniquely her own (she names "the Seven Dwarves of Restoration: Happy, Reluctant, Fearful, Suspicious, Wary, Hopeful, and Doubtful"). Her journey towards a new identity as "a real New Yorker living in Ireland" is all the more moving because it is chronicled with sharp perceptiveness and without sentimentality. --Wendy Smith

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The only child of poor Irish immigrants, Alice Carey's isolated childhood in a cold-water flat in Queens is transformed when her mother becomes maid to legendary Broadway producer Jean Dalrymple. In Ms. Dalrymple's Upper East Side townhouse, young Alice absorbs with delight a sophisticated theatrical culture that includes such notables as Jed Harris and Marilyn Monroe. Then, a visit to Ireland with her mother thrusts young Alice into another novel culture, one that simultaneously enchants and traumatizes her. When Alice returns to Ireland as an adult, she and her husband serendipitously find and fall in love with a ruined Georgian farmhouse. As they begin to convert the stables into a livable cottage, Alice unearths buried memories of a childhood played out in wildly divergent homes. I'll Know It When I See It is the witty and rueful examination of her struggles to make sense of—and peace with—her recollections of a bittersweet past. It is a book bound to appeal to a wide range of readers: Irish, New Yorkers, theater folk, and all those longing to buy a house in the old country.

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Finding "Home".......2007-02-02

Alice Carey read at the West Side YMCA's Writer's Voice on February 18, 2005. This is from my introduction to the event.

For most people, what probably drew them, or will draw them to this memoir, this author, this event, is one word in the subtitle of this marvelous book: Ireland. Whether you are as Irish as the characters described within "I'll Know it When I See It," or have a last name that sounds more like...Raucher...for instance, the word Ireland still conjures up a multitude of images, of the place itself, its long, difficult and complex history, and how it is also interwoven with the myths and tales of this country. And many of those images have little connection to any reality about the place; but, nevertheless...the romantic image of Ireland persists.

But "I'll Know it When I See It" is not a soft clover travel guide; for one, we spend as much time in Astoria, Queens and on 55th Street right here in Manhattan as we do in County Cork. The events that take place not five miles from the spot where this reading takes place are as indelibly recalled, and as potent for our narrator, as any that take place across the Atlantic, on that verdant island.

But, to this reader at least, the key word in the title is not Ireland; it is something even deeper and more universal: Home.

In this moving yet remarkably unsentimental book, Alice Carey makes it clear that no one finds "home" without a cost, a reckoning of what is lost. Whether it is letting go of--leaving--what one thought was their "home," or coming to terms with simply letting go of what other people expect you to accept as your place in the world, "I'll Know it When I See It" tells a powerful and entrancing tale. One that, because of Alice Carey's expert hand and ear for the beauty and power of language, her ability to make her words come alive on the page, takes us right into the places she, her family and dear friends inhabit, or even only visit.

An Easy and Pleasant Read.......2005-12-19

A friend, whom I accompanied on my first trip to Ireland last May, lent me Alice Carey's memoir "I'll Know It When I See It," knowing how enamored I have become of things Irish. Alice Carey, as a clever and witty story teller, has a natural knack for sizing up situtations and characterizing people that seems to be an Irish trait. Having lived for a while in NYC, I was amused by her reflections on the city, its rapid neighborhood changes, and at the same time dismayed at the stringent life she endured in Queens as a youngster, made especially difficult by a father whose abusive anger was probably rooted in the frustration of economic and social deprivation in a city where extreme wealth so clearly co-exists with poverty.

Alice's salvation resides in her mother, "mammie," whom she adored and who adored her. By the author's literary skill, mammie comes alive and endearing. One example is the episode where she and her mother attended the Broadway opening of "Peter Pan" starring Mary Martin, -a tale told with vivid detail. In her account of her ambivalent search for her roots in Ireland, I very much appreciated the account of her and her husband's finding and rehabilitating the Protestant mansion and rescuing the Catholic cottage from the cows near Bantry where they settled before tackling the manor house. That tale of renovation and acclimation would be a fitting sequel. Perhaps Alice Carey will treat us to that tale. A delicious read that ended all too soon.

Returning to Irish Roots.......2005-03-14

There's something about restoring a house that makes people want to write a book. Perhaps it's the epic nature of their undertaking and the growth they experience in the process. In this account, the house is in Ireland and the restorers are New Yorkers (with Irish roots). Pleasant enough reading, but nothing super-special about it.
The book includes tidbits about Broadway celebs, Fire Island and AIDs, and slight peeks into the Irish way of life.
Other books on home restoration or home building experiences that might interest you are Under the Tuscan Sun (Italy) or A Family Place (Nova Scotia). One I can't recommend is Turn Left at the Black Cow (Ireland).

Loved It!.......2002-12-30

What a wonderful, funny, enlightening book. Please Alice Carey - write me another one. My Irish mother would also like to read the next... Bravo!

A engaging read.... We want More...............2002-03-21

I found this book most enjoyable. It almost could of been
2 seperate books. Life on Broadway and Life on the Emerald Isle.
I would love Ms. Carey expand on both in future books....

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What does Europe mean as we enter the 21st century? A rapidly-expanding club of nation states? A large single market in which labour, goods and services can move freely? A centralizing superstate run by unelected bureaucrats? An economic giant but a political pygmy on the world stage? Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, tackles these and other questions in this important new book. It offers both a political vision and a personal statement by one of the most important political figures in Europe today. Central to Prodi's vision of Europe - what it can and should be - are the ideals of the European Union's founding fathers: Adenauer, De Gasperi, Monnet, Schuman. Their goal was a peaceful democratic Europe in which all the peoples of our continent could live together in security, freedom, justice and equality. The path towards that goal, argues Prodi, is inextricably bound up with economics. As the EU's Member States voluntarily pool their national sovereignty, especially monetary sovereignty, that dream - that vision of Europe - is gradually coming true. This book will be of great interest to anyone concerned with Europe and its future.

I must see Switzerland: With 100 illus. and maps

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I must see Switzerland: With 100 illus. and maps
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To See Ourselves (Photographic Archive Series)

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To See Ourselves (Photographic Archive Series)
Dorothy I. Kidd , and Kidd
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Asserting Europe's Place (book review): An article from: World Policy Journal

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Asserting Europe's Place (book review): An article from: World Policy Journal
Mark Gilbert
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Release Date: 2005-07-28

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Title: Asserting Europe's Place (book review)
Author: Mark Gilbert
Publication: World Policy Journal (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2001
Publisher: World Policy Institute
Volume: 18 Issue: 2 Page: 82

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Europe As I See It
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Europe as I see it today, (International conciliation)

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Europe as I see it today, (International conciliation)
William Martin
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West European papers support Yeltsin and aid to C.I.S., but a third see no future for the Confederation (Foreign media analysis)

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West European papers support Yeltsin and aid to C.I.S., but a third see no future for the Confederation (Foreign media analysis)
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The Global Challenge: Frameworks for International Human Resource Management
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During the last decade, we have moved, perhaps irrevocably, into the era of a global economy. Through its focus on human resource management and organization, The Global Challenge: Frameworks for International Human Resource Management, provides a broad guide on how to manage the process of internationalization, with a particular focus on the transnational firm. In this brand new offering, authors Evans, Pucik and Barsoux discuss the “people implications” of traditional strategies for internationalization and how such strategies get executed through human resource management (HRM). They discuss such important topics as: · how to manage expatriates from the parent country · how to go about adapting management practices to circumstances abroad · how to localize management · how to recognize and ultimately avoid obstacles in joint ventures · how to expand across borders through acquisitions · how to respond to the contradictory pressures of the transnational firm, where HRM has a critical role to play in enabling managers to resolve these paradoxes in innovative ways · how global competition is changing the nature of management and organization, even for firms operating in domestic markets. The book draws on practical examples from companies that have experienced the real challenges of international HRM. The authors carefully balance these real business applications with a wide scope of academic research.

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Overview on Intern. HRM but way too wordy.......2005-04-26

This book is a tour de force in international HRM and is therefore good for those who want an overview on the various problems modern HR managers face. But you have to dig deep to find concise descriptions of tools or any other recipes for how to deal with them. From the start until the end, I found the approach taken by the authors rather disappointing. It comes along like a textbook but doesn't reach the formal standard of a textbook. It seems rather casually written like a book for practitioners, but it is too wordy and not applied enough. The ideal target group seems more retired managers, who have time to read through the chapters. Yes, globalisation is a challenge especially in human resource management. But most of the readers are actually looking for more answers than this book offers. The book is full of "challenges" "the answer depends on what strategy a firm follows" without further elaborating.
On the other side, the authors seem to be very experienced and they know the litrature. They do not try to give easy answers to complex questions, which is good. Yet, they have not succeeded in writing an inspiring book that is rewarding to read. It leaves the reader behind puzzeled about what to do as a HR manager.
The book is not really an introduction into the main concepts of international HR, which renders it less useful for class. The authors often refer to specific companies and cases without explaining them in detail (e.g. "...a relationship such as between Nokia and TI"). Starting with one detailed case per chapter would have helped me (and students) grasping the main messages. For class, I would rather recommend Nancy Adler's "international dimension of organisational behaviour" and additional books about specific topics such as M&A, alliances etc, which this book covers as well. Though, I have not read the additional material supplied to lecturers for this book.

Being Local Worldwide: ABB and the Challenge of Global Management

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An international team of researchers assesses the dynamic interplay of the forces of convergence and diversity present in ABB. Together they examine the actual workings of this multinational--in order to learn to what degree the corporate strategies are achieved in its plants. Based on a multilevel organizational study, their book compares seven plants in six countries on three continents.

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The most profound change in the world economy in the early post-war period was the emergence of successive waves of Asian 'newly industrializing countries' (NIC's) as key players, bringing new competition to Western nations and fostering the notion of a 'loss of competitiveness' in the developed countries, as well as changing the nature of FDI in the developing countries. These issues are covered in part two. As outward oriented policies replaced protectionist ones, emerging country multinationals became salient: the analysis of their strategies is the subject of part three. Part four examines how the policies of host governments towards inward investment have been shaped by the increasing interdependence of global economic activity. Asian emerging countries went beyond NIC status to become full global competitors, and the post-communist nations began to enter the world economy as new NICs. The danger facing many economies was that of being left on the fringes as globalisation drew countries together, either through expanded world trade and FDI or through the creation of trading blocs (EU, NAFTA, ASEAN-AFTA). The wholly new issues which have inevitably been thrown up by these changes are examined in the final part of this collection.

Global Embrace: Corporate Challenges in a Transnational World

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2001: a global odyssey. (future challenges for CEOs) (Speaking Out): An article from: Chief Executive (U.S.)

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From the supplier: The greatest challenge facing CEOs in the 21st century is managing a global organization effectively. In the coming millennium, it is foreseen that US businesses of all sizes will be doing business in markets with different languages, currencies, laws and customs. The real challenge for CEOs is striking a balance between empowering local managers and enforcing uniformity of quality standards, benchmarks of control, measures of customer service and interchangeability of parts on far-flung and variable operations to keep the organization truly global. To achieve such a balance, chief executives must embrace consistent and continuous communication, take advantage of available global services, strengthen the information technology network, and implement total quality management to every aspect of business. In addition, CEOs must clarify their vision for the organization, carefully select and train key personnel, and aggressively promote their business philosophy.

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