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Flight of the Buffalo Soaring to Excellence, Learning to Let Employees Lead


Free Download Ralph C. Stayer, "Flight of the Buffalo: Soaring to Excellence, Learning to Let Employees Lead"
English | 2008 | ASIN: B001JMFEHM, B000ZBH2KU | EPUB | pages: 370 | 0.6 mb
A hardcover bestseller now in paperback presents a management program that encourages employee leadership-which today’s companies must have more of if they are to survive the coming decades.

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Brothers to the Buffalo Soldiers Perspectives on the African American Militia and Volunteers, 1865-1917


Free Download Bruce A. Glasrud, "Brothers to the Buffalo Soldiers: Perspectives on the African American Militia and Volunteers, 1865-1917"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0826219047, 0826222358 | EPUB | pages: 256 | 0.6 mb
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, African American men were seldom permitted to join the United States armed forces. There had been times in early U.S. history when black and white men fought alongside one another; it was not uncommon for integrated units to take to battle in the Revolutionary War. But by the War of 1812, the United States had come to maintain what one writer called "a whitewashed army." Yet despite that opposition, during the early 1800s, militia units made up of free black soldiers came together to aid the official military troops in combat.

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Brewster Buffalo


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English | 2024 | ASIN : B0C78LWMCB | 49 Pages | PDF | 3.3 MB
One of the lesser-known fighter aircraft of World War II was the Brewster Buffalo, or, using the U.S. Navy designation system, the F2A. By some historians the Buffalo is regarded as an outright failure, but this is a rating this stubby little fighter did not deserve.

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Galloping Gourmet Eating and Drinking with Buffalo Bill


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English | December 1st, 2023 | ISBN: 1496236807 | 320 pages | True EPUB | 2.62 MB
Galloping Gourmet explores an unfamiliar side of a familiar character in American history, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. In this entertaining narrative Steve Friesen explores the evolving role of eating and drinking in Buffalo Bill’s life (1846-1917). Friesen starts with Buffalo Bill’s culinary roots on the American Plains, eating simple foods such as cornbread, fried "yellow-legged" chicken, and hardtack. Buffalo Bill discovered gourmet dining while leading buffalo-hunting expeditions and scouting. As his fame increased, so did his desire and opportunities for fine dining: his early show business career allowed him to dine at some of the best restaurants in the country.

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Ecology and Management of the African Buffalo


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English | 2023 | ISBN: 1316518744 | 588 Pages | PDF (True) | 23 MB
One of iconic Africa’s Big Five, the African buffalo is the largest African bovine or antelope that occurs throughout most of sub-Sahara and in a wide range of ecosystems from savanna to rainforest. The African buffalo is also one of the most successful large African mammals in terms of abundance and biomass. This species thus represents a powerful model to enhance our understanding of African biogeography and wildlife conservation, ecology and management. Edited by four researchers experienced in different aspects of the African buffalo’s biology, this volume provides an exhaustive compilation of knowledge on an emblematic species that stands out as an important component of African natural and human ecosystems. It delivers a global view of the African buffalo and all known aspects of its ecology and management. This book will appeal to students, scholars, scientists and wildlife managers as well as those enthusiastic about the charismatic species. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Black Warriors the Return of the Buffalo Soldier


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English | Mar. 26, 2023 | ISBN: 1663251290 | eISBN: 9781663251299 | 110 Pages | EPUB | 27.9 MB
The Italians in the towns and villages liberated by the buffalo soldiers during World War II called them Giganti Buoni, the Good Giants.

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