For new owners and managers, as well as those who plan to open within the next six months, this program focuses on refining competitive advantages, keys to store design, retail buying and inventory management practices, and marketing to build sales and create customer loyalty. "Managing for Love & Profit" takes place September 9-12 on Amelia Island, Fla. Participants will learn to estimate their start-up investment and potential earnings, understand the latest in industry trends, and see how indie booksellers are successfully competing in today's bricks-and-clicks retail world. "Deciding to Own a Bookstore" will be held August 15 & 16 in Northville, Mich. Through both protagonists’ eyes, readers are treated to a complex story of culture, identity, faith and love.Two workshops, co-sponsored by the American Booksellers Association and facilitated by Donna Paz Kaufman and Mark Kaufman of the Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates, have been scheduled for August and September, featuring guest booksellers and trainers to share frontline expertise.
Four-Girl/Vibiana is not necessarily convinced that the colonisation and missionary work of the foreigners in China is the best thing for her country but she is also lonely and finds with the foreigners a community and even love.
Saints concentrates on the life of Four-Girl/Vibiana, a character to whom we are introduced in Boxers and from whose viewpoint we see another side of the Boxer Rebellion.
Boxers details the life of Lee Bao, a young man who is determined to rid his country of foreign influence. American Born Chinese author Gene Luen Yang brings his clear-eyed storytelling and trademark magical realism to the complexities of the Boxer Rebellion and lays bare the foundations of extremism, rebellion, and faith.īoxers & Saints keeps alive a tradition of literature that has been known to us for centuries: the tragedy. Tags: graphic novel fantasy historical culture war religionīoxers & Saints is an innovative new graphic novel in two volumes – the parallel stories of two young people caught up on opposite sides of a violent rift.
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