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This I Believe
by Welk, Lawrence with McGeehan, Bernice
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0139190929
- ISBN 13
- 9780139190926
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About This Item
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc. This item cannot be shipped to any delivery address located in the state of California. BOOK: Author's Sentiment and First Name Signature in Black Marker on Front Free Endpaper (Happy Holidays! Lawrence); Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Moderately Soiled (Two Running Drips of Wood Stain/Varnish on Spine Portion); Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. FRONT COVER PHOTO BY: Tom Mareschal. BACK COVER PHOTO BY: Lee Rodriguez Photography, Houston, Texas. JACKET DESIGN BY: Hal Siegel. CONTENTS: Preface; Part One: Our Wonderful Young People - 1. Our Audience Is Getting Younger 2. Children! You're Spoiling an Old Man 3. Let Them Work!; Part Two: Our Musical Family - 4. The Need for Discipline; Tape Day! 5. Champagne and Geritol 6. The Aldridges and the Otwells 7. Banaszak, Gerela, Oldham--and Welk 8. Our Family Grows 9. Freedom in the Family; Part Three: Our Business Family - 10. The Ted Lennon Story 11. A Dream Come True 12. Our Office "Family" 13. "People"; Part Four: Our Way of Life - 14. Sharing 15. Happiness; God's Laws 16. Welk Freedom System; Part Five: Our Country - 17. Some Recommendations 18. Do It Yourself! 19. The "Family" Comes Through 20. Why I Wrote This Book 21. A Week to Remember; Part Six: "This I Believe" - 22. This I Believe; Welk Freedom System; Training and Sharing Policies; The Lawrence Welk Credo. SYNOPSIS: "I'm going to tell you, from the heart, the things I believe in--the philosophies that have helped me build this beautiful, beautiful life and the personality traits I believe lead to success--the kind of success that lasts a lifetime, and transcends any kind of money, or fame, or fleeting happiness."--Lawrence Welk. Here is the book that you--and millions of other Welk fans--have been waiting for. In This I Believe, Lawrence Welk, America's favorite music maker, develops his beliefs about God, country, family, and work into a philosophy for successful living. The popular orchestra leader talks more freely and fully than ever before about the ideas that have brought him such tremendous success and happiness. Welk begins with a special word for the young people of America to whom he is deeply committed, urging on them the importance of getting started early in a fulfilling career for achievement in later life. Some of what he says may surprise Welk fans! But to prove that his principles really do work, he speaks openly about his own business operation, showing how the Welk "system" of freedom, self-discipline, dedication, sharing, and family feeling has brought success and personal fulfillment not only to him, but to other members of his musical family as well. Going behind the scenes, Lawrence takes you through a typical Welk day, showing how the band is run, how a show is taped (Lawrence does it in just one day--something of a record in the industry!), and how his allied businesses function--all a dramatic reminder of the practical effectiveness of his principles. Along the way, Lawrence treats us to more entertaining backstage glimpses of his musical family, including the Semonski Sisters, Mary Lou Metzger, Gail Farrell, Tom Netherton, the Aldridge Sisters and the Otwell Twins, and many other Welk musical favorites. And, of course, there are anecdotes about Lawrence himself--playing golf with the Pittsburgh Steelers and with former President Gerald Ford, and visiting a rural Kansas school, where he receives the warmest welcome of his career! Finally, Welk outlines the ten profound "beliefs" which make up his personal credo, and which represent a wealth of knowledge and insight gained from a lifetime of making the world happier with his music. It's all here--with the warmth, the wisdom, and the familiar homespun, affectionate Welk style that made his previous four books such popular bestsellers. The book closest to Welk's heart, This I Believe is a rich legacy of love and inspiration all his readers will cherish. Bernice McGeehan is a professional writer who has co-authored Lawrence Welk's previous books, Wunnerful, Wunnerful!, Ah-One, Ah-Two!, My America, Your America, and Lawrence Welk's Joyous Family Album.. Signed by Author. First Edition 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Fully Booked
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003951
- Title
- This I Believe
- Author
- Welk, Lawrence with McGeehan, Bernice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0139190929
- ISBN 13
- 9780139190926
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs
- This edition first published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Biography,Entertainers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography - Entertainers;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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For a good portion of the 1990's, our family was interested in the idea of entering the used book business. We are all avid readers, book lovers, and book collectors who cannot pass a bookstore without popping in. Family trips to the library and our local used bookstore were a regularity while growing up. With each of us having interests in different genres (with a little overlapping here and there), we cover a lot of bases. The thought of having a store of our own was appealing, and the hunt was on - both for stock and a location.
We thought to combine under one roof many different things that would appeal to readers and book lovers. Not only used books, but some new items as well. Bookmarks (to ward off dog-eared pages), bookends (to keep those out-of-control collections under control), bookplates (to label books on the "Can I borrow that?" circuit to ensure that they always found their way home), book repair tape (to lend a helping hand to collectors with tattered favourites in their collections), and so on. With an interest in book-themed knick knacks as well, we had two sides to our would-be business: books and knick-knacks. Hence the business was born.
In the early part of 1998 we bought a commercial property, and in the summer we first opened our doors in a storefront in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada. With start-up stock consisting of a garage full of books hand-picked for just such a venture that we purchased from someone who changed their plans, we were in business.
For several years we operated in this storefront, growing our business and learning about the industry and the backbone of it - the customers. It was very satisfying to be present at the end of someone's book quest, as we were quite often. Many a time we heard shouts of joy from somewhere in the shop as customers happened upon just what they'd been looking for (oftentimes for quite a while). At other times, people would approach us with bits and pieces of information that they remembered from long ago favourites in hopes that we could at least help them come up with an author or title to help in their search, which we often times did, with the book in hand. And when we couldn't come up with anything on our own, we would pick the brains of other customers in conversation, or turn to the internet for help for them. For us, quality and selection of stock go hand-in-hand with customer service. One isn't much good without the other.
But times, people, places, and lives change and after several years in our storefront we made a change of our own - in 2004 we relocated to the internet. Now a home-based business in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, we are gradually bringing our inventory online here.
We carry used paperbacks, hardbacks, and magazines for both adults and children. We have thousands upon thousands of books that are not yet listed for sale on the internet, but are gradually making their way there.Fully Booked sells on Biblio.com, as well as on other online venues: abebooks.com (as Past Pages), alibris.com (under Lisa Van Munster), amazon.ca (as resurrectedreads), Etsy.com (as OutOfOurHands), and from time to time on ebay.ca (as littleredreadinghood or thebigbadbookseller).
We thought to combine under one roof many different things that would appeal to readers and book lovers. Not only used books, but some new items as well. Bookmarks (to ward off dog-eared pages), bookends (to keep those out-of-control collections under control), bookplates (to label books on the "Can I borrow that?" circuit to ensure that they always found their way home), book repair tape (to lend a helping hand to collectors with tattered favourites in their collections), and so on. With an interest in book-themed knick knacks as well, we had two sides to our would-be business: books and knick-knacks. Hence the business was born.
In the early part of 1998 we bought a commercial property, and in the summer we first opened our doors in a storefront in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada. With start-up stock consisting of a garage full of books hand-picked for just such a venture that we purchased from someone who changed their plans, we were in business.
For several years we operated in this storefront, growing our business and learning about the industry and the backbone of it - the customers. It was very satisfying to be present at the end of someone's book quest, as we were quite often. Many a time we heard shouts of joy from somewhere in the shop as customers happened upon just what they'd been looking for (oftentimes for quite a while). At other times, people would approach us with bits and pieces of information that they remembered from long ago favourites in hopes that we could at least help them come up with an author or title to help in their search, which we often times did, with the book in hand. And when we couldn't come up with anything on our own, we would pick the brains of other customers in conversation, or turn to the internet for help for them. For us, quality and selection of stock go hand-in-hand with customer service. One isn't much good without the other.
But times, people, places, and lives change and after several years in our storefront we made a change of our own - in 2004 we relocated to the internet. Now a home-based business in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, we are gradually bringing our inventory online here.
We carry used paperbacks, hardbacks, and magazines for both adults and children. We have thousands upon thousands of books that are not yet listed for sale on the internet, but are gradually making their way there.Fully Booked sells on Biblio.com, as well as on other online venues: abebooks.com (as Past Pages), alibris.com (under Lisa Van Munster), amazon.ca (as resurrectedreads), Etsy.com (as OutOfOurHands), and from time to time on ebay.ca (as littleredreadinghood or thebigbadbookseller).
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