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Coffee is a commodity You can get a cup at any café, sandwich bar or restaurant anywhere. So how did Starbucks manage to reinvent coffee as a whole new experience, and create a hugely successful brand in the process?

My Sister's a Barista tells the Starbucks story from its origins in a Seattle fish market to its growing global presence today. This is a story that has unfolded quickly - at least in terms of conventional business development. Starbucks is a phenomenon. Unknown 15 years ago, it now ranks among the 100 most valuable brands in the world. It has become the quintessential brand of the modern age, built around the creation of an experience that can be consistently reproduced across the world.

In exploring the secrets behind its success, this book also tackles the wider question of what makes a successful brand. But ultimately it is a fascinating human story to inspire all of us..
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Chic lit with a hip new twist, The Barista Diary by Michelle M. Murphy is funny, quaint, and delightful With a blithe tone, the author plays on the palate of coffee aficionados to provide a rich blend of anecdotes about men and women relationship issues in an extreme location. All of this plus 365 daily grind recipes! Compare to Bridget Jones and Nanny Diaries, this shares the life of a barista. (Not affiliated with porn books as listed in Listmania!). A must read for soap opera and coffee addicts. ENJOY!.
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Two Seattle espresso baristas, both young women, have been battered to death, and the Seattle Police have no clues. When a third victim is found murdered at midnight, her body lying in a rain-soaked alley, the SPD bring in their consultant on tough cases, Harley Wolf. They are envious of his astounding ability to sniff out clues, but if they knew the secret of his psychic-like deductions, they would persecute him more than the killer he hunts. Harley Wolf is a werewolf, a mythical monster of the night, but he is no killer. Haunted by the werewolf myths, he became a vegan at a young age, vowing to never hurt the innocent; instead he stalks the city's dark, rainy streets for killers who do. But even with his wolf prowess, he finds few initial clues to the Seattle Barista Killer, other than the faint trail he sniffs out of someone he calls, "The Marlboro Man," for the scent of the brand of cigarettes he detects on the body of the last murdered barista. That trail takes Harley deep into the murky world of the cutthroat espresso business, putting in danger even those closest to him. It pushes his caffeine-driven dark side to the edge, as he stalks a real monster that must be stopped before it kills again..
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The speed with which Starbucks had managed its ascent was almost as remarkable as the changes it had wrought in traditional conceptions of brand marketing. At a time of rising perceptions of parity across most product and service categories throughout the developed world, Starbucks had managed to take one of the world's oldest commodities and turn it into a differentiated, lasting, value-laden brand. Moreover, the company had done this without relying on some of brand marketing's most venerable tools, including an extensive advertising and promotions budget. Over a 20-year period, Starbucks spent approximately $20 million total on advertising, an average of $1 million per year; in contrast, according to a 2001 Business Week analysis of the top 100 brands, Proctor & Gamble Company's Pampers brand - which ranked 92, four places below Starbucks, on the list - spends $30 million annually on advertising. How did a small Seattle company turn itself into a global synonym for java and joe? The answer, we believe, lies with an ingredient as central to Starbucks's business as the premium coffee beans it roasts: Relationships. "Starbucks starts and ends with core values ... [and] the core values emanate from and around relationships with people," says Anne McGonigle, the company's vice president for special projects..
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Witty, insightful, inspiring, and sometimes just plain weird, Haiku for Coffee Lovers is the perfect book for the friendly barista or addicted afficianado in your life. One hundred seventeen-syllable gifts plus room to add a few of your own! If you're looking for modern literary haiku with a kigo (season word), a kireji (cutting word), and objective sensory imagery, all carefully crafted in fewer than 17 syllables, your shopping cart is in the wrong aisle. You might not call this haiku, or senryu, or even poetry. This is more pseudo-haiku, plain old 5-7-5 with more puns than punditry and wisecracks than wisdom! DAVID ASH learned his first haiku in sixth grade. It began with the word hototogisu (cookoo), and he felt an instant connection. He should also have been learning about spelling, grammar and punctuation, but he thought haiku gave him a loophole. By the time he got a degree in English from Georgetown University, studying 20th Century poets like e. e. cummings, it was a wonder he got a job as a secretary. He eventually realized that no one could check your spelling when you sang what you wrote. Three albums, years of church choir directing and a Masters in liturgical music from Santa Clara University followed. David finally figured out that his wife, son, family and friends seemed a lot happier when he would use no more than a dozen words at a time. So he regressed to his sixth grade roots. David doesn't seem worried that his first haiku is being published at an age when Matsuo Basho was writing his last. Basho's inspiration is still there and haiku is about the journey..
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Part of the Screams Beneath Pandora Tetralogy.

Commander Kerlin recruits for his Field Team, giving the guards labeled 'misfits' a chance to prove themselves on his team. Perhaps, a big mistake for his career. Will Kerlin ever have discipline on his team?

His team is tested when all hell breaks loose. Drakes spread flame, flood, and terror.

The lovely Mermaid Caithlin and the Weredragon Freegelda are both smitten by the scent of Kerlin's blood.
Don't fight ladies.
Are we talking sips or swallows? And what would be worth a little blood trade?

Garren and Care liven up Kerlin's vacation with their personal problems.

Barista Witch Imprint / Category: Dark Fantasy.
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