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Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises (Wiley Investment Classics)
Charles P. Kindleberger
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Robert Aliber
Wiley
, 2005
Timely and yet enduring
As I write this review, we are waiting to see if the Fed's somewhat drastic cut in the federal funds rate will stop the slide into recession. Bank of America is acquiring Countrywide mortgage lenders. UAE has bought an $7.5 billion worth of junk bonds from Citigroup ...
Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet
Elaine Gloria Gottschall
Kirkton Press
, 1994
From no digestion to a normal life
I bought this book because I was no longer digesting food normally. Nearly everything I ate was passing through unchanged, and I was very concerned that I would be unable to work, enjoy going out for a normal life, not to mention what may happen to my health if I ...
When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change
Mohamed El-Erian
McGraw-Hill
, 2008
Excellent 5- to 10-year Outlook
It's hard to imagine someone having more cred's than Mohamed El-Erian or having a better understanding of trends in the global economy, and as articulate. For those reasons alone, it's hard for investors, large or small, to justify NOT spending a little with with Mr. ...
A Rulebook for Arguments
Anthony Weston
Hackett Pub Co Inc
, 2000
Makes a terrible doorstop, so you may as well read it...
Everyone needs critical thinking. But who wants to learn it? Most books drone on and on about this or that rule with esoteric Latin terms seeping from every page. In such cases, critical thinking would suggest astute readers close the book and convert it to a doorstop. ...
Y: The Last Man Vol. 2: Cycles
Brian K. Vaughan
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Pia Guerra
, ...
Vertigo
, 2003
The plot thickens and the fun continues
The first book in Brian K. Vaughan's Y: THE LAST MAN set up the premise: all the males in the world of every species have died except for loser named Yorick Brown and his pet monkey Ampersand. In the chaos that follows American society is oppressed by totalitarian ...
Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
Sophocles
Harvest Books
, 2002
A powerful and moving piece!
~I had to read OEDIPUS REX for my pre-IB sophomore English class, feeling not too happy with another dull, lengthy Greek play (we had to read THE ODYSSEY last year, and it got really redundant). But Sophocles' play...wow, it's totally different! The characters are so ...
The Expanded Family Life Cycle: Individual, Family, and Social Perspectives (An Allyn & Bacon Classics ...
Betty Carter
,
Monica McGoldrick
Allyn & Bacon
, 2005
Decent textbook hindered by political biases
This textbook is a decent summary of the various family life cycle issues. However, the authors' obvious political biases and leanings interfere with a balanced perspective and with the content of the book. Several people in my master's level class found the book to ...
The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance and Repair: For Road and Mountain Bikes(Expanded and ...
Todd Downs
Rodale Books
, 2005
bicycle repair manual
This is an excellent guide to bicycle repair and maintenance, even for the novice and not-so mechanically inclined. Have fun and save valuable dollars in the process.
Experiencing the Lifespan
Janet Belsky
Worth Publishers
, 2006
A wonderful, informative journey through the lifespan!
The last century has witnessed a phenomenal change in the human lifespan. In 1900, in the industrialized West, the average person's life expectancy was not quite 50 years, while in the year 2006 it stood at a record high of 77.6. Thus, in one singular century a full ...
Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes, Revised 25th Anniversary Edition
William Bridges
Da Capo Press
, 2004
Bridging a unfathomable Gap in our life from work to retirement
It is now almost fifteen years since I entered into the challenging world of retirement. In no time at all, I found myself emulating the comment of another retiree to the effect that he was busier in retirement than he ever had been! At one of my retirement dinner ...
Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World with CD-ROM
John Sterman
,
John D. Sterman
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
, 2000
great work
Este libro contiene información de vanguardia y vital en el desarrollo de las prácticas avanzadas de dirección por procesos. Cualquier ejecutivo que se considere experto en operaciones, deberá incluir este documento como base para sus trabajos.
The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3)
Neal Stephenson
, 2004
Epic History Made Readable
This three-volume, 9-book set is, believe it or not, a *prequel* to his previous massive effort, Cryptonomicon. In the Baroque Cycle we find the ancestors of no less than NINE characters of that modern day tale of cryptography. But the Baroque trilogy covers much ...
Nutrition Through the Life Cycle
Judith E. Brown
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Janet Isaacs
, ...
Wadsworth Publishing
, 2007
No complaints
I just wish the book was a little more up to date and interesting (not the fault of seller)
Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis
William Bonner
,
Addison Wiggin
Wiley
, 2006
The shock value of this true book makes it a gripper and an epic classic
THE EMPIRE BUSTING BUBBLES; Empire of Debt by Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin Page 48; in 1989, "American democratic imperialism triumphed unmistakably against its adversary-the Evil Empire. The Good Empire was the last one standing; God had shined its light on us and ...
Normal Family Processes, Third Edition: Growing Diversity and Complexity
The Guilford Press
, 2002
Since its original publication two decades ago, this widely adopted text has been acclaimed as a milestone in the clinical literature. Surveying the vast diversity of family forms, life challenges, and value systems in our rapidly changing society, the volume has helped redefine the boundaries of "normal family life" for generations of students ...
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