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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Paul Collier
Oxford University Press, USA, 2008
Excellent Book Should Be Read By Everyone Concerned with Poverty
Collier is a serious scholar in the world of development and here he has written a very important book. Here is the basic argument - while it sucks to be poor in countries like India, India is heading for relative prosperity. Where is really, really sucks to be poor is ...
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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
Yale University Press, 2008
One of the best in the economics genre
Before I get to the book review, note that Thaler has done an excellent 1-hour talk about this book for Authors@Google, which is well worth your time whether or not you actually read Nudge. It's much better than the videos on Amazon.
The book. Thaler & Sunstein ...
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The Irony of American History
Reinhold Niebuhr
University Of Chicago Press, 2008
Niebuhr's warning to America
"Simply put, [this] is the most important book ever written on American foreign policy." Thus writes Andrew Bacevich in his introduction to the newly reissued book written by Reinhold Niebuhr in 1952. Bacevich is a Niebuhr scholar and author of the just published book, ...
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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Seventh Edition: Chicago Style for ...
Kate L. Turabian
University Of Chicago Press, 2007
reference text book
The item I received was exactly what I ordered at a lower price than I would have paid at our university bookstore.
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Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009 (Fiske Guide to Colleges)
Edward B Fiske
Sourcebooks, Inc., 2008
Detailed information with useful student feedback
This is one of the best college guides out there. It has a lot of great detailed information on the colleges including quotes from students. The number of colleges profiled is just right--enough to provide some options but not so many that it's overwhelming. I really ...
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Cracking the SAT, 2009 Edition (College Test Prep)
Princeton Review
Princeton Review, 2008
Super Helpful and actually fun too!
This 2009 SAT book that i bought about a month ago, has been exteremely helpful! I'm a freshman high school, but wanted a head start on studying for the SAT, thus my parents purchased this latest edition SAT book. I honestly thought it would be boring, but the makers ...
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Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes
Maurice Isserman, Stewart Weaver
Yale University Press, 2008
The Age Of Adventure
Mountain climbing has always had a last frontier quality. The race to the North and South Poles ended in the early 1900's, Africa and South America were explored by the 1930's, leaving the Himalayan Mountains as the last challenge for adventure. Mr. Isserman and Mr. ...
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CliffsAP Biology (Cliffs Ap Biology)
Phillip E., Ph.D. Pack
Cliffs Notes, 2007
Best AP Biology Review Guide Around
I've reviewed and used all the other review guides during the last 10 years that I've taught AP Biology and this one is absolutely the best. It's the one I order every year for my AP Biology students. I recommend it highly.
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The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It
Robert J. Shiller
Princeton University Press, 2008
Clear and insightful book on the subprime crisis
Robert Shiller's book doesn't warrant some of the negative reviews on here.
In an age of talking heads and pundits who argue more so on the basis of philosophy than on any factual evidence, this book's clear and evidence based examination of the subprime crisis ...
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The Chicago Manual of Style
University Of Chicago Press, 2003
The Book of Armaments
This indispensable volume is one of the finest books written for writers and editors of all time. One of its nicest features is that it is actually a joy to read. I particularly enjoy this version due to its added usage guide. I eagerly anticipated its release (to the ...
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The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author
Richard Dawkins
Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
Possibly my favorite read of all time
Wow. When I finished this book, I did something I had never done before: I read the same book again. The second time through, I underlined things and scribbled thoughts on the inside covers and in the margins and wrote emails to friends about questions forming in my ...
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The Official Study Guide for All SAT Subject Tests (Real Sats)
The College Board
College Board, 2006
SAT book
With the practice tests inside and how it is written, so my son can understand it, it will help him greatly.
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Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
Milton Friedman
University Of Chicago Press, 2002
Great book, life changing reading!
Reading this book gave me a whole new perspective about life, economics and individual responsibility. It's a must for everyone, even if you are not a student of economics.
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The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek)
F. A. Hayek
University Of Chicago Press, 2007
As revelant today as in 1944
Without question one of the finest books every written in the realm of economics and politics. This is required reading for all whom love liberty and freedom.
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Essays on the Great Depression
Ben S. Bernanke
Princeton University Press, 2004
Rigorous and Authoritative. The Best Book on Great Depression Economics
Bernanke rigorously explains the economics of the Great Depression. A massive monetary contraction (reduction in the money supply) was the cause of the Great Depression, in large part due to the flawed gold standard that was created following World War One. The massive ...
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