books: winner takes

books: winner takes

books:

Winner takes

The Winner-Take-All Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us

Robert H. Frank, Philip J. Cook

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996

An Explanation for the Growing Economic Inequality
The basic premise of this book is that the U.S. has too many markets where the "star" or top performer gets a large percentage of the proceeds. Examples are the sports market, the movie star market and the publishing market; The reasons given are; -Technology. ...

Doctor Who: Winner Takes All

Jacqueline Rayner

BBC Books, 2005

"Winner Takes All" a great book!!
So far I've been pleased with most of the new Doctor Who books but not particularly amazed or anything, except by this book and "Stealer of Dreams." This book was awesome, what every fan should be looking for. It has real emotions, cool fight scenes, wicked technology ...

Winner Takes All

Nora Roberts

Silhouette, 2004

Overall Good
This was my first time reading both of these books as I was too young the first time they were released. Personally, I thought the first one was disappointing, but the second was more than worth the money. In Rules of the Game, Brooke Gordon is a commercial producer ...

Winners Take All

Fred Bowen

Peachtree Publishers, 2000

Winners Take All
I am a 5th grade student at Waldron Mercy Academy(FSJ). Kyle was an amazing baseball player. He always told the truth until...Kyle just wanted to win so bad against this one team called "The Cubs" that he made a fake catch. He thought no one saw him,but he wasn't a ...

Fixing Elections: The Failure of America's Winner Take All Politics PB

Steven Hill

Routledge, 2003

It's fantastic -- I wish I had read this years ago
I have been a political junkie for many years. Yet this is the first book I have read that has helped me to understand what is really going on with American politics. This should be required reading for all Americans, or at least those who want to understand why our ...

Winner Takes All: Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman, and the Race to Own Las Vegas

Christina Binkley

Hyperion, 2008

Fascinating!
A great summation of the last 15 years of Las Vegas, the influences that made it what it is, and the big personalities that rule the land. One negative comment I have is the movie is really two stories in one, Wynn/Kerkorian their deal and influence, and how ...

Winner Take All: A Top Commodity Trader Tells It Like It Is

William R. Gallacher

McGraw-Hill Companies, 1993

Must have for systems traders
Two hundred pages into "Winner Take All", you'll find Gallacher dissecting Ralph Vince's optimal F strategy for position sizing, pointing out the obvious ways in which it can result in dangerous levels of overtrading that can put you out of business. At the end is an ...

Winner Take All: How Competitiveness Shapes the Fate of Nations

Richard Elkus

Basic Books, 2008

A brilliant analysis of a serious issue facing US competitiveness
This book, first of all, is a great read. It tells an alarming story regarding the fate of US competitiveness that is the result of errant business decisions that seemed like a good idea at the time because they bolstered short-term profit margins. But in surrendering ...

Take the Stress Out of Your Life: A Medical Doctor's Proven Program to Minimize Stress and Maximize Health ...

M.D. Jay Winner

Da Capo Press, 2008

Too stressed to read another book on Stress Management
This book is worth every minute of your stressed lives. As a family practitioner, Dr. Winner takes a path not usually taken by a medical doctor. He looks at the root of illness and disease rather than simply prescribing medicine. His focus in this book is on helping ...

Race to the Altar: Over the Wall/Clear! Clear! Dear!/The Remaking of Moe McKenna/Winner Takes All (Heartsong ...

Becky Melby & Cathy Wienke, Ron Benrey, ...

Barbour Publishing, Inc, 2007

Beautifully written
Reviewed by Lori Plach for Reader Views (8/07) "Gentlemen, start your engines!" Of course, if you follow NASCAR racing at all, you know these familiar words are spoken right before the big event. If you like NASCAR and romances, you are definitely in for a treat ...

Winner Take All (Bill Lane)

Sean Flannery

Forge Books, 1995

Flannery gets his Sea Legs!!!
The Navy has a long standing initiation rite for those who have never crossed the Equator (referred to as Polywogs). Once you have crossed the Equator and endured the initiation, you become a Shellback and earn a much sought-after certificate to atest to this fact. ...

Winner Takes the Cake #11 (Dish)
Diane Muldrow

Grosset & Dunlap, 2007

Amanda decides to run for class president, mean Angie Martinez runs against her. Knowing that Angie would be the worst class president ever, the girls throw themselves into Amanda’s campaign. Soon, Amanda begins to believe that winning is everything and loses her perspective. Can her friends bring her back to reality?

Winner Takes All (Pokemon The Johto Journeys #28)

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2002

ASH IS ON A WINNING STREAK! Ash and his friends travel to the Johto Region to earn more badges. After winning a Plain Badge, Ash feels like he just can't lose! Buthe'll soon have to face a gym leader who is just as determined to win as he is. With new challenges and Team Rocket hot on his trail. Will Ash lose his streak?

Winner Takes All
Catherine Berlin

CreateSpace, 2008

Joseph Sterling was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Katie Abbey's silver spoon probably got hocked when her mother abandoned her and ran off to Vegas. Now thanks to a bizarre clause in a will, Joe and Katie have a chance at what they've always wanted-if they can drive the other person away in under ten days...

The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America

Daniel Brook

Holt Paperbacks, 2008

Toward an American Meritocracy
For me, the main point of this book is to support a meritocracy of creative people in America at a crucial point in history when it should be a national imperative. Brook clearly outlines the systemic economic, and political barriers to creativity that impede America's ...