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Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the more distant past. When investors buy stocks, surgeons perform operations, entrepreneurs launch new businesses, and politicians run for office, risk is their inescapable partner. Bernstein clarifies the major components of risk, explaining how they can be applied to our professional endeavors. 4 cassettes.Amazon.com Review… More >>
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Friday, March 12th, 2010
My Big Animal Book
Friday, March 12th, 2010
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-Ideal for babies and toddlers.
-Stunning large format brings images to life.
-Helps to build a child’s vocabulary.
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My Big Animal Book
The Lost Books of the Odyssey: A Novel
Friday, March 12th, 2010
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A BRILLIANT AND BEGUILING REIMAGINING OF ONE OF OUR GREATEST MYTHS BY A GIFTED YOUNG WRITER
Zachary Mason’s brilliant and beguiling debut novel, The Lost Books of the Odyssey, reimagines Homer’s classic story of the hero Odysseus and his long journey home after the fall of Troy. With brilliant prose, terrific imagination, and dazzling literary skill, Mason creates alternative episodes, fragments, and revisions of Homer’s original… More >>
The Lost Books of the Odyssey: A Novel
Friday, March 12th, 2010
Imagine what life would be like if this were more than just a novel. Imagine what your world would be like.
Graphic novels are sort of a cutting edge, like a raw version of an edgy comic, try it out sometime, not for the tame…
When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but Bella is determined to uncover his dark secret… Beautifully rendered, this first installment of Twilight: The Graphic Novel is… More >>
Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
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When former pirate Billy Bones leaves an old sea chest and an ancient treasure map at the Admiral Benbow Inn, young Jim Hawkins embarks on a treasure-hunting adventure that takes him to the South Seas. Amazon.com Review
Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Treasure Islandhas enthralled (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are destined to remain pieces of folklore for as long… More >>
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island
Cutting for Stone: A Novel
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
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A sweeping, emotionally riveting first novel–an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home.
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother’s death in childbirth and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medici… More >>
Cutting for Stone: A Novel
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
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The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill. But armies have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. And contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army’s conditioning techniques, and, according to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman’s thesis, is responsible for our rising rate of murder among the young.
Upon its initial publication, ON KILLING was hailed as a landmark study of the techniques the military … More >>
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Hardcover Boxed Set: Books 1 – 5
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
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The complete Percy Jackson & the Olympians series in hardcover, packaged in a gorgeous, reclosable “steamer trunk” fit for demigods. This perfect gift for Percy fans boasts a hidden compartment containing an exclusive Camp Half-Blood map and stickers…. More >>
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Hardcover Boxed Set: Books 1 – 5
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Pop-Up Book
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
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Celebrating the 40th anniversary of one of the most popular children’s books ever created, this pop-up edition of The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the perfect new platform for the classic caterpillar, who literally pops off the pages of the book—crawling along branches, munching through food, and in one of the most memorable climaxes ever, emerging vibrantly as a three-dimensional beautiful butterfly. This is a stunning, tour-de-force pop… More >>
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Pop-Up Book
Leaves Of Grass
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
An amazing book, you will not soon forget.
Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, contained twelve long untitled poems, but Whitman continued to expand it throughout his life.Whitman’s poetry was unprecedented in its unapologetic joy in the physical and its inextricable link to the spiritual. As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote to him: “I am very happy in reading [Leaves of Grass], as great power makes us happy … I find incomparable things said incomparably well, as they must be.”… More >>
Leaves Of Grass