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History, Historians, and Conservatism in Britain and America: From the Great War to Thatcher and Reagan

Oxford University Press, 2009

History, Historians, and Conservatism in Britain and America examines the subjects, motives, and personal and intellectual origins of conservative historians who were also successful public intellectuals. In their search for a persuasive and wide appeal, conservatives depended until at least the 1960s upon history and historians to provide...

Tips and Traps When Buying a Home

McGraw-Hill, 2003

Robert Irwin is America's #1 real estate expert. But don't take our word for it--the sales figures speak for themselves. To date, his real estate titles have sold more than one and a half million copies.

Of all of his books, those in the bestselling "Tips and Traps" series continue to be the most popular(more than 500,000 sold), and...

Advances in Swarm Intelligence: First International Conference, ICSI 2010, Beijing

Springer, 2010

This book and its companion volume, LNCS vols. 6145 and 6146, constitute the proceedings of the International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ICSI 2010) held in Beijing, the capital of China, during June 12-15, 2010. ICSI 2010 was the first gathering in the world for researchers working on all aspects of swarm intelligence, and...

Clutch: Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don't

Portfolio Hardcover, 2010

Is clutch performance innate-or can it be learned?

Sooner or later everyone encounters a situation in which the stakes are high and the outcome is crucial. And even top performers can crumble when faced with such extreme pressure. Consider the CEO who panics in a desperate attempt to shore up his...

Frommer's Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands (Frommer's Complete)

Frommers, 2009

Researched by a veteran travel writer who lives in Latin America, Frommer's Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands takes you through this fast-changing country, to visit rugged wilderness preserves, sleepy beach towns, the bustling, colonial captital, and, of course, the spectacular Galapagos Islands. Ecuador offers an opportunity for...

International Political Economy

Routledge, 2018

Local developments reflect global forces, and global forces are in turn shaped by these local developments. Consider the Trump administration that entered office in January 2017. It seems clear that Trump’s somewhat surprising victory was due in part to support from workers in key Rust Belt states who had seen their jobs...

A History of Interest Rates, Fourth Edition (Wiley Finance)

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

A History of INTEREST RATES

The late Sidney Homer published the First Edition of A History of Interest Rates in 1963 because he believed that a comprehensive history of this universal and basic economic and commercial price was necessary. Now in its Fourth Edition, A History of Interest Rates has become a classic in the fields of...

Stock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Stock Traders

Collins, 2001

Acclaimed trading expert and bestselling author of the Market Wizards books, Jack Schwager, has returned with a new and fascinating collection of interviews with the best stock market traders and investors of our time.

Focusing exclusively on successful players in the stock market, Schwager delivers informative profiles...

Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History

Oxford University Press, 2010

John Cort explores the narratives by which the Jains have explained the presence of icons of Jinas (their enlightened and liberated teachers) that are worshiped and venerated in the hundreds of thousands of Jain temples throughout India. Most of these narratives portray icons favorably, and so justify their existence; but there are also...

Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture (Three Volume Set)

Sage Publications, 2009

"With a strong interdisciplinary approach to a subject that does not lend itself easily to the reference format, this work may not seem to support directly academic programs beyond general research, but it is a more thorough and up-to-date treatment than Taylor and Francis’s 1994 Encyclopedia of...

Bobcat: Master of Survival

Oxford University Press, 2006

Bobcat: Master of Survival tells the story of the most adaptable and resilient wild feline in the world. While half the wild cat species worldwide are in danger, the bobcat is thriving, even expanding its range in North America. Why are bobcats flourishing when so many other wild felines are advancing towards extinction? The book...

Matrix of Power:How the World Has Been Controlled By Powerful People Without Your Knowledge

The Book Tree, 2003

At one time or another we've all questioned as to whether all that we see and are experiencing in our world has some sort of a rational plan behind it, because we understand now that both the Republican and Democratic Parties in America are basically run by the same people. The same money finances both sides. We now know through the work of many...

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