A brilliant account—character-rich and darkly humorous—of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff. Truth really is stranger than fiction. Who better than the author of the signature bestseller Liar’s Poker to explain how the event we were told was impossible—the free fall of the American economy—finally occurred; how the things that we wanted, like ...

Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Written By: Michael Lewis

NEW in 2009! THE 5000 YEAR LEAP 30 Year Anniversary Edition with Glenn Beck s Foreword! NOW also includes Common Sense by Thomas Paine No other edition offers the revisions and updates of this remarkable book detailing how the Founding Fathers used 28 principles to create a 5000 year leap in freedom, prosperity, and progress; all based upon morality, faith, and ethics. ...

Manufacturer: American Documents
Written By: W. Cleon Skousen

Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ...

• ISBN13: 9780307463746
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Manufacturer: Crown Business
Written By: Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

Teach Like a Champion offers effective teaching techniques to help teachers, especially those in their first few years, become champions in the classroom. These powerful techniques are concrete, specific, and are easy to put into action the very next day. Training activities at the end of each chapter help the reader further their understanding through reflection and application of the ...

Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
Written By: Doug Lemov

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could ...

• ISBN13: 9781400052172
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Manufacturer: Crown
Written By: Rebecca Skloot

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association" is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides invaluable guidance on all aspects of the writing process, from the ethics of authorship to the word choice that best reduces bias in language. Well-known for its authoritative and easy-to-use reference and ...

• ISBN13: 9781433805615
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Manufacturer: American Psychological Association (APA)

Bernie Madoff was a king of the financial world and a beloved philanthropist. But very few people knew that he was quietly running the largest hedge fund in the world, a fund that eventually spread to over forty nations and handled tens of billions of dollars.Harry Markopolos was a little-known number cruncher at a Boston equity derivatives firm analyzing investment products. A marketer ...

Manufacturer: Wiley
Written By: Harry Markopolos

What new crisis will the federal government manufacture in order to acquire more power over individuals? What new lies will it tell? Throughout our history, the federal government has lied to send our children off to war, lied to take our money, lied to steal our property, lied to gain our trust, and lied to enhance its power over us. Not only does the government lie to us, we ...

• ISBN13: 9781595552662
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
Written By: Andrew P. Napolitano

THINK YOU KNOW THE ATKINS DIET?THINK AGAIN.THE NEW ATKINS IS...POWERFULLearn how to eat the wholesome foods that will turn your body into an amazing fat-burning machine.EASYThe updated and simplified program was created with you and your goals in mind.HEALTHYAtkins is ...

Manufacturer: Fireside
Written By: Eric C. Westman, Stephen D. Phinney, Jeff S. Volek

Collected here in one affordable volume are the most important documents of the United States of America: The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; The Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation. These three documents are the basis for our entire way of life. Every citizen should have a copy.

Manufacturer: Wilder Publications
Written By: THOMAS SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, JEFFERSON