Want to become a better investor? Send your spouse on a shopping spree! It's no joke—this book shows you why.Far too many investors fail to get the results they want because they make some pretty common mistakes. The problem is, the errors don't seem like mistakes—they seem like smart, intuitive, and/or widely recognized investing ""wisdom."" But much of what’s accepted as investing ""wisdom"" is, instead, bunk. How can investors tell bunk from reality?Debunkery: Learn ...

Advances in computational power have facilitated the development of simulations unprecedented in their computational size, scope of technical issues, spatial and temporal resolution, complexity and comprehensiveness. As a result, complex structures from airplanes to bridges can be almost completely based on model-based simulations. This book gives

The mental flexibility to handle anything and get unstuck — built in just two minutesMost performance advice focuses on what to do before or after high-stakes moments. You prepare thoroughly beforehand. You debrief and reflect afterward. But when the interview question catches you off guard, the presentation goes sideways or the difficult conversation turns tense — right there, in the middle of it — you're on your own. And that gap is exactly where this book begins...

The chapters in this volume represent the latest thinking on the development and exploration of unconventional energy resources in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe, Russia, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Latin America, and Africa and shed light on its potential and future prospects in these respective regions. The diversity of thinking about the “shale revolution” is also evident in our case studies. Throughout many countries in Europe for example, there is a strong preference for investmen...

How can we create effective partnerships between home, school and the community?How can the relationships and communication between families and school be strengthened?How can families help schools to improve behaviour in their children, both at home and at school?Using a tried and tested framework that has been successfully implemented throughout a wide variety of very different schools and settings, ‘Family Values’ is a Scheme which enga...

For years, Nysa has been held in a facility that tortures her in the hopes of understanding her powers. Those holding her want to harness the powers of the gods, in this instance the powers of the god of dreams and the god of nightmares. She's started to give up on ever getting out of the facility alive, contemplating how to coax her captors into ending her life for good when they appear.Morpheus, the god of dreams, and his brother Neiros, the god of nightmares, realize that their ...

What appeals to me intellectually and emotionally about your book is that reading these pieces together creates a very new context to hold the experience of life. Spirituality, what you call meditation, is the glue that holds all the parts together. I feel that all your contributors are committed to integrate the fragments of what knowledge and methods we have acquired with real life experience.John Lounibos, PhDIntimate Meanderings is an inspiring array of insight and bears...

Revealing the tricks which lead to success that today's market wizards keep up their sleeves, The Little Book of Trading is the resource you need to get all markets working for you again.Recent events have left the average individual investor extremely dubious about playing the markets. But just because some unprepared individuals have paid for their mistakes is no reason to stay away from taking advantage of trending opportunities that, with a little careful planning, can yield ex...

""It is [Tom] Peters—as consultant, writer, columnist, seminar lecturer, and stage performer—whose energy, style, influence, and ideas have [most] shaped new management thinking.” —Movers and Shakers: The 100 Most Influential Figures in Modern Business“We live in a Tom Peters world.” —Fortune MagazineBusiness uber-guru Tom Peters is back with his first book in a decade, The Little Big Things. In this age of economic recession and financial uncerta...

Gather successful people from all walks of life -- what would they have in common? The way they think! Now you can think as they do and revolutionize your work and life!A Wall Street Journal bestseller, How Successful People Think is the perfect, compact read for today's fast-paced world. America's leadership expert John C. Maxwell will teach you how to be more creative and when to question popular thinking. You'll learn how to capture the big pic...

From the world’s leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen, comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom for achieving a fulfilling life. Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma, notably the only business book that Apple’s Steve Jobs said “deeply influenced” him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch’s ...

Andrew Ross Sorkin's websiteAndrew Ross Sorkin's interview on Charlie RoseWatch a VideoAndrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. From inside the corner office at Lehman Brothers to secret meetings in South Korea, and the corridors of Washington, Too Big to Fail is the definitive story...