Demystify buffer ETFs for equity growth potential with built-in downside protectionBuffer ETFs For Dummies is your essential guide to understanding one of the fastest-growing segments in the ETF marketplace. Also known as "defined outcome ETFs," the popularity of buffer ETFs is projected to explode in the coming years. This book lets you get in on the action, with clear explanations of how investors use buffer ETFs to succeed in uncertain markets. You'll d...

Develop the skills and mindset to successfully manage others for the first time.If you read (or listen to) nothing else for new managers, listen to this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you get up to speed quickly, assess your team's strengths and weaknesses, and lead them to perform at their best.This book will inspire you to build trust before asserting your authority; give ...

U.S. Marine Daniel Hayes returns from the Middle East in a wheelchair. The only survivor of his team, he's haunted by more than his physical scars.In Africa, Dr. Christian Chase's hands are now useless. Blinded in a rebel ambush, she replays the life she couldn't save as if torturing herself with endless flashbacks could change the past.In Ukraine, kickboxer Zoya Zynchenko wakes in a cold hospital bed. Her family gone, her legs paralyzed, a missile strike leaving her a forg...

The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the country's bloodiest civil disturbance of the century. Thirty city blocks were burned to the ground, perhaps 150 died, and the prosperous black community of Greenwood, Oklahoma, was turned to rubble.Alfred L. Brophy draws on his own extensive research into contemporary accounts and court documents to chronicle this devastating riot, showing how and why the rule of law quickly eroded. Brophy shines his lights on mob violence and racism run amok, both ...

Breaking the Medicine Monopolies is a lawyer's personal narrative of the events that led to the widespread use of low-cost generic drugs and the current drug price crisis.Breaking the Medicine Monopolies is a personal narrative about Alfred Engelberg's fifty years of legal work in the drug industry. He takes you inside the mysterious world of patents to provide a basic understanding of how drug makers have gamed the laws governing brand and generi...

Each year, millions of Americans face psychiatric hospitalizations, yet this process often remains shrouded in stigma and mystery. In this indispensable guide, Mark J. Russ, MD, offers patients and families essential support and vital information to navigate this challenging process, from admission to discharge.The Family Guide to Psychiatric Hospitalization provides a comprehensive look into the procedures, treatments, and dynamics of the psychiatric care system. Dr. Russ...

Broad changes have dramatically disrupted our workplaces and increased the emotional demands on leaders everywhere. Leaders now must support their teams' mental health and burnout (while managing their own), build trust with and motivate a remote and diverse workforce, allay employee fears of obsolescence while driving the integration of new technologies like AI, and demonstrate bottomless sensitivity and compassion while still delivering results at a relentless pace. No wonder leaders are...

Every distributed system strives for reliability, performance, and quality, but building such a system is hard. Establishing a set of design patterns enables software developers and system architects to use a common language to describe their systems and learn from the patterns and practices developed by others.The popularity of containers and Kubernetes paves the way for core distributed system patterns and reusable containerized components. This practical guide presents a collect...

A groundbreaking history that explores how human desires have affected our relationship with the natural world, and why this is a cause for hopeDonald Worster looks back over 200,000 years of Homo sapiens to show how human nature, especially the drive for food and sex, has responded to environmental conditions throughout history. Examining how this process led from foraging to the agrarian revolution and then to a capitalist way of life, Worster brings us ...

Short fiction, plus three essays, by the New York Times–bestselling author—including a Hugo Award–winning novella.Harry Turtledove earned the title "master of alternate history" from Publishers Weekly for his thought-provoking novels that turn historical facts into gripping tales of possibility. But his writing talent goes much further. We Install offers a showcase of styles, from humor—in "Father of the Groom," a scientist with a penchan...

Bring out their best.If you read (or listen to) nothing else on managing people, listen to this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you earn your people's trust, build successful teams, and coach employees to help them reach their potential.This book will inspire you to balance the competing priorities of managing both up and down; identify the most common sources of conflict—and...

A murder in Yellowstone reveals a historical conspiracy, drawing a park ranger into the heart of a centuries-old mystery.When a history professor is fatally shot at the base of Yellowstone Canyon, seasonal park ranger and former homicide detective Clarence Johnson finds himself roped into the murder investigation. Alongside Special Agent Alison Nance, he quickly realizes they are uncovering more than just a killer.As Johnson and Nance hunt for the killer, c...