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Wisdom of the Ages

by George A. ...

This book, a product of automatic writing, claims to be the revelation of Zertoulem, who lived long ago in a land called Tlaskanata. The preface and glossary state that Tlaskanata was in Middle America, 'thousands of years ago.' ... Read more

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This book, a product of automatic writing, claims to be the revelation of Zertoulem, who lived long ago in a land called Tlaskanata. The preface and glossary state that Tlaskanata was in Middle America, 'thousands of years ago.'
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Phishing for Phools

The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

by George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller ...

Why the free-market system encourages so much trickery even as it creates so much goodEver since Adam Smith, the central teaching of economics has been that free markets provide us with material well-being, as if by an invisible hand. In Phishing for Phools, Nobel Prize–winning economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller deliver a fundamental challenge to this insight, arguing that markets harm ... Read more

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Why the free-market system encourages so much trickery even as it creates so much goodEver since Adam Smith, the central teaching of economics has been that free markets provide us with material well-being, as if by an invisible hand. In Phishing for Phools, Nobel Prize–winning economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller deliver a fundamental challenge to this insight, arguing that markets harm
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The Other Side of Sadness

What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss

by George A. Bonanno ...

**A renowned psychologist argues against our conventional understanding of grief, and argues that we are far more resilient than we realize“A deep and intelligent book… It’s heartening to discover that grieving is not ‘work,’ we don’t have to be successful at it, and we’re stronger than we know.” ―Slate**The conventional view of grieving—encapsulated by the famous five stages of grief: denial, ... Read more

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**A renowned psychologist argues against our conventional understanding of grief, and argues that we are far more resilient than we realize“A deep and intelligent book… It’s heartening to discover that grieving is not ‘work,’ we don’t have to be successful at it, and we’re stronger than we know.” ―Slate**The conventional view of grieving—encapsulated by the famous five stages of grief: denial,
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The Living Dead

by George A. Romero, Daniel Kraus ...

“A horror landmark and a work of gory genius.”—Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The FiremanNew York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus completes George A. Romero's brand-new masterpiece of zombie horror, the massive novel left unfinished at Romero's death!George A. Romero invented the modern zombie with Night of the Living Dead, creating a monster that has become a key part of pop ... Read more

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“A horror landmark and a work of gory genius.”—Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The FiremanNew York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus completes George A. Romero's brand-new masterpiece of zombie horror, the massive novel left unfinished at Romero's death!George A. Romero invented the modern zombie with Night of the Living Dead, creating a monster that has become a key part of pop
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Dawn of the Dead

by George A. Romero ...

The novel of the classic horror film, with an introduction by Simon Pegg!WHEN THERE IS NO MORE ROOM IN HELL, THE DEAD WILL WALK THE EARTHGeorge A. Romero terrified a generation with his iconic horror film and with this cult-classic novel. Immerse yourself in this unparalleled vision from the revered master of the zombie apocalypse…and be terrified all over again.Zombies have overpowered the living ... Read more

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The novel of the classic horror film, with an introduction by Simon Pegg!WHEN THERE IS NO MORE ROOM IN HELL, THE DEAD WILL WALK THE EARTHGeorge A. Romero terrified a generation with his iconic horror film and with this cult-classic novel. Immerse yourself in this unparalleled vision from the revered master of the zombie apocalypse…and be terrified all over again.Zombies have overpowered the living
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Animal Spirits

How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism (New in Paper)

by George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller ...

The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, "animal spirits" are driving financial events worldwide. In this book, acclaimed economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller challenge the economic wisdom that got us into ... Read more

$14.39 USD

The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, "animal spirits" are driving financial events worldwide. In this book, acclaimed economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller challenge the economic wisdom that got us into
... Read more
Commanders of the Civil War

Brief Biographies of Selected Generals and Statesmen in the Conflict of the War Between the States

by George A Scott ...

Entering the service on either side at various ranks and from all walks of life, thousands of men commanded as officers over the course of the Civil War. Some rose meteorically to high rank, while others ended their service considerably lower than their initial commission. The select group of forty-four commanders included in this book all served at the highest ranks and have been included for ... Read more

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Entering the service on either side at various ranks and from all walks of life, thousands of men commanded as officers over the course of the Civil War. Some rose meteorically to high rank, while others ended their service considerably lower than their initial commission. The select group of forty-four commanders included in this book all served at the highest ranks and have been included for
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The Living Dead

by George A. Romero, Daniel Kraus ...

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“A horror landmark and a work of gory genius.”—Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The FiremanNew York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus completes George A. Romero's brand-new masterpiece of zombie horror, the massive novel left unfinished at Romero's death!George A. Romero invented the modern zombie with Night of the Living Dead, creating a monster that has become a key part of pop ... Read more

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“A horror landmark and a work of gory genius.”—Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The FiremanNew York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus completes George A. Romero's brand-new masterpiece of zombie horror, the massive novel left unfinished at Romero's death!George A. Romero invented the modern zombie with Night of the Living Dead, creating a monster that has become a key part of pop
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Untold Horror

by George. A Romero, John Landis, Dave Alexander, Joe Dante, Brian Yuzna ...

Insightful interviews of horror legends George Romero, John Landis, Joe Dante, Brian Yuzna, and more, by former editor-in-chief of Rue Morgue, Dave Alexander, about the scariest horror movies never made!Take a behind-the-scenes look into development hell to find the most frightening horror movies that never were, from unmade Re-Animator sequels to alternate takes on legendary franchises like ... Read more

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Insightful interviews of horror legends George Romero, John Landis, Joe Dante, Brian Yuzna, and more, by former editor-in-chief of Rue Morgue, Dave Alexander, about the scariest horror movies never made!Take a behind-the-scenes look into development hell to find the most frightening horror movies that never were, from unmade Re-Animator sequels to alternate takes on legendary franchises like
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History of American Political Thought

by Bryan-Paul Frost, Jeffrey Sikkenga, George Alecusan, John E. Alvis, Donald R. Brand, Paul O. Carrese, Daniel T. Carrigg, Laurence D. Cooper, Murray Dry0, Thomas S. Engeman1, Peter S. Field2, Christopher Flannery3, Steven Forde4, David F. Forte5, David Foster6, David Fott7, Matthew J. Franck8, Peter B. Josephson9, Steven Kautz0, John Koritansky1, Harvey C. Mansfield2, Sean Mattie3, Jonathan Marks4, James McClellan5, Peter C. Meyers6, Lance Robinson7, Michael J. Rosano8, Richard S. Ruderman9, Richard Samuelson0, David Lewis Schaefer1, Peter Schotten2, Kimberly C. Shankman3, Natalie Taylor4, Aristide Tessitore5, Eduardo A. Velásquez6, Karl-Friedrich Walling7, Melissa S. Williams8, Jean M. Yarbrough9, Lucas E. Morel0, James R. Stoner Jr.1, Michael Zuckert2, Jean Bethke Elshtain3, Steven F. Hayward4, Peter Augustine Lawler5, James A. Morone6, Ronald J. Pestritto7, William G. Thomas8, Daryl M. Tress9, David Tucker0, Bradley C. S. Watson1 ...

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists, and writers across era and ideologies, helping another generation of students, scholars, and ... Read more

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Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists, and writers across era and ideologies, helping another generation of students, scholars, and
... Read more
The Ultimate Christmas Collection

150+ authors & 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends

by George Ade, Louisa May Alcott, Raymond Macdonald Alden, Cecil Frances, James Allen, Hans Christian Andersen, Alfred Austin, Mary Austin, Ralph Henry Barbour, L. Frank Baum, William Cox Bennett, William Blake, Edmund Bolton, Anne Brontë, Elbridge Brooks, Heywood Broun, Frances Browne, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Oliver Bell Bunce, Robert Burns, Ellis Parker Butler, William Wilfred Campbell, William Canton, Willa Cather, Thomas Chatterton, Anton Chekhov, G. K. Chesterton, John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Eliza Cook, Susan Coolidge, François Coppée, Richard Crashaw, F. Marion Crawford, Mary Stewart Cutting (Cutting, Mary Stewart) [A01] Victor James Daley, Aubrey De Vere, Margaret Deland, Emily Dickinson, Charles Dickens, Mary Mapes Dodge, Alfred Domett, John Donne, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, William Drummond, Henry Van Dyke, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Anne P. L. Field, Eugene Field, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Richard Watson Gilder, Washington Gladden, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Nikolai Gogol, The Brothers Grimm, Kenneth Grahame, Elizabeth Harrison, Thomas Hardy, Bret Harte, Frances Ridley Havergal, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reginald Heber, Felicia Hemans, George Herbert, O. Henry, Oliver Herford, Robert Herrick, T. A. Hoffmann, Florence Holbrook, Thomas Hood, William Dean Howells, Ben Jonson, Washington Irving, John Keble, James Joyce, Rudyard Kipling, Selma Lagerlöf, Winifred Kirkland, Andrew Lang, Stephen Leacock, James Weber Linn, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, H. P. Lovecraft, James Russell Lowell, George MacDonald, Charles Mackay, William Topaz McGonagall, Alice Duer Miller, Emily Huntington Miller, Olive Thorne Miller, John Milton, S. Weir Mitchell, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Clement C. Moore, William Morris, Mary Noailles Murfree, Robert Fuller Murray, John Mason Neale, Thomas Nelson Page, Elia W. Peattie, Marjorie Pickthall, Beatrix Potter, Katharine Pyle, Arthur Quiller-Couch, James Whitcomb Riley, Mary Darby Robinson, Edward Payson Roe, Christina Rossetti, Damon Runyon, Saki, Walter Scott, Edmund Hamilton Sears, William Shakespeare, Nora Archibald Smith, Robert Southwell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Frank Stockton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Algernon Charles Swinburne, John Addington Symonds, John Banister Tabb, Booth Tarkington, Nahum Tate, Sara Teasdale, Lord Alfred Tennyson, William Makepeace Thackeray, Edward Thring, Henry Timrod, Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Tusser, Mark Twain, Katharine Tynan, Henry Vaughan, Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Lucy Wheelock, John G. Whittier, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Oscar Wilde, John Strange Winter, George Wither, William Wordsworth, William Butler Yeats, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, George Orwell, Agatha Christie, F. Scott Fitzgerald, H.P. Lovecraft, Virginia Woolf, Edgar Allan Poe ...

If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels, ... Read more

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If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels,
... Read more
The Theory & Practice of Perspective

by George. A. Storey ...

IT is much easier to understand and remember a thing when a reason is given for it, than when we are merely shown how to do it without being told why it is so done; for in the latter case, instead of being assisted by reason, our real help in all study, we have to rely upon memory or our power of imitation, and to do simply as we are told without thinking about it. The consequence is that at the ... Read more

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IT is much easier to understand and remember a thing when a reason is given for it, than when we are merely shown how to do it without being told why it is so done; for in the latter case, instead of being assisted by reason, our real help in all study, we have to rely upon memory or our power of imitation, and to do simply as we are told without thinking about it. The consequence is that at the
... Read more