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  The Wisdom of Crowds

 
The Wisdom of Crowds under The Books Store
Price: $14.95
Sale: $7.19
 
Manufacturer: Anchor
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: James Surowiecki
Publisher: Anchor
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.38
Publication Date: 2005-08-16
Reading Level: 336
 
Description: In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant–better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.

With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, ant biology, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, military history, and politics to show how this simple idea offers important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, run our companies, and think about our world.

 

  Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

 
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed under The Books Store
Price: $18.00
Sale: $8.88
 
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Jared Diamond
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Dewey Decimal Number: 304.28
Publication Date: 2005-12-27
Reading Level: 592
 
Description: Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is the glass-half-empty follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel. While Guns, Germs, and Steel explained the geographic and environmental reasons why some human populations have flourished, Collapse uses the same factors to examine why ancient societies, including the Anasazi of the American Southwest and the Viking colonies of Greenland, as well as modern ones such as Rwanda, have fallen apart. Not every collapse has an environmental origin, but an eco-meltdown is often the main catalyst, he argues, particularly when combined with society's response to (or disregard for) the coming disaster. Still, right from the outset of Collapse, the author makes clear that this is not a mere environmentalist's diatribe. He begins by setting the book's main question in the small communities of present-day Montana as they face a decline in living standards and a depletion of natural resources. Once-vital mines now leak toxins into the soil, while prion diseases infect some deer and elk and older hydroelectric dams have become decrepit. On all these issues, and particularly with the hot-button topic of logging and wildfires, Diamond writes with equanimity.

Because he's addressing such significant issues within a vast span of time, Diamond can occasionally speak too briefly and assume too much, and at times his shorthand remarks may cause careful readers to raise an eyebrow. But in general, Diamond provides fine and well-reasoned historical examples, making the case that many times, economic and environmental concerns are one and the same. With Collapse, Diamond hopes to jog our collective memory to keep us from falling for false analogies or forgetting prior experiences, and thereby save us from potential devastations to come. While it might seem a stretch to use medieval Greenland and the Maya to convince a skeptic about the seriousness of global warming, it's exactly this type of cross-referencing that makes Collapse so compelling. --Jennifer Buckendorff


 

  The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, Revised Edition: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder

 
The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, Revised Edition: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder under The Books Store
Price: $15.95
Sale: $8.99
 
Manufacturer: Perigee Trade
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Carol Stock Kranowitz
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Edition: Revised
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.928
Publication Date: 2006-08-01
Reading Level: 352
 
Description: The revised and updated edition of a groundbreaking special-needs activity guide

This revised edition of the companion volume to The Out-of-Sync Child includes new activities that parents of kids with Sensory Processing Disorder can do at home with their child, along with updated information on which activities are most appropriate for children with coexisting conditions such as Asperger's, autism, and more.

 

  The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person

 
The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person under The Books Store
Price: $24.95
Sale: $6.84
 
Manufacturer: Oxmoor House
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Judith S. Beck
Publisher: Oxmoor House
Edition: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
Publication Date: 2007-03-20
Reading Level: 288
 
Description: The Beck Diet Solution is the Missing Ingredient in Weight Loss

  • Lose weight with confidence and keep it off for a lifetime!

  • Battle your sabotaging habits!

  • Resist tempting food - even if it's right in front of you!

  • Confidently say, "No, thank you" to food pushers!

  • Put an end to emotional eating!

  • Confidently say, "No, thank you" to food pushers!

  • Conquer every excuse you've ever used to overeat, binge, or backslide!

    Any sensible diet will help you lose weight, but the challenge for 90% of Americans is actually staying on the diet they choose. Enter Dr. Judith Beck and The Beck Diet Solution. Dr. Beck, one of the foremost authorities in the field of Cognitive Therapy, has created a six-week plan that will help people stick with their diet, lose weight with confidence, and keep weight off for a lifetime. This program is not only based on the author's personal success and on her success with her many clients, but also on published research. It all starts with how you think. With other programs, you think about nothing but food: counting, weighing, and worst of all, food you can't have. This way of thinking inevitably contributes to diet failure. The Beck Diet Solution is the only program that helps dieters use Cognitive Therapy methods--scientifically proven over 20 years--to forever change those treacherous thought patterns that lead to overeating, cheating, excuses, and other dieting downfalls.

    Features

    This breakthrough six-week plan assures success by helping you assess the advantages of weight loss, pick a sensible diet and exercise program, set a goal, line up support, and prepare your environment--all this before starting any diet. This unique approach is key to preventing the downfalls that so often lead to failure.

    A new task is presented each day to build psychological skills to deal with the challenges of hunger and craving, overeating, alcohol, eating out, special occasions, vacations, stress, and much more. Healthy habits are established with to-do lists, reasons and ways to do the tasks, and how to deal with negative thoughts. One day a week is designated to "Take a Breather."

    Easy-to-use, flexible, and proven tools are found throughout the program, including daily goals; weekly planner pages; and motivational coping cards for handling time/energy hurdles, eating out, and other high-risk situations.


     

      The Way of the Superior Man

     
    The Way of the Superior Man under The Books Store
    Price: $17.95
    Sale: $10.66
     
    Manufacturer: Sounds True, Incorporated
    Number of Items: 1
     
     
    Binding: Paperback
    Author: David Deida
    Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated
    Dewey Decimal Number: 152
    Publication Date: 2006-03-01
    Reading Level: 207
     
    Description: What is your true purpose in life? What do women really want? What makes a good lover? If you're a man reading this, you've undoubtedly asked yourself these questions-but you may not have had much luck answering them. Until now. In The Way of the Superior Man, David Deida explores the most important issues in men's lives-from career and family to women and intimacy to love and spirituality-to offer a practical guidebook for living a masculine life of integrity, authenticity, and freedom. Join this bestselling author and internationally renowned expert on sexual spirituality for straightforward advice, empowering skills, body practices, and more to help you realize a life of fulfillment, immediately and without compromise. "It is time to evolve beyond the macho jerk ideal, all spine and no heart," writes David Deida. "It is also time to evolve beyond the sensitive and caring wimp ideal, all heart and no spine." The Way of the Superior Man presents the ultimate challenge-and reward-for today's man: to discover the "unity of heart and spine" through the full expression of consciousness and love in the infinite openness of the present moment. Book jacket.

     

      A Framework for Understanding Poverty

     
    A Framework for Understanding Poverty under The Books Store
    Price: $22.00
    Sale: $15.75
     
    Manufacturer: aha Process, Inc.
    Number of Items: 1
     
     
    Binding: Paperback
    Author: Ruby K. Payne
    Publisher: aha Process, Inc.
    Edition: 4
    Publication Date: 2005-05-15
    Reading Level: 199
     
    Description: Fourth Revised Edition. People in poverty face challenges virtually unknown to those in middle class or wealth--challenges from both obvious and hidden sources. The reality of being poor brings out a survival mentality, and turns attention away from opportunities taken for granted by everyone else. If you work with people from poverty, some understanding of how different their world is from yours will be invaluable. Whether you're an educator--or a social, health, or legal services professional--this breakthrough book gives you practical, real-world support and guidance to improve your effectiveness in working with people from all socioeconomic backgrounds. Since 1995 A Framework for Understanding Poverty has guided hundreds of thousands of educators and other professionals through the pitfalls and barriers faced by all classes, especially the poor. Carefully researched and packed with charts, tables, and questionaires, Framework not only documents the facts of poverty, it provides practical yet compassionate strategies for addressing its impact on people's lives.

     

      Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

     
    Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQ under The Books Store
    Price: $29.00
    Sale: $16.14
     
    Manufacturer: Bantam
    Number of Items: 1
     
     
    Binding: Hardcover
    Author: Daniel Goleman
    Publisher: Bantam
    Edition: 10 Anv
    Dewey Decimal Number: 152.4
    Publication Date: 2006-09-26
    Reading Level: 384
     
    Description: The Western cultures esteem analytical skills measured by IQ tests: but there is clearly more to success and happiness, even in technological societies, than IQ alone. Goleman has written one of the best books on the nature and importance of other kinds of intelligence besides our perhaps overly beloved IQ. Recommended.

     

      The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

     
    The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century under The Books Store
    Price: $25.95
    Sale: $17.13
     
    Manufacturer: Doubleday
    Number of Items: 1
     
     
    Binding: Hardcover
    Author: George Friedman
    Publisher: Doubleday
    Dewey Decimal Number: 303.49
    Publication Date: 2009-01-27
    Reading Level: 272
     
    Description:

    “Conventional analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination. It imagines passing clouds to be permanent and is blind to powerful, long-term shifts taking place in full view of the world.” —George Friedman

    In his long-awaited and provocative new book, George Friedman turns his eye on the future—offering a lucid, highly readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during the twenty-first century. He explains where and why future wars will erupt (and how they will be fought), which nations will gain and lose economic and political power, and how new technologies and cultural trends will alter the way we live in the new century.
    The Next 100 Years draws on a fascinating exploration of history and geopolitical patterns dating back hundreds of years. Friedman shows that we are now, for the first time in half a millennium, at the dawn of a new era—with changes in store, including:

    • The U.S.-Jihadist war will conclude—replaced by a second full-blown cold war with Russia.
    • China will undergo a major extended internal crisis, and Mexico will emerge as an important world power.
    • A new global war will unfold toward the middle of the century between the United States and an unexpected coalition from Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and the Far East; but armies will be much smaller and wars will be less deadly.
    • Technology will focus on space—both for major military uses and for a dramatic new energy resource that will have radical environmental implications.
    • The United States will experience a Golden Age in the second half of the century.

    Written with the keen insight and thoughtful analysis that has made George Friedman a renowned expert in geopolitics and forecasting, The Next 100 Years presents a fascinating picture of what lies ahead.

    For continual, updated analysis and supplemental material, go to www.Stratfor.com


     

      The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition

     
    The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition under The Books Store
    Price: $40.00
    Sale: $26.95
     
    Manufacturer: Graphics Press
    Number of Items: 1
     
     
    Binding: Hardcover
    Author: Edward R. Tufte
    Publisher: Graphics Press
    Edition: 2
    Dewey Decimal Number: 001.4226
    Publication Date: 2001-05
    Reading Level: 197
     
    Description: A timeless classic in how complex information should be presented graphically. The Strunk & White of visual design. Should occupy a place of honor--within arm's reach--of everyone attempting to understand or depict numerical data graphically. The design of the book is an exemplar of the principles it espouses: elegant typography and layout, and seamless integration of lucid text and perfectly chosen graphical examples. Very Highly Recommended.

     

      ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

     
    ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income under The Books Store
    Price: $24.99
    Sale: $13.32
     
    Manufacturer: Wiley
    Number of Items: 1
     
     
    Binding: Paperback
    Author: Darren Rowse::Chris Garrett
    Publisher: Wiley
    Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
    Publication Date: 2008-05-05
    Reading Level: 240
     
    Description: Problogger.net is where bloggers worldwide go for advice and information on enhancing their blogs presence. Whether youre just starting out or have been blogging for years, these two professional bloggers show you how to turn your passion for blogging into extra revenue. This practical guide to creating and marketing a blog with the potential for generating a six-figure income shows you how to choose subject matter that works for you, handle technical issues, and evaluate your blogs success so that you can use your blog to generate income indirectly.

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