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Condizione: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 208 pp., x. '1' in number line. Following the list of Contributors and "Introduction: Looking Forward Into History" by Editor, Contents divided into 24 Essays in 6 Sections: [I] INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS (1) Jeffrey G. Williamson, "How Tough Are Times in the Third World?"; (2) Julian L. Simon and Rita James Simon, "Do We Really Need All These Immigrants?'; (3) Lance E. Davis and Robert A. Huttenback, "Do Imperial Powers Get Rich Off Their Colonies?"; (4) Robert Higgs, "How Military Mobilization Hurts the Economy"; [II] WORKERS AND EMPLOYMENT (5) Price V. Fishback, "Does Workers' Compensation Make for a Safer Workplace?"; (6) Lee J. Alston, "American Farming: If It's Broke, Why Can't We Fix It?"; (7) Elizabeth Hoffman,"How Can Displaced Workers Find Better Jobs?"; [III] WOMEN AND MINORITIES (8) Robert A. Margo, "What is the Key to Black Progress?"; (9) Elyce J. Rotella, "The Equal Rights Amendment--Yes, But Whose?"; [IV] GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY (10) Barry Eichengreen, "As Good As Gold--By What Standard?"; (11) Mark Thomas, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Trade Deficit?"; (12) John Wallis, "The Great Depression: Can It Happen Again?"; (13) Benjamin Baack and Edward Ray, "The Income Tax: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone and Come?"; (14) Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill, "Are Government Giveaways Really Free?"; (15) Jonathan Hughes, "Do Americans Want Big Government?"; [V] REGULATION, DEREGULATION AND REREGULATION (16) Richard Sylla, "Should We Reregulate the Banks?"; (17) Hugh Rockoff, "Can Price Controls Work?"; (18) Susan M. Phillips and J. Richard Zecker, "The Securities Exchange Commission: Where From, Where To?'; [VI] TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETITIVENESS (19) Gary M. Walton, "Fulton's Folly"; (20) Peter Temin, "Down the Primrose Path"; (21) Gary Libecap, "What Really Happened at Teapot Dome?"; (22) Paul Uselding, "Does Government Intervention in the Economy Hurt Competitiveness--or Help It?"; (23) Donald N. McCloskey, "Competitiveness and the Antieconomics of Decline"; (24) Nathan Rosenberg, "Does Science Shape Economic Progress--Or Is It the Other Way Around?"; Appendix: Chronology of Important Dates, pp. 181-199; For Further Reading, pp. 201-203; Index, pp. 205-208. Taupe cloth with bold black lettering on spine. Glossy beige dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) with Title lettering in large, thick, purple letters on top third front cover, above Subtitle lettering in smaller purple across middle front cover; Editor name letters in smaller purple across bottom front cover. Only peccadilloes are spine sunned to lighter taupe than rest of cover (all lettering still bold purple and eminently readable) and SLIGHT crease remaining at top edge front cover from once having had a paper clip positioned there. Book itself is As New: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Apart from collecting sun's rays on the shelf, book looks unheld, UNREAD.…

Softcover. Condizione: Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean but age-darkened pages. Wraps have heavy handling wear; age-darkened, soiled. Contents: Riesman and Glazer, 'Intellectuals and the Discontented Classes." Kaufmann, "Art, Tradition, and Truth." Büchner, "Lenz (a long story)." Arnold, "The End of the Neo-Liberal Utopia." Golffing, "The Alexandrian Mind." Chase, "Dogmatic Orthodoxy in Literature." Chiaromonte, "Tolstoy and History." Reviews and poems. 9.0" tall; 144 pages. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - There is something inside you. It is not a demon, though it will terrorize you. It is not your enemy, though you will curse its name in the darkest hours of your darkest nights. What if your breakdown is not a malfunction - but a correction What if the fear and darkness you've been running from is not your enemy - but the most honest part of you If you were a material, what would you be Every material has a yield point. Wood is not failed gold. Steel is not foam's superior; each handles loads and conditions differently. The catastrophic error is thinking they're the same and forcing one into the role best suited for another. And it fractures. Science made its greatest leaps not by staying positive, but by venturing below zero - into negatives, into the void, and finally into the imaginary. The number that wasn't real turned out to unlock quantum mechanics, electromagnetic waves, and the hidden architecture of nature itself. Our minds must do the same - past cognitive dissonance into quantum thinking that holds positive, negative, nothing, and imaginary all at once. What was called imaginary proved essential. The same may be true of you. Nate spent twenty years applying these methods to aircraft and rockets. Then, at 3:13 AM in October, half his face went numb - and the structure he had spent a lifetime ignoring finally had his full attention. Insider Threat is a six-volume memoir forged from eight career resignations, a midbrain stroke at 45, an exit from faith that gave him iSight, a 1998 nightmare that crossed fields of consciousness and tethered him to the light, his father's Near Death Experience, and one whiteboard sentence from his seven-year-old daughter that cuts deeper than most philosophy books. This is not a self-help series. It will ask you to stop running.…

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Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Timber Town's fate hangs in the balance: the bridge is destroyed; everything is on fire; and the dam is about to burst. "All this happened because I believed that I could save my father by facing his sworn enemy alone," Moh weeps as she watches from the shadows. Though this young, headstrong bird wants to be brave, she's not sure if her featherbrained idea will even work. If Moh is wrong, her brother, Twig, will pay with his life--an unforgivable debt she couldn't live with. But time is running out. And only these two hybrids can do what needs to be done. The fate of an entire town hangs from their wingtips. Rhigle Rage in Timber Town's story offers inspiration and encouragement to those who feel like their lives are caught in an irrecoverable tailspin. Among the many lessons shared in these pages, the reader will learn this--that in order to recognize the enduring light of truth, one must first be willing to take a step into the darkness of uncertainty and the unknown. According to Nate D'Newt, "This Tale of Whoa is a must-read for all those who are ready for a change in their lives and need a Tall Tale to help them break through their shells." This book also explores the following themes: - Our Own Worst Enemy - tune out self-doubt and trust your heart. - Coming of Age - find your voice by being willing to make your own choices. - Bullying - the dangers of physical and psychological abuse. - Loss of Hope - coping with depression and death. - Truth - finding the signal through the noise. Engineering Themes: - Strength of Materials - wood structure design. - Importance of Trade Schools - the world needs doers and thinkers. - Failure Modes - catastrophic failure of wood structures. - Design and Construction - the necessity of following the drawing. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…