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Inflated volume - better published as a booklet.......2004-01-02
Although I found the information contained in this book very helpful, I felt that I was overcharged for it. The book could have easily been condensed down to a booklet or even a magazine article, at less price, without any loss of substance.
The text is not only written in large type on small pages, the format is interspersed frequently with quotations in unnecessarily very large type. Some of the information is repeated too often, as well. Yes, this was a useful book, but I feel as if I have been cheated out of a real book after having paid the price for one.
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Until now, the brilliant methods and tactics that world-renowned investor and hedge fund king George Soros used to amass billions have remained a closely-guarded secret. In Soros: The Unauthorized Biography, renowned biographer and former Time reporter Robert Slater has looked behind closed doors to reveal the unique philosophy and investment strategies that have given this Hungarian-born billionaire enormous influence over world financial markets. This intimate and insightful biography examines SorosÕ extraordinary life, his outspoken opinions, and the hundreds of millions of dollars in philanthropy that have made George Soros an influential business, social, and political figure throughout Eastern Europe and the world.
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THIS BOOK IS AWFUL.......2004-06-02
This book was a complete waste of money. Dr Seuss could have written better finance non-fiction.
Soros' biggest coup was his billion dollar + profit on the pound - he runs through the story in lightening speed with very little explanation or technicals of the mechanics. No insight. Very bad.
Soros was convicted of insider trading in 2002.......2004-05-24
Being a "great" investors is pretty easy if you know how to cheat. Soros was convicted in December 2002 for insider trading in Societe Generale stock.
An interesting story book, but not for trading.......2003-07-18
Although quite out of date, this is the most interesting amongst all other bibliographies of Soros I ever read. This could be attributed to that the author could not get direct info from Soros or his associates at all. Without the burden of returning any favor, the author could quote whatever and whoever (some ex Soros partners) he liked, particularly criticisms, which were the most interesting parts of the book. Other parts, like how Soros broke the Bank of England, how he identified with his Hungarian Jewish identity, how he failed to become a philospher and turned into a trader, should be good enough to satisfy most readers' curiosity on the early part (on or before 1994) of Soro's life. For those traders who want to know the trading secrets, go somewhere else.
p.s. As a trader, I still would like to quote something from the book for my fellows' reference:-
1. Page 60: What Soros understood better than most were the cause and effect relationships in the world's economies. If A happened, that B must follow, then C after that.
2. Page 83: The stock market is always wrong, so that if you copy everybody else on Wall Street, you're doomed to do poorly.
3. Page 85: In 1979, Soros renamed his fund...Quantum Fund, in tribute to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics. That principle asserts that it is impossible to predict the behavior of subatomic particples in quantum mechanics, an idea that meshed with Soros's conviction that markets were always in a state of uncertainty and flux that it was possible to make money by discounting the obvious, and betting on the unexpected.
4. Page 92: Soros always says that you shouldnt be in the market unless you are willing to take the pain.
5. Page 110: Short term volatility is greatest at turning points and diminishes as a trend becomes established.
6. Page 159: It is not whether you are right or wrong, but how much money you make when you are right and how much money you lose when you are wrong....If you have tremendous conviction on a trade you have to go for the jugular.It takes courage to be a pig. It takes courage to ride a profit with huge leverage.... When you right on something, you cant own enough.
No many secrets to be shared...........2000-07-24
The author seams try to hide the little information he was able to gather from outside the Soros's circle with a poetic writing about his rise to be a "Master of the Universe". But the fact remain that the book give only a very superficial idea about Soros and for sure do not address the big question about him: "Devil's Master of Globalization or Saint of a New Economy?"
Primer of Thought.......2000-06-01
This book helps decipher the code of a great speculator. Financiers like Soros help keep the financial and economical mkt mesh in sync. Recent news on the dismantling of his Quantum (largest hedge fund in the world) and Quota funds has many on the street bewildered about his authority, but it should be understood that Soros publicly announced about two years ago that he no longer meddled in any of the funds' investments. This is a good book that explains the why's of a worldly speculator.
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Why Lawyers Derail Justice: Probing The Roots Of Legal Injustices
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A critique of our present legal system that shows how a preoccupation with procedural purity by lawyers and judges results in producing much real injustice.
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The "rule of law" has become a shibboleth of American democracy, but the emphasis on procedural and abstract rather than substantive justice that is embedded both in the workings of our judicial system and in the writings of our leading philosophers of law, John Anderson argues, had led to much real injustice. This book draws inspiration from Aristotle's notion of "natural justice" found in communities based on ties of friendship to point the way toward a more humane practice of law.
Starting with concrete examples of injustice produced in our legal system, the author examines the distorting effects of legal argumentation and strategy on affirmative action, overzealous prosecutions, abusive enforcement of the tax code, sexual harassment litigation, and many other issues troubling our society. The jurisprudence of Ronald Dworkin, with his notion of a "community of principle," is identified as best articulating the justification for our current system and is subjected to a thorough critique from an Aristotelian perspective. Kant's "kingdom of ends" is located at the root of rights-based notions of justice and is also argued to be inadequate because it lacks the flexibility allowed by the classical understanding of epieikeia (equity).
What issues from this investigation of the faults of our present legal regime is a set of proposals for reform that include abolition of the legal profession and term limits for judges as well as politicians.
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Microsoft .NET Web Farms describes the life cycle of Microsoft .NET e-business applications and the steps an organization will take as they grow their online presence.
Detailed descriptions of technology choices an organization makes will save time, effort, and money. In-depth analysis of software technologies used includes Application Center, Network Load Balancing Services (NLBS), Component Load Balancing (CLB), COM+, Firewalls, Cluster Server, useful 3rd party technologies and other key Microsoft .NET components. Finally a hardware roadmap will explore technologies like caching servers, load balancing devices, and others. These hardware and software roadmaps will culminate in a detailed topology of a successful e-business application deployment based on real-world experience.
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Microsoft .NET Web Farms describes the life cycle of Microsoft .NET e-business applications and the steps an organization will take as they grow their online presence. Detailed descriptions of technology choices an organization makes will save time, effort, and money. In-depth analysis of software technologies used includes Application Center, Network Load Balancing Services (NLBS), Component Load Balancing (CLB), COM+, Firewalls, Cluster Server, useful 3rd party technologies and other key Microsoft .NET components. Finally a hardware roadmap will explore technologies like caching servers, load balancing devices, and others. These hardware and software roadmaps will culminate in a detailed topology of a successful e-business application deployment based on real-world experience.
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Agricultural Computer Programming: A Practical Guide
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Microcomputers on the farm
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Microcomputers on the farm: Getting started
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Microcomputing in Agriculture
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From the supplier: Deciding to invest in a microcomputer involves determining the method of ownership and exact costs. Next, benefits and savings should be typed as either hard or soft. Once this is done, the construction of a projection chart that uses annual data is possible. From this, cash flow and, ultimately, the economic feasibility of the computer can be determined.
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Onora O'Neill suggests that the conceptions of individual autonomy (so widely relied on in bioethics) are philosophically and ethically inadequate; they undermine rather than support relationships based on trust. Her arguments are illustrated with issues raised by such practices as the use of genetic information by the police, research using human tissues, new reproductive technologies, and media practices for reporting on medicine, science and technology. The study appeals to a wide range of readers in ethics, bioethics and related disciplines.
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Why has autonomy been a leading idea in philosophical writing on bioethics, and why has trust been marginal? In this important book, Onora O'Neill suggests that the conceptions of individual autonomy so widely relied on in bioethics are philosophically and ethically inadequate, and that they undermine rather than support relations of trust. She shows how Kant's non-individualistic view of autonomy provides a stronger basis for an approach to medicine, science and biotechnology, and does not marginalize untrustworthiness, while also explaining why trustworthy individuals and institutions are often undeservingly mistrusted. Her arguments are illustrated with issues raised by practices such as the use of genetic information by the police or insurers, research using human tissues, uses of new reproductive technologies, and media practices for reporting on medicine, science and technology. Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics will appeal to a wide range of readers in ethics, bioethics and related disciplines.
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The power of new medical technologies, the cultural authority of physicians, and the gendered power dynamics of many patient-physician relationships can all inhibit women's reproductive freedom. Often these factors interfere with women's ability to trust themselves to choose and act in ways that are consistent with their own goals and values. In this book Carolyn McLeod introduces to the reproductive ethics literature the idea that in reproductive health care women's self-trust can be undermined in ways that threaten their autonomy. Understanding the importance of self-trust for autonomy, McLeod argues, is crucial to understanding the limits on women's reproductive freedom.
McLeod brings feminist insights in philosophical moral psychology to reproductive ethics, and to health-care ethics more broadly. She identifies the social environments in which self-trust is formed and encouraged. She also shows how women's experiences of reproductive health care can enrich our understanding of self-trust and autonomy as philosophical concepts. The book's theoretical components are grounded in women's concrete experiences. The cases discussed, which involve miscarriage, infertility treatment, and prenatal diagnosis, show that what many women feel toward themselves in reproductive contexts is analogous to what we feel toward others when we trust or distrust them.
McLeod also discusses what health-care providers can do to minimize the barriers to women's self-trust in reproductive health care, and why they have a duty to do so as part of their larger duty to respect patient autonomy.
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The First Edition of Earth: Portrait of a Planet revolutionized the study of geology by integrating traditional geological concepts with the most recent theoretical advances in geology, including theories of plate tectonics and earth systems science. Adopted at over 300 schools worldwide, this innovative text has quickly become the best-selling introductory text in the field.
Retaining the core strengths of the First Edition, the Second Edition has been meticulously revised, adding engaging new material and learning tools. The text's popular art program has been significantly expanded, including new satellite photographs and eighteen new "What a Geologist Sees" illustrations. Additionally, the Second Edition features the most effective and current multimedia tools available for instructors and students.
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About the book.......2006-03-19
The book is in good condition but the shipping is too bad. O have to wait 2 weeks for it
The best of geology.......2006-03-03
This book is indeed the best introduction to geology you can ever get. It has the most fundamental knowlegde and at the same time it includes a higher level. So it is for all people with an interest in geology. If you are a student and even if you are a normal person with great interest this book will become your favorite. It combins beautyful pictures with nice drawings and great text. It gives a good picture of what it is like to be a geologist and what the work includes.
Simply: you get the best of geology!! Injoy:o)
New Revised Edition Is Even Better.......2005-09-14
The sub-title 'Portrait of a Planet' gives you some idea of what this book is all about. It is almost a coffee table picture book, filled with photographs of the earth. Yet at the same time its first edition became the text book of choice at over 300 colleges and universities around the world.
This is the brand new second edition. The new edition has taken comments about the previous edition, integrated them with the results of recent discoveries and more examples, photographs, art work, and text to make the second edition even better. Each chapter of the first edition was sent to an expert reviewer (a world leader on that particular subject) for comment.
The biggest change in the new edition is to stress plate tectonics earlier and stronger to provide the underlying theory that covers most of current geologic thinking.
I also like his explanation of the oil situation. He looks at alternatives and points out that we may well be living in a unique time of history.
Fantastic!.......2005-08-23
This book provides a clear and wonderfully interesting intro to geology. It is one of the best intro texts out there!
Excellent!.......2004-06-17
This books serves as an excellent introduction to geology and earth sciences. It is extremely well written and explains difficult concepts well. Because it is written as a college textbook the examples and analogies given are drawn from common experience that are easy to understand.
Among the best part of the book are the illustrations which are beautiful to look at and supplement the text expertly, again reinforcing concepts.
I appreciated the way the author has integrated the broad theory of plate tectonics throughout all sections of the book. In particular he has expertly woven the theory of plate tectonics into the history of the earth's evolution and how that in turn has led to the evolution of life.
This book is a great introduction for college students and for the educated layman looking to better appreciate and understand this wonderful place we call earth.
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The Student Lecture Art Notebook to accompany Earth: Portrait of a Planet is the perfect complement to the outstanding art program. This powerful learning tool contains all of the major diagrams from the text in full 4-color, with the ample room for taking notes.
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Interfacial Fluid Dynamics and Transport Processes (Lecture Notes in Physics)
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The present set of lectures and tutorial reviews deals with various topical aspects related to instabilities of interfacial processes and driven flows from both the theoretical and experimental point of views. New research has been spurred by demands for many applications in material sciences (melting, solidification, electro deposition), biomedical engineering and processing in microgravity environments. This book is intended as both a modern source of reference for researchers in the field as well as an introduction to postgraduate students and non-specialists from related areas.
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Cold Warriors: Manliness on Trial in the Rhetoric of the West
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Cold Warriors: Manliness on Trial in the Rhetoric of the West returns to familiar cultural forces—the West, anticommunism, and manliness—to show how they combined to suppress dissent and dominate the unruliness of literature in the name of a national identity after World War II. Few realize how much the domination of a “white male” American literary canon was a product not of long history, but of the Cold War. Suzanne Clark describes here how the Cold War excluded women writers on several levels, together with others—African American, Native American, poor, men as well as women—who were ignored in the struggle over white male identity.
Clark first shows how defining national/individual/American identity in the Cold War involved a brand new configuration of cultural history. At the same time, it called upon the nostalgia for the old discourses of the West (the national manliness asserted by Theodore Roosevelt) to claim that there was and always had been only one real American identity.
By subverting the claims of a national identity, Clark finds, many male writers risked falling outside the boundaries not only of public rhetoric but also of the literary world: men as different from one another as the determinedly masculine Ernest Hemingway and the antiheroic storyteller of the everyday, Bernard Malamud. Equally vocal and contentious, Cold War women writers were unwilling to be silenced, as Clark demonstrates in her discussion of the work of Mari Sandoz and Ursula Le Guin.
The book concludes with a discussion of how the silencing of gender, race, and class in Cold War writing maintained its discipline until the eruptions of the sixties. By questioning the identity politics of manliness in the Cold War context of persecution and trial, Clark finds that the involvement of men in identity politics set the stage for our subsequent cultural history.
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Rhetoric exposed...and continued.......2000-11-08
Suzanne Clark's newest study Cold Warriors: Manliness on Trial in the Rhetoric of the West, engages the reader in the critical task of understanding of how gender and cultural history effects audiences and texts by looking at both the events and some of the writers during the Cold War period. The importance of Cold Warriors, both for scholars of Cold War texts and those of more contemporary texts, lies in its close reading of history and historical literary texts to help the reader understand the link between politics and literature. However, the book's problem lies in its inability to move beyond the rhetoric it exposes.
Written by an academic for an academic audience, Clark's book is an attempt to rewrite the history of gender so that readings of other marginalized writers are heard. Clark's book is to be applauded for looking at a source of the problem behind the oppression of women and minority writers and not settling for the seemingly easy answer that the males in this society were not open to these other writers. Her more radical thesis that it was the government and the academic institutions who worked to place the white male as the national subject, the "cold warrior" who was to be the "hyper-male: reasonable, penetrating, vigorous, and healthy," (25) takes the control away from the males and places it on the bureaucracy. This helps explain how even some men who were writing, such as Hemingway, fell out of favor during this period as well. This careful look at politics and literature is only the beginning of a discussion that could be continued with texts of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century as well.
The first couple of chapters do a good job of outlining the background history that will set up her reading of the texts in the later chapters. Chapter one, "The Un-American and the Unreal: Modern Bodies and New Frontiers," provides an analysis relating to the oversimplified social logic of the postwar era and the gendering of ideologies. Especially of interest is her discussion of the resistance by the wide public concerning the conformity promoted by the Cold War rhetoric that led to a break that still exists today between the public and the intellectual sphere. Clark argues that the efforts of the "Cold War consensus" critics led to the "recolonizing of American cultural history in the name of freedom" (36). Chapter two, "Cold War Modernism and the Crisis of Story," takes this history and applies to the academics of the time. The literary canon is shown to be defined by Cold War rhetoric that used fear of the Other and the myth of gendered national identity. Women, minority, and revolutionary writers became subversive to academia simply because of the structures of the times.
The last four chapters deal with the texts specifically in the context of the times. The in-depth and close attention that she gives to each of these writers is valuable in helping the reader understand some of the issues of the writers during this time period. However, a problem with Clark's book emerges at this point: It participates in the same system it wants to critique without any apologies. Clark choose four authors, a white male, two white women, and one white Jewish man in a study that proposes to answer the questions: "What produced the invisibility of ethnic and racial identities?" and "What accounts for the Cold War silencing of women and nonwhite peoples?" (6) The same question can be turned back onto Clark's book: Where are the nonwhite authors? This is a serious gap in a book that tries to fill in some of America's missing or suppressed history. As a critique there is so much more that Clark could have said, but instead she became too caught up in her own theorizing of authors that best promoted what her writing of history concerned.
Another telling problem lies within her continuing use of the warrior construct. The conclusion finds that the "logic of projection and a linearity of historical narrative imposed a rigid framework that put manhood into crisis," (207) yet Clark then continues to use a key symbol of this logic, the warrior: "The reiterative structures of mixed, recovered, and translated stories may help us to relocate the warrior-within. A return to Theodore Roosevelt or Ernest Hemingway or John Wayne does not necessarily portend a renewal of the old Cold War fables of manliness, I hope I have shown, but rather acknowledgment and recognition." (207) This reviewer feels that by acknowledging and recognizing the warrior, the rhetoric surrounding the warrior is promoted rather than destroyed. Clark's intent of writing a multicultural study to define how Identity is constructed through politics and literature is hurt by her inability to move beyond the constructed Identity of the warrior from this time period. A renewal of the myth of manliness she may avoid in this book, but she falls short of moving completely away from the rhetoric. So while Clark's latest book succeeds as an in-depth critique of four specific authors during the Cold War, it falls short of being a wide-ranging multicultural critique of the effect government and academic rhetoric has had on the reading of texts that don't conform to the bureaucratic constraints of the times.
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