By Shawn Somerville
At a time when new poker books are pouring onto store shelves, Dennis Purdy is the first author to offer a unique approach to learning poker with The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold’Em. The former gambling pro uses a visual problem-solving approach rather than a textual approach at teaching poker strategy.
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“Learning Later, Living Greater” by Nancy M. Nordstrom, M. Ed. helps 78 million Baby Boomers redefine their retirement experience using lifelong learning, educational travel, and community service. “Learning Later, Living Greater” (ISBN: 1591810477) from Sentient Publications has been hailed as a “must-read” by the Midwest Book Review and retirement experts alike for its mass consumer [...] [...more]
Without a much better developed argument Stiglitz cannot just with great ease and facility throw out his reasons why corporations are good as sound bites that he expects the reader to accept without further evidence.
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By Amy Wells
You may have been hearing about the law of attraction recently. This concept has become a hot topic, and there has been an increased popularity with the release of the movie, “The Secret.” Although there are a variety of definitions, the law of attraction describes how our thoughts and feelings create [...] [...more]
This is probably the fastest moving and darkest of Finder’s novels to date. What happens when a group of executives set for a weekend off-site meeting are suddenly trapped in a remote hunting lodge in the wilds of British Columbia? No cell phones, laptops, or BlackBerrys to be had. Guns have been fired and [...] [...more]
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It’s an automated food catapult, with complete instructions. Damn.
Part of a review of a new book called "Forbidden Lego," read more here.
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Photoshop Lightroom Adventure began as an idea by award-winning photographer and the author of nine books, Mikkel Aaland. Aaland, a pioneer in digital photography since 1980, asked Ansel Adams in an interview what he would pursue if Adams was just starting out. Adams began discussing the ideas of digital photographs
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Hernando De Soto’s fantastic book, The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else, delves into the mystery of why the West is so rich and the rest of world (or lots of it, at least) are so poor. To be sure, the authors at BPA are no free-market Libertarians, [...] [...more]
Porn for WomenPrepare to enter a fantasy world. A world where clothes get folded just so, delicious dinners await, and flatulence is just not that funny. Give the fairer sex what they really want beautiful PG photos of hunky men cooking, listening, asking for directions, accompanied by steamy captions: I love a clean house!
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The Dip This book is simply a timely reminder about the importance of sticking through something to become the best in the world, or about quitting. Here is a great excerpt: Hannah Smith is a very lucky woman. She’s a law clerk at the Supreme Court. She’s the best in the world. [...] [...more]