This study takes a fresh look at the mathematical principles behind Fibonacci numbers and the popular trading system, the Elliott Wave, demonstrating how Fibonacci numbers can be applied to any trading system.[...]
Learn a very simple, professional method for tuning with 17 lessons. The author, who taught at a piano tuning school, explains how to use basic tuning tools to correct a few notes or an entire piano. Repairs include fixes for sticky keys and adjustments to bottoms, capstans, hammer stems, and more.[...]
This comprehensive collection, compiled by a noted chess master, examines the rare defeats of a legendary player. These 61 losing battles hold valuable lessons for all players, and text-and-diagram analyses offer a fascinating look at strategy and tactics.
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The telephone looms large in our lives, as ever present in modern societies as cars and television. Claude Fischer presents the first social history of this vital but little-studied technology - how we encountered, tested, and ultimately embraced it with enthusiasm. Using telephone ads, oral histori[...]
The emerging field of neuroeducation, concerned with the interaction between mind, brain and education, has proved revolutionary in educational research, introducing concepts, methods, and technologies into many advanced institutions around the world. The Educated Brain presents a broad overview of [...]
High-order numerical methods provide an efficient approach to simulating many physical problems. This book considers the range of mathematical, engineering, and computer science topics that form the foundation of high-order numerical methods for the simulation of incompressible fluid flows in comple[...]
Emotions are central to human behavior and experience. Yet scientific theory and research ignored emotions during most of the 20th century. This situation changed dramatically during the last 30 years of that century, which witnessed an upsurge of interest in emotions in a number of disciplines. Thi[...]
When do people call someone emotional? Why is it generally accepted that women are emotional and men are not? What are the actual differences between men and women with regard to specific emotions? Under what circumstances are these differences most pronounced? How can we explain these alleged diffe[...]
This book provides a comprehensive, systematic theory of moral responsibility. The authors explore the conditions under which individuals are morally responsible for actions, omissions, consequences, and emotions. The leading idea in the book is that moral responsibility is based on âguidance c[...]
Links theory and practice, helping students visualize the application of theories through numerous actual examples common in today's accounting. This title uses a horizontal approach to consolidations, the format most commonly used in the business world.[...]
The True Story of How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time. A thrilling accpount of the legendary Cold War clash between two grand masters who had everything to lose is reconstructed in a style as compelling as that of a thriller. Fantastic reviews in hardback.[...]
Smack, a.k.a. Plum Wine Dark Chocolate is the true story of the author, a post-modern medicine man, fated to live out the dark, disowned side of life. Applying fundamental Jungian ideas he narrates experiences and the evolutionary process of self-realization and recovering the Shadow. Honoring the [...]
Nobody knew getting old could be this much fun! It's Great to be Old provides one-liners to help oldsters see the bright side of wrinkles, baldness, waning sex drives and more.[...]
This anthology presents, for the first time, full texts of the twenty most important works of American legal thought since 1890. Drawing on a course the editors teach at Harvard Law School, the book traces the rise and evolution of a distinctly American form of legal reasoning. These are the article[...]
Building on their important findings in The Source of the River, the authors now probe even more deeply into minority underachievement at the college level. Taming the River examines the academic and social dynamics of different ethnic groups during the first two years of college. Focusing on racial[...]
Do films made by women comprise a "counter-cinema" radically different from the dominant tradition? Feminist film critics contend that women filmmakers do present from a distinctive vision, or "countershot," and Lucy Fischer argues persuasively for this view. In rich detail this book relates the ide[...]
Although 30 years have passed since Bobby Fischer single-handedly wrested the world chess title from the former Soviet Union, admiration for his beautiful play remains as strong as ever. As copies of My 60 Memorable Games by Fischer are elusive and only covers material up to 1967 in any case, the au[...]
This title is based on the classic fairy tale. Little Red Hen wants help planting and cutting the wheat, grinding the flour and making the bread, but the cat, the rat and the dog refuse to join in - until the bread needs eating! Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird's best-selling series[...]