A poker maverick and international tycoon traces his life in the high-stakes world of gambling and business, in an account told through a series of anecdotes that traces the origins of the World Poker Tour.[...]

The Clinical Handbook for Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing , 9e serves as a resource for students in the clinical area. It provides succinct information to guide students as they begin this important, exciting, and challenging component of their nursing program. To keep this practical guide c[...]

This volume represents the culmination of an extensive research project that studied the development of linguistic form/function relations in narrative discourse. It is unique in the extent of data which it analyzes--more than 250 texts from children and adults speaking five different languages--and[...]

Here is a valuable text and research tool for scientists and engineers who use or work with theory and computation associated with practical problems relating to Markov chains and queuing networks, economic analysis, or mathematical programming. Originally published in 1979, this new edition adds ma[...]

We live in a world of legal pluralism, where a single act or actor is potentially regulated by multiple legal or quasi-legal regimes imposed by state, substate, transnational, supranational and nonstate communities. Navigating these spheres of complex overlapping legal authority is confusing and we [...]

Managers in every business are expected to use financial data to make decisions, allocate resources, and budget expenses. But the truth is, many of us are uncomfortable incorporating hard numbers into our day-to-day work. In "Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs", Karen Berman and Joe Knight tai[...]

Known for its brevity and student-friendly approach, this new third edition of "Essential Statistics" provides students with a strong conceptual foundation, but continues to stress application. Class-tested learning objectives, key term lists, and numerous tables, figures, and charts further enhance[...]

Isabelle drar tilbake til Mexico for å overta familiens tunfiskfabrikk etter at søsteren hennes er død. Gjemt i det forfalne huset i byen Mazatlán på Mexico-kysten finner hun en vanskjøttet og fortvilet jente. Isabelle forstår at det må være søsterens ukjente datter. Takket være Isabelles[...]

A guide to making life's biggest decisions, from an internationally renowned lifecoach.

During the Vietnam War, Time reporter Pham Xuan An befriended everyone who was anyone in Saigon, including American journalists such as David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan, the CIA's William Colby, and the legendary Colonel Edward Lansdale--not to mention the most influential members of the South Viet[...]

Who better to unveil the mysteries of the he-man psyche than a woman's best friend, the master of clever and refined thinking, the gay man? He knows exactly when, where, and how to elicit that ultimate ooh-ooh, because he knows all too well what he wants. Two fearless and dedicated scholars, Dan And[...]

Children used to be seen and not heard. Now they are the center of their parents' universe. We need to find a graceful middle way.Parents today seem skittish about asserting their parental authority. They indulge children's demands, tantrums, and endless negotiations for fear of hurting their childr[...]