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Diary of a Very Bad Year

Interviews with an Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager

by Hedge Fund Manager, n+1, Keith Gessen ...

" Diary of a Very Bad Year is a rarity: a book on modern finance that's both extraordinarily thoughtful and enormously entertaining." —James Surowiecki, New York Times–bestselling authorA profoundly candid and captivating account of the economic crisis and subprime mortgage collapse, from an anonymous hedge fund manager, as told to the editors of New York literary magazine n+1." Diary of a Very ... Read more

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" Diary of a Very Bad Year is a rarity: a book on modern finance that's both extraordinarily thoughtful and enormously entertaining." —James Surowiecki, New York Times–bestselling authorA profoundly candid and captivating account of the economic crisis and subprime mortgage collapse, from an anonymous hedge fund manager, as told to the editors of New York literary magazine n+1." Diary of a Very
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Climate Change and Resilience in Indiana and Beyond

by Janet G. McCabe, Gabriel M. Filippelli, Kimberly A. Novick, James Shanahan, Eva Sanders Allen, Lingxi Chenyang1, Jeffrey S. Dukes2, Melissa Widhalm3, Ben Kravitz4, Douglas Edmonds5, Chanh Kieu6, Travis A. O'Brien7, Scott Robeson8, Paul Staten9, Brian Yanites0, Chen Zhu1, Sarah Mincey2, Rebecca Lave3, John Baeten4, Justin Maxwell5, Richard Phillips6, Ellen D. Ketterson7, Daniel Becker8, Geoffrey Brown9, Allison Byrd0, Keith Clay1, Adam Fudickar2, Matthew Houser3, Alex Jahn4, Jennifer Ann Lau5, Sarah Wanamaker6, James Robert Farmer7, Elizabeth Grennan Browning8, Heather L. Reynolds9, Samantha L. Hamlin0, Dana Habeeb1, Jeffrey S. Wilson2, Daniel Myers3, Eric Sandweiss4, Beth Edwards5, Nathan Geiger6, Andrea Webster7, David M. Konisky8, Nikolaos Zirogiannis9, Sanya Carley0 ...

Climate change is affecting Indiana's environment, threatening the way Hoosiers live and do business, and introducing new stresses to the state's economy, health, and infrastructure. And while scientists predict more days of extreme weather, increased public health risks, and reduced agricultural production in the coming years, Hoosiers still have a substantial say in determining their future ... Read more

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Climate change is affecting Indiana's environment, threatening the way Hoosiers live and do business, and introducing new stresses to the state's economy, health, and infrastructure. And while scientists predict more days of extreme weather, increased public health risks, and reduced agricultural production in the coming years, Hoosiers still have a substantial say in determining their future
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Plant Invasions

The Role of Biotic Interactions

by Ashish Adhikari, Marcelo A. Aizen, Warwick J. Allen, Christophe Baltzinger, Iain R. Caldwell, Regan M. Callaway, Jane A. Catford, Lohengrin A Cavieres, Keith Clay, Julie A Coetzee0, Robert I Colautti1, Carla M. D’Antonio2, John L. Devaney3, M. Celeste Díaz Vélez4, Professor Colleen T Downs5, Carine Emer6, Fernando Fernanda Ribeiro da Silva7, Ana E. Ferreras8, S. Luke Flory9, Erica M. Goss0, Philip F. Harmon1, Ruben H Heleno2, Martin P. Hill3, Robert D. Holt4, Richard Honor5, Cang Hui6, Christopher N. Kaiser-Bunbury7, Amy E Kendig8, Peter M Kotanen9, Sara E. Kuebbing0, Pietro Landi1, Guillaume Latombe2, Brett R. Lane3, Johannes J. Le Roux4, Nathan P Lemoine5, Jacob. E. Lucero6, Ana Montero-Castaño7, Lindelwa S. Msweli8, Valeria Paiaro9, John D. Parker0, Marco Aurélio Pizo1, Evan M Rehm2, Ushma Shukla3, Benno I Simmons4, Lauren M. Smith-Ramesh5, Sérgio Timóteo6, Christopher M Wojan7, Stephanie G. Yelenik8, David M. Richardson0, Elizabeth M. Wandrag1 ...

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There are many books on aspects of plant invasions, but none that focus on the key role of species interactions in mediating invasions. This book reviews exciting new findings and explores how new methods and tools are shedding new light on crucial processes in plant invasions. In 23 chapters, with contributions from 51 authors, the book addresses: · the main theories and hypotheses in plant ... Read more

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There are many books on aspects of plant invasions, but none that focus on the key role of species interactions in mediating invasions. This book reviews exciting new findings and explores how new methods and tools are shedding new light on crucial processes in plant invasions. In 23 chapters, with contributions from 51 authors, the book addresses: · the main theories and hypotheses in plant
... Read more
Prison Breaks: 13 Books of Prisoner-of-War Narratives

Thirteen Prisoner-of-War Narratives of Escape, Endurance, Resistance, and Survival

by Edward Edwards, George Pearson, Kenneth Darlaston Yearsley, Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston, John Alan Lyde Caunter, Mervin C. Simmons, Nellie L. McClung, Jean Martin, Pat O'Brien, A. J. Evans, Gunther PlÃ¼schow, E. H. Jones, Eric A. Keith, Horace Gray Gilliland, H. G. Durnford, W. H. Newlin ...

Prison Breaks gathers thirteen prisoner-of-war narratives into a capacious study of captivity, ingenuity, endurance, and the contested ethics of escape. Moving between memoir, adventure chronicle, military testimony, and reflective autobiography, the volume makes confinement a literary as well as political condition. Accounts of audacious flight, clandestine planning, and survival beyond prison ... Read more

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Prison Breaks gathers thirteen prisoner-of-war narratives into a capacious study of captivity, ingenuity, endurance, and the contested ethics of escape. Moving between memoir, adventure chronicle, military testimony, and reflective autobiography, the volume makes confinement a literary as well as political condition. Accounts of audacious flight, clandestine planning, and survival beyond prison
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The Woodland Southeast

by Joseph M. Herbert, Evan Peacock, Debra L. Gold, Steven R. Ahler, Kristen J. Gremillion, R. Lee Lyman, Frankie Snow, Judith A. Bense, Randolph J. Widmer, H. Edwin Jackson, Susan L. Scott, Jeffrey L. Hantman, Martha Ann Robinson, James W. Cogswell, Frank F. Schambach, Robert Reams, Melissa Higgins, Michael S. Nassaney, Richard Edging, Ruth Y. Wetmore, Patrick Willey, Jan F. Simek, Paul P. Kreisa, Keith Stephenson, Professor Patty Jo Watson, Professor Michael J. O'Brien, Tristram R. Kidder, Professor Janet Rafferty, Jerald T. Milanich, Professor Kenneth E. Sassaman, Charles Cobb, Charles H. Faulkner Jr., Rudolf Berle Clay Jr. ...

This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States.The Woodland Period (ca. 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research over the past 25 years. Researchers have learned that in this approximately 2000-year era the peoples ... Read more

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This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States.The Woodland Period (ca. 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research over the past 25 years. Researchers have learned that in this approximately 2000-year era the peoples
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The Jim Crow Car; Or, Denouncement of Injustice Meted Out to the Black Race (UNABRIDGED)

by John Clay COLEMAN COLEMAN ...

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"""My opposition to injustice, imposition, discrimination and prejudice, which have for many years existed against the colored people of the South, has led to this little book. In many parts of America the press has been furnished with “matter” for defending the colored people, through the medium of “Coleman’s Illustrated Lectures.” By request of my many auditors, some of whom being leading ... Read more

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"""My opposition to injustice, imposition, discrimination and prejudice, which have for many years existed against the colored people of the South, has led to this little book. In many parts of America the press has been furnished with “matter” for defending the colored people, through the medium of “Coleman’s Illustrated Lectures.” By request of my many auditors, some of whom being leading
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Plastic Inc.

The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil's Biggest Bet

by Beth Gardiner ...

**A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceAn extraordinary exposé of the industry flooding our world with plastic—and now ramping up to make more than ever“A compelling true-crime story.” —Zoë Schlanger, The New York Times Book Review“Deeply researched, sharply written, and totally compelling.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, author of the The Sixth Extinction“It is impossible not to compare Beth Gardiner ... Read more

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**A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceAn extraordinary exposé of the industry flooding our world with plastic—and now ramping up to make more than ever“A compelling true-crime story.” —Zoë Schlanger, The New York Times Book Review“Deeply researched, sharply written, and totally compelling.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, author of the The Sixth Extinction“It is impossible not to compare Beth Gardiner
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American Struggle

Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology

by Jon Meacham ...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.“Jon Meacham has done it again. If there is a soul in American history, it emerges—indeed, explodes ... Read more

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.“Jon Meacham has done it again. If there is a soul in American history, it emerges—indeed, explodes
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America, U.S.A.

How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries

by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The New York Times bestselling author of Begin Again confronts America’s unfinished story in this blistering reassessment of race, freedom, and the myths that bind us.“A thoughtful, insightful, beautifully written book that is timely and welcomed in these perilous times.”—Bryan Stevenson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just Mercy**“Eddie S. Glaude Jr. opens a ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The New York Times bestselling author of Begin Again confronts America’s unfinished story in this blistering reassessment of race, freedom, and the myths that bind us.“A thoughtful, insightful, beautifully written book that is timely and welcomed in these perilous times.”—Bryan Stevenson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just Mercy**“Eddie S. Glaude Jr. opens a
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The American Revolution and the Fate of the World

by Richard Bell ...

**“American history as if from a barstool, not a lecture podium. Giddy, rollicking, and bold.” —Ilyon Woo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Master Slave Husband Wife"Accessible and impassioned entry to anyone interested in understanding the nation's founding from a dazzling, kaleidoscopic perspective. " —Ned Blackhawk, National Book Award-winning author of The Rediscovery of AmericaA prize-winning ... Read more

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**“American history as if from a barstool, not a lecture podium. Giddy, rollicking, and bold.” —Ilyon Woo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Master Slave Husband Wife"Accessible and impassioned entry to anyone interested in understanding the nation's founding from a dazzling, kaleidoscopic perspective. " —Ned Blackhawk, National Book Award-winning author of The Rediscovery of AmericaA prize-winning
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The Federal Reserve

A New History

by Robert L. Hetzel ...

"An ambitious history . . . [Hetzel's] book is a very important contribution to the literature on the history of U.S. monetary policy." ― EH.netIn The Federal Reserve: A New History, Robert L. Hetzel draws on more than forty years of experience as an economist in the central bank to trace the influences of the Fed on the American economy. Comparing periods in which the Fed stabilized the economy ... Read more

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"An ambitious history . . . [Hetzel's] book is a very important contribution to the literature on the history of U.S. monetary policy." ― EH.netIn The Federal Reserve: A New History, Robert L. Hetzel draws on more than forty years of experience as an economist in the central bank to trace the influences of the Fed on the American economy. Comparing periods in which the Fed stabilized the economy
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Nations Apart

How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America

by Colin Woodard ...

**"A world-class intellectual. . . . [Colin Woodard’s] research can help Americans rediscover their common identity in spite of all the attempts to divide them." —Garry Kasparov"A powerful paradigm for understanding the defining hot button issues of contemporary America and the action we can take to bridge our cultural divisions and save the republic." —The Next Big Idea Club“A lucid exercise in ... Read more

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**"A world-class intellectual. . . . [Colin Woodard’s] research can help Americans rediscover their common identity in spite of all the attempts to divide them." —Garry Kasparov"A powerful paradigm for understanding the defining hot button issues of contemporary America and the action we can take to bridge our cultural divisions and save the republic." —The Next Big Idea Club“A lucid exercise in
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