Authors:Christof Teuscher, Andrew Adamatzky,
Publisher: Luniver Press
Keywords: wetware, automata, cellular, computing, unconventional
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2005-01-31
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 095511702X
ISBN-13: 9780955117022

Author: Ian Ayres
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: discrimination, studies, law, economics, gender, race, prejudice, unconventional, evidence, pervasive
Number of Pages: 445
Published: 2003-10-15
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0226033538
ISBN-13: 9780226033532

In this thorough confrontation of discrimination in the marketplace, Ian Ayres reveals surprising evidence that in many different types of transactions, blacks and women are routinely put at a disadvantage—by unequal offers, unequal policies, and subtle forms of discrimination.

Author: Cal Newport
Publisher: Broadway
Keywords: students, score, studying, college, real, student, unconventional, strategies, straight
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2006-12-26
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0767922719
ISBN-13: 9780767922715

Looking to jumpstart your GPA? Most college students believe that straight A’s can be achieved only through cramming and painful all-nighters at the library. But Cal Newport knows that real straight-A students don’t study harder—they study smarter. A breakthrough approach to acing academic assignments, from quizzes and exams to essays and papers, How to Become a Straight-A Student reveals for the first time the proven study secrets of real straight-A students across the country and weaves them into a simple, practical system that anyone can master. You will learn how to:Streamline and m

Author: Charles Goyette
Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover
Keywords: gold, oil, unconventional, investments, crisis, currency, meltdown, surviving, impending, dollar
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-10-29
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 1591842840
ISBN-13: 9781591842842

"America’s debt is a powder keg about to blow, and the fuse was lit by the rush of bailouts and stimulus spending." Is your money inflation-proof? It had better be. On the heels of the most recent economic crisis, America is headed toward another: high inflation and dollar devaluation. Charles Goyette reveals the governmental errors that led to the current economic crisis and the bumpy road ahead. The signs are clear: Federal debt is compounding while growth has stalled, and America’s foreign creditors are questioning the dollar’s reserve currency status. Meanwhile, the "hi

Author: David F. Swense
Publisher: Free Pre
Keywords: investment, fully, revised, updated, institutional, approach, portfolio, management, unconventional, pioneering
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2009-01-06
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1416544690
ISBN-13: 9781416544692

In the years since the now-classic Pioneering Portfolio Management was first published, the global investment landscape has changed dramatically -- but the results of David Swensen’s investment strategy for the Yale University endowment have remained as impressive as ever. Year after year, Yale’s portfolio has trumped the marketplace by a wide margin, and, with over $20 billion added to the endowment under his twenty-three-year tenure, Swensen has contributed more to Yale’s finances than anyone ever has to any university in the country. What may have seemed like one among man

Authors:Karen M. Kaufmann, John R. Petrocik, Daron R. Shaw,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: american, voters, myths, facts, wisdom, unconventional
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2008-06-05
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0195366832
ISBN-13: 9780195366839

Late deciders go for the challenger; turnout helps the Democrats; the gender gap results from a surge in Democratic preference among women--these and many other myths are standard fare among average citizens, political pundits, and even some academics. But are these conventional wisdoms--familiar to anyone who watches Sunday morning talk shows--really valid?Unconventional Wisdom offers a novel yet highly accessible synthesis of what we know about American voters and elections. It not only provides an integrated overview of the central themes in American politics--parties, polarization, turnou

Author: Michael Toman
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: trade, offs, technical, report, environmental, economic, fossil, based, fuels, unconventional
Number of Pages: 164
Published: 2008-10-25
List price: $37.50
ISBN-10: 0833045644
ISBN-13: 9780833045645

In this report, RAND researchers assess the potential future production levels, production costs, greenhouse gases, and other environmental implications of synthetic crude oil from oil sands and fuels produced via coal liquefaction relative to conventional petroleum-based transportation fuels. The findings indicate the potential cost-competitiveness of these alternative fuels and potential economic-environmental trade-offs from their deployment.