An engaging memoir about one man's career in construction--rising to the top of an industry renowned for crime, corruption, violence, physical danger, and the chronic risk of financial catastrophe.Sta
User-friendly risk management tools, tips, and techniques for a less certain world Though a very high level of investor uncertainty, anxiety, and concern about risk now exists, the vast majority of in
This 3-to-4 week laboratory module introduces students to the practice of risk assessment in the context of organochlorine pesticides in food. The chemical concepts covered include structure/solubilit
Smart Ways to develop confidence in investing-ideal for anyone feeling uneasy or nervous about putting hard-earned money at risk Smart Advice on buying and selling, using a broker, and developing and
A timeless investment guide that reveals how to consistently earn market-beating returns while reducing risk What every investor needs is a battle-tested strategy that embraces the uncertainty of fina
A timeless investment guide that reveals how to consistently earn market-beating returns while reducing risk What every investor needs is a battle-tested strategy that embraces the uncertainty of fina
We are in an era in which technology and information-sharing platforms have given buyers and consumers more information about products and services than ever before. There is a new power dynamic betwe
Small-cap stocks have long been instrumental in profitable portfolios, offering many attractive fundamentals. But without sound knowledge and a risk-wise strategy, red chips can be dangerous turf. In
When vicious Thane, the leader of the gray squirrel army, poisons the wise leader of the quickened creatures, the poet Pinecone and his friend Leafe must hide the sacred Scroll of Quickening or risk i
When Cindy Koebele started her title insurance business in the midst of the housing market crisis, she knew she was taking a risk. But a decade later, her business is thriving and continues to grow. W
A Responsive Rhetorical Art explores the risk-ridden realm of wise if always also fallible rhetorical action—the productive knowledge building required to compose and to leverage texts, broadly
In a nativist near-future America obsessed with eternal life and under the increasing threat of technological surveillance, a long-lost brother and sister risk everything to reclaim their mother from oblivion.“Kalfař is a wise, rapturous, and original writer . . . Eloquent, heart-stunning, and rich in awe-inspiring prose.”―San Francisco Chronicle “Relentlessly inventive . . . His writing has the same hyperactivity and fidgety contempt for generic boundaries as that of the young Safran Foer.”―The GuardianWhen Adéla discovers she has a terminal illness, her thoughts turn to Tereza, the daughter she gave up at birth, decades earlier. Leaving behind her troubled son, Roman, in their native Czech village, she flies to New York in hopes of a long-awaited reunion with her daughter. But the America of 2029, with its authoritarian government and closed borders, is a different place from the open country she experienced as a young woman, when she eloped with a filmmaker and starred in his cult s
