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In Deal Engines, leading economist Robert E. Hall explains the underlying principles of auctions and provides sweeping insight for anyone curious to understand and exploit them. Drawing on decades of research that includes Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, Hall explains that how you set up a market has a lot to do with the deals that result. Moving from examples as straightforward as shopping for a car to others as complex as the mechanisms of ...

The enthralling story of the eleven hundred brave souls who chose to emigrate back to the west coast of Africa under the auspices of the Maryland Colonization Society. In spite of terrible hardships, the colonists created a settlement that exists to this day.

Unusual as they seem, underground buildings are surprisingly common. Every day, millions in North America work, shop, dine, study, and play in the more than three hundred public and commercial structures and five thousand private homes nestled in the earth. Underground buildings are safe, attractive, useful, and comfortable places to frequent and live. Unlike a common misconception, most are dry and warm, and they are often sun-filled. More th...

Now available in paperback, "High and Dry tells the story of a river in an arid region and the long history of litigation between Texas and New Mexico as they battle over water rights.

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evolution of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Mr. Hall contends that the development of the Apollo computer supported and motivated the semiconductor industry during a time when integrated circuits were just emerging. This was the period just before the electronics revolution that gave birth to modern computers. In addition, the book recalls the history of computer technology, both hardware and software, and the applications of digital computing ...

The night young Zeffa witnesses her father's ship disappear into the angry waters of the Narian Sea, she learns she may possess a gift for magic. Despite her heartache, she must develop this newfound skill in order to protect her people.

The night young Zeffa witnesses her father's ship disappear into the angry waters of the Narian Sea, she learns she may possess a gift for magic. Despite her heartache, she must develop this newfound skill in order to protect her people.

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This volume collects between two covers the finest work of Donald Hall, who over a long and distinguished career has given himself to the profession of poetry in every form. Winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry.

An eloquent call to arms on the role of art in our culture today.

Tom Hall combines street-level research with academic study to reveal the true scale and nature of the problem of hidden homelessness in contemporary Britain.' Nick Davies, author of Dark Heart: The Shocking Truth about Hidden Britain 'Tom Hall writes with deep insight and a spare elegance. In the best realist tradition, he shows us the lives of homeless young people in an entirely fresh way. The reader, having been drawn into the creativity a...

This is Donald Hall's most advanced work, extending his poetic reach even beyond his recent volumes The One Day and Old and New Poems.

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, ...

Crime, cryptograms, and killer conundrums abound for the Puzzle Lady in the fourth installment of the series USA Today raves is "a fun series for mystery fans and cruciverbalists!”It looks like wedding bells again for the much-married Cora Felton when distinguished widower Raymond Harstein III moves into town and makes a play for the Puzzle Lady. That is, it does until the mail brings puzzling cryptograms, which, when deciphered, warn Cora off...

Mysterious, richly layered, new collection from an accomplished poet.

It takes courage to turn your dreams into reality. It takes courage just to have a dream in the first place. But where can you find courage? And how can you use courage to draw true satisfaction from your life? For each of us, the journey to find courage is different. But within the pages of Making the Courage Connection, you'll find the wisdom and inspiration necessary to discover the courage to follow your own heart and lead a fulfilled life...

Provides the reader with a unique decision-making tool by showing how ethics play an integral part of all business decisions. It offers excellent advice on how to apply ethics in all of your everyday decisions whether they be large or small.

Esta obra trata de los principios económicos y de cómo los utilizan los economistas para entender el mundo. Ha sido concebida, redactada, y esta segunda edición sustancialmente revisada, para ayudar a sus alumnos a centrarse en estos principios y aplicaciones básicas de la economía.

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