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Praise for The Art of the Trade "Mr. Jankovsky's The Art of the Trade is a fascinating account of trading futures and options from his perspective as a professional in the business. The harsh realities of the brokerage business he describes are sobering, if not frightening, to retail traders. Though some of his points are controversial, Jankovsky's emphasis on the necessity of self-study in obtaining consistent trading profits and his conclus...

In this first intellectual biography of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716), Maria Rosa Antognazza surveys the full range of the philosopher's interests and offers a unified portrait of a unique thinker, identifying the master project that inspired his huge range of apparently miscellaneous endeavors.

Presents a comprehensive narrative history of Nazi Germany and sets it in the wider context of nineteenth- and twentieth-century German history. This book shows how it was possible that a national culture of such creativity and achievement could generate such barbarism and destructiveness.

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This book, in language accessible to the general reader, investigates twelve of the most notorious, most interesting, and most instructive episodes involving the interaction between science and Christianity, aiming to tell each story in its historical specificity and local particularity. Among the events treated in "When Science and Christianity Meet" are the Galileo affair, the seventeenth-century clockwork universe, Noah's ark and flood in t...

In this timely book, one of the nation's rising young African-American intellectuals makes an impassioned plea for black America to address its current social problems, rather than focus on ideas and categories of the past.

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Traces the legal meaning and cultural implications of prominent American trials across the history of the nation. This book shows how courtrooms are forced to cope with unresolved communal anxieties and how they sometimes make legal decisions that change the way Americans think about themselves.

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With a cast of characters ranging from Malcolm X to 50 Cent, Knight¿s compelling work is the first detailed account of the movement inextricably linked with black empowerment, Islam, New York, and hip-hop. Whether discussing the stars of Five Percenter rap or 1980s crack empires, this fast-paced investigation uncovers the community¿s icons and heritage, and examines its growing influence in urban American youth culture.

From Elvis Presley's Sun Sessions to Radiohead's OK Computer, here is the very best of rock and pop music of the Twentieth Century. A consumer's critical guide to the music, enabling the reader to select the very best of an artist's repertoire before making a buying decision.

Ever since the first edition of Verna Benner Carson's "Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice" went out of print, second-hand copies have been highly sought after by practitioners in the field and nursing school faculty who appreciated the comprehensive scope of the seminal work on spirituality and health. In this highly anticipated revised edition, Carson and her co-editor, Harold G. Koenig, have thoroughly revised and updated this classic ...

Events spawned by hatreds old and new and personal ties of honor once again reach into the lives of martial arts scholar Connor Burke and the master Warrior Yamashita, snaring them in a struggle of international proportions which ultimately threatens the lives of both master and pupil, setting them upon a path in search of the most deadly of foes.

The personalized and empowering experience of a home birth can also occur in a hospital setting. This book presents fifteen powerful testimonies about this kind of emotionally satisfying birth. The stories show that expectant mothers can minimize fear and put technology where it belongs.Dr. Kerr focuses on the Five C's: Choice, Communication, Continuity, Confidence, and Control of protocols. Prospective parents will learn what questions to ask...

As an atheist, Sinister was skeptical of the 12-step groups when the time came for him to get sober. In "Get Up, " he shares the knowledge he gained on his journey, from being afraid of the philosophies to embracing them, and motivates others to do the same.

Seventeen studies by noted experts that demonstrate recent approaches toward the creative interpretation of primary sources regarding Renaissance and Baroque music, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Debussy, and beyond.

The history of five major cartographic errrors of American geography that have had considerable resonance long after they were perpetrated.

Chef Achatz represents the best of the molecular gastronomy movement--brilliant fundamentals and exquisite taste paired with a groundbreaking approach to new techniques and equipment. "Alinea" showcases Achatz's cuisine with more than 100 dishes and 600 photographs.