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The 4-hour work week : escape 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new rich
Timothy Ferriss.
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xv, 396 p. : charts ; 22 cm.
More than 100 pages of new, cutting-edge content. Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan---there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times.Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less,The 4-Hour Workweek is the blueprint. This step-by-step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches: How Tim went from $40,000 per year and 80 hours per week to $40,000 per month and 4 hours per week; How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want; How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs; How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist; How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent mini-retirements. The new expanded edition of Tim Ferriss' The 4-Hour Workweek includes: More than 50 practical tips and case studies from readers (including families) who have doubled income, overcome common sticking points, and reinvented themselves using the original book as a starting point. Real-world templates you can copy for eliminating e-mail, negotiating with bosses and clients, or getting a private chef for less than $8 a meal. How Lifestyle Design principles can be suited to unpredictable economic times. The latest tools and tricks, as well as high-tech shortcuts, for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either one.
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The 5 big lies about American business : combating smears against the free-market economy
Michael Medved.
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262 p. ; 25 cm.
Talk radio's Michael Medved, bestselling author of The 10 Big Lies About America, sets the record straight about the free-market system and the destructive distortions of its most determined detractors.
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90-day geisha : my time as a Tokyo hostess
Chelsea Haywood.
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307 p. ; 22 cm.
The glamorous adventures--and enticing temptations--of Japanese nightlife are laid bare in this introspective book. A former model guides readers through the largely unreported modern geisha lifestyle.
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After the ice : life, death, and geopolitics in the new Arctic
Alun Anderson.
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298 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
An eye-opening look at the winners and losers in the high-stakes story of Arctic transformation, from nations to natives to animals to the very landscape itselfThe Arctic-like the canary in the coal mine-has reacted more quickly and dramatically to global warming than many had anticipated. Hundreds of scientists are urgently trying to predict just how the Arctic will change and how those changes will in turn affect the rest of the planet. But plenty of other people, driven by profit rather than data, are interested as well. The riches of the world's last virgin territory have spurred the reawakening of old geopolitical rivalries. The United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, and the Danish territory of Greenland all control areas around the Arctic Ocean. We face a new era of oil rigs and drill ships, of tankers taking shortcuts from Yokohama to Rotterdam, as well as a potential fight over the Arctic's treasures.Alongside the winners from an open Arctic sea are the many losers, from the nomadic reindeer herders of Siberia and Scandinavia to the Inuit hunters of Alaska, Greenland, and Canada. Other creatures that rely on the vast expanses of sea ice, including seals, birds, and whales-and the ecosystems within which they live-may disappear to be replaced by different creatures.Combining science, business, politics, and adven-ture, Alun Anderson takes the reader to the ends of the earth for what may be the last narrative portrait of this rapidly changing land of unparalleled global significance.
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The age of comfort : when Paris discovered casual--and the modern home began
Joan DeJean.
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295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
A critically acclaimed historian of French culture identifies the moment in modern history when informality and comfort had first become priorities, causing a sudden transformation in the worlds of architecture and interior decoration that would last for centuries.
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The age of empathy : nature's lessons for a kinder society
Frans de Waal ; with drawings by the author.
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x, 291 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
From an internationally renowned authority on primatology and psychology comes a fascinating investigation of empathy in both humans and animals.
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All cakes considered
Melissa Gray.
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223 p. : col.ll ; 21 cm.
From National Public Radio's Cake Lady Melissa Gray comes this collection of more than 50 cake recipes as well as cake-making tips. 24 color photos.
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Animals in stone : architectural sculpture in New York City
Robert Arthur King ; introduction by Andrew Dolkart ; maps by Jeffrey Ward.
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144 p., [plate] ; 19 cm.
A delightful collection of creatures that adorn New York City buildings.Companion to Faces in Stone, this is a gift-sized and attractively priced book for architecture buffs. It features more than one hundred imaginative sculptural details, from the domestic to the fantastic, with a brief introduction and contextual photos to show the building on which each ornament appears, the addresses, and transportation information.
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Anonyponymous : the forgotten people behind everyday words
John Bemelmans Marciano.
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152 p. ; 21 cm.
An encyclopedia of linguistic biographies: the witty, illustrated stories of the Earl of Sandwich, Charles Boycott, and other historical figures better known as words than people. Eponymous,adj.Giving one's name to a person, place, or thing. Anonymous, adj. Anonymous. Anonyponymous, adj. Anonymous and eponymous.The Earl of Sandwich, fond of salted beef and paired slices of toast, found a novel way to eat them all together. Etienne de Silhouette, a former French finance minister, was so notoriously cheap that his name became a byword for chintzy practices such as substituting a darkened outline for a proper painted portrait. Both bequeathed their names to the language, but neither man is remembered. In this clever and funny book, John Bemelmans Marciano illuminates the lives of these anonyponymous persons. A kind of encyclopedia of linguistic biographies, the book is arranged alphabetically, giving the stories of everyone from Abu algorithm, Al-Khwarizmi to Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Along with them you'll find the likes of Harry Shrapnel, Joseph-Ignace Guillotine, and many other people whose vernacular legacies have long outlived their memory. Accented by amusing line portraits and short etymological essays on subjects like superhero eponyms, Anonyponymous is both a compendium of trivia and a window into the fascinating world of etymology. Carefully curated and unfailingly witty, this book is both a fantastic gift for language lovers and a true pleasure to read.
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The art of a beautiful game : the thinking fan's tour of the NBA
Chris Ballard.
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228 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
InThe Art of a Beautiful Game, Chris Ballard, the award-winningSports Illustratedwriter who has covered the NBA for the past decade, goes behind the scenes to examine basketball in ways that will surprise even die-hard fans. An inveterate hoops junkie who played some college ball, Ballard sits down with the NBA's most passionate, cerebral players to find out their tricks of the trade and to learn what drives them, taking readers away from the usual sports talk radio fodder and deep into the heart of the game.Ballard talks to Dwight Howard, a prolific shot-blocker, about the enervating feeling of meeting another man at the height of his leap; challenges Steve Kerr to a game of H-O-R-S-E to understand the mentality of a pure shooter; reveals the roots of Kobe Bryant's unmatched killer instinct; and spends time with LeBron James to better understand both his mental game and his seemingly unlimited physical skills. He tracks down renowned dunkers from Dominique to Shaq to explore the impact of the dunk on the modern game, shadows Shane Battier during his preparations to defend LeBron, takes lessons from a freethrow shooting guru who once hit 2,750 in a row, and attends an elite NBA training camp to feel the pain that turns a prospect into a pro.Packed with lively characters and basketball history, and grounded in superb writing and the reportage that is the hallmark ofSports Illustrated,The Art of a Beautiful Gameis an often witty, always insightful look at the men like Steve Nash, Yao Ming, and Alonzo Mourning who devote themselves to this elegant and complicated sport. It ultimately provides basketball fans what they all want: an inside read on the game they love.
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The art of Avatar : James Cameron's epic adventure
by Lisa Fitzpatrick ; preface by Peter Jackson ; foreword by Jon Landau ; epilogue by James Cameron.
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105 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 27 x 31 cm.
Academy Award-winning writer/director James Cameron, the maker ofTitanic and the creator of theTerminator series, has been crafting Avatar for over four years. The film follows the story of an ex-marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on a distant planet filled with exotic life forms. As an avatar, a human consciousness in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people. The Art of Avatar, the companion book to this epic 3-D action adventure, explores the developmental and conceptual art used by the creative team to create the original world of Avatar. With over 100 exclusive full-color images including sketches, matte paintings, drawings, and film stills, The Art of Avatar reveals the process behind the creation of set designs for the imaginative vistas, unique landscapes, aerial battle scenes, bioluminescent nights, and fantastical creatures. Interviews with art directors, visual effects designers, animators, costume designers, and creature makers bring insight into this creative process. The Art of Avatar brings readers behind the scenes of this unprecedented moviegoing experience.
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The art of Planet 51
text by Danny Graydon ; foreword by Gary Oldman.
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144 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 27 x 29 cm.
"The Art of "Planet 51"" offers a ride through Ilion Animation Studios, the visionary force responsible for the humorous and heartwarming space adventure, "Planet 51." This guide includes original concept art and artist renderings, an inside look at the CGI process, and more.
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