"A guide to living a more environmentally friendly lifestyle by changing general practices at home and making smart choices when purchasing durable goods. Explores the harmful impact durable goods can have on the environment through the use of natural resources and energy. Features include fact boxes, sidebars, activities, glossary, list of recommended reading and Web sites, and index"--Provided by publisher.

"A president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis. Abraham Lincoln was president when implacable secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions inextricably bound up with money, power, race, identity, and faith. He was hated and hailed, excoriated and revered. In Lincoln we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations. At once familiar...

Looks at the history of the banking systems of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil, arguing that banking crises and scarce credit result from the ways that politics and banking intersect in a given country.

As a founding member of The Beach Boys, Mike Love has spent an extraordinary fifty-five years, and counting, as the group's lead singer and one of its principal lyricists. The Beach Boys, from their California roots to their international fame, are a unique American story--one of overnight success and age-defying longevity; of musical genius and reckless self-destruction; of spirituality, betrayal, and forgiveness--and Love is the only band member...

We live in an increasingly interconnected society. Advancements in technology are enabling us to connect even more. However, there are still people around the world who are unable to utilize the amazing power of technology due to disabilities, remote locations, or the inability to afford certain devices. An important and interesting question faces the tech industry: How can we make computing devices available to everyone? In this book, students will...

"The 52-Week Low Formula is all about looking at companies to invest in and asking the following questions: Do they have a durable competitive advantage? Are the kind of company that is hard to compete with either because they have cornered a difficult market or because competing with them would require an unreasonably high investment by others? What is the purchase value of the company? If someone were to come in and buy everything, would they inherit...

"Broadcasting pioneers like Ed Murrow and Walter Cronkite, unpretentious reporters like Ernie Pyle, and dashing photographers like Robert Capa and Margaret Bourke-White are remembered for their courage and their willingness to put their lives on the line to record the sights and sounds of the World War II battlefield. In return for their fervent loyalty to the anti-Nazi cause, so the argument goes, the military provided them with almost unprecedented...