vendredi 30 novembre 2012

Barack Obama: The Making of the Man

Barack Obama
Barack Obama: The Making of the Man
David Maraniss (Auteur)

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Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches 1963 to 2009

Howard Zinn Speaks
Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches 1963 to 2009
Howard Zinn (Auteur), Anthony Arnove (Auteur, Sous la direction de)

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jeudi 29 novembre 2012

To Kill A President

To Kill
To Kill A President
M. Wesley Swearingen (Auteur)

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mardi 27 novembre 2012

The Global Offensive:The United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Making of the Post-Cold War Order

The Global Offensive
The Global Offensive:The United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Making of the Post-Cold War Order
Paul Thomas Chamberlin (Auteur)

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Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-1945

Stilwell and
Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-1945
Barbara W. Tuchman (Auteur)

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Description du produit

Barbara W. Tuchman won the Pulitzer Prize for Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 in 1972. She uses the life of Joseph Stilwell, the military attache to China in 1935-39 and commander of United States forces and allied chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek in 1942-44, to explore the history of China from the revolution of 1911 to the turmoil of World War II, when China's Nationalist government faced attack from Japanese invaders and Communist insurgents. Her story is an account of both American relations with China and the experiences of one of our men on the ground. In the cantankerous but level-headed "Vinegar Joe," Tuchman found a subject who allowed her to perform, in the words of The National Review, "one of the historian's most envied magic acts: conjoining a fine biography of a man with a fascinating epic story."

lundi 26 novembre 2012

Inside The Centre

Inside The
Inside The Centre
Ray Monk (Auteur)

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The Baby Boomer Encyclopedia

The Baby
The Baby Boomer Encyclopedia
Martin Gitlin (Auteur)

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dimanche 25 novembre 2012

In the Shadow of a Mountain

In the
In the Shadow of a Mountain
Susan Dahlgren Daigneault (Auteur)

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samedi 24 novembre 2012

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lundi 19 novembre 2012

Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Thirteen Days
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Robert F. Kennedy (Auteur), Arthur Meier Schlesinger (Preface)

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Description du produit

The unique, gripping account of the perilous showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union. During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In a clear and simple record, he describes the personalities involved in the crisis, with particular attention to the actions and attitudes of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. He describes the daily, even hourly, exchanges between Russian representatives and American. In firsthand immediacy we see the frightening responsibility of two great nations holding the fate of the world in their hands.

Polio:An American Story

Polio
Polio:An American Story
David M. Oshinsky (Auteur)

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samedi 17 novembre 2012

Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System

Fortune's Formula
Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System
William Poundstone (Auteur)
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Description du produit

In 1956 two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was mathematician Claude Shannon, neurotic father of our digital age, whose genius is ranked with Einstein's. The other was John L. Kelly, Jr., a Texas-born, gun-toting physicist. Together they applied the science of information theory-the basis of computers and the Internet-to the problem of making as much money as possible, as fast as possible. Shannon and MIT mathematician Edward O. Thorp took the "Kelly formula" to the roulette and blackjack tables of Las Vegas. It worked. They realized that there was even more money to be made in the stock market, specifically in the risky trading known as arbitrage. Thorp used the Kelly system with his phenomenonally successful hedge fund Princeton-Newport Partners. Shannon became a successful investor, too, topping even Warren Buffett's rate of return and using his wealth to drop out of the scientific world. Fortune's Formula traces how the Kelly formula sparked controversy even as it made fortunes at racetracks, casinos, and trading desks. It reveals the dark side of this alluring scheme, which is founded on exploiting an insider's edge. The cast of character spans J. Edgar Hoover, Rudolph Giuliani, Michael Milken and Warren Buffett; Hollywood producers, Wall Street crooks, snarky Nobel Laureates, and the Jewish mob. Fortune's Formula explores a new and surprising side to the Shannon legacy. Based in part on Shannon's previously unseen personal records as well as interviews with both of Shannon's wives, Thorp, and many others, it is the first full-length treatment of a subject that is changing ideas about finance. Claude Shannon believed it was possible for a smart investor to beat the market - and Fortune's Formula will convince you he was right.

vendredi 16 novembre 2012

jeudi 15 novembre 2012

White House Years

White House
White House Years
Henry Kissinger (Auteur)

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