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Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems

29 reviews
Didier Sornette

Princeton University Press, 2004

2068
1 Lorenz Weather equations: The vertical axis is time, which goes from 0 to 5 in this plot. For each time, the third dimension in perspective show the probability distribution of the wind velocity v: the maximum of the initial bell-shape distribution corresponds to the best initial guess of what is the present state of the system. The width of the bell-shape curve quantifies the initial ...

Crash

201 reviews
Jerry Spinelli

Laurel Leaf, 2004

"Hut, Hut, Hut:"
I'm thinking of a five-letter word for a good, realistic book, and Crash is the word I'm looking for. It's by Jerry Spinelli, and if you like him, this is probably the best book he's written. Like most books by Spinelli, it's about someone different, but understands a precious lesson to be learned. In this case, the different person is Penn Webb. Penn is a vegetarian, a Quaker (doesn't like war), ...

Crash: Mind Over Mutant: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides) (Prima Official Game Guides)
Brad Anthony

Prima Games, 2008

Learn the locations of all hidden collectables and all secret "mutant-only" areas. Detailed strategies for obtaining every Xbox 360 achievement. Fastest way to 100% completion secrets. Master every mutant with pro tips and creature breakdowns.

Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)

544 reviews
Neal Stephenson

Spectra, 2000

Brain BIOS
I liked the linking of how a human brain works and how a computer works. There has to be some hardware/software wired a birth to create the different personalities and to allow consciousness to develop. A funny exciting read.

Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises (Wiley Investment Classics)

43 reviews
Charles P. Kindleberger, Robert Aliber

Wiley, 2005

Timely and yet enduring
As I write this review, we are waiting to see if the Fed's somewhat drastic cut in the federal funds rate will stop the slide into recession. Bank of America is acquiring Countrywide mortgage lenders. UAE has bought an $7.5 billion worth of junk bonds from Citigroup in a manner similar to the late Dr. Kindleberger's lender of last resort. So we have an event going here as I write. As a ...

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression

110 reviews
Robert R. Prechter Jr.

New Classics Library, 2002

Great debt of gratitude to Robert Prechter
I have followed the advice of Robert Prechter for decades and long ago discovered that he is always very early in his predictions but hardly ever wrong. He kept me from losing any money in all these years for which I owe him a great debt. I was able to retire early and feel safe as possible in, currently, short-term Treasuries. Paper profits don't mean a thing unless you can actually gain in ...

Smash! Crash! (Jon Scieszka's Trucktown)

21 reviews
Jon Scieszka

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2008

Kid pleaser
Okay, so this book won't help your kids solve the world's problems, but it will keep them entertained and enjoying a book. If you add some inflection to your voice when you read it for some of the characters, the kids will want it read everyday. The illustrations are bright and fun and keeps the kids attention as the easy to read style is simple for young kids to understand. AND, those kids who ...

Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll

6 reviews
Franklyn M. Branley

HarperTrophy, 1999

One of our boys' top picks over years
My two boys, now aged 3 and almost 5, have asked for this constantly over a period of two years. They put it in the top five the top of their favorite books list and we have a LOT of outstanding books. My older boy has wowed several adults with his lectures on how lightening and thunder work. I highly recommend the book/cassette combination. My husband and I also enjoy listening to it after ...

The Great Crash of 1929

46 reviews
John Kenneth Galbraith

Mariner Books, 1997

Relevant Again - and Readable as Always
Galbraith wrote The Great Crash in 1954 and he notes in his introduction that every time it was about to go out-of-print a new speculative mania would come along and a new printing would issue. One expects that the 2008 version must be in the works. Galbraith writes for the general audience, which means he not only leaves out most of the arcane details, but he also writes in an engaging ...

Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse (Lynn Sonberg Books)

256 reviews
Peter D. Schiff, John Downes

Wiley, 2007

Brilliant
One has to remember when reading this that this book was written in 2006. It describes almost prophetically in a clear and engaging argument what is happening in the current world economic crisis. Well written, well researched, thoroughly educational and entertaining to read.

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash

71 reviews
Charles R. Morris

PublicAffairs, 2008

One of the First of Many to Come
Many authors and speakers will claim credit for being among the first to call the downturn. But, author Charles Morris is among the first to publish a book...and a quality book at that...on the meltdown. For that alone, I give him a 5 star rating. The few critics of this book on Amazon suggest that he was exaggerating with his suggestion of a trillion dollar problem. With the benefit of the ...

Crash: A Novel

119 reviews
J. G. Ballard

Picador, 2001

Human ugliness laid bare...
I was traveling to London on business. Whenever I get a chance to go abroad, I try to read something "of the region." Or at least something that contains a metaphor for the trip. Reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson on my first trip to London and Edinburgh worked quite nicely. Digging into Gulliver's Travels by Swift while traveling through Sweden, a fantastic land that was completely ...

PM Crash Course, Premier Edition: A Crash Course in Real-World Project Management

5 reviews
Rita Mulcahy

RMC Publications, 2007

She's number 1
I would recommend Rita's books to anyone who's seriously going for a PMP certification or who wants to continue PMP certification. 'Crash Course' is for the novice. However, it is a practical, up to date, informational study in a condensed overview of the PMPBOK methodology. Everyone has their favorites but I've found Rita's team most effective in disecting this methodology. You'll make the right ...

IPTV Crash Course

2 reviews
Joseph W. Weber, Tom Newberry

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2006

Excellent Overview Of Groundbreaking Technology
I just moved into the IPTV Product Management group at a major telecom carrier, and I needed just what this book offers: a crash course in IPTV. What the technology is about; how it will change the TV concept as we know it; how it will change advertising paradigms; which operators are doing what; basic network architecture; digital rights management (i.e. copyright securitiy). This book HAD ...

The Great Crash: How the Stock Market Crash of 1929 Plunged the World into Depression
Selwyn Parker

Piatkus Books, 2008

This is the story of the financial cataclysm that started with the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929, and set in motion a series of economic, political and social events that affected many millions of people in America, Britain, Europe and Australia. The Crash rolled across the world like a tidal wave, toppling governments, spreading the wave of dictatorships in Italy and Germany, infecting entire industries and plunging millions into ...

AARP Crash Course in Finding the Work You Love: The Essential Guide to Reinventing Your Life (AARP)
Samuel Greengard

Sterling, 2008

Boomers reinvented society. Now they?re reinventing themselves, and AARP wants to facilitate that process. AARP Crash Course in Finding the Work You Love explores both the motivations and the methods of those taking part in the social phenomenon known as recareering. Whether they are old enough to have earned their AARP card or not, a new generation of American workers is no longer counting the days until retirement; instead they?re seeking ...

Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash!

3 reviews
Barbara Odanaka

Margaret K. McElderry, 2006

Perfect for read-alouds.
SMASH! MASH! CRASH! THERE GOES THE TRASH! By Barbara Odanaka will prove a delight for any child, urban or rural, familiar with the early wake-up call of the garbage truck. A rhythmic and noisy text filled with appealing sounds follows two garbage trucks on their route - and dogs, pigs, and more who can't wait for them to arrive! Perfect for read-alouds.

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