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The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule»rank: 3071by: Thomas Frank
: :From the author of the landmark bestseller What’s the Matter with Kansas?, a jaw-dropping investigation of the decades of deliberate—and lucrative—conservative misruleIn his previous book, Thomas Frank explained why working America votes for politicians who reserve their favors for the rich. Now, in The Wrecking Crew, Frank examines the blundering and corrupt Washington those politicians have given us. Casting back to the early days of the conservative revolution, Frank describes the rise of a ruling coalition dedicated to dismantling government. But rather than cutting down the big government they claim to hate, conservatives have simply sold it off, deregulating some industries, defunding others, but always turning public policy into a ... |
What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America»rank: 9197by: Thomas Frank
: :With a New Afterword by the AuthorThe New York Times bestseller, praised as 'hilariously funny . . . the only way to understand why so many Americans have decided to vote against their own economic and political interests' (Molly Ivins)Hailed as 'dazzlingly insightful and wonderfully sardonic' (Chicago Tribune), 'very funny and very painful' (San Francisco Chronicle), and 'in a different league from most political books' (The New York Observer), What's the Matter with Kansas? unravels the great political mystery of our day: Why do so many Americans vote against their economic and social interests? With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank answers the riddle by examining his home state, ... |
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Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)»rank: 6593by: Thomas Pynchon
: :Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity’s Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the twentieth century as Joyce’s Ulysses was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour de force. |
The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation»rank: 12523by: Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas
: :An out-of-print collector's item since 1986, the definitive account of the development of Disney animation explains what made Disney's style unique and features original sketches and drawings revealing the origins of Mickey and the rest. National ad/promo. |
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French in Action: A Beginning Course in language and Culture, Second Edition: Workbook, Part 1 (Yale Language Series)»rank: 166631by: Pierre Capretz, Beatrice Abetti, Thomas Abbate, Frank Abetti
: :An out-of-print collector's item since 1986, the definitive account of the development of Disney animation explains what made Disney's style unique and features original sketches and drawings revealing the origins of Mickey and the rest. National ad/promo. |
Michelangelo (XL Series)»rank: 41229by: Frank Zollner, Christof Thoenes, Thomas Popper
: :Renaissance man: Michelangelo as never seen before. Before reaching the tender age of thirty, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had already sculpted David and Pieta, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. Like fellow Florentine Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo was a shining star of the Renaissance and a genius of consummate virtuosity. His achievements as a sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and architect are unique- no artist before or after him has ever produced such a vast, multi-faceted, and wideranging oeuvre. Only a handful of other painters and sculptors have attained a comparable social status and enjoyed a similar artistic freedom. This is demonstrated not only by the frescoes ... |
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The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and the Rise of Hip Consumerism»rank: 30881by: Thomas Frank
: :While the youth counterculture remains the most evocative and best-remembered symbol of the cultural ferment of the 1960s, the revolution that shook American business during those boom years has gone largely unremarked. In this fascinating and revealing study, Thomas Frank shows how the youthful revolutionaries were joined—and even anticipated —by such unlikely allies as the advertising industry and the men's clothing business.'[Thomas Frank is] perhaps the most provocative young cultural critic of the moment.'—Gerald Marzorati, New York Times Book Review'An indispensable survival guide for any modern consumer.'—Publishers Weekly, starred review'Frank makes an ironclad case not only that the advertising industry cunningly turned the countercultural rhetoric of revolution into a rallying ... |
Student Outlines Part One for Thomas' Calculus»rank: 1502511by: George B. Thomas, Maurice D. Weir, Joel Hass, Frank R. Giordano
: :Organized to correspond to Chapters 1-11 of Thomas' Calculus, 11e, the Student Outlines Part I by Joseph Borzellino and Patricia Nelson reinforce important concepts and provide an outline of the important topics, theorems, and definitions, as well as study tips and additional practice problems. |
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One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy»rank: 127025by: Thomas Frank
: :In a book that has been raising hackles far and wide, the social critic Thomas Frank skewers one of the most sacred cows of the go-go '90s: the idea that the new free-market economy is good for everyone. Frank's target is 'market populism'--the widely held belief that markets are a more democratic form of organization than democratically elected governments. Refuting the idea that billionaire CEOs are looking out for the interests of the little guy, he argues that 'the great euphoria of the late nineties was never as much about the return of good times as it was the giddy triumph of one America over another.' Frank is a latter-day ... |
Subprime Mortgage Credit Derivatives (Frank J. Fabozzi Series)»rank: 251717by: Laurie S. Goodman, Shumin Li, Douglas J. Lucas, Thomas A. Zimmerman, Frank J. Fabozzi
: :Mortgage credit derivatives are a risky business, especially of late. Written by an expert author team of UBS practitioners-Laurie Goodman, Shumin Li, Douglas Lucas, and Thomas Zimmerman-along with Frank Fabozzi of Yale University, Subprime Mortgage Credit Derivatives covers state-of-the-art instruments and strategies for managing a portfolio of mortgage credits in today's volatile climate. Divided into four parts, this book addresses a variety of important topics, including mortgage credit (non-agency, first and second lien), mortgage securitizations (alternate structures and subprime triggers), credit default swaps on mortgage securities (ABX, cash synthetic relationships, CDO credit default swaps), and much more. In addition, the authors outline the origins of the subprime crisis, showing how ... |