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"129 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds overnight? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and …
The Two Towers is the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. …
Dr. Laura Schlessinger is the incredibly popular and controversial psychotherapist who hosts a nationally syndicated, top-rated midday radio talk show. …
Blood Sugar is a disturbing and evocative collection of new work and selected poems previously featured in Blackman’s enormously popular …
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A hilarious and witty look into the history of using cadavers for science, grave diggers, and options to consider about …
In this unique technical book, today's leading software architects present valuable principles on key development issues that go way beyond …
Learn about the status of the unknown Norwegian and why Lake Wobegon never made it …
Couldn't finish it. Like listening to paint dry.
On the evening of March 16, 2008, Bear Stearns, a swashbuckling eighty-five-year-old institution in the …
I couldn't finish this book; I gave up halfway through.
It's not that I didn't like it. There were bits I loved. But I couldn't bear to read about the cast of characters involved... they're petty, venal, scumbags who only think about how to screw vulnerable people out of money and then are astonished when their co-workers inevitably screw them when they're vulnerable.
Not only that, but there's absolutely not care and attention to risk management here; it's clearly a case of make money fast, and let other people clean up the mess later. I'm surprised the entire thing didn't collapse sooner, and I can understand the financial crisis far better in light of the total irresponsibility shown in these pages. Even when their company was collapsing around their ears, not one of the executive team or the board of directors could even think that it might be their responsibility …
I couldn't finish this book; I gave up halfway through.
It's not that I didn't like it. There were bits I loved. But I couldn't bear to read about the cast of characters involved... they're petty, venal, scumbags who only think about how to screw vulnerable people out of money and then are astonished when their co-workers inevitably screw them when they're vulnerable.
Not only that, but there's absolutely not care and attention to risk management here; it's clearly a case of make money fast, and let other people clean up the mess later. I'm surprised the entire thing didn't collapse sooner, and I can understand the financial crisis far better in light of the total irresponsibility shown in these pages. Even when their company was collapsing around their ears, not one of the executive team or the board of directors could even think that it might be their responsibility to only take on as much risk as they could handle.
Love the book, have to take a shower after reading a few pages.
The forces of Light and Darkness have co-existed in a delicate balance for hundreds of years...until now. Even as the …
