As the dominant venture capitalist of Silicon Valley, Tom Perkins had seemingly done it all—from amassing a billion-dollar fortune to getting himself convicted of manslaughter in France. But his ultimate dream was to create the biggest, fastest, riskiest, highest-tech, most self-indulgent sailboat ever built.
With keen storytelling and biting wit, bestselling author David A. Kaplan takes us inside the mind of an American genius and behind the scenes of an extraordinary venture: the birth of Perkins's $130 million marvel The Maltese Falcon. This modern clipper ship is as long as a football field and forty-two feet wide, with three rotating masts, each twenty stories high, and a bridge straight out of Star Trek. The riveting biography of a remarkable ship and the remarkable man who built it, Mine's Bigger is an unforgettable profile of ambition, hubris, audacity, and the imagination of a legendary entrepreneur.

Mine's Bigger

Kaplan, David

Humor & Entertainment

HarperEnt

Perfect for AP* Human Geography! Geographers believe that the phenomena on the earth’s surface and not random, but rather the result of a complex series of processes going on at the local, regional and international scale. Human Geography, 1e by Jon Malinowski and David Kaplan will introduce you to how geographers attempt to make sense of the diverse reality of human populations on Earth’s surface. Human Geography, 1e uses a modular approach. Each of the 18 chapters is divided into page “spreads” to easily allow an instructor the flexibility to customize his or her course.

Malinowski, Human Geography, 2013 1e, Student Edition, NASTA (A/P HUMAN GEOGRAPHY)

Politics & Social Sciences

Malinowski, Jon

Social Sciences

McGraw–Hill Education

Most countries implement social protection programs to help individuals manage risks such as unemployment, disability, illness, longevity or death. In many middle income countries, these are often based on a 'Bismarckian model' (named after Otto von Bismarck), where benefits are financed by contributions levied on salaried employment. In countries with a large informal sector, however, only a fraction of the population is covered by this system and non-contributory programs have been added or are planned to increase coverage. This can create distortions in the labor market, and the book is about policies to expand the coverage of social insurance programs to all workers, without reducing incentives to job creation and formal work. While few would argue against the need and social merits of social insurance and social assistance programs there are growing concerns about their unintended consequences on labor markets because of poor design. The programs can distort incentives and individual behaviors in ways that either reduce employment levels and/or promote informality, ultimately affecting productivity and economic performance. For instance, high social security contribution rates can reduce formal employment; badly designed unemployment benefits can reduce incentives to keep, search, and take jobs; and fragmented social assistance programs can become a tax on formal labor and encourage informality. The book reviews the evidence regarding the effects of social insurance and social assistance programs on labor market outcomes and discusses options to improve their design and implementation. The book focuses particularly on middle income countries in Latin America and Asia with a large informal sector and suggests ways to reduce these distortions and better manage and finance the subsidies to make coverage universal, while creating good jobs. The book compiles expert papers from the joint conferences of the World Bank (WB), the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Employment and Development.

Social Insurance, Informality, and Labor Markets: How to Protect Workers While Creating Good Jobs

Business & Money

Frölich, Markus

Rigolini, Jamele

Pagés, Carmen

Robalino, David

Economics

Oxford University Press

Anthropological theory has been much discussed in recent years, yet the crucial questions still remain--how can it be defined, how is it developed, how is it to be applied, and how can one confirm it? The editors of Anthropological Theory answer these questions by presenting essays relating to various aspects of anthropological theory. Their selections from widely scattered and often difficult-to-obtain sources present a comprehensive set of writings that describe the current position and issues involved in theory. The development of field work in anthropology generated a tremendous emphasis on empirical data and research. The plethora of information awaiting collection and the enthusiasm with which the field embraced it so immersed anthropologists that they were unable to relate this new information to the field as a whole. Manners and Kaplan believe that this lack of generalization had a profoundly negative effect upon the discipline. Therefore, they look closely into the relationship between field work and theory in an opening essay and go on to present material that demonstrates the value and the necessity of theory in anthropology. Essays by anthropologists and other social scientists deal with "explanation," evolution, ecology, ideology, structuralism, and a number of other issues reflecting throughout the editors' conviction that anthropology is a science, the goal of which is to produce generalizations about sociocultural phenomena. The book provides necessary perspective for examining and evaluating the crucial intellectual concerns of modern anthropology and will therefore be important for the work of every anthropologist.

Anthropological Theory

Routledge

Economics and Making Decisions

Kourilsky, Marilyn

Dickneider, William

Tabbush, Victor

NTC Pub. Group

Urban Growth and Change: In More Developed and Still-Developing Countries for Wright State University

Wheeler, James O.

Holloway, Steven

Sociology

wiley

The Second Edition of Kaplan's Urban Geography text aims to uncover the excitement and richness found in cities, while tackling the wide variety of urban challenges. This text offers a comprehensive treatment of urban geography, covering the field both as it has evolved and as it exists today and fully explores the origins and development of cities. Kaplan includes the most current research in urban studies, introduces elements of urban theory and methodology, and addresses the urban experience as a global one. Using crystal-clear language, the text presents key concepts in a straightforward structure that makes mastering the material easy for all students of Urban Geography.

Urban Geography

From America's most influential cocktail bar comes two cocktail decks in one for the home mixologist- a deck of 52 classic cocktail recipes and another deck of 52 cards to help you come up with brand-new concoctions, along with an instructional booklet on how to combine the two decks for even more drink possibilities. This double deck is a comprehensive primer on the art of handcrafted drinks. The first set of cards, the Classics Deck, features Death & Co's take on fifty-two classic and modern classic recipes, each labeled with categories that reflects its cocktail personality ("Fresh & Lively," "Elegant & Timeless," "Rich & Comforting"). The other deck, called the Roots Deck, is a choose-your-own-cocktail-adventure based on Death & Co's fan favorite book Cocktail Codex. You pull a root cocktail card-Martini, Old Fashioned, Daiquiri, Sidecar, Highball, or Flip-which will prompt you to pull additional cards to continue the assembly of components (specific spirits, citrus, sweeteners, and more) of your drink, leading you to the creation of a brand-new cocktail for your repertoire. The decks can also be used in unison; start with a recipe from The Classics Deck and use the ingredients from the Roots Deck to help you swap ingredients and made new discoveries. With a booklet that includes instructions for using the decks together or separately and information on the most basic kit for the home bar, Death & Co Bartender's Choiceis an essential tool for drink-makers.

Death & Co Bartender's Choice: Cards for Discovering Classic Cocktails and Inspiring New Drinks

Day, Alex

Fauchald, NIck

Reference

Clarkson/Potter

Book by Aguado, Edward, Pryde, Philip, WCBP, Kaplan, David, O'Brien, Bob, Rushton, Gerard, Fellmann, Jerome, Ford, Larry, Quastler, Imre, Weeks, John

Student Study Map Art Notebook To Accompany The United States And Canada: The Land And The People

Aguado, Edward

WEEKS, John

O'Brien, Bob

Fellmann,Jerome

Quastler,Imre

Pryde, Philip

Ford, Larry

WCBP

Rushton, Gerard

Arts & Photography

William C Brown Communications

Protein-Based Materials (Bioengineering of Materials)

Nature learned long ago how useful proteins are as a diverse set of building blocks to make materials with very diverse properties. Spider webs, egg whites, hair follicles, and skeletal muscles are all largely protein. This book provides a glimpse into both nature's strategies for the design and produc tion of protein-based materials, and how scientists have been able to go beyond the constraints of natural materials to produce synthetic analogs with potentially wider ranges of properties. The work presented is very much the beginning of the story. Only recently has there been much progress in obtaining a molecular understanding of some of nature's com plex materials, and the mimicry or replacement of these by synthetic or genetically engineered variants is a field still in its infancy. Yet this book will serve as a useful introduction for those wishing to get started in what is sure to be an active and productive field throughout the 21st century. The authors represent a wide range of interests and expertise, and the topics chosen are comprehensive. Charles R. Cantor Center for Advanced Biotechnology Boston University Series Preface The properties of materials depend on the nature of the macromolecules, small molecules and inorganic components and the interfaces and interac tions between them. Polymer chemistry and physics, and inorganic phase structure and density are major factors that influence the performance of materials.

Science & Math

McGrath, Kevin

Biological Sciences

Birkhauser

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