Jim Bowyer

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Idaho

In ''The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise, '' Dr. Jim L. Bowyer clearly documents an ethically bankrupt position that underlies much of our environmental policy. High consumption in wealthy countries usually goes hand-in-hand with resistance to domestic raw materials extraction and half-hearted interest in recycling. Because of this, the worlds wealthiest countries increasingly rely on imported raw materials from poorer nations to fuel consumption. This, in turn, allows citizens of wealthy countries to smugly enjoy high levels of consumption with minimal exposure to the environmental impacts of that consumption. Bowyer concludes, ''Contrary to common practice today, high consuming nations need to be asking, Why not in my back yard?''

The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise

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Scott Nations

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Stock Market Meltdowns That Defined a Nation

In this absorbing, smart, and accessible blend of economic and cultural history, Scott Nations, a longtime trader, financial engineer, and CNBC contributor, takes us on a journey through the five significant stock market crashes in the past century to reveal how they defined the United States today The Panic of 1907: When the Knickerbocker Trust Company failed, after a brazen attempt to manipulate the stock market led to a disastrous run on the banks, the Dow lost nearly half its value in weeks. Only billionaire J.P. Morgan was able to save the stock market. Black Tuesday (1929): As the newly created Federal Reserve System repeatedly adjusted interest rates in all the wrong ways, investment trusts, the darlings of that decade, became the catalyst that caused the bubble to burst, and the Dow fell dramatically, leading swiftly to the Great Depression. Black Monday (1987): When "portfolio insurance," a new tool meant to protect investments, instead led to increased losses, and corporate raiders drove stock prices above their real values, the Dow dropped an astonishing 22.6 percent in one day. The Great Recession (2008): As homeowners began defaulting on mortgages, investment portfolios that contained them collapsed, bringing the nation's largest banks, much of the economy, and the stock market down with them. The Flash Crash (2010): When one investment manager, using a runaway computer algorithm that was dangerously unstable and poorly understood, reacted to the economic turmoil in Greece, the stock market took an unprecedentedly sudden plunge, with the Dow shedding 998.5 points (roughly a trillion dollars in valuation) in just minutes. The stories behind the great crashes are filled with drama, human foibles, and heroic rescues. Taken together they tell the larger story of a nation reaching enormous heights of financial power while experiencing precipitous dips that alter and reset a market where millions of Americans invest their savings, and on which they depend for their futures. Scott Nations vividly shows how each of these major crashes played a role in America's political and cultural fabric, each providing painful lessons that have strengthened us and helped us to build the nation we know today. A History of the United States in Five Crashes clearly and compellingly illustrates the connections between these major financial collapses and examines the solid, clear-cut lessons they offer for preventing the next one.

A History of the United States in Five Crashes

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Edmund J. Bourne

Clean book; no writing or highlights. Minor wear to cover and corners.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Celebrating 30 years as a classic in its field and recommended by therapists worldwide, The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook is an unparalleled, essential resource for people struggling with anxiety and phobias.



Living with anxiety, panic disorders, or phobias can make you feel like you aren't in control of your life. Tackle the fears that hold you back with this go-to guide. Packed with the most effective skills for assessing and treating anxiety, this evidence-based workbook contains the latest clinical research. You'll find an arsenal of tools for quieting worry, ending negative self-talk, and taking charge of your anxious thoughts, including:

 * Relaxation and breathing techniques
 * New research on exposure therapy for phobias
 * Lifestyle, exercise, mindfulness and nutrition tips

  

Written by a leading expert in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this fully revised and updated seventh edition offers powerful, step-by-step treatment strategies for panic disorders, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), worry, and fear. You will also find new information on relapse prevention after successful treatment, and updates on medication, cannabis derivatives, ketamine,  exposure, nutrition, spirituality, the latest research in neurobiology, and more.



Whether you suffer from anxiety and phobias yourself, or are a professional working with this population, this book provides the latest treatment solutions for overcoming the fears that stand in the way of living a meaningful and happy life. This workbook can be used on its own or in conjunction with therapy.

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook

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Freeman J. Dyson

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

How did life on earth originate? Did replication or metabolism come first in the history of life? In this book, Freeman Dyson examines these questions and discusses the two main theories that try to explain how naturally occurring chemicals could organize themselves into living creatures. The majority view is that life began with replicating molecules, the precursors of modern genes. The minority belief is that random populations of molecules evolved metabolic activities before exact replication existed. Dyson analyzes both of these theories with reference to recent important discoveries by geologists and chemists. His main aim is to stimulate experiments that could help to decide which theory is correct. This second edition covers the enormous advances that have been made in biology and geology in the past and the impact they have had on our ideas about how life began. It is a clearly-written, fascinating book that will appeal to anyone interested in the origins of life.

Origins of Life

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Helter Skelter; First edition, third printing, wear to dust cover including tear at head of dust cover, minor wear to edges. The Family; Avon, 1972, 6th printing,  excellent condition considering age, spine intact, yellowing pages due to age and material. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The True Story of the Manson Murders 

Helter Skelter

Tim Severin

An Exhilarating Journey on Horseback Across the Steppes of Mongolia by the Award-Winning Author of "The Brendan Voyage"

Eight centuries ago Genghis Khan rode out of the steppes of Mongolia to establish the largest empire ever achieved by any one man. Now Tim Severin, award-winning author of The Brendan Voyage, has retraced the tracks of Khan's feared horde. culture has changed. 24 pages of illustrations, 8 in color; maps.

In Search of Genghis Khan

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Shaul Bakhash

Iran and the Islamic Revolution

The Reign of the Ayatollahs

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Robert Lacey

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Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life

Little Man

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Francis Edward Peters

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The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places

This collection of first hand accounts of travellers on Muslim pilgramages provides a literary history of the central ritual of Islam, from its remote pre-Islamic origins to the end of the Hashimite Kingdom of the Hijaz in 1926.

The Hajj

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Dominic Streatfeild

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An Unauthorized Biography

Examines the history of cocaine from its first medical uses to the worldwide issues it presents today.

Cocaine

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Simon Winchester

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The Day the World Exploded: August 27 1883

The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa. The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster -- was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event that has only very recently been properly understood, the eruption changed the world in more ways than could possibly be imagined. Dust swirled round die planet for years, causing temperatures to plummet and sunsets to turn vivid with lurid and unsettling displays of light. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogotá and Washington, D.C., went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of the island's destruction was heard in Australia and India and on islands thousands of miles away. Most significant of all -- in view of today's new political climate -- the eruption helped to trigger in Java a wave of murderous anti-Western militancy among fundamentalist Muslims: one of the first outbreaks of Islamic-inspired killings anywhere. Simon Winchester's long experience in the world wandering as well as his knowledge of history and geology give us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event as he brings it telling back to life.

Krakatoa

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John S. D. Eisenhower

The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott

Historian John S.D. Eisenhower, author of So Far From God and The Bitter Woods, explores the facets of Scott's career and the ways he shaped - and was shaped by - the goals and ambitions of a young republic. As Eisenhower vividly demonstrates, American history cannot be fully understood without an appreciation of Scott's life and influence. He not only presided over America's territorial expansion and, reluctantly, over the relocation of American Indians during the episode known as the Trail of Tears, but also played a leading role in the development of the United States Army from a tiny, loosely organized, politics-dominated establishment to a disciplined professional force capable of effective and sustained campaigning. Scott's career was not an uninterrupted series of successes. He was the hero of two major wars and the diplomat who prevented at least three other potential wars with Britain. Yet during his fifty years of service, Scott was placed before a military court three times and once even convicted, incurring a year's suspension from the army. He was roundly defeated when he ran for president in 1852. As Eisenhower's careful study discloses, some of Scott's troubles were created by his own political ambitions. But Scott the General was a person of monumental proportions and the key agent of America's Manifest Destiny.

Agent of Destiny

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John Moring

Great Explorers of the North American West

A little more than a century ago, western North America was a mystery to the European settlers who had rapidly filled the eastern part of the continent. In the feverish search for beaver, gold, and emigration routes, a special breed of man emerged who would reveal the secrets of the vast West. Such men were said to 'have sand' or 'have sand in their craw.' These men, rugged individuals with the determination to succeed, the grit to survive, and wanderlust in their hearts, forged the way for the settlement of the West. The author skillfully guides the reader through the lives of thirteen of these men including the highly regarded team of Lewis and Clark.

Men with Sand

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David Harris

The True Story of an American Manhunt Unlike Any Other, Ever

Now in paperback, the acclaimed nonfiction thriller that takes us behind the scenes and reveals what really happened in 1989 when 20,000 American soldiers invaded Panama, arrested that nation's leader, and hauled him back to Miami to stand trial for violations of American law -- violations committed in that ruler's own country. Tracing the secret investigation, the exciting four-year manhunt, and the bizarre incidents that shook U.S. foreign policy to its roots, "Shooting the Moon" is at once a page-turning story and a first-rate work of investigative journalism.-- One of the most outrageous true crime stories ever recorded.-- A fast-paced narrative that holds strong appeal for readers of military and legal thrillers.

Shooting the Moon

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Karen Armstrong

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One City, Three Faiths

With 8 pages of color photographs and 82 illustrations in text.

Jerusalem

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Mikel Dunham

Examines life in Tibet prior to, during, and after the Chinese takeover and profiles the peaceful Buddhist monks who became warriors--with the assistance of the CIA--to battle Mao's forces.

Buddha's Warriors

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William Weir

From the Crusades to Bunker Hill to the Vietnam War: History's Most Tragic Military Triumphs and the High Cost of Victory

"A bull's eye performance."- Publishers Weekly "Unique and thought-provoking."- The Historian A noted historian and master storyteller explores the costly, often calamitous effects of victories gained by brilliant military commanders in fourteen historical battles-from Hannibal at Cannae to Bunker Hill, Sarajevo, Pearl Harbor, and the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. William Weir served as an army MP and a combat correspondent during the Korean War. He has written nine books, including Fifty Battles that Changed the World , Soldiers in the Shadows , The Encyclopedia of African American Military History , and Turning Points in Military History . He lives in Guilford, Connecticut.

Fatal Victories

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Giles Milton

Smyrna 1922 - The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance

Offers a chilling account of the 1922 destruction of the city of Smyrna, a wealthy, cosmopolitan, and primarily Christian city in the Ottoman Empire, by Turkish troops, a devastating attack that left the city in ruins and more than 100,000 people dead, and the lack of intervention on the part of allied warships in the nearby harbor.

Paradise Lost

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Being the true and surprising story of the Caribbean pirates and the man who brought them down

The Republic of Pirates

Alfredo Corchado

A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness

Midnight in Mexico

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Elizabeth A. Fenn

The Great Smallpox Epidemic Of 1775-82

Recreates one of the most overlooked chapters in American history--the smallpox epidemic that coincided with the Revolutionary War--tracing its influence on colonial life and the course of the war.

Pox Americana

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Sheila Hirtle

Marq De Villiers

The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold

Traces the storied past of one of the world's most fabled cities, examining the history, myths, and legends of Timbuktu as it rose from a camp for nomadic tribes, to a wealthy metropolis and nexus for trans-Saharan trade, to a center of Islamic learning and religion, to its long decline.

Timbuktu

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Hala Jaber

Born with a Vengeance

"Hezbollah" lifts the shroud of secrecy on the Shi'ite Muslim organization that has been synonymous with terror for the past 15 years. Jaber, a journalist specializing in Middle East coverage, was granted access to the Hezbollah's fighters, leaders, and strategists to prepare this exploration of the group's devotion to its cause. She also sheds light on Hezbollah's shadowy sister organization in Tehran. of photos.

Hezbollah

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Jeremy Seal

Travels among Serpents

Travels across America, Australia, Africa, and India in search of the most notorious snakes.

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