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Systems of survival: a dialogue on the moral foundations of commerce and politics
By Jane Jacobs. 1994
In the form of a Platonic dialogue, Jacobs identifies two distinct moral syndromes - one governing commerce, the other, politics…
- and explores what happens when these two syndromes collide. She investigates such examples as business fraud, government subsidies to agriculture and criminal enterprise. She provides a new way of seeing our public transactions and encourages us towards the best use of our natural inclinations. 1994.Teach your self chess (Teach Yourself Ser.)
By William R Hartston. 1985
This book contains all you need to know to learn and develop an understanding of good chess. The early chapters…
describe the rules of the game, and elementary strategy and tactics. The book then describes more advanced play, and commentaries on famous games. 1985.Supplements: from the earliest essays to 'Being and Time' and beyond (SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy)
By Martin Heidegger, John Van Buren. 2002
Simple winning chess (Everyman chess)
By Chris Baker. 1999
This text commences with how to assess your own strengths and weaknesses. Other topics covered are: how to improve your…
opening repertoire; how to prepare for competitive play; how to cope with time-pressure; and chessboard psychology. A summary of the most important rules of chess is also included. 1999.Sports hall of fame, weird
By Kevin Sylvester. 2005
Take a walk on the weird side! Odd, weird and just plain gross moments in sports await you, including yucky…
bathroom incidents, cursed teams, and spectacular losers. Find out why some hockey fans throw an octopus on the ice, how a dead guy got drafted, and how the hand of God may have decided a soccer game. Grades 4-7. 2005.Searching for stars on an island in Maine
By Alan P Lightman. 2018
Stone work: Reflections On Serious Play And Other Aspects Of Country Life
By John Jerome. 1997
For Jerome, the work of building a stone wall on his property in the Massachusetts Berkshires provides an opportunity for…
reflection. During his year-long project, Jerome comes to realize that it is not the product, but the process that’s important. 1997.Steve Bauer on bicycling: a cyclist's sourcebook
By Gerald Donaldson, Steve Bauer. 1989
Professional cyclist Steve Bauer provides information on: the history of bicycles; bicycle anatomy, maintenance and repair; fitness and training for…
riding; cycling skills and techniques. Junior and senior high and adult readers. 1989.Stolen season: a journey through America and baseball's minor leagues
By David Lamb. 1991
After covering bloody events in Middle East war zones, a foreign correspondent returns to America determined to take time off.…
Lamb, also hoping to renew his boyhood enthusiasm for baseball, spends a summer observing sights, sounds, players, and fans in ballparks. This account chronicles his journey across the country and into the recesses of his memory. Some strong language. c1991.Slow boat through Pennine waters
By Frederick Doerflinger. 1971
Slow boat through England
By Frederick Doerflinger. 1970
SportScience: physical laws and optimum performance
By Peter J Brancazio. 1984
Skating on skis
By Dick Mansfield. 1988
Simplexity: why simple things become complex (and how complex things can be made simple)
By Jeffrey Kluger. 2008
Frustrated by the traffic on narrow bridges? Stunned by the number of buttons on a remote control? Saddened by the…
lack of basic medical care in the developing world? Kluger makes the modern world comprehensible, analyzing social and technological systems to reveal that things that seem complicated can be preposterously simple; things that seem simple can be dizzyingly complex. c2008.Six great ideas: truth, goodness, beauty, liberty, equality, justice : ideas we judge by, ideas we act on
By Mortimer Jerome Adler. 1981
Adler's seminar consists of ideas that permeate our every waking moment which, through better understanding, will allow everyone to cope…
with the moral, social, and political issues that confront us today. 1981.Short circuit: Inside The World Of Professional Tennis
By Michael Mewshaw. 1983
Shocking account of six months on the men's professional tennis tour, by a tennis-playing author who deeply cares about sport.…
His outlook quickly changes when he encounters fixed matches, prize splitting, dumped matches, drugs, and conflicts of interest. Strong language. 1983.Seven summits
By Dick Bass, Frank Wells, Rick Ridgeway. 1986
Serious: The Autobiography
By James Kaplan, John McEnroe. 2002
This autobiography chronicles the tennis career of John McEnroe. From his first Wimbledon in 1977, when he stunned the tennis…
world by reaching the semi-finals, and shocked it with his on-court behaviour. What followed was a double act of technique and temperament that set the sport alight. The book also covers his life outside tennis from his friendship with Keith Richards and Jack Nicholson, his stormy marriage to Tatum O'Neal, his forays into the worlds of art and rock music, and his arrival as one of the most astute sports commentators around. 2002.Schooner: Bluenose and Bluenose II (A Seal book)
By Silver Donald Cameron. 1984
Details the history of the schooner Bluenose, the most fabled ship in Canadian history, and its exact replica, Bluenose II,…
which was launched in 1963 and carries on the legend. 1984.Réflexions sur la conduite de la vie: suivi de La prière
By Alexis Carrel. 1952