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Examines stock market speculation since the seventeenth century, discussing the range of motivations of investors and the effects on economies throughout history.

Sportswriter Araton follows the first two years of a women's soccer league in suburban Montclair, New Jersey and the changes it had on the women involved, some of whom had never played in a team sport before.

"Every Breath you Take is an examination of male and female stalkers in history, literature, and film, and their relationship to contemporary legislation against stalking." "Orit Kamir traces the evolution of notions of stalking and stalkers from ancient mythology through medieval folklore and nineteenth-century literature to contemporary film and social science. By analyzing stories of stalking within a wide range of historical and cultural discourses,...

This book makes concepts of physics easier to grasp by relating them to everyday knowledge. Addressing some of the models and metaphors that physicists use to explain the physical world, Martin H. Krieger describes the conceptual world of physics by means of analogies to economics, anthropology, theater, carpentry, mechanisms such as clockworks, and machine tool design. The interaction of elementary particles or chemical species, for example, can...

From the Publisher: In this valuable resource, more than thirty of the world's top economists offer innovative policy ideas and insightful commentary on our most pressing economic issues, such as global warming, the global economy, government spending, Social Security, tax reform, real estate, and political and social policy, including an extensive look at the economics of capital punishment, welfare reform, and the recent presidential elections....