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The S&P futures pit is the ultimate arena for traders. It is a place where trading titans make split-second decisions on huge amounts of money, and fortunes appear and vanish with the blink of an eye. Successful day traders are brilliant, aggressive-and lucky. Lewis J. Borsellino is all three. And now he is telling his story. The nation's top S&P futures trader, Borsellino takes you inside the world of the day trader. Chronicling Borsellino's incredible run on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, The Day Trader offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at his everyday strategies and tactics. Raised to be a fierce and fearless competitor, Borsellino felt at home the first day he walked into the chaos and excitement of the Merc. In The Day Trader, he offers both a compelling story as well as an inside look at day trading and the S&P market. Borsellino outlines exactly what contributed to his unparalleled success-a rare blend of discipline, drive, intelligence, and an uncanny ability to read and interpret the market. The Day Trader is also a candid memoir of a second generation Italian American who learned tough life lessons from his father. The senior statesman of the S&P pit, Borsellino offers vivid firsthand accounts of the unique dynamics of the trading floor, the fortunes won and lost in the crash of 1987, the FBI investigation that rocked the futures trading industry, and the tense political battles between Merc titans Leo Melamed and Jack Sandner. He also shares war stories from the floor, many involving top traders such as Richard Dennis and George Soros. Finally, Borsellino chronicles the latest phase of his career, as he moves beyond the beloved trading pit to the challenges and opportunities of the electronic trading arena. More than the success story of one the nation's most respected traders, The Day Trader offers practical insights into the futures markets, pit trading, market psychology, fundamental and technical analysis, and risk. It is a rare opportunity to see inside the mind of one of today's most brilliant traders. LEWIS J. BORSELLINO is the top S&P futures trader in the United States with a career that has spanned an unprecedented 18 years. His long-term success puts him into the trading pantheon that features such luminaries as Paul Tudor Jones, Victor Niederhoffer, and bond trader Tom Baldwin. Borsellino is a frequent contributing commentator on CNN and CNBC where he is regarded as the "biggest and best trader" in S&Ps. PATRICIA CRISAFULLI COMMINS is a freelance business writer and former correspondent for Reuters America Inc. She has also written for The Christian Science Monitor and the Wall Street Journal.

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Cowboys, gunslingers, and superpowered marshals dominate fictionalized accounts of the American West, but they were minor figures in the true history of the region. In The Cattle Kings, Lewis Atherton restores the leading role to the cattlemen—the genuine adventurers who opened the plains, built empires, and brought prosperity, law, and order to the West.This classic history of the West tells the true stories of rugged cattlemen like Charles Goodnight, Shanghai Pierce, the Lang family, the Marquis de Mores, and Richard King, who were attracted by the challenge of the frontier and the astounding economic opportunities it offered. Self-reliant and progressive, these young individualists revolutionized ranching. The new industry transformed the West, bringing law and order to infamous sin towns like Abilene and Dodge City and leaving an indelible mark on America's national history and character. Atherton dramatically recreates the realities and economics of everyday life on the ranches, including the role of women, attitudes toward education and religion, and the philosophy of the cattle region. Now with an updated foreword by Western historian Timothy Lehman, this new edition of a beloved classic reveals the true heroes of the legendary cattle kingdoms that created the West.

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Turn the wheels, find the pictures. This book features: eight easy-to-turn wheels that make learning words fun; more than 200 everyday terms, including the names of animals, numbers and shades of the rainbow; and, interactive pages that reinforce word recognition - rotate the dial to find the correct picture to go with the simple text label. It is divided into basic themes such as outdoors and indoors, food, on the farm, wild creatures, useful words, and all about us! It is built to last, with strong board pages that will stand up to repeated use. Specially created to be fun to learn, this novelty die-cut book will encourage babies and toddlers to talk, focus, and learn new words - with a twist! Can you find the pizza? Is it orange with four legs? No! Turn...turn...Is it blue and goes on your feet? Try again! Twist...twist...Is it yellow and fluffy? Keep going! Spin...spin...There it is - yum, yum! There are eight cardboard wheels built into the book, which revolve to show different pictures and are visible on every page. Where are the little piglets? Are they in a jar? No! Turn...turn...Are they a yellow round thing? Try again! Twist...twist...Are they a plastic thing with a keypad on the front? Keep going! Spin...spin...There they are - oink! oink! Jan Lewis' bright drawings of everyday items, friendly people and cute creatures make this a wonderful aid to learning that small children will want to return to again and again.

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Lewis Heuermann, CISSP, PMP, is a Navy submarine veteran and seasoned cybersecurity consultant who combines his extensive practical experience with deep academic insight to make cybersecurity accessible to all learners. His diverse background includes roles in systems and network engineering, network defense analysis, and cyber risk management. As a professor, he has developed and taught courses in cybersecurity and data analytics, utilizing tools like Python, SQL, Power BI, and Tableau. Lewis also holds several key IT certifications.

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This cute set of six boardbooks makes a perfect gift for young children. Each book retells a classic story from the Old or New Testament, with straightforward language and appealing illustrations throughout. See Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, find out about Noah's big boat, and discover the baby Moses in the bulrushes. Meet the shepherds who were visited by an angel at the time of Jesus's birth, learn how Christ fed thousands of his hungry followers at one of his sermons, and read how Jesus lives on after death. This is the ideal introduction to the Bible for little children, who can also turn the books over to put together a simple picture puzzle!

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This book features over 300 everyday words and pictures. It is a first reading book for babies and toddlers, with big bright illustrations on every page. There are lots of familiar objects to look at and name: parts of the face and body, clothes, food, the home and garden, animals on the farm and in the wild, and much more. Fun question-and-answer pages challenge readers to match words to pictures and to think about what different things can do or are used for. It is designed for children and grown-ups to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean padded cover and sturdy board pages. This special book will help young children to recognize everyday words and talk about what they see. Subjects covered include rooms in the home, things that go, the weather, shapes and numbers. The pages are full of interactive questions, such as what clothes do you wear on your hands, how many flowerpots can you see, what do you carry when it rains, and where does the horse live? With hundreds of brightly painted pictures, this chunky boardbook will provide children with hours of fun while improving their language skills and reading abilities.

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Launch on World Book Day 2005, selected by Welsh Books Council as Book of the Month March 2005 New stories from experienced and award winning Welsh writers and an opportunity to read new talent This collection forms a bridge between the tail end of the urban genre in popular fiction and a confidence in twenty-first century Welsh writing in English Some of the short fiction in this anthology is set in the urban centres of Wales. Other stories take the threads of styles of writing, urban and contemporary, weave then into the strings of themes that tie together the diversity and intertwining cultures strewn across the landscape of a modern Wales. Award winning authors mixed with debut writers, this is Parthian's most eclectic collection of short Welsh Fiction since the ground-breaking Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe. It is the biggest anthology of all new fiction to come out of Wales. Nineteen stories featuring Niall Griffiths (Welsh Book of the Year Winner), Leonora Britto (Rhys Davies award Winner), Tristan Hughes, Jo Mazelis (Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writer's Award), Lloyd Robson, Glenda Beagan and Rachel Trezise (Orange Futures Winner) among others.

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This Oxford Children''s Classic features an introduction by Frances Hardinge and other bonus material including insights for readers, facts, activities, and more . . .When Alice follows a rabbit through a hole, she finds herself in the fantasy world of Wonderland-a whimsical place filled with talking creatures and amazing landscapes. As she faces challenges and impossible puzzles, Alice learns valuable lessons about courage and self-discovery.

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This fascinating book starts with the basics, going back to the days of muzzle loading before considering the various attempts made over the centuries to improve the bullet. It moves on to examine the development of the cartridge right up to the present day, and provides the reader with a clear understanding of the principles governing the bullet's flight. Topics covered include the factors that influence ballistic performance and accuracy; 'internal ballistics' (factors influencing performance whilst the bullet is still in the barrel) and 'external ballistics' (factors affecting the bullet's flight when it leaves the barrel). Simple formulae are included to enhance the understanding of the principles involved. The book also describes a number of interesting experiments concerning performance and accuracy and presents the results.

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Over the last twenty years there has been a noticeable increase in interest, not only in the use of rifles, but also in the technical aspects of what makes an accurate rifle. However, much of this information is limited not only to the bolt action rifle but even to certain makes that are favoured above all others. This book deals instead with all types of rifle from flintlock muzzleloaders to synthetic-stocked rifles. It is written in a clear, no-nonsense style based on many years of practical experience and follows the maxim that although theories are of inteest, it is only real results that count.

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Lewis Howes is a New York Times bestselling author, keynote speaker and industry-leading show host. LewisHowes.com

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Lose yourself in Wonderland with The Macmillan Alice Colouring Book, a beautiful colouring book, with black line illustrations by Sir John Tenniel taken from the original Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The decoration and imagery will stimulate the imagination and soothe the mind. This gorgeous colouring book, from the original publisher of Lewis Carroll's beloved masterpiece, features all of Wonderland's favourite characters, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Red Queen and of course Alice herself - just waiting to be brought to life with colour.

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Down the rabbit-hole and through the looking-glass! Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories features all of the best-known works of Lewis Carroll, including the novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, with the classic illustrations of John Tenniel. This compilation also features Carroll's novels Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, his masterpiece of nonsense verse "The Hunting of the Snark," and miscellaneous poems, short stories, puzzles, and acrostics. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and a ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for every home library.

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Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (first published in 1865 and 1871, respectively) have entertained readers young and old for more than a century. Their magical worlds, amusing characters, clever dialogue, and playfully logical illogic epitomize the wit and whimsy of Carroll's writing. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland transports you down the rabbit-hole into a wondrous realm that is home to a White Rabbit, a March Hare, a Mad Hatter, a tea-drinking Dormouse, a grinning Cheshire-Cat, the Queen of Hearts and her playing-card retainers, and all manner of marvelous creatures. Through the Looking-Glass is your passport to a topsy-turvy world on the other side of the mirror, where you have to run fast just to stay in place, memory works backwards, and it is possible to believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Both stories feature the colored classic illustrations of John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed foil-stamped binding, with distinctive colored edging and an attractive ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for any home library.

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Cells are the basis of all life in the universe. Our bodies are made up of billions of them: an incredibly complex society that governs everything, from movement to memory and imagination. When we age, it is because our cells slow down; when we get ill, it is because our cells mutate or stop working.In How We Live and Why we Die, Wolpert provides a clear explanation of the science that underpins our lives. He explains how our bodies function and how we derived from a single cell - the embryo. He examines the science behind the topics that are much discussed but rarely understood - stem-cell research, cloning, DNA - and explains how all life evolved from just one cell. Lively and passionate, How We Live and Why we Die is an accessible guide to understanding the human body and, essentially, life itself.

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World Book Day National Winner A bitterly intelligent and gruesomely funny journey through the worlds of work, sex and rugby. Lewis Davies ruthlessly dissects a passion on a four day odyssey through the pubs, bedrooms and building sites of a smouldering town. A Welsh homage to Saturday Night, Sunday Morning and A Kind of Loving, it is a novel that has become one of the modern classics of contemporary Welsh life.

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The first of Lewis Jones' two epic industrial novels of the 1930s. Big Jim, collier and ex-Boer War soldier, and his partner Sian endure the impact of strikes, riots and war, while their son Len emerges as a sharp thinker and dynamic political organiser. Cwmardy paints a graphic portrait of the casual exploitation, tragedy and violence as well as the political hope and humanity of South Wales industrial workers from the 1900s to the 1930s.

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'Illuminating' TIM MARSHALL, bestselling author of The Future of Geography'Refreshing' THOMAS HALLIDAY, bestselling author of OtherlandsOur biology will change how you see the world. Lewis Dartnell explores how human biology has shaped relationships, societies, economies and wars across the globeHow did haemophilia bring down the Russian royal family? And scurvy give rise to the Mafia?We are a wonder of evolution. Our exceptional abilities created life as we know it, but we're also deeply flawed. This extraordinary contradiction between our faculties and frailties is the essence of what it means to be human. And history has played out in the balance between them.Here, Lewis Dartnell tells our story through the lens of this uniquely fragile nature for the first time. From cognitive biases to endemic diseases, he explores how human biology has shaped relationships, societies, economies and wars across the globe - and considers how, importantly, it continues to challenge and define our progress.'A gripping, red-blooded narrative from a master storyteller' JO MARCHANT, author of Cure'A wild ride' TIM HARFORD, author of How to Make the World Add Up

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“By 1st February the unloading had been completed, and when the ice anchors had been recovered the ship drew slowly away from the ice edge. The dull weather could not suppress the thrill that pulsed through me – this was the real start of my adventure. Up till then I could at any time have turned back. It might have been embarrassing, inconvenient, or expensive, but it had been possible. Now there would be no more direct contact with the outside world until the ship returned for another brief week or so in a year’s time. There was no air link, established or even planned. Was any other workplace in the world as isolated? Even in the Antarctic, did any other base have so fleeting a relief? Together with my companions I was irrevocably committed.” Lewis Juckes describes the many new experiences that lay ahead over the next two years, first while living in huts buried deep within the snow and then in the field with dog teams for transport and tents for accommodation. Thrills and rare sights were there, as well as scares and dangers – and tragedy within the close-knit group. This was Antarctica in the mid-1960s.

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Market Leader uses authoritative authentic content from the Financial Times to build the professional language and skills needed to communicate in the modern world of business. The third edition has been completely updated to reflect this fast-changing world. .

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The story of video games is often told as the successive rise of computers and consoles from famous names like Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, Sega, Sony and Microsoft. But beyond this familiar tale, there’s a whole world of weird and wonderful gaming machines that seldom get talked about. Curious Video Game Machines reveals the fascinating stories behind a bevy of rare and unusual consoles, computers and coin-ops – like Kimtanktics, a 1970s wargame computer made out of calculator parts, or the suite of Korea-exclusive consoles made by car manufacturer Daewoo. Then there’s the Casio Loopy, a 1990s console that doubled up as a sticker printer, the RDI Halcyon, a 1985 LaserDisc-based machine that could recognise your voice, and the Interton VC 4000, a German console made by a hearing-aid company, as well as a range of bizarre arcade machines, from early attempts at virtual reality to pedal-powered flying contraptions. There are tales of missed opportunities, like the astonishingly powerful Enterprise 64 computer, which got caught in development hell and arrived too late to make an impact on the British microcomputer market. And there are tales of little-known triumphs, like the Galaksija DIY computer kit that introduced a whole generation of Yugoslavians to computing before the country became engulfed by war. Featuring exclusive interviews with creators, developers and collectors, Curious Video Game Machines finally shines a light on the forgotten corners of video-game history.

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A set of 6 much-loved stories from classic English literature for children, brought together by Puffin Classics in beautiful paperback cover designs.On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a rabbit with a pocket watch, joins a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, and plays croquet with the Queen! Lost in this fantasy land, Alice finds herself growing more and more curious by the minute . . .In the same collection:Peter PanThe Great Adventures of Sherlock HolmesOliver TwistFive Children and ItGulliver's Travels

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Families come in all sizes, shapes, and traditions, each a unique variation of a universal human theme. Whether one comes from a heterosexual, single-sex, or one-parent home, stability and love are paramount. Unfortunately, in the United States, the absence of fathers from their children’s lives has become a real problem. In fact, the Brookings Institute has identified absentee fathers as America's most pressing problem—greater than the economy, education, the environment, health care, infrastructure, you name it. Why? Because nearly every social ill finds an umbrella, a home if you will, in the fatherless home. Choosing Fatherhood: America's Second Chance is meant to explore this issue as no previous book has. And it does so through the art of photography, in which Lewis Kostiner makes portraits of dads who are involved in their children's lives. The book is also accompanied by essays written by leading authorities on the subject: Juan Williams of FOX News, David Travis who was Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago for more than thirty-five years, sociologist Shipra Parikh at Loyola University in Chicago, sociologist Derrick M. Bryan at the Morehouse College, and Roland Warren, former director of the National Fatherhood Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing fatherhood in America, who also served on President Obama's task force on fatherless homes. Getting fathers to be more involved in their children’s lives is of paramount importance, if the United States is to regain ground as an international leader. Right now, the statistics look grim: forty years ago only eleven percent of America's children lived in homes without fathers, but today more than a third do. This translates into high poverty rates, high drop-out rates in high school, high rates of incarceration, multiple behavioral problems, and the list goes on. As President Obama has declared, fatherhood does not begin with the ecstasy of conception but with the beauty of childbirth and the responsibilities that come with creating and caring for a human life. Although changes in custody rulings and other policy remedies are possible, behavioral patterns are often outside the reach of policy. Choosing Fatherhood offers a hopeful direction that America does have a second chance at correcting a troubling trend, but time is slipping, and awareness of the problem is an important start. (See the publishers website for further information about events and a slide show from the book: http://gftbooks.com/books_Kostiner.html ) Go here to see an interview with the photographer Lewis Kostiner and Juan Williams who wrote the introduction: http://video.foxnews.com/v/2197946608001/

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Join Tina and Tim as they meet lots of different animals in lots of different places. See if you can match all the listed names to the illustrations, which are shown separately and within the big picture scenes. Count all the sea creatures, from one dolphin to ten fish. Can you name the beasts who live in snowy lands, such as an animal with antlers and a bird that cannot fly? See all the many shades of animals that inhabit the rainforest. This fun first word book will help children to recognize, read and spell 100 animal words while they play.

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The traditional counting-out song is presented with bright and attractive pictures by illustrator Jan Lewis in this special padded boardbook. You can see the classic verse brought to life as an amusing story of mischievous mice playing tricks on a hapless cat and dog, then helping out some cute fluffy chicks. Little children love nursery rhymes, and as they learn and repeat the words, they develop speech, vocabulary, concentration, and memory skills - all while having fun! It is designed for youngsters and grown-ups to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean cover and sturdy board pages. One, two...Buckle my shoe. Three, four...Knock at the door. Five, six...Pick up sticks. Seven, eight...Lay them straight. Nine, ten...A big, fat hen!

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The distinguished essayist's incisive critique of the Bush regime - a must-have book for political junkies and Lewis Lapham fans.

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In his acclaimed Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam describes the United States as a nation in which we have become increasingly disconnected from one another and in which our social structures have disintegrated. But in the final chapter of that book he detects hopeful signs of civic renewal. In Better Together Putnam and coauthor Lewis Feldstein tell the inspiring stories of people who are reweaving the social fabric by bringing their own communities together or building bridges to others. Better Together examines how people across the country are inventing new forms of social activism and community renewal. An arts program in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, brings together shipyard workers and their gentrified neighbors; a deteriorating, crime-ridden neighborhood in Boston is transformed by a determined group of civic organizers; an online virtual community in San Francisco allows its members to connect with each other as well as the larger group; in Wisconsin

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