NEW TITLES ON OUR DISPLAY TABLES --- NOVEMBER 2006

THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST

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Exposing Why The Rich Are Rich,
The Poor Are Poor -
And Why You Can Never
Buy A Decent Used Car

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Those who enjoyed Stephen Levitt's FREAKONOMICS will also appreciate this expose of the hidden stories behind basic economic forces in our day-to-day lives.

WHAT NOT TO BUILD
Architectural Options
for Homeowners

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Do's and Don'ts
of Exterior Home Design

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What a fascinating and attractive book to browse through! Highly useful for architects, without doubt, but current or potential homeowners will find it invaluable for evaluating current or future domiciles. Large, bright, full-color images illustrate, with precision, a myriad of structural rules and principles of mass, balance, scale , proportion, and rhythm, including such obscure prescriptions as the "75-percent test" which states glass must occupy at least 75% of the surface area of a dormer for that roof structure to appear in scale with the rest of the dwelling.

CLINICAL SONOGRAPHY
A Practical Guide

Sanders and Wilkins

This 2007 (!!!) 4th edition includes more than 800 new black-and-white images and 48 four-color images showing sonographic techniques and results.

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New chapters on ankle problems, malpractice, laboratory accreditation, and ergonomics

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Keywords, pitfalls, and review questions.

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In a Twenty-First Century publishing innovation, forty-four appendices are not included in the book but are available free on the publisher's Website.

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The 62 chapters range from topics such as Basic Physics, Instrumentation, and Knobology to others like Possible Adrenal Mass, Hematuria, and Carotid Artery Disease.

DEBUNKING 9/11 MYTHS

Why Conspiracy Theories
Can't Stand Up to Facts

An in-depth investigation based on a much shorter article originally published in the March 2005 Popular Mechanics magazine. Over 300 experts, in fields ranging from metallurgy to air traffic control, used concrete facts, hard evidence, and common sense to disprove 20 popular conspiracy theories that continue to elicit popularity and credulity out on the lunatic fringe.

RESUMES FOR FIRST-TIME
JOB HUNTERS

Frustratingly, many resume books contain samples that depict far vaster experience than someone just recently graduated from college is likely to possess. This one delivers 100 realistic examples that describe a more typical profile for a young job-seeker.

ANNUAL REPORTS 101

Michael C. Thomsett

For the beginning investor, it's difficult to extract meaningful and useful information from annual reports. This book cuts through the hype and shows how to translate and read between the lines of the balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow reports.

GRAPHIS

DESIGN ANNUAL
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2006

Forgive an inelegant statement, but one would have to be brain-dead not to be fascinated and attracted by the visual and intellectual stimulation of this elegantly-illustrated collection of more than 300 of the year's most outstanding works in all disciplines of design: annual reports, award annuals, awards, books, branding, brochures, calendars, catalogues, editorials, environmental, exhibits, illustration, interactive, letterhead, logos, menus, packaging, paper companies, posters, printers, products, promotion, shopping bags, signage, stamps, t-shirts, and typography.