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Children of the Frost (Penny Books) Review

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(More customer reviews)I really enjoyed this, but in the spirit of full disclosure, I'm a huge Jack London fan. This is not a book like Call of the Wild or Martin Eden. Rather, it consists of short vignettes that are, on their immediate face, about indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest. Really, though, the vignettes describe the human condition in general, from greed and spite to love and loyalty--and everything in between. Loved it.

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A weary journey beyond the last scrub timber and straggling copses, into the heart of the Barrens where the niggard North is supposed to deny the Earth, are to be found great sweeps of forests and stretches of smiling land. But this the world is just beginning to know. The world's explorers have known it, from time to time, but hitherto they have never returned to tell the world.-----------------------------------------------------------------** Check Out More Great Titles From Penny Books **-----------------------------------------------------------------Simply click on "Penny Books (Editor)" under the title to see a full list of all of our great discounted books!!New titles are being added daily, so be sure to check back often to find more great discounted books!!**Check out PennyBooksPublishing.com to get more information about Penny Books, learn how to follow us on Twitter, and look at all of our great titles!!

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The Rogue (The Rogues of Ravensmuir) Review

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(More customer reviews)A portent arrives in the form of a raven, and Ysabella of Kinfairlie is not surprised when her estranged husband appears. Their two week marriage ended when she fled after learning Merlyn peddles religious relics when she had believed his livelihood was in textiles. She could not live with his crimes. Five years have passed since those glorious two weeks, and now Ysabella brews ale to support her sister and brother. After an explosive encounter, he leaves, only for word to come the following day of his death.
Ysabella inherits her husband's estate, Ravensmuir. During her first night in the keep, Ysabella dreams of making love with Meryln. When she awakens with proof of their passion, Ysabella seeks answers. Merlyn confesses to staging his demise because someone seeks to kill him. He hopes to flush out his aggressor by giving Ysabella his property. Merlyn demands her trust even while withholding all the information she demands. Somewhere within the keep lies a treasure men will kill for.
Clair Delacroix pens an intriguing medieval romance with THE ROUGUE. Delacroix demonstrates a remarkable creative flair with THE ROGUE as it vividly creates a marvelous fourteenth century tale. Her vividly realized characters create a fabulous world of fierce loyalty and dangerous betrayal. Ysabella's five years of struggle to provide for her family, thereby clinging to her moral and ethical values despite starvation and deprivation proves her a powerful heroine. Her common background and lack of education and breeding sharply contrasts the laird of Ravensmuir, even as they are spiritually matched. While the choice of a first person narrative distances readers from the roguish hero, it also adds a beguiling sense of immediacy. THE ROGUE comes highly recommended.

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Birchbark Brigade: A Fur Trade History Review

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(More customer reviews)I have never been a history buff. Indeed, most historical reading has caused me to fall fast asleep! However, this little book by Cris Peterson left me with a desire to know more about the fur trade and even an urge to plan my next vacation to include a location like Grand Portage or the Northwest Company Fur Post near Pine City, Minnesota. Peterson brings the historical figures of the fur trade to life. I vaguely remember reading in my history classes about the big names like Samuel de Champlain, Alexander Henry, Alexander Mackenzie, and George Nelson but this little book provides the explanations and the motivation behind these men. I especially enjoyed the discussion throughout the text on the influence of Native Americans on the fur trade. I believe this discussion may have been lacking from my own history education many years ago. It is important to note that in incorporating the Native American way of life made possible the fur traders' life in the north. This occurred at a time when many of these European traders would not have been able to survive such harsh environmental conditions without the skills borrowed from the Native American.
Peterson has included appropriate images on nearly every page to complement her rich text. I believe the images make this book more readable, especially for the young reader. I do wish some of the images were in color or printed in a larger format, but I am sure that would have made this little book a bit too large for the young reader and probably a lot more expensive as well. I especially appreciate the maps included throughout the text and the maps printed on the inside covers of the book for continued reference while reading. This is very helpful to allow comprehension of the vast tracts of lands
One suggestion for improvement on future historical texts that may be written by this author is to have a summary, perhaps in the form of a timeline at the end of each chapter. This may help keep the reader more on task and understand the particular time range covered in each chapter. The book is set in chronological order, but some of the chapters cover a very short timeline whereas other chapters cover longer time periods. There is a time line at the end of the text, and this is helpful, but I think summarizing the content of each chapter at the end would be helpful. In this way, the reader could review what has just been read and place each of the events in chronological context.
This is a book that I will keep handy for teaching some of the history behind the fur trade in my future. Also, it is a book that I will consult when I get the opportunity to visit some of the important historic sites mentioned throughout. A book that can motivate a person to take a greater interest in learning more about the topic is well-written and well worth the reader's time and effort. This book does this very well.

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Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management Review

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(More customer reviews)If somebody bought, read and judged the book by whether it could really help him or her to go "trading for a living", that somebody would definitely be disappointed. Even the author himself pointed out that the success rate for the conversion of ex institutional traders to independent traders was very low owing to the much higher psychological load of trading one's own money than that of trading OPM.
Despite the over-promise of the book title and the second half of it discussing mostly technical tools, the book is quite well written. There are plenty of bright ideas, some with originality that can be attributed to the author's M.D. and psychiatrist background. In particular I like the following points much:-
- That trading is a minus sum game (considering commission and slippage) and the mass media or gurus or prevalent market view are almost always wrong.
- The analogy of the market as an ocean and a huge crowd of people, in either case an individual can have no control of but have to follow (or leave) emotionlessly for long term profit.
- The analogy of Alcoholic Anonymous with Loser Anonymous that requires the same treatment for true recovery, whereas accepting oneself as an alcoholic or a loser is the very first step of healing.
- The need for discipline and patience as individual traders' only weapon to against institutional traders advantages in faster information, better research reports, lower psychological burden for trading OPM, etc
- Price is a psychological event, a momentary balance of opinion between bulls and bears, its pattern reflects the mass psychology of the market.
- Last but not least, the opening prices are determined primarily by amateurs whilst the closing prices are determined by professionals.
In short, the book is well worth the price and I do recommend it to those who study continuously for self improvement in their trading. Remarks:- The author claimed that he personally did so, too.

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Trading for a Living Successful trading is based on three M's: Mind, Method, and Money. Trading for a Living helps you master all of those three areas:* How to become a cool, calm, and collected trader* How to profit from reading the behavior of the market crowd* How to use a computer to find good trades* How to develop a powerful trading system* How to find the trades with the best odds of success* How to find entry and exit points, set stops, and take profitsTrading for a Living helps you discipline your Mind, shows you the Methods for trading the markets, and shows you how to manage Money in your trading accounts so that no string of losses can kick you out of the game. To help you profit even more from the ideas in Trading for a Living, look for the companion volume--Study Guide for Trading for a Living. It asks over 200 multiple-choice questions, with answers and 11 rating scales for sharpening your trading skills. For example: Question Markets rise when* there are more buyers than sellers* buyers are more aggressive than sellers* sellers are afraid and demand a premium* more shares or contracts are bought than sold* I and II* II and III* II and IV* III and IVAnswer B. II and III. Every change in price reflects what happens in the battle between bulls and bears. Markets rise when bulls feel more strongly than bears. They rally when buyers are confident and sellers demand a premium for participating in the game that is going against them. There is a buyer and a seller behind every transaction. The number of stocks or futures bought and sold is equal by definition.

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Varanger (Tom Doherty Associates Books) Review

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(More customer reviews)Late in the tenth century, cousins Conn and Raef Corbansson know they are fortunate to be alive as their side lost the battle of Hjorunga Bay. They escape by a fur trading ship, but end up frozen in place in Novgorod. The city ruler Lord Dobryana aware of the Corbansson exploits offers the "free warriors" a chance to escape the icy winter by joining the crusade to raid the Byzantine Empire northern port city of Chersonese on the Greek Sea.
Getting there takes forever and arriving there proves difficult as Chersonese is not an easy city to take. Worse Conn and Raef soon realize their new comrades in arms are ruthless backstabbers who live for treachery.
The superb fourth Dark Ages Viking saga (see THE SERPENT DREAMER, THE SOUL THIEF and THE WITCHES' KITCHEN) is an exhilarating historical thriller that continues the adventures of the second generation. The locale, for the most part, is different than the three previous novels; as such it adds freshness with the Vikings raiding the Byzantine Empire. The story line is fast-paced and filled with plenty of action, but it is the vivid window into the era that makes Varanger a fabulous insightful tale.
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Philosophy (Irwin Trader's Edge Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)Mel Thompson's book Philosophy is one of the best books on the subject I have read. He approaches the matter in a writing style that is way far from the pompous, rigid, holier-than-thou method some writers use. His writing is lucid, captivating, fun and educational (two words which are rarely found together)...He discusses concisely yet sufficiently and thoroughly about philosophic concepts and highlights the most important parts of each concept and elucidates them masterfully. This book will appeal to anyone from the member of the philosophical clerisy to the ordinary layperson. A truly interesting read.

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An accessible introduction to the central questions in Western philosophy and how the major philosophers have explored them. What can we know for certain about the world or ourselves? Can we prove the existence of God? How is the mind related to the body? What does it mean to be moral or immoral? What is justice? How should society be organized? Questions such as these are central to how we think about the world and form the core of the discipline of philosophy. This text answers these essential questions and explores how philosophical movements have considered them. Organized by theme and topic rather than historically, key terms are explained, such as metaphysics and existentialism.

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Lessons From the Trader Wizard Review

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(More customer reviews)If you have traded for some time don't use money and time on this book. This book is for the beginner who wants to have some understanding of the markets. It is very superficial in its description.

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Part 1 What is the Market? What is Trading?1. Getting your head around capital markets and your place in itWhat is the market?Stop listening & talking; start reading & thinking, then doing2. Deciding to self-trade securities, get help, or do a little in betweenDo you really want to be a professional trader?3. Choosing your advisor carefullyChoosing advice & administration from the sell-sideLicensed buy-side portfolio managerChoosing a fee-based financial plannerAdopting a published portfolio: A case of the blind leading the blindMarket advisory letters: A few things to know4. The purchase of investment products called mutual fundsThe case for mutual fundsThe case against mutual fundsOpen-end load fundsOpen-end no-load funds5. So, Mr. Trader, you decided to take control of your own affairsBuilding a trading planThree basic aspects of markets you will have to learnFive mistakes even professional traders makeA strategy for the conservativehow to deal with inflationA strategy for the enterprising trader; zero in on corporate managementA strategy for the speculative trader; seeking hidden opportunityPart 2 Cara s Approach to Trading Bonds, Bond Funds & Cash1. What is a bond?How interest is calculated & paidHow bonds are ratedDifferences in bondsHow to read bond quotations & figure yieldsAbout prices & yields of bondsWhat you should consider before trading bondsThe relative safety of fixed income securitiesGuidelines for trading the bond marketThe yield curve2. Choosing between bonds & bond fundsOpen-end bond fundsClosed-end bond fundsRetractable bond fundsHigh-yield bond fundsBond ETFs3. Money market funds: Cash is an asset class tooPutting money to work to preserve capital & beat inflationPart 3 Trading Stocks (Also Called Equities)1. Macro-economics: where public and private sectors meetTrying to understand economics, the Fed & the marketEconomic analysis protocols I ve used for over 20 years & still recommend2. Fundamental (Corporate) DataHow to read & analyze corporate financial dataHow to read a corporate balance sheetHow to read the statement of incomeQuick review of corporate resultsA proposed set of financial statements3. Combining Corporate and Market Data for Quantitative AnalysisThe quant gurus The automated decision system gurus 4. Technical (Market Data Analysis)Technical analysis studiesWhen dealing in price series data, the subject is timingUnderstanding my approach to technical analysis5. How equity markets are sliced & diced6. CountriesTrading considerations of foreign stocksTrading considerations for Dow 30 stock watchersCanadian stocksLatin American stocksBritish and European stocksAsia-Pacific stocks7. Knowing the playing fieldA rising tide floats all boats (and vice versa)A study of market interrelationshipsFastest moving industries and groupsBuying big-cap stocks and ETFsBuying small-cap and mid-cap stocks and ETFs8. Selecting equity mutual fundsThe importance of what to buy9. About growthSearch for growth-oriented common stocksDifferentiating the valuation of growth from priceHow stupid can one get?How to relate future earnings and current market pricesA growth stock price evaluatorFinding growth stocks objectivelySeeking growth from well-established companiesFinding growth potential in unseasoned companies10. About Value11. Growth + Approximate Fair Value = Quality [the Cara 100 concept]12. The Importance of What to Buy13. About Timing: The Cara Market Phases Model and Oscillator14. Preferred, Rights & Warrants15. Special Situations16. The How To guidelines on the Mechanics of Buying & SellingPart Four

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