Authors:Alan Hess,  Alan Weintrau,
Publisher: Rizzoli
Keywords: houses, niemeyer, oscar
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-05-16
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0847827984
ISBN-13: 9780847827985

Oscar Niemeyer is one of the greatest architects of our time. Hugely influential, his work has added a new dimension to modern architecture in the twentieth century. The designer of Brasilia showed that the rhythmic, sensuous lines of Brazilian Modernism were as legitimately modern as the rectilinear lines of the Bauhaus. Oscar Niemeyer Houses showcases the houses built by this seminal modern master in a lavish format that finally does justice to his extraordinary work. Viewed as a collection, these houses serve to demonstrate the wide range of Niemeyer’s prodigious genius. The designs s

Author: E. Roy Weintrau
Publisher: Duke University Pre
Keywords: history, annual, supplement, economy, political, game, theory
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 1992-06-18
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0822312530
ISBN-13: 9780822312536

During the 1940s "game theory" emerged from the fields of mathematics and economics to provide a revolutionary new method of analysis. Today game theory provides a language for discussing conflict and cooperation not only for economists, but also for business analysts, sociologists, war planners, international relations theorists, and evolutionary biologists. Toward a History of Game Theory offers the first history of the development, reception, and dissemination of this crucial theory.Drawing on interviews with original members of the game theory community and on the Morgenstern diaries, the

Author: Sidney Weintrau
Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studie
Keywords: first, decade, america, north, impact, nafta
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2004-09-01
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 089206451X
ISBN-13: 9780892064519

This volume covers many of the political, social, and nontrade changes that have accompanied NAFTA over the past 10 years; the authors project what to expect in the next 10 in such areas as labor, education, business, and security.NAFTA has not cured all internal ills in the three countries concerned, but they are now discussed and have become more amenable to satisfactory compromise.

Author: Neal Weintrau
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: getting, edge, techniques, insider, active, trader, tricks
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2006-11-10
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0071468633
ISBN-13: 9780071468633

The best-selling author of Tricks of the Floor Trader reveals how to hone your online trading skills and assure your future success Trick #1: This isn’t yet another day trading book. Tricks of the Active Trader reveals the new rules of online trading. Veteran active trader Neal Weintraub puts his experience, smarts, and savvy to work for you, demystifying the complex world of computer-driven markets and providing you with more than 150 ways to improve your trading success. You’ll find expert insights on trading techniques, software, and hardware you won’t find in any other si

Author: William S. Weintrau
Publisher: Humana Pre
Keywords: contemporary, cardiology, economics, care, health, cardiovascular
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2003-06-15
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0896038742
ISBN-13: 9780896038745

An illuminating and timely synthesis of methodological and clinical studies showing how medical costs can be established, how the value of clinical outcomes can be assessed, and how difficult choices can be rationally made. The methodological chapters review the conceptual and practical issues involved in estimating and interpreting health care costs, making health status and utility assessments, and statistically analyzing cost-effectiveness and clinical trials. The clinical chapters apply these methods to the major clinical areas of cardiology-primary prevention of coronary artery disease, a

Authors:Alan W. Watts, Alan Watts,  Mark Watt,
Publisher: New World Library
Keywords: meditation, introduction, mind
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2002-02-09
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1577312147
ISBN-13: 9781577312147

Mark Watts compiled this book from his father’s extensive journals and audiotapes of famous lectures he delivered across the country. In three parts, Alan Watts -- the author of The Way of Zen and The Joyous Cosmology -- explains the basic philosophy of meditation, how individuals can practice a variety of meditations, and how inner wisdom grows naturally.

Authors:J. R. R. Tolkien,  Alan Lee,
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Keywords: hobbit
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1997-09-15
List price: $51.65
ISBN-10: 026110330X
ISBN-13: 9780261103306

Sumptuous, oversized hardback edition of the beloved children’s classic, fully illustrated with over 60 watercolour and pencil illustrations by award-winning artist, Alan Lee. J.R.R. Tolkien’s great classic work, The Hobbit, celebrated its 60th year of publication (1937) with a gorgeous illustrated edition by artist Alan Lee, winner of the Kate Greenaway medal for illustration, and creator of the fabulously successful Centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings. Containing 22 full colour illustrations depicting key scenes from this all-time classic (scenes such as Gollum and Bilbo,