Kaufman: 444 books
by Bob Kaufman
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
"Mr. Kaufman has a genuine lyric talent, and his poetry is sensuous, exciting, and charged with vitality." —Publishers Weekly
The Ancient Rain: Poems 1956-1978 is San Francisco poet Bob Kaufman’s third collection and his first to be published since the late 1960s. One of the...
Ordinary Medicine
Extraordinary Treatments, Longer Lives, and Where to Draw the Line
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Most of us want and expect medicine’s miracles to extend our lives. In today’s aging society, however, the line between life-giving therapies and too much treatment is hard to see—it’s being obscured by a perfect storm created by the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries, along with insurance...
Steve Kaufman's Favorite 50 American Traditional Fiddle Tunes
For Flatpicking Guitar Vol. 1: A-F
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
This collection of fiddle tunes originally appeared in "Kaufman's Collection of American Fiddle Tunes for Flatpicking Guitar" (MB 95748) but the book was so large and heavy that they couldn't put all the songs on audio to include with the package so it was divided into four great, melody...
Dangerous Doctrine
How Obama's Grand Strategy Weakened America
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Much like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, President Barack Obama came to office as a politician who emphasized conviction rather than consensus. During his 2008 presidential campaign, he pledged to transform the role of the United States abroad. His ambitious foreign policy goals included a global...
Kaufman Green Guide: Budapest
A Green Travel Guide to Budapest
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Budapest is becoming a more popular tourist spot every day! With Budapest's interesting history, fabulous thermal baths and beautiful building it is no wonder why. In the Kaufman Green Guide: Budapest, I teach you how to visit Budapest as a Green Tourist. Chapter 1 introduces you to...
Equity Holders Under Siege
Strategies and Tactics for Distressed Businesses
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
A must-read for all constituencies of distressed companies -- owners, creditors, buyers and professionals. Owsley and Kaufman apply principles of asymmetric warfare to the "zero sum" game of restructurings. With a sophisticated approach and tongue-in-cheek humor, Equity Holders Under Siege...
Begin, End, Begin
A #LoveOzYA Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
WINNER OF A 2018 BOOK OF THE YEAR ABIA
Bestsellers. Award-winners. Superstars.
This anthology has them all.
With brilliantly entertaining short stories from beloved young adult authors Amie Kaufman, Melissa Keil, Will Kostakis, Ellie Marney, Jaclyn Moriarty, Michael Pryor, Alice...
by Sarah L. Kaufman
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
"Sarah Kaufman offers an old-fashioned cure for a modern-day ailment. The remedy for our culture of coarseness is grace…This is an elegant, compelling, and, yes, graceful book." —Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive
In this joyful exploration of grace’s many forms, Pulitzer Prize–winning...
Tectonic Shifts in Financial Markets
People, Policies, and Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
In this wide-ranging book, Wall Street legend Henry Kaufman recounts the events surrounding the catastrophic collapse of Lehman Brothers from his then vantage point on the board. He explains how, ironically, the Federal Reserve’s shortcomings contributed to its growing power. And he argues that...
Make Your Own Damn Movie!
Secrets of a Renegade Director
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Lloyd Kaufman, the writer/producer/director of such cult-classic films as The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke 'Em High, and Tromeo and Juliet, offers a guide to movie-making unlike any other available anywhere. In 25 years, Kaufman, along with partner Michael Herz, has built Troma Studios up from a company...
Modern Hatreds
The Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Ethnic conflict has been the driving force of wars all over the world, yet it remains an enigma. What is it about ethnicity that breaks countries apart and drives people to acts of savage violence against their lifelong neighbors?
Stuart Kaufman rejects the notion of permanent "ancient hatreds"...
by Robert G. Kaufman
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2007
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, shattered the prevalent optimism in the United States that had blossomed during the tranquil and prosperous 1990s, when democracy seemed triumphant and catastrophic wars were a relic of the past. President George W. Bush responded with a bold and controversial...
And a Time to Die
How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2005
Most Americans, when pressed, have a vague sense of how they would like to die. They may imagine a quick and painless end or a gentle passing away during sleep. Some may wish for time to prepare and make peace with themselves, their friends, and their families. Others would prefer not to know what's...
Alpha Trading
Profitable Strategies That Remove Directional Risk
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2011
From a leading trading systems developer, how to make profitable trades when there are no obvious trends
How does a trader find alpha when markets make no sense, when price shocks cause diversification to fail, and when it seems impossible to hedge? What strategies should traders, long conditioned...