Globe Pequot Press

The arrogance cycle; think you can't lose, think again: What every investor needs to know to protect their assets from the next big bubble.

Farr explores how arrogance in investors causes them to make bad choices. He considers contributing factors such as rampant consumerism, a sense of entitlement, narcissism, and resentment toward the upper class; illustrates with examples like Bernie Madoff, Lehman Brothers, Enron, and AIG; identifies warning indicators for rising arrogance in the stock market; and provides an assessment tool to measure arrogance in investing objectively. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

It happened in Nevada; remarkable events that shaped history, 2d ed.

Gibson, the author of other books on the American West, recounts events that occurred in Nevada that shaped its and US history, from 300 BC to the end of the twentieth century. These include the discovery of the Lost City of Nevada, encounters with Native Americans, the Pyramid Lake War, the Battle of Egan Canyon Station, the Yellow Jacket Mine fire, the building of the transcontinental railroad, train and bank robberies, the discovery of gold at Battle Mountain, the Humboldt County earthquake, the construction of Hoover Dam, the building of the Flamingo Hotel, high-speed aircraft testing at Area 51, the wedding of Elvis Presley, the PEPCON chemical plant explosion in Henderson, and the Las Vegas flood of 1999. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The ponds of Kalambayi; a Peace Corps memoir. (reprint, 1990)

Originally published in 1990, Tidwell (author and documentary filmmaker) revisits his memoirs written in the 1980s while he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire, now The Republic of Congo. His story of teaching villagers living in extreme poverty and disease how to fish, was a complex venture to a seemingly simple activity that was rooted in tradition and heritage as opposed to making profit. His updated introduction briefly describes his successful, but very different, life since that time as well as the upheavals and current climate in the area today. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Titanic; building the world's most famous ship.

This illustrated history of the building of the Titanic, an official companion publication to the National Geographic documentary Rebuilding Titanic, explores the massive industrial undertaking of building the world's most luxurious passenger liner. The volume explores the financing and bidding for the rights to build the ship, design and construction, cutting edge technical components and amenities, craftsmanship of finished interiors, and the current rebuilding project. Numerous photographs and illustrations support the text throughout, along with sidebars and technical tables of data. Gill is an independent historian based in London. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)