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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewis Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had a problem: how to win in the Major Leagues with a budget that's smaller than that of nearly every other team. Conventional wisdom long held that big name, highly athletic hitters and young pitchers with rocket arms were the ticket to success. But Beane and his staff, buoyed by massive amounts of carefully interpreted statistical data, believed that wins could be had by more affordable methods such as hitters with high on-base percentage and pitchers who get lots of ground outs. Given this information and a tight budget, Beane defied tradition and his own scouting department to build winning teams of young affordable players and inexpensive castoff veterans.Lewis was in the room with the A's top management as they spent the summer of 2002 adding and subtracting players and he provides outstanding play-by-play. In the June player draft, Beane acquired nearly every prospect he coveted (few of whom were coveted by other teams) and at the July trading deadline he engaged in a tense battle of nerves to acquire a lefty reliever. Besides being one of the most insider accounts ever written about baseball, Moneyball is populated with fascinating characters. We meet Jeremy Brown, an overweight college catcher who most teams project to be a 15th round draft pick (Beane takes him in the first). Sidearm pitcher Chad Bradford is plucked from the White Sox triple-A club to be a key set-up man and catcher Scott Hatteberg is rebuilt as a first baseman. But the most interesting character is Beane himself. A speedy athletic can't-miss prospect who somehow missed, Beane reinvents himself as a front-office guru, relying on players completely unlike, say, Billy Beane. Lewis, one of the top nonfiction writers of his era (Liar's Poker, The New New Thing), offers highly accessible explanations of baseball stats and his roadmap of Beane's economic approach makes Moneyball an appealing reading experience for business people and sports fans alike. --John Moe
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"One of the best baseballand managementbooks out....Deserves a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame."ForbesMoneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general manger, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts, Michael Lewis has written not only "the single most influential baseball book ever" (Rob Neyer, Slate) but also what "may be the best book ever written on business" (Weekly Standard).
I wrote this book because I fell in love with a story. The story concerned a small group of undervalued professional baseball players and executives, many of whom had been rejected as unfit for the big leagues, who had turned themselves into one of the most successful franchises in Major League Baseball. But the idea for the book came well before I had good reason to write itbefore I had a story to fall in love with. It began, really, with an innocent question: how did one of the poorest teams in baseball, the Oakland Athletics, win so many games?
With these words Michael Lewis launches us into the funniest, smartest, and most contrarian book since, well, since Liar's Poker. Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the front offices of major league teams, and the dugouts, perhaps even in the minds of the players themselves. Lewis mines all these possibilitieshis intimate and original portraits of big league ballplayers are alone worth the price of admissionbut the real jackpot is a cache of numbersnumbers!collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street analysts, lawyers and physics professors.
What these geek numbers showno, proveis that the traditional yardsticks of success for players and teams are fatally flawed. Even the box score misleads us by ignoring the crucial importance of the humble base-on-balls. This information has been around for years, and nobody inside Major League Baseball paid it any mind. And then came Billy Beane, General Manager of the Oakland Athletics.
Billy paid attention to those numbers with the second lowest payroll in baseball at his disposal he had toand this book records his astonishing experiment in finding and fielding a team that nobody else wanted. Moneyball is a roller coaster ride: before the 2002 season opens, Oakland must relinquish its three most prominent (and expensive) players, is written off by just about everyone, and then comes roaring back to challenge the American League record for consecutive wins.
In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis shows us how and why the new baseball knowledge works. He also sets up a sly and hilarious morality tale: Big Money, like Goliath, is always supposed to win...how can we not cheer for David?
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Thorough and prescient.......2007-10-25
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Winning the Salary Game (General Trade Books)
Sherry Chastain Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0471084336 |
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The Fast Forward MBA in Investing
John Waggoner Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471246611 |
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The Fast Forward MBA in Investing brings you the information you need when you need it most—now!This practical, easy-to-use guide gives you instant access to the cutting-edge ideas and hard-won wisdom of today's investment world. In short, lively segments using real-world examples, it delivers the facts you need to navigate complex investment issues. You'll find brief descriptions of key concepts, tips on real-world applications, compact case studies, clear definitions, and warnings on how to avoid pitfalls.
Here are all the tools you need to make smart investments, as well as significant returns. Learn the essentials of investing in:
From the creators of the bestselling Portable MBA series comes The Fast Forward MBA . . .
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excellent primer.......1999-01-18
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Songs without Music: Aesthetic Dimensions of Law and Justice (Philosophy, Social Theory, and the Rule of Law)
Desmond Manderson Manufacturer: University of California Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0520216881 |
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In this pathbreaking and provocative analysis of the aesthetics of law, the historian, legal theorist, and musician Desmond Manderson argues that by treating a text, legal or otherwise, as if it were merely a sequence of logical propositions, readers miss its formal and symbolic meanings. Creatively using music as a model, he demonstrates that law is not a sterile, rational structure, but a cultural form to be valued and enhanced through rhetoric and metaphors, form, images, and symbols. To further develop this argument, the book is divided into chapters, each of which is based on a different musical form.
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Prices, Products, and People: Analyzing Agricultural Markets in Developing Countries
Manufacturer: Lynne Rienner Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1555876099 |
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Agrarfrost's Pizza-Puffer debuts in Germany; Krixx fries hot sellers in Japanese c-stores.(POTATO BUSINESS UPDATE): An article from: Quick Frozen Foods International
Manufacturer: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000ALQAIU Release Date: 2006-07-14 |
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This digital document is an article from Quick Frozen Foods International, published by E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 744 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Another Record Potato Crop in Canada Fuels Greater Exports to United States.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included): An article from: Quick Frozen Foods International
Manufacturer: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008HN83G Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Quick Frozen Foods International, published by E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 440 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Aromatic potato wedges among launches from Agrarfrost at InterCool and SIAL fairs.(Potato Trends Watch): An article from: Quick Frozen Foods International
Manufacturer: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00086HN7Y Release Date: 2005-08-01 |
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This digital document is an article from Quick Frozen Foods International, published by E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 422 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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As hot potato market cools down, producers take stock of the shock: in business terms as in the mystery of the cosmos, the question is as simplistic as ... from: Quick Frozen Foods International
John M. Saulnier Manufacturer: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008D5RA2 Release Date: 2005-07-31 |
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This digital document is an article from Quick Frozen Foods International, published by E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2106 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Aviko aims high as Cosun challenges it to boost share of market. (News from Europe).(Royal Cosun): An article from: Quick Frozen Foods International
Manufacturer: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008D5RAC Release Date: 2005-07-31 |
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This digital document is an article from Quick Frozen Foods International, published by E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 736 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Aviko gets funding from European Union for new eco-friendly blanching system.(POTATO & VEGETABLE TRENDS) : An article from: Quick Frozen Foods International
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000FTC82E Release Date: 2006-05-22 |
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This digital document is an article from Quick Frozen Foods International, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2006. The length of the article is 482 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Aviko plants flag in United States market as factory rises on North Dakota plains.: An article from: Quick Frozen Foods International
Manufacturer: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00096JW7C Release Date: 2005-06-01 |
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This digital document is an article from Quick Frozen Foods International, published by E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. on April 1, 1996. The length of the article is 7122 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Aviko Streamlines Production, Unveils Its Mascot Spudley.(Brief Article): An article from: Quick Frozen Foods International
J.J. Pierce Manufacturer: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008GWRMK Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Quick Frozen Foods International, published by E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. on January 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1826 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Aviko targets whole world for opportunity; especially steps up activity in East Europe.: An article from: Quick Frozen Foods International
Manufacturer: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital Accessories: ASIN: B0009859IQ Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Quick Frozen Foods International, published by E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. on January 1, 1998. The length of the article is 783 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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International Cell Biology 1980 - 1981: Papers Presented at the Second International Congress on Cell Biology, Berlin (West), August 31 - September 5,
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0387104755 |
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Carbon Cycle in the Russian Arctic Seas
Alexander A. Vetrov , and Evgenii A. Romankevich Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3540214771 |
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The book attempts to generalize the data in the carbon cycles of the Barents, White, Kara, Laptev, East-Siberian and Chukchi Seas by considering inter-correlations between sources of organic carbon, their fluxes, recycling and burial in bottom sediments. The study includes analysis of the set of conditions controlling the state of the Arctic ecosystem and their season variations. All biological communities (phythoplankton, macrophythobenthos, microphythobentos, bacterioplankton, zooplankton and zoobenthos) are taken into account regarding their participation in the carbon cycle, quantitative characteristics of carbon storage and productivity. The data and estimations will be useful for geologists, biologists and geochemists studying Arctic ecosystems; for specialists modeling carbon cycling in the biosphere and forecasting global climate change; as well as for ecologists and petroleum geologists.
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Carbon Cycle In The Russian Arctic Seas
Alexander A./ Romankevich, Evgenii A./ Vetrov, A. A. Vetrov Manufacturer: NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N681KW |
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Blackwell's Dictionary of Nursing
Manufacturer: Blackwell Science Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 063203808X |
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Blackwell's Dictionary of Nursing
Manufacturer: Juta Academic ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0702131385 |
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Blackwell's Nursing Dictionary
Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1405105348 |
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Blackwell's Dictionary of Nursing
R N Hughes Manufacturer: Blackwell Science Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0632035617 |
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Blackwell's Nursing Dictionary
Dawn Freshwater Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000K43KA8 |
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Dateline: Toronto : The Complete Toronto Star Dispatches, 1920-1924
Ernest Hemingway , and William White Manufacturer: Scribner ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0684188023 |
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Dateline: Toronto collects all 172 pieces that Hemingway published in the Star, including those under pseudonyms. Hemingway readers will discern his unique voice already present in many of these pieces, particularly his knack for dialogue. It is also fascinating to discover early reportorial accounts of events and subjects that figure in his later fiction. As William White points out in his introduction to this work, "Much of it, over sixty years later, can still be read both as a record of the early twenties and as evidence of how Ernest Hemingway learned the craft of writing." The enthusiasm, wit, and skill with which these pieces were written guarantee that Dateline: Toronto will be read for pleasure, as excellent journalism, and for the insights it gives to Hemingway's works.
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Dateline: Toronto collects all 172 pieces that Hemingway published in the Star, including those under pseudonyms. Hemingway readers will discern his unique voice already present in many of these pieces, particularly his knack for dialogue. It is also fascinating to discover early reportorial accounts of events and subjects that figure in his later fiction. As William White points out in his introduction to this work, "Much of it, over sixty years later, can still be read both as a record of the early twenties and as evidence of how Ernest Hemingway learned the craft of writing." The enthusiasm, wit, and skill with which these pieces were written guarantee that Dateline: Toronto will be read for pleasure, as excellent journalism, and for the insights it gives to Hemingway's works.Customer Reviews:
the making of the writer.......2007-02-06
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Dateline, Toronto: The complete Toronto star dispatches, 1920-1924
Ernest Hemingway Manufacturer: Scribner's ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0684185156 |
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Dateline, Toronto: The Complete Toronto Star Dispatches, 1920-1924
Ernest; White, William Hemingway Manufacturer: Scribner's ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000MBSXRO |
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Publicado en Toronto/ Dateline Toronto: Articulos Para El Toronto Star, 1920-1924/ The Complete Toronto Star Dispatches, 1920-1924 (Contemporanea/ Contemporary)
Ernest Hemingway ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 8497936817 |
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