A path breaking study of the brain and how the invention of reading has altered man\"s evolution. How the brain learned to read is a startling reminder of the amazing achievements of humankind. We were never born to read, says Maryanne Wolf. No specific genes ever dictated readings development....

The Shifts and the Shocks is not another detailed history of the crisis, but the most persuasive and complete account yet published of what the crisis should teach us us about modern economies and economics. There have been many books that have sought to explain the causes and courses of the financial and economic crisis which began in 2007-8....

Why is a business that looks so good on paper today out of business tomorrow? The US Census Bureau reports four hundred thousand new business start-ups every year while 470,000 fold in the same period. Start-ups have increased by 55 percent in the last three years, but 46.7 percent have already failed. What's going on?...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible....

Эта книга — репринт оригинального издания (издательство "Berlin H. Itzkowski", 1903 год), созданный на основе электронной копии высокого разрешения, которую очистили и обработали вручную, сохранив структуру и орфографию оригинального издания....

There isn't a jollier show anywhere than this musical version of The Pickwick Papers. It exactly catches the cheerful and good-hearted spirit of the gentleman with the bald head and round glasses who is its hero. the well-loved story, the tuneful music and witty lyrics provide a recipe that can't fail to delight audiences....

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Food batchmakers job, or to apply for a better job. What you\'ll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines....

Following the first appearance of arcade video games in 1971 and home video game systems in 1972, the commercial video game market was exuberant with fast-paced innovation and profit....

Los Angeles. The entertainment capital of the world. The city that movie director John Waters called \"rich, hilarious, of questionable taste and throbbing with fake glamour....

In any 24 hours there might be sleeping, eating, kids, parents, friends, lovers, work, school, travel, deadlines, emails, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, the news, the TV, Playstation, music, movies, sport, responsibilities, passions, desires, dreams--why should anyone stop what they\'re doing and read a book?...

Wolf, a professor of child development at Tufts University, integrates psychology and archaeology, linguistics and education, history and neuroscience in a truly path-breaking look at the development of the reading brain-a complicated phenomenon that Wolf seeks to chronicle from both the early history of humanity and the early stages of an individu...