Why just be contrarian when you can bet against consensus and be right? Through a meta-analysis of what moves markets and what drives human behavior, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Verdad Advisers, Daniel Rasmussen cuts through the 60/40 portfolio, exposing where empirical evidence shows the best opportunities—and where projections, models, and experts often fail—to create an asset allocation that can withstand the tests of time. In this exploration of intellectual truths...

In January 1811, five hundred slaves dressed in military uniforms and armed with guns, cane knives, and axes rose up from the plantations around New Orleans and set out to conquer the city. Ethnically diverse, politically astute, and highly organized, this self-made army challenged not only the economic system of plantation agriculture but also American expansion. Their march represented the largest act of armed resistance against slavery in the history of the United States.Ame...

"A chilling and suspenseful account [of] the culmination of a signal episode in the history of American race relations." —Adam Goodheart, The New York Times Book ReviewIn January 1811, five hundred slaves, dressed in military uniforms and armed with guns, cane knives, and axes, rose up from the plantations around New Orleans and set out to conquer the city. Ethnically diverse, politically astute, and highly organized, this self-made army challenged not onl...

Why just be contrarian when you can bet against consensus and be right? Through a meta-analysis of what moves markets and what drives human behavior, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Verdad Advisers, Daniel Rasmussen cuts through the 60/40 portfolio, exposing where empirical evidence shows the best opportunities—and where projections, models, and experts often fail—to create an asset allocation that can withstand the tests of time. In this exploration of intellectual truths...

Why just be contrarian when you can bet against consensus and be right?Through a meta-analysis of what moves markets and what drives human behavior, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Verdad Advisers, Dan Rasmussen, cuts through the 60/40 portfolio, exposing where empirical evidence shows the best opportunities—and where projections, models, and experts often fail—to create an asset allocation that can withstand the tests of time.In this exploration of intelle...

Crave a shiver down your spine? Then step into the shadows with "Short Ghost and Horror Collection 057." Curated by Carl Richard Jacobi and penned by masters of the macabre, this chilling audiobook is a haunted symphony of dread. Whispers turn to screams as scarecrows stir in the dead of night, smiles morph into grotesque masks on the faces of the deceased, and appointments with the beyond turn deadly. Will you dare to unlock the "Doors of Death" and face the entities that linger within? P...

¿Has pensado alguna vez en convertir tus S'mores en una obra maestra gourmet tostada? Este libro te mostrará que hay mucho más que hacer con este elemento básico de las fogatas, el S'more. Con más de 50 sencillas variaciones del original, ha llegado el momento de mejorar tus S'mores de siempre!55 recetas de S'mores diferentesRecetas de S'more sólo para adultosPáginas para anotar tus propias recetas de S'more

There are few things is our society that provoke such raw emotions as that of child abuse. Most people, justifiably so, are outraged when they hear of allegations of abuse, and their anger is intensified as they learn of what seems to be an inappropriate criminal justice response. However, the debate on child abuse usually happens though visceral emotions rather than facts. Taking emotions out of a child abuse debate is much easier said than done, but it is of utmost importance to identify...

Robert Turold is obsessed. Not with money, not with love, but with reclaiming a long-lost family title. Just as he's on the cusp of success, he's found murdered in his study. The prime suspect? His own daughter, Sicily. But the mystery deepens when Sicily disappears too. Enter a world of hidden secrets, cryptic clues, and a strange, possibly mystical object – the moon rock. Was Robert Turold killed for his lineage, or is something more sinister at play? Unravel the tangled web of deceit in...

Sexual citizenship is a powerful concept associated with debates about recognition and exclusion, agency, respect and accountability. For young people in general and for gender and sexually diverse youth in particular, these debates are entangled with broader imaginings of social transitions: from ‘child’ to ‘adult’and from ‘unreasonable subject’ to one ‘who can consent’. This international and interdisciplinary collection identifies and locates struggles for recognition and inclusion in p...

The world of banking is speeding up and changes are rippling across the globe with blazing speed. If your organization is slow to respond, you will fall behind. One of the best investments you can make in this technology-driven marketplace is to empower your employees to make fast, smart decisions. To do that, you need to arm them with modern, integrated corporate performance management tools to maximize their ability to set goals, adjust plans and budgets, and monitor performance. “Enabli...

One of the most persistent, troubling, and divisive of the ideological divisions within modernity is the struggle over the Enlightenment and its legacy. Much of the difficulty is owed to a general failure among scholars to consider how history, philosophy, and politics work together. Rethinking the Enlightenment bridges these disciplinary divides. Recent work by historians has now called into question many of the clichés that still dominate scholarly understandings of the Enlightenment’s l...