**“A sumptuously written story about culinary ambition, restaurant-world vice, and the frailties of the heart.” — KEVIN CHONG, author of The Double Life of Benson YuRestaurateur Teo Wolf’s culinary fame is peaking just as a series of scandals and reckless decisions threaten to destroy everything.**Teo’s life as a Paris brasserie apprentice is filled with challenges and triumphs, as well as all the regular abuses of slammed commercial kitchens. Still, he rises throu...

The Only Economics Book You Will Ever Need - A Library Journal 2012 Best Business Book of the YearEconomics isn't just about numbers: It's about politics, psychology, history, and so much more. We are all economists-when we work, save for the future, invest, pay taxes, and buy our groceries. Yet many of us feel lost when the subject arises. Award-winning professor Timothy Taylor tackles all the key questions and hot topics of both microeconomics and macroe...

A breakthrough theory that tools and technology are the real drivers of human evolutionAlthough humans are one of the great apes, along with chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, we are remarkably different from them. Unlike our cousins who subsist on raw food, spend their days and nights outdoors, and wear a thick coat of hair, humans are entirely dependent on artificial things, such as clothing, shelter, and the use of tools, and would die in nature without them. Yet, despite our...

Que sait-on de la sexualité de nos ancêtres ? Leurs comportements sexuels étaient-ils les mêmes que ceux d’aujourd'hui ? De quelles manières déterminaient-ils l’organisation des sociétés préhistoriques ? Et surtout, quel rôle a joué la sexualité dans une évolution que l’on s’accorde davantage à expliquer en termes de lutte pour la survie que le désir ?À partir de découvertes archéologiques, Timothy Taylor reconstitue, des origines jusqu’à nos jours, l’évolution des pratiques sexuell...

The Only Economics Book You Will Ever Need.Economics isn't just about numbers: It's about politics, psychology, history, and so much more. We are all economists-when we work, save for the future, invest, pay taxes, and buy our groceries. Yet many of us feel lost when the subject arises. Award-winning professor Timothy Taylor tackles all the key questions and hot topics of both microeconomics and macroeconomics, including:* Why do budget deficits matter?* What exactly ...

Bird's Opening is an underrated and dynamic choice for White that immediately directs the game into relatively unexplored territory, setting Black players early problems and forcing them to think for themselves rather than having the luxury of relying on the theory of more mainstream openings. It's also a very flexible option that can lead to both sharp gambit play, such as the notorious From's Gambit, as well as quieter positional lines. In this book International Master Timothy Taylor un...

A hostage-taker hides a shocking secret in “a breakneck literary thriller that combines the worlds of conspiracy theory [and] reality TV.”—National PostWithout warning, a man, armed with explosives, seizes a television studio taking over a hundred terrified hostages. He offers no motive. And he makes just a single curious demand. The only person he’ll speak to is Thom Pegg, a once honored investigative journalist turned disgraced tabloid reporter. As surpr...

Everyones a foodie now. But in a world of foodies, refinement and rarified good taste seem increasingly to come at the cost of actually being satisfied with anything. How do we crack the dilemma of contentment when were constantly accumulating expertise about how things can be improved? The Cranky Connoisseur takes us on a tasty and entertaining tour through London, Las Vegas, and the remote British Columbian bush, en route to its surprising answer.

★史丹佛大學經濟學課程人氣講師著作★經濟學是你一生受用的隨身常識要懂經濟學，讀這本就夠！為什麼要懂經濟學？因為你會知道自己賺的是什麼，知道怎麼看對趨勢、累積財富。本書作者是史丹佛大學最具人氣的經濟學講師，曾獲大學學生評鑑的教學成果獎，足證課程內容充實、相當具有吸引力。他所撰寫的經濟學讀起來毫無負擔，讀者甚至能一點就通；從生活實例引入觀念原理，概念清晰，一般大眾都能輕鬆理解。經濟學是「思考問題」的架構。我們毋須具備專業資格，靠「社會大學文憑」也可以堅持自己的看法，只要你懂得像經濟學家般思考就夠了。在個體經濟篇，你可以理解下列觀點 :◆人在市場，身不由己：社會就是一個大市場，我們都是其中最小、最基本的單元。我們勞苦付出、討生活，但報酬合理嗎？你怨嘆貧窮、抱怨所得不均，你知道這是兩回事嗎？...

A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK'Everest is truly dedicated to his profession… He deserves to be known as the Welsh Ralph Lauren or Giorgio Armani.' – Roger Lewis, Daily MailThe son of restaurateurs, young Timothy Everest wanted nothing more than to be a racing driver. This was not to be, but little did he know that a job he took at age 17 – as a sales assistant at Hepworths in Milford Haven – would set the t...

The phrases “scripture says” and “as it is written” in early Christian literature appear unremarkable, little more than throwaway lines. Tailoring Scripture with Citation Formulae: Clues about Early Christian Views of the Holy Books and the Holy God contends, however, that they provide much to remark on. Current discussions of scriptural intertextuality either neglect or instrumentalize citation formulae. Within a world of expensive books and widespread illiteracy, though, the for...

This book studies religion through the eyes of some of its most influential, exemplary, and sometimes controversial people. Historically organized and philosophically nuanced, each chapter locates a thinker in their material context to elucidate the impact of their ideas. Figures covered include Philo Judaeus, Adi Shankara, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Julian of Norwich, and W.E.B. Du Bois. Empathizing with their different viewpoints aims to build the capacities necessary to live tolerantly in re...