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The book contains detailed route descriptions for each of the fifty selected scrambles, along with a colour topo and bespoke map to help with route finding. The guide is laid out in an easy-to-use contemporary format and is supplemented with 98 colour photographs showcasing Snowdonia's stunning mountain scenery.
Did you know that having a messy room will make you racist? Or that human beings possess the ability to postpone death until after important ceremonial occasions? Or that people live three to five years longer if they have positive initials, like ACE? All of these 'facts' have been argued with a straight face by researchers and backed up with reams of data and convincing statistics. As Nobel Prize-winning economist Ronald Coase once cynically observed, 'If you torture data long enough, it will confess.' Lying with statistics is a time-honoured con. In Standard Deviations, economics professor Gary Smith walks us through the various tricks and traps that people use to back up their own crackpo...
Scotland's Winter Mountains with one axe - A selection of thirty easily accessible, done in a day, mountain journeys. All of Scotland's classic winter ridges are described in detail, including the Aonach Eagach, Liathach and An Teallach. The big gullies of the Northwest are also included, such as Deep South Gully on Beinn Alligin and Morrison's Gully on Beinn Eighe. All routes fall into the lower categories of climbing grade (I and II), meaning they are perfectly suited for a traditional approach, with just one axe and minimal amount of gear, if any. Three easy routes have been included to provide a step-up from winter hillwalking. The book contains background information and an easy-to-follow description for each of the selected outings. It is laid out in a contemporary format and supplemented with bespoke colour maps and 116 colour photographs showcasing Scotland's spectacular mountain scenery. This is an ideal book for anyone who has a love for Scotland's mountains and will take a reader on the best winter journeys from the comfort of a favourite chair. The author has taught climbing and mountain skills for 24 winter seasons in the Highlands.
We live in an incredible period in history. The Computer Revolution may be even more life-changing than the Industrial Revolution. We can do things with computers that could never be done before, and computers can do things for us that could never be done before. But our love of computers should not cloud our thinking about their limitations. We are told that computers are smarter than humans and that data mining can identify previously unknown truths, or make discoveries that will revolutionize our lives. Our lives may well be changed, but not necessarily for the better. Computers are very good at discovering patterns, but are useless in judging whether the unearthed patterns are sensible b...
Viele Händler und aktive Anleger träumen davon, das Handeln professionell zu betreiben. Analysten, Fondsmanager und andere Experten haben zwar eine Fülle an Literatur über Handelsstrategien verfaßt, aber zum Thema 'Erfolgreich Handeln von zu Hause' gab es bislang keine Informationen. Bis jetzt! Hier ist das erste Buch, das sich mit diesem Thema eingehend beschäftigt. Autor Gary Smith handelt seit über 15 Jahren erfolgreich von zu Hause aus. Er ist ein berühmtes und angesehenes Mitglied der Händlergemeinschaft und erklärt, was es heißt, von zu Hause aus zu agieren - mit der nötigen Courage und Hardware. Smith erläutert seine gewinnbringenden Handelsstrategien, die er für Aktien, Optionen und Anleihen einsetzt und demonstriert, wie er diese bei Aktien-Index-Futures und offenen Investmentfonds anwendet. Seine Strategie ist einfach, ohne komplexe technische Indikatoren, ohne verwirrende Charts, ohne große Softwareausstattung und mit geringem Risiko. Ein realistischer Leitfaden für jeden, der professionell einsteigen will. (12/99)
An American investigation company hires six private free lancer’s investigators to find the son of a New York businessman who disappeared in Afghanistan. A medium from Montreal who practices possession trance participates in the investigation. French Canadian Joseph Tremblay, Russian Alexei Katskin, German Karl Stinger, Italian Claudio Morelli, French Charles Milot and Australian Jeffrey Gordon are the six investigators responsible for finding the son. This investigation will mark them all forever. A surprising and disturbing investigation novel set in New York Montreal, London, and Afghanistan. Mind-blowing paranormal phenomena fuel the plot with unexpected endings.
Essential Statistics, Regression, and Econometrics, Second Edition, is innovative in its focus on preparing students for regression/econometrics, and in its extended emphasis on statistical reasoning, real data, pitfalls in data analysis, and modeling issues. This book is uncommonly approachable and easy to use, with extensive word problems that emphasize intuition and understanding. Too many students mistakenly believe that statistics courses are too abstract, mathematical, and tedious to be useful or interesting. To demonstrate the power, elegance, and even beauty of statistical reasoning, this book provides hundreds of new and updated interesting and relevant examples, and discusses not o...
Top celebrity biographer Sean Smith tells the story of national treasure Gary Barlow, one of the UK's greatest songwriters and musicians. Throughout a stellar career, nobody has been more misunderstood than Gary Barlow. When he first found fame, he was perceived as too arrogant. Then, after a spectacular slump and amazing recovery, he adopted a modesty that underrates his lifetime achievements. In this book Sean Smith redresses the balance by revealing the real man, the romances that shaped his life and the passion for music that drives him. A singer and virtuoso keyboard player who performed in working men's clubs from the age of thirteen, Gary Barlow would go on to achieve phenomenal success as the musical force behind Take That, the most popular boy band of all time. Now recognized as one of the greatest songwriters and musicians the UK has ever produced, Gary is among the best-known faces on television, returning as head judge on the X Factor in 2013. Featuring original interviews with many people who have never spoken before, Gary is a celebration of a complex and unique talent.
A guidebook to 80 graded scrambles in Snowdonia National Park (Eryri National Park). Covering Carneddau, Glyderau and Snowdon Group, plus the finest scrambling in Eifionydd, the Moelwyns, Rhinogs and Cadair Idris, the routes range from scrambly walks to demanding climbs involving technical difficulty and exposure. Routes range from scrambling grade 1 to grade 3S so there’s something for all abilities. 1:25,000 OS maps and topos included for each route Easy access from Llanberis, Ogwen Valley, Dolgellau Popular routes covered include the Snowdon Horseshoe, North Ridge of Tryfan, Bristly Ridge, Cneifion, Cyfrwy Arêtes Best experienced Spring through to Autumn Detailed information on safety and equipment
“Henry Smith’s father told him that if you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you.” But Trouble comes careening down the road one night in the form of a pickup truck that strikes Henry’s older brother, Franklin. In the truck is Chay Chouan, a young Cambodian from Franklin’s preparatory school, and the accident sparks racial tensions in the school—and in the well-established town where Henry’s family has lived for generations. Caught between anger and grief, Henry sets out to do the only thing he can think of: climb Mt. Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine, which he and Franklin were going to climb together. Along with Black Dog, whom Henry has rescued from drowning, and a friend, Henry leaves without his parents’ knowledge. The journey, both exhilarating and dangerous, turns into an odyssey of discovery about himself, his older sister, Louisa, his ancestry, and why one can never escape from Trouble.