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Words of wisdom from the late Charlie Munger—Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner and the visionary Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway—collected and interpreted with an eye towards investing by David Clark, coauthor of the bestselling Buffettology series. Born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1924, Charlie Munger studied mathematics at the University of Michigan, trained as a meteorologist at Cal Tech Pasadena while in the Army, and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School without ever earning an undergraduate degree. Munger was one of America’s most successful investors, the Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and Warren Buffett’s business partner for almost forty years. Buffett says “Berkshire has been built to Charlie’s blueprint. My role has been that of general contractor.” Munger was an intelligent, opinionated businessman whose ideas can teach professional and amateur investors how to be successful in finance and life. Like The Tao of Warren Buffett and The Tao of Te Ching, The Tao of Charlie Munger is a compendium of pithy quotes including, “Knowing what you don’t know is more useful than being brilliant” and “In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time—none, zero.” This collection, culled from interviews, speeches, and questions and answers at the Berkshire Hathaway and Wesco annual meetings, offers insights into Munger’s amazing financial success and life philosophies. Described by Business Insider as “sharp in his wit and investing wisdom,” Charlie Munger’s investment tips, business philosophy, and rules for living are as unique, intelligent, and successful as he was.

A scandal-plagued author is killed in a mystery with “domestic repartee worthy of Nick and Nora Charles [and a] thoroughly entertaining cast of characters” (Publishers Weekly). Stewart Hoag has quit ghostwriting. Living in Connecticut with his ex-wife, Hoagy works on a novel and tends to Tracy, his brand-new daughter, who’s more beautiful than anything he’s ever written and only took nine months to make. Life is peaceful, until Thor Gibbs arrives to tear it apart. An unapologetically swaggering author, Thor is past seventy but still looks like the brash young man who befriended an aging Hemingway and inspired the first of the Beat poets. Once he was Hoagy’s mentor, but now he needs his help. Thor is in the middle of a tryst with his eighteen-year-old stepdaughter, and every newspaper, lawyer, and cop in the country wants him strung up from the highest tree. He hires Hoagy to help the beautiful young woman tell their side of the story. But trouble is following the controversial couple, and death is about to visit the cottage. This edition includes AJ Finn’s introductory essay, “It’s Time to Discover Your New Sophisticated Sleuth Obsession: Stewart Hoag.”

This engaging collection of professional and student essays is arranged thematically and contains alternate tables of contents for rhetorical modes, argument, and writing about the disciplines. No matter what approach instructors take in their composition courses, this flexible and substantial reader will answer their teaching needs.

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Small Journeys is a memoir, based on my life from the age of 8 to 10, from 1975 to 1978, in Seattle, Washington. This larger story is told by relating the story of the various journeys I undertook as a child. Built on the framework of these journeys, the remainder of the story will be told through flashbacks. The three years I'm covering are framed by two critical incidents: the transition from living with my biological father and sister to living with my mother, stepfather, and stepsiblings; and a bike accident that left me hospitalized for eight weeks.

This collection of professional and student essays is arranged thematically with four alternate tables of contents: rhetorical, argument, literature, and writing about the disciplines. No matter the approach you take in your composition course, this flexible, substantial, and engaging reader will answer your teaching needs. Available packaged with most Longman handbooks at no additional cost, this reader will also answer your students' need for a low cost (no cost ) collection of essays.

4) A training program should be established that trains new recruits and existing employees. The training program should include instruction in fire department operations and fire dispatch procedures. 5) A program of continuing education should be developed for all dispatchers.

This 145-page supplement provides students with an overview of the World Wide Web, using email, performing electronic searches, documenting sources, and contains useful educational URLs.