the Nasdaq's phenomenal climb during the '90s epitomized the optimism Americans felt as they entered the new millennium—just as its fall would later reflect the nation's anxieties in a post-crash
Presents a history of America under the Roosevelt
An entertaining and indispensable guide to the language of finance and economics by the writer hailed for “explain[ing] complex stuff in a down-to-earth and witty style” (The Economist)
Spiral comb cookbook
The Best American Travel Writing 2001 Other Diets the Nasdaq's phenomenal climb duringAlready a best selling addition to the series, this years Best American Travel Writing is a far flung collection chosen by travel writer extraordinaire Paul Theroux, who has selected pieces about the spell in the wilderness, the letter home from foreign parts, the dangerous adventure, the sentimental journey, the expos, the shocking revelation, the eyewitness report, the ordeal, the quest . . . Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. Therouxs most