books about: collapse     books:       The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It: Make a Fortune by Investing in Gold and Other Hard ...44 reviews James Turk, John Rubino Doubleday Business, 2008 This book has been a big help to me I bought the book when it first came out. More importantly, I ACTED on the book's advice. I bought gold, silver, Goldcorp(GG) and a lot more. Goldcorp was selling for about $12 per share at the time. Gold hadn't gone beyond about $430 per ounce. The dollar was trading much higher than it is now. Goldcorp is now at about $40 per share. Gold is near $950 per ounce. Silver is at $18 per ounce. ...             Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects24 reviews Dmitry Orlov New Society Publishers, 2008 Dmitry Orlov Gives Fresh Perspective on Dark Future for U.S. You need to read "Reinventing Collapse" by Dmitry Orlov, if only to get an outsider's perspective on our American way of life. But Mr. Orlov is not only an outsider who grew up in the former Soviet Union, he also happened to live through the FSU's collapse in the 1990's. You'll probably be surprised to find out how many similarities there are between the world's most powerful capitalist ...             Collapse of Burning Buildings : A Guide to Fireground Safety (Study Guide)6 reviews Vincent Dunn Fire Engineering Books, 1988 Very informative Very well written. Alot of good war stories from back in the day. I would recommend this book for someone with 2 years to 20 years of expierence. This book gets straight to the point.             Collapse Weave: Creating Three-Dimensional Cloth Anne Field Trafalgar Square Books, 2008 Collapse cloth—cloth that, when removed from the loom and washed, takes on an entirely different appearance as the threads draw up and create puckers—is the subject of this crafter's companion. Combinations of various weaving techniques are presented alongside photos and diagrams, providing clear instructions for sewing scarves, wraps, tops, and harem-style pants made from this fluid and unusual cloth. Additional chapters describe in ...             The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel78 reviews Stephen Leeb, Glen Strathy Business Plus, 2007 Great book, wish I read it earlier. This book has a lot of great info, particularly about economy and aspects of history that may be misunderstood, or may have been completely misrepresented to us. The book is also a relatively easy read. I read it about a year ago, which was actually a little late, but even now it is still a worthwhile investment.             The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)16 reviews Joseph Tainter Cambridge University Press, 1990 Utterly brilliant work of genius, joins Allott's Health of Nations This is an utterly brilliant stunning work of genius. It begins with a comprehensive review of what appears to be every work in English relative to the topic being considered. The author has done a phenomenal job of both dissecting and then discussed the varied authors contributing to each of the following lists explanations for prior collapse of civilizations (from page 42): 1) Depletion or ...             Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse (Lynn Sonberg Books)233 reviews Peter D. Schiff, John Downes Wiley, 2007 Reluctantly impressed... I have seen Peter Schiff for a couple of years now on CNBC, FOX, Kudlow etc. Frankly he does not come off all that well on TV, he scoffs and is somewhat sneery, voluble and impatient. Other panelists often tend to be dismissive and mocking towards him. I have to say I took a disliking to him and wondered why they bothered to include him. The fact that his father seems to be a crackpot tax ...             General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse13 reviews Joseph Glatthaar Free Press, 2008 A history of the Army of Northern Virginia This is a fascinating book. On the one hand, its depiction of the Army of Northern Virginia (ANV) is well known. On the other, it goes into considerable detail on the everyday lives of Lee's (and, earlier, Johnston's and Beauregard's) army. As such, it does add considerably to our grasp of what the ANV went through. The focus? In the author's own words (Page xv): ". . .scholars and enthusiasts ...             Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse: A Novel of the Turbulent Near Future (Expanded and Updated 33 ...167 reviews James Wesley Rawles Xlibris Corporation, 2006 An Awesome Look Into A Possible Future I can't say enough about this book. The literary style in which it was written kept me spellbound for hours, I didn't want to put the book down! More importantly, it gave me a look at one possible future should we ever have an economic collapse, and the hope of recovery through pre-planning, preparation, and survival readiness. As they say in Network Marketing..., "I will do today what others ...             Collapse (Penguin Press Science)399 reviews Jared Diamond Penguin Books Ltd, 2006 Warms up after the first couple chapters Not quite as good as his best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", mostly because the first 50 pages are about Montana. Who cares about Montana? I barely even know where it is. But after that it gets wicked awesome. Unfortunately you can't really skip the Montana parts - too many concepts are introduced that you'll need later - but hey, it's Diamond; you can suck it up for 50 pages. Vikings ...             Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?: Understanding Historical Change3 reviews Robert W. Strayer M.E. Sharpe, 1998 Excellent Overview Strayer's book is more than proposing one particular thesis as to why the USSR is no longer in existance. His book is more about using the events that happened between 1985 and 1991 (while keeping in mind the context of 1917-1985) to look at how a historian does his/her work. Rather than proposing one thesis and saying this is the reason for the collapse, Strayer examines a multitude of theses ...             The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse: How to Spot Moral Meltdowns in Companies... Before It's Too Late4 reviews Marianne M. Jennings St. Martin's Press, 2006 Learning from the Mistakes of the (Formerly) Rich and Infamous At the end of her new book, Marianne Jennings marvels that people continue to be surprised by ethical collapses in corporations. A professor of legal and ethical studies at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Jennings says that it's possible to see these business train wrecks coming -- no one should be surprised at the crash. The behaviors that lead to ethical collapse in companies are known ...             The Collapse of Yugoslavia 1991-1999 (Essential Histories) Alastair Finlan Osprey Publishing, 2004 In 1991, an ethnically diverse region that had enjoyed decades of peaceful coexistence descended into bitter hatred and chaos, almost overnight. Communities fractured along lines of ethnic and religious affiliation and the ensuing fighting was deeply personal, resulting in brutality, rape and torture, and ultimately the deaths of thousands of people. This book examines the internal upheavals of the former Yugoslavia and their international ...             The Exchange Artist: A Tale of High-Flying Speculation and America's First Banking Collapse3 reviews Jane Kamensky Viking Adult, 2008 4.5 stars-Speculation leads to widespread destruction Kamensky has done an excellent job in this book.The book is a detailed study of the events leading up to the first bank failure in American history.In March,1809,the Farmers Exchange Bank of Gloucester,Rhode Island,collapsed.The story starts in late 1807 as a real estate speculator named Andrew Dexter,Jr.,is able to convincingly persuade many investors to financially back his Exchange Coffee ...             Collapse of Evolution, The59 reviews Scott M. Huse Baker Books, 1997 Truly, "Collapse" is appropriate. Scott Huse has meticulously and piercingly researched this subject of creation science and evolution, and this book is truly a breakthrough in accessibility to the average reader and in bringing all this invaluable information to the public. Huse calmly points out flaws, impossibilities, and contradictions in every area of origin-studies. As much as is possible, Huse tries to see both sides. ...             The Coming Collapse of China75 reviews Gordon G. Chang Random House, 2001 It's not surprising that majority of the bad reviews are from Chinese If they say take his book with a grain of salt, I would suggest that you take their comments/reviews with a grain of salt too. Some of them are flat out ridiculous, like the comment someone left saying that he isn't Chinese but Indian. C'mon, I've seen his pic and profile, and he looks about as Indian as I do. At that level of defamatory commenting, you pretty much have to question the intent ...             The Collapse Of The Third Republic18 reviews William L. Shirer Da Capo Press, 1994 The best study on why democracies sometimes fail This book is simply superb, and in the best tradition of William Shirer. No pictures, a few maps, and over 800 pages of simply excellent historical prose. In my mind, this book is more important than Shirer's more renowned "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, (which two books should be read as companions.). The text begins in 1870, with French suffering their overwhelming defeat in the ...             Collapse of an Empire: Lessons for Modern Russia5 reviews Yegor Gaidar Brookings Institution Press, 2007 Cassandra Gaidar Cassandra was the Trojan woman whom Apollo gave the gift of prophesy-and the curse of never being believed. Yegor Gaidar sees that Russia's future depends crucially on coming to grips with its past, but present events make it clear that his prophesies, like Cassandra's, fall on deaf ears. In his new book, Collapse of an Empire, Gaidar has a pressing purpose: to alert Russians-and the world-to ...             Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community81 reviews Robert D. Putnam Simon & Schuster, 2001 A Lonelier Crowd Robert D. Putnam's BOWLING ALONE provides what is, arguably, the most robust scientific treatment in a single volume of the conversation about friendship and its benefits begun by Aristotle nearly twenty-four centuries ago, a conversation about what has now come to be called "social capital" : "...how can prosperity be guarded and preserved without friends...And in poverty and in other ...              search for books 1991-1999, american, archaeology, buildings, collapse, community, companies, dimensional, economic, essential, evolution, exchange, expanded, fireground, high-flying, historical, histories, investing, meltdowns, patriots, prospects, reinventing, republic, societies, speculation, surviving, three-dimensional, turbulent, understanding, yugoslavia books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen electronics: ZyXEL P330W 802.11g Wireless Router home  impressum - about us