Nassim Nicholas Taleb's phenomenal international bestseller The Black Swan The Impact of the Highly Improbable shows us how to stop trying to predict everything
- & take advantage of uncertainty What have the invention of the wheel Pompeii the Wall Street Crash Harry Potter & the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? What can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? This book is all about Black Swans the random events that underlie our lives from bestsellers to world disasters Their impact is huge; they're impossible to predict; yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them ' Taleb is a bouncy & even exhilarating guide I came to relish what he said & even develop a sneaking affection for him as a person' Will Self Independent on Sunday ' He leaps like some superhero of the mind' Boyd Tonkin Independent ' Funny quirky & thought-provoking confirms his status as a guru for every would-be Damien Hirst George Soros & aspirant despot' John Cornwell Sunday Times ' Idiosyncratically brilliant' Niall Ferguson Sunday Telegraph ' Great fun brash stubborn entertaining opinionated curious cajoling' Stephen J Dubner Co-Author of Freakonomics
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Though Winter Halo
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Set at the height of the tulipomania that gripped Holland in 17th century this is the story of Cornelius van Baerle a humble grower whose sole desire is to grow the perfect specimen of the tulip negra When his godfather is murdered Cornelius finds himself caught up in the deadly politics of the time imprisoned & facing a death sentence His jailor's daughter Rosa holds both the key to his survival & his chance to produce the ultimate tulip ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play his DVD contains the complete first series of the legendary comedy Blackadder now digitally restored from the original programme masters The Blackadder saga begins with a medieval tale of disaster & drollery Edmund Duke of Edinburgh is the slimy & much-despised younger son of King Richard IV Haunted by his uncle Richard III whom he killed by mistake he lurks in the castle corridors of power scheming to to get the better of his splendid elder brother Harry ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Throughout the ages men of flair faculty & outstanding courage have contributed to England&s glorious heritage Others like the snivelling worm Edmund Duke of Edinburgh (alias The Black Adder) the bitter & twisted son of a medieval king have emerged from the dust of dodgy documents to claim their wrongful position in history The Foretelling From out of the swirling mist of the dark Ages comes a lone horseman cursed from youth by a deformed haircut & sporting a particularly evil pair of tights (Guest starring Peter Cook as Richard III) Born To Be King Treachery murder & Morris-dancing break out in all their full horror when an orange-faced stranger arrives at court The Archbishop The landscape is littered with dead Archbishops of Canterbury Edmund&s cunning plan is to get his deadliest rival appointed to the vacancy The Queen Of Spain&s Beard The King&s international treachery gives the hideous Edmund a chance to press his clammy body against one of Eurpoe&s most eligible princesses (Guest starring Miriam Margolyes as Princess Maria) Witchsmeller Pursuivant The King is a bit under the weather with the Black Death Witchcraft is diagnosed by The Black Adder & only one man can root it out (Guest starring Frank Finlay stars as the repulsive Witchsmeller) The Black Seal In the final gesture of defiance Edmund rides forth to seek out the Seven Most Evil Men in the land & return with them to seize the throne (Guest starring Rik Mayall as Mad Gerald) Actors Rowan Atkinson Tim Mc Innerny Tony Robinson Brian Blessed Rik Mayall Frank Finlay Peter Cook Miriam Margoyles & Elspet Gray Director Martin Shardlow Certificate 15 years & over Year 1983 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
- Dolby (20) Stereo Subtitles English ; Danish ; Swedish ; Norwegian ; French ; Spanish ; Portuguese ; Italian ; Dutch Duration 3 hours & 10 minutes (approx)
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With its enchanting song striking orange bill & endearing willingness to share our living space the blackbird is one of our best-loved birds But robins swifts goldfinches & blue tits can captivate us equally & in The Blackbird Diaries Karen Lloyd shares her deep-rooted affection for all our treasured garden wildlife Over the four seasons she intimately chronicles the drama & the joy the perils & the pleasures of the natural world as it all unfolds in her garden & on her daily walks in the limestone hills & valleys of Cumbria's South Lakeland What emerges is a celebration of landscapes that rarely feature in the existing canon of nature writing & rare insights into the lives of the species that may be common but are remarkable creatures all ...

Where did they come from? Why did they fall? In a quiet town a thousand dead starlings fall onto a high school field unleashing a horrifying & unexpected chain of events that will rock the close-knit community Beloved coach & teacher Nate Winters & his wife Alecia are well respected throughout town That is until one of the reporters investigating the bizarre bird phenomenon catches Nate embracing a student Lucia Hamm Lucia soon buoys the scandal by claiming that she & Nate are having an affair throwing the town into an uproar & leaving Alecia to wonder if her husband has a second life & when Lucia suddenly disappears the police only have one suspect Nate Nate's coworker Bridget Harris is determined to prove his innocence Bridget knows the key to Nate's exoneration & the truth of Lucia's disappearance lie within the walls of the school & in the pages of the missing girl's journal The Blackbird Season is a haunting psychologically nuanced suspense filled with Kate Moretti's signature chillingly satisfying twists & turns ...

In 1887 Government inspectors were sent to investigate the Old Nichol a notorious slum on the boundary of Bethnal Green parish The author recovers Old Nichol from the ruins of history & lays bare the social & political conditions that created & sustained this black hole which lay at the very heart of the Empire 352 pages Wise Sarah ...