Leonard Mlodinow's The Drunkard's Walk How Randomness Rules Our Lives is an exhilarating eye-opening guide to understanding our random world Randomness & uncertainty surround everything we do So why are we so bad at understanding them? The same tools that help us understand the random paths of molecules can be applied to the randomness that governs so many aspects of our everyday lives from winning the lottery to road safety & reveals the truth about the success of sporting heroes & film stars & even how to make sense of a blood test The Drunkard's Walk reveals the psychological illusions that prevent us understanding everything from stock-picking to wine-tasting
- read it or risk becoming another victim of chance 'A wonderfully readable guide to how the mathematical laws of randomness affect our lives' Stephen Hawking author of A Brief History of Time ' Delightful Our lives may be shaped by chance but they are enriched by awareness
- just the sort of awareness that this fascinating book will give you' Guardian ' Mlodinow writes in a breezy style interspersing probabilistic mind-benders with portraits of theorists The result is a readable crash course in randomness' The New York Times ' Please read The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow a history explanation & exaltation of probability theory The results are mind-bending' Fortune Leonard Mlodinow has a Ph D has been a member of the faculty of the California Institute of Technology & a television writer in Hollywood as well as developing many award winning CD-ROMs He is currently Vice President of Emerging Technologies & R&D at Scholastic Inc & lives in New York City His previous books include A Brief History of Time which he co-authored as well as Euclid's Window & Some Time with Feynman both published by Penguin

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This quirky guide explains the chemistry & botanical history of over 150 plants trees flowers & fruits showing how they form the bases of our favourite cocktails Amy Stewart offers gardeners growing tips & provides cocktail enthusiasts with 50 drink recipes as well as a rounded knowledge of the processes & plants which go into popular concoctions ...

' One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read Read it!' David Baldacci WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD 2017AMAZONCOM'S ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play All eight episodes from the crime drama based on the novels by Tana French When a young girl is found murdered in a forest in Ireland detectives Rob Reilly (Killian Scott) & Cassie Maddox (Sarah Greene) are sent to investigate the mysterious circumstances behind the crime However the murder location is the same place where years before two children also died & one survived never able to retell the events of what took place Could the two cases be linked & might it be too close to home for the detectives? Actors Killian Scott; Sarah Greene Format PALLanguage English Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 2 ...

Tracklist Disc 1 Wild Rover The Ragman's Ball Preab San Ol The High Reel The Holy Ground Tramps & Hawkers Home Boys Home The Rocky Road to Dublin Banks of the Roses I'll Tell My Ma Swallow's Tail Love Is Pleasing Jar of Porter The Nightingale Disc 2 Roddy Mc Corley The Twang Man Reels
- the Sligo Maid Colonel Rodney Medley The Woman from Wexford The Patriot Game Roisin Dubh Air Fa la la Lo Peggy Lettermore Easy & Slow My Love Is in America The Kerry Recruit The Old Orange Flute Reels
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In The Duchess Keira Knightley will play the 18th century aristocrat Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire An ancestor of Princess Diana she lived an extravagant profligate & promiscuous life of political & romantic intrigue becoming an important powerbroker amid Britain&s ruling elite but also running up catastrophic gambling debts She was alternately feted & reviled & widely caricatured by the popular press Making of Documentary Deleted scenes with introduction by Saul Dibb Production photography gallery Original theatrical trailer Actors Keira Knightley Ralph Fiennes Hayley Atwell Dominic Cooper Charlotte Rampling Simon Mc Burney Aidan Mc Ardle Richard Mc Cabe Bruce Mackinnon & Georgia King Director Saul Dibb Certificate 12 years & over Year 2008 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 50 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Compilation of the complete first series of The Duchess of Duke Street ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The story of the indomitable Louisa Trotter the former scullery maid who left her mark on turn-of-the-century England as "the finest cook in London" & the reigning mistress of Hotel Bentinck As her own mother remarks Louisa "has done very well She&s moved up in the world" The Bentinck is no Fawlty Towers Louisa based on the real-life Rosa Lewis the proprietor of the fashionable Cavendish Hotel presides over her domain with a stiff-backed iron rule She is as one of her staff remarks "a tough customer a woman with spirit" Louisa&s troublemaking brother inspires mutiny among the devoted staff & Louisa is besieged by mysterious love letters Darkening the horizon is the deepening shadow of World War I ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Compilation of the complete second series of The Duchess of Duke Street ...

A major revision of this classic revenge tragedy The comprehensive introduction covers recent developments in criticism & key theatre productions as well as relating the play to other early modern tragedies The edition gives students & teachers a reliable annotated text & a stimulating overview of the play's context critical perspectives & an exploration of its stage history An invaluable resource for study & performance ...