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¡n we get some reality in here?ߡsks Judy Sheindlin, former supervising judge for Manhattan Family Court. For twenty–four years she has laid down the law as she understands it:

● If you want to eat, you have to work.

● If you have children, you'd better support them.

• If you break the law, you have to pay.

• If you tap the public purse, you'd better be accountable

  Now she abandons all judicial restraint in a scathing critique of the system – filled with realistic hard–nosed alternatives to our bloated welfare bureaucracy and our soft–on–crime laws.

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Brace yourself for more pun-ishment from the playful Jack Prelutsky and illustrator James Stevenson, creators of The New Kid on the Block, Something Big Has Been Here, and A Pizza the Size of the Sun. More than 100 Prelutsky poems populate the pages--a mix of 8-year-old-boy humor, nonsense poetry in the tradition of Ogden Nash and Edward Lear, and clever, often unabashedly shameless, wordplay. While there are many, many doozies, our favorite is "Hiccup!," excerpted here:

I've tried gulping hiccup water,
stood upon my hiccup head,
held my breath until my hiccup
hiccup face turned hiccup red.

Chronic cogitators are celebrated in "Quibble Q. Quing" (who thinks about things), and wild imaginations in "Purple Orangutans:" ("Rabbits and parrots play tag in the stars, / marshmallows march in the meadows of Mars... / these are a few of the wonders I find / in the magic museum I keep in my mind.") Children find a kindred spirit in Prelutsky, a poet who knows full well that overweight underdogs and chocolate-covered salami and Sniffing Snutterwudds are always worth a giggle. Stevenson's understated (but always expressive) line drawings suit this silly collection to a T. (Perfect for reading aloud to younger readers, but wordsmiths ages 9 and older will pick up all the puns.) --Karin Snelson.
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IF IT'S RAINING IN BRAZIL, BUY STARBUCKS

The hardcover edition of If It's Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks first introduced investors to "macrotrading." Instead of just theorizing, the breakthrough investing strategy actually quantifies the impact of global economic forces on specific sectors of the stock market. This paperback edition delivers macrotrading to a new and wider audience, identifying which economic indicators are essential to follow, how to trade profitably in times of recession or inflation, subtle signals that indicate imminent turning points in the market, and much more.

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Stitch up a tribute to your most devoted, trusted pal--your pet! Instructions for 17 cat and dog projects will delight animal-loving quilters everywhere. You'll even learn to customize designs to match your pet's proportions perfectly. Whether you need to make longer ears, shorter legs, or, yes--bigger bellies--you can do it in the shake of a tail!

• Seventeen cat and dog designs use simple foundation piecing, so even beginners can stitch up a fun pet portrait

• Includes quick rotary-cutting and speed-piecing techniques, plus easy variations for personalizing each project

• Find tips on reversing, enlarging, and designing original patterns.
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Global financial markets are part of a much larger world, a world of fluid government policies, political unrest, and other unpredictable forces.

If It's Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks quantifies how far-reaching factors affect stock prices, and how investors can trade more effectively by understanding the links between these forces and the stock market. It focuses on specific macroeconomic forces and which sectors of the economy react to different indicators, providing investors and traders with clear signals on whether to buy, sell, or sit on the sidelines.

Unlike more targeted investing titles, Peter Navarro's insightful book contains benefits for all investors­­from day traders to long-term, buy-and-hold investors. Simulations and analyses, along with real-life examples and case studies, provide inside details on:

• How to profit from specific technological change
• Strategies to trade effectively in times of recession or inflation
• Which economic indicators to follow­­and why

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Anthony Minghella's writing "sets a standard of emotional truth and clarity so sublimely high that everything around it looks stale, flat, tawdry, and obvious."-The Times

Cigarettes and Chocolate: "One of the best radio plays I ever heard ... profoundly original."-Financial Times

Hang Up: "An intense and brilliantly realized study of a love affair"-Telegraph

What If It's Raining?: "A tender, sensitive play while also being the most no-bones-about-it account of adultery I have seen on TV."-Guardian

Truly, Madly, Deeply: "This lovely, original comedy ... is the work of a mature artist, one with the skill to draw us into a fresh and startlingly humane vision of urban life."-The New York Times

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