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The Why Axis

Author : Uri Gneezy
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610393120
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Why Axis written by Uri Gneezy and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can economics be passionate?… Can it center on people and what really matters to them day-in and day-out.… And help us understand their hidden motives for why they do what they do in everyday life? Uri Gneezy and John List are revolutionaries. Their ideas and methods for revealing what really works in addressing big social, business, and economic problems gives us new understanding of the motives underlying human behavior. We can then structure incentives that can get people to move mountains, change their behavior—or at least get a better deal. But finding the right incentive can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Gneezy and List’s pioneering approach is to embed themselves in the factories, schools, communities, and offices where people work, live, and play. Then, through large-scale field experiments conducted “in the wild,” Gneezy and List observe people in their natural environments without them being aware that they are observed. Their randomized experiments have revealed ways to close the gap between rich and poor students; to stop the violence plaguing inner-city schools; to decipher whether women are really less competitive than men; to correctly price products and services; and to discover the real reasons why people discriminate. To get the answers, Gneezy and List boarded planes, helicopters, trains, and automobiles to embark on journeys from the foothills of Kilimanjaro to California wineries; from sultry northern India to the chilly streets of Chicago; from the playgrounds of schools in Israel to the boardrooms of some of the world’s largest corporations. In The Why Axis, they take us along for the ride, and through engaging and colorful stories, present lessons with big payoffs. Their revelatory, startling, and urgent discoveries about how incentives really work are both revolutionary and immensely practical. This research will change both the way we think about and take action on big and little problems. Instead of relying on assumptions, we can find out, through evidence, what really works. Anyone working in business, politics, education, or philanthropy can use the approach Gneezy and List describe in The Why Axis to reach a deeper, nuanced understanding of human behavior, and a better understanding of what motivates people and why.

Germany and the Axis Powers from Coalition to Collapse

Author : R. L. DiNardo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Germany and the Axis Powers from Coalition to Collapse written by R. L. DiNardo and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It seemed that whenever Mussolini acted on his own, it was bad news for Hitler. Indeed, the Fuhrer's relations with his Axis partners were fraught with an almost total lack of coordination. Compared to the Allies, the coalition was hardly an alliance at all. Focusing on Germany's military relations with Italy, Romania, Hungary, and Finland, Richard DiNardo unearths a wealth of information that reveals how the Axis coalition largely undermined Hitler's objectives from the Eastern Front to the Balkans, Mediterranean, and North Africa. DiNardo argues that the Axis military alliance was doomed from the beginning by a lack of common war aims, the absence of a unified command structure, and each nation's fundamental mistrust of the others. Germany was disinclined to make the kinds of compromises that successful wartime partnerships demanded and, because Hitler insisted on separate pacts with each nation, Italy and Finland often found themselves conducting counterproductive parallel wars on their own. DiNardo's detailed assessments of ground, naval, and air operations reveal precisely why the Axis allies were so dysfunctional as a collective force, sometimes for seemingly mundane but vital reasons-a shortage of interpreters, for example. His analysis covers coalition warfare at every level, demonstrating that some military services were better at working with their allies than others, while also pointing to rare successes, such as Rommel's effective coordination with Italian forces in North Africa. In the end, while some individual Axis units fought with distinction—if not on a par with the vaunted Wehrmacht—and helped Germany achieve some of its military aims, the coalition's overall military performance was riddled with disappointments. Breaking new ground, DiNardo's work enlarges our understanding of Germany's defeat while at the same time offering a timely reminder of the challenges presented by coalition warfare.

Why the Axis Lost

Author : John Arquilla
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476674523
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Why the Axis Lost written by John Arquilla and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The factors leading to the defeat of the Axis Powers in World War II have been debated for decades. One prevalent view is that overwhelming Allied superiority in materials and manpower doomed the Axis. Another holds that key strategic and tactical blunders lost the war--from Hitler halting his panzers outside Dunkirk, allowing more than 300,000 trapped Allied soldiers to escape, to Admiral Yamamoto falling into the trap set by the U.S. Navy at Midway. Providing a fresh perspective on the war, this study challenges both views and offers an alternative explanation: the Germans, Japanese and Italians made poor design choices in ships, planes, tanks and information security--before and during the war--that forced them to fight with weapons and systems that were too soon outmatched by the Allies. The unprecedented arms race of World War II posed a fundamental "design challenge" the Axis powers sometimes met but never mastered.

Axis

Author : Robert Charles Wilson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780765309396
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Axis written by Robert Charles Wilson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to the Hugo Award-winning SF epic Spin

Axis Sally

Author : Richard Lucas
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480406600
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Axis Sally written by Richard Lucas and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “fascinating, well-researched account” of Mildred Gillars, the failed actress who turned on her country and became a Nazi propagandist during WWII (Publishers Weekly). One of the most notorious Americans of the twentieth century was a failed Broadway actress turned radio announcer named Mildred Gillars (1900–1988), better known to American GIs as “Axis Sally.” Despite the richness of her life story, there has never been a full-length biography of the ambitious, star-struck Ohio girl who evolved into a reviled disseminator of Nazi propaganda. At the outbreak of war in September 1939, Gillars had been living in Germany for five years. Hoping to marry, she chose to remain in the Nazi-run state even as the last Americans departed for home. In 1940, she was hired by the German overseas radio, where she evolved from a simple disc jockey and announcer to a master propagandist. Under the tutelage of her married lover, Max Otto Koischwitz, Gillars became the personification of Nazi propaganda to the American GI. Spicing her broadcasts with music, Gillars’s used her soothing voice to taunt Allied troops about the supposed infidelities of their wives and girlfriends back home, as well as the horrible deaths they were likely to meet on the battlefield. Supported by German military intelligence, she was able to convey personal greetings to individual US units, creating an eerie foreboding among troops who realized the Germans knew who and where they were. After broadcasting for Berlin up to the very end of the war, Gillars tried but failed to pose as a refugee, and was captured by US authorities. Her 1949 trial for treason captured the attention and raw emotion of a nation fresh from the horrors of the Second World War. Gillars’s twelve-year imprisonment and life on parole, including a stay in a convent, is a remarkable story of a woman who attempts to rebuild her life in the country she betrayed.

Starman

Author : Sara Douglass
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1429911492
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Starman written by Sara Douglass and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2003-01-20 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starman is the third title in Sara Douglass's epic fantasy Wayfarer Redemption series. A sprawling tale of love and magic, enormous battles and true monsters Axis is the StarMan of prophecy and legend, destined to lead the three races of his world to unite as one people. The people of his world all know the Prophecy of the Destroyer, despite the failed attempts of the Seneschal to suppress it in the name of the god Artor the Ploughman, and it predicts and dictates Axis's path through war and destruction to the creation of Tencendor. The Prophecy foretold that Axis would defeat his half-brother and lay claim to the land that Tencendor will be created upon. The Prophecy told of the traitor in Axis's camp-Faraday's champion, Timozel. And the Prophecy foretold many a choice that Axis must make in order to fulfill his destiny . . . but neglected to mention the choice between the beautiful and courageous Faraday, his late half-brother's wife, and the feisty and hauntingly enchanting Azhure. To Faraday, he had pledged his love and a place by his side as ruler of Tencendor; to Azhure, he had given his children, his time, and his devotion. His love for both women is what the last twist of the Prophecy relies on. While Azhure explores her newfound powers as an Icarii Enchantress, and Faraday replants the ancient forests of the Mother, the evil Gorgrael is plotting Axis's downfall, invading the sky with ice and terror and the flesh-hungry Gryphons. His most daring move is to follow prophecy, to taunt Axis with the pain of his beloved. But which beloved woman will Gorgrael choose . . . and will she be the one whose death will distract Axis from saving the world? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Axis Mundi

Author : Brian Campbell
Publisher : White Wolf Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781565043152
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Axis Mundi written by Brian Campbell and published by White Wolf Pub. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Axis Mundi: The Book of Spirits is a sourcebook detailing many of the myriad spirits serving Gaia. Here are the elementals, Enigmatics, Epiphlings, Naturae and the broods of the great tribal totems themselves. Can you afford not to seek their favor?

The Newspaper Axis

Author : Kathryn S. Olmsted
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300256426
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Newspaper Axis written by Kathryn S. Olmsted and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explains how six isolationist media barons in the United States and Great Britain shaped the political culture of their respective nations on the eve of and during World War II. Together, William Randolph Hearst's newspaper chain, Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail, Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express, Robert McCormick's Chicago Tribune, Joe Patterson's New York Daily News, and Cissy Patterson's Washington Times-Herald reached a staggering sixty million people by the late 1930s, and even more during the war that followed. Often dismissed by historians and foreign policy scholars because of their sensationalist, tabloid treatment of the news, these media lords and their newspapers had massive influence on public opinion at a critical time in world history. As Hitler built up his military and invaded his neighbors, these press lords worked together to pressure their governments to dismiss and ignore the fascist threat. They met the greatest crisis of the twentieth century not by urging collective action against tyranny but by spinning conspiracy theories, warning of race suicide, or even embracing fascism. They imagined a white nation and then constructed its enemies-not the Nazis, or even the Japanese, but the "warmongers" among their fellow citizens who wanted to resist rather than appease the aggressors. As they fought against resistance to fascism, they helped lay the foundation for the nationalist, racist, and anti-Semitic Right that we live with today"--

The American Axis

Author : Max Wallace
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312335311
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book The American Axis written by Max Wallace and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-12-13 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how Charles Lindbergh's support for Nazi militarism and U.S. isolationism and Henry Ford's business dealings with Germany tarnished their idealized images. Drawing on original lsources, Wallace brings out some pertinent connections between the two men's anti-Semitism and their ties with the rising Nazi regime. Their influence culminated in an abuse of power that helped strengthen Hitler's regime and undermined the Allied war effort.

The China-Pakistan Axis

Author : Andrew Small
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019007681X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The China-Pakistan Axis written by Andrew Small and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Beijing-Islamabad axis plays a central role in Asia's geopolitics, from India's rise to the prospects for a post-American Afghanistan, from the threat of nuclear terrorism to the continent's new map of mines, ports and pipelines. China is Pakistan's great economic hope and its most trusted military partner; Pakistan is the battleground for China's encounters with Islamic militancy and the heart of its efforts to counter-balance the emerging US-India partnership. For decades, each country has been the other's only 'all-weather' friend. Yet the relationship is still little understood. The wildest claims about it are widely believed, while many of its most dramatic developments are hidden from the public eye. This book sets out the recent history of Sino-Pakistani ties and their ramifications for the West, for India, for Afghanistan, and for Asia as a whole. It tells the stories behind some of its most sensitive aspects, including Beijing's support for Pakistan's nuclear program, China's dealings with the Taliban, and the Chinese military's planning for crises in Pakistan. It describes a relationship increasingly shaped by Pakistan's internal strife, and the dilemmas China faces between the need for regional stability and the imperative for strategic competition with India and the USA."--Amazon.com.

Strangling the Axis

Author : Richard Hammond
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108478212
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Strangling the Axis written by Richard Hammond and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Hammond offers a major reassessment of the role of the war at sea in Allied victory in the Mediterranean region.

Axis of the World

Author : Igor Witkowski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781931882811
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Axis of the World written by Igor Witkowski and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tackles one of the most interesting and persistent mysteries pondered by mankind -- the very question of our own roots. Witkowski mounts a painstaking search for answers, and compiles an astonishing array of evidence that points to only one conclusion: in the very deep mists of the past, there existed a highly-advanced civilisation that was able to exert its influence on a world-wide scale, and did so in a purposeful way. These beneficent bringers of knowledge are described in almost every indigenous culture, and the- similarities in the accounts cannot be reasonably overlooked. But Witkowski's conclusions are not based on myth and legend. He brings a multi-disciplinary approach to the problem, comparing archaeological discoveries, ethnological relations, historical documents, linguistics and even the achievements of genetic research. A native of Poland, he accesses many sources not normally cited in American studies, and shows that many "academic truths" still being promulgated simply do not make sense in light of the evidence. You will be amazed as he traces the spread of this civilisation from the Indus Valley, across the Pacific to South America. Thete stand the culture's crowning achievements, at Tiahuanaco in Bolivia and on Easter Island off Chile. Taken together, the facts presented by Witkowski provide a fresh, new proof that an antediluvian great civilisation flourished many millennia ago. Discover: The Real Mystery of Easter Island; Professor Szalek's Groundbreaking Discoveries; A Lost Land in the Pacific; The Mysterious Origins of the American Indians; The Chain of Traces across the Pacific; Tiahuanaco -- the City that Breaks all the Rules.

Secrets of 5-axis Machining

Author : Karlo Apro
Publisher : Industrial Press Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780831133757
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book Secrets of 5-axis Machining written by Karlo Apro and published by Industrial Press Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering information on 5-axis machining, this title features full-color illustrations that help to explain the theories and principals.

Atlas & Axis

Author : Pau
Publisher : Titan Comics
ISBN 13 : 9781782763505
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book Atlas & Axis written by Pau and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: France: Ankama editions, [2013].

The Flaw of Averages

Author : Sam L. Savage
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118373588
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book The Flaw of Averages written by Sam L. Savage and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-read for anyone who makes business decisions that have a major financial impact. As the recent collapse on Wall Street shows, we are often ill-equipped to deal with uncertainty and risk. Yet every day we base our personal and business plans on uncertainties, whether they be next month’s sales, next year’s costs, or tomorrow’s stock price. In The Flaw of Averages, Sam Savageknown for his creative exposition of difficult subjects describes common avoidable mistakes in assessing risk in the face of uncertainty. Along the way, he shows why plans based on average assumptions are wrong, on average, in areas as diverse as healthcare, accounting, the War on Terror, and climate change. In his chapter on Sex and the Central Limit Theorem, he bravely grasps the literary third rail of gender differences. Instead of statistical jargon, Savage presents complex concepts in plain English. In addition, a tightly integrated web site contains numerous animations and simulations to further connect the seat of the reader’s intellect to the seat of their pants. The Flaw of Averages typically results when someone plugs a single number into a spreadsheet to represent an uncertain future quantity. Savage finishes the book with a discussion of the emerging field of Probability Management, which cures this problem though a new technology that can pack thousands of numbers into a single spreadsheet cell. Praise for The Flaw of Averages “Statistical uncertainties are pervasive in decisions we make every day in business, government, and our personal lives. Sam Savage’s lively and engaging book gives any interested reader the insight and the tools to deal effectively with those uncertainties. I highly recommend The Flaw of Averages.” —William J. Perry, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense “Enterprise analysis under uncertainty has long been an academic ideal. . . . In this profound and entertaining book, Professor Savage shows how to make all this practical, practicable, and comprehensible.” —Harry Markowitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics

The Power Of FIVE - The Definitive Guide to 5-Axis Machining

Author : Michael Cope
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9780244925819
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book The Power Of FIVE - The Definitive Guide to 5-Axis Machining written by Michael Cope and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you?ve spent any amount of time in manufacturing, you know that efficiency matters. Michael Cope, the author of this book, was co-owner of a job shop before he joined Hurco. As a machinist and applications engineer, he always evaluates the most efficient way to approach a part to minimize setup time and reduce cycle time. It's just part of his DNA. That's precisely why he is such a proponent of 5-axis CNC. Adopting a 5-sided machining process is the most efficient way to instantly increase the profit margin on existing jobs that you manufacture on a conventional 3-axis machine. In this book, Mike breaks down the information about 5-axis and 5-sided machining from a machinist's perspective. Whether you?re just learning about 5-axis machining or you?re already adept at 5-axis, you?ll learn something new. A great go-to book written for machinists by a machinist.

Axis of Weasels

Author : Scott Ott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976141402
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book Axis of Weasels written by Scott Ott and published by . This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: