SKIN IN THE GAME
ISBN : 9780141982656
THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Black Swan , a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility Why should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have more slaves today than in Roman times? Why does imposing democracy on other countries never work? The answer: too many people running the world don't have skin in the game. In his inimitable, pugnacious style, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows that skin in the game applies to all aspects of our
The Girl who Came out of the Woods
ISBN : 9780241345221
Arty has lived in a hidden matriarchy in the hills of India all her life. But now a deadly plague is threatening her tiny commune, and she must leave her home and go into the modern world for help, before it's too late. With only three keys around her neck and two names on her lips, Arty must navigate the world outside the woods to uncover a lifetime of secrets.
