Dinosaur Deals (MathStart 3) Big SALE

Title : Dinosaur Deals (MathStart 3)
Category: Dinosaurs
Brand: Murphy, Stuart J./ O'Malley, Kevin (ILT)
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Rating : 5.0
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Lets Make a Deal!

Mike and his little brother, Andy, are headed for the Dinosaur Card Trading Fair. They're ready to wheel and deal. It's, 4 Stegosaurus for 1 Triceratops, and 2 Triceratops for 1 Allosaurus. But can they get what they really want: the tremendous, gigantic, ferocious, Tyrannosaurus rex?

The math concept of equivalency -- understanding when values are equal -- is introduced in this fast-paced story as two brothers try to beat the clock and make the ultimate trade.

Review :
wheeling and dealing

This is a great book for showing fair trades of unequal items. Different people value different cards, and the brothers trade up, always going for that elusive T.Rex card.

Awesome family dynamics -- that's one of the best things about Stuart J. Murphy. His books always teach the math concepts very clearly and concretely (and memorably!)

ps -- this is a great book for explaining about basic economies, like in frontier towns. If people are paying the doctor in chickens, or paying the teacher with free room and board, are those good equivalents?

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal (The Politically Incorrect Guides) SALE

Title : The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal (The Politically Incorrect Guides)
Category: American Civil War
Brand: Murphy, Robert P.
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Rating : 4.3
Buyer Review : 70

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In this timely new P.I. Guide, Murphy reveals the stark truth: free market failure didn't cause the Great Depression and the New Deal didn't cure it. Shattering myths and politically correct lies, he tells why World War II didn t help the economy or get us out of the Great Depression; why it took FDR to make the Depression Great; and why Herbert Hoover was more like Obama and less like Bush than the liberal media would have you believe. Free-market believers and capitalists everywhere should have this on their bookshelf and in their briefcases.

Review :
A Popular Guide to the Best of Economic Scholarship
One of the problems with economic history is that it is difficult to "test" it properly. With regard to the Great Depression and the New Deal, there is still a very loud contingent of Keynesian economists who insist that had Hoover and Roosevelt just spent even more money than they did, we would not have experienced a prolonged depression. Other economists, notably the Monetarist school founded by Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz, insist that responsibility must lie with the Federal Reserve for not acting quickly enough to stem deflationary pressures, while still other economists, especially the Austrian school, claim the problem was caused by government intervention into the market place. All these writers can point to some evidence in support their position, though in the case of the Keynesians, that evidence is very narrow and often somewhat contrived, especially when it appears from the pen of popular columnist Paul Krugman. But the problem is that we cannot simply directly...
A Chance To See The World Anew
Economic history is a difficult subject to enjoy. Rarely is an entry easily readable to a lay audience and even rarer does it show its applicability to current events. This book succeeds at both.
Released in an exceptionally timely manner and well styled, the reader will have trouble telling the book from a newspaper. Similar to his earlier The Politically Incorrect Guide(tm) to Capitalism (Politically Incorrect Guides) (Paperback), the author covers a large amount of history and theory together, never losing the reader's attention or confusing us with tedious theoretical minutia. Instead you'll find the simplest of graphs that make the most profound of conclusions by themselves. Quick reviews of familiar topics are followed by shocking details few have heard before. Always radical, but never dry or confusing, the subjects fall into each other smoothly. The history itself is right-on, with some of the latest research...
PIG - The Great Depression and the New Deal
Robert P. Murphy's new book makes the reader question one's own education about the U.S. Surely Social Security, abandoning the gold standard, the FDIC, are all good things! And didn't the New Deal get us out of our worst economic mess in history? Weren't we all taught that in school, indeed, perhaps by our own parents? Much like his previous work (PIG - Capitalism), Murphy's new book takes dead aim at many of the myths and outright falsehoods of that time. And he instructs us in an easy, straight-forward style. He reminds us (perhaps we never knew) of the outrages of the New Deal: the thug-like tactics of the National Recovery Administration, bank "holidays", government destruction of food, and so on. And Murphy's likening of Hoover/Roosevelt to Bush/Obama is superb.
But alas, nothing is perfect. Murphy's book is troubling in two respects: 1. the reader wants/needs more - I literally could not put the book down... I wanted to keep going - his style makes for such easy...

Men's Health Ultimate Dumbbell Guide: More Than 21,000 Moves Designed to Build Muscle, Increase Strength, and Burn Fat On Sale

Title : Men's Health Ultimate Dumbbell Guide: More Than 21,000 Moves Designed to Build Muscle, Increase Strength, and Burn Fat
Category: Weight Loss
Brand: Murphy, Myatt
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Rating : 4.1
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The easiest, most inexpensive way to build muscle strength, size, and power turns out to be the best, with this supremely effective guide from the world's largest men's magazine

Workout fads and fitness equipment come and go, but as trainers and bodybuilders know: nothing tops a simple set of dumbbells for convenience, reliability, and versatility when you are trying to build muscles and get in shape. In Men's Health Ultimate Dumbbell Guide, Myatt Murphy, a fitness expert and longtime contributor to Men's Health, shows readers how to use dumbbells to develop just about every part of their bodies.

For anyone who believes that dumbbells can be used only for arms and shoulders, Myatt Murphy proves them wrong. Featuring 200 photographs, Men's Health Ultimate Dumbbell Exercises demonstrates how to perform a total body workout and get maximum results. There are exercises here―lunges, squats, dead lifts, curls, shrugs, kickbacks, presses, and more―that develop abs, arms, chest, legs, and shoulders, along with innovative new ways to get the most of this versatile piece of strength-training equipment.

With instructions for creating literally thousands of dumbbell exercises for the novice to advanced lifter, Men's Health Ultimate Dumbbell Exercises will be an indispensable addition to any home gym.

Review :
You won't be a dumbbell after reading this book

Just about everything you ever wanted to know about dumbbells. The book is divided up into three parts. The first part, the truth about dumbbells, explains all about the different types of dumbbells. The second part, the master moves, shows you the exercises you can do with a dumbbell which includes many pictures and instructions. This part makes up about 80% of the book. And finally, part three, a million moves for your muscles, essentially provides the reader with tips and suggested routines.

A great resource if you're into dumbbells, readers who lift regularly might also be interested in Bulletproof Your Shoulder to prevent shoulder problems a lot of lifters eventually get.

I like this book, but....
I like this book. It would have been perfect except for the fact that "Dumbbell Training for Strength And Fitness" by Matt Brzycki is better. This book is broken down into three parts: The Truth About Dumbbells, The Master Moves, and A Million Moves for Your Muscles. Essentially, this is a good book for someone who wants to master basic movements and then advance by combining exercises for dual body parts. With this in mind, it is an excellent resource for someone with dumbbells and a few props: adjustable bench, swiss ball, and a step.

The first section gives an excellent introduction to dumbbells & pros and cons of different types of equipment. I personally use the Powerblock dumbbells. The second section has pictures of each basic, intermediate, and combined set of exercises. Part three is small, but has example exercises and helps you to customize a workout.

There was one odd thing about the book. There is a picture of a kettle bell on one of the introductory...
Good Book But Better Choices Out There
The book's basic design is that it shows you the core dumbbell exercises (about 40) like bench press, lunges, shoulder press, etc. Then in each section it details how by doing things like changing your grip, foot position, using a bench, etc. you can perform variations of the core exercises. That's how it comes up with the 21,000 moves.

It's a good value if you are new to using dumbbells or if dumbbells are the only type of resistance training that you are planning to do. I like the section entitled "Combine & Conquer" where it shows you how you can combine moves into one exercise in order to expedite your workout. Note, all the pictures in this book are in black & white.

However I think another book, The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises: Four Weeks to a Leaner, Stronger, More Muscular YOU! by Adam Campbell (or the Women's Health Big Book of Exercises), is a better value. This book has pretty much the same dumbbell exercises but also has body-weight...