Fatal Equilibrium by Marshall Jevons, ISBN 0345331583
At Harvard, tenure decisions are a matter of life -- or death.
For Dennis Gossen, the economics department whiz kid currently being considered for tenure, it's definitely death. When he's turned down by the high-and-mighty Promotion and Tenure Committee, Gossen commits suicide.
A Question of Cost Accounting...
Or does he? It's hard to imagine why a young man with a brilliant scholarly future -- at Harvard or not -- would come up with an equation in which the opportunity cost of killing himself (a high price, considering his potential earnings) would be outweighed by the emotional cost of failing to receive tenure.
... Or Utility?
Then two members of the P and T Committee are murdered, and it becomes clear to Professor Henry Spearman of the Economics Department that the killer must be on the committee. But which of his illustrious colleagues would have significantly increased his -- or her -- utility (i.e.
Wild Discovery Guide to Your Cat: Understanding and Caring for the Tiger Within by Margaret Lewis, ISBN 1563318040
"A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes."
--English proverb
Why do cats always land on their feet after a fall? What allows a sleeping cat to comfortably curl into a circle? Why do cats appear to torture their prey before killing it? Why does your cat knead on your clothing? Just how much attention do cats really require?
To answer these and other questions, Wild Discovery Guide to Your Cat draws from science, history, and feline behavior in the wild to explain the inner nature and most puzzling characteristics of America's most popular pet. The result is a practical and fascinating guide to understanding and caring for these beguiling and enigmatic creatures.
This engagingly illustrated book takes the same cat's-eye view of the world that infuses the Discovery Channel television series Wild Discovery. It emphasizes the untamed roots of almost every aspect of a domesticated cat's conduct: the crouch-and-pounce string-chase games that mirror stalking prey in the wild...
Wild Discovery Guide to Your Cat: Understanding and Caring for the Tiger Within by Margaret Lewis, ISBN 1563318040 
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Time Tunnel: Season 1, Vol. 2
From the Creative Genius of Irwin Allen comes one of the most popular and original sci-fi-shows of the 1960s! Determined to prove that Project Tic Toc was capable of sending humans through time, Dr. Tony Newman and Dr. Doug Phillips entered the project's time tunnel before final tests were completed. Now, caught in time and unable to return home, the two scientists battle to stay alive as the Vortex of Time thrusts them into the middle of some of the most significant events in world history. But even more important, as the time travelers encounter famous and influential people of the past, they must make sure their actions don't inadvertently change history and alter the future. Episode Description: Disk 1 Side A: "The Revenge Of Robin Hood" and "Kill Two By Two" Disk 1 Side B: "Visitors From Beyond The Stars" and "The Ghost Of Nero" Disk 2 Side A: "The Walls Of Jericho" and "Idol Of Death" Disk 2 Side B: "Billy The Kid" and "Pirates Of Deadman's Island" Disk 3 Side A: "Chase Through Time"...
Time Tunnel: Season 1, Vol. 2
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Surrender (But Don't Give Yourself Away): Old Cars, Found Hope, and Other Cheap Tricks by Spike Gillespie, ISBN 0292728506
"Spike Gillespie is beautiful, charming, and funny. She told me to write that. It's also true, especially the funny part. Some of us are just a lot more alive than others, and Spike is one of those people who lives at 90 m.p.h. while experiencing everything that happens to her with an intensity that is either painful or hilarious, but usually both. If you can imagine Anne Lamott as a working-class kid from Jersey with a penchant for losers, you have an idea of Spike. She's a woman grown now and signs of wisdom are setting in, not that many years but a lot of mileage on the woman. As a writer, what she brings to the mountains of baggage in her life is not only humor but incurable honesty. I think of her as a voice of the younger generation, even though she's approaching forty, because she has no protective layer on her nerve endings, no cynicism, no been there/done that, no ability to dismiss anything as too freaking strange to bother with. She experiences it all wide open and then reports...
Surrender (But Don't Give Yourself Away): Old Cars, Found Hope, and Other Cheap Tricks by Spike Gillespie, ISBN 0292728506
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