You Bet Your Life Your Guide To Deadly Risk

Author : Sheila Buff
Publisher : WW Norton
ISBN 13 : 0789260964
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Bet Your Life: Your Guide to Deadly Risk written by Sheila Buff and published by WW Norton. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gritty and granular truth behind the wagers we make with our lives every single day—and, if we’re unlucky, just once in a lifetime. What are your chances of living through the next 24 hours? This week? This month? This decade? Will your job kill you? Your car kill you? Your spouse kill you? Will your own bad habits kill you? Or will a rogue asteroid just kill us all? Each time you lay your head on the pillow at night or set your feet on the floor come morning, you bet your life. Exactly what odds do you face 24/7? You Bet Your Life applies to you, the individual, the analytical approach insurance companies use to calculate risk: actuarial science. The result is a comprehensive, encyclopedic, real world assessment of more than 1,000 of the risks we take every day of our all-too-finite lives, from boarding an airplane to tempting a shark attack by dipping a toe in the ocean. You Bet Your Life is introduced by an authoritative essay explaining how professional actuaries calculate risk and how less objective entities—in government, finance, science, technology, and religion—apply their own competing calculi of risk and reward.

Author : Paul A. Offit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781541604926
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Bet Your Life written by Paul A. Offit and published by . This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of America's top physicians, a "riveting," "fascinating," and "timely" (Nature) history of risk in medicine Every medical decision--whether to have chemotherapy, an X-ray, or surgery--is a risk, no matter which way you choose. In You Bet Your Life, physician Paul A. Offit argues that, from the first blood transfusions four hundred years ago to the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine, risk has been essential to the discovery of new treatments. More importantly, understanding the risks is crucial to whether, as a society or as individuals, we accept them. Told in Offit's vigorous and rigorous style, You Bet Your Life is an entertaining history of medicine. But it also lays bare the tortured relationships between intellectual breakthroughs, political realities, and human foibles. As we have learned from the COVID pandemic--the debates over lockdowns, masks, and vaccines--it's all too easy to get everything wrong. Updated with a new introduction, You Bet Your Life is an essential read for getting the future a bit more right.

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ISBN 13 : 9780135302392
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Author : Daniel Jacobs
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1848369778
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rough Guide to Morocco written by Daniel Jacobs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Morocco is the ultimate travel guide to this African Kingdom with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best Moroccan attractions. From the labyrinthine streets of Fes to troupes of barbary apes, striking mosques and vibrant arts and crafts, discover Morocco's highlights inspired by dozens of colour photos. Find detailed coverage of the must-see sights and practical advice on getting around the country whilst relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best bars, clubs, shops and restaurants for all budgets, as well as the best accomodation from cheap hotels, deluxe hotels, riads, quiet hideaways and mountain lodges. The Rough Guide to Morocco includes three full-colour sections on Moroccan architecture, Crafts and souvenirs and Festivals and music and a crucial language section with basic words, phrases and handy tips for pronunciation. You'll find up-to-date information on excursions around the country, from the Saharan oases to the High Atlas mountains. Explore every corner of Morocco with detailed maps and expert background on everything from Moroccan story telling to Moroccan wildlife. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Morocco

Author : Gordon Ashe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Author : Peter Jaret
Publisher : Readers Digest
ISBN 13 : 9780762104529
Total Pages : 262 pages
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Download or read book Heart Healthy for Life written by Peter Jaret and published by Readers Digest. This book was released on 2003-05-12 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides strategies and tips to help live a heart healthy lifestyle, offering natural ways to lower blood pressure and cholesterol, tips to add exercise to any schedule, and recipes that incorporate foods for a healthy heart.

Author : Rough Guides
Publisher : Rough Guides UK
ISBN 13 : 0241276527
Total Pages : 873 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rough Guide to Morocco (Travel Guide eBook) written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 873 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Morocco is the indispensable travel guide to this intoxicating country, with comprehensive coverage, clear full-colour maps and up-to-date practical information to help you discover the best Morocco has to offer. Whether hiking through the Atlas Mountains, camel riding over the dunes of the Sahara or bartering in the souks of Fez, you'll have all you need to make the most of your Moroccan adventure. There are detailed accounts of Morocco's varied landscapes, from deserts and mountains to beaches and gorges, as well as helpful advice on navigating your way through the Medinas and souks of Morocco's vibrant towns and cities. From eating freshly caught fish in Essaouira to staying in the stylish riads of Marrakesh, The Rough Guide to Morocco provides in-depth insider reviews of all the best restaurants, cafés, bars, shops and hotels, as well as engrossing background on Morocco's history, expert knowledge on the country's enormously diverse wildlife, and a language section with a helpful French and Moroccan Arabic glossary. Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Morocco.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 738 pages
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Author : Andrew Brisman
Publisher : Union Square & Co.
ISBN 13 : 1454935448
Total Pages : 427 pages
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Download or read book The Puzzlewright Guide to Casino Gambling written by Andrew Brisman and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read this book—and we bet that the cash you save in just one trip to the casino will more than make up for its cost! Simply put, this is the best guide to gambling ever written. It reveals the secrets of success known only to the most expert gamblers: how to bet smart, play the cards right, recognize when the odds are in your favor, and walk away a winner. You'll learn about beating the bank with odds and probability, “the house edge,” money management, and the psychology of gambling. Here's all the info you need to play each game like a genius!

Author : Robert R. Perkinson
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506307361
Total Pages : 991 pages
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Download or read book Chemical Dependency Counseling written by Robert R. Perkinson and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2016-08-11 with total page 991 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-selling Chemical Dependency Counseling: A Practical Guide provides counselors and front-line mental health professionals with the information and skills they need to use evidence-based treatments, including motivational enhancement, cognitive behavioral therapy, skills training, medication, and 12-step facilitation. Guiding the counselor step by step through treatment, author Robert R. Perkinson presents state-of-the-art tools, forms, and tests necessary for client success while meeting the highest standards demanded by accrediting bodies. The Fifth Edition of this landmark text has been updated to include coverage of current topics of concern for counselors, including full compliance with DSM-5, new coverage of steps 6 – 12 in 12-step facilitation, discussions on synthetic and designer drugs, new psychotherapeutic medications, new survey data on patterns of use and abuse, a list of online recovery support groups for clients, and a new section on Recommendations for a Successful First Year in Recovery. About the Author Robert R. Perkinson is the clinical director of Keystone Treatment Center in Canton, South Dakota. He is a licensed psychologist; licensed marriage & family therapist; internationally certified alcohol and drug counselor; and a nationally certified gambling counselor and supervisor. In addition to the best-selling Chemical Dependency Counseling: A Practical Guide, Fifth Edition, Dr. Perkinson is the author of The Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Client Workbook, Third Edition and The Gambling Addiction Client Workbook, Third Edition.