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|  | The Mystery of Capital Why Capitalism Succeeds in the West & Fails Everywhere by Hernando De Soto
The hour of capitalism`s greatest triumph, writes Hernando de Soto, is, in the eyes of four-fifths of humanity, its hour of crisis. In THE MYSTERY OF CAPITAL, the world-famous Peruvian economist takes up the question that, more than any other, is central to one of the most crucial problems the world faces today: Why do some countries succeed at capitalism while others fail? In strong opposition to the popular view that success is determined by cultural differences, de Soto finds that it actually has to do with the legal structure of property and property rights. Every developed nation in the world at one time went through the transformation from predominantly informal, extralegal ownership to a formal, unified legal property system, but in the West we`ve forgotten that creating this system is also what allowed people everywhere to leverage property into wealth. This persuasive book will revolutionize our understanding of capital and point the way to a major transformation of the world economy. AUTHOR: Hernando De Soto
PUBLISHER: Basic Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business 
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 | The Story of Spider-Man by Michael Teitelbaum
Description not available.Relates the story of how the bite of a radioactive spider turned Peter Parker into Spider-Man, and describes his family, his powers, and his foes. AUTHOR: Michael Teitelbaum
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Children's
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 | Christmas Magic by Michael Garland
When Emily sneaks out of bed on Christmas Eve she discovers such magical things as her cat and dog singing Jingle Bells and a family of mice baking pies in her kitchen. Best of all, she learns that the snowwoman she built earlier that day has come to life-and is dancing on the front lawn with the snowman built by the boy next door. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Michael Garland
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Children's
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 | First Shape Book by Ann Montague-Smith, Mandy Stanley
Description not available.Packed with fun and colorful games and puzzles, a delightful early learning book encourages children to take an active interest in their surroundings and develop early numerical skills while introducing them to basic concepts of shape, size, and appearance. AUTHOR: Ann Montague-Smith, Mandy Stanley
PUBLISHER: Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Children's
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 | I Am Mordred by Nancy Springer
For his entire life, Mordred has sought to change his destiny after it was foretold that he would grow up to kill his father, King Arthur. As he struggles with his fate, Mordred travels to Camelot, where he plans to serve in the king's court and change his destiny once and for all. AUTHOR: Nancy Springer
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Children's
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 | Dealing with an Angry Public by Lawrence E. Susskind, Patrick T. Field
Dealing With an Angry Public: The Mutual Gains Approach to Resolving Disputes Some portion of the American public will react negatively to almost any new corporate initiative, as Disney discovered when it announced its plans to build an historical theme park in Virginia. Similarly, government efforts to change policy or shift budget priorities are invariably met with stiff resistance. In this enormously practical book, Lawrence Susskind and Patrick Field analyze scores of both private and public-sector cases, as well as crisis scenarios such as the Alaskan oil spill, the silicone breat implant controversy, and nuclear plant malfunction at Three Mile Island. They show how resistance to both public and private initiatives can be overcome by a mutual gains approach involving face-to-face negotiation, a strategy applied successfully by over fifteen hundred executives and officials who have attended Professor Susskind's MIT-Harvard Angry Public seminars. Susskind and Field outline the six key elements of this approach in order to help business and government leaders negotiate, rather than fight, with their critics. In the process, they show how to identify who the public is, whose concerns to address first, which people and organizations must be convinced of the legitimacy of action taken, and how to assess and respond to different types of anger effectively. Acknowledging the crucial role played by the media in shaping public perception and understanding, Susskind and Field suggest a way to develop media interaction which is consistent with the six mutual gains principles, and also discuss the type of leadership that corporate and government managers must provide in order to combine these ideas into a useful whole. We all need to be concerned about a society in which the public's concerns, fears and anger are not adequately addressed. When corporate and government agencies must spend crucial time and resources on rehashing and defending each decision they make, a fru AUTHOR: Lawrence E. Susskind, Patrick T. Field
PUBLISHER: Free Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business
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