A Terrible Mistake

Author : H. P. Albarelli
Publisher : Trine Day
ISBN 13 : 0984185887
Total Pages : 1125 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Terrible Mistake written by H. P. Albarelli and published by Trine Day. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 1125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following nearly a decade of research, this account solves the mysterious death of biochemist Frank Olson, revealing the identities of his murderers in shocking detail. It offers a unique and unprecedented look into the backgrounds of many former CIA, FBI, and Federal Narcotics Bureau officials—including several who actually oversaw the CIA's mind-control programs from the 1950s to the 1970s. In retracing these programs, a frequently bizarre and always frightening world is introduced, colored and dominated by many factors—Cold War fears, the secret relationship between the nation's drug enforcement agencies and the CIA, and the government's close collaboration with the Mafia.

Author : H. P. Albarelli, Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936296088
Total Pages : 826 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Terrible Mistake written by H. P. Albarelli, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the author's account of the controversial death of Army biochemist Dr. Frank Olson. In 1953, Olson, an Army biochemist working with the CIA, fell to his death from a hotel window in New York City. Twenty-two years later it was revealed that the scientist had been drugged with a chemical similar to LSD days before his death. In 1996, the New York District Attorney's Office opened a murder investigation into Olson's strange death. The book documents the several facts surrounding the death of Olson. No arrests or charges were ever filed. This work It offers a unique and unprecedented look into the backgrounds of many former CIA, FBI, and Federal Narcotics Bureau officials, including several who actually oversaw the CIA's mind-control programs from the 1950s to the 1970s. In retracing these programs, a frequently bizarre and frightening world is introduced, colored, and dominated by many factors -- Cold War fears, the secret relationship between the nation's drug enforcement agencies and the CIA, and the government's close collaboration with the Mafia.

Author : Olivier Sibony
Publisher : Swift Press
ISBN 13 : 1800750013
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake! written by Olivier Sibony and published by Swift Press. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A masterful introduction to the state of the art in managerial decision-making. Surprisingly, it is also a pleasure to read' – Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow A lively, research-based tour of nine common decision-making traps – and practical tools for avoiding them – from a professor of strategic thinking We make decisions all the time. It's so natural that we hardly stop to think about it. Yet even the smartest and most experienced among us make frequent and predictable errors. So, what makes a good decision? Should we trust our intuitions, and if so, when? How can we avoid being tripped up by cognitive biases when we are not even aware of them? You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake! offers clear and practical advice that distils the latest developments in behavioural economics and cognitive psychology into actionable tools for making clever, effective decisions in business and beyond.

Author : Marissa Moss
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395700938
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regina's Big Mistake written by Marissa Moss and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1995-03-27 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When told to draw a jungle in art class, Regina experiences feelings of failure and creative insecurity, but manages to create a beautiful picture that's all her own.

Author : Jonathan Lee
Publisher : Granta Books
ISBN 13 : 1783786264
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Mistake written by Jonathan Lee and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Father of Greater New York' is dead. Shot outside his Park Avenue mansion in the year of our Lord, 1903. In the hour of his death, will the truth of his life finally break free? Born to a struggling farming family in 1820, Andrew Haswell Green was a self-made man who reshaped Manhattan, built Central Park and turned New York into a modern metropolis. Now, at eighty-three, when he thought the world could hold no more surprises, he is murdered. As the detective assigned to the case traces his ghost across the city, other spectres appear: a wealthy courtesan; a broken-hearted man in a bowler hat; and an ambitious politician, Samuel, whose lifelong friendship was a source of joy and frustration. In a life of industry and restraint, where is the space for love? As restlessly inventive and absorbing as its protagonist, The Great Mistake is the story of a city, and a singular man, transformed by longing.

Author : Robert Quackenbush
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534415416
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry's Awful Mistake written by Robert Quackenbush and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry the duck tries all sorts of methods to rid his kitchen of an ant before his guest comes to supper.

Author : Michael Batnick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119366410
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Mistakes written by Michael Batnick and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Must-Read for Any Investor Looking to Maximize Their Chances of Success Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments explores the ways in which the biggest names have failed, and reveals the lessons learned that shaped more successful strategies going forward. Investing can be a rollercoaster of highs and lows, and the investors detailed here show just how low it can go; stories from Warren Buffet, Bill Ackman, Chris Sacca, Jack Bogle, Mark Twain, John Maynard Keynes, and many more illustrate the simple but overlooked concept that investing is really hard, whether you're managing a few thousand dollars or a few billion, failures and losses are part of the game. Much more than just anecdotal diversion, these stories set the basis for the book's critical focus: learning from mistakes. These investors all recovered from their missteps, and moved forward armed with a wealth of knowledge than can only come from experience. Lessons learned through failure carry a weight that no textbook can convey, and in the case of these legendary investors, informed a set of skills and strategy that propelled them to the top. Research-heavy and grounded in realism, this book is a must-read for any investor looking to maximize their chances of success. Learn the most common ways even successful investors fail Learn from the mistakes of the greats to avoid losing ground Anticipate challenges and obstacles, and develop an advance plan Exercise caution when warranted, and only take the smart risks While learning from your mistakes is always a valuable experience, learning from the mistakes of others gives you the benefit of wisdom without the consequences of experience. Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments provides an incomparable, invaluable resource for investors of all stripes.

Author : Tom Hunt
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399586458
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Fatal Mistake written by Tom Hunt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback—the author of Killer Choice delivers another nail-biting novel about a hit-and-run and a lie that goes horribly wrong in this thriller “full of shocks and twists you won't see coming” (Lee Child). Her son accidentally kills a man. They cover it up. Then everything goes wrong. When eighteen-year-old Joshua Mayo takes a man's life in a terrible accident, he leaves the scene without reporting the crime to the police. He hopes to put the awful night behind him and move on with his life. But, of course, he ends up telling his mother, Karen, what happened. Karen has raised Joshua on her own in Cedar Rapids, Iowa—and she'd thought they'd finally made it. He was doing well in school and was only months away from starting college at his dream school. After hearing his dark confession, she's forced to make a choice no parent should have to make. A choice that draws them both into a web of deceit that will change their lives forever—if they can make it out alive.

Author : Corinna Luyken
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735227926
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Mistakes written by Corinna Luyken and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoom meets Beautiful Oops! in this memorable picture book debut about the creative process, and the way in which "mistakes" can blossom into inspiration One eye was bigger than the other. That was a mistake. The weird frog-cat-cow thing? It made an excellent bush. And the inky smudges… they look as if they were always meant to be leaves floating gently across the sky. As one artist incorporates accidental splotches, spots, and misshapen things into her art, she transforms her piece in quirky and unexpected ways, taking readers on a journey through her process. Told in minimal, playful text, this story shows readers that even the biggest “mistakes” can be the source of the brightest ideas—and that, at the end of the day, we are all works in progress, too. Fans of Peter Reynolds’s Ish and Patrick McDonnell’s A Perfectly Messed-Up Story will love the funny, poignant, completely unique storytelling of The Book of Mistakes. And, like Oh, The Places You’ll Go!, it makes the perfect graduation gift, encouraging readers to have a positive outlook as they learn to face life’s obstacles.

Author : Harvard Business Review
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 1422191435
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book HBR's 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions (with featured article "Before You Make That Big Decision..." by Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo, and Olivier Sibony) written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn why bad decisions happen to good managers—and how to make better ones. If you read nothing else on decision making, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you and your organization make better choices and avoid common traps. Leading experts such as Ram Charan, Michael Mankins, and Thomas Davenport provide the insights and advice you need to: Make bold decisions that challenge the status quo Support your decisions with diverse data Evaluate risks and benefits with equal rigor Check for faulty cause-and-effect reasoning Test your decisions with experiments Foster and address constructive criticism Defeat indecisiveness with clear accountability