Best Selling Books by David Clark

In this novel of war, love, camaraderie, and betrayal Vietnam veteran Clark centers his plot around a search for a rare orchid in the height of the Vietnam War. Monroe took the scene in with a glance and shifted the ruck on his back. ''The second night of the Watts riots. Pop loaded me in the car and we headed out. I figured I knew what he was up to. Everybody else was out in the streets looting and shit and I guessed we was going to get our share. But not him. You know what that man did?'' Monroe''s face broke a tired smile, and his head shook at the memory. ''He pulled in behind a greenhouse and busted a window out with a tire iron and we went in and stole all the orchids''. As novelist and veteran Tim O''Brien has pointed out, the telling element in any ture war story is that it doesn''t make sense. Clark''s characters-- both Vietnamese and American, both men and women--are painfully aware that nothing seems to make sense in the war, the one might as well trek off in search of a deep jungle orchid. It''s this very non-sensicality that forges them--foe and friend--into an insane respect, an insane hatred for one another. And it''s the search for this rare orchid that gives them the willed deception of meaning, much as if Soren Kierkegaard had leaped from late nineteenth century Sweden into twentieth century Vietnam. And the search also gives Clark''s novel a gripping plot and range of characters--without any leap of faith, though with very much satisfaction.

The best-selling GREAT AUSSIE SPORTS QUIZ BOOK is the quintessential, all-Australian, general sports quiz book - a must for all sports fans. Dozens of different sports are represented - such as cricket, AFL, rugby league and union, swimming, athletics and motor sports. With over 125 categories of questions, topics include biography, births, deaths and marriages, comebacks, controversies, disasters and embarassments, high crimes and misdemeanours and the ever popular categories ''Who am I?'' and ''Name that year''! Questions are organised in two ways: sets covering specific sports and mixed sets organised thematically. Answers are provided throughout. This edition has been completely revised, updated and expanded and includes questions on the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and Soccer World Cup, as well as new sports such as Disability Sports, Gymnastics and Martial Arts; and new themes like animal antics, coaches, colours, distances, injuries, mascot madness, sponsors'' jingles and unusual sports.

The authors explain Buffett''s stock picks for readers hoping to build on the size of their own portfolios.

Warren Buffett ha creído siempre que el momento óptimo para comprar acciones es cuando nadie más las quiere. Cuando estamos a punto de entrar en el quinto año de la Gran Recesión, descubrimos que algunas de las empresas más apetecibles —aquellas con ventaja competitiva sostenible— están cotizando con relaciones de precio-beneficio inmejorables.El pesimismo sobre la situación bancaria en Europa y el desempleo en Estados Unidos han creado el clima perfecto para que los precios de las acciones bajen y presenten a los inversores algunas posibilidades excelentes. Y en el mundo de Buffett, maestro de maestros para muchos, cuando los precios de las acciones decrecen, las perspectivas para la inversión aumentan.Los reconocidos autores Mary Buffett y David Clark analizan diecisiete empresas en las que Warren Buffett ha invertido en los últimos años y explican por qué estas compañías se están vendiendo otra vez a precios que auguran perspectivas de crecimiento a largo plazo. La cartera de acciones de Warren Buffett le explica también cómo valorar las empresas y le enseña a calcular la rentabilidad futura de una inversión a su valor actual.

A collection of the inspiring words and wisdom from America''s favorite businessman that reveal his secrets of success from the bestselling authors of Buffettology and The New Buffettology. Like the sayings of the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu, Warren Buffett''s worldly wisdom is deceptively simple and enormously powerful in application. In The Tao of Warren Buffett, Mary Buffett—author of three books on Warren Buffett''s investment methods—joins noted Buffettologist and international lecturer David Clark to bring you Warren Buffett''s smartest, funniest, and most memorable sayings with an eye toward revealing the life philosophy and the investment strategies that have made Warren Buffett, and the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, so enormously wealthy. Warren Buffett''s investment achievements are unparalleled. He owes his success to hard work, integrity, and that most elusive commodity of all, common sense. The quotations in this book exemplify Warren''s practical strategies and provide useful illustrations for every investor—large or small—and models everyone can follow. The quotes are culled from a variety of sources, including personal conversations, corporate reports, profiles, and interviews. The authors provide short explanations for each quote and use examples from Buffett''s own business transactions whenever possible to illustrate his words at work. As Warren says: "You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will." "No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can''t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant." "Our method is very simple. We just try to buy businesses with good-to-superb underlying economics run by honest and able people and buy them at sensible prices. That''s all I''m trying to do." The Tao of Warren Buffett inspires, amuses, sharpens the mind, and offers priceless investment savvy that anyone can take to the bank. This irresistibly browsable and entertaining book is destined to become a classic.