Best Selling Books by Martin Brown

"Quest for Excellence: The Arthur A. Dugoni Story" highlights the life and times of Dr. Dugoni from his immigrant family roots and early years, to his rise to the heights of dental education, practice and leadership - and everything in between. Twenty one chapters spanning more than 300 pages explore various aspects of Dr. Dugoni and his family. Readers are also treated to pictures of his family life and personal pursuits, and glimpses into his professional accomplishments in world of dental education, private practice and organized dentistry. The biography was written by San Francisco journalist and author Martin Brown, a close friend and biographer of Dr. Dugoni for many years, who compiled the work from more than two years of interviews. "Art has had a fascinating life and his background is a wonderful story of an immigrant''s upbringing [and rise] to success," said Brown. "As he was in his 80s, I realized we had an opportunity to collect more of the many stories of Art and his family and share them with the community."

A collection of short observations about a wide array of topics, including children, families, travel, bilocation, transpotting, royalty, John Lennon, Football, Monogamy and Music.

For four years, Annette Walter-Lax was Keith Moon''s partner from their initial meeting in 1974, until Keith''s tragic death on returning to the UK. Here is her account of their time together, told in a series of interviews. Annette''s tale of her wild ride with one of rock''s true originals will amaze fans of the genius drummer.

We examine how the numeracy level of employees influences the quality of their on-the-job decisions. Based on an administrative dataset of a retail bank we relate the performance of loan officers in a standardized math test to the accuracy of their credit assessments of small business borrowers. We find that loan officers with a high level of numeracy are more accurate in assessing the credit risk of borrowers. The effect is most pronounced during the pre-crisis credit boom period when it is arguably more difficult to pick out risky borrowers.

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