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The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl
by Kingsland, Rosemary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 140004782X
- ISBN 13
- 9781400047826
- Seller
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Urbana, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Fragile things break under stress. But, according to Nassim Nicholas Taleb, there’s an entire class of other things that don’t simply resist stress but actually grow, strengthen, or otherwise gain from unforeseen and otherwise unwelcome stimuli. Taleb sees degrees of antifragility everywhere, from fasting, mythology, and urban planning to economic, technological, cultural, and biological systems. The wealth of radical thinking in this book astounds;...
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- Bookseller
- Priceless Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 122925
- Title
- The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl
- Author
- Kingsland, Rosemary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 140004782X
- ISBN 13
- 9781400047826
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- WOMEN'S STUDIES/MEMOIR
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- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...